Not sure how I feel about this. No Harry Anderson, no Night Court. https://deadline.com/2020/12/night-court-sequel-john-larraquette-dan-fielding-harry-stone-daughter-melissa-rauch-nbc-reboot-1234657152/
I kinda wonder how Dan Fielding will fare in today's PC, all-sensitive climate.. Can we get John Astin back as Buddy? At least once?!
No real point in doing this. Laroquette is way too old to be Fielding it up. He must be aching for nostalgia to take on this project.
He's gone on record a while back stating that if there was a reunion, he'd "run in the other direction," and that there's "no way in hell" he would ever revisit the Bull Shannon character. 'Tis a shame. He is more than that character, sure, but his work on Night Court was brilliant!
Wasn't there talk of a Night Court spinoff when the series ended? I read somewhere about a proposed series where Dan and Christine opened their own law office.
I don't think so. He had quite a run as Poe in live theatre circa age 70. Aside from archive interviews on Youtube, I think the last newest chat with him I've seen was from the Attack of the Killer Tomatoes anniversary dvd.. roundabout 2007? Love that Professor Gangrene! Igo-o-o-o-o-or!
We need comedy more than ever but even if this project ever worked on its own merit, it'll go down in flames thanks to the bunch of people with nothing better to do than actively looking for something to be fake outraged about.
Who knows if it will ever see the light of day. Remember the “Coach” reboot from a few years ago? NBC gave it a 13 episode order, then cancelled it after the pilot was filmed. I’m not against a sequel series using the same concept. But I hate when they try to shoehorn the children of the original characters basically serving the same function as their parents. So contrived. As for Richard Moll: I never found Bull funny in the slightest. Reminds me of Lowell on “Wings”, another character whose appeal escaped me.
We had "cancel culture" in the '80s, too -- but it was 'baked in' to the shows, which basically censored themselves before the public even had a chance to be outraged. The reason why Dan Fielding got away with being a scumbag -- and the reason why "Night Court" was such a great show -- is because his behavior was balanced out by the purity of the other characters. Dan never really got a chance to be too evil, because Harry (or Bull or Mac or someone else) would either block him or talk him out of it. If NBC decides to bring back Dan Fielding, it will only work if they set up the same dynamic -- go ahead and let Dan be a lecher, but only if he's balanced out by multiple characters who are morally superior.