S6.E9

The Night Court Before Christmas

Name: The Night Court Before Christmas
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1988-12-21
Duration: 30 min
Rating: 7.9

Episode aired Dec 21, 1988
TV-PG
30m

IMDb RATING

7.9/10

158

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Harry Anderson, Jordan Charney, John Larroquette, Richard Moll, and Marsha Warfield in Night Court (1984)

Comedy

While collecting for Toys For Toddlers, Bull accidentally takes a truckload of toys belonging to a Scrooge-like factory owner, who demands that they be returned. Since Roz has already passed... Read allWhile collecting for Toys For Toddlers, Bull accidentally takes a truckload of toys belonging to a Scrooge-like factory owner, who demands that they be returned. Since Roz has already passed them out, she refuses to take them back, and Harry has no choice but to jail her.While collecting for Toys For Toddlers, Bull accidentally takes a truckload of toys belonging to a Scrooge-like factory owner, who demands that they be returned. Since Roz has already passed them out, she refuses to take them back, and Harry has no choice but to jail her.

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IMDb RATING

7.9/10

158

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VetteRanger

Long time to wait for a Christmas episode!

After 4 1/2 seasons, Night Court decided it was time for a Christmas episode, and of course in their way, things go sideways in strange ways. You may never get the mental image of Bull in a too small Santa suit out of your head again.

We get a visit from Buddy, Harry's extremely oddball step-father, and Harry's bailiffs are involved in a Toys for Tots style toy drive for orphans and underprivileged kids. That gets a bit complicated when Bull accidentally takes a truck full of stolen toys to hand out .. because the truck full of toys is evidence against the thief and the toys need to be returned!

Buddy's Christmas decorating is worth a look all on its own, and you get to find out the tradition for standing beneath collard greens instead of mistletoe.

Funny, as were all Night Court episodes.

Trivia
The title refers to the Clement Clarke Moore poem 'A Visit from St. Nicholas', more commonly known as 'Twas the Night Before Christmas'.

Quotes
Buddy Ryan: [as Harry is about to take another drink] Hey Harry?
[Harry turns and sees Buddy and Nick at the window in Nick's convertible]
Buddy Ryan: Want a ride?
Judge Harry T. Stone: No thanks, Buddy, I'm covered.
[Is about to resume his drinking, but pauses and looks back. The window is clear. Harry dismisses what he thought he saw]
Judge Harry T. Stone: Nah.
Buddy Ryan: [yelling at Nick] Hey, look out for that flock of pigeons!