'Night Court' Quiz

Stone was played by a real-life Harry … Harry Anderson.

All of the action takes places in Manhattan city court.

In one episode, Spiner's accused of blowing up poultry.

The show's primary writer used the opportunity to wink at his friends.

It ran from 1984 to 1992, a total of nine seasons.

He was very young -- and somewhat crazy. In real life, many of the city's night judges were also notoriously a bit nuts.

He was home on a weekend to answer his phone … a laughable way to select a judge, even for night court.

"Barney Miller" was a cop show that was also set in, you guessed it, New York City.

There were 193 episodes, but each was only around 23 minutes long.

For most of its run on NBC, the show was ranked in the top 30 of all shows.

It started out on A&E, and the show will likely be a staple for cable for many years to come.

Anderson was known as a comedian and magician before he landed his famous role on "Night Court".

Strangely, Selma Diamond's replacement died of cancer, too, not long after the show's third season.

After seeing both of her predecessors die from cancer, Warfield didn't want to become victim No. 3.

He was cast as superficially dumb but was actually a very intelligent human being, with a very high IQ score.

Larroquette's lecherous, morally-challenged character became one of the show's most popular.

Markie became a regular cast member, but not until the show's third season.

He'd shaved his head for another role but the creators liked the look and asked him to keep it for "Night Court".

He was partly fearful that he'd never be able to escape playing characters that were gross womanizers.

Harry clearly has a thing for beautiful old-Hollywood actresses like Jean Harlow.

Klein was the original choice for the judge's role, but he wanted more money for his work.

Appropriately, Richards played a deranged burglar who appeared naked in court.

They saw him performing magic tricks and decided that Anderson might be right for the part of Judge Stone.

Anderson was actually three years younger than the character he played.

At 6 feet 8 inches, Moll towered over his fellow cast members.

The producers decided from day one to stick with silly humor instead of taking anything too seriously.

Bull was definitely a more fitting name than Aristotle.

He was supposed to enter religious life, but, at the last moment, the network renewed the show for another season, requiring massive rewriting.

Her baby bump required the show's writers to create a new storyline, including her romance with a police officer.

She was a frequent defendant and develops a crush on Harry.