History Trivia / NightCourt

* MoneyDearBoy: The show was to end after Season 8 and the cast was ready to move on. When NBC surprisingly renewed the show for an additional season, the network convinced the entire cast to stay on by presenting them with, in Markie Post's words, "jumbo buckets full of money".

** After Selma Diamond and Florence Halop passed away, Marsha Warfield was hired because she was much younger, so this could be prevented from happening a third time[[note]]although she gave the producers a scare when she lit up a cigarette during an early meeting as both of her predecessors had died of lung cancer[[/note]]. She is, in fact, one of the few long-lasting cast members from the series who is still alive, along with John Larroquette and Richard Moll

** After Selma Diamon and Florence Halop passed away, Marsha Warfield was hired because she was much younger, so this could be prevented from happening a third time[[note]]although she gave the producers a scare when she lit up a cigarette during an early meeting as both of her predecessors had died of lung cancer[[/note]]. She is, however, one of the few long-lasting cast members from the series who is still alive, along with John Larroquette and Richard Moll
* RealLifeRelative: In Season 2, Dan's parents were played by real-life married couple John [=McIntire=] and Jeanette Nolan. Amusingly, the two also appeared together in ''Film/{{Psycho}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheFoxAndTheHound''.

** After Selma Diamon and Florence Halop passed away, Marsha Warfield was hired because she was much younger, so this could be prevented from happening a third time[[note]]although she gave the producers a scare when she lit up a cigarette during an early meeting as both of her predecessors had died of lung cancer[[/note]].

** Like his portrayer John Larroquette, Dan Fielding was born and grew up in Louisiana.

*** Freevee we now has the entire series run available to stream for free.

* RealitySubtext: "Flo's Retirement" was a fitting sendoff for Florence Halop, who was dying of breast cancer. And she ''still'' managed to finish out the season.

* TheCharacterDiedWithHim: When Selma Diamond and then Florence Halop died, their respective characters were written as having passed away too.
** The sequel series revealed Harry Stone had passed away sometime prior, as Harry Anderson died in 2018.

* DyeingForYourArt: Creator/RichardMoll shaved his head to play Bull, leading the actor to joke that it was a relief to see that he could grow a full head of hair during hiatuses.

** The upcoming sequel series makes it clear that this is also the case for Harry Anderson.

** Averted with Harry Stone played by Creator/HarryAnderson, oddly enough. According to series creator and executive producer Reinhold Weege's DVDCommentary, the character was called Harry and was a devoted Tormé fan and magician before magician-turned-actor (and devoted Tormé fan) Harry Anderson auditioned for the role.

* NamesTheSame: Buddy Ryan, Harry's [[spoiler: father]] shares his name with the late, legendary Chicago Bears defensive coordinator but is otherwise unrelated.

* ActorSharedBackground: Harry Stone, the character, and Creator/HarryAnderson, the actor, are both magicians and devoted Mel Tormé fans. Unusually, series creator Reinhold Weege came up with the name and characterization before discovering an actor who exactly fit the bill by pure chance.

* ActorSharedBackground: Harry Stone, the character, and Harry Anderson, the actor, are both magicians and devoted Mel Tormé fans. Unusually, series creator Reinhold Weege came up with the name and characterization before discovering an actor who exactly fit the bill by pure chance.

* ActorSharedBackground: Harry Stone, the character, and Harry Anderson, the actor, are both magicians and devoted Mel Torme fans. Unusually, creator Reinhold Weege came up with the name and characterization before discovering an actor who exactly fit the bill by pure chance.

** Subverted by NBC. Despite getting respectable ratings throughout most of the series and a ton of Emmy nominations, they never got the respect from the network that Cheers or The Cosby Show did. On their last day of filming, each member of the cast were given a memo to clear their things out by the weekend or they will be disposed of.

*** As of 2021, this trope could be wearing off as the show's now been in not-so-desirable hours such as late night & early morning, possibly preceding or following infomercials, and doesn't appear in Laff's commercials for now, whereas Series/That70sShow, Series/HomeImprovement, & now Series/HowIMetYourMother get to air during the afternoon and prime time.

** In the ''WebAnimation/StrongBadEmail'' "car", Homestar claims that spinning the "buzzer" on his propeller cap plays the theme tun from ''Night Court'', though it's just Homestar singing it.

** In {{Webcomic/Homestuck}}, John is a big fan of Harry Anderson and the show, and he actually played the role of Judge Stone instead of Anderson in the alpha universe (as "[[TheDanza Johnny]] Stone").

* HostilityOnTheSet: As the show went along, Creator/JohnLarroquette and Creator/RichardMoll grew to despise one another. Moll also couldn't get along with Harry Anderson after awhile because Anderson was close with Larroquette. Reasons for the feud tend to boil down to both sides claiming the other was jealous over who was the true "star" of the show. It kept Moll from participating in the ''Series/ThirtyRock'' reunion (Larroquette had a filming commitment with ''Series/BostonLegal'' at the time the show was taped).

*** As of 2021 this trope could be wearing off as the show's now been in not-so-desirable hours such as late night & early morning, possibly preceding or following infomercials, and doesn't appear in Laff's commercials for now, whereas Series/That70sShow, Series/HomeImprovement, & now Series/HowIMetYourMother get to air during the afternoon and prime time.
** Subverted by NBC. Despite getting respectable ratings throughout most of the series and a ton of Emmy nominations, they never got the respect from the network that Cheers or The Cosby Show did. On their last day of filming each member of the cast were given a memo to clear their things out by the weekend or they will be disposed of.

** Anderson did numerous magic tricks during his time on the show, which, considering that he was a REAL amateur magician isn't that surprising.
** Larroquette also showed off in three episodes. Once, his ability as a MotorMouth of a [[RattlingOffLegal description of the charges against a defendant]] in the episode "A Day In The Life", his skill as a pianist in the episode "Christine's Friend", and as an accordion player on Part 1 of the episode "A Guy Named Phantom", that was a homage to "The Phantom of the Opera".

** John Larroquette directed 2 episodes.
** Harry Anderson directed 2 episodes. He also wrote 5 of them. (One - "Caught Red Handed" from the fourth season - he both wrote ''and'' directed).

* DyeingForYourArt: Richard Moll shaved his head to play Bull, leading the actor to joke that it was a relief to see that he could grow a full head of hair during hiatuses.

* InMemoriam: One of the aformentioned Laff TV marathons that was held in April 2018 was called "All Rise For Harry" and was held in memoriam of Harry Anderson, who had died the week before in his sleep due to a stroke.

* [[AuthorExistenceFailure Actor Existence Failure]]: Selma Diamond after the second season, and Florence Halop after the third. Marsha Warfield was hired because she was much younger, so this could be prevented from happening a third time[[note]]although she gave the producers a scare when she lit up a cigarette during an early meeting as both of her predecessors had died of lung cancer[[/note]].
** Harry Anderson became this when a reboot pilot was greenlit in 2020, as he had died 2 years prior of complications of the seasonal flu. Instead, the pilot focuses on Harry's daughter.
*** Unfortunately, Markie Post, Paula Kelly and Charlie Robinson also suffered the same fate since Kelly has died in February 2020 while Robinson and Post both passed away in 2021.[[note]] Eerily, Post's death came less than a month after her co-star Robinson's death [[/note]]