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I used to watch this years ago in the 80s/90s, I guess, when the show came out. Not religiously and not all episodes, but when I caught it on TV. It was a charming, funny show, and of course I remember Brent Spiner's many guest appearances as Bob Wheeler, he was a hoot!
It's sad to realize that both Markie Post and Harry Laverne Anderson (who also had several guest appearances on CHEERS as a trickster) are no longer with us.
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Oh, disappointing. I missed it, had to look it up. She died in 2021 at the age of 70. Shame.
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Finishing SEASON 4:
"Caught Red Handed"
https://ok.ru/video/1476912417520
Christine deals with sexual harassment.
Notes:
Rating: *** *** *.5
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"Paternity"
https://ok.ru/video/1476913662704
An extra star for once again expanding a little upon Dan's character and not having him be entirely one dimensional.
Notes: How is Dan writing a check? He's broke.
Rating: *** *** *.5
"Here's to You, Mrs. Robinson"
https://ok.ru/video/1476914645744
.
Notes: Bull has a pet python. So ... how did that work with the baby he had? Or the puppies he collected and probably took home?
Roz commenting to the dictator-for-life guy that he went from that be being a night manager, isn't too far off. Just yesterday I saw a non-fiction book with the subtitle of "From Crack Addict to CEO".
Rating: *** *** *
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Christine: "Soon they'll all be part of the Great Melting Pot."
Dan: "Be faster just to pop them in the microwave..."
"Her Honor (Part 1)"
https://ok.ru/video/1476915432176
Standard episode.
Rating: *** *** *
Mac: "Well pinch my toes and call me a jelly doughnut."
"Her Honor (Part 2)"
https://ok.ru/video/1476916022000
Standard episode.
Rating: *** *** *
Bull: "I'm too depressed about Harry to rip your lungs out. Maybe later."
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SEASON 5:
"Her Honor (Part 3)"
https://ok.ru/video/1476917070576
https://ok.ru/video/1476916022000
Standard episode..
Notes: This is the final episode to feature Brent Spiner as the poor husband and his poor family. Like I said, they were supposed to be regulars, but they disappeared after this with no explanation.
Rating: *** *** *
"Her Honor (Part 4)"
https://ok.ru/video/1476919757552
Standard episode.
Rating: *** *** *
"Death of a Bailiff"
https://ok.ru/video/1476920281840
I just find the ending to be baloney. Had Bull kept his money, he could have had twice the savings.
Rating: *** *** *
Dan: "We have comprehension!"
Bull: "I wondered why God smelled like Tidy Bowl."
"Ladies Night"
https://ok.ru/video/1991403047677
Standard episode.
Note: This is the third episode so far to feature additional (uncredited) scoring by Mitchell Glickman. In this episode the male strip club had a few original pieces playing. Some of them were actually enjoyable.
Rating: *** *** *
Christine: "Honey, these are factory original!"
"Safe"
https://ok.ru/video/1991403244285
One of the best episodes so far. Some character development for Harry and a funny subplot for Dan.
Rating: *** *** **
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Dan: "This guy gave me a hundred dollars for my soul."
Christine: "Hum, good idea; it was just taking up space anyway."
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Continuing SEASON 5:
"Mac's Dilemma"
https://ok.ru/video/1476921264880
Fairly standard episode.
Rating: *** *** *
Roz: "I don't do anything that disgusting without a box of candy and some sweet talk."
Harry: "How the hell do you lose a dead body?!"
Bull: "He out-smarted me, sir."
"Who Was That Mashed Man?"
https://ok.ru/video/1991403506429
Standard episode.
Rating: *** *** *
"No Hard Feelings"
https://ok.ru/video/1991403571965
Standard episode.
Rating: *** *** *
Harry: "You had a little trouble launching the old Love Boat."
"Constitution (Part 1)"
https://ok.ru/video/1476925721328
Standard episode. Expands upon Roz's character a little.
For the guys here: 9:47 in. You're welcome. I'd like to see her goose bumps.
Rating: *** *** *
"Constitution (Part 2)"
https://ok.ru/video/1991403899645
This episode was a little better and had a number of good jokes.
Rating: *** *** *.5
Woman: "You are really asking for it."
Dan: Motioning like Grouch Marx, "I'm willing to beg for it."
Roz: "My life is nothing but a festering pile of doggy doughnuts."
Roz: "What's that behind your back?"
Dan: "New Jersey."
"Let It Snow"
https://ok.ru/video/1476926311152
Standard episode that got a little annoying with the "We're all trapped in a building" plot again. This time, thankfully, without multiple child births.
Rating: *** *** *
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Continuing SEASON 5:
"Dan, the Walking Time Bomb"
https://ok.ru/video/1991404161789
Standard episode.
Notes: This episode has an accordion piece that closes it out, but there is no credit for who did it or on IMDb. Maybe it's a tracked library cue.
Rating: *** *** *
"I wanna be topless on your dining table!
Bull: "But I got plenty of chairs."
"Hit the Road, Jack"
https://ok.ru/video/1991404620541
Standard episode.
Rating: *** *** *
(NtM: 21:59/gif)
"I'm OK, You're Catatonic/Schizophrenic"
https://ok.ru/video/1476927425264
John Astin is always a joy when he's being a weird crazy person. An extra half star just for his scenes.
Rating: *** *** *.5
: "You mean, you agreed to commit yourself to a psychiatric institution just to make me happy?!"
John Astin Character: "I'm funny that way."
"Chrizzi's Honor"
https://ok.ru/video/1991405210365
I gather from information online, that really was the Queen of England in the end, and not an actress.
Notes: CinemaSins voice: "Christine's sudden cat is sudden!". Who was taking care of that cat while they were running late in court? Who took care of it the times they were trapped in the building twice? Why has it never been mentioned before?
A bullet fired from the ground into a sixteenth-story open window, from that angle of trajectory, would not fly under Dan's crotch and hit that lamp behind him. From that height all the assassin should see his probably his chest upward.
Rating: *** *** *
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"Another Day in the Life"
https://ok.ru/video/1476929129200
Standard episode.
Rating: *** *** *
(NtM: 10:11/gif, 15:01/gif)
"Heart of Stone"
https://ok.ru/video/1991405669117
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Rating: *** *** *.5
Roz: "I don't know where this is going, but I got dibs on the movie rights."
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Finishing SEASON 5:
"Russkie Business"
https://ok.ru/video/1488320989936
Standard episode.
Notes: Yakov Smirnoff guest stars again. Bob Hope also appears briefly, as himself.
Rating: *** *** *
: "She's hot to Trotsky."
"Jung and the Restless"
https://ok.ru/video/1488322300656
Fairly standard episode. Roz's character is expanded upon a little.
Rating: *** *** *
Harry: "I'd say that's fairly obvious -- to anybody who knows what the hell a grock is."
Bull: "Its a sudden flash of insight derived from a profound epithetic experience. Or its that sound my stomach makes after I chug a Mountain Dew."
Roz: "You didn't shoot me. I find that attractive in a man."
"Top Judge"
https://ok.ru/video/1488323939056
Way too predictable standard episode.
Rating: *** *** *
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"Mac's Millions"
https://ok.ru/video/1488325511920
.
Notes: Mitchell Glickman is listed for additional music on IMDb for this episode (uncredited on screen), which must be for the band music. However, I think it's all pre-existing material and no original pieces. So "arranger" might be a better word.
Rating: *** *** *
Dan: "Oh, Mac -- you inherit two-million dollars and you treat us to lunch in the cafeteria. My thimble runneth over."
"Danny Got His Gun (Part 1)"
https://ok.ru/video/1991406914301
Standard episode.
Rating: *** *** *
Dan: "I have no yet begun to weasel."
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SEASON 6:
"Danny Got His Gun (Part 2)"
https://ok.ru/video/2041299143421
Standard episode.
Rating: *** *** *
"You are business end of reindeer."
"Danny Got His Gun (Part 3)"
https://ok.ru/video/2041299208957
Standard episode.
Rating: *** *** *
Dan: "...and whoever groped me -- thanks."
"Fire"
https://ok.ru/video/2041299405565
Standard episode.
Rating: *** *** *
Bull: "Death is just Nature's way of telling you: Hey -- you're not alive anymore."
"Harry and the Tramp"
https://ok.ru/video/1488335080176
Standard episode.
Rating: *** *** *
(NtM: 16:50/gif)
Dan: "I made a prior commitment with a woman that I'm honor bound to keep."
Roz: "Must mean she wanted the money up front."
"Educating Rhoda"
https://ok.ru/video/1488341568240
Standard episode.
Notes: A young Nana Visitor makes an appearance as a crazy woman. But the acting ... leaves something to be desired.
This episode also has a short "Psycho" strings rip, but now one is credited for it in the end credits and no on has a credit on IMDb.
Rating: *** *** *
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Continuing SEASON 6:
"The Last Temptation of Mac"
https://ok.ru/video/2041299864317
Standard episode.
Rating: *** *** *
Christine: "Sir, would you like to sample my yams?"
Harry: "Right here? With the lights on?"
Roz: "Your dinner was so good it came up and took a bow."
"The Law Club"
https://ok.ru/video/2041299995389
Standard episode.
Rating: *** *** *
"Night Court of the Living Dead"
https://ok.ru/video/2041300126461
Standard episode.
Rating: *** *** *
Christine: "I'm not dead!"
Bull: "This must be what they call the Denial Stage."
"The Night Court Before Christmas"
https://ok.ru/video/2041300323069
An extra half star just for Astin's scenes; he's just a joy.
Notes: Once again John Astin plays Buddy.
Christine's sudden cat is actually referenced again. I'm surprised the writers simply didn't just forget about it.
Rating: *** *** *.7
Roz: Shoving a large novelty Christmas cane on to his chest, "Pick a body cavity, Dan."
Buddy: "If you're in mid hallucination, I can come back later."
"Mental Giant"
https://ok.ru/video/2041300454141
Once the I.Q. tests were handed out, the plot was entirely predictable.
Rating: *** *** *
"Rock-a-Bye Baby"
https://ok.ru/video/1492523158256
Fairly standard episode.
Rating: *** *** *
Dan: "Oh, boy -- keep my feet from dancing."
"Clip Show (Part 1)"
https://ok.ru/video/1492524337904
Aptly-named episode.
Rating: *** *** *
Auditor Edwards: "I think you're a deeply disturbed man."
Dan: "Thank you."
Roz: "My hobby is ... shoving things..."
"Clip Show (Part 2)"
https://ok.ru/video/2041300912893
Unfortunately, that whole clown thing at the end of Part 1, went nowhere and was just a gimmick to further along the clip show premise
Rating: *** *** *
"The Trouble Is Not in Your Set"
https://ok.ru/video/1492530957040
Standard episode.
Notes: Several episodes back, Dan ran for another position, but the voting constituent thought he was dead. What changed? Running for office costs money, too, but he's broke.
Rating: *** *** *
"The Game Show"
https://ok.ru/video/1492568378096
Standard episode.
Notes: Harry did not have the time to say that to Mac over the phone.
Rating: *** *** *
(NtM: 19:56/gif)
Bull: "It's a Judge butt, isn't it?"
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Finishing SEASON 6:
"This Old Man"
https://ok.ru/video/1492569623280
Standard episode.
Rating: *** *** *
"Strange Bedfellows"
https://ok.ru/video/331424926433
Standard episode, but the plot has been done before: Dan has feeling and can be a good guy toward women.
Rating: *** *** *
Christine: "Just keeping the bedroom lights on is kinky enough."
"From Snoop to Nuts (Part 1)"
https://ok.ru/video/1492605471472
Fairly standard episode.
Notes: Yet again John Astin guest stars.
Rating: *** *** *
Christine: "Nobody makes a fool out of Christine Sullivan."
Storms away.
Roz: "She's right; some things a person just has to do for herself."
Christine: "Don't worry -- I do not have a problem with alcohol."
Roz: "Where are you going?"
Christine: "To a bar on Fourth Street."
"From Snoop to Nuts (Part 2)"
https://ok.ru/video/2041301764861
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Rating: *** *** *
Buddy: "With friends like these, who needs hallucinations?"
"Pen Pal"
https://ok.ru/video/1492619496176
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Rating: *** *** *
"Not My Type"
https://ok.ru/video/2041301961469
The series finally does something with Art's character.
Rating: *** *** *
"Yet Another Day in the Life"
https://ok.ru/video/2041302092541
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Notes: No, "Tortoise Nervosa" is not a real condition.
Rating: *** *** *
"Go suck on a tribble!"
"Go sit on a phaser!"
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SEASON 7:
"Life with Buddy"
https://ok.ru/video/2041323129597
Once again another half star just for Astin's performance.
Notes: Yet again, John Astin as Buddy. And it's been a month in-'verse since the last season ended
Rating: *** *** *.5
Harry: "Oh, Buddy -- I thought you were a sexy blonde Scandinavian."
Buddy: "Well, you're not the first one to make that mistake."
"If I Were a Rich Man"
https://ok.ru/video/2041323260669
So, Dan is broke, but he has the money to get even more broke?
Rating: *** *** *
(NtM: 21:07/gif)
"The Cop and the Lady"
https://ok.ru/video/2041323391741
This episode frustrates me, because Christine is Homer Simpsons stupid here.
Rating: *** *** *
"Come Back to the Five and Dime, Stephen King, Stephen King"
https://ok.ru/video/1498378210032
Halloween episode.
Notes: An old case file from 1939 can't be in Harry's desk -- the desk was destroyed once, replace, then at least half of it blown to pieces, and therefore replaced yet again. It's not the same desk from 1939.
Rating: *** *** *
"Blue Suede Bull"
https://ok.ru/video/2041323653885
Bull in that white suite looks like Egghead from the 1966 "Batman" series.
Notes: How can Dan afford a brand new Mercedes when he's broke? In-the-hole broke.
Rating: *** *** *
(NtM: 18:41/gif)
Dan: "I'd rather be the towel boy in a Turkish prison."
Roz: "They broke the mold while making Bull Shannon."
"For Love or Money"
https://ok.ru/video/2041323916029
Fairly standard episode.
Notes: Flush with John Astin this passed year of the show.
Rating: *** *** *
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Continuing SEASON 7:
"Auntie Maim"
https://ok.ru/video/2041324112637
Technically, Roz does have a guy, he's just in prison for a while.
Notes: This is another episode where on IMDb, composer Mitchell Glickmanis credited with additional music (but gets no credits in the end credits). It's instrumental cues for the dancers, like the enjoyable piece at about 10:48 in.
Rating: *** *** *
"Attack of the Mac Snacks"
https://ok.ru/video/2041324243709
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Rating: *** *** *.5
Dan: "Obviously she's had some bad experiences with men; I think it important to befriend her, earn her respect. Then I'll take advantage of her."
Christine: "It's nice to know that in this ever-changing world, you'll always be your disgustingly perverted self."
Dan: gives her a thumbs up, "Count on me."
"Branded (Part 1)"
https://ok.ru/video/2041324636925
Standard episode.
Rating: *** *** *
(NtM: 20:15/gif)
Roz: "Theres no calories in stolen food."
"Branded (Part 2)"
https://ok.ru/video/1498514983664
It's remarkable how Dan is only learning all these life lessons in the show once Harry took over as Judge.
Rating: *** *** *
Christine: Looking at a pair of boobs, "You can't think those are real."
All Guys in the Room: "Who cares!"
Harry: "Yeah, well, here's another fact: YOU'RE A BIG WEINER!""
Judge: "Fielding's still a slime ball."
Harry: "True, but he's a law-abiding slim ball."
"Passion Plundered"
https://ok.ru/video/2041324767997
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Rating: *** *** *
Dan: To Harry and Christine, "Oh, please -- you two have the sex drive of Ken and Barbie."
Roz: "Well, if anybody knows about having sex with plastic people, its you."
Harry: "Dan, this is an ordinary flasher case."
Dan: "Well, then its open and shut."
"Amore or Less"
https://ok.ru/video/1498515835632 (volume is loud on this load).
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Rating: *** *** *
Dan: "Ah, women -- can't live with them, can't do most positions without them."
Harry: "If I had a dime for every woman..."
Dan: "You could make a phone call."
Bull: "Any suggestions?"
Roz: "Don't reproduce."
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Continuing SEASON 7:
"Razing Bull"
https://ok.ru/video/2041324899069
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Rating: *** *** *
Dan: "Well, I've got nothing better to do, but I'm going to go do it anyway."
Dan: "You know, Harry, if you weren't born, Walt Disney would have to draw you."
Harry: "No, no one has ever told me I sound like a young Caesar Romero."
Harry: "Dan, you promised."
Dan: "Did I make eye contact?"
"Futureman"
https://ok.ru/video/2041324964605
They just yadda yadda-ed over the laser gun.
Notes: More John Astin joy.
Rating: *** *** *
Roz: "Kissing butt."
Dan: "I prefer to think of them as: keisters of opportunity."
"Wedding Bell Blues (Part 1)"
https://ok.ru/video/1498517539568
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Notes: Actor James Avery guest stars a little. You may not know the name off hand, but you probably know him as the dad from "The Fresh Price of Bel-Air".
Rating: *** *** *
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Bull: "Am I going to understand this when I grow up?"
Christine: "Six months is a long time."
Old Lady: "Honey, I haven't gotten any in six years; you get used to it."
Roz: "How that brain of yours doesn't roll out of your ear holes, I'll never know." (to Bull)
"Wedding Bell Blues (Part 2)"
https://ok.ru/video/2041325226749
Alternative link: https://ok.ru/video/1498517998320
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Rating: *** *** *
Roz: "Did you swell up like a balloon until a baby popped out of you?"
Bull: "No, I would have remembered that."
Dan: "Yeah, well, it's ridiculous for a man in my position to not have a secretary."
Roz: "Yeah, I hear you've been reduced to chasing yourself around the office."
"The Talk Show"
https://ok.ru/video/2041325423357
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Rating: *** *** *
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Dan: "You also make love with all the warmth and sensuality of a Coke machine! I oughtta know!"
"Melvin and Harold"
https://ok.ru/video/1498518719216
Mel Torne plays himself again, and we are graced with John Astin as Buddy again. Though Astin is wasted here -- he barely does anything.
Notes: Harry turns 40 years old in this episode. With a nice bit of continuity, Dan mentions he was once 40 -- and sure enough, a few seasons ago he said he was forty. Actor Harry Anderson, who played Harry, in real life at the time was around two years shy of being 40 years old.
Mel Torme name drops Henry Mancini. In real life they apparently became friends after one of the Mel-Tones members married Henry. And with another composer connection, in real life Les Baxter was also part of the Mel-Tones.
Rating: *** *** *
Harry: "I'm older than Spider-Man."
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