I love surreal humor in TV shows; which is what makes Green Acres, Newhart, Night Court and the older Ernie Kovacs Show amongst my all-time favorites. This episode actually tuned down the surrealism a bit, but still it was hilarious. The idea of a pleasure-loving princess falling for Judge Stone while Dan - "the King of Hanky-Panky" - looks on enviously is priceless. Well worth the watch. You'll have vuva for it, too.
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Some things really don't age well
sfstagewalker3 February 2024
Warning: Spoilers
I've been enjoying going back and watching a show that I loved as a kid. Some things about the show are as funny and fresh as they were then, and some things ... not so much. The "simple natives from an island kingdom who are so strange and naive that a simple coin trick will get them to worship you" schtick is deeply cringeworthy at best. (and of course the old chestnut of a simple translation issue turning into a marriage proposal, and the natives not being able or willing to comprehend such a simple misunderstanding) Night Court was on the whole deeply progressive in its intentions, but at times fell into celebrating the racism and sexism that it ostensibly tried to parody.
That said, feel free to give this episode where a Polynesian princess gets busted for public indecency because she didn't understand that public nudity is not allowed in New York a pass.
That said, feel free to give this episode where a Polynesian princess gets busted for public indecency because she didn't understand that public nudity is not allowed in New York a pass.
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