Night Court (TV Series)
All You Need Is Love (1984)
Karen Austin: Lana Wagner
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Quotes
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Judge Harry T. Stone : Any questions?
Dan Fielding : Just one. How? How did you get appointed to the bench?
Judge Harry T. Stone : You know, Dan, that's a funny story. It was the mayor's last day in office, and it was a Sunday. And my name was at the bottom of a list of a thousand candidates. So they start calling folk, starting at the top of the list, but, you see, it's Sunday so no-one's home. So they keep calling down the list, name by name; no-one answers. Finally they get down to the bottom of the list and... voila.
Court Clerk Lana Wagner : You mean you were appointed a judge because...
Judge Harry T. Stone : I was home.
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Judge Harry T. Stone : Thanks a lot for being patient with me tonight; I am new here, you know.
Court Clerk Lana Wagner : Yeah, we noticed.
Judge Harry T. Stone : You know, my name was at the bottom of that list of prospective judges because I haven't had much experience really. But, every candidate does go through a thorough screening process, and whatever anybody thinks of that list, I *was* on it.
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[first lines]
Court Clerk Lana Wagner : The judge will be here any minute. Are you finished painting?
Painter : [staring out the window] Yeah.
Court Clerk Lana Wagner : Well, then, what are you doing?
Painter : I'm watching the naked couple in the building across the alley; they're fooling around.
Court Clerk Lana Wagner : That's depraved.
Painter : Too soon to tell.
Court Clerk Lana Wagner : I meant you. How would you like somebody watching you and your wife doing that?
Painter : My wife won't do that.
Court Clerk Lana Wagner : Out!
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Judge Harry T. Stone : This could go either way.
Court Clerk Lana Wagner : Yes!
Judge Harry T. Stone : Unless...
Court Clerk Lana Wagner : What?
Judge Harry T. Stone : No, I guess it's got to go either way, don't you think?
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[last lines]
Court Clerk Lana Wagner : About my job...?
Judge Harry T. Stone : Give me one more chance, huh.
Court Clerk Lana Wagner : It would be an honor to call you Harry!
Judge Harry T. Stone : Then it's fortunate I have that name.
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Court Clerk Lana Wagner : Any sign of the new judge?
Nostradamus 'Bull' Shannon : Not yet. Say, Lana, what's this guy supposed to be like?
Court Clerk Lana Wagner : I don't know. Our ex-mayor just filled all the vacancies in the court on his last day in office. Nobody knows who was appointed or where they were assigned.