Night Court (TV Series)
Death Threat (1984)
John Larroquette: Dan Fielding
Quotes
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Nostradamus 'Bull' Shannon : Sorry, Your Honor. I ran downstairs to catch him, but I must have just missed him.
Asst. D.A. Dan Fielding : You ran down eighteen flights of stairs?
Nostradamus 'Bull' Shannon : Yeah. I figured that whoever threw the rock through the window would have to come down the fire escape and onto the street.
Judge Harry T. Stone : Right.
Nostradamus 'Bull' Shannon : Then I figured the sight of someone like me barreling out of the courthouse would cause him to panic and flee, and then I'd nab him.
Court Clerk Lana Wagner : So what happened?
Nostradamus 'Bull' Shannon : *Everyone* panicked and fled!
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Asst. D.A. Dan Fielding : Your Honor, the defendant entered Blumbert's deli, went up to the counter and said, "give me an egg salad sandwich, for though I have no cash, you and all your descendants will be blessed."
God : It's better when I do it.
Asst. D.A. Dan Fielding : Blumbert was unimpressed, and told him to leave. And then he told Blumbert to "be fruitful, and multiply." But not in those words.
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Asst. D.A. Dan Fielding : [as "God" is led out of the courtroom] Your Honor, pending the psychiatric evaluation, the State will move that the defendant be...
[a rock crashes through the window, making several women scream]
God : [running back in] The day of destruction is here! Rise up! Rise up, and flee!
Judge Harry T. Stone : All right, sit down! Sit down, don't flee.
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[reading the death threat to Harry]
Public Defender Liz Williams : Well, a person would have to be seriously deranged to do this stuff!
Asst. D.A. Dan Fielding : [sarcastic] Know anyone like that in Manhattan?
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Anthony : Hey, I'm only 8, pineapple face!
Asst. D.A. Dan Fielding : [big forced grin] That's a lifetime for some!