Night Stand

I loved "Night Stand with Dick Dietrich".

From the cheesy-yet-sincere plaintiffs to the despicable-yet-lovable defendants, it's a remarkable insight into this slice of media mayhem.

And if ever there was a more jovially-sleazy host, I have yet to see them.

It's really the sincerity and the ability to pick out the most interesting and amusing elements of the genre that tickles me.

I really DO believe that Dick wants to know about whether an audience member has been involved with one of the guests.

I've been looking for an archive of the show? Has anyone found one, or made one? I'm very interested in finding one.

Please tell me how I can persuade the copyright owner to distribute a DVD compilation. I'd love to see it again.

Thanks.

As a complete spoof of the Jerry Springer show, Nightstand was hands down the funniest show around. Repeat guests such as The Amazing Andy, Bob the Sexaholic, Dr. Lonnie Lanier, various audience members, 2Pac Zemekis, and others have VERY unique personalities and some use hilarious catch phrases they use when they greet Dick Dietrick. The show is filled with hidden jokes, inside jokes, and things you must think about before you find it funny. When Dick takes a look at the audience and says, "No no no, people", that is a good clue there was a joke just then. Creative real life names are used like Porkhead and Weiner on MVT (Music Video Television). Timothy Stack is funny just to watch and he plays a PERFECT talk show host. Sadly, the show had about 2 years on Fox I believe and now is using reruns on E! As Dick Dietrick would say, "For now, I'm Dick Dietrick".

The 90's brought us a lot of good things and it also brought shows like "Jerry Springer" which is what "Night Stand" is all about making fun of. Whereas "Jerry Springer" was partially scripted and it was all a set-up, "Night Stand" was nothing but a scripted sit com done in the style of trash TV.

Every week the host, Dick Dietrick, or "Dickie" as he was known, would have some characters on the stage to reveal some shocking aspect of their lives to a friend, relative or co-worker, then there would be a surprise guest, a fight might break out and Dickie would give his closing statements on the whole thing.

But it was played straight and that was the genius of it. Dickie would say something innocent to the crowd that could be taken in a different way only to go, "noooo... not like that" when the hooting and hollering would start. Or he'd say when the surprise guest showed up, "oh! I hope there's not going to be a fight, " which invariably there always was.

It was a show that made fun of trash TV and what the TV landscape had become. Too bad it only lasted two seasons and this was before the Jerry Springer show actually came clean and admitted their show was a setup. I would have loved to see Dickie react to that.

This was on E! when it was actually entertaining, making fun of all those stupid talk shows and doing it well. Tim Stack is a genius.

This show is too funny. It's a shame they didn't make any more episodes of it, because it was hands down the very best talk show ever. Whenever Dick would make fun of a character by accident and say "no people, no" was just classic. And guest appearances by Jerry Springer were pure gold.