As much as I liked him as Data, there is a special place in my heart for Bob Wheeler. "...we ate the Necco wafers" is one of the greatest lines ever.

"We were seduced by the glamour of it all." I still use that to this day..😂😂

I have known Brent for 60 years. He has always been funny. We were in the same drama class. He got famous. I became a government bureaucrat where my audience had lower standards

I met Brent last year at Boston Fan Expo. My first words to him before we had our picture taken was "Bob Wheeler you Yugoslavian recidivist knucklehead, what the heck brings you by?" He couldn't been more gracious and funny.

I never laughed harder than seeing him do Bob Wheeler on Night Court. I still chuckle when I think of it.

I met Brent at a convention in Tennessee and I asked him a question that if Q was putting humanity on trial again, how screwed would we be if Bob Wheeler was the one defending humanity......he said "very" lol

How many people besides me would like to hear Brent Spiner say “Resistance is futile” in Bob Wheeler’s voice?

They are actually going to do a Night Court reboot, with John Larroquette reprising Dan Fielding. The Judge will be Abby Stone, the daughter of Judge Harry Stone and I understand she will be portrayed by Melissa Rauch, who was Bernadette Rostenkowski-Wolowicz on The Big Band Theory. I hope the Wheelers make an appearance.

He is a wildly talented actor. The one ST:TNG episode where he plays Data, Lor and Dr. Noonyan Soong (sp) really shows his versatility. Also in "Fist full of Datas" where he played a number of different characters against each other. Just an amazing talent.

Judge Harry: "What happened to the earthworm farm?" Bob Wheeler: "Stampede." Night Court was one of the best shows from the eighties.

I met brent spiner years ago at a convention here in NJ. He really went out of his way before the photo session to say hi, shake hands and give hugs to his fans..i was really impressed! William Shatner sure doesnt do that!

The Wheelers and the guy with Tortoise Nervosa were the funniest people to come through the courtroom.

The very first time I saw Data on TNG, I yelled out to my son and cats “Oh my god, it’s Bob Wheeler from Night Court! He even does the Bob voice in an episode of TNG when Data is malfunctioning! Love his acting in everything I’ve seen. Doctor Oken is a great role and well acted. Carry on, Mr. Spiner!

Bob wheeler should be a character on the orville.

"The illegal detonation of poultry."

I love Night Court!!! Great cast! Very funny ! And Markie Post! What else could a teenager ask for?

Yes, I agree with other commentators that Brent should guest star on Orville as his Bob Wheeler character in space. That would be an episode not to be missed.

Thank you, Brent, for confirming that the Wheelers really were from West Virginia! Please know that, even though some state politicians screamed about it, most of us Mountaineers found it hilarious!

I grew up watching Night Court on TV in the 80s. It was my favorite show. I am binge watching OG Night Court and just watched the first episode where The Wheelers first showed up.

I always wondered about this. Being from the heart of West Virginia, in Charleston, I always thought Brent did a fantastic job of doing an Appalachian from here, but I never heard Bob say ' crick' for creek or 'holler' for hollow. But his inflections and twang was damn near perfect!

After seeing him play Bob Wheeler, Data, Dr. Okin, and the dance instructor on Out To Sea, he has to be the most versatile actor on the planet.

He still remembers the name of his co-actor, impressive. And he really knows how to play an audience.

Brent Spiner was also great as the Reverend in "Tales from the Darkside." 'A Case of the Stubborns' was the episode.

Brent if you see this this one is for you! I'm an over the road trucker. I was raised in Georgia so I have that nice southern accent! I got a job that took me to NYC every week for 2 or 3 days depending on who I was delivering to. It was my last job trucking before cancer decided to play its game with me! Now it costs 40 bucks to cross any bridge to get to NYC from Missouri so I found many places to park my truck and then an MTA card to get a bus or subway to go get something to eat to not pay another toll just because I went to a truck stop. My favorite place to eat was this Yugoslav restaurant in Williamsburg. Every night I was in town I'd go there for dinner. The waitress there after several months of serving me finally broke down and asked me where I was from. I told her outside of Atlanta, Ga and her reply was " I thought you were from the south as you have the CUTEST accent I've ever heard!" Ya know I've been told many things about my accent over my 40 years of trucking some of them not so nice, but cute never came up! She got a great tip that night and the best southern Thankey Maam that got a great smile out of her! I kept eating there before my friend cancer came aknockin! Blue Sky's and Safe Journeys!

I love when Brent get a little sassy. He’s the best.

Keeps $250K in the tin can. He ate the Necco Wafers.

This should be titled People getting roasted by Brent Spiner

I love how a little bit of Bob Wheeler came out in the episode, a fistful of datas.

it was a very memorable character, i just never connected that character with Data until more recently. I was stunned that it was Brent Spiner. it was one of those "NO WAY" moments.

Would love to see Bob Wheeler on the new Night Court series. The look on Dan Fielding's face when he appears before Abby Stone alone would be worth watching.

OMG, now that there is a Night Court reboot going on, they HAVE to bring Bob Wheeler back.

For 35 years I've been wondering why the Bob Wheeler/News Stand story ark was dropped from Night Court. Now I know.

Spiner's so underrated as an actor. Most usually are great at comedy or drama. Not both. Subtlety is key to be successful in comedy. Timing is key. Delivering the punchline makes or breaks a moment. Even when you PRETTY much know what's coming, the right beat will make the most obvious stinger evergreen. Granny's death & the Necco Wafer lines prove it. His hangdog, deadpan response are timing gold. Granny dies in her sleep, beat, on the railroad tracks And THEN Earl's cutting Dan's attempted snide comment about Granny's estate. Dan's jaw hits the floor when Earl says she left them a quarter million in cash, beat, Earl torpedoes Dan by saying "we ate the Necco Wafers." Pure gold....😸

"Isn't it obvious? We're from Yugoslavia."

Interesting interview. I enjoyed Brent Spiner's performance as hapless West Virginian (and native Yugoslavian) rube Bob Wheeler on "Night Court."

Love Brent as Bob Wheeler, have watch the videos of his appearances many many times. Always a good laugh.

So how did Bob Wheeler come about? Have you heard of Denny's?

I remember seeing him on nightcourt, but I didn’t realize it was the same person as Data until a KZfaq video I watched a few years ago.

In those six Night Court episodes, we got Brent Spiner (TNG's Mr. Data), Annie O'Donnel (DS9's Keena) and John Larroquette (Star Trek III's Maltz) all giving amazing comedic performances. =)

Night Court is my all time favorite show, Brent Spinner was EXCELLENT as Bob Wheeler, and my girlfriend was born in Yugoslavia !

I recently saw a clip of Brent being one of the three on "To Tell The Truth" (1972) His name or professional name was Brent Mintz. He had shoulder length brown hair and beard with mustache. He said that his real occupation was as a photographer. He was so quick witted then as he is now.

Great video love Brent spinner as data lol and he did good on night Court rip to Harry

Hoping Brent reprises Bob Wheeler in the "Night Court" reboot.

The reboot of Night Court would be damn fools if they don't have Bob Wheeler back. I want to know what he and June have been up to.

Bob Wheeler lied about being from West Virginia because....it was the first EXOTIC place that popped in his head. Mrs. Wheeler: "And why you don't charge for that strip search I'll never know."

"Let's see. They're offering me a full time gig on a highly rated network television show, or I could go with this reboot of a science fiction franchise that hasn't been on television for over 20 years. Which should I choose?" Looks like Brent was a bit of a gambler.

This man is a national treasure and if we had knights, he be one.

"Warsh it dah-un", more like. I interviewed Spiner about 30 years ago for TV GUIDE. He told me great stories about meeting Judy Garland when he was a teenager because his uncle booked shows in Houston. Apparently, it was the start of his love of showbiz.

Brent Spiner has to be the most versatile actor ever. He also played a dance instructor aboard a cruise ship on the movie Out To Sea with Walter Matthau

I have always loved Brent. Wonder if he'll make a cameo on the new Night Court

1) I had forgotten he was on Night Court 2) Those were some damn funny skits!

@<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="160">2:40</a> Brent Spiner: "You're filming this? What? Are you going to take this back to your land and show people you were really here?" (156,000 KZfaq views later)

Interesting enough, Annie O'Donnell (the lady who played his wife on night court) was in an episode of Deep Space Nine. She was also on a couple episodes of Big Bang Theory (dunno if it was ever along side Brent, but that would have been cool). As far as who made the better decision...well, she's done a lot more work than Brent through out the years.

Ironically they DID do a reboot of Night Court and Bob Wheeler came back!

Well congrats, Brent. We just got a night court reboot with Harry's daughter being the judge and Dan Fielding being the defendant. It'd be interesting to see Bob and June Wheeler having a reappearence.

That was some world class rambling there

He’s finally coming back to the new Night Court

This guy puts himself into every role he's given!

Wow! He's actually charming when he's not ticked off about Trekkies constantly asking him the same obnoxious questions 1,569,077 times.

The character of Bob Wheeler on night court and his wife were fun to watch for me so when Star Trek started and here is the same guy playing in Android I just had to freaking watch and see how that was going to play out. So much fun watching.

Anybody want to see Brent reprise the role in the upcoming Night Court revival?

Now that Night Court is back, I reeeeeeeally am anticipating when Bob Wheeler will make his return!

If Brent ever sees this, I really want to see Grandpa Bob Wheeler, with wife and daughter, n the Night Court Reboot

I started watching and became a fan of next generation because of night court and reading rainbow

Before Night Court, he was on an episode of Cheers. He wasnt seen until the end of the episode, but it was the one where Diane was selected for Jury Duty.

When his daughter asked if they were ever going to Disneyland. "No darlin', not in a million years"

I’m this many years old when I found this out. Literally just watched clip of it the other day

With the Night Court reboot coming now Brent might just get to play Bob again:)

After watching a couple of episodes of the reboot, they need Bob Wheeler more than ever.

I loved Bob Wheeler. I loved Night Court.

I LOVED him on Night Court

It's strange that Night Court had a Bob Wheeler character just a few years after Taxi had Bobby Wheeler.

The Wheeler episodes of Night Court were my favourite episodes.

He returns to night court this week.

How prophetic this story is! They have indeed rebooted Night Court with John Larroquette, and Melissa Rauch.

Coincidentally, there is now a reboot of Night Court airing in a week.

I never heard of Brent Spiner until Star Trek N.G. He was a Great Data!!! My most favorite Caricature next to Worf.

I hope Brent reprises his Bob Wheeler character in the reboot

When he said "Harry passed away" he froze up for a minute, he was remembering Harry and it showed. What a good dude for honoring Judge Stone.

A running joke among some friends of mine was: "Daddy, will I ever get to Disneyland?" "Not in a million years," all with a faux-Appalachian accent. Those of you who remember the first appearance of the Wheelers might remember that (Yes, I'm old, my bones are like pretzels, etc.)

I love the characters of Bob and June Wheeler, my favorite recurring characters.

Probably the most memorable non regular character in Night Court. Supermarket beer🤔

I wasn't born in Texas but I got here as soon as I could.

I hope they bring him back as Bob Wheeler in the new Night Court reboot!

I loved the Worm Farm bit the best. What happened to the farm? Stampede!...LOL

I will NEVER forget those episodes!!!!

Loved Bob, June & little Carol Ann Wheeler . . . Always brings a smile!

He was great as Bob Wheeler and it would be great for him to return on Night Court as a special appearance on there

This could be an exaggeration, but I believe that Data single handedly save the crew more then anyone else’s character. Either using his incredible strength, and or just his head alone. Those episodes were nicely written.

Fuckin Bob Wheeler was my favorite character on television! Then one day I realized who data was. Big vat of wigglers and animal husbandry!!!!

One thing I wish would have happened is in the scene where the Trekkies went to court because they got into a fight over whether TOS or TNG was better, Bob Wheeler would have showed up and said, "Nice costumes" to the fans wearing the TNG uniforms, as a nod to his role as Data.

schlitz is still around, my local corner store has it

Fun to watch and funny man. Wish we could have had more.

I never saw night court as it was not shown were I lived in Australia - I first saw Brent Spiner in Star Trek

Now with the reboot of Night Court, I wonder if Bob Wheeler might make another appearance? That would be great!

I want to see that character on that new night court show

Night court is back and my wife and I love it. Waiting for Data to show up

It's time with the reboot of night Court to bring back Bob Wheeler! 😁

Loved him on Night court.

I am a huge fan of Brent Spiner. He was also part of the movie " Independence day" as well.