John Larroquette Sitcoms & Comedy Series

One night the court in Manhattan gains a new judge, Harold T. Stone, who turns out to be not an ordinary judge - huge fan of Mel Torme and childish pranks, he prefers to follow his heart than the letter of the law.

Royal Payne and his wife Connie run a Whispering Pines Inn, not so glamorous hotel somewhere near coast in California. Their guests are sometimes quite eccentric, but not as eccentric as Royal himself.