John Larroquette is very clear that he only agreed to reprise his role as attorney Dan Fielding in the “Night Court” reboot because of star and executive producer, Melissa Rauch.

During a recent visit to Night Court’ s set, Larroquette, 76, spoke with PEOPLE about the opportunity to work with Warfield, 70, more than three decades after starring together on the original Night Court with a cast that included the late actors Charlie Robinson , Markie Post and Richard Moll.

Here's what Ryan Hansen told us. Spoilers ahead for the Season 3 premiere of Night Court, called "The Judge's Boyfriend's Dad."

When I first was approached with this idea, I didn’t like the idea at all,” Larroquette admits. “And only because I thought egotistically, I don’t want to be compared to myself when I was 34 years old.