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4 March 1982 (USA)
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Sight-gags and non-sequiturs dominate this spoof of police dramas. The six episodes formed the basis for later very successful "Naked Gun" movies. full summary
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Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys.
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Cast
(Series Cast Summary - 7 of 8) | Leslie Nielsen | ... | Det. Frank Drebin (6 episodes, 1982) |
 | Alan North | ... | Capt. Ed Hocken (6 episodes, 1982) |
| Rex Hamilton | ... | Abraham Lincoln (6 episodes, 1982) |
| Ed Williams | ... | Mr. Olson (6 episodes, 1982) |
| William Duell | ... | Johnny (6 episodes, 1982) |
| Marvin Miller | ... | Narrator (6 episodes, 1982) |
 | Peter Lupus | ... | Norberg (4 episodes, 1982) |
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30 min (6 episodes)
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1.33 : 1 more
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Australia:M |
USA:TV-PG |
Singapore:PG |
Denmark:15 (DVD) (2007) |
Norway:15 (DVD) (2007) |
Sweden:15 (DVD) (2007) |
Finland:K-18 (DVD) (2007) (self applied) |
Ireland:15 (DVD) |
UK:15 (DVD)
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Starting with the 2nd episode, Drebin would reel off a list of the criminals apprehended in all the previous episodes. This joke was slightly ruined as the episodes aired out of order, the fifth episode airing before the fourth and the fourth airing before the third, thus criminals were referred to before they were arrested. This joke was not done in the first or third episodes.
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Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Warrior of the Lost World (#6.1)" (1993)
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This is the brief series that lead to the NAKED GUN trilogy. Leslie Nielsen gets to play madman with all the delicious relish he can bring to the part of the straight-faced detective.
The stories are parodies of all the very, very, very serious and very, very, very important police and crime shows on TV over the years. Nothing escapes the satiric bashing that goes on here. The guest stars each week are murdered in the opening scene and then are never heard of again. The titles of the episodes don't fit the narration. Nielsen's own narration is a wonderful satire of all the crime story voice-overs going back to film noir and DRAGNET. And -- wonder of wonders -- the show is "In Color!"
No pun goes un-punned. No sight-gag is left un-gagged. Nothing is spared. Imagine the Marx Brothers and Three Stooges in a crime movie setting, and that gives you a hint of what POLICE SQUAD is all about. This is one of the funniest shows ever made for TV, but since it is satire, it of course had only a short run. Nevertheless, I loved it.