Safety Patrol (TV 1998)

Scout Bozell dreams of being on his school safety patrol, but he has never been allowed on because he is very clumsy. He's sent to another school just because his old school will not let ... See full summary »

Director:

Savage Steve Holland

Writers:

Doug Draizin (story), Savage Steve Holland (screenplay),

Stars:

Bug Hall, Lainie Kazan, Curtis Armstrong

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Bug Hall	...	Scout Bozell
Lainie Kazan	...	Mrs. Day
Curtis Armstrong	...	Bert Miller
Stephanie Faracy	...	Mrs. Marlowe
Alex McKenna	...	Hannah Zapruder
Ed McMahon	...	Grandpa Bozell
'Weird Al' Yankovic	...	Himself
Charlene Tilton	...	Mrs. Zapruder
John Bennett Perry	...	Mr. Norman Zapruder
Phillip Van Dyke	...	Kent Marlowe
John Walsh	...	Himself
Wink Martindale	...	Himself
Leslie Nielsen	...	Mr. Penn
Katsy Chappell	...	Mrs. Brown
Brad Grunberg	...	Gym Teacher (as Johnny Cocktails)

Storyline

Scout Bozell dreams of being on his school safety patrol, but he has never been allowed on because he is very clumsy. He's sent to another school just because his old school will not let him on there Safety patrol. So he gets on the safety patrol at his new school...

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Plot Keywords:

school | patrol | safety | family relationships | child's point of view | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Family

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 March 1998 (USA)

Also Known As:

Disney's Safety Patrol

Filming Locations:

Verdugo Hills High School - 10625 Plainview Avenue, Tujunga, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Doug Draizin Productions, Walt Disney Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Bug Hall and Alex McKenna who play Scout and Hannah, previously starred together in The Stupids as the Stupids' children.

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Quotes

[Lucky and Red hang by their underwear]
Red: I wonder if this is what they mean by 'higher learning.'
Lucky Zapruder: Don't even go there.

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Connections

Spoofs Branded (1965)

User Reviews

Cameos can't save this blunder of a film

I tried to think of something nice about this film but I couldn't, so I'll just rant instead. The many cameos in this movie (Weird Al Yankovic, Leslie Nielsen, John Walsh, etc.) prove that Disney has way too much money to spend on crap films such as this. This film is about an accident prone boy named Scout Bozell (who names their kid Scout?) who's only desire in life is to become a "safety" (member of the safety patrol). I could spend my time writing a detail plot synopsis, but I really don't want to seeing how I already wasted too much time even watching this film. So I'll make it short. Scout becomes a member of safety patrol, changes schools, feuds with bad guys, makes new friends, gets new safety patrol, loses friends, gets set up by bad guys, cries, gets old friends back, exposes bad guys, and gets girl, who is a 6th grader dressed up to resemble, and I'm sorry, a cheap whore. Within this movie is poor writing, even worse acting, and a lot of cameos by stars with too much time on their hands. This film is terrible, horrible, awful, and bad. I think the only reason I watched it is because I wanted to see if anything could have made it suck less. Really all I accomplished was wasting a couple hours when I should have been sleeping. I'd recommend that if you're channel surfing and you happen to see that "Safety Patrol" is on, turn off your television sets and go play outside. Don't put yourself through the self-inflicted torture that I did. You'll never be able to see Disney in the same light again. There is absolutely nothing good you can say about this film...so don't try.