"World's Wildest Police Videos" (1998)TV series 1998-2002

Director:

Tim Gibbons

Seasons:

1 | 3

Release Date:

2005 (Denmark)

Genre:

Action | Reality-TV

Plot Keywords:

Retired Policeman

Cast

Merrilyn Crouch	...	Southern Belle (1 episode, 2000)
C.W. Jensen	...	Himself (1 episode, 2000)

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Series Directed by
Tim Gibbons		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Ron Davis	....	story producer (unknown episodes, 1998)
John Bunnell	....	co-producer (unknown episodes)
Luke Garza	....	associate segment producer (unknown episodes)
Tim Gibbons	....	supervising producer (unknown episodes)
Matt Harris	....	story producer (unknown episodes)
Dick Herlan	....	co-executive producer (unknown episodes)
Greg Hill	....	segment producer (unknown episodes)
Kathryn Kaycoff	....	co-producer (unknown episodes)
Todd Ludy	....	story producer (unknown episodes)
Lorene Machado	....	story producer (unknown episodes)
Nick Renzi	....	associate segment producer (unknown episodes)
Will Robertson	....	field producer (unknown episodes)
Larry Silverman	....	producer (unknown episodes)
Ed Singer	....	associate producer (unknown episodes)
Paul Stojanovich	....	executive producer (unknown episodes)
Duane Tudahl	....	associate producer (unknown episodes)

Series Original Music by
Shawn K. Clement		(1 episode, 2000)

Series Cinematography by
Richard Davis		(unknown episodes)

Series Film Editing by
Jay Bluemke		(6 episodes)
Craig A. Colton		(unknown episodes)
Duane Tudahl		(unknown episodes)

Series Makeup Department
Carrey Gibbons	....	key makeup artist (unknown episodes)

Series Production Management
Jared Bushansky	....	post-production supervisor (unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
Wouter van Herwerden	....	sound re-recording mixer (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Richard Davis	....	steadicam operator (unknown episodes)

Series Editorial Department
Brittan Brown	....	assistant editor (1 episode, 2000)
Brandon Balin	....	assistant editor (unknown episodes)
Dana Besnoy	....	post-production assistant (unknown episodes)
Carl Franklin	....	assistant editor (unknown episodes)
Tiffany Hauck	....	first assistant editor (unknown episodes)
Derek Herr	....	on-line editor (unknown episodes)
Donald Milne	....	assistant editor (unknown episodes)
Duane Tudahl	....	supervising editor (unknown episodes)

Series Music Department
Bradford Cox	....	music editor (unknown episodes)

Series Other crew
Alesia Cook	....	researcher (1 episode, 2000)
John Downey III	....	head of research (unknown episodes, 1998-2002)
Bernice Moschini	....	production accountant (unknown episodes, 2000-2001)
Dori Woollum	....	production assistant (unknown episodes, 2000-2001)
Robin Petgrave	....	helicopter pilot (unknown episodes, 2001)
Eric Cannady	....	field researcher (unknown episodes)
Cameron Glenar	....	logger (unknown episodes)
Christina Martin	....	production assistant (unknown episodes)
Justin D. Robertson	....	script supervisor (unknown episodes)
Jesse Sternburg	....	location manager (unknown episodes)
Matthew Thompson	....	script coordinator (unknown episodes)
Kevin Wenig	....	key production accountant (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• Fox Broadcasting Company
• Paul Stojanovich Productions

Distributors

• Fox Network (USA)
• Men & Motors (????) (UK) (TV)
• TV3 Danmark (2005) (Denmark) (TV)
• USA Network (Brazil) (TV)

Also Known As:

Police Videos (USA) (new title)

Runtime:

60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:M | USA:TV-14 | Australia:PG | Brazil:14

Company:

Fox Broadcasting Company

Trivia:

The producers have admitted that an episode aired on 25 February 1999 contained a re-enactment in which a woman keeps spraying cops with pepper spray. When this episode was shown a second time, a label was seen on the screen throughout the segment indicating that it was not a real video.

Quotes:

Host: Hi, I'm Sheriff John Bunnell

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Series 7: The Contenders (2001)

Oh, that commentary!

Like so many other American police-video shows, "World's Wildest Police Videos" features (supposedly real) footage that is often deeply affecting and upsetting and, yes, sometimes amusing (stupid drunks CAN be funny), and for that, the producers can be lauded for perhaps doing a service to viewers by showing the affects of drinking, drugs, mental instability and all-around poor judgment. (And, like "Cops" before it, officers are sometimes shown in less-than-flattering light, usually due to their own inflated sense of importance and the presence of the cameras.) Unfortunately, any good is virtually overwhelmed by its host, former sheriff John Bunnell, and officer CW Jensen; Bunnell, with his lantern jaw and blinding white teeth, offers up commentary with prose so purple you can hardly believe it - no cliché is spared, and none of this is helped by his incongruously high-pitched, rather queen-y and nasal speaking voice and smug, "I told you so" intonations; Jensen, on the other hand, is supposed to be the 'voice of reason': calm, measured, soothing. However, it also appears this 'voice of reason' is unable to appear on camera without a treasure trove of make-up. Both Bunnell and Jensen INSIST on telling the audience EXACTLY what is going on on-screen, which often inspires the viewer to reply, "No sh*t, Sherlock." I've seen British takes on this type of programming and they featured tasteful commentary, used judiciously, opting to let the footage speak for itself. Not here! Displaying our usual American bombast, Bunnell and company AT NO TIME allow us to have a moment to decide for ourselves how to feel or think, for they offer words of the knee-jerk, lowest-common-denominator variety. Even worse than its hosts are the insipid, INSTANTLY ANNOYING and NON-STOP SQUEALING SIRENS THROUGHOUT EVERY SEGMENT, even when it's all-too-obvious that there is NO WAY the sound of sirens could possibly be heard by the cameras, particularly in the myriad news and police helicopter footage (by the way, both news and police helicopters the world over have THE EXACT SAME commentator, as the voice heard belongs to one man and one man only) , giving not-so-subtle credence to the feeling that much of what you're watching is, if not entirely fabricated, undeniably doctored. Still, its popularity, even several years after finishing production, says plenty, so it must have done something right. A time-waster but little more.