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When a woman reports being blackmailed by some thugs, Police Squad get even more reports of the same kind from other shop owners. To gain a better perspective, Frank and Norberg open up a key store ...
Frank investigates a murder case at a bank where a robber shot the clerk and then another staff member, Sally, shot the robber. The autopsy, however, shows differently.
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Top Rated TV #202
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1 win & 1 nomination.
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Cast
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| Leslie Nielsen | ... | Det. Frank Drebin 6 episodes, 1982 | |
| Alan North | ... | Capt. Ed Hocken 6 episodes, 1982 | |
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Rex Hamilton | ... | Abraham Lincoln 6 episodes, 1982 |
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Ed Williams | ... | Mr. Olson 6 episodes, 1982 |
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William Duell | ... | Johnny 6 episodes, 1982 |
| Peter Lupus | ... | Norberg 4 episodes, 1982 | |
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Tessa Richarde | ... | Mary 2 episodes, 1982 |
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Marginally a "straight" police drama in the Jack Webb/Quinn Martin school, Police Squad occurs in a strange universe where everything is taken literally (when a name "rings a bell" we hear bells go off every time someone mentions it), non sequiturs occur (a mime tries to spell out a ransom note, and Officer Nordberg guesses "Theme From a Summer Place") and sight gags abound (while looking for a corpse, someone wants to know the time and the dead man's hand drops out of a tree). Written by <scrow@chop.isca.uiowa.edu>
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There are 8 million stories in the Naked City. Here are six.Parents Guide:
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4 March 1982 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Die nackte Pistole See more »Company Credits
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Paramount Television, which produced this series, acquired the rights to Quinn Martin's library, which was heavily spoofed on this show. See more »Crazy Credits
The opening credits format, with the announcer intoning "'Police Squad!', in color!" and on-screen act numbers after commercial breaks(Act I, Act II, etc.) was a parody of Quinn Martin Productions' crime dramas which had a similar format. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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One night I was listening to talk radio and they had Leslie Nielsen on the program. He went on to explain why there were only 6 shows. '
With TV shows like MASH you could go to the fridge to get a beer and as long as you heard what was going on you didn't miss anything. But with Police Squad, you HAD to watch the show, with the sight gags you missed a whole lot if you didn't see them. Who could forget "... the part of town known as "Little Italy"..." with the coliseum in the background.
Even the movies relied heavily on the sight gags, but then again being in the theater you were a captive audience.
Leslie also said the one reason the show, movies and other movies like Airplane were funny is because they didn't attempt to tell what was funny. It was up to the viewer to get the jokes.
Well that's just my 2 cents.