Vacation 

The detectives are preoccupied with Barney's posted vacation schedules. A string of false alarms suggests that a sniper may be after a cop. A man won't donate a kidney to his ailing brother.

Director:

Noam Pitlik

Writers:

Frank Dungan, Jeff Stein

Stars:

Hal Linden, Max Gail, Ron Glass

Cast

Episode complete credited cast:
Hal Linden	...	Capt. Barney Miller
Max Gail	...	Det. Stan 'Wojo' Wojciehowicz
Ron Glass	...	Det. Ron Harris
Steve Landesberg	...	Det. Sgt. Arthur Dietrich
Ron Carey	...	Officer Carl Levitt
Bruce Kirby	...	Frank Rossman
Ben Slack	...	Leo Rossman
Jack Bernardi	...	Mr. Gilman

Storyline

The detectives are preoccupied with Barney's posted vacation schedules. A string of false alarms suggests that a sniper may be after a cop. A man won't donate a kidney to his ailing brother.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Did You Know?

Trivia

Dietrich places Harris description of a false alarm as a form of unfulfilled sexual gratification, e.g. "You go out on a call, the adrenaline's starts pumping, the excitements building then suddenly it's all over" .

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Soundtracks

Romeo and Juliet: Fantasy Overture
Written by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (as Peter Il'yich Tchaikovsky)
Courtesy of Extreme Music

User Reviews

Jack Bernardi and Bruce Kirby

"Vacation" finds the squad room spooked about being called out on robberies that don't take place, a series of false alarms perpetrated by a little old man (Jack Bernardi, second of two) intent on grading his local police force. For instance, on a scale of one to ten he gave Harris high marks on everything except appearance ("a six?"). Bruce Kirby (third of three) plays Frank Rossman, who refuses to donate one of his two kidneys to his ailing younger brother Leo (Ben Slack), due to their mother's long standing insistence on him always giving in to whatever Leo wanted. Barney wants his men to let him know about vacation days, which has Harris and his Wyoming ski trip clashing with Dietrich's weekend in Pennsylvania Dutch country for the annual Wolfgang von Gerta Festival (Harris: "time again for that already?"). Wojo suggests 'eenie meenie miney moe,' while Harris opts for 'one potato, two potato!'

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 September 1979 (USA)

Filming Locations:

ABC Television Center - 4151 Prospect Avenue, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Four D Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min 25 min (DVD)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1