Talk:Police Squad!

Running Gags

I've deleted the running gag with the taking apart of the car (it only happens in one episode) and the one with the shooting in which they are very close (happens also in only one episode). But there are two more running gags to add: a) When the title screen appears (e.g. Testimony of Evil) the narrator usually announces a different episode title (e.g. Dead Men Don't Laugh) b) Alan North's character usually greets Frank Drebin with "I'm glad you're here" when he makes his first appearance in the episode (not in episode 6 though). Maybe we can add these two things? If so, somebody please change them to a more readable form since English is not my native language. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.105.202.213 (talk) 20:25, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

Lincoln

• A quick note: Lincoln firing back at John Wilkes Booth is fiction. Whether this has any basis in fact would best be discussed at the article on Lincoln. (See also Talk: Pewterschmidt family.)

• ok thanks man Rubber cat 08:33, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

You know, in a South Park episode, the rampaging statue of Lincoln is shot by a concrete John Wilkes Booth. Do you think I should put a warning on that episode? Optimus Sledge 04:15, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Cancellation

Does anyone have a source for the reason for cancellation? I'd like to research it a bit... Kimpire 22:20, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

I have heard that the REAL reason for cancellation was the fact that the series was always intended to be 6 episodes. That's what ZAZ stipulated. They didn't want to go beyond six. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.217.29.1 (talk) 15:55, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

I don't think that's accurate. In the DVD Commentary one of the ZAZ trio says the reason for cancellation is as outlined in this article. Jamesfett (talk) 06:54, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

Narrator

What is the name of the opening narrator? He is the same one that did all of the other Quinn Martin shows (Cannon, The FBI, etc). 18:52, 08 May 2007 (UTC)

yes, I know. 217.250.188.249 (talk) 11:56, 28 June 2017 (UTC)

John Belushi

For the record the article on Police Squad! here at wikipedia states in part:

"A sequence was filmed with John Belushi (chained to concrete blocks underwater) but the actor died shortly before the episode was due to air, and the producers decided not to use the scene. According to the user-edited Internet Movie Database the producers wanted to include the Belushi scene when Police Squad was rebroadcast in the 1990s, but the footage could not be located and was presumed lost. It is now on the DVD release."

Unfortunately this is in error as the missing footage was never found. On the DVD in said special features, the director team tells the viewer the sad info

At http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083466/trivia one can read this

"After the success of the "Naked Gun!" movies, both Comedy Central and CBS-TV, and not ABC-TV, re-aired all six episodes of this series in the summer of 1991. Producers wanted to include the John Belushi "guest star" appearance in the rerun of the "Testimony of Evil", which had been cut from the episode due to Belushi's death in 1982. The footage could not be located, and is now presumed to have been lost or destroyed." —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.60.77.43 (talk) 02:51:54, August 19, 2007 (UTC)

• In regard to Belushi footage-years ago I saw a brief glance at what may have been this "lost footage". Unfortunetly I can't remember what show or channel this appeared on!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.53.145.122 (talk) 15:50, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Police squad in colour.jpg

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Citation Really needed??

For this: "It was not until the films that Drebin was changed to a more outwardly comic character." It's kind of obvious, and what source could you cite in this example anyhow?? 24.1.119.65 (talk) 02:06, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

Police Squad opening sequence

There is no similarity between the "M Squad" and "Police Squad!" opening sequences till you get more than halfway through the M Squad series to season 2 episode 36 "The Dangerous Game" which is the first with an opening sequence that includes both music and a wailing police car siren. And if you want to know where the camera shot of the flashing red light atop the police car came from, in all probability, you need to watch the intro to "N.Y.P.D." the TV series from the 60s, starring Frank Converse, Jack Warden and Robert Hooks. Try searching YouTube for "N.Y.P.D. (NYPD) TV Series Open Theme (season 1 1967-68)" or just try this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1N7Tg2jaCdw Arcanicus (talk) 01:22, 13 July 2013 (UTC)

Episodes

On my DVD the Episodes are in this order: 1. A Substantial Gift 2. Ring of Fear 3. The Butler Did It 4. Revenge and Remorse 5. Rendezvous at Big Gulch 6. Testimony of Evil. Why is it different here? 84.46.90.248 (talk) 15:51, 6 January 2023 (UTC)

Theme Tune sample isn't the actual thing.

The audio file at the bottom of the page isn't the theme tune at all, but instead some kind of unrelated soundalike 70.48.41.49 (talk) 03:23, 3 March 2023 (UTC)

Agreed, Therefore, I removed it and the "Music" section itself that it was the only component of. 2601:545:8201:6290:D470:B88:9C22:BBF9 (talk) 04:22, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

Johnny's visitors, Act II gags

Up through the article's last version of 2012, before a massive cut in the first edit of 2013, the article listed the other people seeking advice from Johnny the shoeshine boy, and the "Act II" gags. For reference, and maybe re-insertion, they are:

1. A priest inquires about Johnny's views on life after death
2. A doctor asks Johnny how to perform an operation
3. Tommy Lasorda wonders about baseball, specifically his problems with his pitching staff; Johnny chides Lasorda for trading Tommy John
4. Joyce Brothers talks with Johnny about psychology
5. A fireman is instructed how to fight a fire at a furniture warehouse
6. Dick Clark asks about ska and has Johnny give him more "Secret Formula Youth Cream" which he smears on his face

Act II:

1. Act II: Bruté?
2. Act II: Gesundheit
3. Act II: Richard III
4. Act II: Ball III
5. Act II: Lieber
6. Act II: Yankees One

2601:545:8201:6290:3CB2:5254:BD00:362F (talk) 22:12, 16 March 2024 (UTC)