There is no similarity between the m squad and police squad. Leslie nielsen, alan north, rex hamilton, ed williams, william duell, peter lupus, barry letts. A guide to this television series with episode descriptions, original air dates, cast listing, writers and directors. A spoof of police procedurals, the series featured zucker, abrahams and zuckers usual sight gags, wordplay and non sequiturs. Police police police police squad squad squad squad in in in color color starring leslie nielsen. The play had a successful run between 1955 and 1956 461 performances and this led to further acting work in diverse productions. Frank drebin is a member of police squad, a special department of the police force, where he served for many years. Rex hamilton, leslie nielsen, alan north, hank simms, ed williams, william duell, peter lupus, tessa richarde police squad. The mob sets up an insurance scam that threatens several businesses and residents. Jul 04, 2015 celebrate americas greatest detective with these naked gun quotes. Actors alan north and peter lupus, whose characters went on to be played by george kennedy and o.
It starred leslie nielsen as lieutenant frank drebin, alan north as captain ed hocken, peter lupus as officer norberg, ed williams as ted olsen, william duell as johnny the snitch and rex hamilton as abraham lincoln. He first worked on broadway in plain and fancy, doubling up as understudy for the small part of isaac miller. Before the naked gun movie series, there was police squad. After a dance instructor is beaten up, they set up their own shop.
It was created by david zucker, jim abrahams, and jerry zucker, and starred leslie nielsen as frank drebin. Its unknown why he didnt portray hocken in the films. After this he starred in the short lived comedy series love, sidney for nineteen episodes. While a parody of many television shows and movies, it bore a particular resemblance to the lee marvin cop show, m. It comes in an amaray moviestyle standard keepcase. In the original tv series, he is a competent yet sometimes clumsy police officer, who plays the straight man to the wacky comedy going on around him. Created by david zucker, jerry zucker and jim abrahams, who gave us the other classics such as airplane.
The subtitle in color was a deliberate anachronism. I really cant see why this was cancelled, its an amazingly funny 6 episode series, written by the same team as the naked gun series. Simpson in the better known naked gun movies recycled script. In the subsequent films, he is changed to a more comic figure.
It starred the late leslie nielsen as sergeant frank drebin, detective lieutenant, police squad, which he often said in this show and in the three naked gun films which are equally entertaining and amusing. When a woman reports being blackmailed by some thugs, police squad get even more reports of the same kind from other shop owners. Full frame format, featurettes interviews 190 minutes year of release. Rather than get hung up on wringing laughs out of the specifics of the investigation portrayed in a substantial gift the broken promise, the script zeroes in on the archetypal beats of the tvgumshoe story. With leslie nielsen, alan north, rex hamilton, florence henderson. With leslie nielsen, alan north, rex hamilton, lorne greene. The basic premise was a spoof of quinn martin police dramas.
It sounded like a cantmiss when the team behind airplane. Its in the swift kicks a substantial gift makes at the confines of the cop show where police squad. Some episodes are less funny than others and make you wonder if police squad. Mar 14, 20 join detective frank drebin leslie nielsen and capt. Alan north played the role of captain ed hocken on the show. Help wanted and more police squad fun facts each episode has two titles.
Starting with the second episode, drebin would reel off a list of the criminals apprehended in all the previous episodes. Rex hamilton is an actor who portrayed abraham lincoln on police squad he doesnt have any other credits in films, tv series, plays or whatsoever. Police squad was way ahead of its time, and im sure that nowadays with scrubs and the like, it wouldve survived much longer. Alan north is was an american actor who played the part of captain ed hocken, franks boss, on police squad after this he starred in the short lived comedy series love, sidney for nineteen episodes. George kennedy took over the role of ed hocken from alan. Celebrate americas greatest detective with these naked gun quotes. On the back of the box, there is a photo of leslie nielsen and alan north holding a giant donut. Created by the team of jim abrahams, david zucker and jerry zucker it later went on to form the basis of their naked gun series of feature films. Revenge and remorse the guilty alibi season 1, episode 4.
In addition to spawning the popular naked gun movie franchise, police squad. With leslie nielsen, alan north, rex hamilton, ed williams. Revenge and remorse the guilty alibi tv episode 1982 alan north as capt. This joke was slightly ruined, as the episodes aired out of order, the fifth episode airing before the fourth and the fourth airing before the third, thus criminals were referred to before they were arrested. The creators of this series went on to create the naked gun movies and had previously made the airplane. Sure, some of the references are a bit dated, but it makes it even better.
Ed hocken alan north as they solve the toughest cases full of all the sightgags, puns, and nonsequiturs that made the series famous. After wartime naval service, alan north began his show business career as a stage manager in new york. The tv megasites police squad site is a small fan page with information, links, cast info, photos, and more. Star leslie nielsen, alan north featured william shatner, lorne greene, florence henders special features. Then, straightlaced detective frank drebin leslie nielson and captain ed hocken alan north solve. After only six poorly rated episodes, police squad. The six episodes formed the basis for the very successful naked gun film franchise. There is a police line donut cross yellow tape near the bottom of the cover. The cover art features a photo of leslie nielsen looking out of a manhole. Directed by jim abrahams, david zucker, jerry zucker. At the start of each episode, a special guest star is announced, and then is promptly killed. To gain a better perspective, frank and norberg open up a key store in the most troubled area. The pilot is a spoof remake of an episode of m squad more deadly, with jokes and non sequiturs added to the original plot and dialogue. While a parody of many television shows and movies, it bore a.
The show, which was created by the same team that produced the film airplane. Sight gags and nonsequiturs dominate this spoof of police dramas. According to bob weiss on the naked gun commentary, they knew police squad was cancelled after the first episode because you actually had to watch the show. Police squad was a hilarious tv series starring leslie nielsen and alan north that only lasted for 6 episodes in 1982. Oct 25, 2018 a guide to this television series with episode descriptions, original air dates, cast listing, writers and directors. Created by jim abrahams, david zucker, jerry zucker.
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