Police Squad! (1982)
- Directed by
- Joe Dante
- Genre
- sitcom, comedy television series
- Country
- United States
- Length
- 1 season, 6 episodes
- Rated
- TV-PG
- Rating
- 7.9 of 10 from 437 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A clumsy police detective and his captain solve crimes in a spoof of classic TV cop shows. The series relies on visual gags, wordplay, and nonsense humor.
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What happens
Police Squad! is an American television series created by David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker for the American Broadcasting Company. It stars Leslie Nielsen as Frank Drebin and Alan North as Captain Ed Hocken. A spoof of police procedurals and many other television shows and movies, the series features Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker's usual sight gags, wordplay, and non sequiturs. It resembles the Lee Marvin police show M Squad (in particular the opening credits) and the late 1960s series Felony Squad. Airing from March 4 to July 8, 1982, it was canceled after six episodes, though it was followed by the critically successful The Naked Gun film series from 1988 to 1994, along with the 2025 legacy sequel The Naked Gun. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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