That's because that woman is supposed to be one of those columnists from newspapers or magazines who give emotional advice to the readers who sent letters to her, that's why they need to keep the appearances to not let anybody knows she actually does know nothing about any of that.
Lol i used to do that at my job and ppl from management who didn't have the authority to reprimand or not even know what i was doing wrong would report it to my supv , i would just deny and say things are perfectly fine great. No mistake, not pist at anyone or anything. But i can look guilty as sin and have a completely clear conscious
This is for my wife. That woman was Dr. Joyce Brothers. During this era, this era, she was a popular psychologist on family issues. So, the joke is that she sees Johnny to know what to tell her audience.
Police Squad consisted of only six episodes. They were all hilarious as hell! My person favourite is when Drebin goes undercover performing at a comedy club that is a front for a drug operation.
She had a good sense of humor - she was in Mel Brooks' "High Anxiety" too, at least her picture, right up there with Freud as a leading light of psychology.
back in the days when I was young, the Shoeshine guy was Twitter and FB in one. you had to pay a dollar, but you didn't get any commercials you didn't want.
@@DefinitelyReagan I just watched them all sequentially and he takes a fresh bill for every question save for Lasorda, so your point doesn’t really hold up.
When the Shoeshine boy starts giving Stock Tips it's time to pull your money out - Stock market crash of 1929..............Johnny just opened his chairs.....
because a person had to pay attention. no laugh track, people didn't know if they had to laugh. plus you also had to pay attention to the background to catch the sight gags. too much work for the common person. I laughed and my dad would say, "what was funny?".
Shoeshine was a trope going back to 1940s films. They merged "the shine" with Huggy Bear (the ONE informant who always knew everything) from Starsky & Hutch.
Before Google there was Johnny. If Johnny had just learned that instead of requiting direct payment he just sell advertising he would still be the best source of hard to find information.
From feminist agression to passive vicarious living, due to stress... well I'm glad feminism solved THAT little problem! Look how far we've progressed... in the opposite direction... Thanks feminism!
If you watch an old Peter Gunn episode, that's his method for obtaining information. Any time. Anywhere. And all his contacts know it. They just wait till he drags out a roll of bills and starts peeling them off. I don't think they were trying to be funny- although the creator and supervisor of the show was Blake Edwards- but the idea of an intrepid, resourceful private detective constantly buying tips instead of actually doing a little sleuthing always struck me as intrinsically comical. Joe Flaherty played a private eye in an SCTV sketch in which he operated in the same way, with John Candy as one of his greedy informants.
This was how people got their info before google, it did get quite expensive in the long run though, imagine you have to pay 20$ every single time you Google something
Good catch. Have no idea where the "Danny" came from. Sometimes an actor mistakenly uses the name of the actor he's talking to, instead of the character's name, but in this case, "Johnny" is played by actor Darwin William Duell, so that doesn't explain where "Danny" came from. But at least Lesley didn't call "Johnny" "Shirley."
I like how he looks around suspiciously even when giving a positive advice.
That's because that woman is supposed to be one of those columnists from newspapers or magazines who give emotional advice to the readers who sent letters to her, that's why they need to keep the appearances to not let anybody knows she actually does know nothing about any of that.
'Positive', you say?
Lol i used to do that at my job and ppl from management who didn't have the authority to reprimand or not even know what i was doing wrong would report it to my supv , i would just deny and say things are perfectly fine great. No mistake, not pist at anyone or anything. But i can look guilty as sin and have a completely clear conscious
@@dawngregory6549 people are dicks
@@SaikoDono But it's Johnny's "thing" with all his customers - the constant furtive looking up and down the street.
Johnny was the internet!
Yes, but with only good informations.
Without the toxicity!
Ya, but you had to pay per search.
@@samuelblackthorne9122 but you only got what you were looking for.
also, Johnny didn't have ads either.
😄😄
This is for my wife. That woman was Dr. Joyce Brothers. During this era, this era, she was a popular psychologist on family issues. So, the joke is that she sees Johnny to know what to tell her audience.
your wife was dr joyce brothers ?
You have to communicate with your wife through RUclips comments? You better go ask Johnny for some advice.
Lol this comment
“I brought my own mike.”
I recognized her face, but I couldn’t remember who she was. Now this joke makes a lot more sense.
Police Squad is a ton of hilarious but Johnny the Shoeshine was the best gag of all.
amen
Yep. That looking left and right is hilarious😂
"Beyond that, I don't know nothin'. "
So you know something?
He knows everything
I love how "A certain parolee" is all Johnny needs to know who you're talking about.
We all need a Johnny in our lives
I've got all the Johnnies I need for now.
Police Squad consisted of only six episodes. They were all hilarious as hell! My person favourite is when Drebin goes undercover performing at a comedy club that is a front for a drug operation.
That is a classic. Who knew Frank was such a gifted entertainer?
Having watched this, I'm now thinking of becoming a shoeshine guy and quit my current medical school
see, this guy went to college
good career move...beyond that, I don't know nuthin'
There is a shoeshine guy in Manhattan that makes 200k a year
You better know some information, then.
Medical industry is a scam. Shoeshine is not a scam.
Johnny was basically Google before the Internet existed. RIP William Duell.
I worked with a know it all once, we use to call her Google behind her back 😂
@@TheCleaner76
It’s one thing if they were a truly right on everything they knew, quite another if you don’t know shit!
I never knew Dr Joyce Brothers cameoed in Police Squad, I cracked up seeing her as part of the announcer team in The Naked Gun!
Johnny once gave advice to Dick Clark...AND de-aging youth cream.
She had a good sense of humor - she was in Mel Brooks' "High Anxiety" too, at least her picture, right up there with Freud as a leading light of psychology.
This was particularly funny, because Joyce Brothers always portrayed herself as a pop psychologist know-it-all!
I thought I recognised her - I only saw her once, in that nut-themed ad on Frasier
She apparently had a great sense of humor.
back in the days when I was young, the Shoeshine guy was Twitter and FB in one.
you had to pay a dollar, but you didn't get any commercials you didn't want.
You got everything but your shoes shined........😁
JOHNNY THE SHOESHINE GUY WAS THE ORIGINAL WIKIPEDIA.
More like the CIA database.
More like the original google
so solid johnny , can become a great politician 😂😂😂👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Johnny runs that Town!
The shoeshiner job was just a side job,the real money was in giving advices to other people
America was an okay country as long as it still was run by Johnny.
Ever notice how Johnny gets greedier the more the series progressed? He took three notes from Frank in this one!
Gotta love Johnny. :P
not really, you have to give money ever time you ask something
@@JohnSmith-qn3ob I think you missed the point of the comment. -_-
@@DefinitelyReagan I'll bite, what was the point?
@@JohnSmith-qn3ob The point is that it's a joke. He begins by only taking one note in the early episodes, and by now he's taking more.
@@DefinitelyReagan I just watched them all sequentially and he takes a fresh bill for every question save for Lasorda, so your point doesn’t really hold up.
Joyce Brothers was kind of a know-it-all, which made this bit even funnier. She always did love the camera though!
Just an information for the old to remember and the young to learn: before Wikipedia and Internet there was Johnny the Shoeshine. Gods bless you all.
Even better, Johnny wasn’t censored like Google and Wikipedia.
@@AmazingArends Bless you! Plot twist: he still lives and is the General Censor in both companies ;)
My favourite side character in the series! 😄
sounds like steve buscemi
Good call.
This guy is like google..:)
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Not so. Google is like Johnny, just less specific.
Johnny is better, because he isn’t censored like Google.
These Johnny scenes were my fave bit from Police Squad episodes, that and the "Special guest star" cameos at the beginning credits.
They each got about five seconds of airtime before they were killed 😂
“It’s all in your files Lieutenant”….😂😂😂
Yall are saying he's a billionaire by the time he retires but no one is paying him for the shoeshine service 😭😭
The shoeshines just for show
01:02 The TV psychologist, Dr.Joyce Brothers.
Johnny: he knows everything.
They attempted to reanimate Johnny in the first Naked Gun movie but his character was way different.
Great series. The guy who was like 7 feet tall so you never saw his head or face on camera 😂😂
Johnny should be in every movie ever...imagine the possibilities if, say, Tony Stark sat down with him...
That's pretty much what happens all the time: give a little money and your problems are solved
Thanks Johnnny
What amazes me is that the video was uploaded in 1440p back in 2010, when only 720p was the highest available res.
Johnny literally knew everything no matter how preposterous.
Everyone needs a Johnny
This bit never gets old
When the Shoeshine boy starts giving Stock Tips it's time to pull your money out - Stock market crash of 1929..............Johnny just opened his chairs.....
Johnny created Google.
He didn't invent it but filled in the search answers.
Johny, the ChatGPT.
Johnny really raked in the dough. I'm sure he called Uncle Sam and declared those cash payments
'it's all in your files-'
"What do I know?"😄
When I first watched Police Squad! I expected Johnny to be a one-off; I am so glad he wasn't.
When TV was great.
*this guy is the Internet*
So Johny is just the internet before the internet was a thing.
RIP Joyce
Johnny the know-all.
Would have loved to see Cliff Clavin as one of his customers.
I must never have seen that film....Dr. Joyce was a treat!
This is the TV series.
Every university needs a shoeshine Johnny at it's gates, if you have a topic you don't understand and a couple of dollars he's got you
How this show didn't run for seven or more seasons I'll never understand.
because a person had to pay attention. no laugh track, people didn't know if they had to laugh. plus you also had to pay attention to the background to catch the sight gags. too much work for the common person. I laughed and my dad would say, "what was funny?".
@@noahbody417😂😂😂
An affordable shrink ? wow !
Word on the street is, Johnny is really lousy at shinning shoes!
PS was a riot, but you had to pay attention. The shoeshine trope was a staple of 70s shows. How about that sweet 62 Chevy panel truck in backround.
Shoeshine was a trope going back to 1940s films. They merged "the shine" with Huggy Bear (the ONE informant who always knew everything) from Starsky & Hutch.
Johnny know everything..
Dude walked away with like 600 bucks for two minutes of work lol
Before Google there was Johnny. If Johnny had just learned that instead of requiting direct payment he just sell advertising he would still be the best source of hard to find information.
I knew it was them Brewers!
Johnny was wasted as a shoe shine guy..he could have been the American Dali Lama!
That last part, fits modern day women like a glove!
From feminist agression to passive vicarious living, due to stress... well I'm glad feminism solved THAT little problem! Look how far we've progressed... in the opposite direction...
Thanks feminism!
Nice shot of a beaver there too.
A less publicized fact but Police Squad wond several Emmies for costume department, best shined shoes category.
In The Naked Gun, Johnny needed info and gave some of the money back.
Johnny was Sefelt in One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
Johnny know all if you give him money
If you watch an old Peter Gunn episode, that's his method for obtaining information. Any time. Anywhere. And all his contacts know it. They just wait till he drags out a roll of bills and starts peeling them off. I don't think they were trying to be funny- although the creator and supervisor of the show was Blake Edwards- but the idea of an intrepid, resourceful private detective constantly buying tips instead of actually doing a little sleuthing always struck me as intrinsically comical. Joe Flaherty played a private eye in an SCTV sketch in which he operated in the same way, with John Candy as one of his greedy informants.
Guy still has to know what to ask and from who. Even Sherlock Holmes uses outsourcing gruntwork of investigation.
@@vksasdgaming9472 I don't think I'll be hiring you.
@@vestibulate Indeed why would I hire you?
I almost thought the background actress in the boots was going to come in after Neilson...
It's all in your files........haha!
Johny came alive in 2022 and it’s name is chatgpt
💯 😂
Johnny - the first version of ChatGPT.
Women wearing dresses and stockings was not an unusual sight in the early 1980s
*The man is Google itself*
Yeah thanks Johnny. My marriage was going fine until you came along.
He is right about feminism.
He didn't say anything about feminism. He mentioned it in explaining something else.
Classic ! One of the funniest - and least appreciated - shows ever on television.
he even knows women
How many people commented that Johnny is like wikipedia?
I'm sure I've seen one of these where Johnny asks a question and gives Frank a note back.
it's not Johnny, it's the guy working at the docks.
ruclips.net/video/nTh9qpzhunE/видео.html That's the one.......classic.
The first Naked Gun.
tack för undertexterna, men varför har den vita hår polisen en flickas namn?
You can say "You know nothing John" but you definitely cannot say "You know nothing Johnny".
Since no one else is mentioning it, Did this guy just give advice to Dolores Umbridge?
So that's what they did before Google!
Heeyy, nice beaver!
i know a guy who was the best shoe shiner, he could make your shoes look like a fucking mirror
*Little Tommy?*
I don't shine no more Billy!
@@djamesv *Bats?*
Only when he remembers to bring his f-ing shine box!
world before google !
We all know a shoeshine Johnny
Joe Pesci was a good one from what I understand.
Joyce Brothers!
Tack to whoever uploaded these🙂
Subtitles Goddamnit..., Where are they ?!?!?!?
Johnny was early Google.
This was how people got their info before google,
it did get quite expensive in the long run though, imagine you have to pay 20$ every single time you Google something
Hey Johnny, How do you get rid of Klaus Schwab...? That's easy tell him Julian Assange is going to leave him.....
She has a wig or used 5 cans of hair spray. Or both.
Back in the days when AI didn't exist 😂
What did Johnny do when it rained?
Somebody from Hitlers Parodies should take a look at this.
Did Frank call "Johnny" Danny?
Good catch. Have no idea where the "Danny" came from. Sometimes an actor mistakenly uses the name of the actor he's talking to, instead of the character's name, but in this case, "Johnny" is played by actor Darwin William Duell, so that doesn't explain where "Danny" came from. But at least Lesley didn't call "Johnny" "Shirley."
@@jamesfeldman4234 Thanks for the comment, James. Poor Danny's career nose-dived when sneakers and trainers became the norm.
@@jamesfeldman4234 Surely, you can't be serious.
Famous people on this short series. Dr. Joyce was always pretty. Did not follow her? Too bad they cut the series.
He was yesteryears Google