My dad and my uncle are sitting in heaven, laughing their asses off at this stuff, like it's the most creative presentation and lines ever. Huh......they might be right. Little did we know that those in fact were the last of the good ol' days. I've got Orwell's Collection brand new in wrapper. I'm scared...........
Another great line is in this scene when the woman says "what will I tell my son" Frank says, "Tell him a big monster came and took him to daddy heaven"
Had a chance to steal a line from this show once in real life. Called a garage to get my car fixed and the guy told me they were really busy, I should have come in last week. Me: "I was going to but I hadn't hit the deer yet." Guy laughed a good one.
One of my favourite running gags is the "tonight's special guest star" featuring a popular actor of the time, who is killed in their opening credits scene, and not seen again 😂
One of the top 10 ever TV jokes, the locksmith one is another and "Married one child, that didn’t work out so he married a grown woman", Maybe other PS jokes are in there too. Such extraordinary brilliance.
Don't forget the follow up to the broken window of the locksmiths shop. The following morning when Frank was opening up, there was a bloke with a large cow outside! 😂
*"Tonight's special guest star - Lorne Greene"-* who dies straight away!😂 Omg this show was the best! That's what we need nowadays - voiceovers to introduce today's shows.
But most comedies nowadays consist of shouting out loud or blinking at the camera, like children writing this stuff. The "I am a locksmith, and I am locksmith" kind of thing requires smart writers and of course trusting and respecting your audience. Two things not really en vogue nowadays.
Honestly it's kind of the reverse, part of the reason the show got cancelled was because you actually have to pay attention to understand most of the jokes and people would only be half paying attention to the show since it was on TV.
When Naked Gun came out, I had no clue this series existed. "From the files of Police Squad" was meaningless. What a shame, and a shame it was cancelled. This show was awesome - Nielsen is pure comedic genius. On the other hand, imagine trying to produce 100 episodes of this insanity - it would be difficult to maintain this level of excellence.
I truly miss the guy, the latter part of his career he apparently just had a bunch of fun and it was great, he was a riot! Rest in Peace sir, and thanks!
Frank Drebbin interviewing the teller, just like Abbott and Costello's, " Who's On First". Classic comedy at it's best. We definitely needs tv shows like this again!
My wife and I just binged all six episodes. We laughed like maniacs throughout. Like its predecessor, “Airplane!”, “Police Squad” has the laughs coming not just from the brilliant writing, but all the background visuals. Hard to believe it only lasted for six episodes.
Yes, it was like Airplane. I assume it was in the 80s . . I loved Airplane. But at least one commenter said the humor gets old, and I beleive it . . I never saw any of this though.
Watched every episode when this first aired. Broke my heart when it was cancelled. I think my favorite running gag was the "freeze frame" at the end of every episode.
@@conqururfear Look up police squad epilogues on youtube. Since there were only 6 episodes, there is one video that show just the endings...hilarious! For some odd reason they are not sequential as one can note by who was going to spend the rest of their days in Statesville Prison. They reference previous episode criminals so each episode would have an additional criminal reference.
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Why these ass holes did not opt for the ol' "Pull my Finger and......Freeze, whilst the Credits, run, a Terminal Fart, escapes and a Ne'er-do-well tries to escape only to succumb to the noxious Fumes" gag, of yore. Then, the lovely, yet, outspoken "Christ! Did a Cow Shit in here?"/"Fish, for Dinner, last night, Drebin?" Ladies, from "The Kentucky Fried Movie" could have made a Cameo, in each Episode. "Christ! Did a Cow Shit an Epilogue, in here?" might have worked, moo. Cowzabutt...."Christ! Did the one Child that guy married, Queef, in here?" Either way; Frank Drebin and/or anybody, else (including Lorne), would have lacked douching, in a Green "Who Queefed. Twice?" Novelty Tee. If Drebin was the Pullee, he would have, asshole, lacked douching, in a pair of Slacks w/a "Fresh as a Moossouri Morning" Shit Stain, to open the next Epoosode. An easy Ten Moonites could have been wasted, just watching him try to get out the Squat Car, what with his Sticky Poopy Drawers and all. That ain't Glue, it's POO! Crappy Fart of Pooly. (Happy Fourth Of July)
@@conqururfear The presumption is that the person stating "I can beat him blindfolded" means the person saying that is the blindfolded person. The gag is that the person they are speaking to takes it to mean their opponent is blindfolded, which should be overly easy to beat them up and so asked how about if he's not blindfolded. He could beat him anyway. Part of the humor is that no matter how silly the back and forth is, both parties appear to be completely aware of the same shenanigans which makes it that much more fun and from left field for the audience.
@@jay8235 in reality he's offering her a cigarette, but she's so dumb she assumes he's showing it to her and telling her "this is a cigarette" so she says "yes, I know".
A most brilliant TV show. We watched it when I was a kid. The line which always stuck with me was, "Cover me" and then someone threw a blanket over him and she stumbled across the street not being able to see where he was going.
I loved the shoot out during one episode between Drebbin and that other fellow...one view of the good guys firing at the bad guys and the bad guys returning fire...then the camera pulls back and they are about 6 feet away from each other.
@@rogoznicafc9672 yeah, it was a sitcom (situation comedy) and ran for 6 shows in the 70s or 80s, I can't remember which. I think it's all on here, or at least it was...
I agree... one of the other ones was , "All in The Family"... Very clever writing and and with Two bigots, Archie and George.. on the other side of the pond was "Fawlty Towers" the best thing to come out of Britain....
That is the most accurate video title I've ever read. This was the funniest show I had ever seen in my life and it's cancellation was the biggest mystery to me. It was unlike anything I had seen before, with the endless gags, and Leslie Nielson's deadpan delivery. It was comedy heaven!
What's the charge? $4.58. What are you trying to do insult us? Ok $3.50. Coffees on me. This was the best of its time. There's no humor like it anymore.
@MiamiBeach xxx Sorry, it was the Naked Gun movies that were based on this. "From the Files of 'Police Squad'". The movie "Airplane" was a satirical parody of all the "Airport" disaster movies of the early and mid 1970s.
@MiamiBeach xxx Actually no it isn't. Watch this ruclips.net/video/8-v2BHNBVCs/видео.html Airplane was almost a take-for-take remake of the 1957 movie Zero Hour, with added jokes. Zero Hour was a perfect comedy vehicle, and the copyright to this film was purchased before Airplane was made, so as not to be sued for every penny.
There really aren't many sitcoms that you could say were absolutely ground breaking, but police squad was. Every episode was just jam packed with gags and when we look at it now it seems quite amateurish, the comedy that it gave birth too was absolutely outstanding. As life long lover of comedy, I feel so lucky that I saw this the first time around and then laughed my tits off to everything that came after it!!!
I once called in to a radio show when he was a guest, and I asked him what one thing makes parody and farce entertaining? His answer was, "It has to be believable."
The deadpan delivery is the money shot for the whole show. You can't react to it. You have to play every syllable absolutely straight or it all falls apart. And Nielsen was absolutely impeccable in the role. It was some of the most breathtakingly funny material ever.
coz ppls feelings get hurt. Some troglodyte in the middle of nowhere with a phone and a twitter account will find something to be offended about, and instead of being ignored, ppl will rally and cancel w/e has a hint of being funny
Comedy like this was rare back in the day. The Zuckers pioneered it in Kentucky Fried Movie, mastered it in Airplane!, but Police Squad went over the heads of the TV audience. Maybe the sight gags were weakened by the small screen. You had to pay attention to the dialog to understand how funny it was, and people were conditioned to laugh with a laugh track. The deadpan delivery didn't catch people's attention.
They don't write comedy like this anymore because there is no violence, no blood and guts, little adrenaline spike or car chases and society (mostly) has dumbed down so much that a large part of an audience wouldn't "get it."
It doesn’t surprise me people didn’t get the comedy when this came out, was ahead of it’s time. That first bit about the credit union/dead models at a laundromat, Frank being on the other side of town doing his laundry, fantastic. 😂😂😂
There's a doc'y on RUclips that discusses why the ratings were so low. It's not because of the quality of the show/comedy. It's because it was on TV. It's because "people had to watch it" which is difficult because the medium allowed for people's attention to be distracted at home. As soon as they turned into movies, the ratings & associated profits started rolling in.
"I had a little hunch back in the office." "I fugured, I brought that little hunch back from the office, Charlie get out here." I'm fucking dead that's so funny
Did anyone notice that Police was written facing the outside of the door and Squad was written facing the inside of the door. Subtle humor like that makes it great!
I was talking to Siri when the mail, which usually arrives around 2:00, came. I exclaimed, "Surely it isn't 2:00 already!" Siri said "Yes it is, and stop calling me Shirley." That is when I realized my phone was in Airplane mode. 😁
@@bbriggs7409 Humanity in general comprehends that singling out a specific race is sometimes racist. They don't comprehend that it must imply something racist.
@@bbriggs7409 I totally agree. Some people in this world would virtually tell Japanese people that the Japanese garden scene SHOULD offend even if it doesn't (1 example)I live in Northern Ireland and some people from other English speaking countries EG USA, England have laughed at my accent and the slang words I use when I speak but I don't take offence. In fact I use slang words all the more as I know that the words sound funny to them and vice versa .After all in this world a person is better off laughing than crying, that's my motto.😆😆😆😋😋😋😋
Made my day! The subtleties like the paper being looked at by one guy then the other over and over. Just the right amount of spoof on every cop show without over doing it. Priceless.
This show has so much content, it's amazing this could have been a full movie on its own. 5:38 "I could take him blindfolded", "What if he's not blindfolded?", "I could still beat him"
Complete genius! Nielsen was a joy to watch at work, and the writing was well ahead of its time. His scene with the St Bernard dog is a master class in comic acting.
For we older folks (over 60) this was a real departure for Leslie Nielsen along with Airplane. He always played dramatic roles previously which made him even funnier.
was used to him being in stuff like forbidden planet etc,so seeing him in something like this playing it straight was masterfull,surely was good in the show, tho i know he would just say yes i was, and stop calling me shiirly 🤣
What always get me about this show and the naked gun trilogy are the random totally unexpected gags. There will always be something to catch me off guard "We have officers covering every possible exit" *cuts to an officer covering an exit sign with a black cover* lmao too good.
As a young boy, these might have been the BEST 6 WEEKS OF MY LIFE! When "The Naked Gun" movie came out, I knew exactly where it came from. I had tears in my eyes from laughing so hard just at the OPENING!
I was a little familiar already with their work, with "the Kentucky Fried movie" and Airplane, I liked police squad, but was off so soon, just a little ahead of it's time for the TV audience of that day I guess.
In fact, that's what I thought but I was not that sure because my knowledge of Ska music is a bit lacking. So, it was that well done. I kind of felt so.
The only thing they got wrong was that although the 80s ska movement was a modern off-shoot of reggae, reggae itself was originally a modern off-shoot of ska, which originated in the 50s or earlier. I guess it's not so much wrong as vaguely misleading.
@@stitchgrimly6167 Yes that's the one point he missed, Ska is actually older than reggae. But I learned about Reggae first, and then Ska after it made a comeback in the early 80s
Leslie Nielsen started in Hollywood, as a serious actor, He did a lot of SCI FI films, and other things. But If someone pulled the comic genius a lot earlier, He would have been a comedy master supreme!!! He was FUNNIER THAN SOME STAND UP COMICS I'VE SEEN!!!
when i was 12 years old i was thrown out of the movies because i kept laughing at Leslie Nielson during Tammy and the Bachelor. it was a serious love story but i thought Nielson was the funniest guy ever when he was romancing Debbie Reynolds. the audience did not appreciate my sense of humor! check it out.
“It took me two weeks to find Stella’s apartment... she had neglected to give me her address.” Only Nielsen could deliver this in such a subtle comedic manner. It’s almost as if he wasn’t aware it’s a joke.. but he most certainly was. Funniest deadpan actor that ever lived. Sad day when he left this world! X
i about lost it on, "Look out hes gotta signed Picasso!" and then I had convulsions on "Look out hes got Herpes!" There really is no other comedy like this.
The interrogation of Ms. (Miss?) Decker was easily the best “Who’s on first?” parody I’ve ever seen, possibly better than the original. God I miss this show. Thanks for this!
What a my favorite scenes is when Drebin reaches down like he's pressing an intercom and says, "get me Pete Pruesing in homicide", then the camera cuts to Drebin's point of view and we see he was talking to a short cop. 😆
I met Leslie and shook his hand. A big man with a big natural smile and attitude. He was coming out of a radio interview and I was going in to talk about lighthouse automation!
I'm yet to see anyone with the same comedy chops as Leslie. There is no one that can make me howl and cry like he can. Take me back, please! Gonna have to do a Leslie Nielsen episode
Monty Python's Flying Circus did this in some sketches; they'd put an address on the screen, but read out a totally different address! They even did it twice in at least one sketch.
Never did I laugh so hard with a TV show than with Police Squad. Being a fan of the legendary old comics it was right up my alley. No "clever" wit or offense innuendos for cheap chuckles, just good old fashioned pie in the face slap-slick. It reminds that I have to get the box set into my collection. I could use good laughter in today's world!
So true! I couldn't have held a straight face doing many of those scenes. Lesley Nelson's serious tone really contrasted the craziness. You just can't watch an episode without cracking up.
@@BucInExile Leslie Nielsen gave an interview as to why it was cancelled. Basically, American audiences couldn’t just sit and watch it because there was so much going on in the show’s background, that the audience simply missed all the jokes. Essentially, they couldn’t pay attention long enough.
@@welshie6313 wow! In other words the people involved with the show, esp writers, were just too good at their jobs.... Damn.... I don't know how I'd feel if I was one of them.....
OUTSTANDING and I'm on the FLOOR laughing. Love the "Who's on First" gags while questioning her. And the long, extended sight gag of the stretcher in the background!! LOLOLOLOL!LOVE IT!
@@IvoPoblete she actually says yes it is lol. Not yes i know. Pretty much shes being questioned by cops or w.e and the cop offers a cigarette during the questioning and she thought it was part of it so when he offered the cigarette she thought he asked if these are cigarettes and she replies yes it is
Stumbled onto this series accidentally as a teenager in the 90's after the first Naked Gun film was released. Unequaled pacing, timing and execution that was so far ahead of its time that it failed to keep a consistent audience? Still a great reminder of where shows like Airplane! and the other Zucker Bros. creations got their start. Also a great homage to the late Leslie Nielson.
Let's be grateful we had 6 episodes. "Lookwell" was just a pilot, and it's the funniest and best written comedy I've ever seen. It's seriously worth a look.
I’m one of the few that saw its original run and simply could not believe it didn’t catch on. So happy the episodes have found new audiences all these years later.
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"Married, one child, that didn't work out so he married a grown woman."
Classic 😄
My dad and my uncle are sitting in heaven, laughing their asses off at this stuff, like it's the most creative presentation and lines ever. Huh......they might be right. Little did we know that those in fact were the last of the good ol' days. I've got Orwell's Collection brand new in wrapper. I'm scared...........
I figuratively DIED laughing when I first saw that!!!! 😂😂😂
Best play on words ever brilliant 🤩
Classic Frank Debrin! Totally hilarious!
@@lenanava5409 Frank drebin 😂
“We would have come earlier, but your husband wasn’t dead yet.” Best cop show line EVER.
Pena que não é dublado
Another great line is in this scene when the woman says "what will I tell my son" Frank says, "Tell him a big monster came and took him to daddy heaven"
Your husband wasn't dead then.. this was the actual line. Change yet to then.
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@@premjitchowdhury262 / You’re right! It COMPLETELY changes the meaning!
"Married one child, that didn't work out so he married a grown woman"
Had a chance to steal a line from this show once in real life. Called a garage to get my car fixed and the guy told me they were really busy, I should have come in last week. Me: "I was going to but I hadn't hit the deer yet." Guy laughed a good one.
Fantastic !!!! Lol
That is a GREAT line!
I’m waiting for someone to offer me a cigarette, so I can say “yes, I know” 😂
Classic!
I'm still waiting for a deer to hit my car so I can use that line.
One of my favourite running gags is the "tonight's special guest star" featuring a popular actor of the time, who is killed in their opening credits scene, and not seen again 😂
And then the wrong title
One of the special guest stars also directed an episode: Georg Stanford Brown.
I've heard they made one with John Belushi but when he died they decided not to air it
Leslie was an amazing actor. Check out the episode of Streets of San Francisco, where he plays a cop on a downward spiral. Amazing performance.
Sometimes you know where the gag is heading, but seeing it played out, you just laugh your head off! 😂
An entire genre of comedy based on misplaced modifiers. As an editor I approve ❤
Ok I'll eat it
"you shot twice, AND JIM FELL!? 😂 ..lol.. dead funny. Leslie Nelson is so funny 🙏🏻
I woke my wife up from laughing at this at 3 am
I have to confess that I still confused with this twice, once thing.
@@madalfred" Who's on first?"🤠
"I sent the ransom note to the lab. They're demanding a $million dollars."
"Why would the lab demand a $million dollars?"
It's genius
One of the top 10 ever TV jokes, the locksmith one is another and "Married one child, that didn’t work out so he married a grown woman", Maybe other PS jokes are in there too. Such extraordinary brilliance.
@@adb9231 The covering all the exits is good too. He literally covered them. LOL,
Don't forget the follow up to the broken window of the locksmiths shop. The following morning when Frank was opening up, there was a bloke with a large cow outside! 😂
"Cigarette?".. "yes,.. I know"
What made this series was everybody played it straight.
Could never get enough. Absolutely brilliant.
Yes,I know
…well then…
*"Tonight's special guest star - Lorne Greene"-* who dies straight away!😂 Omg this show was the best! That's what we need nowadays - voiceovers to introduce today's shows.
But most comedies nowadays consist of shouting out loud or blinking at the camera, like children writing this stuff. The "I am a locksmith, and I am locksmith" kind of thing requires smart writers and of course trusting and respecting your audience. Two things not really en vogue nowadays.
I wonder if the special guest appearance immediately dying on Last Man on Earth were a nod to this 😂
@@RayOrly-fs3gr Really, it is easy to skip over how brilliant lines like that one actually were, with so many swirls of humor spinning everywhere.
Nothing today compares to this.Proper comedy.Shut your brain off and laugh like hell!
Honestly it's kind of the reverse, part of the reason the show got cancelled was because you actually have to pay attention to understand most of the jokes and people would only be half paying attention to the show since it was on TV.
“A note was tied to this window and thrown into the rock garden”. lol
I laughed loud with that.
"Who are you and how did you get in here?" "I'm a locksmith...and I'm a locksmith." Best TV comedy line EVER!!!
definitely my favourite police squad quote.
Such an underrated show. Too brilliant for its time....
@@GenevaRob72 Are people today funnier?
100%. Absolute genius.
You are out of your flippin' mind if you think that's the funniest line ever. Guess you watched about 45 minutes of total TV time your entire life!
When Naked Gun came out, I had no clue this series existed. "From the files of Police Squad" was meaningless. What a shame, and a shame it was cancelled. This show was awesome - Nielsen is pure comedic genius. On the other hand, imagine trying to produce 100 episodes of this insanity - it would be difficult to maintain this level of excellence.
Don Moore That scene at 9:10 was repeated in Naked Gun.
+Gee
4:05 was too.
Dark Star Oh yeah now I remember, not many ppl appreciate these sort of comedy but I love it! ‘Sergeant take her away’
& ‘sergeant buck her’ 😂
Yes! Exactly the same here. I was clueless to this show.
"100 episodes of this insanity" lol
Great take on Abbott and Costello!
What comedy gold. The play on words was never ending. Timing was perfect and Leslie doing this straight faced made it 3x funnier.
What a great show.
"I was across town doing my laundry when I got the call." Huge LOL
I love how this line leaves you wondering if he's actually responsible or if he just went there to look
“There has been a recent wave of gorgeous fashions models found naked and unconscious in laundrymats”
What a coincidence 🤔😂
Special guest stars were always killed off before the episode even began. LOL!
Not to mention that they wrote the title of the episode and the narrator told anything completely different!
Hahaha!! I didnt think about that
I love them all but, for me, William Shatner is the funniest! 😂😂
Jim McCracken Aww that’s so sad.. 😕
Always loved that the SPECIAL GUEST STAR, Had a 3 second cameo!!! LOL!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Oh boy do i miss Leslie Nielsen. R.I.P To the best comic on tv, even today..
Far from it. Far, far from it.
@@yankee2666 I bet you think friends is a really funny TV show.
I truly miss the guy, the latter part of his career he apparently just had a bunch of fun and it was great, he was a riot! Rest in Peace sir, and thanks!
He was best. Benny Hill good too.
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"Cigarette","Yes I know". "Hello Sargeant TakeherAway and Booker" LOL
😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
Later: "Cigarette?"
"Yes, it is."
Frank Drebbin interviewing the teller, just like Abbott and Costello's, " Who's On First". Classic comedy at it's best. We definitely needs tv shows like this again!
The the Zucker Brothers to come back from retirement!
My wife and I just binged all six episodes. We laughed like maniacs throughout. Like its predecessor, “Airplane!”, “Police Squad” has the laughs coming not just from the brilliant writing, but all the background visuals. Hard to believe it only lasted for six episodes.
"It's hard to believe..."
😊😊😊
Angie Tribeca, I think, is a spiritual successor to Police Squad/Naked Gun. A lot of the same humor. It's really funny
Yes, sad that it was only 6. It was funnier than naked gun or airplane, although im not knocking them
Yes, it was like Airplane. I assume it was in the 80s . . I loved Airplane. But at least one commenter said the humor gets old, and I beleive it . . I never saw any of this though.
"Hard to believe it only lasted for six episodes."
No, it's not...that kind of humor gets old after a while. Six episodes is perf...eh...maybe not.
Watched every episode when this first aired. Broke my heart when it was cancelled. I think my favorite running gag was the "freeze frame" at the end of every episode.
Hunpecked never seen it can you tell me
@@conqururfear Look up police squad epilogues on youtube. Since there were only 6 episodes, there is one video that show just the endings...hilarious! For some odd reason they are not sequential as one can note by who was going to spend the rest of their days in Statesville Prison. They reference previous episode criminals so each episode would have an additional criminal reference.
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Why these ass holes did not opt for the ol' "Pull my Finger and......Freeze, whilst the Credits, run, a Terminal Fart, escapes and a Ne'er-do-well tries to escape only to succumb to the noxious Fumes" gag, of yore. Then, the lovely, yet, outspoken "Christ! Did a Cow Shit in here?"/"Fish, for Dinner, last night, Drebin?" Ladies, from "The Kentucky Fried Movie" could have made a Cameo, in each Episode. "Christ! Did a Cow Shit an Epilogue, in here?" might have worked, moo. Cowzabutt...."Christ! Did the one Child that guy married, Queef, in here?" Either way; Frank Drebin and/or anybody, else (including Lorne), would have lacked douching, in a Green "Who Queefed. Twice?" Novelty Tee. If Drebin was the Pullee, he would have, asshole, lacked douching, in a pair of Slacks w/a "Fresh as a Moossouri Morning" Shit Stain, to open the next Epoosode. An easy Ten Moonites could have been wasted, just watching him try to get out the Squat Car, what with his Sticky Poopy Drawers and all. That ain't Glue, it's POO! Crappy Fart of Pooly. (Happy Fourth Of July)
My favorite is that with the cup of coffee, running and running...😂😂😂
"I can beat him blindfolded! What if he's not blindfolded? I can beat him anyway." Brilllliant! 😁
I fired twice after Jim Fell, as in was Jim's last name fell or did she shoot twice after Jim "fell" to the ground!
Freakin hilarious
Roger Dodger great stuff, it took me for ever to get the blindfolded joke, and I’m still not sure I get it
@@conqururfear The presumption is that the person stating "I can beat him blindfolded" means the person saying that is the blindfolded person. The gag is that the person they are speaking to takes it to mean their opponent is blindfolded, which should be overly easy to beat them up and so asked how about if he's not blindfolded. He could beat him anyway. Part of the humor is that no matter how silly the back and forth is, both parties appear to be completely aware of the same shenanigans which makes it that much more fun and from left field for the audience.
Lol 😆😂 I probably will have beaten up a blind folded man in a boxing match too .
"Cigarette?"
"Yes, I know..."
Lol, so damn stupid, yet so hilarious!
i don't get this joke
@@jay8235 in reality he's offering her a cigarette, but she's so dumb she assumes he's showing it to her and telling her "this is a cigarette" so she says "yes, I know".
@@Aaron_Scissorhands thanks!
@@Aaron_Scissorhands Also the joke is so dumb but it's so funny XD
cockpit? what is it?
This show.. it is absolute gold.
“Let’s go into the Japanese Garden”. Best skit ever
That Abraham Lincoln gag never gets old.
😂😂😂😂
"Japanese Garden!" 😂🤣🤣🤣 Holy crap that was funny then and still today!!
They're stoned
Married one child, that didn’t work out so he married a grown woman, gets me every time. 😂
Awesome 👍
I can imagine Jimmy Carr saying that!
A most brilliant TV show. We watched it when I was a kid. The line which always stuck with me was, "Cover me" and then someone threw a blanket over him and she stumbled across the street not being able to see where he was going.
I loved the shoot out during one episode between Drebbin and that other fellow...one view of the good guys firing at the bad guys and the bad guys returning fire...then the camera pulls back and they are about 6 feet away from each other.
“We would’ve come earlier but you’re husband wasn’t dead then” 😂.
😂 i love that bit
One of the most brilliantly written and performed sitcoms of all time
sitcom?
@@rogoznicafc9672 yeah, it was a sitcom (situation comedy) and ran for 6 shows in the 70s or 80s, I can't remember which. I think it's all on here, or at least it was...
I agree... one of the other ones was , "All in The Family"... Very clever writing and and with Two bigots, Archie and George.. on the other side of the pond was "Fawlty Towers" the best thing to come out of Britain....
"she looks pretty bad"....... "Frank, not THAT bad" lol
...and then, "Sorry ma'am."
Karrine Jean-Peeair
Many may not appreciate exactly how good these actors are.
perfect timing and not a smile anywhere.
Bloody funny series
And no annoying laugh track either!
"Rex Hamilton as Abraham Lincoln". Kills me every time
Too soon
Well then leave poor Abe alone, Booth!
After tearing the car apart: "I found it!, it was in the glove compartment" Priceless!
And they even put it back together because observation 🤣
Sure puts egg on the face of their pathetic war on drugs!
The funny part was cutting the hood in half!
This was a parody of _The French Connection_ where they absolutely dismantle a car and then reassemble it in a short window of time.
There’s a scene somewhere “check the glove compartment” after which they pull out about a dozen pairs of gloves!!
12:45 "Married one child. That didn't work out so he married a grown woman." LMAO!
Yes, it was pure gold.
It made sense considering he was living in Mobile, Alabama at the time.
Ha!!
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@@AnnoyingMoose Try not to cut yourself with all that edge.
That is the most accurate video title I've ever read.
This was the funniest show I had ever seen in my life and it's cancellation was the biggest mystery to me. It was unlike anything I had seen before, with the endless gags, and Leslie Nielson's deadpan delivery. It was comedy heaven!
"Do you know how he could have done it?"
"Oh, no! He couldn't have done it. Howie's been off for weeks!" LOL 😂
What's the charge? $4.58. What are you trying to do insult us? Ok $3.50. Coffees on me. This was the best of its time. There's no humor like it anymore.
"Sergeants, take her away and book her."
"Sergeant Takerway, Sergeant Booker."
david2869 look out he's got herpes.
@MiamiBeach xxx Sorry, it was the Naked Gun movies that were based on this. "From the Files of 'Police Squad'". The movie "Airplane" was a satirical parody of all the "Airport" disaster movies of the early and mid 1970s.
MiamiBeach xxx no, they did Airplane first
MiamiBeach xxx Airplane did come out before Naked Gun. First Airplane, then Police Squad TV show, then Naked Gun films.
@MiamiBeach xxx Actually no it isn't. Watch this ruclips.net/video/8-v2BHNBVCs/видео.html
Airplane was almost a take-for-take remake of the 1957 movie Zero Hour, with added jokes. Zero Hour was a perfect comedy vehicle, and the copyright to this film was purchased before Airplane was made, so as not to be sued for every penny.
You know the scriptwriters were having a wonderful time.
I love the "freeze frame" at the end, but the bad guy doesn't freeze. He thinks he's getting away, but the invisible wall keeps him from escaping.
That is the tv screen he can't get through. That whole "freeze frame" thing is brilliant and hysterical.
On of my favorite lines “…I was across town doing my laundry when the call came in.”
There really aren't many sitcoms that you could say were absolutely ground breaking, but police squad was. Every episode was just jam packed with gags and when we look at it now it seems quite amateurish, the comedy that it gave birth too was absolutely outstanding. As life long lover of comedy, I feel so lucky that I saw this the first time around and then laughed my tits off to everything that came after it!!!
Inspired comedy - you have to keep your eyes and ears open constantly as so much of the humour goes on in the background.
According to Leslie Nielsen, this is the exact reason why the show didn’t work on TV.
Exactly. Soooo funny. 8.41 check the writing on the door's glass
Yep!, ... did you notice the key board, and one section labeled 'Florida Keys', and 'Frances Scott Keys'...LOL
The best thing is that they are not trying to act funny, and it turns up hillarious. The text is superb.
I once called in to a radio show when he was a guest, and I asked him what one thing makes parody and farce entertaining? His answer was, "It has to be believable."
It's called deadpan comedy where they deliberately show no emotion towards the ridiculous situations and lines they throw
The deadpan delivery is the money shot for the whole show. You can't react to it. You have to play every syllable absolutely straight or it all falls apart. And Nielsen was absolutely impeccable in the role. It was some of the most breathtakingly funny material ever.
It's reacting naturally
The problem is that this is "one gimmick", reacting deadpan to "taking things literally" ... and it gets predictable rather quickly.
"We think we know 'how he' did it. Oh Howie couldn't have done it, he hasn't been in for weeks." LMAO!!!
I don't know.....Third Base!! :)
Well then who has been in for Weeks
"Weeks?"
It's gotta be 40 years since I watched that. Still funnier than any movie I've seen this century. Why can't they write comedy like this anymore?
Politics.
coz ppls feelings get hurt. Some troglodyte in the middle of nowhere with a phone and a twitter account will find something to be offended about, and instead of being ignored, ppl will rally and cancel w/e has a hint of being funny
Comedy like this was rare back in the day. The Zuckers pioneered it in Kentucky Fried Movie, mastered it in Airplane!, but Police Squad went over the heads of the TV audience. Maybe the sight gags were weakened by the small screen. You had to pay attention to the dialog to understand how funny it was, and people were conditioned to laugh with a laugh track. The deadpan delivery didn't catch people's attention.
They don't write comedy like this anymore because there is no violence, no blood and guts, little adrenaline spike or car chases and society (mostly) has dumbed down so much that a large part of an audience wouldn't "get it."
Comedy is hard.
It doesn’t surprise me people didn’t get the comedy when this came out, was ahead of it’s time. That first bit about the credit union/dead models at a laundromat, Frank being on the other side of town doing his laundry, fantastic. 😂😂😂
There's a doc'y on RUclips that discusses why the ratings were so low. It's not because of the quality of the show/comedy.
It's because it was on TV. It's because "people had to watch it" which is difficult because the medium allowed for people's attention to be distracted at home.
As soon as they turned into movies, the ratings & associated profits started rolling in.
-"You're not the man I married"
-"Why would you say that?"
Open the the door and says: "Here's the man I married!"
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"I had a little hunch back in the office." "I fugured, I brought that little hunch back from the office, Charlie get out here." I'm fucking dead that's so funny
"Is this some kind of bust?"
"Yes, very impressive, but that's not why we're here!"
Did anyone notice that Police was written facing the outside of the door and Squad was written facing the inside of the door. Subtle humor like that makes it great!
I noticed that also!😂
I was talking to Siri when the mail, which usually arrives around 2:00, came. I exclaimed, "Surely it isn't 2:00 already!"
Siri said "Yes it is, and stop calling me Shirley."
That is when I realized my phone was in Airplane mode. 😁
ROFL. 🤣🤣
@@johnd8755 I wish I could take credit for it. But at least, I shared it. 😉
Brilliant
My Japanese friend cracked up when he saw the "Japanese garden!"
How could it be perceived as being offensive??
Also 😂
@@bbriggs7409 Humanity in general comprehends that singling out a specific race is sometimes racist. They don't comprehend that it must imply something racist.
Yes, that was too funny as well, just thinking of it makes me start roaring with laughter again! lol
@@bbriggs7409 I totally agree. Some people in this world would virtually tell Japanese people that the Japanese garden scene SHOULD offend even if it doesn't (1 example)I live in Northern Ireland and some people from other English speaking countries EG USA, England have laughed at my accent and the slang words I use when I speak but I don't take offence. In fact I use slang words all the more as I know that the words sound funny to them and vice versa .After all in this world a person is better off laughing than crying, that's my motto.😆😆😆😋😋😋😋
I'm japanese and I laughed.
Made my day! The subtleties like the paper being looked at by one guy then the other over and over. Just the right amount of spoof on every cop show without over doing it. Priceless.
and then a cop just randomly passing by takes the paper from both of them...
"Married, one child. That didn't work out so he married a grown woman." XD
This show has so much content, it's amazing this could have been a full movie on its own.
5:38 "I could take him blindfolded", "What if he's not blindfolded?", "I could still beat him"
I was not expecting that Japanese garden joke! Very funny, as was all of their humour.
Complete genius! Nielsen was a joy to watch at work, and the writing was well ahead of its time. His scene with the St Bernard dog is a master class in comic acting.
Nielsen was a joy to watch at work -- but did you ever enjoy watching him _after_ you clocked out?
Practicing my ZA&Z gags....
Before the show, Neilson spent his whole career as an action/adventure actor.
I know, that dog and him just looking at that drunk woman blabbering on and on :)
Yes, I agree. That was one of the funniest scenes; just him sitting with the dog! I cracked up.
"You're not the man I married"....that is one of a thousand gags that cracks me up no matter how many times I see it 🤣
"Put a tail on her" Who didn't know what was coming next, and who still didn't laugh uproariously?
Zucker brothers & Jim Abrams were the comic genius writers/producers. They also brought Nielsen in on their zaney movie 'Airplane'.
This is pure gold comedy
Lol... & there is a tail in his drawer...
Youre right on both!
I fired twice after Jim Fell, as in was Jim's last name fell or did she shoot twice after Jim "fell" to the ground!
For we older folks (over 60) this was a real departure for Leslie Nielsen along with Airplane. He always played dramatic roles previously which made him even funnier.
was used to him being in stuff like forbidden planet etc,so seeing him in something like this playing it straight was masterfull,surely was good in the show, tho i know he would just say yes i was, and stop calling me shiirly 🤣
Nielsen indeed had a great second act. The problem is, when I see him on a rerun of some crime show, I think he’s Drebin.
Johnny:
How about some coffee?
No thanks!
@@annemarie5273cigarette?…Yes, I know.😂😂😂😂 Great comedy!
What always get me about this show and the naked gun trilogy are the random totally unexpected gags. There will always be something to catch me off guard "We have officers covering every possible exit" *cuts to an officer covering an exit sign with a black cover* lmao too good.
The drugs in the glove box after they tore apart the car, I did NOT see that coming, hilarious 😂😂
As a young boy, these might have been the BEST 6 WEEKS OF MY LIFE!
When "The Naked Gun" movie came out, I knew exactly where it came from. I had tears in my eyes from laughing so hard just at the OPENING!
I was a little familiar already with their work, with "the Kentucky Fried movie" and Airplane, I liked police squad, but was off so soon, just a little ahead of it's time for the TV audience of that day I guess.
That was actually an excellent assessment on SKA music
In fact, that's what I thought but I was not that sure because my knowledge of Ska music is a bit lacking. So, it was that well done. I kind of felt so.
The only thing they got wrong was that although the 80s ska movement was a modern off-shoot of reggae, reggae itself was originally a modern off-shoot of ska, which originated in the 50s or earlier. I guess it's not so much wrong as vaguely misleading.
@@stitchgrimly6167 Yes that's the one point he missed, Ska is actually older than reggae. But I learned about Reggae first, and then Ska after it made a comeback in the early 80s
Brilliant
Leslie Nielsen started in Hollywood, as a serious actor, He did a lot of SCI FI films, and other things. But If someone pulled the comic genius a lot earlier, He would have been a comedy master supreme!!! He was FUNNIER THAN SOME STAND UP COMICS I'VE SEEN!!!
Watch his "Bad Golf" videos. :)
He was in the forbidden planet
That "seriousness" is make him awesome...
when i was 12 years old i was thrown out of the movies because i kept laughing at Leslie Nielson during Tammy and the Bachelor. it was a serious love story but i thought Nielson was the funniest guy ever when he was romancing Debbie Reynolds. the audience did not appreciate my sense of humor! check it out.
He played the bad guy in a Man From Uncle episode
Police Squad was always hilarious. Haven't seen this in years! Nice surprise to see it here.
"Who are you? And how did you get in here?"
"Im a locksmith. And Im a locksmith"
My dad was a locksmith.
He worked for the Police too. 👮♂️
“It took me two weeks to find Stella’s apartment... she had neglected to give me her address.”
Only Nielsen could deliver this in such a subtle comedic manner. It’s almost as if he wasn’t aware it’s a joke.. but he most certainly was. Funniest deadpan actor that ever lived. Sad day when he left this world! X
Amen, and what a talent.
Nielsen said in an interview that you must never let the audience know that you are trying to be funny.
He perfected this approach to comedy.
Lol fkng love that line
Underrated and underappreciated
"Who are you and how did you get in here?"
"I'm a locksmith and I'm a locksmith."
Comedy doesn't get any better than that!
i about lost it on, "Look out hes gotta signed Picasso!" and then I had convulsions on "Look out hes got Herpes!" There really is no other comedy like this.
I’d love to have a coffee with Leslie Nielsen. The guys a legend.
Yes. This definitely was done during a time when we were still allowed to joke.
The trouble today is a lot of the potential audience won't know who Picasso is. They may know herpes though.
What I loved about these shows are all the background gags; like the extra-long stretcher, and the egyptian drawing on the floor.
Or the 'club flamingo' sigb
The interrogation of Ms. (Miss?) Decker was easily the best “Who’s on first?” parody I’ve ever seen, possibly better than the original. God I miss this show. Thanks for this!
I wonder if the writers had to employ a flow chart to create that scene.
Possibly the greatest take on "Who's on first." Maybe even better
What a my favorite scenes is when Drebin reaches down like he's pressing an intercom and says, "get me Pete Pruesing in homicide", then the camera cuts to Drebin's point of view and we see he was talking to a short cop. 😆
That scene always makes me break out laughing. Absolutely hilarious, even after hundreds of times watching it.
"Who are you?! And how did you get in here?!"
"I'm the locksmith and....I'm the locksmith"
Sergeant Takeheraway and Bookher! That was priceless 🤣🤣🤣
I met Leslie and shook his hand. A big man with a big natural smile and attitude.
He was coming out of a radio interview and I was going in to talk about lighthouse automation!
"Looks pretty bad...not THAT bad, Frank. She's over there..."😂😂😂😂
I'm yet to see anyone with the same comedy chops as Leslie. There is no one that can make me howl and cry like he can. Take me back, please! Gonna have to do a Leslie Nielsen episode
The opening credit sequence alone is funnier than most comedies.
I'm dying in the intros. Omg. This series should've gone 10+ seasons. Constant stream of jokes. Fantastic.
“I was across town doing my laundry when I heard the call” hahahaha
Later in that episode they go back to him driving somewhere else and narrating with a back seat full of laundry. Yep-callback.
I never get tired off watching police squad, such a funny series
"Tonights Episode: The Broken Promise."
Title card says, "A Substantial Gift"
All 6 episodes were like that---title spoken was different than what was on screen.
That was the first joke, when I started laughing.
Monty Python's Flying Circus did this in some sketches; they'd put an address on the screen, but read out a totally different address! They even did it twice in at least one sketch.
The funniest American TV show. With the coolest theme tune.
Never did I laugh so hard with a TV show than with Police Squad. Being a fan of the legendary old comics it was right up my alley. No "clever" wit or offense innuendos for cheap chuckles, just good old fashioned pie in the face slap-slick. It reminds that I have to get the box set into my collection. I could use good laughter in today's world!
So true! I couldn't have held a straight face doing many of those scenes. Lesley Nelson's serious tone really contrasted the craziness. You just can't watch an episode without cracking up.
Thank you , without you i wouldn't have knew about this show. Leslie Nielson was an absolute hero of the comedy shows and movies.
“I’m a locksmith, and I’m a locksmith”…my favourite line ever
There's no way a show this good would be allowed today.
The show wasn't allowed then, it only lasted 6 episodes
@@BucInExile And I'm the proud owner of season one and two of Police Squad.
@@BucInExile Leslie Nielsen gave an interview as to why it was cancelled. Basically, American audiences couldn’t just sit and watch it because there was so much going on in the show’s background, that the audience simply missed all the jokes.
Essentially, they couldn’t pay attention long enough.
@@welshie6313 wow! In other words the people involved with the show, esp writers, were just too good at their jobs.... Damn.... I don't know how I'd feel if I was one of them.....
The Bob Newhart Show wouldn't be allowed today.
I could have this and Fawlty Towers on a continual loop and I'd be happy.
AliasUndercover Yeah you could actually laugh at thing back then.
What about Benny Hill?
On the buses and only fools and horses
Oh yes!
Fawlty cant be shown in Denmark as it is not politically correct!
"I would have come sooner but your husband wasn't dead then."
OUTSTANDING and I'm on the FLOOR laughing. Love the "Who's on First" gags while questioning her. And the long, extended sight gag of the stretcher in the background!! LOLOLOLOL!LOVE IT!
I wish we still had shows like this.😂
Bro🤣🤣🤣 Abraham Lincoln was busting back
"Cigarette?"
"Yes, I know."
Classic Zucker/Abrams line.
Get's me every single time -
I don't get it 🥺
@@IvoPoblete How...
@@PhyrexJ Yeah, I know.
Any hints??
@@IvoPoblete she actually says yes it is lol. Not yes i know. Pretty much shes being questioned by cops or w.e and the cop offers a cigarette during the questioning and she thought it was part of it so when he offered the cigarette she thought he asked if these are cigarettes and she replies yes it is
Stumbled onto this series accidentally as a teenager in the 90's after the first Naked Gun film was released. Unequaled pacing, timing and execution that was so far ahead of its time that it failed to keep a consistent audience? Still a great reminder of where shows like Airplane! and the other Zucker Bros. creations got their start. Also a great homage to the late Leslie Nielson.
Let's be grateful we had 6 episodes. "Lookwell" was just a pilot, and it's the funniest and best written comedy I've ever seen. It's seriously worth a look.
Lookwell was more than just a pilot, he was the best pilot that ever lived
I’m one of the few that saw its original run and simply could not believe it didn’t catch on. So happy the episodes have found new audiences all these years later.