Police Squad!
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Police Squad! was a parody of the Quinn Martin Productions' police dramas of the 1960s and 1970s, hence the use of "In Color" by the narrator. The show's main staple of entertainment came from sight gags (such as a tow truck being a truck in the shape of a big toe) and misunderstandings in dialogue, mostly from people taking things extremely literally. Several great routines came from these misunderstandings that left characters in the scene very confused, but left the audience with loads of humor.
Highest-rated episodes all ranked
- 01
The Butler Did It (A Bird in the Hand)The daughter of a textile tycoon is kidnapped and Frank must find her before it's too late to pay the ransom. - 02
Revenge and Remorse (The Guilty Alibi)Frank's investigation into the bombing of a courtroom leads to a man who was convicted by him in the past. - 03
Rendezvous at Big Gulch (Terror in the Neighborhood)Frank and Norberg go undercover to investigate a protection racket.
Cast
Episodes by season
Season01
- S01E01
A Substantial Gift (The Broken Promise)March 4, 1982Sally, a bank teller deeply in debt, robs her own bank and plants evidence that implicates a fairly commonplace man who was present during t - S01E02
Ring of Fear (A Dangerous Assignment)March 11, 1982Frank investigates a veteran boxer who lately has been throwing his fights. He takes the boxer under his wing in order to expose the boxer's - S01E03Season's bestThe Butler Did It (A Bird in the Hand)March 18, 1982The daughter of a textile tycoon is kidnapped and Frank must find her before it's too late to pay the ransom.
- S01E04Revenge and Remorse (The Guilty Alibi)March 25, 1982Frank's investigation into the bombing of a courtroom leads to a man who was convicted by him in the past.
- S01E05Rendezvous at Big Gulch (Terror in the Neighborhood)July 1, 1982Frank and Norberg go undercover to investigate a protection racket.
- S01E06
Testimony of Evil (Dead Men Don't Laugh)July 8, 1982The death of a nightclub comic takes Frank undercover to investigate a suspected drug ring.
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