Police Squad. : the complete series
Title:
Police Squad. : the complete series
Author:
Zucker, David, 1947-
Uniform Title:
Police squad! (Television program)
Edition:
Standard format (4:3).
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (25 min. each ; 150 min. total) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary:
Features the crime-solving adventures of Detective Frank Drebin, a Sergeant Lieutenant Captain of Police Squad, a special division of the police department. Together Drebin and his boss, Captain Ed Hocken, crack the toughest cases in the big city, encountering sight-gags, slapstick, puns, and non-sequiturs along the way.
General Note:
Originally broadcast on network television in 1982.
Collective title from disc menu. Episode titles from program screen, alternate episode titles from program narrator. Episode numbers and airdates from IMDB.
Special features: Leslie Nielsen interview (9 min.); "Behind the freeze frames" featurette (5 min.); gag reel (5 min); casting test for Alan North (6 min.); casting test for Ed Williams (3 min.); producer's photo gallery of scenery, sets & props; list of celebrity death shots; production memo highlights, including requests for content changes and series cancellation letter.
Language:
English
Contents:
A substantial gift (The broken promise) (ep. 01, first aired 03/04/1982) / produced by Robert K. Weiss ; written and directed by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker; optional commentary by David Zucker, Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahmas and Robert K. Weiss -- Ring of fear (A dangerous assignment) (ep. 02, 03/11/1982) / teleplay by Tino Insana and Robert Wuhl ; story by David Misch ; directed by Joe Dante -- The butler did it (A bird in the hand) (ep. 03, 03/18/1982) / teleplay by Pat Proft ; story by Deborah Hwang and Robert K. Weiss ; directed by Georg Stanford Brown ; optional commentary by David Zucker, Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahmas and Robert K. Weiss -- Revenge and remorse (The guilty alibi) (ep. 04, 03/25/1982) / written by Nancy Steen and Neil Thompson ; directed by Paul Krasny -- Rendezvous at Big Gulch (Terror in the neighborhood) (ep. 05, 07/01/1982) / teleplay by Nancy Steen and Neil Thompson ; story by Pat Proft ; directed by Reza S. Badiyi.-- Testimony of evil (Dead men don't laugh) (ep. 06, 07/08/1982) / teleplay by Tino Insana and Robert Wuhl ; directed by Joe Dante ; optional commentary by Robert Wuhl.
Reading Level:
MPAA Rating: Not rated ; Canadian Home Video Rating: PG: Not recommended for young children.
Genre:
Added Title:
Substantial gift (The broken promise)
Ring of fear (A dangerous assignment)
Butler did it (A bird in the hand)
Revenge and remorse (The guilty alibi)
Rendezvous at Big Gulch (Terror in the neighborhood)
Testimony of evil (Dead men don't laugh)
ISBN:
9781415722176
UPC:
097360475142
Format :
DVD
