Has there ever been a funnier TV show than this?
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Has there ever been a funnier TV show than this?
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I was so pissed when this was cancelled in ’82 after only 6 episodes yet they air 154 episodes of “According to Jim.”
I still wander the streets of SoCal late at night in search of an all-night wicker store, or model-filled laundromats.
This was definitely one of, if not THE funniest shows ever! I also got a pretty good laugh from the movies based on the series. Leslie Nielsen delivers the humor quite well.
You have to watch each episode 2 or 3 times to catch everything. There’s humor in the dialogue, in the foreground of each shot and in the background. Brilliantly done!
Zucker, Abrahams, and Zucker actually had a list of “rules” to follow. One of them was, if something funny is going on in the foreground, then there should be nothing funny in the background.
Inversely, if something funny is going on in the background, then nothing funny should be happening in the foreground.
For more, click the link below:
http://www.robinkelly.btinternet.co.uk/zucker.htm
Hmmm…cancelled a year before I was born. I guess I don’t have much of an opinion, but I second Rufus. According to Jim continuing past the first commercial break is an abomination.
Buy the complete series of Police Squad. Less than $15 and all 13 episodes high-larious … plus less wince-inducing as OJ’s not the original Nordberg.
Excellent advice, E.P. I will do that. I think my sons and wife would really enjoy it.
Love Leslie Nielsen…
After watching the first show, I was, at once, filled with elation and despair (OK, maybe not to those extremes). I knew it was a GREAT show; and, I also knew that it wouldn’t last. The humor was WAY too sophisticated for the average viewer. Besides, my wife never understood it.
I was only a teen, but I remember thinking the same, Magnus Caseus Formatis. I didn’t think it woud die so fast, though.
Hey, they screwed up on that supposed drive through Little Italy – that was really Wisconsin Dells. I was there this weekend with my kids – we drove right past that big ol’ building with all the arches.
And not to be too picky, but I’m pretty sure that last scene was Niles, Illinois, a northwest suburb of Chicago – I recognized the building you can see through the window.
But enough of these sniveling quibbles; “Police Squad” was truly a treasure. The Brits have Monty Python, we have Police Squad. (The problem is the Brits have lots of Monty Python – we have hardly any Police Squad).
Thanks, R.
I love the basket full of laundry on the passenger seat that’s never even mentioned. It’s the little things…
“Is this a bust?”
“Yes, it’s very impressive”
…or something to that effect.
I love the 70′s look and feel and the “Quinn Martin” production voice-over!
My Mom and I tuned in to watch each episode as did my late grandfather who was in his 70s at the time. He loved the humor and sight gags. He would call us from his home in Florida to chat about the show after they aired.
Yeah, I like the “Quinn Martin” feel too. Heck, I still go out of my way to watch “Cannon” when I can find it.
“Cannon” was awesome as the narrator on “The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show.”
ahhh … birds of a feather