Police Squad : the complete series / Paramount Television ; created by David Zucker, Jerry Zucker and Jim Abrahams.

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-se...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Police squad! (Television program)
CBS DVD.
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Corporate Authors: Paramount Television
CBS DVD (Firm)
Paramount Home Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Zucker, David, 1947-
Zucker, Jerry
Abrahams, Jim, 1944-
Nielsen, Leslie, 1926-2010
North, Alan, 1920-2000
Weiss, Robert K.
Wuhl, Robert
Dante, Joe, 1948-
Brown, Georg Stanford
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
In English.
Closed-captioned.
Published: Hollywood, Calif. : CBS DVD : Paramount Home Entertainment, 2006.
Edition:Standard format (4:3).
Series:CBS DVD.
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Detective and mystery plays.
Television cop shows.
Television series.
Television comedies.
Detective and mystery television programs.
Comedy > Television series.
Police > Television series.
Mystery > Television series.
Parody television programs.
Situation comedies (Television programs)
Fiction television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genre:
Television series.
Television comedies.
Detective and mystery television programs.
Comedy
Police
Mystery
Parody television programs.
Situation comedies (Television programs)
Fiction television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (25 min. each ; 150 min. total) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
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.
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 edition 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.
Videorecording.
Call Number:CU1 D0118174 VideoDVD
Audience:
MPAA Rating: Not rated ; Canadian Home Video Rating: PG: Not recommended for young children.
ISBN:141572217X
9781415722176
Credits:Music by Ira Newborn.
System Details:DVD, region 1; Dolby digital 5.1 surround, Dolby digital mono.
Cast:
Leslie Nielsen, Alan North.