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How the hell is Police Squad! not streaming anywhere?
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“Who are you and how did you get in here?” “I’m the locksmith and … I’m the locksmith.”
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Same episode, they go to open the store after the mob threw a rock through the window where the L was, and find a cattle rancher there. “No, no … *L*ocksmith!”
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This was the peak of television.
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One of the greatest jokes ever.
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One of the best gags of all time!
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One of the finest single jokes in the history of the English language.
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My favorite Police Squad moment😂
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Too many people are unaware of how much better the show is than the "Naked Gun" movies.
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Yeah, just ten times funnier.
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It helps that the show has fewer of the "nice beaver" type of jokes.
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I’m a locksmith. And I’m a locksmith Brilliant m.youtube.com/watch?v=XFhp...
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And that’s not to say the movies are lacking, but the show just sailed over heads back then
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In episodes 1–6, Frank Drebbin crashes into things—trash cans, bicycles, etc.—when he pulls up to the station. Apparently the plan was to match the number of things with the episode number, so if there were an episode 7, he woulda smashed 7 things.
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I always like to describe Police Squad! as Naked Gun, but more Airplane! Seems apt.
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All right, that works, I guess
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Don’t think they’re there anymore but lots of clips
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archive.org/details/s-1-... I think this link has all the eps
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I think that person that posted the dailymotion link is the best free streaming bet. It also looks like they’re purchasable from Amazon, for whatever that’s worth I know I torrented the episodes forever ago so they’re on a hard drive somewhere
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The Complete Series DVD is super cheap and would be worthwhile at thrice the cost, too. (I bought it twice plus as gifts.) Could burn and put in the cloud and stream to yourself.
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Pound for pound, the greatest show in TV history
I was secretary for Police Squad! production. Little known trivia: John Belushi did a "special guest" joke appearance - found dead in pool before credits. Then he died. It was taken out before broadcast (forget who replaced him). That clip somewhere in Paramount vaults.
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William Conrad was the replacement, I think.
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In that genre? Yes. But it’s hard to put Police Squad! and The Prisoner in the same category.
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The two greatest shows ever.
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One of the best and most dead on tv themes of all time. I hear the music and laugh.
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You’d think they’d be on Paramount+, right?????
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I filled a single VHS tape with the full runs of Police Squad! and Fawlty Towers back in the day. It was the video equivalent of the killing joke.
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are you crazy! what about... shit, you're right, nevermind
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I’d at least like to hear arguments for the OG run of Arrested Development
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Wow. That’s like eight BBC seasons!
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It’s worth picking up the DVD. Three commentaries, a gag reel and a break down of one of the freeze frames.
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I’d need to get a DVD player again but they might be worth it
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As a historian, a DVD player is worth having since streaming is so fleeting, and physical media is more lasting. Plus thrift stores are a cheap source of a wealth of media.
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Yeah, I have one for my office computer just not the home tv
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And VHS & laserdisc players
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Is that the word on the street?