Police Squad
The Complete Series
Hollywood, Calif. : CBS DVD : Paramount Home Entertainment, 2006.
Format: DVD
Edition: Standard format (4:3).
Description: 1 videodisc (25 min. each ; 150 min. total) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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.
Series: CBS DVD.
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.
Paramount Television.
CBS DVD (Firm)
Paramount Home Video (Firm)
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.
Paramount Television.
CBS DVD (Firm)
Paramount Home Video (Firm)
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.
Target Audience: MPAA Rating: Not rated ; Canadian Home Video Rating: PG: Not recommended for young children.
ISBN:
141572217X
UPC: 097360475142
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
DVD TV Police | Main (Downtown) | First Level, DVD | Out (Due: 4/26/2024) |
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.
Music by Ira Newborn.
Leslie Nielsen, Alan North.
DVD, region 1; Dolby digital 5.1 surround, Dolby digital mono.
"For private home viewing only"--Disc label.
In English.
Closed-captioned.
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.
Music by Ira Newborn.
Leslie Nielsen, Alan North.
DVD, region 1; Dolby digital 5.1 surround, Dolby digital mono.
"For private home viewing only"--Disc label.
In English.
Closed-captioned.