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Police Squad!

The Complete Series DVD

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Police Squad!
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8.8 User Score:

Show Info

Genre(s): Comedy

Created By: Jim Abrahams
David Zucker
Jerry Zucker

Summary

Starring Leslie Nielsen, Alan North, Rex Hamilton, William Duell, Ed Williams, and Peter Lupus

Before the "Naked Gun" movies was this short-lived and truly funny ABC detective show spoof (featuring the same lead character) created by the Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker team after the success of their movie "Airplane!"

What The Critics Said

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

100

digitallyOBSESSEDRich Rosell

Though the image quality is a little snarky, the gags and humor are still as hilariously dumb. This is one funny show.

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90

TVShowsOnDVD.comGord Lacey

This is an inexpensive set that'll have you laughing for hours, and then hours more when you rewatch the episodes for a second, third, and fourth time.

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90

Kansas City StarAaron Barnhart

A lovingly slapped-together collection of six of the least appreciated, laugh-out-loudest half-hours of television ever made.

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90

DVD TownDean Winkelspecht

The show is just as funny as ever and proudly sits beside "The Tick" and "Greg the Bunny" as great comedy shows that died too young.

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80

LA WeeklyRobert Abele

As I watched, even my laughter felt different, as if it had been earned, not dragged out of me the way most spoof humor is today.

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80

NewsdayDiane Werts

You hear that brassy theme, you see the straight-faced cop byplay, you watch the "special guest star" get killed before the opening credits - and you're in classic spoof heaven.

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80

Boston GlobeTom Russo

Even now, a couple of decades later, the show's smartly stupid brand of humor is still hilarious.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this show is 8.8 (out of 10) based on 5 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Decepticon Pom gave it a9:
"Cigarette?" // "Yes, I know". STILL drop-dead funny after all these years. WARNING : The commentaries on this DVD are painfully and disappointingly boring.

Dudley M gave it a7:
Great show, generally funnier than the movies that followed and way too short-lived as a series. Too bad that the DVD is so cheaply put together - the image flicker is very distracting at times, and more attention to a decent mastering job would make this a must-have DVD, rather than an "OK if you liked the show" sort of purchase.

C.S. Strowbridge gave it a10:
(Nearly) perfect spoof that was well before its time.

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