Police Squad (1 Viewer)

[andrew markworthy]

???? It was a fantastic series. The second series was admittedly weaker, but still good. I'm furious that they cancelled the box set. Judging from the general reaction, I'd say this is a case of different strokes.

 

[Steve_Knutzen]

http://tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=4775
Surprised nobody's posted this yet, but I guess everybody's recovering from the holidays.
Edit: Saw that Dave made mention of the article in the Paramount 06 thread but for fans that haven't been reading that one, it's linked here too now.

 

[Dale MA]

Great news, it would be awesome if they included Police Squad with new special editions of the Naked Gun movies

 

[TonyD]

woo hoo, finally!

 

[Christian P]

Woohoo! Finally!

 

[Jeff McMillan]

This is great news, but I sure hope they include the infamous John Belushi opener as an extra. Commentaries would be nice as well.

 

[Jeff#]

John Belushi??? He didn't have anything to do with the Police Squad TV series that I know of. Besides, he died in March 1982, so if there was a deleted opening it must have been extremely close to the time of his death.

 

[TravisR]

My understanding is that's exactly why it was deleted.

As for its inclusion on a DVD, I doubt there will be any special features let alone that one. Hope I'm wrong though.

 

[Steve_Knutzen]

http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0083466/trivia
Hope that Paramount surprises us with the missing footage but it doesn't look like we'll get it. :frowning:

 

[Derek Miner]

Well, there's at least one factual error in that trivia from IMDB. It was actually CBS that repeated Police Squad after the success of the films.

 

[DougFND]

I can confirm that it was indeed CBS and they aired in the summer of '91, as a companion to The Naked Gun 2 1/2.

I used to have two VHS cassettes with all six episodes recorded in SP. Long since lost after several moves, though. Very much looking forward to this DVD set.

 

[Rick P]

Actually Aykroyd was playing Joe Friday's NEPHEW w/Harry Morgan reprising his character of Bill Gannon. Morgan has said that Aykroyd's "Friday" was so uncanny that he got the chills everytime he played a scene with him. And if you watch carefully, you'll see a picture of Jack Webb on his desk.

 

[Paul McElligott]

David Zucker has been recording commentary for Police Squad DVD according to DavisDVD.com.

 

[Jeff Willis]

Cool! Can't wait for this one. Thanks for the info!

 

[MattHR]

I've wanted this release for a long time. It's probably a good thing it took so long, since there would likely have been no extras if it had been released years ago. I hope there are commentaries on all six episodes. This release will give Paramount another excuse to repackage The Naked Gun movies with Police Squad! in a box set.

 

[Bryan Krantz]

This is a set I have been waiting for since the dawn of the DVD era. Perfect size for a tv on dvd release at 6 episodes (If only there were more!) Would love to see the John Belushi intro.

 

[Jon_Gu]

I'd much rather have Police Squad as a seperate release from the movies. I already own the 3 movies on DVD and won't double dip for an extra of 2 episodes per move.

 

[Paul McElligott]

Sadly, I don't think anyone has it anymore.

 

[Jeffrey Nelson]

I'd be happy if they'd restore Leslie's rendition of "The Trolley Song" and the line of his joke that says "dog-doo" (it was redubbed to say "hot tar"). And anything else changed after the fact.

 

[TonyD]

finaly a date.

http://tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=5747

streets on November 7th!