1x01 A Substantial Gift (The Broken Promise) - Police Squad! Episode Guide

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Police Squad!

- Episode 01x01

Episode: 01x01 (pilot)
Title: A Substantial Gift (The Broken Promise)
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: 001
First Aired: Mar. 04, 1982

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Police Squad! - 01x01 A Substantial Gift (The Broken Promise)

Summary: A bank teller is murdered and his girlfriend claims it was done by a recently fired worker at a local tire company, but frank has his doubts.

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Episode Quotes

01x01 - A Substantial Gift (The Broken Promise)

Season 1 / Episode 1: - A Substantial Gift (The Broken Promise)

Dr. Zubatsky: My god, you're an animal!
Det. Frank Drebin: [mumbling incoherently, al la John Hurt in The Elephant Man] I am not an animal. I am a human being!

Season 1 / Episode 1: - A Substantial Gift (The Broken Promise)

Sally Decker: Well, when I first heard the shot, and as I turned, Jim fell.
Capt. Ed Hocken: He's the teller, Frank.
Det. Frank Drebin: Jim Fell's the teller?
Sally Decker: No, Jim Johnson.
Det. Frank Drebin: Who's Jim Fell?
Capt. Ed Hocken: He's the auditor, Frank.
Sally Decker: He had the flu, so Jim [pauses] filled in.
Det. Frank Drebin: Phil who?
Capt. Ed Hocken: Phil Din. He's the night watchman.
Sally Decker: [crying] If only Phil had been here!

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TRIVIA

Many characters are named after friends and neighbors of the writing/directing team. For instance, dentist Robert Zubastsky is named after Bob Zubatsky who used to live next to the Zucker brothers in Milwaukee.