Police Squad!

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Season 1 Guide (1982)

	1x01 A Substantial Gift (The Broken Promise) 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.	Mar. 04, 1982
	1x02 Ring of Fear (A Dangerous Assignment) Frank delves into the world of professional boxing after a fighter is murdered for not fixing a match.	Mar. 11, 1982
	1x03 The Butler Did It (A Bird in the Hand) .	Mar. 18, 1982
	1x04 Revenge and Remorse (The Guilty Alibi) A bomber takes out a judge and a district attorney. The ex-convict they both helped put away years ago is the prime suspect, but Frank isn't convinced ...	Mar. 25, 1982
	1x05 Rendezvous at Big Gulch (Terror in the Neighborhood) Frank and Norberg go undercover as shop owners to investigate after a dance school instructor is beaten up for not paying protection money.	Jul. 01, 1982
	1x06 Testimony of Evil (Dead Men Don't Laugh) A comedian goes off the road and Police Squad! suspects foul play. Frank takes his place as stand-up comedian at the same club and soon discovers a sinister ...	Jul. 08, 1982

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	Season 1 / Episode 2: - Ring of Fear (A Dangerous Assignment) Det. Frank Drebin: [as manager Bob Kelly] Now do you think you can beat the champ? Buddy: I can take him blindfolded. Det. Frank Drebin: What if he's not blindfolded?
	Season 1 / Episode 6: - Testimony of Evil (Dead Men Don't Laugh) Veronica: Say, that was nice work. You took a big chance doing that. Det. Frank Drebin: Well, you take a chance getting up in the morning, crossing the street, or sticking your face in a fan.

Episode 03 - First use of the song "Satin Doll" during party scene, which would become a Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker staple in all subsequent Naked Gun films.
Episode 01 - 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.
Episode 06 - The murder victim character Joey Coldice gets his surname from the maiden name of Robert Wuhl' s wife.
Episode 06 - John Belushi made a "Guest Star Appearance" on this episode of the 1982 TV series "Police Squad!" (1982) which showed him underwater wearing cement shoes. He died shortly before the episode aired, so the scene was cut and replaced by a segment with William Conrad. After the success ...
Episode 06 - Jim Abrahams, David Zucker (I) and Jerry Zucker played a prank on director Joe Dante (I) during the audition process. They asked staff writer Tino Insana to audition and then proceeded to act extremely rude and uninterested during his performance.