Product Details

• Actors: Leslie Nielsen, Alan North, Rex Hamilton, Ed Williams, William Duell
• Writers: David Zucker, Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams
• Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono), English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Paramount
• DVD Release Date: November 7, 2006
• Run Time: 150 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (107 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000H7JCFK
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,809 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Police Squad! The Complete Series" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 11/07/2006

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108 of 110 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars At last! Police Squad on DVD!, August 8, 2006

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Michael K. Beusch (San Mateo, California United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Police Squad! The Complete Series (DVD)

Police Squad! is one of those shows that just didn't get the chance it deserved. The show skewered, among other targets, the Quinn Martin crime shows of the 1960's and 70's (The Fugitive, Cannon, The Streets of San Francisco, etc.). Leslie Nielsen, who had guest starred on many of the shows Police Squad spoofed, was hilariously perfect. With his deadpan delivery, it was a perfect follow-up to the career altering path Nielsen had forged with his performance in Airplane.

But as fitfully funny and clever as it was, Police Squad!, for some reason, couldn't pull in the audiences that had flocked to see Zucker/Zucker/Abrahams' Airplane just two years earlier. The series suffered from low ratings from the start and never found its audience. One of the running gags on the show was the introduction of a "special guest star" who was immediately killed off in the some horrible fashion right after the introduction. Lorne Green, William Shatner, Georg Stanford Brown and Florence Henderson were among the guest stars who were shot, stabbed, machine-gunned and poisoned. Unfotunately, the guest star for the sixth episode was John Belushi who died right before the episode was to air. ABC had to pull the show until a new introduction could be filmed. Right after that, the series was cancelled after just six episodes, cutting short the run of one of the funniest series of all time.

Fortunately, the team of Zucker/Zucker/Abrahams resurrected the Police Squad! series in the form of the Naked Gun series in the late 1980's. The premise, and Leslie Nielsen, finally got the exposure it deserved and the result was three hilarious films that did very well at the box office. However, when the three films were released on DVD, there was no corresponding release of the original series on DVD.

Now, finally, the original series is coming to DVD on November the 7th. Hopefully many will buy the DVD and realize what a crime it was for ABC to cancel this hilarious series so soon.

90 of 92 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It was one of those all night wicker places...., August 11, 2006

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craig-o-rama (Hong Kong) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Police Squad! The Complete Series (DVD)

I've been waiting for this to come out on DVD for many years now. This is hands down my favorite TV series of all time - albeit a very short lived one. As many writers have already noted, the entire "series" consists of only 6 episodes. But rest assured that these 6 short episodes are packed with wit. This is a show that you have to pay attention to - there are many visuals gags and plays on words. It's fantastic.

I'm glad to finally have the chance to purchase this in a digital format. As much as I liked the Naked Gun films, they just weren't the same. For me, Police Squad will always be Leslie Nielsen and Alan North (with Rex Hamilton as Abraham Lincoln, of course!).

If you're a fan of any of the Zucker, Abrahams, Zucker films (e.g. Airplane, Naked Gun, etc.) then you definitely should consider adding this to your collection. It's definitely some of their best work in my humble opinion.

27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's about time the studio got off their "Key Store"!, October 21, 2006

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Glenn M. Schoditsch (Richmond, Virginia USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Police Squad! The Complete Series (DVD)

Finally it's here, "In Color"! And for those who didn't get to see the original run on television, you will find many of the quips and gags in the Naked Gun trilogy are straight from the files of "Police Squad!". In fact, you really have to pay attention as the gags and jokes come non-stop. Here's one recurring gag; in episode 1 Drebin hits a trash can with his police car. In episode 2 he hits 2 trash cans and so on. "Cigarette? Yes I know!" "No sax before a fight"! "The 'toe' truck's here". "Club Flamingo". (lol) Where do you stop?

Great fun for everybody with Det. Frank Drebin, Capt. Ed Hocken, Johnny the Snitch, Ted Olson, Scientist and what I though was the best later edition appearing in the last 4 episodes, Peter Lupus as Norberg. (He should have played Norberg in the movies). After all those years playing the serious character 'Willie' on Mission Impossible, he gets to display his comedic talents as well.

Returning soon to a television screen near you!

Rest In Peace Leslie Nielsen: You will be missed... 11.28.10