Police Squad!

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American television series comedy television series parody television series television series

Police Squad! is a short-lived but influential 1982 American television comedy series that parodies police procedurals with rapid-fire visual gags and deadpan humor, later inspiring the Naked Gun films.

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Police Squad! canonical 14
Police Squad! television series 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American television series ⓘ
comedy television series ⓘ
parody television series ⓘ
television series ⓘ
basedOn police procedural television shows ⓘ
character Frank Drebin ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creator David Zucker ⓘ
Jerry Zucker ⓘ
Jim Abrahams ⓘ
endYear 1982 ⓘ
executiveProducer David Zucker ⓘ
Jerry Zucker ⓘ
Jim Abrahams ⓘ
format half-hour television series ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
parody ⓘ
police procedural parody ⓘ
hasCultFollowing true ⓘ
hasSpinOff The Naked Gun film series ⓘ
influenced spoof comedy films of the late 1980s and 1990s ⓘ
initialReception low ratings despite critical praise ⓘ
inspiredWork Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult ⓘ
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear ⓘ
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! ⓘ
laterReception cult classic ⓘ
leadCharacter Frank Drebin ⓘ
mediaType television ⓘ
notableFeature deadpan humor ⓘ
parody of police procedurals ⓘ
rapid-fire visual gags ⓘ
notableFor freeze-frame style closing gags ⓘ
running gags and recurring visual jokes ⓘ
numberOfEpisodes 6 ⓘ
numberOfSeasons 1 ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalNetwork ABC ⓘ
originalReleaseYear 1982 ⓘ
portrayedBy Leslie Nielsen ⓘ
productionCompany Paramount Television Studios ⓘ
surface form: Paramount Television
setting a fictional big-city police department ⓘ
starring Alan North ⓘ
Ed Williams ⓘ
Leslie Nielsen ⓘ
Peter Lupus ⓘ
startYear 1982 ⓘ

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Leslie Nielsen → notableWork → Police Squad! ⓘ
Robert Wuhl → notableWork → Police Squad! ⓘ
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear → basedOn → Police Squad! ⓘ
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! → basedOn → Police Squad! ⓘ
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! → basedOn → Police Squad! ⓘ
this entity surface form: Police Squad! television series
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult → basedOn → Police Squad! ⓘ
Brooke Hunter → notableWork → Police Squad! ⓘ
subject surface form: Leslie Nielsen
Alan North → notableWork → Police Squad! ⓘ
Robert K. Weiss Productions → notableWork → Police Squad! ⓘ
Alisande Ullman → spouseNotableWork → Police Squad! ⓘ
Jerry Zucker → notableWork → Police Squad! ⓘ
Jerry Zucker → producerOf → Police Squad! ⓘ
Wuhl → notableWork → Police Squad! ⓘ
subject surface form: Robert Wuhl
Robert K. Weiss → notableWork → Police Squad! ⓘ
Robert K. Weiss → produced → Police Squad! ⓘ