Police Squad...IN COLOR

[Fritzo]

ABC cancelled it because they thought the jokes were too fast any people wouldn't pay enough attention to catch them all.

My favorite part was how the special guest star would always get killed off in the credits:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blHwaFzzbkQ

And then the ending credits:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qyc_-_uEuvE&feature=related

*sigh*

 

[bfdd]

I <3 Police Squad. I <3 Leslie Nielsen too. I wish that old fucker was my grandpa, no offense to my grandpa just Leslie Nielsen is cooler.

 

[shortylickens]

Yeah that was discussed many times. At that point most networks realized that people didnt actually "watch" TV. They had it going in the background of whatever shit they were doing, like dinner or parties or whatever. A show that requires you pay close attention was an automatic failure.
BUT, in movie land such a concept works just fine.

 

[Arcadio]

was the "In Color" phrase used as a joke, or was it used to tell viewers that the show was actually broadcast in color as opposed to the standard black & white of the era?

 

[AnonymouseUser]

Best TV show ever!

 

[AnonymouseUser]

was the "In Color" phrase used as a joke, or was it used to tell viewers that the show was actually broadcast in color as opposed to the standard black & white of the era?

It was a joke:

The opening stated that it was "In Color." In the 1960s, when color was starting to replace black and white on television, many series filmed in color included the fact in their opening. On ABC, this voiceover replaced the musically oriented color logo. This practice ended when color had completely replaced black and white in television, long before the series first aired.

 

[techforums]

ABC cancelled it because they thought the jokes were too fast any people wouldn't pay enough attention to catch them all.

My favorite part was how the special guest star would always get killed off in the credits:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blHwaFzzbkQ

And then the ending credits:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qyc_-_uEuvE&feature=related

*sigh*

I was wondering where Family Guy parody the ending credits

 

[UberNeuman]

and starring Rex Hamilton as Abraham Lincoln...

 

[Born2bwire]

Such a great show. It's really weird to see Leslie Nielson in his more serious roles in the pre-80's. He was in one of the Columbo episodes and all I could think was "Get to the jokes already!"

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Yeah that was discussed many times. At that point most networks realized that people didnt actually "watch" TV. They had it going in the background of whatever shit they were doing, like dinner or parties or whatever. A show that requires you pay close attention was an automatic failure.

Same reason Arrested Development failed. You really had to pay attention to get any of it. You couldn't read the paper and still follow along.

Too bad, Police Squad was hilarious while it lasted.

 

[Iron Woode]

Funky Squad > Police Squad