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3 unusual facts about Police Squad!


A Touch of Cloth

Police Squad! - a similar American TV series from the 1980s that spawned the Naked Gun film series.

Anthony Thomopoulos

and for his quick cancellation of the 1982 cult favorite Police Squad!, explaining that the show had been cancelled because, among other reasons, "it required constant attention".

Tiny Ron Taylor

He also played Al, the tall police detective whose face is never seen, in The Naked Gun (1988) and on the TV series Police Squad!.


Nancy Steen

In 1980, she began writing on the ABC-TV series Police Squad! which starred Leslie Nielsen, and Happy Days'.


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Ro-Busters

The brutal police squad sent to capture the robots is a parody of the Special Patrol Group.

The Nutt House

However, all eleven of the produced episodes were broadcast on BBC 2 in the United Kingdom where Police Squad! was making a comeback thanks to the success of The Naked Gun.