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Actors: Leslie Nielsen, Alan North, Rex Hamilton, Ed Williams, William Duell
Writers: David Zucker, Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Full Screen, NTSC
Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono), English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only.)
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 (108 customer reviews)


Special Features

All 6 episodes from the 1982 season
Brand-new interview with Leslie Nielsen
Behind the Freeze Frames Featurette
Gag reel
Casting Test – Alan North and Ed Williams
Producers' Photo Gallery of Scenery, Sets & Props
List Of Celebrity Death Shots
Production Memo Highlights

On the DVD
Two episode commentaries by the Zucker brothers, Jim Abrahams, and producer Robert K. Weiss are good for a laugh, as the ZAZ team laughs at their own material and recalls the rigors of a 5-day shooting schedule, battles with network censors (also outlined in the revealing "Production Memo Highlights" feature), and the never-shown "celebrity guest death" of John Belushi, who actually died shortly after the gag was filmed. Comedian and writer Robert Wuhl's commentary is more autobiographical and somewhat perfunctory (he barely remembers the episode he wrote), but contains a few nuts-and-bolts details about the show's production. The 10-minute Leslie Nielsen interview shows the gracefully aging star in fine form as he recalls his affinity for the ZAZ brand of humor; the brief gag reel offers about a dozen on-set bloopers (several from crude workprint sources); "Behind the Freeze Frames" is an extended outtake to illustrate the elaborately faked "freeze frame" gag that ended each episode; and "Celebrity Death Shots" is a list of guest-star death gags proposed (and mostly used) for the series. Also included are casting tests for Alan North and Ed Williams, and an animated producers' photo gallery of Police Squad! sets, props, and scenery. --Jeff Shannon


Product Description
The satirical comedy "Police Squad" pits an ace detective and his captain (Leslie Nielsen & Alan North) against the criminal elements that befoul a big city. From the creators of "Airplane!".