Monday mirth
To celebrate the dawn of a new Monday, let us enjoy a snippet from one of the all-time greatest sit-coms from the network TV era: Police Squad. In today’s excerpt, Det. Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen) is joined by partner Capt. Ed Hocken (Alan North) as they interview Mrs. Twice (Barbara Tarbuck), the widow of the deceased murder suspect, at her home in the Little Italy neighborhood of the unnamed city.
This was from the pilot episode, “A Substantial Gift (The Broken Promise)”, and it originally aired on ABC on March 4, 1982. The rights holders apparently do a good job of keeping whole episodes, of which there were only six, off of YouTube.
The series was cancelled by the network chairman who thought thought the comedy was too hard for the audience to understand—too many visual gags and too fast paced. The condescending (superior, self-flattering) attitude of today’s people in authority is thus nothing new.
HA HA HA..I remember that...he dos that so well,( so straight faced) including in the Related Movies ( Naked Gun?) , I am a huge fan of Zucker Brother movies ( Own most of them) ( also Top Secret with Val Kilmer, is one of my all time favorite movies) Airplane etc), similar to my love of Mel Brooks movies. I Love that kind of humor and I certainly do get it...lol
Good way to start a Monday...things should calm down for me now, got all the tax stuff done and just waiting to get the form so I can do my one 1099. thanks goodness ( Landlord).
Also I filed my federal and state taxes yesterday. I normally do it at the last minute, but, money is tight and I am getting a little bit back , and my return is real simple since I don't itemize anymore, so why not? They used to say 10 days for the money, now it is 21...lol...I will wait for the city because I am going to owe them money again because of my belated discovery that the person who worked here before me didn't change the tax rate for my city...I found out last tax time, and changed it then
We had several inches of snow overnight and boy is it beautiful out there with all the snow on the trees and bushes etc..lovely drive in to work
Ok, MarqueG68, now you've got me on a Police Squad kick. This clip, from the same episode, is a very funny take on the old "Who's on first?" routine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ri4WWP6yEZM