EPISODE · Mar 4, 2024 · 3 MIN
Police Squad, The TV Comedy That Got Canceled For Being Too Funny
from Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson · host Brady Carlson
Today in 1982, the premiere of the short-lived but critically acclaimed cop spoof Police Squad, a show TV executives said was essentially too funny to stay on the air. Plus: a video from 1939 features four brothers from Chicago showing off some very unusual bicycles they'd created. ‘The Naked Gun’ Spun Off From an Even Wackier TV Show (Collider) 4 Chicago Brothers Showed Off Their Strangest Bike Creations In 1939 (Chicagoist) Keep our show going for a few more episodes as a backer on Patreon
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Today in 1982, the premiere of the short-lived but critically acclaimed cop spoof Police Squad, a show TV executives said was essentially too funny to stay on the air. Plus: a video from 1939 features four brothers from Chicago showing off some very unusual bicycles they'd created. ‘The Naked Gun’ Spun Off From an Even Wackier TV Show (Collider) 4 Chicago Brothers Showed Off Their Strangest Bike Creations In 1939 (Chicagoist) Keep our show going for a few more episodes as a backer on Patreon
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