creative team jim abrahams david zucker jerry zucker roots improvisational theatre madison wisconsin believe was group called kentucky fried theatreor something similar put bunch set pieces onto celluloid askentucky fried movie long irreverent sophomoric really funnybr br they followed popular airplane  really put map it took rather well known veteran actors robert stack especially leslie nielsen putting prominent roles proceeded parody every clich every aviation film since days john waynes batjacproduction high mighty  pockets stuffed cash noticed trio worked deal pramount television american broadcasting company tv network half hour comedy spoof nearly countless police crime drama show come gone television screens years remembering fine job mr leslie nielsen turned airplane cast leadbr br as sgtltcaptain frank drebbin the rank designation switch one comic bitshe presided great series successive puns sight gags non sequitors overblown policecrime clichsall strung together someseemingly standard scripts added overly dramatic opening narration voiced information contradicting visual printed info always used giving title episode titles voice printed titles never matchedbr br they great musical score even though somewhat exaggerated would passed theme incidental music straight dramathe musical score opening titles format episodes divided act i act ii epilogue etc part obvious affectionate ribbing qm quinn martin productions they even announcer real qmsbr br one thing short series technically augmented audience laughter and boy sure need phony tract nature spoof demanded viewers close almost undivided attention proved ultimate reason behind police squads downfallbr br in regards series cancellationan abc executive explained episodes called much attention part viewer so one would wantbr br so  wonderfully wacky hilarious episodesoff afterlife series cancellation went police squad reborn naked gun trilogy made big screen movie houses again quite well box office oh well tvs loss cinemas gain thanks mr idiot tv execbr br  high mighty produced dukes batjac productions released warner brothers unavailable quite number years finally mr waynes family made arrangements release television video