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* QuestionableCasting:
** Casting punk rocker David Johansen as the lead actor in a cop movie might seem like an eccentric choice, to put it mildly. However, his casting made a lot more sense when you consider that it was originally filmed as a musical comedy, and only changed to a more conventional comedy during editing.
** The movie brings back Nipsey Russell and Al Lewis to play OlderAndWiser (well, in the former's case, at least) versions of their characters from the series, but recasts all the other regular roles with younger actors, giving the finished product a bit of an identity crisis.
** Casting punk rocker David Johansen as the lead actor in a cop movie might seem like an eccentric choice, to put it mildly. However, his casting made a lot more sense when you consider that it was originally filmed as a musical comedy, and only changed to a more conventional comedy during editing.
** The movie brings back Nipsey Russell and Al Lewis to play OlderAndWiser (well, in the former's case, at least) versions of their characters from the series, but recasts all the other regular roles with younger actors, giving the finished product a bit of an identity crisis.
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* WTHCastingAgency:
** Casting punk rocker David Johansen as the lead actor in a cop movie might seem like an eccentric choice, to put it mildly. However, his casting made a lot more sense when you consider that it was originally filmed as a musical comedy, and only changed to a more conventional comedy during editing.
** The movie brings back Nipsey Russell and Al Lewis to play OlderAndWiser (well, in the former's case, at least) versions of their characters from the series, but recasts all the other regular roles with younger actors, giving the finished product a bit of an identity crisis.
** Casting punk rocker David Johansen as the lead actor in a cop movie might seem like an eccentric choice, to put it mildly. However, his casting made a lot more sense when you consider that it was originally filmed as a musical comedy, and only changed to a more conventional comedy during editing.
** The movie brings back Nipsey Russell and Al Lewis to play OlderAndWiser (well, in the former's case, at least) versions of their characters from the series, but recasts all the other regular roles with younger actors, giving the finished product a bit of an identity crisis.
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** In an episode where Toody is anxious that the stocks the precinct invested in might have been the wrong pick, Muldoon reassures him by saying the Captain also invested in the company long before they did. Toody is briefly reassured only to remember the Captain also bet on Nixon in the 1960 election. At the time, this would have just implied the Captain couldn't pick a winner, but after Watergate made Nixon's name practically synonymous with "untrustworthy" the joke works even better.
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** In an episode where Toody is anxious that the stocks the precinct invested in might have been the wrong pick, Muldoon reassures him by saying the Captain also invested in the company long before they did. Toody is It works briefly reassured only for Toody to remember the Captain also bet on Nixon in the 1960 election. At the time, this would have just implied the Captain couldn't pick a winner, but after Watergate made Nixon's name practically synonymous with "untrustworthy" the joke works even better.
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** In an episode where Toody is anxious that the stocks the precinct invested in might have been the wrong pick, Muldoon reassures him by saying the Captain also invested in the company long before they did. Toody is briefly reassured only to remember the Captain also bet on Nixon in the 1960 election. At the time, this would have just implied the Captain couldn't pick a winner, but after Watergate made Nixon's name practically synonymous with "untrustworthy" the joke works even better.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: ''Series/BarneyMiller'' from the 70s, with detectives instead of patrol cops. And like that show, ''Car 54'' was often suggested by actual Police Officers to be the most realistic police show on television at the time.[[note]] Future ''Barney Miller'' star Hal Linden even appeared in an episode of ''Car 54'' as an Assistant DA.[[/note]]
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The theme song included the line, "Khrushchev's due at Idlewild," a reference to Idlewild Airport in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity. In December 1963, Idlewild was renamed UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy International Airport. In 1964, UsefulNotes/NikitaKhrushchev was removed from power by his party colleagues, replacing him with Alexei Kosygin as Premier and Leonid Brezhnev as First Secretary.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The theme song included the line, "Khrushchev's due at Idlewild," a reference to Idlewild Airport in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity. In December 1963, Idlewild was renamed UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy International Airport. In 1964, UsefulNotes/NikitaKhrushchev was removed from power by his party colleagues, replacing him with Alexei Kosygin as Premier and Leonid Brezhnev as First Secretary.
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* WeirdAlEffect: Younger viewers will recognize [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQfXPGCYlfI the theme song's melody]] as the jingle for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dduvx-dEySY this commercial]] of the Atari ports of ''VideoGame/MarioBros'': "Mario, where are you?"
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* WeirdAlEffect: ParodyDisplacement: Younger viewers will recognize [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQfXPGCYlfI the theme song's melody]] as the jingle for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dduvx-dEySY this commercial]] of the Atari ports of ''VideoGame/MarioBros'': "Mario, where are you?"
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* RetroactiveRecognition: Jeremy Piven has an early role as TheInformant who the main characters are assigned to protect.
* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: Only for a certain value of "seriously" of course, considering that it's a comedy, but John C. [=McGinley=] is genuinely trying his best to work with some thankless material.
* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: Only for a certain value of "seriously" of course, considering that it's a comedy, but John C. [=McGinley=] is genuinely trying his best to work with some thankless material.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: Jeremy Piven Creator/JeremyPiven has an early role as TheInformant who the main characters are assigned to protect.
* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: Only for a certain value of "seriously" of course, considering that it's a comedy, butJohn C. [=McGinley=] Creator/JohnCMcGinley is genuinely trying his best to work with some thankless material.material.
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The theme song included the line, "Khrushchev's due at Idlewild," a reference to Idlewild Airport in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity. In December 1963, Idlewild was renamed UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy International Airport. In 1964, UsefulNotes/NikitaKhrushchev was removed from power by his party colleagues, replacing him with Alexei Kosygin as Premier and Leonid Brezhnev as First Secretary.
* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: Only for a certain value of "seriously" of course, considering that it's a comedy, but
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The theme song included the line, "Khrushchev's due at Idlewild," a reference to Idlewild Airport in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity. In December 1963, Idlewild was renamed UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy International Airport. In 1964, UsefulNotes/NikitaKhrushchev was removed from power by his party colleagues, replacing him with Alexei Kosygin as Premier and Leonid Brezhnev as First Secretary.
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** The movie brings back Nipsey Russell and Al Lewis to play OlderAndWiser (well, in the former's case, at least) versions of their characters from the series, but recasts all the other regular roles with younger actors, giving the finished product a bit of an identity crisis.
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** The movie brings back Nipsey Russell and Al Lewis to play OlderAndWiser (well, in the former's case, at least) versions of their characters from the series, but recasts all the other regular roles with younger actors, giving the finished product a bit of an identity crisis.crisis.
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!!YMMV tropes for the series:
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* WeirdAlEffect: Younger viewers will recognize [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQfXPGCYlfI the theme song's melody]] as the jingle for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dduvx-dEySY this commercial]] of the Atari ports of ''VideoGame/MarioBros'': "Mario, where are you?"
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* WeirdAlEffect: Younger viewers will recognize [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQfXPGCYlfI the theme song's melody]] as the jingle for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dduvx-dEySY this commercial]] of the Atari ports of ''VideoGame/MarioBros'': "Mario, where are you?"you?"
!!YMMV tropes for TheMovie:
* RetroactiveRecognition: Jeremy Piven has an early role as TheInformant who the main characters are assigned to protect.
* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: Only for a certain value of "seriously" of course, considering that it's a comedy, but John C. [=McGinley=] is genuinely trying his best to work with some thankless material.
* WTHCastingAgency:
** Casting punk rocker David Johansen as the lead actor in a cop movie might seem like an eccentric choice, to put it mildly. However, his casting made a lot more sense when you consider that it was originally filmed as a musical comedy, and only changed to a more conventional comedy during editing.
** The movie brings back Nipsey Russell and Al Lewis to play OlderAndWiser (well, in the former's case, at least) versions of their characters from the series, but recasts all the other regular roles with younger actors, giving the finished product a bit of an identity crisis.
!!YMMV tropes for TheMovie:
* RetroactiveRecognition: Jeremy Piven has an early role as TheInformant who the main characters are assigned to protect.
* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: Only for a certain value of "seriously" of course, considering that it's a comedy, but John C. [=McGinley=] is genuinely trying his best to work with some thankless material.
* WTHCastingAgency:
** Casting punk rocker David Johansen as the lead actor in a cop movie might seem like an eccentric choice, to put it mildly. However, his casting made a lot more sense when you consider that it was originally filmed as a musical comedy, and only changed to a more conventional comedy during editing.
** The movie brings back Nipsey Russell and Al Lewis to play OlderAndWiser (well, in the former's case, at least) versions of their characters from the series, but recasts all the other regular roles with younger actors, giving the finished product a bit of an identity crisis.
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Ear worm is now in-universe only
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* EarWorm: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQfXPGCYlfI "There's a holdup in the Bronx, Brooklyn's broken out in fights...."]]
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* WeirdAlEffect: Younger viewers will recognize the theme song's melody as the jingle for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dduvx-dEySY this commercial]] of the Atari ports of ''VideoGame/MarioBros'': "Mario, where are you?"
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* WeirdAlEffect: Younger viewers will recognize [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQfXPGCYlfI the theme song's melody melody]] as the jingle for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dduvx-dEySY this commercial]] of the Atari ports of ''VideoGame/MarioBros'': "Mario, where are you?"
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* EarWorm: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDz9HfEEUqA "There's a holdup in the Bronx, Brooklyn's broken out in fights...."]]
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* EarWorm: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDz9HfEEUqA com/watch?v=mQfXPGCYlfI "There's a holdup in the Bronx, Brooklyn's broken out in fights...."]]
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* HilariousInHindsight: In one episode, the guys work out a scheme to boost Muldoon's confidence and improve his dating life. It works a little too well and inflates his ego substantially. One of the guys says of the new Muldoon, "We've created a [[Series/TheMunsters Frankenstein]]!"
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* HilariousInHindsight: In one episode, the guys work out a scheme to boost Muldoon's confidence and improve his dating life. It works a little too well and inflates his ego substantially. One of the guys says of the new Muldoon, "We've created a [[Series/TheMunsters Frankenstein]]!"Frankenstein]]!"
* WeirdAlEffect: Younger viewers will recognize the theme song's melody as the jingle for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dduvx-dEySY this commercial]] of the Atari ports of ''VideoGame/MarioBros'': "Mario, where are you?"
* WeirdAlEffect: Younger viewers will recognize the theme song's melody as the jingle for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dduvx-dEySY this commercial]] of the Atari ports of ''VideoGame/MarioBros'': "Mario, where are you?"
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* HilariousInHindsight: In one episode, the guys work out a scheme to boost Muldoon's confidence and improve his dating life. It works a little too well and inflates his ego substantially. One of the guys says of the new Muldoon, "We've created a [[TheMunsters Frankenstein]]!"
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* EarWorm: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDz9HfEEUqA "There's a holdup in the Bronx, Brooklyn's broken out in fights...."]]
* HilariousInHindsight: In one episode, the guys work out a scheme to boost Muldoon's confidence and improve his dating life. It works a little too well and inflates his ego substantially. One of the guys says of the new Muldoon, "We've created a[[TheMunsters [[Series/TheMunsters Frankenstein]]!"
* HilariousInHindsight: In one episode, the guys work out a scheme to boost Muldoon's confidence and improve his dating life. It works a little too well and inflates his ego substantially. One of the guys says of the new Muldoon, "We've created a
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* HilariousInHindsight: In one episode, the guys work out a scheme to boost Muldoon's confidence and improve his dating life. It works a little too well and inflates his ego substantially. One of the guys says of the new Muldoon, "We've created a [[TheMunsters Frankenstein]]!"
