Car 54, Where Are You?

Car 54, Where Are You? is a police Sitcom from The Sixties.


 * The Convenient Store Next Door: One episode is based around an eatery next to a bank. A single scene at the end of the episode replays the entire plot with the buildings' next owners, who are posing as stamp dealers.
 * Couch Gag: Each opening credit sequence had Toody and Muldoon doing different things as they drive in the squad car such as: dropping an ice cream cone, playing checkers, Gunter opening his lunch box and finding everything but his lunch, Gunter dangling a rubber spider in front of Muldoon as he drives.
 * Crossover: An episode of the animated sitcom Wait Till Your Father Gets Home featured characters from Car 54, although only Joe E. Ross provided his own voice.
 * Ear Worm: "There's a holdup in the Bronx, Brooklyn's broken out in fights...."
 * The Film of the Series: Filmed in 1990 but not released until 1994, the film basically tried to turn Car 54 into a Police Academy type movie. Original cast members Al Lewis and Nipsey Russell appeared as their original characters.
 * History Marches On: From the theme song:  "Khrushchev's due at Idlewild."  For those of you born after the 1960s, that means the leader of the Soviet Union is about to land at the future JFK International Airport near New York City.