# Apparently, Frank Drebin had a daughter \[TV show "Angie Tribeca"\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 21, 2016, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-frank-drebin-had-a-daughter-tv-show-angie-tribeca/743789 "2016-01-21T16:48:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Orwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/dfb087/32.png) [@Orwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orwell)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-frank-drebin-had-a-daughter-tv-show-angie-tribeca/743789/41 "2016-03-30T16:59:42Z")
> [@Casey1505](#): > > A large segment of people are also voting for Hillary Clinton, too. Doesn’t make it right. I fixed it for you. 😉 > [@](#): > > The show is funny. I agree with you there. Dumb, but funny. ---
**Author:** ![Orwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/dfb087/32.png) [@Orwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orwell)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-frank-drebin-had-a-daughter-tv-show-angie-tribeca/743789/42 "2016-03-30T17:33:52Z")
Actually, your quote should be “A large segment of people are also voting for Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, too. Doesn’t make it right.” Regarding the show, I’m wondering how long they can keep coming up with rapid-fire gags. Filling a ninety minute movie is one thing, but filling several seasons of TV shows is another. I do like this style of comedy, and loved the Airplane and Naked Gun movies and Police Squad TV series. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-frank-drebin-had-a-daughter-tv-show-angie-tribeca/743789/43 "2016-03-30T18:04:53Z")
> [@edwards\_beard](#): > > Hilarious? > > I’ve always heard it referred to as Slapstick Comedy Nah. It could be subgenre of slapstick, but most slapstick is not surreal like that. Also, the _Police Squad_ style depends as much on verbal comedy as on pratfalls and sight gags. It’s an entirely different proposition, altogether. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-frank-drebin-had-a-daughter-tv-show-angie-tribeca/743789/44 "2016-03-30T18:54:45Z")
**Orwell** Altering quotes inside of a board quote box is forbidden by board rules. Do not do this again. No warning given. > [@Orwell](#): > > I fixed it for you. 😉 > > I agree with you there. Dumb, but funny. ---
**Author:** ![edwards\_beard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@edwards\_beard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwards_beard)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-frank-drebin-had-a-daughter-tv-show-angie-tribeca/743789/45 "2016-03-30T19:55:57Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Nah. It could be subgenre of slapstick, but most slapstick is not surreal like that. Also, the _Police Squad_ style depends as much on verbal comedy as on pratfalls and sight gags. It’s an entirely different proposition, altogether. An entirely different proposition, altogether. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-frank-drebin-had-a-daughter-tv-show-angie-tribeca/743789/46 "2016-03-30T20:01:50Z")
I just want to wish the show good luck. We’re all counting on it. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-frank-drebin-had-a-daughter-tv-show-angie-tribeca/743789/47 "2016-03-30T22:40:20Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > “Parody,” maybe? The laughs come from our mental comparisons with very familiar genre (police/airline-disaster/spy, etc) works that litter television screens and B-movie history. Could be – Wiki describes [_Airplane_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airplane!) as a “parody film.” But a lot of [parodies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parody) are, again, not surreal like that. Charlie Chaplin’s _The Great Dictator_ is a parody of the Hitler regime but its style of humor is very different from what we’re talking about here. And, Wiki calls [_Naked Gun_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Naked_Gun:_From_the_Files_of_Police_Squad!) a “slapstick comedy.” And [_Top Secret_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Secret!) is both a “parody” and an “action comedy.” There ought to be some more specific name for this sort of thing. It would make it easier to find it and kill it. ---
**Author:** ![Abner\_Ravenwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@Abner\_Ravenwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abner_Ravenwood)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-frank-drebin-had-a-daughter-tv-show-angie-tribeca/743789/48 "2016-03-31T01:56:12Z")
Spoof maybe? ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-frank-drebin-had-a-daughter-tv-show-angie-tribeca/743789/49 "2016-03-31T13:17:03Z")
I wish I had a way to marathon-stream it with any of my current streaming services… ---
**Author:** ![psiekier](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psiekier/32/116_2.png) [@psiekier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psiekier)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2016, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-frank-drebin-had-a-daughter-tv-show-angie-tribeca/743789/50 "2016-04-05T01:40:19Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > BTW, is there a name for the _Police Squad/Naked Gun/Airplane/Top Secret_ style of comedy? Well, it _is_ parody, but there was an extra hook to it. Many of the actors the Zuckers and Abrahams used in their movies the audience were familiar with from other films or television shows as the authoritative no-nonsense types - guys like Robert Stack, Leslie Nielsen, Peter Graves, Alan North, and George Kennedy - who played their roles straight, but delivered ridiculous lines with deadpan seriousness. That’s what you’re looking for, isn’t it **BrainGlutton**? I have no idea what that’s called. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2016, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-frank-drebin-had-a-daughter-tv-show-angie-tribeca/743789/51 "2016-06-27T00:49:24Z")
Okay, we got confused in the slapstick (it’s not) vs parody (it is) debate, but let’s get down to business. Is Rashida Jones the most beautiful woman on Earth, or am I hypnotized by her multiple layers of dimples? Hoffman is the funniest. ---
**Author:** ![Cayuga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Cayuga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cayuga)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2016, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-frank-drebin-had-a-daughter-tv-show-angie-tribeca/743789/52 "2016-06-28T22:29:21Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Is Rashida Jones the most beautiful woman on Earth. No. The most I’ll grant you is “pleasant looking.” I sat through my first episode thinking, “It’s trying to be _Police Squad!_, but it’s not funny.” But for some reason, I didn’t clear the episodes off my DVR. Several weeks later, I gave it another shot. I loved it. Now my whole family is watching 2-3 episodes per night until we catch up. Guess I was just in a bad mood that first night. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2016, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-frank-drebin-had-a-daughter-tv-show-angie-tribeca/743789/53 "2016-06-28T23:08:20Z")
That’s what Objective Me thinks, but then she smiles and my legs go weak. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2016, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-frank-drebin-had-a-daughter-tv-show-angie-tribeca/743789/54 "2016-06-28T23:11:49Z")
My favorite thing about Hoffman is that he isn’t even a good dog actor. Like he’s just the Carrells’ pet. Adds to the psychogroovic atmosphere. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2016, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-frank-drebin-had-a-daughter-tv-show-angie-tribeca/743789/55 "2016-06-28T23:38:38Z")
Meh. I watched two episodes then deleted it from our Tivo queue. Not worth my time. YMMV. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2016, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-frank-drebin-had-a-daughter-tv-show-angie-tribeca/743789/56 "2016-06-30T19:40:39Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > BTW, is there a name for the _Police Squad/Naked Gun/Airplane/Top Secret_ style of comedy? I think you’d have to call it “_Airplane_”-style comedy, since that’s what started it all. There really was nothing like it before: the mix of gags on top of gags, film parody, utter surrealism (a watermelon drops onto a table for no apparent reason), and deadpan humor from classic 1960s leading men was without precedent. You could also call it ZAZ comedy, for Zucker, Abrahams, Zucker, the guys who wrote, produced, and directed _Airplane, Top Secret, Naked Gun, and Police Squad_. Kind of lIke Monty Python (and many other comedy teams, no doubt) who weren’t as good when one or more of the original team weren’t present, the later efforts by ZAZ members on their own didn’t have quite the magic of their first efforts. E.g., Jim Abrahams’ _Hot Shots_ films without the Zucker brothers. (FYI, the Zuckers’ mom, Charlotte, had cameos in most of the films, e.g. as the woman who messes up her lipstick in turbulence, Ricardo Montalban’s secretary, etc.) And I love _Angie Tribeca_. It’s almost as good as \*Police Squad \*, but not quite. But it’s still great fun. ---
**Author:** ![Raza](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raza/32/213_2.png) [@Raza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raza)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-frank-drebin-had-a-daughter-tv-show-angie-tribeca/743789/57 "2016-07-01T13:51:53Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > I think you’d have to call it “Airplane”-style comedy, since that’s what started it all. Absolutely _Airplane_ was their feature-length breakthrough, but you can see their brand of humor in sketch form (but still a movie) in _Kentucky Fried Movie_ from 3 years prior (ZAZ wrote, Landis directed, although from their commentary track I get the impression ZAZ were heavily involved in all stages of production). ---
**Author:** ![Alex\_from\_CB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/278dde/32.png) [@Alex\_from\_CB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alex_from_CB)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2017, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-frank-drebin-had-a-daughter-tv-show-angie-tribeca/743789/58 "2017-03-31T18:28:30Z")
TBS, 10:30 pm. Be there. Finally, a show about cops. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2017, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-frank-drebin-had-a-daughter-tv-show-angie-tribeca/743789/59 "2017-03-31T20:07:10Z")
I love whichever writer names the characters on this show. Dr. Scholls Diane Duran Jay Geils Sgt. Eddie Pepper 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2017, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-frank-drebin-had-a-daughter-tv-show-angie-tribeca/743789/60 "2017-03-31T20:34:50Z")
I’ll admit to not being a big fan of this show, but I do like The Detour, another sitcom on TBS. It’s created by Jason Jones (who also stars) and Samantha Bee. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-frank-drebin-had-a-daughter-tv-show-angie-tribeca/743789.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-frank-drebin-had-a-daughter-tv-show-angie-tribeca/743789.md?page=4)