# Coming soon to DVD: Police Squad! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 30, 2006, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-soon-to-dvd-police-squad/354838 "2006-04-30T16:00:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2006, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-soon-to-dvd-police-squad/354838/1 "2006-04-30T16:00:20Z")
Just ran across this intriguing news item from [DavisDVD.com:](http://www.davisdvd.com/news/tv.html) > [@](#): > > _Previously released on two laserdiscs, [Police Squad!] is heading to DVD this year from Paramount Home Entertainment. In this week’s “Home Media Retailing” magazine, director David Zucker reveals that he is scheduled to record commentary tracks for the release, but warns not to expect any deleted material. “I don’t know if there’s any deleted [scenes]. In those days, they just threw stuff away.”_ [TVShowson DVD](http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=4775) also confirms that a 2006 release is “likely”. Wow, what a year! First, the announced the box set for [The Adventures of Brisco County Jr.](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000F7CMPE/qid=1146412570/), and now this! (My only question is…who shot Twice?) ---
**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:** [April 30, 2006, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-soon-to-dvd-police-squad/354838/2 "2006-04-30T16:21:05Z")
I’m so happy. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2006, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-soon-to-dvd-police-squad/354838/3 "2006-04-30T16:33:05Z")
Awright! I’ll be in on this one! And it saves me from having to transfer all the episodes from videotape to DVD. Hooray! ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2006, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-soon-to-dvd-police-squad/354838/4 "2006-05-01T02:12:21Z")
That’s gonna be an awfully short DVD. Didn’t they only have 6 episodes, or were there some that were made yet never broadcast? ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2006, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-soon-to-dvd-police-squad/354838/5 "2006-05-01T03:21:25Z")
Ooh, loved Rex Hamilton in that show (as Abraham Lincoln)! ---
**Author:** ![Scoundrel\_Swanswater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@Scoundrel\_Swanswater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scoundrel_Swanswater)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2006, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-soon-to-dvd-police-squad/354838/6 "2006-05-01T08:40:49Z")
Super !! I have been waiting a long time for this. And yes, as far as I know, there are only 6 episodes. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2006, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-soon-to-dvd-police-squad/354838/7 "2006-05-01T23:55:41Z")
Hot damn! That’s going straight on my “Will buy no matter who I have to mame” list. Sure, it’s only six episodes, but they’re six _damn_ fine episodes. Just throw in a director’s commentary or three to fill out the rest of the disc… ---
**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:** [May 2, 2006, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-soon-to-dvd-police-squad/354838/8 "2006-05-02T00:01:04Z")
> [@rjung](#): > > Hot damn! That’s going straight on my “Will buy no matter who I have to **mame** ” list. You’re going to go Lucille Ball on their ass? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2006, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-soon-to-dvd-police-squad/354838/9 "2006-05-02T00:23:18Z")
Actually, I was going to run them through an emulator with a brand-new USB joypad, but your idea works too. 😉