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Springfield, Massachusetts
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Springfield is a city in western New England, and the seat of Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. Springfield sits on the bank of the Connecticut River near its confluence with three rivers, the western Westfield River, the eastern Chicopee River, and the eastern Mill River. As of the 2010 Census, the population was 153,060. Metropolitan Springfield, as one of two areas in Massachusetts, had an estimated population of 698,903 as of 2009. The first Springfield in the New World, it is the largest city in Western New England, and the urban, economic and it is the third-largest city in Massachusetts and fourth-largest in New England after Boston, Worcester, and Providence. Hartford, the capital of Connecticut, lies 23.9 miles south of Springfield, bradley International Airport, which sits 12 miles south of Metro Center Springfield, is Hartford-Springfields airport. Springfield was founded in 1636 by English Puritan William Pynchon as Agawam Plantation under the administration of the Connecticut Colony, in 1641 it was renamed after Pynchons hometown of Springfield, Essex, England, following incidents that precipitated the settlement joining the Massachusetts Bay Colony. From 1777 until its closing during the Vietnam War, the Springfield Armory attracted skilled laborers to Springfield, arsenal at Springfield during Shays Rebellion of 1787 led directly to the formation of the U. S. Springfield is located at 42°6′45″N 72°32′51″W, according to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 33.2 square miles, of which 32.1 square miles is land and 1.1 square miles is water. Once nicknamed The City in a Forest, Springfield features over 4, aside from its rivers, Springfields 2nd most prominent topographical feature is the citys 735 acres Forest Park, designed by renowned landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted. Forest Park also borders Western Massachusetts most affluent town, Longmeadow, Springfield shares borders with other well-heeled suburbs such as East Longmeadow, Wilbraham, Ludlow and the de-industrializing city of Chicopee. The small cities of Agawam and West Springfield, Massachusetts lie less than a mile from Springfields Metro Center, across the Connecticut River. The City of Springfield also owns the Springfield Country Club, which is located in the city of West Springfield, Massachusetts. Springfield, like other cities in southern New England, has a continental climate with four distinct seasons. Winters are cold with a average in January of around 26 °F. During winter, noreaster storms can drop significant snowfalls on Springfield, Springfields summers are very warm and sometimes humid. During summer, several times per month, on hot days afternoon thunderstorms will develop when unstable warm air collides with approaching cold fronts, the daily average in July is around 74 °F. Usually several days during the summer exceed 90 °F, constituting a heat wave, Spring and fall temperatures are usually pleasant, with mild days and crisp, cool nights
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Beverly Hills Cop
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Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Ronny Cox, Lisa Eilbacher, Steven Berkoff and Jonathan Banks appear in supporting roles. It earned $234 million at the North American domestic box office and his boss Inspector Douglas Todd reprimands Axel for his behavior and threatens to fire him unless he changes his ways on the force. Axel arrives at his apartment to find it has broken into by his childhood friend. Mikey did time in prison, but ended up working as a security guard in Beverly Hills, thanks to a mutual friend, Mikey shows Axel some German bearer bonds and Axel wonders how he got them, but chooses not to question him about it. After going out to a bar, they return to Axels apartment, where two men knock Axel unconscious and then confront Mikey about the bonds, assault him. Axel asks to investigate Mikeys murder, but Inspector Todd refuses to allow it because of his ties to Mikey. Axel uses the guise of taking time to head to Beverly Hills to solve the crime. He finds Jenny working in an art gallery and learns about Mikeys ties to Victor Maitland, posing as a flower deliveryman, Axel goes to Maitlands office and tries to question him about Mikey, but is thrown through a window by Maitlands bodyguards and arrested. At the police station, Lieutenant Andrew Bogomil assigns Sergeant John Taggart, after a series of encounters, including the trios foiling of a robbery in a striptease bar, the three develop a mutual respect. On the trail of Mikeys killers, Axel sneaks into one of Maitlands warehouses, where he finds coffee grounds and he also discovers that many of Maitlands crates have not gone through customs. After being arrested again, this time after a scuffle at Maitlands country club, Police Chief Hubbard, who has learned of Axels ill-advised investigative actions, orders that Axel be escorted out of town. However, Axel convinces Rosewood to pick up Jenny instead and take her with them to Maitlands warehouse, Axel and Jenny break into the warehouse and discover several bags of cocaine inside a crate. Before Axel can get this new evidence to Rosewood, Maitland. Maitland takes Jenny and leaves Axel to be killed, but after some hesitation, Rosewood enters the warehouse, Taggart tracks Axel and Rosewood to Maitlands estate, where he joins the two in their efforts to rescue Jenny and bring Maitland to justice. After wiping out most of Maitlands men, Axel kills Maitlands right-hand man Zack, with Bogomils help, Axel fatally shoots Maitland and rescues Jenny. Bogomil fabricates a story to Hubbard that covers for all the participants without discrediting the Beverly Hills Police force, realizing that he will be fired in Detroit, Axel asks Bogomil to speak to Inspector Todd and smooth things over for him. Later, Taggart and Rosewood meet Axel as he out of his hotel. Axel invites them to him for a farewell drink
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Beverly Hills Cop II
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Beverly Hills Cop II is a 1987 American action comedy film directed by Tony Scott, written by Larry Ferguson and Warren Skaaren and starring Eddie Murphy. It is the sequel to the 1984 film Beverly Hills Cop, although it made less money than the first film and received mixed reviews from critics, the film was still a box office success, making $153.7 million domestically. Aside from box office success, the film was nominated for an Academy Award and for a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, Lutz also punishes Taggart and Rosewood by placing them on traffic duty. On the way home, Bogomil is shot and injured by Karla Fry, the chief hench-woman of Maxwell Dent, who secretly is the mastermind behind the Alphabet Crimes. Finding out about the shooting by a report, Axel Foley abandons his current undercover duties. Taggart and Rosewood agree to assist Axel because of Lutzs attempts to find an excuse to get them fired, posing as an undercover FBI agent to get past Lutz with the aid of Detective Jeffrey Friedman, Axel soon starts making the connection between the robberies and Dent. He first finds out that the ammunition fired at one of the robberies was designed by Charles Cain, Axel has Bogomils daughter Jan use her connections as an insurance agent to find out about Dents financial dealings. Dent is robbing his own businesses on purpose in order to finance firearms transactions with a dealer named Nikos Thomopolis and is discreetly using Cain as the front man for his operations. Bogomil was shot because his investigation was on the track into the case. Having foiled an attempt at a bank depot, Axel is able to trick Dents accountant Sidney Bernstein into using his computer and discovers that Dent. Axel also learns from Jan that all of Dents businesses have had their insurance coverage canceled and are about to go bankrupt except his race track, which he is convinced is the next target. On the way to the track, Axel solves the latest riddle sent to the police. However, Axel knows Cain is a designed to throw the authorities off Dents trail. The three arrive too late to stop the robbery and find Cain, shot by Karla, among those killed, the three get into a shootout with everyone involved in the deal. Dent confronts Axel in the warehouse, but Axel gets distracted by one of Dents henchmen on the roof above him and Dent gets away. Dent then crashes through the wall in his car and Axel shoots Dent through the windshield, sending his car down a hill and erupting in flames, Karla appears and is about to kill Axel, but is shot dead by Taggart. Just as the last thugs are about to flee, the police arrive upon the scene and arrest the rest of Dents thugs, Lutz and Mayor Egan arrive at the scene. Lutz tries to fire Rosewood and Taggart for their insubordination, however, both Taggart and Rosewood stand up to an infuriated Lutz and prove that Dent was the real Alphabet Bandit and the rest of the alphabet crimes were about an arms deal
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Midnight Run
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Midnight Run is a 1988 American action comedy film directed by Martin Brest and starring Robert De Niro and Charles Grodin. Yaphet Kotto, John Ashton, Dennis Farina, Joe Pantoliano, bounty hunter Jack Walsh is enlisted by bail bondsman Eddie Moscone to bring accountant Jonathan The Duke Mardukas back to L. A. The accountant had embezzled $15 million from Chicago mob boss Jimmy Serrano before skipping the $450,000 bail Moscone has posted for him, Walsh must bring Mardukas back within five days, or Moscone defaults. Moscone says the job is easy, a run. Walsh is then approached by FBI Agent Alonzo Mosely, who wants Mardukas to be a witness against Serrano, Walsh takes no notice of this and instead steals Moselys ID, which he uses to pass himself off as an FBI agent along his journey. Serrano’s henchmen Tony and Joey offer Walsh $1 million to turn Mardukas over to them, Walsh captures Mardukas in New York and calls Moscone from the airport, not knowing that Moscones line is tapped by the FBI and that his assistant Jerry is secretly tipping off Serranos men. However, Mardukas fakes an attack on the plane, forcing the two men to travel via train. When Walsh and Mardukas fail to show up in Los Angeles on time, Dorfler tracks them to the train and attempts to take The Duke from Walsh, but Walsh gets the drop on him and leaves the train. However, he discovers when he attempts to purchase bus tickets with a card that Dorfler canceled the card. Without funds, he is forced to rely on other means to get across the country, including stealing cars, borrowing his ex-wife’s car in Chicago, meanwhile, word of the skirmish on the train reaches Moselys ears and he leads a task force to find Walsh and Mardukas. Eventually, just as Jack was going to bust the drug dealer, since then, however, Walsh has clung to the vain hope that he will one day be reunited with his ex-wife. Later, Mardukas learns that the dealer was Serrano himself. In Arizona, Dorfler takes Mardukas away from Walsh, who is found by Mosely, while arguing with Moscone over the phone, Walsh realizes that Dorfler intends to turn Mardukas over to Serrano for $2 million. However, Dorfler accidentally reveals to Serranos men where he is keeping Mardukas and is knocked unconscious by Serranos men, Jack meets up with Serrano while wearing a wire and being watched by the FBI. Dorfler spots Mardukas and interrupts the exchange, unknowingly disabling the wire, after Serrano takes the disks, the FBI closes in, arresting Serrano and his henchmen. Mosely turns Mardukas over to Walsh with enough time to him to L. A. by the deadline. However, Walsh realizes that he bring himself to send Mardukas to prison. Before parting, Walsh gives Mardukas a watch that his wife gave him before their marriage, in return, Mardukas gives Walsh $300,000 in a money belt he had been hiding
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Defiance College
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Defiance College is a very small, highly residential college located in Defiance, Ohio, United States. It is an independent, co-educational liberal arts college affiliated with the United Church of Christ, the campus includes eighteen buildings and access to the 200-acre Thoreau Wildlife Sanctuary. Defiance College advertises its national recognition for its programs of service, Defiance College is also in Colleges With a Conscience from Princeton Review and Campus Compact. In 2013 was a President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll Finalist and its mission statement emphasizes experience of engagement. It hosts the McMaster School for Advancing Humanity, which students to participate in projects to improve the human condition. It also has a campus/community initiative, its Service Leadership Program and an honors curriculum, small Honors Program and the Hench Autism Studies Program, which focuses on late adolescence and early adulthood. The college began as Defiance Female Seminary in 1850 and was opened by the Christian Church to provide schooling for young women, william Curtis Holgate, a local businessman, donated most of the campus. In 1903 the Defiance Female Seminary formally became Defiance College, making it one of only two religious-affiliated colleges to begin operation in Ohio during the 20th century, much of the institution’s early growth occurred under Peter McReynolds who was named president in 1902. The following years saw growth in students, endowment, and facilities with the addition of most of the campus buildings. Defiance College grew and flourished under President Kevin McCanns leadership, academic programs expanded, and enrollment grew. The physical appearance of the campus changed significantly, the campus increased in size to 140 acres, the library, student union, and Pilgrim halls were built, and old buildings were renovated. President Dwight D. Eisenhower paid two visits to Defiance College, on October 15,1953, he laid the cornerstone for Anthony Wayne Library of American Study. Some students went on an expedition to the Northwest to seek the Sasquatch, others spent the month learning German by speaking nothing else, all day long, for a month. Two professors held a class in which students learned hot-air ballooning, another group conducted an archaeological dig. The colleges emphasis was on alternative learning, and students were encouraged to create their own Winter Term program, when Oberlin closed that school in 1967, the Schauffler endowment was moved to Defiance College, which created the Schauffler Center and later built Schauffler Hall. About 1,000 students are enrolled at Defiance College, more than 50% of all traditional students live on campus. The college has more than 40 undergraduate majors with two programs in education and business. DC has a Students to Faculty Ratio of 11,1, the Defiance College Yellow Jackets compete in Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference as a NCAA Division III school
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University of Southern California
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The University of Southern California is a private research university founded in 1880 with its main campus in Los Angeles, California. As Californias oldest private university, USC has historically educated a large number of the regions business leaders. In recent decades, the university has also leveraged its location in Los Angeles to establish relationships with research and cultural institutions throughout Asia, an engine for economic activity, USC contributes $8 billion annually to the economy of the Los Angeles metropolitan area and California. For the 2014–15 academic year, there were 18,740 students enrolled in undergraduate programs. USC also has 23,729 graduate and professional students in a number of different programs, including business, law, engineering, social work, and medicine. The university is one of the top fundraising institutions in the world, consistently ranking among the top 3 in external contributions, multiple academic rankings list the University of Southern California as being among the top 25 universities in the United States. With an acceptance rate of 16 percent, USC is also among the most selective academic institutions in the nation. USC maintains a tradition of innovation and entrepreneurship, with alumni having founded companies such as Lucasfilm, Myspace, Salesforce. com, Intuit, Qualcomm, Box, Tinder. As of 2014, the university has produced the fourth largest number of billionaire alumni out of all institutions in the world. USC is home to the world’s most powerful computer, which is presently housed in a super-cooled. The only other commercially available quantum computing system is operated jointly by NASA, USC was also one of the earliest nodes on ARPANET and is the birthplace of the Domain Name System. Other technologies invented at USC include DNA computing, dynamic programming, image compression, VoIP, USC sponsors a variety of intercollegiate sports and competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association as a member of the Pac-12 Conference. Members of the teams, the Trojans, have won 102 NCAA team championships, ranking them third in the nation. Trojan athletes have won 288 medals at the Olympic games, more than any university in the United States. If USC were a country, its athletes would have received the 12th-most Olympic gold medals in history. In 1969, it joined the Association of American Universities, the University of Southern California was founded following the efforts of Judge Robert M. Hellman. The three donated 308 lots of land to establish the campus and provided the seed money for the construction of the first buildings. Originally operated in affiliation with the Methodist Church, the school mandated from the start that no student would be denied admission because of race, the university is no longer affiliated with any church, having severed formal ties in 1952
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Enfield High School
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Enfield High School is a secondary school established in 1893 in Enfield, Connecticut. The Enfield High School campus is located in the Connecticut River Valley, the school has an enrollment of approximately 1400 students. The present facility was built in 1964 on Enfield Street, the facility underwent a $6.2 million dollar renovation and library addition completed in 2005, and a $103 million dollar as-new renovation and significant expansion completed in 2017. In May 2010, Enfield High School and Enrico Fermi High School underwent a process as part of the restructuring. Enfield High School operates as the sole high school, which houses both students from Enfield High School and the previous Enrico Fermi High School, which closed its doors in 2016. Enfield High School is located on a hill off the Connecticut River, on a clear winter day, the Appalachian Mountains can be seen from the campus. Reminiscent of the Cold War, the structure was constructed in the 1960s with a concrete slab supported with outside supporting buttressing columns. A performing arts music wing includes an auditorium and theatre that can seat nearly 1,000 people, a Building is the main academic building. This building holds four floors of classrooms, including the atrium and lobby, computer labs. In 20052,730 square feet of renovation and 6,624 square feet of light renovation created 12 new classrooms in A Building as part of a library expansion project. In 2016, the wing was renovated as new, adding an expanded lobby and atrium entrance, new stairwell, B Building consists of additional computer labs, lecture rooms, and the Library Media Center. These amenities were added to the school in 2005 as a 20, 000-square-foot, in 2016, B-wing was renovated as new, adding a new school store, career services suite, and guidance offices. The library prior to 2005 was previously located on the floor of Enfield High Schools A Building. Gymnasium/Cafeteria C-Wing, Located located off B Corridor, which houses the Athletic Heritage Hall, stairs off the corridor lead down to the basement level where the gym and locker rooms are located. There is also a gym for extra practice space and locker rooms for visiting teams. An expanded cafeteria that seats nearly 700 students is part of wing, including new culinary labs. Enrico Fermi STEAM Wing E-Wing, the high schools STEAM wing is a new 120,000 sq. ft, addition to the south side of the high school, which completed construction in 2015. The Enrico Fermi wing replaced D-wing, the science wing original to the 1960s construction, was demolished in 2016
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Enfield, Connecticut
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Enfield is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 44,654 at the 2010 census and it is bordered by Longmeadow, Massachusetts and East Longmeadow, Massachusetts to the north, Somers to the east, East Windsor and Ellington to the south, and the Connecticut River to the west. Enfield was originally inhabited by the Pocomtuc tribe, and contained their two villages of Scitico and Nameroke, Enfield was settled in 1679 by settlers from Salem, Massachusetts. Enfield was incorporated in Massachusetts in 1683 as the Freshwater Plantation, the namesake is the Freshwater Brook that triverses the town. Shortly around 1700, the changed its name to Enfield after Enfield Town in Middlesex. In 1734, the part of town separated into the town of Somers. Jonathan Edwards preached his famous sermon, Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God and it was part of the Great Awakening revival that struck New England in the mid-18th century and spread throughout Western North American civilization. In the 1989 film Glory, boxes of gunpowder can be seen with the words Enfield, in an episode in the 1970s police drama Hawaii Five-O, Jack Lords character Steve McGarrett traces explosives back to The Hazard Gunpowder Company- Enfield, CT. The capacity of the mill at the time of the Civil War was 1,200 pounds per day, over 60 people died in explosions in Powder Hollow during the years when gunpowder was manufactured there. The mill blew up several times, but was set up so that if one building blew up, the ruins of these buildings and the dams are open to the public. Powder Hollow is now home to baseball fields and hiking trails, kings Island in the Connecticut River, previously known as Terry Island, was the location of pivotal meetings of Adventist Christians in 1872 and 1873. There are five sections of the town of Enfield, Enfield Village, Thompsonville, Hazardville, Scitico, and Sherwood Village. In 1793, a historic Shaker village, Enfield Shaker village, the Utopian religious sect practiced celibate, communal living, and is today renowned for its simple architecture and furniture. Membership eventually dwindled, however, and the village disbanded, the property has since been redeveloped by the Enfield Correctional Institution, still located on Shaker Road. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has an area of 34.2 square miles, of which 33.3 square miles is land and 0.93 square miles. As of the census of 2000, there were 45,212 people,16,418 households, the population density was 1,354.3 people per square mile. There were 17,043 housing units at a density of 510.5 per square mile. The racial makeup of the town was 89. 74% White,5. 61% African American,0. 20% Native American,1. 34% Asian,0. 02% Pacific Islander,1. 57% from other races, and 1. 54% from two or more races
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Dallas (1978 TV series)
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Dallas is an American prime time television soap opera that aired on CBS from April 2,1978, to May 3,1991. The series revolves around a wealthy and feuding Texan family, the Ewings, who own the independent oil company Ewing Oil, the series originally focused on the marriage of Bobby Ewing and Pamela Barnes, whose families were sworn enemies with each other. As the series progressed, oil tycoon J. R. Ewing grew to be the main character, whose schemes. When the show ended in May 1991, J. R. was the character to have appeared in every episode. The show was famous for its cliffhangers, including the Who shot J. R. mystery, the 1980 episode Who Done It remains the second highest rated prime-time telecast ever. The show also featured a Dream Season, in which the entirety of the season was revealed to have been a dream of Pam Ewing. After 14 seasons, the series finale Conundrum aired in 1991, the show had a relatively ensemble cast. The series won four Emmy Awards, including a 1980 Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series win for Bel Geddes. With its 357 episodes, Dallas remains one of the longest lasting full-hour primetime dramas in American TV history, behind Law & Order, Special Victims Unit, Bonanza, Law & Order, in 2007 Dallas was included in TIME magazines list of 100 Best TV Shows of All-TIME. Dallas also spawned the spin-off series Knots Landing in 1979 which also lasted 14 seasons, in 2010, TNT announced it had ordered a new, updated continuation of Dallas. The revival series, continuing the story of the Ewing family, premiered on TNT on June 13,2012, Dallas debuted on April 2,1978, as a five-part miniseries on the CBS network. The first five episodes, originally considered a miniseries, are now referred to as season one—making fourteen seasons in total, the show is known for its portrayal of wealth, sex, intrigue, and power struggles. Ellies family were—in contrast to Jock—ranchers, with love for the land. Following the marriage of Ellie and Jock, the Southworth family ranch, Southfork, became the Ewings home, where Jock and Miss Ellie raised three sons, J. R. Gary and Bobby. Middle son Gary was Ellies favorite as he displayed Southworth traits, however, while still young, Gary had married waitress Valene Clements, who produced the first heir, the petite and saucy Lucy. Years prior to the beginning, J. R. had driven Gary and Valene off Southfork. During the first episodes of the series, the teenaged Lucy is seen sleeping with ranch foreman Ray Krebbs. Later, in four, Ray would be revealed as Lucys uncle
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Police Squad!
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Police Squad. is an American television comedy series broadcast in 1982, created by David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker, and starring Leslie Nielsen as Frank Drebin. A spoof of police procedurals, the series featured Zucker, Abrahams and Zuckers usual sight gags, wordplay, while a parody of many television shows and movies, it bore a particular resemblance to the Lee Marvin cop show, M Squad and the late 1960s series Felony Squad. Although cancelled after six episodes, the show spawned The Naked Gun film series, in 2013, TV Guide ranked it #7 on their list of 60 shows that were Cancelled Too Soon. Police Squad. was created by Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker, despite critical acclaim, the show was cancelled by ABC after just six episodes. The show gained a cult following through repeat broadcasts, which led to The Naked Gun film series. Many gags from the show were recycled for all three films, alan North played the role of Captain Ed Hocken on the show, in the films, the role was played by George Kennedy. Peter Lupus co-starred as Officer Norberg, but in the films, Ed Williams, who played scientist Ted Olson on the show, reprised his role in the films, making him and Nielsen the only two actors from the series to appear in the movies. Robert Goulet, who appeared as one of the special guest stars who were killed off at the beginning of their episodes. Dr. Joyce Brothers played herself in the first Naked Gun film and she also played herself in the fourth episode of the show. Each episode had two different titles, the first title was shown on the screen, while announcer Hank Simms, reads the second one instead. The episodes were written to be shown in a specific order, firstly, the episode number often corresponds to the number of garbage cans that Franks car crashes into when it arrives at the crime scene. Leslie Nielsen portrayed Sergeant Frank Drebin, Detective Lieutenant Police Squad, Jerry Zucker explained that the name Drebin was picked blindly from the phone book. Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker had met Nielsen when working on Airplane. the team felt Nielsen would be perfect as Drebin as the character lampooned the roles Nielsen had played in television dramas such as The Bold Ones, The Protectors and S. W. A. T. Ed Williams co-starred as lab technician Ted Olson, Williams had been a teacher for many years and had done a little acting. Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker were amazed by his performance, of the main cast, Nielsen, Taylor, and Wiliams were the only ones who returned and portrayed their original characters in The Naked Gun film series. Captain Ed Hocken was portrayed by George Kennedy in the film series, Hank Simms, who had worked as an announcer for some of Quinn Martins programs, announced the title of each episode, though the spoken title never matched the title caption. The sequence introduces Nielsen and North as their characters during an out, as well as Abraham Lincoln impersonator Rex Hamilton. Hamilton never appeared in the show itself, another recurring gag used in the opening sequence was the introduction of a special guest star, a celebrity who was introduced but immediately murdered during the credits
