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Barney Miller
S8.E2
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Advancement

  • Episode aired Nov 5, 1981
  • TV-PG
  • 30m
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Advancement (1981)
ComedyDrama

Harris signs a contract for a new book. A lottery winner seeks revenge when the ticket seller loses his winning ticket. Luger manipulates Barney into writing a letter to his mail-order bride... Read allHarris signs a contract for a new book. A lottery winner seeks revenge when the ticket seller loses his winning ticket. Luger manipulates Barney into writing a letter to his mail-order bride.Harris signs a contract for a new book. A lottery winner seeks revenge when the ticket seller loses his winning ticket. Luger manipulates Barney into writing a letter to his mail-order bride.

  • Director
    • Danny Arnold
  • Writers
    • Frank Dungan
    • Jeff Stein
    • Danny Arnold
  • Stars
    • Hal Linden
    • Max Gail
    • Ron Glass
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    • Director
      • Danny Arnold
    • Writers
      • Frank Dungan
      • Jeff Stein
      • Danny Arnold
    • Stars
      • Hal Linden
      • Max Gail
      • Ron Glass
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    Hal Linden
    Hal Linden
    • Barney Miller
    Max Gail
    Max Gail
    • Det. Stan 'Wojo' Wojciehowicz
    Ron Glass
    Ron Glass
    • Det. Ron Harris
    Steve Landesberg
    Steve Landesberg
    • Det. Sgt. Arthur Dietrich
    Ron Carey
    Ron Carey
    • Officer Carl Levitt
    Martin Garner
    • Ira Buckman
    Howard Honig
    • Mr. Yager
    Anna Berger
    Anna Berger
    • Miriam Buckman
    Mario Roccuzzo
    Mario Roccuzzo
    • Ed Brotsky
    Phillip Simms
    • Anthony Shapper
    • (as Philip Simms)
    James Gregory
    James Gregory
    • Inspector Frank Luger
    • Director
      • Danny Arnold
    • Writers
      • Frank Dungan
      • Jeff Stein
      • Danny Arnold
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    Martin Garner and Anna Berger

    "Advancement" has Inspector Luger asking Barney to look through his copy of LOTUS BLOSSOM QUARTERLY to find a suitable bride for him, since he's due to retire in a few months (Barney: "who's the lucky lady?" Luger: "how the hell should I know?"). Mario Roccuzzo (fourth of six) plays Ed Brotsky, whose newly opened House of Mugs is robbed the very first day, by a thief who calls him a moron. Wojo is reading about a maniac who carves up his victims, "and then mailing them in sections to rotary clubs all around the country" (Barney: "must have cost him a fortune in postage!"). Apparently, Harris is nearly set to write a nice paperback on the gruesome subject, if Barney lets him take an extra half hour for lunch, which he doesn't. Martin Garner (last of five) plays Ira Buckman, owner of a delicatessen where Mr. Yager (Howard Honig, last of five) bought a lottery ticket that came up a winner, except that Buckman forgot to send it in (Dietrich: "oh!"). Buckman's wife Miriam (Anna Berger, second of two) confirms that Yager threatened her husband's life, calling him 'dead meat' (Dietrich: "well I should say so!"). It's an interesting bit of trivia casting Garner and Berger as a different married couple, as they'd already played Steven and Georgia Himmil in an earlier episode, "The Rand Report."

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    • Trivia
      Inspector Luger gives as his forced retirement date as May 25, 1982. This is 5 days after the series finale on May 20, 1982. This could've been a hint that the eighth season was planned as the last.
    • Quotes

      Inspector Frank Luger: I'll just give it the old 'eeny, meeny, miny, moe' treatment, hope I don't wind up with some Vietcong broad that's gonna slit my throat on my honeymoon for my insurance.

    • Connections
      Referenced in Barney Miller: Stress Analyzer (1981)

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    • Release date
      • November 5, 1981 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • ABC Television Center - 4151 Prospect Avenue, Los Angeles, California, USA(Studio)
    • Production company
      • Four D Productions
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    • Runtime
      • 30m
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1
      • 4:3

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