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Car 54, Where Are You?
S1.E2
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Something Nice for Sol

  • Episode aired Sep 24, 1961
  • TV-PG
  • 26m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
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Paul Reed in Car 54, Where Are You? (1961)
Comedy

Gunther Toody drives the entire station batty chairing the committee to get everyone's favorite desk Sgt. Sol Abrams a surprise 25 year present. Toody keeps changing his little mind seeking ... Read allGunther Toody drives the entire station batty chairing the committee to get everyone's favorite desk Sgt. Sol Abrams a surprise 25 year present. Toody keeps changing his little mind seeking the perfect gift, and insists on parliamentary procedure for meetings. Abrams' sore feet c... Read allGunther Toody drives the entire station batty chairing the committee to get everyone's favorite desk Sgt. Sol Abrams a surprise 25 year present. Toody keeps changing his little mind seeking the perfect gift, and insists on parliamentary procedure for meetings. Abrams' sore feet confine him to desk work, so he worries that it'll be 25 and out, if the brass find out how... Read all

  • Director
    • Al De Caprio
  • Writers
    • Nat Hiken
    • Terry Ryan
  • Stars
    • Joe E. Ross
    • Fred Gwynne
    • Mark Dawson
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    • IMDb RATING
    7.2/10
    115
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Al De Caprio
    • Writers
      • Nat Hiken
      • Terry Ryan
    • Stars
      • Joe E. Ross
      • Fred Gwynne
      • Mark Dawson
    • 2User reviews
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    Joe E. Ross
    Joe E. Ross
    • Officer Gunther Toody
    Fred Gwynne
    Fred Gwynne
    • Officer Francis Muldoon
    Mark Dawson
    • Lieutenant Corbett
    Nathaniel Frey
    Nathaniel Frey
    • Sgt. Sol Abrams
    Gerald Hiken
    • Webster - Orthopedist
    Paul Reed
    Paul Reed
    • Captain Paul Block
    Bernard West
    • Haberdasher\sHarry
    • (as Bernie West)
    Mildred Clinton
    • Sandra Abrams
    Frederick O'Neal
    • Officer Wallace
    • (as Fred O'Neal)
    Albert Henderson
    • Officer Steinmetz
    Joe Warren
    • Dubrow
    • (as Joseph Warren)
    Harold Norman
    • Reilly
    Nipsey Russell
    Nipsey Russell
    • Officer Dave Anderson
    • (as Nipsy Russell)
    Jerome Guardino
    Jerome Guardino
    • Officer Antonnucci
    Michael Gorrin
    Michael Gorrin
    • Painter
    • (as Mike Gorrin)
    Diana Deer
    • Dowager
    • (as Diane Deering)
    Bryant Fraser
    • Boy
    Janet Fox
    • Mother
    • Director
      • Al De Caprio
    • Writers
      • Nat Hiken
      • Terry Ryan
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    ccthemovieman-1

    A Great Example Of 'Car 54' Humor

    It's this kind of story that truly endears me to this program, even a half century after I first watched it. This is classic "Car 54" in which the story starts off with one angle, then starts to build and get a little crazy and then goes totally crazy.

    That last part - the totally (absurd, ridiculous, outrageous....however you want to label it) had me almost in tears by laughing so hard.

    What turns out to be a simple task of getting the desk sergeant and 25-year-anniversary gift turns into lunacy, capped by the scene in the police officer's bedroom at night.

    Nathaniel Frey is very good as the man with sore feet, "Sgt. Sol Abrams" and the actor who played the podiatrist was great. Very funny stuff.

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    • Trivia
      In the opening song they mention Idlewild. The name of NewYork International Airport at the time. By the time the series ends in 1963, it is now called JFK.
    • Goofs
      Car 54 is Plymouth throughout the series. In this episode Tooty & Muldoon are driving a Ford Galaxie.
    • Quotes

      Officer Francis Muldoon: Wait a minute, fellas! Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Hold it. Hold it. You guys elected Gunther your chairman. Lemme tell ya something about Gunther Toody. I've been his partner for 9 years. For 9 years, every day I've been sitting next to him, listening to him, I've had a chance to study him. Get to know what kind of a man he really is. Now I know... HE'S A NUT! A NUT! YOU DON'T ARGUE WITH A NUT! YOU DON'T REASON WITH A NUT! YOU JUST LET HIM DO IT HIS WAY, OKAY?

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    • Release date
      • September 24, 1961 (United States)
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Biograph Studios, 807 E. 175th St., Bronx, New York City, New York, USA(Exterior: "53rd Precinct" - in reality, front of Biograph Studios.)
    • Production company
      • Eupolis Productions
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    • Runtime
      • 26m
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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