The Friday Link for 9/5/25

Good Friday evening, everyone! 

Let's start with Police Squad! I remember being a kid and watching this show when it aired for its 6-episode run in the early '80s.  This show was so freaking funny, continuing the non-stop silliness of the Airplane movies. Leslie Nielsen as Frank Drebin was hilarious, skewing every TV police show ever made.  It eventually led to the movie franchise, and that was good, but the TV series was something special.

Here is a video featuring some of the action.  Try to catch every sight gag in these scenes.  There is a lot you will miss the first time. 

By the way, John Ashton shows up as a bad guy.  Ashton went on to play Taggart in the Beverly Hills Cop movies. In an interview he did a few years back, he said the scene where Drebin asks them to explain the rock was the hardest scene he ever had to film because they all kept breaking out laughing.  It took them an entire day to do that one scene. 

The original Nordberg was hilarious.

Also tonight, we have two short ones. 

OK Go, the band known for their insanely great music videos, is back, with an animated video for their latest song, Impulse Purchase. 

I'm not sure if I ever featured Elle Cordova before.  She is a brilliant, witty comedian/writer who puts out exceptional videos where groups of concepts gather (sciences, fonts, planets).  Here she is having a meeting of all of the inventions! 

Because this is a short, you need to click on the link. 

https://youtube.com/shorts/NHat7IaZ488?si=HBrWNNPhRmmXP9Y1 

Have a great weekend, everyone, and make sure you stay up to date on your vaccinations.