Wasted! How Barney Miller’s "Hash" Changed TV Forever

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-- Stoner Eps --
"Hash" (Barney Miller)
Season 3, Episode 11
Airdate: December 30, 1976
Written by: Tom Reeder
Directed by: Noam Pitnik
"Wojo's new girlfriend gives him a box of brownies to bring to work, and most of the guys at the precinct sample them, not knowing they are liberally laced with hashish. When Miller's crew starts acting strange, it doesn't take the captain long to figure out what has transpired."
Starring Hal Linden, Abe Vigoda, Max Gail, Ron Glass, and Jack Soo. Guest starring: Ed Peck, Walter Janowitz, George Perina, Michael Tucci, and Ron Carey.
**One of the first TV shows to depict the main characters getting comically stoned.
Further Viewing:
Barney Miller - S03E11 - Hash
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Stream Barney Miller on Prime Video
Further Reading:
Barney Miller and the Files of the Ol' One-Two by Otto W. Bruno
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See No Evil: The Backstage Battle Over Sex and Violence in Television by Geoffrey Cowan
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The Gatekeeper: My 30 Years as a TV Censor by Alfred R. Schneider
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Further Surfing:
...by Ken Levine - The World As Seen By a TV Comedy Writer
"The Story Behind "Hash""
kenlevine.blogspot.com
Tom Reeder's Blog
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@morrisc4624 5 ай бұрын

WOW... this is really an amazing upload. Honestly, I learned a ton about the time when this episode aired. I love that you credit sources... the best part is that I now have some interesting books to track down. Thank you.

@tvsbesteps 5 ай бұрын

Thanks so much, glad you enjoyed it!

@michaelmcgovern8110 Ай бұрын

I watched all this live in the 70s as Murikka started to wake up. Thanks for helping make this show and those working on it as famous as they should be. The talent, tech, writers, Arnold as auteur/producer; OMG study the work of all those workers. Keep 'em laughing! "Two of 'em. About THIS long."

@THE-X-Force Ай бұрын

@@tvsbesteps I just made two other comments (sorry for spamming) .. but I do want to chime in with my thanks for the citations and links in the description as well! ☮ (edit: the first link: "Barney Miller - S03E11 - Hash" .. is sadly gone now)

@justanamerican9024 Ай бұрын

That was from a time when the TV Guide was competing with the Bible for the most popular thing in print.

@jimrobinson684 Ай бұрын

I didn't get to see it till later I was only 4 at the air date .but it was absolutely hilarious l always loved the solo bass to kick off the show

@Mach11976 Ай бұрын

I can remember my Dad laughing so hard he couldn't catch his breath! 😂. He had 3 shows, Archie Bunker, BM and MASH. Remembering Dad this weekend, he passed on Memorial Day 1996.

@dbach1025 Ай бұрын

Same here. Cheers and Taxi got my dad crackling and laughing so hard, he ended up being the entertainment. My pops passed St. Patrick's Day, 2004.

@bigtexbbq6347 16 күн бұрын

Lost my dad in '73

@twoblacklabs904 Ай бұрын

“Mushie mushie…” Jack Soo was friggin’ AWESOME!

@RegisWilkins Ай бұрын

The best.

@JudyGurl Ай бұрын

Never has such a profound statement been uttered on television. I live my life by those words.

@lauranorwar Ай бұрын

This will always be one of my favorite tv moments. I still laugh every time I see it.

@michaelmcgovern8110 Ай бұрын

Soo: Would you like some more coffee? Unsuspecting Civilian (holding up empty coffee mug): No, but is there any more of THIS?

@freethebirds3578 Ай бұрын

My immediate reaction on seeing the thumbnail: "Mooshie, mooshie, mooshie!"

@Astyanaz 23 күн бұрын

My favourite line, which is probably a few words off, was from Fish - "The first time I've felt good in 20 years, and it has to be illegal."

@daskritterhaus5491 Ай бұрын

Jack Soo was the BEST deadpan delivery of anyone in his time and truly loved by everyone on the set, then they did a memorial episode that clinched it.

@realgtasacramentodashcam7292 Ай бұрын

Correct assessment, one of the funniest episodes ever. Fish's saying he hadn't felt that good in 20 years and it's illegal was the best line.

@scottodonnell7121 Ай бұрын

What was special about this one is the actors didn't just act f'ed up, but that looked it too.! Their eyes were all gleaming and half lidded! I thought for years that maybe they were stoned.

@gerrykubly8188 Ай бұрын

This Episode and "As God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly" are 2 of the most memorable sitcom episodes of all time.

@lauranorwar Ай бұрын

Oh!! That one too!!!

@Knards Ай бұрын

FACT!

@devonboulden2496 Ай бұрын

Add Chuckles Bites the Dust to the list from Mary Tyler Moore. One to think about was Wings when Tony Shalhoub was talking about dating the really big faced women.

@tvsbesteps Ай бұрын

Check out my video on that! Also a classic!

@devonboulden2496 Ай бұрын

@@tvsbesteps You're referring to Turkey Drop.

@Monkofmagnesia Ай бұрын

My uncle was a police detective in Jersey City, NJ for almost 40 years. He said, "Barney Miller

@AdakStillStands Ай бұрын

What a contrast! Dad was a Seattle PD for 25+ years. We weren't allowed to watch "fake tv shows". Dragnet, Highway Patrol, Adam-12 off limits. Acceptable were Bonanza, Gunsmoke, The Rifleman, Wagon Train. They were real to him!

@eileenhwalsh Ай бұрын

My grandfather (longtime cop)always said the same thing!

@MikeStivicATS Ай бұрын

My grand father was a beat cop in Elizabeth N.J. before being made detective in the mid eighties.. He said the exact same thing, that B.M. was the closest thing he's seen to an actual P.D. ❤

@DocPetron Ай бұрын

I'm a doctor and my doctor friends and I have often said that "Scrubs" was the most accurate portrayal of training to be a doctor. It's ironic that the most accurate depictions are in sitcoms and not dramas.

@goaway3717 Ай бұрын

My father often said the same thing - he retired due to heart attack in '76 after around 20 years on the job but after recovering worked another 20 years as a civilian dispatcher for our local PD. He often laughed at the other 'cop shows' on television with how unrealistic the majority of them were.

@patrickmuhwheeney6518 2 ай бұрын

It's funny that the show has aged so well. You forget about cellphones and social media and just enjoy the human interaction...(Or at least I do.) Thanks for the upload!

@WobblinGoblin1 Ай бұрын

Very well said. I agree.

@MDK2_Radio Ай бұрын

$5 says that you watched this on your cell phone. 😉

@michaelmcgovern8110 Ай бұрын

Discuss, pls: I think it holds up because the drama is about doing good in a difficult world, and to stay caring, and the comedy is just anything and everything and it's hilarious. I'll never find it, but they went to lenghts like this for a throw-away joke: Opening Credits Establishing shot from "front" - Fish is at his desk, asking how to fix the old clock he's sticking a screwdriver into: the clock is in a statue of Lady Justice. Cut to shot across squadroom as eveybody says no and Fish keeps poking at the statue. In that shot, and in the brief shot that comes next, you see Fish with the screwdriver right up Lady Justice's butt as he fiddles: Fish Screws Justice in the Butt is today's throwaway joke. i'm not making this up; find it if you can.

Ай бұрын

This episode was great. Jack Soo was hilarious.

@emsleywyatt3400 Ай бұрын

"When that bell starts to peal....."

@cainealexander-mccord2805 5 ай бұрын

I was 12 when that ep aired in a house that never missed BM. It was hilarious then and still is. That show is an absolute classic. Watching all those years ago, all that backstage nonsense never showed. I found it consistently brilliant and consistently hilarious, even with some of the cringier moments obviously played for humour not for hurt. The cast was brilliant, everybody was great, and Linden made the perfect straight man in a room full of all kinds of comedy. Ever see James Gregory ("Inspector Luger") in absolutely anything else and not say, ":Hey, it's Inspector Luger." Immortal. Long Live Barney Miller.

@lindalee5866 Ай бұрын

Oh yeah!

@jodycarter7308 Ай бұрын

Luger gave me the best laugh ever. Talking in front of the family of a kidnapped tycoon - "remember that one; sent the body back in mason jars, one a week for a year"

@cainealexander-mccord2805 Ай бұрын

@@jodycarter7308 And that voice! Like a busted chainsaw.

@jasonblankenship8274 Ай бұрын

The Inspector stoled the show when he was on

@vgahren Ай бұрын

That’s what defines a classic. It’s still hilarious. Watched it with my 11yo nephew and he was even laughing.

@antrygis1 Ай бұрын

A classic. Lots of Barney Miller episodes were great.

@alexandermacdougall7873 2 ай бұрын

This episode is one of the funniest episodes in all television history.

@donchristie420 Ай бұрын

Along with the werewolf episode

@michaelmcgovern8110 Ай бұрын

@@donchristie420 OMG YessssssshoooowwwlllLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!

@donchristie420 Ай бұрын

@@michaelmcgovern8110 ow oww owwwoooo

@kenkahre9262 Ай бұрын

I laughed so hard when this episode originally aired, that my sides hurt. But I had no idea of the background or how hard it was to get it on the air. Thank you so much for telling it.

@tvsbesteps Ай бұрын

You’re welcome!

@michaelmcgovern8110 Ай бұрын

1976: Sophomore (means 'wise fool' and how appropriate) year in college, stoned the fuck out, watching this first broadcast with buddies. When Soo said MOOSHY MOOSHY MOOSHY we all fell down. But for me, when he put out an APB his legs, 'Two of them. About this long." Well, it's 2024 and I'm still laffing. Ed note: I had, by then, actually eaten hashish. Try it. ;-]

@michellegiacalone1079 Ай бұрын

Barney Miller was a masterpiece. The writing was at a level that we really never see any more.

@devmag52 Ай бұрын

“Get those brownies analyzed…. NOT THAT WAY!!!”

@michaelmcgovern8110 Ай бұрын

!!!HARRIS!!!

@MotherMagenta 2 ай бұрын

One of the best prime time episodes in history.

@eileenhwalsh Ай бұрын

My grandfather was the chief of police in a small town in Connecticut. He always said that Barney Miller was the only show that really knew how it was in a police station.

@michaelmcgovern8110 Ай бұрын

On seeing a difficult situation: "Well, keep a good thought!" - Capt. Barney Miller "Well, that's lunch!" - Detective Harris you go ron !!!GLASS!!!

@lindalee5866 Ай бұрын

This was a ground-breaking sitcom, on several levels. Amazing writers and direction! And the episodes still hold up and are as funny now as when originally aired. Absolutely loved the guys, Inspector Luger, and Dietrich. :) And the side character actors were always brilliant. Damn good show!

@YouTube-tied Ай бұрын

Back when you could see a new episode of a tv show during Christmas.

@kellidinit3725 Ай бұрын

This was one of my dad’s favorite shows. I still catch it occasionally. Brilliantly written. Great cast.

@kennyhagan5781 Ай бұрын

I was the kid who would park my butt in front of the TV every time Barney Miller aired. My parents didn't understand, until I convinced them to watch the show and see for themselves.... My entire family became fans, it was the one show that we all agreed on.

@NeversurrenderMM66 Ай бұрын

I laughed hardest when I saw this episode as a kid when it was obvious that Harris (Ron Glass) knew they were hash brownies, yet he kept eating them and didn't tell his coworkers. He was in on the joke the whole time.

@michaelmcgovern8110 Ай бұрын

HARRIS!!!!! How many times did Cpt. Miller so cry out?

@joestrike8537 Ай бұрын

Glass had a perfect "Harris" character moment in the show, when the usually impeccably dressed detective shows up the morning after. Realizing he'd chosen a garish tie while still buzzed, he reaches into his desk to pull out a plain black tie to wear instead - perfect, because Harris was *exactly* the kind of guy who'd keep a back-up tie handy in case of a fashion emergency. Not a joke or anything, but one of my favorite moments of the episode I fondly remember close to a half-century later.

@michaelmcgovern8110 Ай бұрын

@@joestrike8537 >>yet he kept eating them Yep. Harris was a bit more "downtown" than he let on...

@HariSeldon913 25 күн бұрын

@@joestrike8537 I'd pick the stakeout episode where he decides he's done with it and announces that he's leaving and starts walking out. Dietrich responds: "Dressed like that?" and he immediately does a 180 and walks back inside.

@THE-HammerMan Ай бұрын

"Mooshi-mooshi-mooshi..." One of TV Sitcoms greatest lines ever.

@scottclark7592 Ай бұрын

the 70s show special brownies with red "hopping down the bunny trail" was another classic

@kellidinit3725 Ай бұрын

Norm McDonald had a hilarious episode where his bosses son wanted to be a chef, so Norm had him make a big meal for his dad so he’d see his kid had a passion for food. His secret ingredient was pot. It was a Fricking hilarious episode.

@MsOscara Ай бұрын

I'll never forget the night this episode aired for the first time. I was practically rolling on the floor it was so funny. It was the stuff of coffee break conversation at work the next day.

@michaelmcgovern8110 Ай бұрын

I saw this with a room full of stoned college students and OMG we were DONE laughing. I mean, you had to HIDE BEHIND A BARN to smoke a joint FFS*, and here were the cops... * Hey, Kids: illegal was/is NOT A JOKE.

@joestrike8537 Ай бұрын

Back in the days before streaming and home video and a zillion channels, when enough people watched the same show at the same time to share their appreciation the morning after!

@hatednyc 2 ай бұрын

I remember this show as a kid in the ‘80s as it was a regular in repeats. Took me 35 years to pay attention and realize it’s comedic genius.

@johnkalyna2924 Ай бұрын

Love ❤️ BM......JAKE'58. 😮

@michaelmcgovern8110 Ай бұрын

Then you have excellent taste. I hope you've tried Monty Python.

@i.p.knightly149 Ай бұрын

Likewise, this show, Taxi, early Mash, all-time favorites, and the writers and producers never get enough credit.

@vgahren Ай бұрын

“That’s beautiful, man. BEAUTIFUL!”😂 Loved Harris.

@michaelmcgovern8110 Ай бұрын

"No, Barney: I was ALWAYS as you see me now!" - wide awake "Oh, GOD: I want to BE somebody!" -half asleep

@user-mu9cw8xe4r 25 күн бұрын

I remember watching late night, Barney Miller reruns with my dad in the early 1980's. It was such a simple but good memory of hanging out with the 'old man'; and as a young teen realizing I was liking the show, too. Fast forward 40 yrs later I purchased the complete Barney Miller Series and I have, finally, seen every ep from season 1 to series finale: May 20, 1982 (man, it's been that long). The cops knowingly consuming brownies that are baked (indeed) with hashish is quite humorous. Max Gail as 'stoned' is the memorable standout.

@user-ep1zu1is2l Ай бұрын

Jorge Luis Borges, the great Argentine author, said of the war for the Falkland Islands of 1982 between the United Kingdom & Argentina: "The Falklands thing was a fight between two bald men over a comb."

@buckodonnghaile4309 Ай бұрын

Brilliant quote from a brilliant author.

@michaelmcgovern8110 Ай бұрын

No: Maggie the Milk Snatcher had to prove menopause hadn't softened the edge she'd needed to display as part of her image. After all, she was worse than and main spine-stiffener of Saint Ronnie the Senile in terms of the anti-soviet sabre-rattling-OMG-here-come-the-rooskies BS of the RW 1980s. Remember we were going to "win the nuclear war"? I do...

@BrotherPatriot Ай бұрын

Barney Miller is eternal...still, to this day...a fun watch w/a great cast. My...how I miss those days. RIP to all who have passed...but, thanks for all the laughs...!

@michaelmcgovern8110 Ай бұрын

"Well, keep a good thought!"

@toybarons Ай бұрын

I was a 11 or 12 when this episode originally aired. It was hysterically funny for all the reason noted in your story. One thing that stands out for me is the laughs weren't over done out of character. Back then drug use could often be stereotyped as a user bouncing off the walls or manic, wild. In the Hash episode, the characters are having normal reactions to being stoned and that's what makes it relatable. Even today, the episode still holds up and is still very funny. Barney Miller is still one of the best shows ever. Moshi Moshi.

@YouTube-tied Ай бұрын

With the coolest theme song too!

@frzstat Ай бұрын

3:49 that's Chet Kelly from Emergency! (actor Tim Donnelly, RIP.)

@UNUSUALUSERNAME220 Ай бұрын

Pre mustache.

@squigtonianmayhem4602 Ай бұрын

The people who had been on that show over the years and became big later is quite astounding.

@michaelmcgovern8110 Ай бұрын

A whole LOT of people got started from this and Night Court. Casing is an ART. Finding LOOKS is EASY, finding TALENT is HARD; finding TALENT that is NOT A PAIN IN THE ASS is a blessing.

@squigtonianmayhem4602 Ай бұрын

@@michaelmcgovern8110 Night Court, M*A*S*H, Barney Miller,..these types of shows were a great vehicle for actors starting out. I'm glad I could grow up watching the start of some phenomenal careers!

@michaelmcgovern8110 Ай бұрын

casTing CASTing. hard to do

@charlesurrea1451 Ай бұрын

When Jack answers the phone "Moshi Moshi" has actually how one answers the phone in Japan

@michaelmcgovern8110 Ай бұрын

MG this is TRUE! Even more so funny: SOO has SHORTED the F*CK OUT!!!

@NatPix 22 күн бұрын

In the early 2000s, I taped episodes of Barney Miller for my mom (I was away in college and had a station on cable that had the show; didn’t have the station back home). Mom REALLY wanted to see the pot brownie episode again. I was so excited when the episode came on. I continue to quote from this episode from time to time. It was a treat to discover this show by way of my mom; such a positive, inclusive, charming, hilarious show!

@DC-xx4kv Ай бұрын

Best written show ever. I’ve watched it every night since 2013. That’s when I got my unedited dvd box set of the series. I watch it from start to finish. Then repeat. I was in my teens when the show aired.

@LordMondegrene Ай бұрын

I loved Harris's description of how the ancient Detective Fish leaped off a building, flew across the towering drop, and collared the crook.

@michaelmcgovern8110 Ай бұрын

Ron glass standing there making Harris be just staggered in amazement.

@LordMondegrene Ай бұрын

@@michaelmcgovern8110 Yes. Like he'd just climbed down Mt. Ararat after seeing the face of Yahweh. Awe stricken. The wonder and terror of Fish on hash brownies... how do you just go on living the same old life after that?

@michaelmcgovern8110 Ай бұрын

@@LordMondegrene Whadda you think YOU'RE PLAYING WITH KIDS?

@LordMondegrene Ай бұрын

@@michaelmcgovern8110 These are serious men, you can see in their bloodshot eyes.

@zz449944 Ай бұрын

In real life, Abe Vigoda (Detective Fish) was extremely fit and healthy, probably more than anyone else on the show. He had a regular fitness regime that included swimming.

@genorp Ай бұрын

The main memories of being 9 years old: Seeing Star Wars for the first time, Elvis dying, and Nick Yemana saying "mushie, mushie" in Barney's ear.

@MrStringybark Ай бұрын

I still remember watching that episode and how funny I thought it was back then. With the repeated "Mushie, mushie, mushie" line.

@aprilskutt974 2 ай бұрын

This is my favorite Barney Miller episode.

@michaelmcgovern8110 Ай бұрын

See Also: Quarrantine 1 and 2 - they FOUGHT for those story lines. And it was pointed out to me today that the last person to thank Barney as the station closed was a long-running gay character, all excellently-turned-out in a nice elegant expensive success-suit, like he's normal or something. ;-]

@BrianFedirko Ай бұрын

I loved this episode so much when I was younger.. much younger. It's been so long. "Where are my legs?" was a phrase and concept that stayed with me my entire life. Gr8! Peace ☮💜Love

@WilliamTheMovieFan Ай бұрын

One of the best written shows out there with some of the best characters and cast!

@barcelonachair6487 Ай бұрын

I loved this show, I remember as a kid my Father cracking up in the den when it was on TV. I could always tell what he was watching by the level of laughter, MTM, MASH, Barney Miller, All in the Family.

@als4179 Ай бұрын

Was all so good

@anonygent Ай бұрын

One of the best TV episodes EVER. I was just a kid, but I still laughed my ass off. Barney Miller is one of the few old comedies that stands the test of time. I've tried watching many shows I liked as a kid and found them intolerable as an adult, but not Barney Miller. It's still just as funny now as it was then.

@Zak6959 Ай бұрын

This was a must watch program back in the day.

@michaelmcgovern8110 Ай бұрын

Watch it now: timeless comedy, timeless wisdom (works either word you put first.)

@michaelmcgovern8110 Ай бұрын

still IS! See how it's done. enjoy it for that and for the humor (and heart).

@williamwilson6499 Ай бұрын

I spent 1976-1979 in Germany so Barney Miller is an 80s show to me. 1976 would have been a great time to have seen this episode.

@jazzzingo1513 Ай бұрын

Anybody seen my legs?

@hi_desert_rat Ай бұрын

Yeah, they're over here again.

@freethebirds3578 Ай бұрын

MY Dad didn't watch much TV, but he would watch Barney Miller. I loved it as a kid and even more now. I love the credits for the incredible theme and the beautiful shot of the Twin Towers, even though I get a little choked up at the same time.

@Kae6502 5 ай бұрын

Moshi Moshi! 😅

@billybatson8657 2 ай бұрын

I remember my parents "making me leave the room" when "Trilogy of Terror" originally aired when I was 8 years old. I was a horror aficionado and had seen previews for it earlier in the week, and REALLY wanted to watch it! Instead I watched a movie about people on a lifeboat on a small black and white TV at the end of the hallway from the living room. Little did they know that I spent most of the time watching Trilogy from down the hall because of the way the living room television was positioned.

@BobKnight-mm2ze Ай бұрын

Well, Shazam, you and I were watching similar stuff and using the hallways in a similar way in those days!

@dmacarthur5356 Ай бұрын

"But at 9pm there parents should simply make them leave the room" This guy definitely doesn't know how the 70s and 80s worked.

@BobKnight-mm2ze Ай бұрын

@@dmacarthur5356 🤣

@MintyFreshTurds Ай бұрын

The brownies in a shoe box cracks me up.

@ObjectorSnark Ай бұрын

the reliance on tupperware was nowhere near like today's plastic production world. covered dishes still were brought in foil-covered pyrex or corningware, and most baked desserts would be put in a foil-lined shoebox-or even an old hatbox if y'all's people is fancy and dress up a lot for church and stuff

@billmadison2032 2 ай бұрын

This is one of my favorite series from back then

@zz449944 Ай бұрын

"If I can't drive a car, I better not drive a bus!!"

@dbach1025 Ай бұрын

This episode got my sub. I remember in the 80's, watching Barney Miller reruns with my pop who passed 20 years ago. This brought me great memories of him laughing so hard at the last of the great comedies like MASH, Cheers, and Barney Miller. Great video.

@pugowner1347 Ай бұрын

One of the best episodes!!! I have the series on DVD and watched this one about a week ago. Still LMFAO!!!

@ernestcruz6316 Ай бұрын

As iconic as Jack Soo's line "Mooshy mooshy" is, he has another line in that episode that I like just as much: "Hey, whaddya say we guys go down to rhe beach, and shoot some clams?"

@11C1P Ай бұрын

Barney Miller was one of my favorite shows as a kid.

@fifthbusiness1678 Ай бұрын

Whoa … that Dragnet episode (3:48) way back when the kid says “marijuana will one day be packaged, taxed and sold … just like alcohol” was soooo far ahead of its time. Prescient.

@HariSeldon913 25 күн бұрын

Yeah, they thought it would be 50 years sooner than it happened.

@wayupnorth9420 2 ай бұрын

Loved Barney Miller! My dad and I watched it religiously.

@timfurnier7061 Ай бұрын

I don't say it about every show I like, but in this case, it's true to say. This show was pure genius!

@anitarichmond8930 Ай бұрын

I love, love The Barney Miller show. These cops were just regular people who wanted to keep citizens safe and bad off the streets. As a black kid growing up they taught me that I didn’t have to be afraid of the man in blue. 🚔

@davidhull1481 Ай бұрын

Hah! Jokes on you, Sergeant Friday!

@clarencewalker3925 Ай бұрын

I saw this episode in 1976. It was, and is, one of the funniest episodes on television. In retrospect, the Seventies was a decade when television had guts.

@OccidentalonPurpose 23 күн бұрын

Dang that 9 p.m. time slot looked brutal, going up against Magnum PI and Monday Night Football.

@johnny-becker 2 ай бұрын

The first episode I ever saw, laughed my ass off, and got me to watch as many other episodes as I could.

@BrocandRollOutlaw Ай бұрын

BEST THEME SONG EVER✨️❤️

@sonowolf 15 күн бұрын

nice vid. made me look up the show, and glad i did. good too see someone highlighting mostly forgotten shows. keep up the good work!

@tvsbesteps 15 күн бұрын

Thanks!

@deanm375 Ай бұрын

I was 10 years old and I remember watching this episode with my Grandmother who was laughing herself into tears. Even at 10 years old I got the jokes.

@villeguy1 Ай бұрын

I love Barney Miller one of the best sitcoms ever

@goaway3717 Ай бұрын

How amusing it seems that there was all this 'controversy' on the subject with the time of initial broadcast and within a decade this episode as well as all the other ones were in syndication and on air in the afternoon. I think I not only watched most of the series on their initial broadcasts but I know I watched all of series multiple times in syndication.

@mjt1517 11 күн бұрын

I remember watching this episode as a kid! Mooshie mooshie! 😂

@christophercarnes5225 Ай бұрын

I’m crazy about the introductory moments of video and film. Your intro was absolutely awesome. Great structure & writing.

@tvsbesteps Ай бұрын

Thanks very much!

@msromo Ай бұрын

One of my all-time favorite episodes of any show, but of BM in particular. Love the cast and the writing. Amazing how so many of the topics still strike a chord today so many years later.

@Simmer4Decades 5 ай бұрын

Well done, man. Now I’m on the hunt for Barney Miller streams.

@tvsbesteps 5 ай бұрын

Thanks! It’s definitely worth the watch!

@MsOscara Ай бұрын

You can buy the entire set on DVD and not have to deal with any commercials. It's relatively inexpensive.

@angeliquehammond2996 Ай бұрын

My parents made me leave the room when something inappropriate was on TV and definitely by 9pm bedtime. Somehow I still managed to watch Saturday late night The Love Boat & Fantasy Island though.

@angeliquehammond2996 Ай бұрын

Btw since Barney Miller was my dad’s favorite show I was allowed to stay up past my bedtime to watch. Then straight to bed!!

@LAStars-sratS 28 күн бұрын

Loved that show, so well done and lots of important info spoken about like the trilateral commission, etc.

@Pocketrocket-pj1us 26 күн бұрын

I've got a good felling, that this Channel, is 'Movin' on Up!'

@tvsbesteps 26 күн бұрын

Thanks!

@MarkJones-n Ай бұрын

This was really well done. Thanks!

@tvsbesteps Ай бұрын

You’re welcome, glad you enjoyed it!

@ChuckDotson Ай бұрын

To this day my mom and I still say "mooshie mooshie" to each other when we offer to go down to the beach and shoot some clams.

@88sstraight Ай бұрын

One of the best sitcoms ever, made me laugh and cry in equal measure.

@TheBlocklandPlayer Ай бұрын

1976 Was An Amazing Year

@TheNedH Ай бұрын

REALLY well done! This has nothing to do with anything, but I totally remember that 1977 Fall Preview cover of TVGuide. God that look on Hal Linden's face when Jack Soo is singing is great. One thought: it's important, when talking about the 'Red Scare' to careful of phrases like "outed as a Communist". This implies that the subject was actually a Communist, but the reality is that MANY of the people whose lives were affected by HUAC were not actually Communists.

@tvsbesteps Ай бұрын

Thanks!

@elizabethmcglothlin5406 23 күн бұрын

It was a wonderful show and far ahead of its time!

@leslieking6259 23 күн бұрын

This and the werewolf episode are my favorites.

@dondraper7348 Ай бұрын

I was 12 years old when I watched this, god I miss the 70's.

@billkeithchannel 29 күн бұрын

The line from that guy in the Dragnet episode was spot on prophetic. It happened exactly as he said.

@joelaichner3025 Ай бұрын

Fish never felt so good !

@tvsbesteps Ай бұрын

You got that right!

@joelaichner3025 Ай бұрын

@@tvsbesteps he was my favorite character

@The_Original_forresttrump Ай бұрын

Even Tom couldn’t get him out of this one, not even for old times sake.

@splashpit Ай бұрын

@@joelaichner3025I recall a “ fish “ spin off series , going to check right now.

@EverendeverGroup Ай бұрын

Watched this show every week when it was on. What a great nostalgic bump.

@JackFlaps Ай бұрын

my favorite line from Barney Miller " did you ever get that twenty back" ? which was the punch line to a joke set up the previous season.

@CallMeGailyn Ай бұрын

Ah, this was one of the few tv shows that I watched. It was superb comedy! Terrific cast. Thanks for the vid!

@tvsbesteps Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@user-gz2it1te5r 2 ай бұрын

Best episode ever of this series.

@michaelweigel8253 Ай бұрын

Whoa! That Dragnet clip was spot on!

@mikearchibald744 Ай бұрын

Why there hasn't been a show about censors a la 'madmen' is beyond me. The insanity was beyond insane.

@jc20012 Ай бұрын

I enjoyed the video, thank you for sharing.

@tvsbesteps Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@timl.b.2095 Ай бұрын

Geez, I remember the little hash pipes we had in the mid-70's. We used to smoke it on our front porch in East Lansing. Those were some times, children.

@TheJHMAN1 Ай бұрын

One of the best written shows of all time.

@tgfabthunderbird1 Ай бұрын

One of the funniest episodes of them all.

@michalyne Ай бұрын

The Barney Miller episode of Hash was one of the funniest. I got the chance to watch BM a couple of years ago and I'm glad I watched it. Its a nostalgic throwback to a time when men could be men on TV and a series worth watching if you ever get the chance.