Such a perfect main cast; they all played off one another so well. Everyone got their turn to shine, and even the guest stars had their chance to strut their stuff. Truly great writing and acting!
How great would it have been to have a full show w the Detectives going out on a Call to apprehend the criminals they arrest. That was totally missing.
@@MissT813 Yup and acted. Best sitcom ever made. Period. Seinfeld may the greatest, all in the family one of the most important, etc and many along on the way but BM is the pinnacle. So many things this show predicted that unfortunately came true because the writers READ the newspapers. That's where the stories came from. It's a brilliant history lesson/time capsule, etc... The stories never get old because they're about people and the human condition and THAT hasn't changed EVER. It's also a good lesson in how we IGNORED real issues on the REAL side on television and LET these bad things come to pass. I watch this show in it's entirety TWICE a year. Always have always will till I die. Barney's compassion is something EVERY leader should have. The charcaters are REAL ( probably the realest EVER portrayed in a sitcom) and Wojo's growth as a human being is the best long arc ever. The prejudice's harris overcomes, the perceived stereotypes yumana has to deal with, luger's old school mentality vs changing ideals....fromt op to bottom this show is quality. Abe vigoda's issue with aging... only Deitrich is a little unbelievable in his versatility in every topic and issue but he's a brilliantly written and acted form of RARE walking and talking exposition. Only that comes close is Night Court's first 3 seasons before they go into the wonderfully absurd. It's a shame we never got a reunion with Barney in the luger role. The ending is also the most tasteful finale and the best 'turning off the lights and walking out the door' ending ever.
Barney Miller has always been my favorite police television show / comedy. I watched it religiously during it's original run and anywhere I could find it in syndication. All these years I've always wondered how many other people realized these actors having different roles through the years. This morning I finally discovered your video. You did a great job!
At that time, it was the most expensive TV sitcom which hard to believe that since it only had 2 sets, the main police set and Lieutenants Millers office. Probably because they had to pay the cast on the show.
Linda Lavin is from my hometown of Portland Maine. My mom was in HS with her for a year. My mom said everyone knew she was going to be a hit in show business because she was so talented.
We are nearly 40 years removed from this era. Life was so much different back then, and so much more fun. We had just 8 VHF channels, and a few UHF channels as well, and had the time of our lives.
I watched this as a kid when I would stay home from school and go to my grandparents cuz mom and dad had to work... I never understood WHAT the audience was laughing at lol but I watched...loved this show and never knew why until I got older and UNDERSTOOD the humor lol
Best cop show to date. I read that NY cops approved of the show at the time because it showed crazy side of being a NY cop and how there was paperwork to do on every arrest not just bust them and throw them in a cage.
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It was so revered that Hal Linden was actually SALUTED by REAL cops in his life always. This is TRUE detective work. Regular men and woman doing a hard job with what they have. Dealing with the CRAZIES lol and paperwork, paperwork, paperwork. One thing people never thought of was pre xerox, having to do reports in TRIPLICET. It's one of the realest shows ever and probably the best and trues cop show ever - Dennis Farina thought show and this was 2- yrs AFTER in had ended lol. It's sad only 3-4 of the cast are still alive today and 2 of them weren't even series regulars. SO many great character actors on this show too. The cream of the crop in character actors of 70/80's films and tv. Something alot of people also overlook is how many actors are brought back in different roles over the years - that was not just because of their talent but a comment on how the faces all become the same in their job as policemen. Brilliant show.
@@DJRitty And not only did many actors come back in different roles Steve Landesberg who played Dietrich and Ron Carey who played Levitt originally played criminals that were arrested by the detectives later to come back as cops.
I grew up watching this show and continued to watch all the re-runs, over the last 20 years, it was always entertaining, and I kind of fell in love with the characters. I can always watch them and find them endlessly funny. Its October of 2021.
Fish telling Dietrich he must be older than he looks is a little eerie. When Steve Landesberg died, we discovered that he really was ten years older than everybody believed.
@@arthurwright8827I love that episode. Dry sense of humor runs in my family, and watching Detrich with his sense of humor helped solidify mine as a pre-teen and young teenager.
Phil Leeds, who played Nash, often played characters that are swindlers involving impersonation. He played a substitute judge on Night Court and a apartment building owner in Three's Company.
@@johnny-becker I guess I should have said 'Series Finale'. There was one episode shown after the finale, it was supposed to be aired before it but wasn't.
1975 I was 6 years old and I remember the Soldiers coming home from Vietnam. My dad worked at WABD in Ft. Campbell Kentucky across from the main gate. I had just learned to ride my bike without training wheels. This was back when there were still party lines on telephones and families would gather for Sunday supper at grandma’s house. Great times back then.
I thot of his run-ins (ethnic wise) when Lt van Buren (black lady cop on a Law & Order show) was told to go back where she came from and replied she was from Brooklyn. Laughed at that, too.
Ahhh, what would the internet be without the whiny trumpers coming in 'off topic' to comment sections with their pissing and moaning about the orange loser, um.......Losing!
My older brother loved this show on abc Thursday night he always watched it but my favorite Thursday night abc comedy was welcome back kotter we managed to watch both shows on one TV we shared back in the '70s.
Takes me back to the days of pre-internet research. Wojo: “Where do I look?” Barney: “Try the Yellow Pages.” LOL. I can’t remember the last time I let my fingers do the walking. 😅 If you know, you know. 😊
Hal Linden and the actor playing the priest were both on Golden Girls as guest stars. Hal Linden played Dorthy's date in the episode "What a Difference a Date Makes" and the other actor played Stan's psychologist in the episode "The Monkey Show."
@Bobbie Charles Dagger of the Mind was also the title of a Columbo episode, Luger played in an early 70s episode with Robert Culp. Prior to BM. What a character as Luger! The guy we love to hate! Genius
He played the Russian writer who threw elaine's organizer out the Limo window and her tape recorder out the hotel window, Ironically striking the same lady in the head yet again! LoL Ot was cool seeing him pop up so many years latet
In an interview with Hal Linden, Hal mentioned that He and Abe would play racquetball and Abe would mop the floor with Hal. Abe was 53 when he started In Barney Miller and died at 95
I recently read that even though Fish was as a doddering old man, in real life Vigoda was in good shape, exorcised alot and ate well, and was a vegan. He took care of his health.
Remember the episode where Fish accidentally ate some edibles? He then went out on a call, burglar made the roof jumped to the next building, Fish was on him like a flash.
@@phredphlintstone6455 Yeah, right when he found something that made him feel-GOOD...and then they made it illegal...!!! Yep, the ol' "Hashish-Brownies"-episode!! ☺
Barney Miller no doubt is one of the top 5 greatest sitcoms of all time. The talent that was on this show,from season 1 to season 8,was amazing. So sad we’ve lost em all except for Max “Wojo” Gail & Hal “Barney” Linden. When real police departments around the country say it’s the closest to being the real thing,it speaks volumes to how great the writers & actors were…..considering how many police shows have been on television. Thank God for the Ol’ One-Two!!!!
This was a bit before my time (born in '72) but after I watched my first episode I was hooked. As a teen some laughed at the fact I watched it, along with Taxi, MASH and a few other great shows from the early seventies. I was around twenty when I realized why I liked them so much. To your point, there was better acting and writing in one scene of those shows than a whole episode of most newer ones even now. This was a show done on one of the smallest sets I have seen but there was so much to it. It wasn't about the set or wardrobe. It was about people and they had a great main cast for it. They were also very smart about the actors that were for one show or even just a scene. It sounds funny but it made the craziness "smoother", more believable. With so many plot characters passing through that was vital. Even with a great main cast like that, it would not have been as good if the main actors did not have solid actors to make the scenes work. I may not always stop on this show or others like it when I'm channel surfing, yet every once in awhile I will do a week of shows like this to detox myself from todays "entertainment". Lastly, I even go back to a few black and white shows. I have seen every episode of The Dick van Dyke Show (situational and slapstick comedy at it's finest) but they still make me laugh when I watch them again. Quality shows have come from every era of television. But it has gotten harder to find through the years.
In the episode where Murdock played The Army Sargent. There was a great scene at the end when Nick told him he had served in WWII and Ravelle asked which side then Nick said he served in the Nisei all Japanese division in Italy.
Which is weird because in one of his last episodes he says he just turned 46 years old (in reality Jack Soo was in his 60s at the time), making him like 12 years old during WW2.
Very glad that someone mentioned that. Complete acting Pros like Kenneth Tigar and Jack Somack appeared at least twice on the show. Made for a very intriguing talent roster to say the least.😂B.W.
"He does belong to you, doesn't he?" - He does now! Such brilliant, understated writing that respects the intelligence of the viewers. If you've stuck around for 8 seasons, you instantly understand the weight of that line. Scanlon is finally caught after he spent years trying to expose the men of the 12th precinct.
IMO, the show had the greatest actors who were just on the show for one episode , usually victims or criminals. The writers, casting directors, and actors just nailed those characters
Great show we only had the middle series over here in Britain but it was a great late night show after my friday late shift great guitar theme music to
The last scene had Selma Diamond, who went on to Night Court, and James (Jamie) Cromwell, who has done multiple movies and TV shows. He was Zephram Cochran in Star Trek: First Contact.
Actor Abe Vigoda appeared in movies and TV. The news media always put out mistaken claims that he had passed away so many times and as many times as they did he'd pop up somewhere and proved em wrong. I think he's still alive and resides in some part of Brooklyn NY, just kidding - Fish RIP.
@@oluhamilton2121We all thought that Abe had passed away from time to time and he'd always pop up somewhere to surprise us and prove us all wrong. And who knows he might be out there and prove us all wrong again -- I'm kidding LOL ! And then again you never can tell....
Wojo and Deidrik were my two favs back in the 70s. 10yrs old where friends,bicycles,little league, and the local High School or community pool being open were the more important concerns. Twas a great time to be alive,perhaps the last generation to experience True innocence. Also some of the last families to actually sit down together and watch tv together almost nightly. It’s true the old adage “youth is wasted on the young”.
Such a perfect main cast; they all played off one another so well. Everyone got their turn to shine, and even the guest stars had their chance to strut their stuff. Truly great writing and acting!
The guest stars were terrific and just as funny as the main cast.
How great would it have been to have a full show w the Detectives going out on a Call to apprehend the criminals they arrest. That was totally missing.
@@MrBronx61 totally agree...
I still love this show. It never gets old.
Because it was so brilliantly written.
@@MissT813 Yup and acted. Best sitcom ever made. Period. Seinfeld may the greatest, all in the family one of the most important, etc and many along on the way but BM is the pinnacle. So many things this show predicted that unfortunately came true because the writers READ the newspapers. That's where the stories came from. It's a brilliant history lesson/time capsule, etc... The stories never get old because they're about people and the human condition and THAT hasn't changed EVER. It's also a good lesson in how we IGNORED real issues on the REAL side on television and LET these bad things come to pass. I watch this show in it's entirety TWICE a year. Always have always will till I die. Barney's compassion is something EVERY leader should have. The charcaters are REAL ( probably the realest EVER portrayed in a sitcom) and Wojo's growth as a human being is the best long arc ever. The prejudice's harris overcomes, the perceived stereotypes yumana has to deal with, luger's old school mentality vs changing ideals....fromt op to bottom this show is quality. Abe vigoda's issue with aging... only Deitrich is a little unbelievable in his versatility in every topic and issue but he's a brilliantly written and acted form of RARE walking and talking exposition. Only that comes close is Night Court's first 3 seasons before they go into the wonderfully absurd. It's a shame we never got a reunion with Barney in the luger role. The ending is also the most tasteful finale and the best 'turning off the lights and walking out the door' ending ever.
ME 2
Best show ever! I bought the DVD series and canceled my direct TV. This is all I need.
Barney Miller has always been my favorite police television show / comedy. I watched it religiously during it's original run and anywhere I could find it in syndication. All these years I've always wondered how many other people realized these actors having different roles through the years. This morning I finally discovered your video. You did a great job!
At that time, it was the most expensive TV sitcom which hard to believe that since it only had 2 sets, the main police set and Lieutenants Millers office. Probably because they had to pay the cast on the show.
@@rockvilleraven Once they showed Fish's apartment.
@@peggyarnold4333 And Wojo's apartment.
my friends can't get into as much as I ..funny how much of an acquired taste it is ..
Linda Lavin is from my hometown of Portland Maine. My mom was in HS with her for a year. My mom said everyone knew she was going to be a hit in show business because she was so talented.
Thought she was over the top on this role
Linda Lavin/Det. Janice Wentworth. RIP
She had a terrific smile 😊
@@jenniluwhitney123 I also liked the character Det. Maria Battista the Puerto Rican cop similar to Wentworth's character..
Hal Linden is absolutely gorgeous, am I right ladies ?????
Ooooh. He the big ol grey fox
yeppers 😉
He really is.
Yes 😀
He is not only handsome, he can sing and of course Act
10:00 omg the writing and innuendo is amazing. We need this wit now also.
We are nearly 40 years removed from this era. Life was so much different back then, and so much more fun. We had just 8 VHF channels, and a few UHF channels as well, and had the time of our lives.
yes we did i honestly feel this was one of the best shows ever
Thanks for putting this together. Barney Miller was one of the best sitcoms ever!
Young people. You have no idea how loose and awesome the 70's were. It had dark stuff, but it was so loose. Felt beautiful.
@@adipsous You’re not referring to me, are you? I’m going to be 66 y.o. this year. I was there for the 1970s.
For sure. My mom loved the show so much she’d be sure to get home in time to catch it no matter what she was doing!
A gem from my childhood.
I watched this as a kid when I would stay home from school and go to my grandparents cuz mom and dad had to work... I never understood WHAT the audience was laughing at lol but I watched...loved this show and never knew why until I got older and UNDERSTOOD the humor lol
I loved this show too! My parents and I watched it every Thursday night.
1 of best ever sitcoms....
My dad looked a lot like Hal Linden! We loved this show.
My dad looked like Alan Alda.
A show from my childhood television.
Good memories
How old are you now? I remember it too - 63
@@ssnoc
Probably 12 years old when I started watching, in my 50’s now.
@@davidp7037
Me too.
I’m 55 now.
Loved it then, & love it now.
I sit here in my apartment without any heat, a beer after my 12 hour shift, enjoying watching this. Thanks for posting it up. It made my morning.
Stay cool 😎. lol.
Me too 🥶. Tiny propane heater ain’t doing it . Warming up next week a little bit. I hated those 12 hrs nights.
If you can't afford to heat your whole place, an electric heating pad works wonders. Been there.
I loved this show when I was a kid...still do.
Same here. This was a favorite of mine.
Best cop show to date. I read that NY cops approved of the show at the time because it showed crazy side of being a NY cop and how there was paperwork to do on every arrest not just bust them and throw them in a cage.
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@Rafael Logan Thanks for your reply. I found the site thru google and im waiting for the hacking stuff atm.
Takes a while so I will reply here later with my results.
It was so revered that Hal Linden was actually SALUTED by REAL cops in his life always. This is TRUE detective work. Regular men and woman doing a hard job with what they have. Dealing with the CRAZIES lol and paperwork, paperwork, paperwork. One thing people never thought of was pre xerox, having to do reports in TRIPLICET. It's one of the realest shows ever and probably the best and trues cop show ever - Dennis Farina thought show and this was 2- yrs AFTER in had ended lol. It's sad only 3-4 of the cast are still alive today and 2 of them weren't even series regulars. SO many great character actors on this show too. The cream of the crop in character actors of 70/80's films and tv. Something alot of people also overlook is how many actors are brought back in different roles over the years - that was not just because of their talent but a comment on how the faces all become the same in their job as policemen. Brilliant show.
@@DJRitty And not only did many actors come back in different roles Steve Landesberg who played Dietrich and Ron Carey who played Levitt originally played criminals that were arrested by the detectives later to come back as cops.
Best television show ever
Agree
Agree
Definitely
I love hearing the loud laughs from the live audience
@forzajuve4845 It was real
Barney Miller had the ultimate character actor lineup in tv history.
I grew up watching this show and continued to watch all the re-runs, over the last 20 years, it was always entertaining, and I kind of fell in love with the characters. I can always watch them and find them endlessly funny. Its October of 2021.
Fish telling Dietrich he must be older than he looks is a little eerie. When Steve Landesberg died, we discovered that he really was ten years older than everybody believed.
And Abe Vigoda was at least ten years younger than he was portrayed.
My favorite Dietrich moment was when he passed the lie detector test by saying he was “born a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away!”
@@arthurwright8827 The Gregory Peck one was pretty funny, too.
@@arthurwright8827I love that episode. Dry sense of humor runs in my family, and watching Detrich with his sense of humor helped solidify mine as a pre-teen and young teenager.
He certainly didn't look 29, of course people always looked older in those days.
Still my favorite show of all-time.
Mine too. I love seinfeld but this is the best.
Phil Leeds, who played Nash, often played characters that are swindlers involving impersonation. He played a substitute judge on Night Court and a apartment building owner in Three's Company.
I think Phil was in the last episode of NC as one of the two aliens that take Bull back with them.
@@mescko When in doubt, IMDB it out
@@mescko You sure it was the last episode?
@@johnny-becker I guess I should have said 'Series Finale'. There was one episode shown after the finale, it was supposed to be aired before it but wasn't.
@@mescko I found it. He did. I have not seen past the third season yet but he played a character named Norm in the series finale according to IMDB
Steve Landesberg should have made audiobooks of every publication ever made.
Gtg
His deadpan humor was edifying.
I know, right? He just has that kind of voice!
Seeing all these actors brings back memories of this show back then
1975 I was 6 years old and I remember the Soldiers coming home from Vietnam. My dad worked at WABD in Ft. Campbell Kentucky across from the main gate. I had just learned to ride my bike without training wheels. This was back when there were still party lines on telephones and families would gather for Sunday supper at grandma’s house. Great times back then.
I was a year behind ya, but same experiences
And… the significance to this video is…?
Great show. I was too young to watch it "originally" but have enjoyed it since ... My mom's favorite show back in the day
Liked the show when it was on. Seeing it now I’m amazed how superior all the acting is.
One of the greatest classics. Top casting and yes, Barney Miller is a perfect size -- so are the rest of the guys.
Brilliant series.
Barney Miller, the endless voice of reason, it is a wonder he never went nuts with the crew he had.
"Yemana!!!"
"Sounds beautiful doesn't it?"
Miss Nick in later seasons. Him, Harris and Dietrich were the best.
And his wondrous coffee!!
I thot of his run-ins (ethnic wise) when Lt van Buren (black lady cop on a Law & Order show) was told to go back where she came from and replied she was from Brooklyn. Laughed at that, too.
Watch your Mana in a thousand million miracleS..
My mother took me to see when I was like 8 years old,,,
An inspirational movie
That was really cool, man, thanks much for the effort - and a successful and healthy 2021 to us all
With *SHOTGUN JOE AT THE WHEEL?!? SURELY YOU JEST....*
Howard Fortyfive
Ha ! Asleep at the wheel 😴
9 months ago huh?? Oct 23,2021 here. So much for success with this so called president.
Ahhh, what would the internet be without the whiny trumpers coming in 'off topic' to comment sections with their pissing and moaning about the orange loser, um.......Losing!
even though i was born in 71, i really enjoyed this show growing up.
I was born in 76, I would watch reruns of this though the my door after my bedtime. Best show ever!
Me born in the 1980's I still love the show
I Know, Right? Plus I Had A Major Crush On Hal Linden ( Still Do) !!!
Born in 72. I watched this in reruns with my grandmother who adored the whole cast.
@@jayscards8640 It was an awesome family show and I only wish today's shows were that good.
My older brother loved this show on abc Thursday night he always watched it but my favorite Thursday night abc comedy was welcome back kotter we managed to watch both shows on one TV we shared back in the '70s.
Barney Miller and the crew where awesome I still watch all the reruns this is on my phone now love it ❤️
Thank you for posting this. I love that show.
One of the best TV shows of any genre.
Love this show!! Detrich, Barney, Harris, Fish, Yemana & Wojo were hilarious! Had crush on Detrich, brains, humor & cute.🤗
My crush was Wojo and my mom loved barney.
@@sheilagravely5621 My Mom loved Barney! He was gorgeous! Wojo too!! 🤗
I had a big crush on Detrich. I was born in 1973 so only watched in reruns. Detrich still makes my heart flutter 🥰🥰🥰
Yes he was 😊
I forgot how funny the show was with Barney Miller from brendon and have a blessed day and happy Thanksgiving
Takes me back to the days of pre-internet research.
Wojo: “Where do I look?”
Barney: “Try the Yellow Pages.”
LOL. I can’t remember the last time I let my fingers do the walking. 😅
If you know, you know. 😊
Great genius comedy. The show's plots, the guest offender actors and the regular cast timing of lines all hilarious.
Hal Linden and the actor playing the priest were both on Golden Girls as guest stars. Hal Linden played Dorthy's date in the episode "What a Difference a Date Makes" and the other actor played Stan's psychologist in the episode "The Monkey Show."
What I loved about shows like golden girls and murder she wrote etc is that they gave work to actors hmwho maybe hadn't worked in awhile
Many years later, Lt. Scanlon now known as Admiral J.P. Hansen would die in combat with the Borg at the Battle of Wolf 359
So well known, his likeness was "borrowed" by a god-like alien residing in the galactic core of the Milky Way during the 23rd century.
I liked Alice from Mel's diner.
@Bobbie Charles Dagger of the Mind was also the title of a Columbo episode, Luger played in an early 70s episode with Robert Culp. Prior to BM. What a character as Luger! The guy we love to hate! Genius
He played the Russian writer who threw elaine's organizer out the Limo window and her tape recorder out the hotel window, Ironically striking the same lady in the head yet again! LoL Ot was cool seeing him pop up so many years latet
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I think barney Miller was quite possibly the greatest police comedy with the greatest cast I ever ssseen.
Something am gonna watch for a very long time, well done in throwing different sets together. All time great.
MGBY All, loved this show back in the 70s and never missed an episode. Such great interaction and you felt as though your part of the team. ❤
OH my gosh, I forgot how good that show was!
2:44 and on with Steve Landesberg had me laughing so hard!!! Abe's expression was also fantastic!
Great piece. Thx. Best written sit com. Best sit com.
I remember this show on T.V. my dad love it. I was just to young at the time to get most of the jokes but now its the best show ever made.
In an interview with Hal Linden, Hal mentioned that He and Abe would play racquetball and Abe would mop the floor with Hal. Abe was 53 when he started In Barney Miller and died at 95
I swear Abe Vigoda was born a 75 year old man...🤭💗
He was an athletic man.
I recently read that even though Fish was as a doddering old man, in real life Vigoda was in good shape, exorcised alot and ate well, and was a vegan. He took care of his health.
Remember the episode where Fish accidentally ate some edibles?
He then went out on a call, burglar made the roof jumped to the next building, Fish was on him like a flash.
Exorcised? I didn’t know Vigoda was a priest.
@@phredphlintstone6455 Yeah, right when he found something that made him feel-GOOD...and then they made it illegal...!!! Yep, the ol' "Hashish-Brownies"-episode!! ☺
Yes it's all an act. He would outrun the others and exercised daily. He was in great shape and lived into his late 90's I believe.
@@620john620
BAHAHAHA
I adored Barney Miller as a kid, Steve Landesburg was my favourite character, with his laconic wit.
Great word, "laconic."
WHAT a cast.
Such a great show with a whole bunch of talent.
Such fantastic writing and acting. One of the best sit-coms ever.
Barney Miller no doubt is one of the top 5 greatest sitcoms of all time. The talent that was on this show,from season 1 to season 8,was amazing. So sad we’ve lost em all except for Max “Wojo” Gail & Hal “Barney” Linden. When real police departments around the country say it’s the closest to being the real thing,it speaks volumes to how great the writers & actors were…..considering how many police shows have been on television.
Thank God for the Ol’ One-Two!!!!
Omg, Abe Vigoda, maybe I spelled wrong, wow, I remember watching these new in "75" I was 15, loved this show, thanks for memory.
Another great sitcom....back when writers actually wrote.
This was a bit before my time (born in '72) but after I watched my first episode I was hooked. As a teen some laughed at the fact I watched it, along with Taxi, MASH and a few other great shows from the early seventies. I was around twenty when I realized why I liked them so much. To your point, there was better acting and writing in one scene of those shows than a whole episode of most newer ones even now. This was a show done on one of the smallest sets I have seen but there was so much to it. It wasn't about the set or wardrobe. It was about people and they had a great main cast for it. They were also very smart about the actors that were for one show or even just a scene. It sounds funny but it made the craziness "smoother", more believable. With so many plot characters passing through that was vital. Even with a great main cast like that, it would not have been as good if the main actors did not have solid actors to make the scenes work. I may not always stop on this show or others like it when I'm channel surfing, yet every once in awhile I will do a week of shows like this to detox myself from todays "entertainment". Lastly, I even go back to a few black and white shows. I have seen every episode of The Dick van Dyke Show (situational and slapstick comedy at it's finest) but they still make me laugh when I watch them again. Quality shows have come from every era of television. But it has gotten harder to find through the years.
Landesberg is my favorite
Still one of my favorite sitcoms.
I've watched this show on and off for years and never noticed all these actors that started as criminals and then came in later as cops.🙉
Fan of this show since day 1.remain so.
In the episode where Murdock played The Army Sargent. There was a great scene at the end when Nick told him he had served in WWII and Ravelle asked which side then Nick said he served in the Nisei all Japanese division in Italy.
Which is weird because in one of his last episodes he says he just turned 46 years old (in reality Jack Soo was in his 60s at the time), making him like 12 years old during WW2.
that show just collected the most interesting character actors in the theater buisness
Really well written.
Engaging.
Very glad that someone mentioned that. Complete acting Pros like Kenneth Tigar and Jack Somack appeared at least twice on the show. Made for a very intriguing talent roster to say the least.😂B.W.
For those who aren't easy to please, there are very few tv shows that truly stand the test of time - this is one of those few.... :))
Classic NYC sitcom.
I used to love this show.
2:03 Max Gail is trying not to laugh.
I remember he played a newspaper reporter in the show Whiz Kids after BM ended.
"He does belong to you, doesn't he?"
- He does now!
Such brilliant, understated writing that respects the intelligence of the viewers. If you've stuck around for 8 seasons, you instantly understand the weight of that line. Scanlon is finally caught after he spent years trying to expose the men of the 12th precinct.
Linda Lavin was in plenty of other shows like... Family and other cop shows.. until she got her own sitcom called... Alice... Anyone remember that?
"Don't do anything stupid or we will." That's a good line.
IMO, the show had the greatest actors who were just on the show for one episode , usually victims or criminals. The writers, casting directors, and actors just nailed those characters
Even as a kid in the 70’s I thought he was a handsome man. And what a good character 🌹
Thank you for the trip down memory lane. Life was so much simpler. 😞
This great Anarchy. Thanks for putting all this together like you have. Happy New Year !
3:10 To think that Abe Vigoda outlived Steve Landesberg by many years.
Vigoda was much younger than he looked.
Abe passed just 4 years ago in 2016 , Steve back in 2010.
@@johnny-becker Abe was 53 when he started Barney Miller.
@@letter1967 I guess a 53 year old actor, if an older appearance, could play a 62 year old man.
@@johnny-becker Oh yeah.. He cracked me up.
COPS voted Barney Miller the most realistic if COP show on TV. That and Taxi RULED.
Cagney & Lacey was pretty realistic too, before the transition from revolvers to autoloading pistols.
An NYPD Detective Squad where everyone is a sergeant was the most accurate? What was the competition?
It was funny back then and it’s funny now. Thank you for the memories.
Was only expecting to watch a few minutes and wound up watching the whole 32 minutes. Show really holds up, definitely ahead of its time.
Holy crap Richard gere at 23:50. He's so young. I just love to see shows about life before computers.
Not Richard Gere, but a good facsimile.
21:17 The name on the screen is Paul Lieber. The year is 1980; Richard Gere was likely busy promoting his film, 'American Gigolo' at the time.
Looks nothing like Richard Gere
Scanlon was always one of my favorite characters. He wasn’t on often enough for me.
Great show we only had the middle series over here in Britain but it was a great late night show after my friday late shift great guitar theme music to
So well written.
Barney Miller was one of the best cop shows ever!!! Law And Order is right there with this show.
"Doomsday"
September 11, 1975
Prescient
Also: Really missed that super funky bass line from the opening credits to Barney Miller.
RIP Steve Landesberg
The Lady cop was Linda Lavin in one clip, shortly before she began to star in ALICE.
The last scene had Selma Diamond, who went on to Night Court, and James (Jamie) Cromwell, who has done multiple movies and TV shows. He was Zephram Cochran in Star Trek: First Contact.
And he was the silent farmer in 'Babe'.
That wasn't Selma Diamond, it was Florence Halop.
Actor Abe Vigoda appeared in movies and TV. The news media always put out mistaken claims that he had passed away so many times and as many times as they did he'd pop up somewhere and proved em wrong.
I think he's still alive and resides in some part of Brooklyn NY, just kidding - Fish RIP.
I saw him on stage in "Arsenic & Old Lace". I loved all the characters so much, I couldn't choose a fave.
I was one of THOSE people.
@@oluhamilton2121We all thought that Abe had passed away from time to time and he'd always pop up somewhere to surprise us and prove us all wrong. And who knows he might be out there and prove us all wrong again -- I'm kidding LOL ! And then again you never can tell....
That made my nite
Godfather
Wojo and Deidrik were my two favs back in the 70s.
10yrs old where friends,bicycles,little league, and the local High School or community pool being open were the more important concerns. Twas a great time to be alive,perhaps the last generation to experience
True innocence.
Also some of the last families to actually sit down together and watch tv together almost nightly.
It’s true the old adage “youth is wasted on the young”.
The BEST show to grace our T.V. screens! And, the ONLY worthwhile show ever broadcast on ABC!
I used to watch Barney Miller with my dad. We both had some good laughs. Thanks for the memories.
The episode of Mr.Leeds impersonating an officer sort of reminds me of premise of Suits.
I love how OG Fish is. That's a cannon hanging in his armpit. Lol
Very, well made video.
Must have taken a lot of effort.
It's appreciated.
😊
☮
Marty and Mr Driscoll were funny characters
WHY WERE THERE NO
DIFFERENT EXTRA
ACTORS TO DO CERTAIN EPISODES?
LOOKING AT THE REGULAR FOLK IN
CRIMINAL ACTING
DIDN'T FOLLOW UP AT ALL.
Also Steve Landesberg!