Car54 Pickpocket

[@jobabymack1437]

The thing that I like about these old shows is that the stars in the show look just like regular people. Everyone doesn't have a full set of hair, not everyone is skinny. They look like real people that you see everyday. That's kind of nice as compared to the phonies that are on shows today.

[@WidenerLaw2007]

Agree 100%

[@abeware8783]

When you say , "OO OO and I don't say no immediately; that's hilarious

[@torridd]

"Chief, if you knew Toody, then it had to happen!" LOL!

[@sdgakatbk]

One of the best sitcoms ever on tv. I've seen this episode before but my eyes still watered from laughing while watching this.

[@heidisierra9833]

Lol Wally Cox! So cute! 🥰

[@ohiocityspride]

I was born in '74 and and my generation missed out on this kind of comedy. I'm glad it's on KZbin.

[@born_again_torinos]

It is too hard to pick a favorite Car 54 Episode, but this is in my top 5. I watch the entire series once a year for my sanity.

[@torridd]

What Happened to Thursday and The Biggest Day of the Year are my favorites.

[@paktype]

Al Lewis as Schnauzer was amazing.

[@PorkChopJones]

Very enjoyable fun! Down to the last 20 seconds! Still laughing...

[@errittsmith4536]

I like the old shows

[@mortygoldmacher]

Wally Cox, who played the pick-pocket (and Mr. Peepers) was Marlon Brando's close friend.

[@davidcolantuono3622]

Gunther: "Some friends. I bet they commit crimes without even telling us." This reminds me of the episode "Toody and Muldoon Crack Down" when Gunther said, "You do people favors and look what happens. They violate the law and they don't even tell us about it."

[@mrs.g.9816]

Love going back in time with Car 54. I was only 7 when Car 54 was first broadcast, and I loved the "funny policemen", especially Toody, Muldoon and Schnauser. Now I'm enjoying the series with an older person's appreciation of the comic writing and acting. BTW - I lived close to NYC. I so miss the way life was back then.

[@elainesmith7512]

This was so funny, and the writing was brilliant! Thanks for the good memories by posting this show. Btw, I hate to sound like an old fuddy duddy, but they don't make shows like this these days. That is a shame!

[@WidenerLaw2007]

Quite welcome - Wonderful cast and great writing that is fun for entire family to watch.

[@matthewmcnicholas9235]

You said ooh ooh that’s enough for me

[@Fruth37]

I like that they show fans able to just walk up and buy World Series tickets the day of the game, with no line. Also, no madhouse crowds with drunken jackanapes hooting and hollering causing trouble. Just nice respectable pickpockets!

[@mcfrdmn]

Excellent TV show !

[@johnbockelie3899]

Simon bar Sinister , made Underdog into a pickpocket!!!, What's Sweet Polly Pure bred to do??.

[@cozycribcafe]

Great episode and glad to see Wally Cox aka Underdog. Best pick picketer I've seen on TV. Classic TV shows

[@bikosi9537]

I have seen Billy sands of the famous mchales navy here he acts as a hawker.Good performance

[@sorintassadrax2031]

I called my doberman, Gunther after Toody

[@WidenerLaw2007]

I like that!

[@tomitstube]

hilarious situation comedy, very creative writing, this show is better than 95% of the sitcoms that came after it.

[@WidenerLaw2007]

tomitstube You totally get it!! This was some of the best situation comedy material ever written. Hopefully you've seen several of the other episodes ("Beast of the Bronx" and "The Big Night" are two of the top ones). Tx for the comment.

[@girlfromthebronxbywayofelb7288]

Beast of the Bronx is awesome!

[@HollywoodComedyShow]

Haha, I like how the guy says he's been robbed and the entire public comes to his rescue.

[@Casey28027]

Yea and in todays times people run the other way so they won't get involved.

[@mikeejay63]

That was Billy Sands, Tinker Bell on McHale's Navy

[@wiredranchvideo]

60 years later, realize how incredible Paul Reed was as the poor captain. Those reaction shots!

[@WidenerLaw2007]

He was the BEST!

[@jefferywashington169]

My Big time 1st cousin Nipsey those kats were young back than!!!

[@johnbockelie3899]

Jamie Farr.

[@randywiggins1248]

Wally Cox always fun to watch. The only episode of his show I had seen had low volume. Hopefully someone uploaded a better copy by now.

[@MegaMagicdog]

Shout Factory has the show available on dvd and download.

[@jakekay3575]

Outstanding episode. Maybe the funniest ever.

[@WidenerLaw2007]

Tx - My tops one are "The Big Day" and the episode where the family thinks Muldoon is a gangster and the one where Goody goes undercover with gangsters and also the one where Toodys nephew is helping Toodys and Muldoon crack cases.:-)

[@torridd]

Don't forget What Happened to Thursday.

[@matthewhighland4298]

This show is excellent better than today's crap . I'm from 2019.

[@carolinebelmore2595]

From 2021

[@girlfromthebronxbywayofelb7288]

2022 🍿

[@paktype]

Depending on the year this episode aired, the Yankees were either playing the Cincinnati Reds ('61), the SF GIants ('62) or the LA Dodgers ('63) in the World Series. They won the '61 and '62 Series but lost the '63 Series.

[@toddschendel4999]

Right on

[@johnbockelie3899]

That hotdog vendor was seaman Bell " tinkerbell" on Mc Hales Navy.

[@rjd0309]

Got to be the funniest tv series ever!

[@chitownreak]

rjd0309 jokes still hold up big time

[@katherinehogan578]

I am in full agreement, yes!!!

[@telemachusepiphany9668]

Who got you ? Toody.

[@kiwitrainguy]

There’s a hold-up in the Bronx Brooklyn’s broken out in fights There’s a traffic jam in Harlem That’s backed up to Jackson Heights There’s a Scout Troop short a child Kruschev’s due at Idlewild Car 54 Where are you?

[@BETTERWORLDSGT]

I like it, Seen maybe once before. I see Grandpa Munster in here and is that also Herman,? Good Comedy ill watch more!

[@lynettepalecek3141]

Yes, it was. The actor Fred Gwynn was 6'8" tall in real life.

[@SlowLew222]

Always turned my nose up due to laugh track. Amazing collosal Podcast made me try. Hilarious

[@WidenerLaw2007]

I'm guessing that you know that Car 54 doesn't use a laugh track. The laughs you hear are genuine and were captured during a live viewing where the audience sounds are captured and mixed prior to the final cut. That is why the laughs are unique and different during each episode.

[@SlowLew222]

@@WidenerLaw2007wow! No I did not know that, thank you. So it was filmed and then played in front of a live studio audience? And do you know if Sergeant Bilko, (The Phil Silvers Show) was done in the same manner? And I'm assuming that Bilko was before car 54. On this episode of 54 when they lined up for roll call I just flashed to bilco. Sorry for the misspellings but I'm using voice to text so that this doesn't take all day. I'm so thrilled that I got this whole series to look forward to. Thank you for edifying me and I really miss Gilbert. I have a ton of his shows to look forward to, but we could have had another 20 years or more. I don't like what they did to him

[@girlfromthebronxbywayofelb7288]

20 cents for a hot dog! Plus the facade of the old Yankee stadium! ⚾

[@mikehoage5261]

thanks so much brings back fond memories

[@sorintassadrax2031]

Brilliant

[@philipinchina]

Wonderful.

[@scronx]

Surprising they didn't cite Muldoon -- has to be one of their best officers.

[@abeware8783]

BC Toody was his partner

[@scronx]

@@abeware8783 In more ways than one. The show is so delightfully gay nobody ever noticed.

[@rodhanson7112]

FRED GWENNE WAS HERMAN MUNSTER in THE MUNSTERS AND AL Lewis (Lio SHNOWSER) WAS GRANDPA in THE MUNSTERS AND i HAVE Series ONE AND TWO ON DVD AND THE LATE GREAT FRED GWENNE WAS A VERY FUNNY COMEDY ACTOR in THOSE movies AND AL Lewis WAS A VAMPIRE in THE MUNSTERS

[@joeygrazio9875]

What else can u say the show was great it it lasted a lot more then it did

[@doraran2138]

Underdog, the pickpocket!

[@Carl30442]

LOL they mention Khrushchev's visit in the song. That was in 1960.

[@doraran2138]

Prior to 1964 actually.

[@largebuny3960]

Who remembers him banging on the desk at the UN with his shoe?

[@pamelamays4186]

I no idea that Nipsey Russell was part of this cast.

[@tomhaskett5161]

"You said Ooo Ooo, that's enough for me!" 5:08

[@jasonfrisco]

A dime to make a pay phone call? What a ripoff!

[@chitownreak]

jasonfrisco thats half a hot dog

[@girlfromthebronxbywayofelb7288]

Drop a dime on crime.

[@kathyfowler7511]

Underdog stealing?

[@stevenrussell5340]

Another good early use of the actor from Mchale`s Navy.

[@gulshinderbhuller6175]

Tinker is not from Hogan `s hero but from mchale`s navy.

[@stevenrussell5340]

@@gulshinderbhuller6175 ?

[@garyranieri3856]

'paktype' mentions below that the 'world series' taking place in this episode is either Yanks vs Cincy 1961, vs San Fran 1962 or vs L.A. 1963. "Car 54...' ran from Autumn 1961 until Spring 1963 (surprisingly only 2 years) so it wasn't the series vs L.A. and the 'Series' is opening at Yankee Stadium and that's 1961- Yanks won in 5

[@garyranieri3856]

btw, the radio broadcaster said that Yogi Berra struck out but in the 1961 opener, Berra went 0 for 2 and walked twice but did not strike out

[@MrDavros-qb2lj]

Private Papparelli (from Bilko) selling hot dogs too!!

[@bobbrawley2612]

Wow! Really? Also. "tinker" seaman Bell from McHales navy

[@debswatching]

Not Hiken was the creator of both Sgt Bilko and Car 54.

[@davidmcintosh8978]

Men who risk their lives every day! and at times they make mistakes sometimes and make big mistakes their own management doesn’t support them, it is a thankless job, sort of like security, now I call it insecurity.

[@gevansmd1]

Funny to see Al Lewis in this episode.

[@kathyflorcruz552]

He was a regular on the show.

[@paulpaige8130]

oh wc played underdog

[@GM-cf6jv]

In my opinion Car 54 is side by side with the Beverly Hillbillies as the funniest shows ever crested for TV😭

[@WidenerLaw2007]

Agree - the writing and situational comedy setup is brilliant - And with no laugh track and actual audience laughs makes it much better than most other shows.

[@justplainbrad7713]

The man counting his money at 06:40 is a dead ringer for JFK's supposed assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald. The resemblance is astonishing. Could this possibly be Oswald?

[@MegaMagicdog]

As far as I know he was never an actor. In fact he was a Marine who eventually defected to the USSR, took a wife then came back to the US to live in TX.

[@maureenoneill2847]

It would then wouldn't be our government by dual.process proceedings admittance

[@540Baseball]

It’s Underdog!

[@mikehunt8997]

The funnest Car 54, love this episode. Was this the 1st one?

[@WidenerLaw2007]

This was not the first (I believe the Swordfish episode was first). There are *many* great episodes and I encourage anyone that is interested to purchase the 2-season complete DVD set. This was published at a time when no DVDs were available (hence the poor quality transfer from VHS tape).

[@andrewvolpe7935]

Oh Herman

[@fargeeks]

Is that hotdog dude from McHales Navy?

[@debswatching]

Yes! And from Sgt Bilko.

[@azrinbinyunosyunos7707]

Watch next 0:14 🎉❤

[@user-cv6lx5hs4t]

Wally Cox had an odd career.

[@christophergaff6760]

No sound maybe there Is a button to turn

[@paulpaige8130]

ya I agree james

[@joeygrazio9875]

Gunter made this show he was funny

[@WidenerLaw2007]

Tx for all tne positive comments. After listing they finally put out a boxed set for all episodes which I highly recommend - so many good clean comedy that transcends all generations. Didn't matter what their location, occupation, etc - the comedy was based on the wonderful cast and scripts!

[@billykuan]

Les Nesman of WKRP is the pick pocket?

[@brantlambermont1657]

Nope

[@kentlewis987]

Wally Cox

[@whits4046]

I love this show. I'm sorry I dont mean to be rude but the quality is terrible.

[@WidenerLaw2007]

Hi - Sorry for the delay - Yes, you are correct, it is indeed poor quality. At the time, the DVD's I had were of poor transfer from VHS because they were not available in good quality DVD. I've purchased (and encourage all to do so) the complete 2-season set of DVDs which include extras. So many good shows to enjoy, they are worth the price for the set. Tx for viewing. I will probably be removing this video soon as there are likely other versions of better quality now available since the original 2011 posting.

[@cl759]

@@WidenerLaw2007 they had dvds and extra ascenes in the 60's?!

[@kentlewis987]

@@WidenerLaw2007 I’m just happy it’s here. It debuted the year I was born and I’ve never been able to watch it as far as I remember. It’s a hilarious show.

[@lynettepalecek3141]

I loved Captain Block's reaction when he saw Toody in the lineup. Lol.

[@WidenerLaw2007]

Totally agree - His reactions are priceless! You should see his reaction in "The Breast Who Walked The Bronx" when he sees Schnauzer painting with a broken arm.

[@lynettepalecek3141]

@@WidenerLaw2007 That was an awesome episode! I watched that one twice!

[@WidenerLaw2007]

@@lynettepalecek3141 Thjat was a very interesting twist because in "Today I am a Man" the characters reverse themselves - Muldoon is the one that ends up scaring Howard Freeman's character - also due to a misunderstanding. So many great episodes with wonderful acting.

[@lynettepalecek3141]

@@WidenerLaw2007 Yes! I agree 💯%! 👍 😀