Car 54 Where are you? " I Hate Captain Block "

[@howardstern666]

One of the most brilliant and underrated shows of all time!

[@juliojjesgmailcom]

never better said

[@plozar]

You better believe it

[@phylis3917]

Agreed

[@williamsweeney7954]

Our family never missed Car 54 when I was a kid. The writing was pure genius. Nothing like this today.

[@jaymorgenthal9479]

How the bridge scene was filmed without the entire set cracking up is amazing

[@phylis3917]

Amazingly done!!

[@susanlloyd7395]

Great show and I love all the long-suffering wives. All the actors are great, old pros.

[@SoupkitchenBavaria]

I laughed tears at the bridge game. Need momy and daddy to keep me together. 😂😂😂😂

[@DavidWilliams-vg1kb]

When I was a kid around 10 or 12 I and another boy spent about 45 minutes alone behind a stage with Joe E. Ross when he visited Lewiston, Maine. Got his autograph, too. He was so kind and sweet and entertaining. There had been a small turn out of children but am glad I stayed behind.

[@donaldshaw2627]

Lewiston Maine home of the Cassius Clay Sonny Liston yours claim to Fame

[@lynettemarion5374]

My all time favorite episode!!!!! Love this series, absolutely hilarious!!!!

[@rentslave]

Somebody loved Captain Block.He lived to almost 98.

[@bobbywimsy6741]

Tom Dockery Wonderful comedian. Jan.21, 2021: Bye bye Trumpy, Bye bye Pency

[@mayalee7745]

@Bobby Wimsy Get your political crap out of here! "Bye Bye" idiot Bobby Wimsy!

[@dgwaters]

I read online that Paul Reed, who played Captain Block, was a staple in TV commercials well into the 1990’s. Does anyone know what commercials he did during the 90’s? Are there any clips online?

[@andyc9979]

@@mayalee7745 preach. We came here to get away from that crap.

[@zt1053]

He guest starred on the Munsters

[@susanlloyd7395]

When I was a child, I was so dazzled by Toody and Francis, I failed to appreciate the brilliance of Captain Block

[@roysterfutrell8889]

Though this was one of my favorite shows when I was a boy, this humor was wasted on me when I was six. It's funny as hell. Freaking hilarious.

[@freeguy77]

The pet shop scene at 18:00 is one of the all-time funniest tv scenes I have ever enjoyed watching! Absolutely solid gold laughs, and the camera focusing on each parrot (mynah bird, etc.) makes it that much funnier in hearing each one repeat the episode title: "I Hate Captain Block!" And then the great switch at 24:47 with the parrot then saying/teaching the others to exclaim: "I Hate Gunther Toody!" "Once a bird learns something, that's it!" --pet shop owner

[@ratphink]

One of the best episodes of the series. The "Bridge" game is once of the greatest moments in TV.

[@bobbywimsy6741]

ratphink That is, until a Trump cabinet meeting

[@BeingRomans829ed]

That’s what I was going to say. The bridge game scene was 😆

[@phylis3917]

Brilliant

[@mikehatem9570]

I think this is the funniest Car 54 episode. This show was originally on when I was a small child. I watched this episode tonight with my son and we just laughed and laughed-hilarious!

[@blessOTMA]

The card playing scene had me helpless with laughter! I loved this show as a child and it's even better now. Genius. Thank you for uploading this.

[@girlfromthebronxbywayofelb7288]

Unfortunately, my mom hated this show, thought it was too stupid. So I was not allowed to watch it!! 🎭 When the kids in school would talk about it, I was left with nothing to say. It is so fun to catch these shows now on certain TV channels and on you tube. Thanks for the laughs! 🍿

[@blessOTMA]

Indeed. Luckily you can see them now! 😀Have you seen the episode where Tudy is on duty for Shakespeare in the Park and then tries an reenactment of " Taming of the Shew" at home?! Hilarious. Have fun!

[@girlfromthebronxbywayofelb7288]

No, I will definitely look for that! Shakespeare, very refined! I do remember one episode about a construction company that was building the cross Bronx expressway, featuring a super famous comedienne whose name escapes me now. Another one to look for! Enjoy! 🌆

[@phylis3917]

👍🏿

[@lizdoyle7158]

🚔🚔🚔🚔🚔🚔🚔CAR 54 SHOULD BE ON TV 📺📺📺AGAIN SHOW IS SO FUNNY VERY FUNNY 🎈 THE CAST IS EXCELLENT EACH EPISODE IS SO WELL WRITTEN ✒ CAR 54 ONE OF BEST TV COMEDY SHOWS EVER MADE 🌟🌟⭐🌟⭐ CAR 54 WHERE ARE YOU 🚓🚓🚓

[@paktype]

The scenes with Fred Gwynne and Al Lewis together were great, A few years later they would become legendary.

[@bobbeaumont324]

paktype Frankly, I liked them better here than the Munsters.

[@paultheaudaciousbradford6772]

BOB BEAUMONT So did Lewis, actually. He loved Gwynne and he loved being on the Munsters, but he always maintained that the writing on Car 54 was better. The trouble was demographics. For a show to get really big it had to appeal to us baby boomers. We were too young to “get” Car 54, but the Munsters hit us just right.

[@Jamaicafunk]

And Mrs. Garrett would teach us the Facts of Life.

[@freeguy77]

They were real people in "Car 54" compared to the silly "Munsters", a half-horror, half-comedy, that coincidentally also ran only 2 seasons, exactly over-lapping "The Addams Family" (1964-66), same for two seasons of "Car 54" (1961-63).

[@freeguy77]

@@Jamaicafunk You also caught the appearance of a much younger Charlotte Rae, then only 36! She appeared in 11 "Car 54" episodes, as Sylvia Schnauser. She had an exceptionally long run in television, first starting in 1951 (through 2015, at 89!), but regularly since 1954, spanning 64 years, starting 27 years before "Different Strokes" (1978-84), and then "The Facts of Life" (1979-86). R.I.P., Charlotte Rae, 92 (Apr. 22, 1926 Milwaukee, WI - Aug. 3, 2018 Los Angeles, CA)

[@leastlikedcritic7529]

The card playing scene is the funniest, look at AL Lewis, he looks like he is having trouble keeping a straight face

[@lorenzomagazzeni5425]

Al Lewis... one of the greats.

[@garymorris9571]

How could they even remember that dialogue? Awesome!

[@2009korz]

Bye Bird Mommy Bye Bird Daddy

[@mrs.g.9816]

LOL especially at the card game where they all picked up the "mommy daddy bye bye" and all the birds at the store, including the little parakeets, said "I hate Captain Block". One of my favorite episodes!

[@phylis3917]

Was brilliant!!!

[@TracySmithmypage]

Hilarious episode from this series. The funniest TV comedy episode ever. Must-see.

[@stewartberger7734]

This particular episode one of the funniest half hours of in the history of television

[@walterschivo9123]

There was something like this on the Love Boat when Gopher called Captain Stubbing a jerk and the parrot repeated it and taught it to all the birds in one of the Mexican ports.

[@healthnets]

One of the best comedy shows ever. This episode and the Russian one are my favorites.

[@theiceman6941]

10:48 - 14:20 CLASSIC! I love Car 54 Where Are You?, one of the single greatest comedies of all time. Thank you for uploading this.

[@susanlloyd7395]

Bebe sure has a magnetic personality-a natural, born leader.

[@elizabethmramirez5170]

what a great episode the mixup with the record with the game is funny

[@2009korz]

That is hilarious. The record playing the game of bridge. We came here to play Bye-Bye

[@walterschivo9123]

18:17 is the funniest scene ever with all the birds all hating Captain Block, wow!

[@peterraimondi9569]

This has Seinfeld written all over it. What a great show.

[@dzaster3434]

I was just a baby when this came out and I missed it when Nick at night (or was it TV Land) had it re-aired but thanks to you Pippykins for putting on You Tube I finally got to watch it. I love it.

[@marclewis5505]

Nick At Night is where I first saw this show too.

[@christopherfranklin3050]

Those were the kind of policeman I knew growing up. they were non threatening, friendly, .... they wereour neighbors and friends. My have times have changed

[@williamsweeney7954]

All the cops I meet now are non threatening and friendly.

[@salmonfisher3288]

do you mind ....do you mind..ooh ooh..absolute classic

[@bobbywimsy6741]

Salmon Fisher Some thing fishy here, but I agree; can't wait till by by Trumpy- and by by Pency!!

[@fromthesidelines]

Yes, Procter & Gamble originally sponsored the show on Sundays at 8:30pm(et), right after "WALT DISNEY'S WONDERFUL WORLD OF COLOR". Carl Caruso was the sponsor I.D. announcer.

[@2009korz]

Hearing the record during playing bridge made me pass out from laughing

[@katherineirving7189]

Pippykins, I am thrilled at having found these shows. I was born in 1960. I was raised on shows like this. These shows take me back to when I would get to visit with my Gram and her sisters. I want to subscribe to you, but I don't know how much it costs. I am afraid I'll get myself in a mess. I don't really have anyone I can turn to for advice. I feel like I'm cheating you by not subscribing. I really love these shows. Even though I like many shows of these modern times, my childhood favorites are precious to me. Please, if there is anyway you can tell me what a subscription costs, I will be very grateful.

[@Bigdog302V8]

this is comedy gold here! hilarious!

[@Trev359]

NO, he's right, it's comedy gold.

[@jesseburns6191]

AAH, Does this series bring me back to my youth. I remember watching this series as a kid. Watching this in Berkeley, CA.

[@bobbywimsy6741]

Jesse Burns Takes me back too, but forward too, to the day when we can all say, By By Trumpy-. ByBy Pency!!

[@freeguy77]

@@bobbywimsy6741 Bye Bye Bobby!

[@Angus73]

Me too

[@LouisHansell]

That scene of the bridge game is a classic. So well written, that doesn't happen in TV anymore. I believe that episode was written by Neil Simon. Anyone know for sure?

[@phylis3917]

👍🏿

[@jonnaking3054]

One of the first Nick at Nite shows I remember watching when I was about 7

[@jaysmith1408]

When the card game descended into bye bye mommy daddy’s, i was in pain. Good lord that was funny.

[@marclewis5505]

Why they didn't have a scene of them realising what the fuck they were saying I'll never know.

[@clamshell6863]

@@marclewis5505 It was better to just see them gone. They realized it was the record and it drove them nuts.

[@2009korz]

Ooh Ooh This episode made me piss on myself. Especially during the card game. That record in the background

[@healthnets]

I laughed so hard I had stomach pains.

[@bobbywimsy6741]

Gary Korzec Maybe this is what really happened at the Moscow hotel and the hookers- they were watching this show, and just couldn't stop p...!

[@BeingRomans829ed]

I will never understand why such a truly great comedy was cancelled after only 2 seasons. Every episode is wonderfully written and performed. This show should have lasted, at the very least, five years. And to think that stupid cartoon The Simpsons is in its 36 season. Car 54 Where Are You was genius in every respect. Whoever decided to cancel it should have been cancelled from their job.

[@rclaughlin]

*Car 54* wasn't cancelled. Producer Nat Hiken was stressed out, and voluntarily ended production after 2 years.

[@rclaughlin]

When Nick at Nite did a retrospective of classic sitcom episodes, this is the one they chose to represent CAR 54. And it was a good choice, because this episode is hilarious. Beats me how the cast memorized their lines for that bridge game!

[@elvicare35]

+rclaughlin Yeah, that was awesome!!!!!

[@phylis3917]

👍🏿

[@stevedupont395]

This was such a great show when I was young. My brother and I. n

[@chadkincham]

My favorite episode!

[@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?

[@geniusmchaggis]

theres an ORCHESTRAL INTRO to the song! BEFORE "theres a hold up in the bronx....WOW!

[@tommydavenport7719]

MY 13 YEAR OLD SON AND I LOVE THIS SHOW!

[@Rgoid]

"I hate Captain Block!" "Who's Captain Block?"

[@walterschivo9123]

I hate Gunther Toody. Who's Gunther Toody? That was so brilliant, and it led to Captain Stubbing is a jerk and Captain Geise of Family Matters is a jerk, you can't tell me Love Boat and Family Matters people didn't see that episode when they were younger and got the idea?

[@haggis655]

Notice how Toody flubs on the line "Lincoln's Gettysburg Address" at around 10:37. This series is really so good. Hard to understand why it lasted only 2 yrs. I think it's the only series that comes close to absurd comedy. It also makes uses of the snowball device so common in the old Laurel & Hardy shorts (Big Business, etc.). Nat Hiken was really a genius. I can't understand why the later Munsters with this pair has become more popular. Unfortunately thus far episodes are not available for that series (only a few features), but from I've seen in the features and clips it doesn't compare to this series. Hiken of course had nothing to do with Munsters. Incidentally, so many actors here became alums, including Ross, Gwynne, Al Lewish, Charlotte Rae & Toody's wife came from the Bilko show as did Ross (even Gwynne appeared twice in Bilko.

[@michaelmckenna6464]

“Car 54” was brilliant. Nate Hiken was a genius and there was no end of brilliant ideas in sight. But NBC got too greedy while negotiating for a third season too late for Nate Hiken to go to the other networks. So Season 3 got canceled before it could begin. “The Munsters” aired on September 1964 on CBS and also lasted for two seasons, followed by a feature movie “Munster Go Home” In 1966. According to Al Lewis and Fred Gwynn, “The Munsters” was already running out of fresh material, old gags were being repeated and they were using scripts that had previously been rejected during the first season.

[@garymorris9571]

My understanding is that Joe E. Ross drove Hiken to a near nervous breakdown with his insane antics, and he had to end the series.

[@greatbyrondo]

@@garymorris9571 .....I read that Joe E had a real hard time learning his lines....

[@kiwitrainguy]

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[@zt1053]

@@michaelmckenna6464 the sixties had a bunch of shows that only ran 2 or 3 seasons that became cult classics: car 54 Munsters Adams Family Monkees Ftroop patty duke show Batman Star Trek lost in space

[@Angus73]

The look on her face said to me she was thinking, "Oh, dear Lord."

[@Dchcrge00]

im 17 and i love the classics =D

[@michaelhewitt258]

I thought he would teach the bird To say oooh,oooh,oooh

[@rodhanson7112]

CAR 54 WHERE ARE YOU WAS A GREAT SHOW BACK in THE 1960s AND FRED GWENNE WHO WAS MULDOON WAS in THE MUNSTERS AS HURMAN MUNSTER AND SADLY HE died 😔

[@toddcharry]

I hate Captain...BLOCK. Funny how the birds say it.

[@gregorysullivan9371]

That was really silly. thankx.

[@christorpher84]

another great episode

[@toddcharry]

This was a great show, so much better than some others that stayed on longer back in the day and today TV is nothing but trash. Creativity is gone.

[@OhioGirl-bu2kv]

Look at the height of the woman standing next to Fred Gwynne! He's 6'6" and I bet she's about 6'0". I love Fred Gwynne in anything he is in!! The movie "Disorganized Crime" is really good. Fred Gwynne has alot of scenes in that movie. Pet Sematary is good, too.

[@johnstagnari3459]

This plot was later used on an episode of The Love Boat

[@reflect91]

The card game sounds like the Jerry Springer Show, trying to find out "Who daddy moma it is, hahaha

[@reflect91]

love this show ,so funny

[@streetfootball81]

just started watching it for the first time ever last year. top 5 comedies ever.

[@stewartberger7734]

Without question

[@sarahcrews2544]

What are the other four

[@elvicare35]

Hilarious, just watched it on MeTV!!!!!

[@georgestacey9558]

I hate Captain Block's wife, I hate Captain Block's wife! What she said to Block when they leave with the bird at the end was just so cruel. Ignorance or sadistic or some kind of "therapeutics"? Yet, he handled things like a pro, like a Captain. And it all works out. I love that it usually does on car 54, great show.

[@phylis3917]

Always loved the program!!!💕

[@phylis3917]

A favorite episode.

[@phylis3917]

And brilliant!

[@mrmjb1960]

The annoucer is Fred Gwynne.

[@Harbalz]

We used to have a parrot 🐦 that would talk at 3 in the morning! RIP 🌹 PARROT

[@Harbalz]

I Hate Captain Block!

[@elliec157]

One of the best shows of It's time.

[@lesliematyas1727]

how can you do this bit , the bridge game,, without breaking up in laughter

[@maakeklein4073]

My stomachs hurting I Laughling so much at the card sketch!

[@bobbywimsy6741]

Maake Klein Everything hurts, watching Trumpy- by by by Trumpy- by by Pency!!

[@MarlaLukofsky7]

I saw this back in the 80's on cable tv and have been searching for it ever since. So bloody funny and original. Hysterical.

[@bobbywimsy6741]

Marla Lukofsky Me too! New to Android world- and, wow, I found it, yaaaay!

[@kathyfowler7511]

I have t had a good laugh in a week.then this😂

[@ronmartin4212]

Been my fav episode of the whole series!!!

[@markburnett7500]

ALL HAIL the mighty Gunther! Ooo! Ooo! :)

[@ferociousgumby]

This is the only episode I really remember. I hate Captain Block!

[@markburnett7500]

Hard to believe this series didn't get re-newed for a 3rd season! What was the network thinking? Surely not the ratings,i've heard they were good for both seasons. Anyone know why it was so unfairly axed after 2 years?

[@wolverine12ize]

colgate palmolive was behind it I thought the same thing the show was incredibly original like the bilko show it had legs to go several more years

[@josephlaperuta1124]

the show died because its creator Nat Hiken died. many of the cast believe it was Joe E Ross (Toody) that gave him the heart attack!

[@Serenadesong]

@@josephlaperuta1124 Hiken died in 68, after the show was already off of the air, so?

[@michaelmckenna6464]

The main problem was that NBC had a hit and knew it. So the network got too greedy, demanding a larger share of the profits and Nate Hiken refused to accept the conditions. But by then, it was too late to negotiate with the other networks. So the series died right there.

[@lorenzomagazzeni5425]

Gwyne was handsome.

[@marilynwillett804]

See young people this is how it was, very funny programs with no sex talk and no P.C. comedy, westerns, drama--tv used to be great.

[@lionheartroar3104]

One of the funniest in the series...

[@marke6569]

The Funniest show with the pairing of Gwynne & Ross right up there with Anbott & Costello, Martin & Lewis. All Supporting Actors Brilliant as well. Al Lewis, Charlotte Ray, Beatrece Pons, Paul Reed, Hank Garret, Bruce Kirby, Jimmy Little,, Nipsey Russell, Albert Henderson, Ossie Davis, Martha Greenhouse ( Rose) Carl Ballentine ( Al) Rose's Husband Nathanel Frey ( Sgt Abrams) Ruth Masters ( Mrs Muldoon) Patricia Bright ( Claire Block) Paul Reed ( Capt. Blovk) Fredrick O'neal, & in reassuring roles Larry Storch as Charlie The Drunk & Molly Picon as Mrs Bronson & Sybil Bowen in my Favorite Episode as Pretzel Mary.

[@mcfrdmn]

Excellent TV show !

[@WinslowLeach1974]

Muldoon's cousin is soo pretty. Wonder who she is, she's not in the credits or on the episode's IMDB cast list.

[@maakeklein4073]

5 years later my stomach's hurting again!!!

[@Ira88881]

I swear to God: I have a similar parrot…a Yellow Naped Amazon…who talks like crazy, 3 years old. I forgot all about this episode, but now, I’m going to try and teach him to say… “I hate Captain Block!”

[@preferreduser6601]

This is wonderfully absurd! I love it!

[@stewartberger7734]

Absolutely hysterical

[@faschwank]

Do You Mind ! Do You Mind !?!?

[@crystalheart9]

Do you mind, Do you mind?

[@kevhollywoodgamer7634]

My favourite cop show so funny tootie talks about his dog thats hilarious

[@torridd]

What I want to know if that whole bridge conversation was off the cuff or in the script?

[@joeygrazio9875]

They should have kept this show going Fred gwinn was a masterpiece his partner was funny lmao

[@bobbywimsy6741]

Joey Grazio Hey Joey this video has kept me alive; would God that I make it to. by by Trumpy, by by Pency

[@phylis3917]

Relevant. People love their pets just like that!. 😅

[@G.A.R.144]

I love Captain Block

[@mcfrdmn]

Excellent episode of Car 54 Where are you ?

[@paul16451]

Is there a bad one?

[@geniusmchaggis]

cool to see the OLD ADS.

[@geniusmchaggis]

this one and the one about the russian visit are my faves.

[@motovid110]

A few of the parrot voices were done by Mel Blanc

[@2009korz]

Ooh Ooh

[@Number1WuFan]

Wow back when a 30 min segment wasn't packed with 10 to 15 mins of commercials

[@bobbywimsy6741]

Birdpoop Daddy I got 22s yes, and bird--- trump!

[@brock3175]

start at 10:50 bye bye mommi bye bye daddi when they play bridge

[@bobbywimsy6741]

Deterral Brockington Substitute Bye bye Trumpy, bye bye Pensy

[@stuart8663]

BRILLIANT scripting, and i don't ever use capitals.

[@DarthSideous63]

If they make a second remake Patrick Stewart should play Captain Block.

[@roysterfutrell8889]

I remember the commercials more than the episodes.