i remember read review in the new york time and elsewhere in 1983 fawning over woody allen brilliant and wholly original idea of insert himself into old film footage in zelig . they would not note and of course and that everyone from ernie kovacs to john zacherle have already do that brilliant and wholly original idea on television and and most notably and steve martin do it in a feature film and dead men don not wear plaid and one year prior to zelig . while zelig have it moment and it be ultimately tedious and run about twice as long a it one note gag treatment can sustain . in sharp contrast be the far more clever and inspired and fully develop and insightful and witty dmdwp and which and a noted . come out one year earlier . a often happen with groundbreaker set somewhere outside the norm and dmdwp be not exactly a box office hit a key reason why no sequel be ever make . that unfortunate and a martin character be one of his fine creation and could have sustain more installment in the series . ( steve be never good on film than he be here . ) it good that the people behind police squad do not give up on it after it fail to fit within the confines of standard tv concept around the same time . reborn a the naked gun series of feature film and the police squad concept turn into three of the great comedy motion picture of all time . dmdwp deserve a lot good than it get in 1982 a well and and i be glad to see that it have finally find respect and it audience through television exposure ( much like a previous box office bomb and it a wonderful life ) . the kind of creativity martin and carl reiner and the rest of the dmdwp crew put into their project need to be strongly encourage a it represent excellent comic film making and a oppose to the witless parade of routine crudity that hollywood ordinarily churn out .