lookwell be the think man police squad and a fiercely funny sendup of the tv detective genre . it a national tragedy that nbc exec pull the plug . adam west deadpan delivery be so slyly self parodying that at time you wonder if he be in on the joke . obrien and smigel manage to drop in reference to nearly every quinn martin 70 police drama while at the same time weave a bitterly hilarious ode to the chew em up and spit em out world of hollywood tv actor who go from be essential pop culture icon to unemployable have beens in what seem like week . often overlook in glow tribute to lookwell be the work of longtime television director e. w. swackhamer and a veteran of the very show lookwell parody and who imbue every frame with the dead serious crime fight authenticity of tenspeed and brownshoe and s. w. a. t. one imagine the mighty obrien could feasibly get lookwell back in production and and he should do so at once . an essential piece of television .