two year after the success of airplane and jim abraham and jerry and david zucker create this brilliant sitcom star the great leslie nielsen a plain clothe detective frank drebin . also in the cast be alan north a captain ed hocken and ed williams a ted olsen and william duell a johnny the shoe shine boy . police squad . feature unashamedly corny joke and clever visual gag play in the background . each episode would conclude with a mock freeze frame in which the character in frame stand completely still . one of the best freeze frame sequence saw one of the character pour coffee into a cup while stand still and cause the cup to overflow . guest star be kill off in the opening title and one include georg stanford brown be crush by a fall safe . despite gain positive review and much critical acclaim and squad . only last for six episode before be cancel . this do not mean the end though and five year later the show be transfer to the big screen for the first in the trilogy of the naked gun film .