Police Squad! and Wiliams were the only ones who returned and portrayed their original characters in "The Naked Gun" film series. Captain Ed Hocken was portrayed by George Kennedy in the film series, while O. J. Simpson played Officer Nordberg (slightly renamed from 'Norberg'). The show's opening sequence was a satire on traditional opening sequences of crime dramas at that time, and of the 1960s, particularly "M Squad" and various Quinn Martin shows such as "The Fugitive" and particularly "The New Breed" (which also starred Nielsen). Hank Simms, who had worked as an announcer for some of Quinn Martin's programs, announced the
Letters from Home (film) age of AIDS". The film also received two awards at the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen in Oberhausen, Germany. In 2010 "Letters from Home" was released as part of a two-disc DVD set of films and testimonials related to HIV/AIDS. Released by the Université du Québec à Montréal and subtitled by Waugh, the film was paired with Esther Vasquette's "Le Récit d'A". Footnotes Bibliography Letters from Home (film) Letters from Home is a 15-minute-long short film by Canadian director Mike Hoolboom. It follows a multitude of figures from the Toronto art community who deliver messages about living with AIDS, which