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1. One of the first fuzzy friends we met on TV was Sgt, Joe Friday and he always had a partner with him. The show's catch phrase is usually said, "Just the facts, Ma'am". What was the name of this 1951-1959 realistic crime drama?
2. Humor was a big element in some police movies. We especially salute a series of movies that started in the 1980s. Steve Guttenberg was the star of the first one, and its title gave its name as part of the following low-brow comedies' titles. The shows followed new recruits as they strived to become The Fuzz!
What was this silly series?
3. This show is an all-time favorite TV show for many people. Take a wise sheriff in a small southern U. S. town, add a skinny, nervous deputy who must carry his only bullet in his pocket, add a host of town folk and you have a recipe for one of the best comedies ever. What was it's name?
4. This western TV show may have been set before "the fuzz" was in vogue, but the main character fit the term, he was a Marshall. The tall-in-the-saddle Marshall of Dodge City and nearby Territory, rode a horse named Buck. He had (at first) a sidekick with a limp, and two best friends, Miss Kitty and Doc. Can you tell me the name of this classic western that was popular for twenty years?
5. In this film noir, the fuzz are not the main characters, but they are an important part of the story. Richard Widmark plays a small-time thief who steals a woman's purse, unaware that it contains a microfilm. The police had been watching the woman who owned the purse and had seen the thief. Both police and woman search the south part of the city for him in this 1953 movie. Sound familiar? Which movie is it?
6. In this movie, the fuzz isn't friendly, he's a corrupt sheriff played by the sinister Sydney Greenstreet...he 'owns' his weak deputy (Zachary Scott), who falls for ex-carnival girl, played by Joan Crawford. The sheriff is pushing the deputy towards the governorship and messy double-crossing and political intrigue ensue. Is Joan able to marry well and move up the road while solving complicated problems? It's a great 1949 film noir to watch and find out. What name does the film have?
7. The "Keystone Kops", a comedy ensemble, was a product of the Keystone Film Company, in the early days of motion pictures. Starting in 1912 and strictly for slapstick comedy, the silly policeman became hugely popular. What producer of these films became very famous for them, as well as his "Bathing Beauties"?
8. Children in the U.S.and Britain in the early 1960s enjoyed watching a certain TV deputy. The animator was Ralph Bakshi, and the deputy was a Terrytoons cartoon character. The locations were in the southern US., thus the drawling speech of some of the characters. Some of the loveable outlaws had names like Vincent Van Gopher, Pig Newton, and others with clever names. Do you remember this cartoon?
9. Paul Fix was in this popular 1959-1963 western TV show, playing Micah Torrence, Marshall of North Fork, New Mexico. The star, however, was Chuck Connors, former professional baseball player. He played Lucas McCain, a widower homesteader with a young son. Lucas carried a special gun which gave the series it's name. What series was this?
10. A 1972 film concerned the Boston police. A team of officers that included Burt Reynolds Raquel Welch and Tom Skerritt, headed an 87th Precinct investigation of a crime wave. Crimes involved a deaf man's extortion/murder scheme, as well as robberies and arson, Can you guess (I hope) the name of this movie?
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