The Butler Did It (A Bird in the Hand)
| "The Butler Did it (A Bird in the Hand)" |
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| Police Squad! episode | |
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Frank and Ed shooting at the kidnapper in front of the El Tubadera club
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| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 3 |
| Directed by | Georg Stanford Brown |
| Story by | Deborah Hwang-Marriott, Robert K. Weiss |
| Teleplay by | Pat Proft |
| Original air date | March 18, 1982 |
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Robert Goulet (special guest star) |
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Robert Goulet (special guest star)
Tommy Lasorda as Himself
Nicolas Coster as Warner Burton
Lilibet Stern as Terri Burton
Byron Webster as Thames
Ken Michelman as Kingsley Addison
Peter Elbing as The Mime
K Callan as Charlotte
The Butler Did It (A Bird in the Hand) is the third episode broadcast (but the fifth produced) of the TV series Police Squad! it was written by Pat Proft and directed by George Stanford Brown. It was produced by Robert K. Weiss.
The episode starts with a party organized by a Mr. Burton for his daughter, Terri, her 18th birthday. As the band is playing "Happy Birthday" Mr. Burton tells the band to play "something different". The band then actually plays a song entitled "Something Different". The butler then comes bringing in the cake. When she has blown out the candles her boyfriend Kingsley, comes to her, he wants to speak with her in the Japanese Garden (a garden filled with Japanese people standing in pots).
While they are discussing marriage a man comes out of the bushes, grabs Terri and knocks out Kingsley. Then we see Frank and Ed, at the scene of the crime talking about the ransom note that they found. The demand is $1,000,000. When Frank and Ed are questioning Mr. and Mrs. Burton the phone rings. It's the kidnapper(s), Frank orders Norberg to get a tap on the phone, only this doesn't work on time.
The next day Frank decides to talk to the only witness to the kidnapping, Kingsley Addison. Kingsley plays basketball every day at the Shorewood Highschool playground. Frank decides to meet him there. While joining Kingsleys basketball game Frank discovers that, one, He's a great basketball player, and two he owed money to a lot of people. When Frank leaves he receives a phone call from Ed, saying that the kidnapper(s) contacted Mr. and Mrs. Burton again, with some additional information. A tape came in with the mail, When Frank, Ed and Norberg listen to the tape, they hear some strange noises in the background. When at the scene Ed says: "We don't even have the spot for the ransom drop yet." A mime falls in to the window to sign them they have to drop the ransom, Thursday at the bus depot at ten o' clock.
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