Car 54, Where Are You?
Car 54, Where Are You?
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Car 54, Where Are You?

Patrolmen Toody and Muldoon are at the wheel, which means Car 54 could be anywhere!

7.5 / 10
1961
2 seasons
60 episodes
Comedy

The misadventures of two of New York's finest in the 53rd precinct in the Bronx. Toody, the short, stocky and dim-witted one, either saves the day or messes things up, much to the chagrin of Muldoon, the tall, lanky and smart one.

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Cast

Seasons

  • Who's for Swordfish?

    1.Who's for Swordfish?

    17-09-196130m

    In the pilot, the boys are desperate to angle for swordfish. After shift-swapping with the entire precinct and avoiding any issuance of tickets (to avert court duty), will they go?

  • Something Nice for Sol

    2.Something Nice for Sol

    24-09-196130m

    Gunther Toody drives the entire station batty chairing the committee to get everyone's favorite desk Sgt. Sol Abrams a surprise 25 year present. Toody keeps changing his little min...

  • Home Sweet Sing Sing

    3.Home Sweet Sing Sing

    01-10-196130m

    The boys use extraordinary techniques to rehabilitate a recently released petty thief. Unfortunately, Benny has other ideas.

  • Change Your Partner

    4.Change Your Partner

    7.0
    08-10-196130m

    Toody and Muldoon's 9 blissful years as partners stun a researcher who finds the average prowl car pair last only 16 months before screaming to be switched. If the NYPD management...

  • I Won't Go

    5.I Won't Go

    15-10-196130m

    Introducing Mrs. Bronson, the sweet Jewish grandmother confounding the boys at the 53rd as well as New York City's bureaucracy.

  • Muldoon's Star

    6.Muldoon's Star

    22-10-196130m

    Toody convinces 'Tessie the Torso', a buxom sex-symbol, to stay at Francis's mother's house. It turns out, Muldoon is a huge fan.

  • The Paint Job

    7.The Paint Job

    29-10-196130m

    A car thieving ring is using an auto body shop to paint stolen cars and resell them. The 53rd is down to only two patrol cars, so the boys are desperate to keep their beloved car 5...

  • Love Finds Muldoon

    8.Love Finds Muldoon

    05-11-196130m

    Lucille plays matchmaker for Francis.

  • The Gypsy Curse

    9.The Gypsy Curse

    12-11-196130m

    The boys are told to shut down a gypsy ripoff artist, and when they do, the gypsy puts a curse on Toody.

  • Thirty Days Notice

    10.Thirty Days Notice

    19-11-196130m

    Gunther and Lucille Toody give their landlord notice because they're fed up with their crumbling apartment.

  • Catch Me on the Paar Show

    11.Catch Me on the Paar Show

    26-11-196130m

    After a chance traffic stop with Hugh Downs, Gunther finagles an appearance on the Jack Paar show of a fellow officer he thinks is funny.

  • The Taming of Lucille

    12.The Taming of Lucille

    03-12-196130m

    Toody is feeling henpecked by Lucille, but musters the courage to become king of his castle after seeing a stirring performance of Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew."

  • Put It in the Bank

    13.Put It in the Bank

    10-12-196130m

    The 53rd Precinct's Brotherhood Club's newly elected treasurer Gunther Toody is determined to invest their hard-earned $800 in the stock market despite the protests of his fiscally...

  • Get Well, Officer Schnauser

    14.Get Well, Officer Schnauser

    17-12-196130m

    While Schnauser is laid up in the hospital, Toody is tapped by the FBI to go undercover to help them nab notorious bank robber "No Face."

  • Christmas at the 53rd

    15.Christmas at the 53rd

    8.0
    24-12-196130m

    The boys from the 53rd put on a Christmas review. Two Gilbert & Sullivan parodies featuring Capt. Block & Muldoon, a heart-tugging song from Toody, and other sketches.

  • The Sacrifice

    16.The Sacrifice

    07-01-196230m

    Muldoon's the big expert on rules and regulations, but he's scared to take the test to become a sergeant.

  • Boom, Boom, Boom

    17.Boom, Boom, Boom

    14-01-196230m

    The boys are attempting to win the barbershop quartet competition for "the old man" Capt. Block. The rules require all 163 quartets to perform the same song, which drives poor Jan...

  • Toody & Muldoon Crack Down

    18.Toody & Muldoon Crack Down

    21-01-196230m

    After the police chief drives through Toody & Muldoon's sector, he's so angered by the scores of violations he sees he orders an investigation - with surprising results.

  • Toody's Paradise

    19.Toody's Paradise

    28-01-196230m

    Toody is on an undercover detail in Brooklyn with a female cop as his wife and a small boy as his child. When Lucille's sister spots him there, the rumors start flying wildly.

  • How High Is Up?

    20.How High Is Up?

    04-02-196230m

    Muldoon discovers he's grown an inch to 6-foot-seven, putting him one inch over the police regulation and putting him over the edge with paranoia about his height.

  • Toody and the Art World

    21.Toody and the Art World

    11-02-196230m

    Toody is the only person who can appreciate Karpathia's abstract masterpiece, "Lower Manhattan at Sunset (from the New Jersey Side)." This episode features an inspired performance...

  • What Happened to Thursday?

    22.What Happened to Thursday?

    18-02-196230m

    The 53rd is embarrassed by the domestic dispute calls that come every Thursday night - from the Schnausers. Toody convinces Leo (along w/the rest of the boys) that Thursday's actua...

  • How Smart Can You Get?

    23.How Smart Can You Get?

    25-02-196230m

    The smartest rookie cop is assigned to ride w/chatty Toody & reticent Muldoon. Can Car 54 survive, now that Muldoon has stimulating conversation?

  • Today I Am a Man

    24.Today I Am a Man

    04-03-196230m

    Tired of being stereotyped as a mama's boy, Muldoon feigns having a hot date at "the hottest club in the Bronx". When his bluff is called by doubting coworkers, he quickly commande...

  • No More Pickpockets

    25.No More Pickpockets

    11-03-196230m

    The boys go under cover at Yankee Stadium to stem the onslaught of pickpockets. One skilled pilferer turns the tide on Toody; who ends up arrested?

  • The Beast Who Walked the Bronx

    26.The Beast Who Walked the Bronx

    18-03-196230m

    Burkholtz, relegated to the Lost & Found for 15 years due to his extreme laxity is the only choice to sub for Capt. Block on his forced two week vacation. The boys mistake his abse...

  • The Courtship of Sylvia Schnauser

    27.The Courtship of Sylvia Schnauser

    25-03-196230m

    Leo and Sylvia Schnauser decide to renew their vows with a large wedding ceremony.

  • The Auction

    28.The Auction

    01-04-196230m

    The boys of the 53rd Precinct pull together to buy Captain Block the matching Aleutian Ceremonial Chair he desires to complete his set.

  • Quiet! We're Thinking

    29.Quiet! We're Thinking

    08-04-196230m

    Gunther and Lucille's 11-year-old nephew Marvin, in the Big Apple for a Boy Scout event, helps Toody and Muldoon crack the cases that have flummoxed New York's Finest.

  • I Love Lucille

    30.I Love Lucille

    22-04-196230m

    Lucille dyes her hair to get Gunther to notice her, and when he finally does, look out.

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