THE MOD SQUAD 🌟 THEN AND NOW 2020

[Music] few tv shows epitomized the late 1960s like the mod squad at a time when western's rural sitcoms and fantasy series reigned supreme the mod squad pushed the boundaries to reflect the attitudes and trends of the times it is the show that did the near impossible successfully combine aspects of counter-culture and law enforcement to create a critically acclaimed drama can you dig it as always you're watching how they changed and here are some things you never knew about the 60's grooviest action series it was created by a cop serious creator buddy ruskin was a former los angeles police officer and he drew inspiration from his experience as the leader of an undercover narcotics unit in the 1950s to create the show it took almost a decade to be created raskin wrote the script for the pilot in 1960 but network executives took eight years before they gave the series the green light in 1968 the long wait may have worked in the show's favor as audiences were more accepting of youth counter culture in the late 60s as opposed to a decade earlier aaron spelling was an executive producer before aaron spelling was part of television royalty by producing hit shows like charlie's angels the love boat and dynasty he produced the mod squad the success of the show allowed spelling to take on bigger projects helping create some of the most successful tv programs in history peggy lipton is incredibly cool after finishing the mod squad lipton married music producer quincy jones during their marriage jones produced michael jackson's smash albums off-the-wall thriller and bad she is also the mother of actress rashida jones parks and recreation lipton released an album too at the same time the show premiered in 1968 lipton recorded and released a self-titled psychedelic soft rock album now that's mod [Music] clarence williams iii was a stage actor before appearing on tv lipton isn't the only cast member with a musical background williams's father was a musician as was his grandfather and grandmother before he joined the mart squad as link williams had a successful career on broadway years later he appeared on star trek deep space nine under heavy makeup as ahmed tickling there was a remake of course like any series with a hint of popularity hollywood decided to remake it into a feature film alas people in 1999 weren't feeling as groovy as they were in the late 60s the film flopped at the box office earning only 15 million dollars [Music] it has cool names in other languages the mod squad is certainly a cool name for any tv show and it translates into equally cool titles in other countries as well in mexico it's called patruya juvenile or juvenile patrol in venezuela it's called el esquadron odath or the audacious squad harrison ford appeared in the first episode the mod squad boasts some spectacular guest stars including andy griffith and richard pryor but none are more surprising than ford the up-and-coming actor appeared on the premier episode the teeth of the barracuda [Music] the counter-culture police series earned six emmy award nominations four golden globe nominations plus one win for pegalipton one director's guild of america award and four logies in 1970 the second season episode in this corner saw alpert script by rita lakin and harv bennett was nominated by the mystery writers of america for an edgar award in the category of best mystery teleplay losing to the tv movie daughter of the mind in 1997 a 1970 episode mother of sorrow was ranked 95 on tv guide's 100 greatest episodes of all time they were the mod squad one black one white one blonde described by one critic as the hippiest and first young undercover cops on tv each of these characters represented mainstream culture's principal fears regarding youth in the era long-haired rebel pete cochran was evicted from his wealthy parents's beverly hills home then arrested and put on probation after he stole the car lincoln hayes who came from a family of 13 children was arrested in the ward riots one of the longest and most violent actual rides in los angeles history flower child julie barnes the canary with a broken wing was arrested for vagrancy after running away from her prostitute mother's san francisco home and captain adam greer was a tough but sympathetic mentor and father figure who convinced them to form the squad [Music] the concept was to take three rebellious disaffected young social outcasts and convince them to work as an unarmed undercover detectives as an alternative to being incarcerated their youthful hippie personas would enable them to get close to the criminals they investigated the times are changing said captain grier they can get into places we can't examples included infiltrations of a high school to solve a teacher's murder of an underground newspaper to find a bomber and of an acting class to look for a strangler who was preying on blonde actresses more than a year before the release of the film is a rider the mod squad was one of the earliest attempts to deal with the counterculture groundbreaking in the realm of socially relevant drama it dealt with issues such as abortion domestic violence child abuse illiteracy slumlords the anti-war movement illegal immigration police brutality student protest soldiers returning from vietnam and ptsd racism euthanasia and the illegal drug trade spelling intended the show to be about the character's relationships and promised that this squad would never arrest kids or carry a gun or use one the show was loosely based on creator bud buddy ruskin's experiences in the late 1950s as a squad leader for young undercover narcotics cops though it took almost 10 years after he wrote a script for the idea to be greenlighted by abc television studios the term mod squad was introduced the previous year in dragnet 1967 episode 16 the big kids where it describes a club of high schoolers who must shoplift at least 20 dollars to become members [Music] in the wonder years pilot the off-screen narrator sets the scene with a 20-year hindsight by saying 1968 i was 12 years old a lot happened that year the screen shows snapshots the apollo 8 space mission the first manned lunar orbital flight and other historic events and figures of 1968 however the narrator goes on to list only three events that were apparently more important to him as a 12 year old at the time danny mclean won 31 games the mad squad hit the year and i graduated from hillcrest elementary and entered junior high school [Music] the working dog production company produced funky squad for the australian broadcasting corporation parody in the mod squad and a number of other 1960s 70s television shows funky squad had started as a series of serialized sketches working dog members produced for their breakfast radio show on triple m melbourne [Music] in 2000 the tv series that 70's show season 2 episode 19 entitled parents find out references the mod squad in kelso's van kelso tells hide and fast that he has a cb radio and runs some possible names by them a girl comes on the radio and says that her name is foxy lady and she is with her friend nice and easy fez comments that the girls sound nice kelso says that they need handles before they can answer and heidt suggests that they be the mod squad they argue over who's going to beling but hyde wins out due to his afro leaving kelso speed and fez's julie it was also mentioned in the 1992 comedy sister act by whippy goldberg as sister mary [Music] clarence and that's all for now don't forget to leave a like subscribe and share this video with friends take care

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Length: 10min 43sec (643 seconds)

Published: Thu Aug 06 2020