This is a tough one, anyone recall "Fish Police" ?

[Chris Billings]

I was surprised some of you actually remember "Here's Boomer" so now Im gonna up the ante and ask a really tough question, What the heck was "Fish Police"?

I came across it when I was reviewing the credits for the late John Ritter and the info listed is unfortunately sparse. It aired for one season, 1992 and was animated (So I suppose I could post in The One Hit Wonder category but I wanna get feedback from a larger audience). Thats about it.

Ive never seen the show and oddly I have never even heard of it. So can anyone shed some light on this media mystery and bring some peace to my chaotic life? :crazy: :wave:

Chris

[Zoneboy]

You would probably get just as much response by posting this thread in the Cartoons/Animated series forum.

[repeatshistory]

I remember Fish Police! But only because one of my friends was one of the animators of the series. StarToons out of Chicago created and produced this show, based on the comic of the same name.

[tv star collector]

Fish Police, one of the last cartoons produced by Hanna-Barbera, only
ran for three weeks (CBS, Feb. 28-Mar. 13, 1992), in prime-time. It featured
a voice cast that included John Ritter, Ed Asner, Georgia Brown, Tim Curry,
Hector Elizondo, Robert Guillaume, Buddy Hackett, Megan Mullally, and Charlie
Schlatter. Inspired by the success of The Simpsons, CBS dove into
animated satire with a cop spoof set in Fish City, where, between soggy,
fish-inspired puns, Insp. Gill (Ritter) battled mobsters. The series sank quickly,
despite a strong voice cast that also included Jonathan Winters and JoBeth
Williams. Based on the comic book by Steve Moncuse. [Source: TV Guide
Guide to TV]

The show was a strange animated police series with allusions to the Raymond
Chandler film noir detective movies of the 1940s, but set in underwater Fish City. Asner was Chief Abalone; and Robert Guillaume, Det. Catfish. The head
of the local underworld was Calamari (Elizondo), owner of the Shell Shack,
the sleazy nightclub where sexy Angel (Williams) was the singer. Others on
the wrong side of the law were Sharkster (Curry), Calamari's crooked attorney; and Mussels Marinara (Frank Welker), his bodyguard. The concept
may have been funny, but the finished product smelled like, well, dead fish.
[Source: The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network & Cable Shows]

The comic book that inspired the show fared a little bit better. It ran for
26 issues, and there was also a one-shot 1987 special issue and a graphic
novel, "Hairballs," published in 1987 as a trade paperback. Marvel reprinted
the latter as a six-issue limited series, in 1992 (to coincide with the TV
series).

[catlover79]

I'm not familiar with this one, but it sounds intereresting. :lol:

[Furienna]

I think I saw this one back in the 90s. I think I would appreciate it more now than what I did then, because I think I was too young to really understand it then.

[Chris Billings]

Fish Police, one of the last cartoons produced by Hanna-Barbera, only
ran for three weeks (CBS, Feb. 28-Mar. 13, 1992), in prime-time. It featured
a voice cast that included John Ritter, Ed Asner, Georgia Brown, Tim Curry,
Hector Elizondo, Robert Guillaume, Buddy Hackett, Megan Mullally, and Charlie
Schlatter. Inspired by the success of The Simpsons, CBS dove into
animated satire with a cop spoof set in Fish City, where, between soggy,
fish-inspired puns, Insp. Gill (Ritter) battled mobsters. The series sank quickly,
despite a strong voice cast that also included Jonathan Winters and JoBeth
Williams. Based on the comic book by Steve Moncuse. [Source: TV Guide
Guide to TV]

The show was a strange animated police series with allusions to the Raymond
Chandler film noir detective movies of the 1940s, but set in underwater Fish City. Asner was Chief Abalone; and Robert Guillaume, Det. Catfish. The head
of the local underworld was Calamari (Elizondo), owner of the Shell Shack,
the sleazy nightclub where sexy Angel (Williams) was the singer. Others on
the wrong side of the law were Sharkster (Curry), Calamari's crooked attorney; and Mussels Marinara (Frank Welker), his bodyguard. The concept
may have been funny, but the finished product smelled like, well, dead fish.
[Source: The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network & Cable Shows]

The comic book that inspired the show fared a little bit better. It ran for
26 issues, and there was also a one-shot 1987 special issue and a graphic
novel, "Hairballs," published in 1987 as a trade paperback. Marvel reprinted
the latter as a six-issue limited series, in 1992 (to coincide with the TV
series).

You are a wealth of information, thanks for the response!
And, Zoneboy, you are right, I should post this on the animated board. Some of the prime time cartoon fans may have personal observations to share. They may even have a copy to share???:)

And talking about off beat animation, I vaguely remember a short lived series about a rat, a lawyer possibly??, featuring the voice of Frasier star Kelsey Grammar.

[treky]

yes, I remember that. It was called "GARY THE RAT" and was also an animated series, that was one of SPIKE TVs first original shows when they ceased being TNN. I never saw it, but remember seeing promos for it. It was about a sleazy lawyer who was a life size rat, and was voiced by Kelsey Grammer, who also produced it.