If you were being arrested by Swanny/Hoppy or Smitty..... - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

GARFIELDKOOL · 12-29-2005, 08:00 PM

...would any of them intimidate you?

Redd Foxx · 12-30-2005, 05:28 AM

Nah, that would be so sweet though, if there were cops like that in real life.

catlover79 · 09-02-2007, 09:35 PM

Maybe I'd be a little intimidated by Smitty. Hoppy, no way!! I'd just be laughing at his attempt to talk slang. "OK, buster, we're going to have to rock now." "ROLL!!"

lastmill · 09-03-2007, 08:51 AM

Naw, i just would give them a bowl of wild parsley

catlover79 · 03-29-2008, 11:45 PM

Hoppy: OK, you're going to the clunk, pal.
Smitty: CLINK!!!

BarneyFife · 03-30-2008, 12:34 AM

They have to be the coolest Cops on TV. No, they wouldn't intimidate me at all.

catlover79 · 03-30-2008, 11:56 PM

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Originally Posted by BarneyFife

They have to be the coolest Cops on TV. No, they wouldn't intimidate me at all.

Yeah, they were cool cops - they probably would've fit right in on Barney Miller!!

Big Fred Fan · 08-30-2008, 07:21 PM

Hammer Hocks and Black Eyed Rice!

catlover79 · 08-30-2008, 11:26 PM

Ironically, Gregory Sierra (

) got to arrest Howard Platt in an early episode of Barney Miller. S&S fans know them better as Julio and Hoppy.

catlover79 · 11-10-2008, 08:21 PM

Gregory Sierra and Hal Williams (Smitty) also appeared together in one of the last Gunsmoke episodes (though they were adversaries) - entitled "Hard Labor".

JAlanRuss72 · 11-10-2008, 08:49 PM

They were great cops- I actually liked the first white cop (Swanny- played by actor/director Noam Pitlik) a little better than Hoppy. He was funnier to me, more like a wanna-be Dragnet type of character and not so simple-minded. lol.

catlover79 · 11-11-2008, 12:11 PM

^ I always found it cool that both Noam Pitlik and Howard Platt had recurring roles on the Bob Newhart Show - as Mr. Gianelli and Dr. Phil Newman, respectively.

MickeyMac · 11-11-2008, 06:53 PM

Smitty and Hoppy would be right at home on Car 54.

I used to love it when Hoppy would use all the legal police talk and Fred and Lamont would look confused, than Smitty would translate in street talk so they would know what Hoppy was talking about lol.

JAlanRuss72 · 11-11-2008, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by catlover79

^ I always found it cool that both Noam Pitlik and Howard Platt had recurring roles on the Bob Newhart Show - as Mr. Gianelli and Dr. Phil Newman, respectively.

That was cool. I liked both of those characters on the Bob Newhart Show, but Howard Platt's character was a REAL jerk on there-lol. I remember he was the doctor in the building who was always stabbing everyone in the back (especially Carol). Come to think of it, Mr. Gianelli (Pitlik) wasn't exactly a nice guy either-LOL.

catlover79 · 11-11-2008, 07:07 PM

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Originally Posted by JAlanRuss72

That was cool. I liked both of those characters on the Bob Newhart Show, but Howard Platt's character was a REAL jerk on there-lol. I remember he was the doctor in the building who was always stabbing everyone in the back (especially Carol). Come to think of it, Mr. Gianelli (Pitlik) wasn't exactly a nice guy either-LOL.

Yes, Dr. Phil Newman was the SUPREMELY egotistical plastic surgeon. Anytime he and Dr. Tupperman were in a scene together was great fun. Of course, Mr. Gianelli's fights with Mr. Peterson were classic, too.

12-29-2005, 08:00 PM	#1
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12-30-2005, 05:28 AM	#2
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09-02-2007, 09:35 PM	#3
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08-30-2008, 07:21 PM	#8
Big Fred Fan Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Aug 28, 2008 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 179	I would try and bribe them with some... Hammer Hocks and Black Eyed Rice!

08-30-2008, 11:26 PM	#9
catlover79 God Bless Val Forum Addict Join Date: May 29, 2006 Location: Bewitched in Ohio Posts: 70,392	Ironically, Gregory Sierra () got to arrest Howard Platt in an early episode of Barney Miller. S&S fans know them better as Julio and Hoppy.

09-03-2007, 08:51 AM	#4
lastmill Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Aug 11, 2007 Location: Nashville, Tenn Posts: 11	Naw, i just would give them a bowl of wild parsley

03-29-2008, 11:45 PM	#5
catlover79 God Bless Val Forum Addict Join Date: May 29, 2006 Location: Bewitched in Ohio Posts: 70,392	Hoppy: OK, you're going to the clunk, pal. Smitty: CLINK!!!

03-30-2008, 12:34 AM	#6
BarneyFife Retired Forum Fanatic Join Date: Mar 02, 2008 Posts: 8,460	They have to be the coolest Cops on TV. No, they wouldn't intimidate me at all.

11-10-2008, 08:21 PM	#10
catlover79 God Bless Val Forum Addict Join Date: May 29, 2006 Location: Bewitched in Ohio Posts: 70,392	Gregory Sierra and Hal Williams (Smitty) also appeared together in one of the last Gunsmoke episodes (though they were adversaries) - entitled "Hard Labor".

11-10-2008, 08:49 PM	#11
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11-11-2008, 12:11 PM	#12
catlover79 God Bless Val Forum Addict Join Date: May 29, 2006 Location: Bewitched in Ohio Posts: 70,392	^ I always found it cool that both Noam Pitlik and Howard Platt had recurring roles on the Bob Newhart Show - as Mr. Gianelli and Dr. Phil Newman, respectively.

11-11-2008, 06:53 PM	#13
MickeyMac Member Forum Star Join Date: Jun 18, 2008 Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan Posts: 19,008	Smitty and Hoppy would be right at home on Car 54. I used to love it when Hoppy would use all the legal police talk and Fred and Lamont would look confused, than Smitty would translate in street talk so they would know what Hoppy was talking about lol.