As part of a new police initiative a young looking police officer, Hanson, is sent into a high school undercover to investigate a dangerous drug dealer.As part of a new police initiative a young looking police officer, Hanson, is sent into a high school undercover to investigate a dangerous drug dealer.As part of a new police initiative a young looking police officer, Hanson, is sent into a high school undercover to investigate a dangerous drug dealer.
Holly Robinson Peete
- Officer Judy Hoffs
- (as Holly Robinson)
Francis X. McCarthy
- Captain Briody
- (as Frank McCarthy)
Karen Elizabeth Austin
- Ms. Futterman
- (as Karen Austin)
David Berner
- Mike Summers
- (as David Brener)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaOne of the LPs given to Tom Hanson was Cryptic Slaughter's "Convicted".
- GoofsKenny is loaded into the ambulance foot first. Patients are always placed head first into ambulances.
- Quotes
Officer Harry Truman Ioki: H.T. Ioki.
Officer Doug Penhall: H for Harry, T for Truman. Guess what year his parents moved to the States?
Officer Harry Truman Ioki: Yeah, and I'm named after a guy who dropped an atom bomb on my house.
- Crazy creditsThere are two endings that are used in the closing credits: The original episode uses instrumental closing theme song while the other uses the song "Shotgun" by Junior Walker and the All-Stars.
- ConnectionsReferences Dragnet (1951)
- Soundtracks21 Jump Street Theme
Written by Liam Sternberg
Arranged and Produced by Jay Gruska
Performed by Holly Robinson Peete (as Holly Robinson)
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Pilot
21 Jump Street was one of the first shows launched on Rupert Murdoch's Fox network in the USA in 1987.
It was a springboard to stardom for star Johnny Depp. He is the youthful looking police officer Tom Hanson.
As no one takes him seriously as a cop. He is transferred to a special unit that operates from a church.
Jump Street uses youthful looking police officers to go undercover in teenage venues such as high schools.
The pilot episode has Hanson being recruited and working under Captain Richard Jenko (Frederic Forrest.) He who sends Hanson to a high school to investigate drug dealing.
This was the first time I watched an episode of the television series. In Britain it was shown on the fledgling Sky channel.
Some years later 21 Jump Street was spun off to a series of films that I found to be rather enjoyable. Depp even appeared in a cameo.
Unfortunately, this was one of the most racist pile of junk I have seen. It tells a lot of the attitude of the Fox network.
This could pass as a recruitment film for the Ku Klux Klan. I am surprised that Johnny Depp did not buy up the rights to the show and locked it up in his vaults.
The opening scenes had black guys terrorising a white family. The black guys continue to harass white people including a student who is an addict.
Contrast this with Murder, She Wrote where star Angela Lansbury tried to get positive roles for black actors who tended to play law enforcement rather than thugs.
It was a springboard to stardom for star Johnny Depp. He is the youthful looking police officer Tom Hanson.
As no one takes him seriously as a cop. He is transferred to a special unit that operates from a church.
Jump Street uses youthful looking police officers to go undercover in teenage venues such as high schools.
The pilot episode has Hanson being recruited and working under Captain Richard Jenko (Frederic Forrest.) He who sends Hanson to a high school to investigate drug dealing.
This was the first time I watched an episode of the television series. In Britain it was shown on the fledgling Sky channel.
Some years later 21 Jump Street was spun off to a series of films that I found to be rather enjoyable. Depp even appeared in a cameo.
Unfortunately, this was one of the most racist pile of junk I have seen. It tells a lot of the attitude of the Fox network.
This could pass as a recruitment film for the Ku Klux Klan. I am surprised that Johnny Depp did not buy up the rights to the show and locked it up in his vaults.
The opening scenes had black guys terrorising a white family. The black guys continue to harass white people including a student who is an addict.
Contrast this with Murder, She Wrote where star Angela Lansbury tried to get positive roles for black actors who tended to play law enforcement rather than thugs.
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