I was just a little kid but I recall, quite clearly, watching this with my folks and the three of us LITERALLY falling off the sofa laughing on the floor. This stayed with us for years. THANK YOU!
The legendary Jan Murray "Boom Boom Boom" episode. I saw this on TV as a kid when it first ran and nearly collapsed in laughter. One of the funniest things I ever saw. Thanks for uploading. I didn't think I'd ever see this again.
This is one of the dozen or so funniest episodes of Car 54! The show was absolutely hysterically funny. Should have lasted more than two years. Has to be in the top 10 or 20 funniest sit-coms ever to air on TV!
One of the funniest TV series EVER! Joe E; Ross and Fred Gwynne are fabulous. The supporting cast are all first rate. Paul Reed as Capt. Block is just outstanding. His reactions to the situations, his 'slow burns' are classic. These folks knew what they were doing and did it so well!
Everyone so good and lovable. Of course cops would crack your head if you gavem an excuse, no black lives matter back then, actually no blacks appeared in any of car 54 episodes,
I first saw this episode on TV when I was supposed to be in bed upstairs. I was four years old. My parents apprehended me because they heard me laugh at the "funny policemen". We ended up seeing the show together and laughing til tears came. (I was, of course, forgiven for my being up late.) This episode - and the one about the parrots and parakeet that learned to say, "I hate Captain Block!" have got to be my favorite two episodes of the series. Just saw this episode 1/2 hour ago - and, again, laughed til tears came. "I wanna go to Boom Boom Land!" - Hilarious!
You have the same favorites as me! I grew up watching it in Nick at Nite with my older brother. Been reliving the fun recently while introducing it to my husband. He's loving it, too. 🙂
Way back when the dinosaurs were still roaming around in Queensland I was a Police Officer working out of Roma Street Police Station and many a time drove it was a crew member of Car 54. I can still hear the dispatch men calling us, “Car 54. Where are you?”
Very cool that your dad managed Jan Murray. I worked at the Nevele Country Club as a social director and knew all the comedians in the Catskills. Jan Murray was always a favorite
@@kaydee8265 Jan Murray was one of the many Jewish comedians who blessed our lives over the years. Henny Youngman, George Burns, Jack Benny, Alan King, Shecky Greene. The list goes on and on.
I saw this on the first go round in Houston, Texas in the 60s and thought it was so funny that I never forgot it. I was overjoyed when I found it on TH-cam 45 years later. It was every bit as hilarious as I remembered. I especially crack up when the 4 policewomen sing in the male voices. I now own both seasons on DVD. Definitely one of the funniest comedies ever, along with Seinfeld and I Love Lucy.
Hi I'm Aussie, 63, remember watching Car 54 as a kid, brilliant comedy, maybe my favourite episode was remember saint Petersburg, my favourite movie is also American, Its a mad mad mad mad world (1963) have seen it 81 times, my plan is to watch it 100 , no other country in the world built four wheel art like 50s 60s US cars. Tell me what you think..
I was a small child watching these great t.v. shows with my grandfather!!! Did anyone see the "boom,boom,boom?" One, well wasn't that cop (the older one) the guy that played grandpa on the Munsters with Fred guinn & Yvonne decarlo??? I almost certain!! Someone please respond!!! Thanks for all this super comedy, shows & laughs!!! Happy boom booming!!!! Yuk,yuk!!!
I got the dvd collection for my mom because this was one of het fav tv shows. I watched this episode with her and we both split our sides laughing so hard. What a gauge of a great show. When someone 53 years later who never saw it before can laugh
This episode has been a source of inside jokes for me and my brothers since we saw it as kids in 1962 or 63. We still say things like "I wanna go to Boom Boom Land!" "That's what's coming out," and "We came to getcha. You knew we'd come to getcha." I just watched it again almost 60 years later, amazed at how much I remembered. I'm totally sending links to my brothers!
All episodes of Car 54 where are you are so good you crack up laughing!!!!! Nat Hilken was great for creating this great show!!!!!! Even the cast including Fred Gwyenne Al Lewis Joe E .Ross and the rest including Charlotte Rae who later did the Facts of Life as Mrs. Garrett.
With Special Guest Star Jan Murray. 3:27; Gondoliers 4:20; Sophisticates 4:34; 3 drips, & The Drum 4:47; Skylofts 4:57; Troopidoors 5:05: Babblings 5:12; Commuters 5:26; Girlfriends 5:36; 4 Truelents 5:41; Cha-Cha-Cha 5:52; Whippoorwills, Scream # 1 10:46; Back Again 12:52; Psychiatrist 13:05; Now you here 13:43; Tell my wife 14:06; I was a kid 14:08; Sports Car 20:16; Scream #2 20:48; By the light, Scream #3 22:41; White Coats 23:16; Emergency Operation 23:23; Unrobe 23:36; Everybody Goes 23:53; Boom, Boomland 24:02; Officer Muldoon
Thank you for making this available for me to watch. I enjoyed it. In addition, I have always been a fan of Jan Murray and I enjoyed seeing him. Great show, great performance. (R.H.)
I was just about 4 when this first aired. Laughed like crazy---I remembered the sanitation worker's brooms for years after. This episode always makes me smile 😁
😂 I was very young when this was on TV, but I could always remember the end of the song. This is my first time ever really watching the episodes. They are hysterical. Thanks so much for posting them. The cast had so much chemistry together and with the writing made for a hit TV series.
There were so many great sitcoms in the 1950s and 60s but this show are in my top 10 along with the 39 honeymooners bilko i love lucy mchales navy hogans heros that girl etc.
If there was a "love" I'd check it! Like Henry Quenin below, I saw this as a kid and never forgot it. Funniest thing I'd ever seen. I never thought I'd ever see it again either, and I am thrilled...very sentimental for me, too. It was a family favorite.
To jan murray. Thanks for cracking me up after all these years my parents and younger brother. Loved this episode it's a scream all i can say to you boom boom boom bill Montero jr newark ca
The part where Jan Murray is blowing cigarette smoke along with "Boom Boom" always made me laugh so hard! I first saw this show back in the late 80s on Nick at Nite. I was in 4th grade. I'm 45 now and still love this more than anything else on Amazon Video or Netflix.
What kind of crazy singing contest would require EVERY entry to sing the song? Seriously, that would drive ANYBODY nuts. I'm still wondering how come the other two judges didn't crack.
Boy, by the time it got to Muldoon's quartet, Jan Murray was totally punch drunk! Totally hilarious!!! Yes, I edited cause I gotta get this in: 11:34-11:38: "Look, five years on TV...(slaps his wrists)...oh, c'mon, we're wasting time, we've got a show to 'boom, boom, boom!' "
Probably the episode of "Car 54, Where Are You?" most remembered by us "BOOM-BOOM-BOOM, Baby Boomers" in the early 1960's. Jan Murray turned in a truly stellar comedic performance. Still funny after all these years.
@@epaddon Actually it was, back then they did not have the audio magic like now to doctor a voice. If you listen real carefully and watch his Adams apple, you will see it is right on with how his words come out. Either way, he was an awesome actor and comedian.
@@stevenrussell5340 I know Fred could sing well in musicals, but compare what is his real signing voice in the first season Christmas episode and he is clearly not a high tenor like in this one. That sounds more like a dubbed voice in the same way we heard the same "boom boom" chorus dubbing the womens group.
THE LATE GREAT FRED GWENNE WAS in THE MUNSTERS AS HURMAN MUNSTER AND AL Lewis WAS GRANDPA in THE MUNSTERS AND HE WAS A vampire AND i HAVE Series ONE AND TWO ON DVD AND THE MUNSTERS WAS A VERY FUNNY COMEDY SHOW BACK in THE 1960s😁
This was definitely one of the originals, which has been poorly copied by so many different shows. Not just the cop comedy schtick, but the genuine situation comedy style... clean... pure... untainted by so many crass writers that failed to emulate it.
Captain mentioned singing along with Mitch - another show from the era - that showed lyrics highlighted with white dots to show the audience where to Sing Along With Mitch.
James Gilbrath - TV 20 San Francisco about 30 years ago started sowing vintage shows. Other stations got hip and now you can see them all. “You alright Sam”? Hilarious
This show was so brilliant. Everything about it.
I was just a little kid but I recall, quite clearly, watching this with my folks and the three of us LITERALLY falling off the sofa laughing on the floor. This stayed with us for years. THANK YOU!
The legendary Jan Murray "Boom Boom Boom" episode. I saw this on TV as a kid when it first ran and nearly collapsed in laughter. One of the funniest things I ever saw. Thanks for uploading. I didn't think I'd ever see this again.
This is one of the dozen or so funniest episodes of Car 54!
The show was absolutely hysterically funny.
Should have lasted more than two years.
Has to be in the top 10 or 20 funniest sit-coms ever to air on TV!
ABSOLUTELY 🎉
I'd forgotten this episode completely. Brilliant and better then anything on TV today!
One of the funniest TV series EVER! Joe E; Ross and Fred Gwynne are fabulous. The supporting cast are all first rate. Paul Reed as Capt. Block is just outstanding. His reactions to the situations, his 'slow burns' are classic. These folks knew what they were doing and did it so well!
Everyone so good and lovable. Of course cops would crack your head if you gavem an excuse, no black lives matter back then, actually no blacks appeared in any of car 54 episodes,
Ozzie Davis appeared as one of the cops and he was African American
lorenzo magazzeni , waaaaaa.
Thanks for shining a light on the great work Paul Reed !!.....all parrots should say "I love Captain Block"
@@dr.wisdom7917 and Nipsey Russell as well. Both had principal or supporting roles.
This show was so well written!!!!
I remember watching this as a little kid on NBC with my parents. I think I went around yelling "Boom Boom Boom" for days afterwards.
One of my favorite episodes. Totally lost it when the 53rd came out doing their boom boom boom and Jan Murray ran screaming for the exit.
I first saw this episode on TV when I was supposed to be in bed upstairs. I was four years old. My parents apprehended me because they heard me laugh at the "funny policemen". We ended up seeing the show together and laughing til tears came. (I was, of course, forgiven for my being up late.) This episode - and the one about the parrots and parakeet that learned to say, "I hate Captain Block!" have got to be my favorite two episodes of the series. Just saw this episode 1/2 hour ago - and, again, laughed til tears came. "I wanna go to Boom Boom Land!" - Hilarious!
Just bought a parrot that was taught to say: "Nixon's not a crook.Trump is a crook."
What a great and heartwarming story! Ty 4 sharing it!
@@bobbywimsy6741 Then you have a very stupid parrot. But he’s only taking after his owner.
You have the same favorites as me! I grew up watching it in Nick at Nite with my older brother. Been reliving the fun recently while introducing it to my husband. He's loving it, too. 🙂
Yes, the parrrot 🦜 one.
Way back when the dinosaurs were still roaming around in Queensland I was a Police Officer working out of Roma Street Police Station and many a time drove it was a crew member of Car 54. I can still hear the dispatch men calling us, “Car 54. Where are you?”
My Dad managed Jan Murray, this was my favorite episode on Car 54.... I laughed till I cried! ha!
Very cool that your dad managed Jan Murray. I worked at the Nevele Country Club as a social director and knew all the comedians in the Catskills. Jan Murray was always a favorite
@@howiegale6777 That's awesome. Must've been very cool.
I agree. It must have been cool that your dad was Murray's manager 😀
@@kaydee8265 Jan Murray was one of the many Jewish comedians who blessed our lives over the years. Henny Youngman, George Burns, Jack Benny, Alan King, Shecky Greene. The list goes on and on.
I saw this on the first go round in Houston, Texas in the 60s and thought it was so funny that I never forgot it. I was overjoyed when I found it on TH-cam 45 years later. It was every bit as hilarious as I remembered. I especially crack up when the 4 policewomen sing in the male voices. I now own both seasons on DVD. Definitely one of the funniest comedies ever, along with Seinfeld and I Love Lucy.
Hi I'm Aussie, 63, remember watching Car 54 as a kid, brilliant comedy, maybe my favourite episode was remember saint Petersburg, my favourite movie is also American, Its a mad mad mad mad world (1963) have seen it 81 times, my plan is to watch it 100 , no other country in the world built four wheel art like 50s 60s US cars. Tell me what you think..
I was a small child watching these great t.v. shows with my grandfather!!! Did anyone see the "boom,boom,boom?" One, well wasn't that cop (the older one) the guy that played grandpa on the Munsters with Fred guinn & Yvonne decarlo??? I almost certain!! Someone please respond!!! Thanks for all this super comedy, shows & laughs!!! Happy boom booming!!!! Yuk,yuk!!!
So cool seeing Al Lewis and Fred Gwynne together years before The Munsters.
The poor judge, he really went bonkers! That was so funny! He certainly cracked up!
I got the dvd collection for my mom because this was one of het fav tv shows. I watched this episode with her and we both split our sides laughing so hard. What a gauge of a great show. When someone 53 years later who never saw it before can laugh
This episode has been a source of inside jokes for me and my brothers since we saw it as kids in 1962 or 63. We still say things like "I wanna go to Boom Boom Land!" "That's what's coming out," and "We came to getcha. You knew we'd come to getcha." I just watched it again almost 60 years later, amazed at how much I remembered. I'm totally sending links to my brothers!
Its so great to hear stories of family bonding around shows.
Four years later, Fred Gwynne would have his second smash hit with his rendition of "Dry Bones".
@@edmondmicucci6745 Fred Gwynne sings on another episode as well. Im watching most noghts.
The Funniest episode- seen it many times. Fantastic.
I started watching this show last year and i have been hooked ever since.Great show with alot of comedic value.
"Boom Boom Boom"? Freaking hysterical!!!!!!! ha ha ha
watching this after all these years, still cracks me up!!
Colleen Henry me too!
Of all of the episodes, this is the one I remember the most and is my favorite. BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Yes, have never forgotten this episode. The scream from the other room in the hospital. Brilliant.
This was one of their funniest episodes. I first saw this as a kid with my dad. He was laughing his a-- off!
All episodes of Car 54 where are you are so good you crack up laughing!!!!! Nat Hilken was great for creating this great show!!!!!! Even the cast including Fred Gwyenne Al Lewis Joe E .Ross and the rest including Charlotte Rae who later did the Facts of Life as Mrs. Garrett.
With Special Guest Star Jan Murray.
3:27; Gondoliers
4:20; Sophisticates
4:34; 3 drips, & The Drum
4:47; Skylofts
4:57; Troopidoors
5:05: Babblings
5:12; Commuters
5:26; Girlfriends
5:36; 4 Truelents
5:41; Cha-Cha-Cha
5:52; Whippoorwills, Scream # 1
10:46; Back Again
12:52; Psychiatrist
13:05; Now you here
13:43; Tell my wife
14:06; I was a kid
14:08; Sports Car
20:16; Scream #2
20:48; By the light, Scream #3
22:41; White Coats
23:16; Emergency Operation
23:23; Unrobe
23:36; Everybody Goes
23:53; Boom, Boomland
24:02; Officer Muldoon
4:34 That's "Three Drips and a Drop!"
Underrated show. Extremely funny.....especially this episode
Thank you for making this available for me to watch. I enjoyed it. In addition, I have always been a fan of Jan Murray and I enjoyed seeing him. Great show, great performance. (R.H.)
I was just about 4 when this first aired. Laughed like crazy---I remembered the sanitation worker's brooms for years after. This episode always makes me smile 😁
I watched this twice, and was hysterical both times. About the funniest TV show I have ever seen.
LOL when The Girlfriends started singing HA!!!
😂 I was very young when this was on TV, but I could always remember the end of the song. This is my first time ever really watching the episodes. They are hysterical. Thanks so much for posting them. The cast had so much chemistry together and with the writing made for a hit TV series.
THIS IS MY FAVORITE EPOSIDE SO FUNNY /BOOMBOOM I CAN WATCH THIS ONE OVER AN OVER AGAIN AN STILL LAUGH …….
One of my favorite episodes. Thankyou.
Nat Hiken was a genius!
Doc Malthus he sure was
@Luke Enno you are correct sir
Too bad this show killed him
Good ole Hurman Monster and grandpa in the same episode lol
🚓🚓🚓🚔🚔🚔🚔CAR 54
ONE OF THE GREATEST TV 📺📺📺 SHOWS EVER MADE
🚓🚓🚓CAR 54 🚓🚓🚓
So funny and wholesome. Thank you for uploading.
This episode is a masterpiece jajaja
There were so many great sitcoms in the 1950s and 60s but this show are in my top 10 along with the 39 honeymooners bilko i love lucy mchales navy hogans heros that girl etc.
Herman Munster had such a beautiful voice!😮
Breast of lamb and round steak at 39 cents a lb
If there was a "love" I'd check it! Like Henry Quenin below, I saw this as a kid and never forgot it. Funniest thing I'd ever seen. I never thought I'd ever see it again either, and I am thrilled...very sentimental for me, too. It was a family favorite.
To jan murray. Thanks for cracking me up after all these years my parents and younger brother. Loved this episode it's a scream all i can say to you boom boom boom bill Montero jr newark ca
This was da funniest episode of this show hands down!! That Jan Murray will always have me LOLing 4 real!😂😁
Soy mexicana me encanta esta serie ojala la pudiera conseguir en dvd i love francis moldoon
The part where Jan Murray is blowing cigarette smoke along with "Boom Boom" always made me laugh so hard! I first saw this show back in the late 80s on Nick at Nite. I was in 4th grade. I'm 45 now and still love this more than anything else on Amazon Video or Netflix.
I want to go to Boom,Boom land!
OMG! I LOVE this episode!
Great show!!!!
What kind of crazy singing contest would require EVERY entry to sing the song? Seriously, that would drive ANYBODY nuts. I'm still wondering how come the other two judges didn't crack.
Boy, by the time it got to Muldoon's quartet, Jan Murray was totally punch drunk! Totally hilarious!!!
Yes, I edited cause I gotta get this in:
11:34-11:38: "Look, five years on TV...(slaps his wrists)...oh, c'mon, we're wasting time, we've got a show to 'boom, boom, boom!' "
“Come back! Come back! I wanna go to Boom Boom Land!”
The real question is.. "Are you alright Sam".
"I'm all right!!!"
LOL @ Psychiatrist..
If you were completely normal Mr.Murray you would be hearing "boom boom boom"..
CLASSIC!!! :)
Great episode and the show was good 👍
The funniest how ever
Probably the episode of "Car 54, Where Are You?" most remembered by us "BOOM-BOOM-BOOM, Baby Boomers" in the early 1960's. Jan Murray turned in a truly stellar comedic performance. Still funny after all these years.
the best episode by far
@Songs Mirth I like how they sit there smiling through the whole thing while Jan Murray is slowly going crazy.
My dad & I thought this was the funniest episode of ANY comedy at the time. Boom boom boom boom..............
I remember laughing so hard to this as a kid my jaws cramped up lol.
thanks for these ...i loved this show
I peed myself watching this
I almost died..so funny!
Fred Gwynne had a great singing voice!
Jan Murray use to have a game show from NYC...Treasure Hunt (1956)..I remember as a kid seeing it in person...
5:26 LMAO!
I lost it at 5:15 - 5:20!
Are you all right Sam?
the funniest episode ever
Never knew Fred Gwynn had such a great singing voice.
I don't think that was his own.
@@epaddon Actually it was, back then they did not have the audio magic like now to doctor a voice. If you listen real carefully and watch his Adams apple, you will see it is right on with how his words come out. Either way, he was an awesome actor and comedian.
@@stevenrussell5340 I know Fred could sing well in musicals, but compare what is his real signing voice in the first season Christmas episode and he is clearly not a high tenor like in this one. That sounds more like a dubbed voice in the same way we heard the same "boom boom" chorus dubbing the womens group.
Good to be back again. Back again? Back again!
THE LATE GREAT FRED GWENNE WAS in THE MUNSTERS AS HURMAN MUNSTER AND AL Lewis WAS GRANDPA in THE MUNSTERS AND HE WAS A vampire AND i HAVE Series ONE AND TWO ON DVD AND THE MUNSTERS WAS A VERY FUNNY COMEDY SHOW BACK in THE 1960s😁
jan murray was a comic god this show was even funnier than put it in the bank.
And he was also good-looking.
This episode will never not be funny as fuck!😂 Jan Murray was 2 fucking hilarious yo!😆
Jan Murray you were hilarious! Car 54 was SO funny..
This was definitely one of the originals, which has been poorly copied by so many different shows. Not just the cop comedy schtick, but the genuine situation comedy style... clean... pure... untainted by so many crass writers that failed to emulate it.
Love this show this episode was so funny.
Reminds me of work!!!😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆
they must have toody sittin on a coupla phone books in the squad car at the opening
Thanks I love this. be blessed.
This was hilarious!
I had NO IDEA JAN MURRAY WAS SO FUNNY!!!!!
Sounds like there were a lot of children in the audience.
hilatious....if only tv was like this ....funny, instead of insulting .
i could see jerry lewis doing this ....his antics would be very funny
"I'm alright" Lol!
“You all right Stan?”
“I’m all right!”
fantastic, thanks!
BILKO AND CAR 54 NAT HIKEN WAS A GOD
And let's not forget The Love God?, a Don Knotts classic.
One of the best ever
The butcher in this episode is played by Gerald Hiken, the cousin of series producer, Nat Hiken.
I saw him on ALL IN THE FAMILY where he was going to commit suicide by jumping off a ledge of a building until Archie Bunker stopped him...
I still laugh whenever I see this one!!
we got to rehearse the Boom Boom Boom lol
Captain mentioned singing along with Mitch - another show from the era - that showed lyrics highlighted with white dots to show the audience where to Sing Along With Mitch.
James Gilbrath - TV 20 San Francisco about 30 years ago started sowing vintage shows. Other stations got hip and now you can see them all.
“You alright Sam”? Hilarious
The funniest show ever...
ooh ooh....Boom..Boom..Boom
Hold him down!!!
At 18:55 that is Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx.
oh yea my father died there in 1959
There were a lot of children in the audience.
Boom boom boom forever stuck in the head.
Wish we could see more episodes !
I used to work near Jackson Heights!!