Why Homicide: Life On The Street is amazing.

[Coganboy]

How he kept a straight face is beyond me!!!!

[IDF1987]

I love how they used this on The Wire too. David Simon just loved this bit too much because it was based on reality.

[id1337x]

Not as good as the wire.

[Katt560]

The BEST DA on TV: Ben Stone (Michael Moriarty)

The BEST detective on TV: Mike Logan (Chris Noth)

Hands down!!

[codename617]

@Katt560 You have no argument from me there! (Well i am a McCoy fan,) But i do like Stone. He took it to the heart. All his cases. As for Logan, he's my favorite cop on the whole show. I do think the best detective was Goren, but I got use to watching Logan on CI. That's who i saw as Harry Bosch when i read Echo Park.

[BleakCabaler]

best american cop show, hands down

[kariebeez]

And the thing that's really funny is that police have really done stuff like this. It's hilarious ( and I'd laughed many times) when I saw police do this type of phony thing. Yes, some criminals are just not too smart.

[57babyboomer]

Classic!



[KruegerLot]

Why don't they do this anymore?! Dude I'd kill to turn on the news and this idiot believed a copier was a lie detector. Where's the awesome creativity to gain information?

[XrendirsejamasX]

somebody knows were i can find subtitles in spanish for this serie? i can`t find it ! or a translator for the subtitles in english, i really need it! thanks, greetings from argentina!

[StephanieWagon]

Which episode was this?

[TubeSteak007]

Have you ever tried this with a copy machine? It really works! (Except you don't have to worry about your sperm count...especially if you're a woman.

[sweenyadam]

This is in the opening of the Season 5 of 'The Wire', except Bunk keeps it simpler. Still works like a gem. Who really is stupid enough not to realise it is just a photocopier?!

[obscure323]

the wire was waaaayyy better than this bullshit.

[soulcalibur22]

@obscure323 this was "wayyyyy" before its time.

[nyvbyay]

@obscure323 why? b/c they said fuck all the time, and were all sloppy niggers?  HLOTS is an actual cop show. noob.

[obscure323]

@nyvbyay Whoooooaaaaaa. Only a racist redneck prick could turn an opinion of preference into a racist matter. Congratulations, you are a dickhead. Now go kill yourself. No, seriously, kill yourself.

Forreal. Do it.

[nyvbyay]

@obscure323 Racist? they "investigated" like sloppy niggers. its not racist when the wire, or snoop dogg says it? This gets amazing by season 3 by the way, I just want you to know that.

[obscure323]

@nyvbyay Again, if you have to resort to calling people "niggers", and you and I both know the malicious intent you use it with (so don't waste your time trying to proveotherwise), then you are a freaking racist. Face it. Accept it. Be true to yourself.

Bitch.

[nyvbyay]

@obscure323 me, the wire and every rapper ever are now racists. never said nigger you racist punk-ass. Be true to yourself.

[obscure323]

@nyvbyay You never called the predominately black police task unit a bunch of "sloppy niggers"? Really? Look at your comments. You said it twice. In two different comments. The point has nothing to do with the word in itself, it is the INTENT, and MOTIVE behind the person saying it. You cannot compare yourself to Tupac when he said "I love my niggas" to you saying "Sloppy niggers". These are two different things. Know the culture before you try to justify you racism.

"Punk-ass".

[nyvbyay]

@obscure323 I didn't realize they were ALL black. try deleting your comments, b/c we've ruined a perfectly good video.

[nyvbyay]

@obscure323 get utorrent, search HLOTS season 3 and watch 'a model citizen'. Its everything you need, to know this is a great show.

[gregdshand]

The Wire did this scene better.

[soulcalibur22]

@gregdshand Just like remixing music its easy to come BEHIND someone and sing their song.

[DAGUY]

The kid grew up to be a tea partyer.lol

[atarue]

i remember watching this show and law and order when law and order first came out and i always enjoyed this one way more, idk why it got canceled

[jimmtemp]

best part is it was used by actual detectives. it really worked. they took this scene straight from the book

[mangohair123]

wat a dummy, i wouldhave told a lie wen askd ma name jus to test it.

[Esteban2000]

@mangohair123 wow, a criminal mastermind

[herunarivelice]

The series was based on the same book that The Wire was based on. And the guy who produced The Wire wrote the book. So if there's an "authentic" version, it's The Wire. But this is all meaningless - both are great shows, and each has its own particular strengths.

[Pastor9764]

To all who complain why this has been repeated in The Wire: imho this real-life inspired story is so good that it can be told twice, esp. as well-executed as these two renderings.

[GoatseObama]

That was great good thing the wire was able to be produced for from the ashes

[captainvaritek]

There is some dispute as to whether it acutally happened, but there is a story out there about a rural police force in Pennsylvania doing something along these lines in the 1970s. They convinced a suspect they had a machine that could tell if he was lying, and it spit out copies from a Xerox every time the officers thought he wasn't telling the truth.

[SuckmyDick709]

The Wire is the best ever and thats a fact biatch

[Ally20791]

i've only recently bought the complete box set and have to say that it's one of the best tv shows i've ever seen

[claparxidi]

The Wire is the best of all time but Homicide was when it was on in the late 90s the best show at the time, great acting and told it like it was and how it still is!

[vlunney]

LMAO!!!!!

[harrysjulie]

is this an actual scene or was it a joke scene on a DVD? This is ridiculous :)

[irishbloke99]

i just seen the scene a week ago on season 2 DVD, it was the funniest thing ive ever seen in a cop show, great series.

[bigg130]

I was looking for another series that was similar to The Wire...but this just looks stupid.

[okcomputer1016]

they actually do this exact same thing on the wire in the last season

[bigg130]

Yes but the acting is tenfold. The Wire is superior in every aspect.

[edavismookie25]

@bigg130 That is because it is up to date. The WIre originated from this show.

[EO6131]

Funny shit. That kid was a fuck head lol

[gauchebag]

too unrealistic that this kid actually fell for it even though he knew it was a copy machine

[filthysize]

@gauchebag This was a true story from David Simon's book.

[gauchebag]

yeah but on this video the situation was terrible. you don't recognize a copy machine and then get tricked into thinking it's something else. if it happened exactly that way in the 'true story' then that's really sad

[globalforce]

Uh, some people are stupid. Shit like that happens; I've heard about a lot worse.

[Notebookwriter1]

@gauchebag : As long as your convincing enough, they'll believe anything man. People fall for stupid stuff a lot.

[CatherineDeneuveFan]

hilarious

[dragonsparx]

"I have to get out of here before I lose anymore of my sperm count." LOL.

[LTmattYT]

i fucking love when the wire did this, this shit is rad too

[drone81]

fyi jay landsman actually did this in real life (it's where simon got the idea from)

it worked then too

[57babyboomer]

One of the best shows I have ever seen. would love to see the reruns again!

[SemajPetrille]

dash point six, lol

[TheRosettaStoned]

fucking stupid wigger

[flufffdaddy]

the wire, season 5, episode one opens up with the same photocopier lie detector, its one of the funniest things in the series, great stuff

[codename617]

@flufffdaddy THat is an actual trick the Baltimore Homicide Unit uses or at least Used to do, because let's face it, how many thugs really knew what a copy machine was back then? I saw this trick being used again on THe Unusuals, a short lived cop show on ABC. It was ok. The cops caught a "cat" killer and did this trick with little effect.

If you watched Detroit 187 last year, you'd have noticed "the board." I think "the board" was also in THe Wire and a couple other cop shows.

[MNRick041]

I read the book that this series was based on, it was a amazing book.  The police do all sorts of things to get suspects to talk.

[thechampisherez]

if you havent yet, check out "The Wire". i havent seen this series, but the wire is one of the best tevelevision shows ever made. its written by the same guy as this show.

[TheBaltimoreKnight]

I like the wire alot better because it doesn't follow the classic Hollywood method of making a show. It shows things directly how they would go down in west baltimore and the dialogues in the wire sound more like recordings from real life conversations than written scripts from a hollywood drama.

[MysteryRidahz]

One of the best things i like about this show is the " Camera work ", truly awesome and interesting. They used to do it on the law and order shows, but for some reason they don't do anymore, and i think they need to start back doing it.

[timwmartin]

All you Life on Mars Fans can kiss my ass becuz this show was the real deal,

[PoilishedMahogony]

i just watched this episode today, this bit is genius

[TimsVideos17]

I've been reading Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets (on which this show was based), and this happens in the book as well.

[urbanslang]

7-7-B-.6 lmfao

[cs00024]

Bunk and Landsman also used this technique in The Wire

[takeunder]

Both shows are connected by David Simon who wrote the book that was the basis for both shows and was a writer on both shows.

[prawnsalad]

simply brilliant

[rustysurfing07]

this is genious writing haha

[moeezS]

They parodied this in the Unusuals first episode!

[hollywoodwerewolf]

In my opinion Homicide Life on the Street was the best cop show. Even better than Blue. I liked how Homicide was filmed entirely in the mean streets of Baltimore. I like the characters, the stories. It was real. It was gritty. It was awesome.

[sean1256]

@hollywoodwerewolf The Wire is miles better

[luckydan99]

@sean1256 The Wire was great too, but was really based on Homicide. A lot of the same people in both series. Clark Johnson.

[jakeshibby11]

@hollywoodwerewolf you need to see the wire

[EnviousWorm]

@hollywoodwerewolf

What about the original Law and Order? I'm not saying you're wrong, I LOVE Homicide (and any show with Munch), but Lennie Briscoe and Jack McCoy are definitely two of the greatest characters in this genre of show ever created. Just wanna know your stance on the show.

[spirittammyk]

@EnviousWorm Briscoe I'll give you Jack McCoy. I can't think of any other DA that is more famous or more loved, but Andre Braugher's Frank Pembleton and Kyle Secor's Tim Bayliss are by far the very best police characters ever depicted on TV. There's a reason why TV Guide and critics across the board were asking the Emmy's why they haven't awarded Braugher best actor yet. He finally got it in 1998.

[codename617]

@spirittammyk I think that the best detective on TV was Robert Goren. He had the interrogation techniques as Pembleton with a psychological twist and as once Eames had said "is a required taste." DOnt get me wrong, Andre Braugher is a terrific actor and most deserving of his reward. he was very good on last weeks SVU. As for McCoy, it was great that he was part of a show that didn't make a prosecuter a cinical character. Just a person picking up where the cops left off.

[spirittammyk]

@codename617 Never heard of him. I'm just biased on Homicide and Law&Order because, while most 13 year old girls were watching Beverly Hills 90210, Homicide and L&O were MY shows! And I loved it that I was the only one among my peers at the time that knew it existed. Stupid kids, didn't know what they were missing.

[codename617]

@spirittammyk Really? Check him out soemtimes. Look up Best Moments of Law & Order Criminal Intent season 1 to get an idea of his tecniques and characteristics. How old are you now? I myself am 22 and i got into Law & Order in high school and i saw SVU and eventually Criminal Intent. But when i saw the Wire i saw what any TV should be like. On HBO. I know how you feel. I hate going to facebook and reading about how the stupid fans "want eliot back." I mean, i dont wanna see that kind of drama.

[spirittammyk]

@codename617 I'm 33 now. I wasn't into Homicide right from the start. It was when the Sniper episode was being advertised, my mom wanted to check it out, and I stayed up to watch it with her. It was also, during the Homicide/L&O Crossover I became a fan of that show (Jack McCoy in particular.) When Homicide was off the air, I followed Munch onto L&O SVU, and the rest is history!

[codename617]

@spirittammyk Wow. BUt that's the cool thing about it you know? COnnecting the shows. Munch used to be on Homicide, Logan who was in L&O:CI for three seasons was in L&O, Cragen was in L&O, Jerry Orbach, Jesse L Martin, Fred THompson, Carolynn McCormick and Leslie Hendrix were the only ones to be in all four L&Os. Not counting LA. I haven;t seen many Homicide eps, but the few i've seen and the clips i've seen look awesome. I have the book i still haven;t read it yet.

[spirittammyk]

@codename617 Did you ever see The X-Files episode where John Munch was on that? And, if you were to watch the Homicide episode "A Doll's Eyes", there is a cameo of Mandy Patinken and Chicago Hope. Homicide is one of the rare shows that has crossed to other network shows. Special indeed!

[NadiaZeta]

hahaha XD

[sivazh]

Based on something that REALLY happened!

[naitch4life]

not only based on stuff that really happened but based on stuff that happened in my hometown the greatest city in america Baltimore

[ace11rothstein]

Best part: Dash point 6.

Why have a dash before a point unless it's fake?

LOL

[deedeelight5]

MUNCHIE! i love Homicide. have been watching since it was originally on NBC. the whole cast is great but i like Munch the best. such a great show!

[Ambar88]

How old is this show? They use video clipping techniques like they were using a hand-held camera. You can't tell me that's amazing acting either... No wonder I've never heard of this show.

[theprofessor172]

No, you've never heard of this show because you're uncultured. That's all.

[theprofessor172]

Being an uncultured person doesn't entitle you to criticize artful shows.

[individualfrog]

They are using a handheld camera. It's kind of the point. Almost every show on TV rips off Homicide in this respect.

[BarryManilowFan4eva]

Me & my dad love this show.

Love "Satch" (black guy who was in the movie Frequency).

& lov Munch.

[wardenphil]

Didn't Ned Beatty date Madonna at one time?

[Partisan357]

penile stutusstification, lol

[NUMB3RSLUV3R]

lol this is so random i love Munch

[rg8376]

there was a scene in the last season of the wire where they did the same thing. Classic

[loveclevelandohio]

You don't need to convince me it's a great show. It was one of my all time favorite shows ever. I have seasons 1 thru 5 and will get the rest of them soon.

[sillygilly25]

Best show ever! Classic scene. Let's keep them going on youtube.

[Beatpoet7371]

A little trivia regarding HLOTS: A real criminal, on the run from the real Baltimore PD, once ran into some of the "Homicide" cast and crew filming a scene. Thinking he'd been cornered by real cops, he surrendered immediately.

[creematthew]

I agree, it is amazing.

[bibitibi]

hahahahahahaha ooh my Good this is greaatt, lovee muunch <3

[AutumnLeaves86]

Hahaha, loved this episode!!

[izzi617]

That was kinda funny how they tricked him like that. Too bad they can't really do that nowadays.

[misshley]

Yeah, I liked that too. That's cute.

[kolst8406]

They can do that. It's legal for cops to lie to or otherwise mislead suspects.

[theprofessor172]

Back in the '80s, however, a few Detroit detectives were indicted after allegedly using this technique.

[kolst8406]

Indicted? "allegedly"? What was the charge? How was the case resolved?

[theprofessor172]

I read it in the book "Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets" - the book upon which the movie was based - and it wasn't very clear on the details. However, here, you see that the detective are using the technique simply to get information - the Detroit detectives, however, used them to get confessions.

[rudebolly]

Yep.

Taking into account the era, the channel and the extent they could deal with adult issues, it's without doubt the biggest leap forward in cop shows. Feels really frustrating with people I know asking 'have you seen The Wire yet?'. Have I seen The Wire.....if you are a Homicide nut, you know what I mean...

Cheers, and long live Munch, Pembleton, Bayliss, Crosetti, Lewis, Gee, Howard and Bolander.

[captain07234]

Isn't this based on something two cops did to a suspect?

[dkaneboy]

I love this show. The original cast was the best. never should have gottein rid of Det crasetti. the best Italian cop in the show.

[HelloRadiooo]

This show... it just gets better and better every time I see it.

[lordtrax8]

Fuck the rest! Homicide still rules!

[sarabubasara]

THIS IS THE BEST SHOW EVER!!!

[prmelone]

thats right!

[Stimuli2000]

The wire did the same scene but they played it a bit different. Believe it or not, some criminals ARE that stupid.

[ToruKun1]

I believe it. >_>V

[lookingoutpfunk]

wire and homicide was created by the same writer with most of the staff writing for it. the wire is homicide uncensored.

[aznativethug]

i heard they are redoing this scene in the opening scene of the first episode of the fifth season on january 6th.

[aznativethug]

if you like homicide, watch the wire on hbo january 6th 2008, it has munch and clark johnson from this show. it is a very good show. it's even better than homicide!!!

[senga1886]

I dissagree. I would say that Homocide and OZ in their prime were every bit as brilliant as The Wire. Of the 3 OZ is my favourite followed by Homocide and then The Wire, which lacks the charisma of the other 2. All 3 are awsome though.

[aznativethug]

are you serious? the wire is the best show ever! homicide comes second and oz comes third. p.s. the sopranos sucks balls!

[aznativethug]

are you serious? the wire is the best show ever! homicide comes second and oz comes third. p.s. the sopranos sucks balls!

[senga1886]

Yes I am very serious, Oz IMO is the greatest show ever, It was the equal to The Wire in terms of acting, writting & direction but unlike The Wire it never forgot to be entertaining. As brilliant as it is at times when I am watching the The Wire I get bored, that as far as I am concerned is a fault on its part. It dosent take as many risks as Oz did either it is to hung up on being authentic& cool, take the risks somtimes they will work somtimes fail but at least like Oz have the balls to try.

[aznativethug]

the wire took so many fuckin risks! first the storyline switched from the great drug storyline all the way to the docks, then d' angelo was killed in the 6th episode of a 12 episode second season! the third season saw not only the end of stringer bell and avon barksdale(two of the biggest characters on the show) but made mcnulty become sober at the end of the season, in the fourth season they got rid of bodie. i'm sorry but the wire takes many risks too.

[senga1886]

IMO Oz also has better charachters Adebisis, O'Reily, Keller, Shilinger, Alvarez, Said, Poet, Beecher, Cain, Ortaloni... I could sit here all day and list them.

All 3 shows are incredible. But have to agree with you on The Sopranos I have never liked it. dosent come close to The Wire, Oz or Homocide.

[aznativethug]

the wire has better characters! omar, snoop, chris, marlo, michael,dukie, randy, namond, cutty, mcnult, prop joe, stringer, wee-bay, cheese, d'angelo, bubbles, bunk, wallace, avon, carver and many others!

[senga1886]

In your opinion, someone has seen all 3 shows and dissagrees with you, deal with it;-) Those werent the kind of risks I was talking about. Basing a show in a high security prison were most of the main charchters were amongst other things ruthless cold blooded murderers, nazis, paedophiles, rapist and canabils, now that is what I call taking a risk. I only find a handful of The Wire charchters facinating, which is admitadley above average, whilst on Oz the ones I named were just the begining.

[aznativethug]

you put up a good argument but the point is that all three shows are amazing but the wire is just a better show. thats all i'm saying.

[senga1886]

And all I am saying that all 3 shows are amzing but for mr Oz is the better show. I think we will have to agree to disagree.

[nmieuli]

I really like this show, too.  My favorite scene is one in which Frank muses about the power of coffee. Any have that clip to upload?

[onefive0]

This is the greatest TV series- I lived in Baltimore, and watching every episode makes brings back such nostalgia. Truly a work of art. Unfortunately, the gritty side of the show is all too real. Baltimore does have a serious narcotics and homicide epidemic. Almost 300 murders every year....

[lilliansmith]

I love it! The two will do whatever it takes to close the case :)

[icom1020]

It is amazing, I own all seven seasons.

[b7160]

What's really sad is that somewhere, there are people stupid enough to fall for something like this.

[vanjchi]

homicide - the best show EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:))

[urbanslang]

that was so freaking awesom! hahahahahahahahahahaha! and lol chrisnu...fried gold....it so was...perfectly put! :D

[FOBOTHfan]

OMG, I have never seen this show (I was to young to see it) but it looks SO GOOD, this scene was FUNNY!

Thanks for uploading!

[DeanRamsey]

Best. Show. Ever.

[Littlefinger]

Not Chicago -- Baltimore. The show is set in Baltimore and was filmed in Baltimore, and was based on David Simon's book, "Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets."

[rebeccanne]

The show was set in Baltimore and the book was about the Homicide cops in Baltimore but I think that in the book Simon mentions that cops in Chicago used this technique.

[chrisnu]

Fried gold!

[TheOriginalVlad]

I just love this show , Maybe a new (Modern) series? :) But it will never be like the old stuff... Love it

[spiker6199]

Check out The Wire, another David Simon creation. Hands down the greatest TV show.

[TheOriginalVlad]

I'll be sure to check it out if I ever see it anywhere.

[milenaja]

i adore this show!!!!!!

[DeformedUglyMan]

What a great scene!

[sivazh]

Based on something that REALLY happened. In Chicago I think. Most of the stuff on Homicide was based on real life stuff, crazy as it was.