Car 54 - "A Policeman's Lot" (Song)

Officer Francis Muldoon (Fred Gwynne) sings "A Policeman's Lot Is Not A Happy One" from 'Car 54, Where Are You? - 1x15 - Christmas At The 53rd.'

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[oxyaena]

Oh Freddy;Eyecandy with talent,too!!

[GwynneGal]

I'll second that!

[bigred997]

Fred was actually a clasically trained performer with a gifted voice- check out his singing yiddish in one of the molly picon episodes.

he was very upset with having to make a living doing Herman Munster and was rarily offered non-cartoonish roles.

Sadly, his last great role was as the judge in My Cousin Vinny. "Did you just say 'yewt' ?

[vigo894]

Policemen didn't have a good reputation back then. Like in Batman (the Adam

West version), Batman solved the

crimes, and what did Chief O'Hara do?

He was right about Perry Mason as

well. Fortunately shows like Adam-12

came along.

[mbabist01]

LOL! Nice parody! I didn't know Fred Gwynne could sing, he had a nice baritone.

[bazza230567]

Never heard this version before,very good.

[WBensburg]

@WSenator1 This is the policeman's song from "Pirates of Penzance"; Gilbert and Sullivan indeed!

[tony1721]

@WSenator1 Yep..a true classic, great tune

[tony1721]

@WSenator1 Yep..a true classic

[WSenator1]

I remember seeing this episode when "Car 54" was first on, in the early 60s. BTW, is the song from Gilbert and Sullivan?

[streetwhereulive]

How darling!

[SnooperSquirrelFilms]

A great video clip tribute to Fred Gwynne...Thanks for posting it

[SnooperSquirrelFilms]

@bigred997 ...Fred Gwynne was also in many episoades of CBS Radio mystery theater w/ EG marshal host ....i listened to him many long scarey radio nights back in the early 1970's ...i think i have the "unofficial" complete set of all the radio shows

[ladyg0726]

This was quite enjoyable. In those days, once you were type cast, that was it. I enjoyed him in "My Cousin Vinny." Now many talented actors suffer the same fate of being type cast, most recently Garrett of "Everybody Loves Raymond" fame.To be honest, these shows couldn't have made it without them. I'm trying hard to locate the episode when Toody and his wife set Muldoon (Gwynne) up on a blind date-comedic genius.