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Title: 21 Jump Street (1987–1991)
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Officer Judy Hoffs
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| Steven Williams | ... |
Captain Adam Fuller
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| Peter DeLuise | ... |
Officer Doug Penhall
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| Johnny Depp | ... |
Officer Tom Hanson
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| Dustin Nguyen | ... |
Officer Harry Truman Ioki
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Sal 'Blowfish' Banducci
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21 Jump Street is the headquarters for a squad of police officers who specialize in investigations relating to young people. Each of the Jump St. personnel was selected for their ability to pass for high school or college students, allowing them to operate undercover in areas where it is difficult for regular police officers to blend in unnoticed. Written by Marg Baskin <marg@asd.raytheon.ca>
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12 April 1987 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
21 Jump Street - Tatort Klassenzimmer See more »Filming Locations:
New Westminster Secondary School, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada See more »Company Credits
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20th Century Fox Television, LBS Communications, Patrick Hasburgh Productions See more »
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[with gun pointed to Hanson's face]
Off. Tom Hanson #2: Hey Ronnie. The safety's on the left, man. You ought to take it off if you want to threaten somebody.
Ronnie Seebok: Safety don't work, man. Never did.
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By Liam Sternberg
Arranged and produced by Jay Gruska
Sung by Holly Robinson Peete (as Holly Robinson)
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The show is set in the US, but was shot in Vancouver, Canada. See more »Goofs
Throughout the first season Hanson repeatedly says "tail" when his mouth obviously says "ass." This was a post-production change in response to network censorship, who thought the word "ass" was inappropriate. See more »Quotes
Ronnie Seebok: You could end up dead, man...[with gun pointed to Hanson's face]
Off. Tom Hanson #2: Hey Ronnie. The safety's on the left, man. You ought to take it off if you want to threaten somebody.
Ronnie Seebok: Safety don't work, man. Never did.
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Connections
Referenced in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Dwayne Johnson/Meghan Trainor/Meghan Trainor ft. John Legend (2015) See more »Soundtracks
(theme music)By Liam Sternberg
Arranged and produced by Jay Gruska
Sung by Holly Robinson Peete (as Holly Robinson)
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This was one of the first Fox hour-long dramas, and Fox definitely wore its heart on its sleeve. Like WB now, Fox wanted to lure in a teenage audience with its good-looking young stars. Luckily for those stars, 21 Jump Street was a rather good vehicle, and stood on its own merits.
Kind of like a Mod Squad for the 80s, the "teens" in 21 Jump Street were cops. Hip cops. They would infiltrate schools, drug rings, gangs, wherever teenagers were in trouble... unlike the Mod Squad, though, the storylines were always passable, and quite often excellent. Almost every episode touched upon subjects that were taboo for the big 3 networks (and still are)- AIDS, statutory rape, drug use, abortion, child abuse- and presented it in a moralistic way, but without being maudlin.
The show kind of faltered in its last few seasons; Johnny Depp was becoming a star, and execs started pushing other "stars" into the spotlight, hoping for cash rewards and spin-offs. Richard Greico was most heavily promoted, to an audience that didn't really care. He became a teen-age heartthrob for a while, but never achieved the momentum to carry his career skyward. With this pushing of the stars, the storylines took a back seat to character preening. The end result was faltering ratings, and cancellation.
Until it became an actors' showcase, though, 21 Jump Street was probably the best drama on TV.