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Interesting Questions, Facts and Information
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 Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
 Barney Miller
Bernice. Elizabeth 'Liz' was the name of Barney's wife, played by Barbara Barrie.
Captain. He eventually got a promotion in the last episode.
making coffee. He gave it up on New Year's Eve 1975. He said he would not make coffee again until 1976 because he was tired of the complaints!
Linda Lavin. Linda Lavin played Detective Janice Wentworth starting in 1975.
Vietnam War. Wojo mentions that he delivered a baby while in Vietnam,which helped him assist with a delivery in the precinct on New Year's Eve 1975.
Priest. The episode was 'Doomsday', primarily about a man wired with dynamite who demands that all city officials and the governor be arrested.
All in the Family. Harris played a refrigerator repairman, and Chano played a vigilante who was killed in a car explosion. Both episodes aired originally in 1973.
He made Deputy Inspector.. He had made Deputy Inspector but in a sad twist, the 12th was being split up, and the building turned into an historical landmark.
1st. She originally appeared in an episode called 'Ms. Cop' which first aired March 13,1975.
New York City. Although the series was shot in Los Angeles, it was set in New York City. The famous New York accent was very prevalent in the show.
Captain. Captain Miller was turned down for the promotion to Deputy Inspector three times but was finally promoted to that rank in the final episode.
12th. The precinct was occasionally fondly referred to as “the old one-two”.
Barney. Barney is a witness in a large cocaine bust trial but refused to name his source of information. The judge refers to him as “an uncooperative witness” and cites him for contempt.
Harris. Detective Harris writes his book “Blood on the Badge” loosely based on the members of the squad. It is quite successful but does create a bit of uneasiness in the squad room.
Fish and Barney. A frequent issue is Fish’s amusing “tolerance” of his wife but it is also quite obvious that he does love her.
Yemana. Somehow it has fallen upon Yemana to make the coffee for the squad in spite of his seeming inability to make it properly. Consequently he is the frequent target of complaints about it.
Harris. Harris is by far the most obsessed with looking good in his plainclothes position. His choice of clothing is frequently a subject for comment by him and the other members of the squad.
| Which uniformed officer is constantly hounding Barney about a promotion to a plainclothes detective? | "Barney Miller" 101
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Levitt. Officer Levitt does get to fill in occasionally in the detectives' squad room when there is a temporary manpower shortage but he desperately wants to be there on a permanent basis. He constantly pesters Barney about the chances of a promotion, much to Barney’s chagrin.
| Which of the squad seems to be teeming with knowledge and information and can tend to be annoying to the other members of the squad because of it? | "Barney Miller" 101
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Dietrich. Dietrich is referred to as “a walking encyclopedia” by Barney in one episode. He seems to know everything about everything. This is especially annoying to Harris which is the source for many amusing scenes in the show.
Wojciehowicz. Initially Wojo didn’t even remember who the plaintiff was that had accused him of being the father of her child. He even asked Barney if he knew. He later remembered how he had met her. A trip to the urologist confirmed it was impossible for him to be the child’s father.
| Who unknowingly supplies the squad with homemade brownies laced with hashish? | "Barney Miller" 102
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Wojciehowicz. Wojo’s girlfriend at the time made the brownies and added the special herb without his knowledge. Several of the squad members sampled the brownies which made for, in my opinion, one of the funniest TV episodes ever.
Dietrich. If you are very familiar with Dietrich at all, this should not be very much of a surprise. Jeffrey Tambor appears as a conspiracy theorist who caused some damage in the Trilateral Commission’s offices as he attempts to get them to admit to the underhanded activities he suspects them of. As he is leaving, he surmises to Dietrich that he probably thinks he’s just another crackpot. Dietrich assures him that is not the case, that he believes he has some valid criticisms of the commission and he will bring those points up at the next meeting. This horrifies the man as he realizes that he has been in the company of one of “them” all the while.
| Unable to find an apartment, who has to stay in Dietrich’s apartment for a while? | "Barney Miller" 102
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Harris. Harris very reluctantly accepts Dietrich’s offer to stay in his extra bedroom until he can find his own place. It must have been difficult for Harris as he somehow manages to “tolerate” Dietrich in the squad room, let alone being in the same apartment with him.
Rachel and David. Rachel and David do appear on the show but in very few episodes. One particularly amusing scene is when Rachel shows up at the squad room to get Barney to join her and Mrs. Miller for lunch. Levitt, not realizing who she is, asks Barney if she is a hooker.
| Barney and his wife Elizabeth have some marital problems and separate for a while. At which hotel did Barney stay during this time? | "Barney Miller" 102
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Greenwich. When Barney and his wife reconcile he calls the hotel and inquires about the refund for his unused rent since he is moving out before the end of the month, having paid for the entire month in advance. Barney is quite upset when he is informed that this against the hotel's policy. He states that he should have known not to check into a hotel that had been busted 25 times for prostitution. Then, in answer to the hotel's reply, he shouts "never mind how I know!"
| Fish, Harris, Dietrich and Levitt are all assigned mugging detail at various times during the show, dressing as women in an attempt to attract muggers. But Barney stops one of them from going out that way. Which? | "Barney Miller" 102
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Dietrich. Dietrich was not exactly attractive as a woman and Barney decided to cancel his mugging detail.
Omaha. In one episode, Dietrich asks Yemana if he ever longs to return to his homeland- the terraced hillsides, the cherry trees, the land of his ancestors. Yemana states he was born in Omaha. Dietrich replies, “we got a place in Nebraska that sounds just like that”.
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