"A Substantial Gift (The Broken Promise)" is the first episode of the television series Police Squad!. It was written and directed by Jim Abrahams, David...

introduced in the six episodes that were aired of the 1982 Police Squad! series on ABC, starting with the episode "A Substantial Gift (The Broken Promise)". Drebin...

Police Squad: The Complete Series: Audio Commentary for "A Substantial Gift (A Bird in the hand)" (DVD). CBS Paramount. Werts, Diane (November 10, 2006)...

four comedies for Paramount Pictures during the arrangement; the first film was a feature film version of the early 1980s television show Police Squad!...

writer, best known as a member of Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker. Abrahams was born to a Jewish family in Shorewood, Wisconsin, the son of Louise M. (née...

and Zucker, with whom he wrote and directed the 1980 film Airplane! and created The Naked Gun franchise. As a solo filmmaker, Zucker also directed Scary...

Minnesota, of Norwegian descent. She grew up on a farm in Robbinsdale, the daughter of Ole Kringstad, a Norwegian immigrant, and Hilda Karlsgodt Kringstad...

Frank tries to get Martin to agree to a fight between Buddy and The Champ, but Martin promises he will never get a fight in this city because "I own this...

Detroit, Michigan. From the ages of 9–13, Tarbuck performed as a regular on the children's series Storyland, which aired on the Detroit AM radio station...

The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series is an annual award presented as part of the Primetime Emmy Awards. It recognizes writing...

The Waltons is an American historical drama television series about a family in rural Virginia during the Great Depression and World War II. It was created...

money wired, or gift cards purchased for bail, and asks the victim not to tell the grandchild's parents, as they would "only get upset." The call is fraudulent...

to heal abused and damaged horses after a tragic accident that led to significant changes in the lives of the characters. Heartland airs in Canada on...

affected farmers remains unresolved. The phrase "40 acres and a mule" has come to symbolize the broken promise that Reconstruction policies would offer...

Maurice Suckling, while the ship's company sent a gift of a silver watch. Prince William Henry gave the bride away, and signed as a witness. Nelson pronounced...

(闇芝居, Yami Shibai, lit. Dark Play) and Theater of Darkness is a Japanese anime series. The first season was directed by Tomoya Takashima, with scripts written...

the guest parted from his host he was often presented with gifts (ξένια), and sometimes a die (ἀστράγαλος) was broken between them. Each then took a part...

the case of "making a promise," rule knowledge indicates under what circumstances a promise may or may not legitimately be broken – or at least the sort...

his promise in Christ JESUS by the Gospel: whereof I am made a minister according to the gift of the grace of God, which is given me according to the operation...

towards the European colonists who gave him substantial military and economic support, he eventually became an influential "alliance chief" (a sachem who...

'Promise' broken; Grace's is the 'Greatest'". The Tennessean. Milward, John (January 23, 1992). "The Missing Years". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original...

A listing of episodes of the TLC television program Little People, Big World....

Performers included the St George's Chapel Choir, the Philharmonia Orchestra, and Welsh composer Alun Hoddinott. As a wedding gift, The Marinsky Theatre...

the U.S. While the 1727 load of logwood donated by the "Gentlemen of the Bay of Honduras" was a substantial contribution to the funds needed for the first...

There is usually the promise the scammer will one day join the victim in the victim's home. Victims may be invited to travel to the scammer's country;...

seven million copies in the first 24 hours after its release, a record eventually broken by its sequel, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. There were...

by the insurgency, in December 1978, Taraki and Deputy Prime Minister Hafizullah Amin signed a friendship treaty with Moscow to secure a promise of Soviet...

state. Substantial autonomy is given to states and several territories, with a political culture that emphasizes liberty, equality under the law, individualism...

Candidate Jimmy Carter's promise to withdraw troops from South Korea is thought to have been one of their primary objectives. The United States House of...

announced Sefolosha had settled with the NYPD for $4 million, a "substantial portion" of which he donated to Gideon's Promise, a nonprofit organization dedicated...