Jennifer was in the break room at work today when VH1 was showing “I love the 90s” for the year 1990. Apparently there was a show that ran for 11 episodes in 1990 called “Cop Rock.” This show fused a gritty television drama about police work with campy original musical scores to create the hideous love child of Cannibal: The Musical and Cops. (Another site describes it as “part ‘Real Stories of the Highway Patrol’ and part Broadway musical.”) It sounded too good to be true – at first I couldn’t believe that something this awful had actually been made, let alone broadcast.
Without further ado, I give you “Let’s Be Careful Out There.”
Dwell on this: Someone paid money to make this. Someone thought this was a good idea. Just let that sink in. There. That’s better.
Mothers be cryin’, man. Life in the hood really isn’t no piece of pie, is it?
If anyone can find me video of the purported scene where the courtroom jury turns into a Gospel choir singing “He’s Guilty!” I will give them $5.
