WISEASS

WISEGUY
CBS 1987-1990

WISEASS
Cracked #248, October 1989
w: Vic Bianco (Lou Silverstone)
a: Walter Brogan

Another show that completely overlaps with my college years, which were practically my TV blackout years, which is why I hadn't heard about it until now. It was all about undercover sting operatives catching mobsters for the O.C.B. (Organized Crime Bureau). The main cop was Vinnie Terranova (Ken Wahl), working for Frank McPike (Jonathan Banks). Their imformation operative was Daniel Burroughs a/k/a Lifeguard (Jim Byrnes), with the organization headed by Paul Beckwith (Ken Jenkins).

Rocky and Mugsy from the Bugs Bunny cartoons are probably among the gangsters because they're the easiest to draw. The Edward G. Robinson caricature looks out of place being lifted from Hirschfield among a group of Drucker/Davis copies.