21 Jump Street

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Steven Williams … Captain Adam Fuller (80 episodes, 1987-1991)
Holly Robinson Peete … Officer Judy Hoffs (76 episodes, 1987-1991)
Peter DeLuise … Officer Doug Penhall (72 episodes, 1987-1990)
Dustin Nguyen … Officer Harry Truman Ioki (59 episodes, 1987-1990)
Johnny Depp … Officer Tom Hanson (57 episodes, 1987-1990)

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Aired (episodes starring Johnny Depp): 1987 – 1990

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trivia

Johnny Depp had always been Patrick Hasburgh’s first choice to play Tom Hanson but Depp turned the role down. Jeff Yagher was then cast as Hanson and filming for the pilot began. But Fox was unhappy with his performance and halted production after three weeks. Fox wanted Josh Brolin for the role but Hasburgh wanted to offer the role to Depp again. This time Depp accepted the role and Yagher’s scenes were re-shot.

After the second season, a spin-off was planned titled “City Court”. The intention was to follow the Jump Street cases through the court system. A two-hour pilot was planned in which Tom Hanson is put on trial for murder. But because of the 1988 writer’s strike, the series was never produced. The storyline featuring Hanson’s murder trial was later used for the third season finale.

Johnny Depp and Peter Deluise sang the JUMP!! backup vocals to the opening theme song while Holly Robinson sang the lead.

Johnny Depp did not want to work on a television series but agreed to a six-year contract only because he did not believe the show would last more than one season. He also found it difficult to turn down the money and the chance to work with Frederic Forrest. But the show became a huge success mostly due to Depp’s presence. By the third season, Depp was chafing at having to stay with the show instead of accepting various film offers. He began to complain about the scripts and often gave listless performances. With the help of his lawyers, Depp was released from his contract and left the show after the fourth season.

When Johnny Depp became increasingly disillusioned with the show, the actor would amuse himself by changing his lines.

Johnny Depp often wore a tube sock in his pants as a joke during the filming of this show.

As Johnny Depp became increasingly frustrated with the series, he began to put forth ridiculous suggestions for his character to the producers. One such a suggestion included the discovery by the other characters that Tom Hanson was obsessed with peanut butter, and would be discovered by the other characters smearing it all over his naked body.

Quotes

Off. Doug Penhall: They’re gonna have fireworks, free hot dogs. Even Sprinkles the clown!
Off. Tom Hanson #2: Sprinkles? Really?

Off. Doug Penhall: You gotta turbo-charge the hair or something, Hanson. You look like Richie Cunningham.

Off. Tom Hanson #2: This is Jump Street Chapel, right?
Off. Doug Penhall: Only if you’re Catholic. Ioki, here, thinks it’s a Buddhist temple. Me? I think it’s a synagogue. You know, my mom’s Jewish, which only means I get to celebrate both guilt and hell.
Officer Harry Truman Ioki: Yeah, you see, his father used to be a priest, so don’t play bingo with this guy. He’s a killer.

Off. Tom Hanson #2: Okey-dokey.

Officer Judy Hoffs: How many times have you seen this?
Off. Tom Hanson #2: 122 times… but I don’t watch the whole tape. I watch 3.3 seconds. 3.3 seconds that slipped through my fingers. 3.3 seconds where I could’ve done a thousand different things. But I didn’t move. Do you know how many things you can do in 3.3 seconds? You can take off your shoes, pop a beer, and shoot someone in 3.3 seconds.
Officer Judy Hoffs: Come on, Hanson.
Off. Tom Hanson #2: You can hold your finger down on the remote control and pass 17 stations in 3.3 seconds. You can open a can of tuna fish, shuffle and bridge a deck of cards, or twist the tops off six bottles of ginger ale in 3.3 seconds.
Officer Judy Hoffs: Hanson, please!
Off. Tom Hanson #2: You can ring a doorbell 22 times, lock and unlock a deadbolt four times, or sing the entire alphabet in 3.3 seconds.
Officer Judy Hoffs: Hanson, please! Please.

Off. Doug Penhall: This guy is the worst burglar I’ve ever seen. He’s drunk.
Off. Tom Hanson #2: Hammered.
Off. Doug Penhall: Pickled.
Off. Tom Hanson #2: To the gills.

Off. Doug Penhall: [after being awaken in the middle of the night by Hanson] Why didn’t you call?
Off. Tom Hanson #2: You wouldn’t have let me in.
Off. Doug Penhall: I know. Why didn’t you call?

Officer Charlie Donagon:: [to Tom Hanson] I didn’t recognize you without the bandage across your partner’s nose.

Busdriver: Hey, hey, hey, hey. Where’s your bus pass?
Off. Doug Penhall: [as Doug McQuaid] My dog ate it.
Off. Tom Hanson #2: [as Tommy McQuaid] I got the same dog.

Off. Tom Hanson #2: Poke-age!

Off. Tom Hanson #2: Did someone mention the manly art of poker on Valentine’s day?

Dave, the poet junkie: Save your preach, cop. I reject everything, man. And it’s not because I’m unhappy or confused or afraid of reality. See, I can, I can, chew up the nastiest tastes reality has to dish out, man. And if reality serves me up some raw sewage, man – I’ll, I’ll slurp up a whole toilet-bowl full and call it ambrosia.
Officer Dennis Booker: You always had a way with words, Dave.

Off. Tom Hanson #2: Another Slamerino!

Off. Doug Penhall: Oh! Oh! You’re not supposed to be watching that. Where’s the babysitter?
[Clavo points to the door where Doug hears giggling from inside the bedroom. Doug knocks]
Off. Doug Penhall: Hey! You’ve got five seconds to get your clothes on and get out of there before I light your friggin’ underwear on fire. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
[the babysitter and her boyfriend run half-naked out the door]

Off. Tom Hanson #2: Without Jenko we’re gonna be Charlie’s Angels.

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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