The Shell Game (Fish Police)

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The Shell Game
Network	CBS
Premiere date	February 28, 1992
Run time	23:08
Starring	John Ritter Hector Elizondo Ed Asner Jonathan Winters Tim Curry Robert Guillaume Buddy Hackett Megan Mullally JoBeth Williams Frank Welker Georgia Brown Charlie Schlatter B.J. Ward
Music composed by	James Horner
Writer(s)	Jeanne Romano
Voice director(s)	Gordon Hunt
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"The Shell Game" is the first episode of Fish Police season one. It aired on February 28, 1992 on CBS. It was written by series creator, Jeanne Romano, and voice directed by Gordon Hunt.

Gil's old assistant, Angel, is suspected of murdering a nightclub owner she was having an affair with.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Inspector Gil	John Ritter
Sandy	Unavailable
Doc Croaker	Unavaliable
Clams Casino	N/A
Crabby	Buddy Hackett
Angel	JoBeth Williams
Tad	Charlie Schlatter
Mussels Marinara	Frank Welker
Calamari	Hector Elizondo
Larry	N/A
Pearl	Megan Mullally
Fred Flintstone
Wilma Flintstone
Crab's ex-wife
Goldie	Georgia Brown
Detective Catfish	Robert Guillaume
Chief Abalone	Ed Asner
Chief Abalone's wife
Chief Abalone's kids
Sharkster	Tim Curry
Louie	Unavailable
Widow Casino	B.J. Ward

Organizations

• Fish Police
• The Ancient Mariner

Locations

• Earth
  • Fish City
    • Shell Shack
    • Pearl's Diner
    • Police station
• Atlantis (mentioned)

Objects

• The Ancient Mariner newspaper
• Buoy's Life

Vehicles

• Crab's cab

Production

Filming

It was copyrighted in 1991.

Music

The theme song and main music were composed by James Horner. In its initial airing on CBS, Horner was credited as composing the music, whereas, in rebroadcasted versions, he's only credited for providing the theme song.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: February 28, 1992 on CBS

Behind the scenes

• Gil mentions Kermit & Miss Piggy and Rocky & Bullwinkle. He refers to the latter as if they were a couple.
• Angel sings "Flounders in the Night," a parody of Frank Sinatra's "Strangers in the Night."

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• Not available. 😥