21 Jump Street

'21 Jump Street'' is a police drama which ran on Fox from 1987 until 1990, and for a final season in syndication. It focused on officers who went undercover in high schools and the like.

Muppet Mentions
In the season two episode "Christmas in Saigon," main character Sergeant Harry Truman Ioki, previously presumed to be a Japanese immigrant, is outed as a South Vietnamese refugee named Vinh Van Tran. An Ernie and Bert sketch is shown in one of a series of flashbacks as having been instrumental in teaching English to young Harry after his arrival in the states.

Connections

 * Kareem Abdul-Jabbar played Wesley Williams in "Hi Mom"
 * Christina Applegate played Tina in "I'm OK - You Need Work"
 * Johnny Depp played Tom Hanson
 * Dom DeLuise played Uncle Nick in "Woolly Bullies"
 * Bridget Fonda played Molly 'Moho' Chapman in "Blinded by the Thousand Points of Light"
 * Holly Robinson Peete played Judy Hoffs
 * Jada Pinkett Smith played Nicole in "Homegirls"
 * Blair Underwood played Reginald Brooks in "Gotta Finish the Riff"