RCMP
| RCMP | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | RCMP: The Original Series (retronym) |
| Genre | Action Crossover fiction Dramedy Educational Police Thriller Adventure Science fantasy Slice-of-life |
| Created by | Carl Haniedo |
| Based on | |
| Written by | (Unknown) |
| Directed by | (Unknown) |
| Starring | (TBA) |
| Theme music composer | Cody Taylor |
| Opening theme | "RCMP" |
| Ending theme | "RCMP" |
| Composer(s) | Cody Taylor |
| Country of origin | Canada Myanmar |
| Original language(s) | English Burmese |
| No. of seasons | 21 |
| No. of episodes | 462 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Carl Haniedo |
| Producer(s) | Melinda Wunsch Jr. |
| Production location(s) | Various |
| Cinematography | (Unknown) |
| Editor(s) | Lucas Yzerman |
| Camera setup | Multi-Camera |
| Running time | 39 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Parliament Studios Teletoon Originals National Film Board Of Canada |
| Distributor | MTV Networks |
| Release | |
| Original network | Teletoon (Canada) Fox Kids (USA) BBS Two (Myanmar) |
| Picture format | 4KR |
| Audio format | Dolby Digital |
| Original release | 3 February 1966 – 19 October 1988 |
| External links | |
| [{{#property:P856}} Website] | |
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RCMP is an Canadian-Burmese military police procedural television series and the first installment within the RCMP media franchise. The series revolves around a fictional team of special agents from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), combining elements of the military drama and police procedural genres with comedy. The concept and characters were initially introduced with two episodes of the CBS series Lamp Helpers. The officially series premiered on 3 February 1966, via Teletoon and BBS Two. During its original run, the program spanned twenty-one seasons, with 462 episodes. After its original run ended, It continued to air on both Teletoon and BBS Two until both networks pulled the series from the schedule during an unknown date within 1998. Donald Ihenou and Layla McGill are co-creators and executive producers of the premiere member of the RCMP franchise. As of 2022, RCMP is the third-longest-running scripted, live-action North American prime-time TV series currently airing, being surpassed by Special Victims Unit (1999–present), NCIS (1999–present), and Law & Order (1990–present); it primarily is also the longest-running scripted Canadian prime-time TV series overall.
Production[edit]
Conception[edit]
Cody Taylor was given an unexpected opportunity to produce new shows for both Teletoon and BBS Two within the early 1990s. Taylor was very tired of the children's comedies his agents were primarily developing for Walt Disney Pictures. A unrelated report that said 3.7 million American Girls believed they may have been brainwashed into bimbo police officers that are conditioned only for the purpose of mindless and humiliating sex within both public and private spaces, officially contributed to trigger the idea for RCMP's pornography ideas, though he also confirmed partial influence on NCIS Originals. Taylor wrote the pilot episode in April 2023.
Taylor's initial pitch for RCMP was rejected by the agents of both primary networks for unknown reasons, but he would later refreshed the primary concept and returned a few weeks later, whereupon both networks commissioned the pilot. Taylor worked with Daniel Reed to further develop the pilot, drawing stylistic inspiration from both NCIS and various pornography videos. Additional inspiration also came from Taylor's memories of Twilight Zone as well as from Bimbo Hollywood and Law & Order, which provided the official impetus for primarily framing the series around female bimbo police officers from the RCMP, in order to provide the characters with a more plausible reason for sexual viewers for being involved within each case than Taylor believed was present into developing as an concept. Taylor was determined to keep the relationship between the two leads strictly pornographic and lustful, with lots of sexual content inside each original storyline, basing their official sexual kinks, personalities, appearances, sexual limits, origins, lifestyles, and interactions on several pornographic short films that Taylor watched growing up. Additionally, another original entitled Twin Peaks was a major influence on the show's dark atmosphere within its pornographic and bimboification purposes, often blending surrealism of dramatic crimes and comedic jokes within each original story.
Filming[edit]
During each season of RCMP, the series is primarily filmed within Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Montreal, New York, and Toronto. However, its producers have also occasionally filmed certain episodes within Anaheim, Arizona, Atlanta, Buffalo, Colorado, Columbus, Dallas, Edmonton, Evansville, Florida, Hamilton, Hartford, Houston, Indianapolis, Iqaluit, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Louisville, Minneapolis, Nashville, Nebraska, New Jersey, Oakland, Ottawa, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Portland, Quebec City, Raleigh, Salt Lake City, San Diego, Saskatoon, Seattle, St. Louis, Tampa, Vancouver, Washington D.C., Wisconsin, and Winnipeg.
Music[edit]
The music was composed by Cody Taylor, who got involved with RCMP through his unofficial friendship with executive producer Iheonu. Whilst several composers applied for that role, Taylor received the part because of his proposal for new types of music that would please viewers.
The resulting theme song, simply entitled "RCMP", used more instrumental sections than most dramas., being based on various classic songs. After crafting the official theme with unusual instrumentals and very familiar sound effects, Taylor used sound modules for the song's primary effects. The song was officially released during 4 April 1999, as part of an official compilation album featuring various artists whose music had been used in the series itself. The recording lineup for the opening song was Melissa Dinha (Vocals/Tambourine), Cody Taylor (Guitars), Peter Grosdanof (Sitar), James Rzeznik (Keyboards), Ethan Tkachuk (Bass Guitar), William Paiement (Drums).
According to the "Behind the Songs" segment on the series' anthology DVD, Taylor states that he accidentally created the echo effect that was primarily seen on the track itself. He felt that after several revisions, something still was not right, after which Tulip Carter walked out of the room for business reasons and Taylor put his hand and forearm on his keyboard, slamming it with big frustration; However, by doing that action, he accidentally activated an echo effect setting, after which the resulting riff was heard eight rooms back and actually pleased Carter himself; Snow later remarked that sound effects were into the synthesizer, with other instrumentals using real musical instruments. However, the second episode overall, "Bimbo Lust", marked Taylor's official debut as the primary composer for an entire episode, excluding the opening song that was heard during the intro of every season's episodes. At the time, the associate producers and storywriters was determined to limit the music within the early episodes for marketing reasons.
