This show probably would be funny on it's own, but as a kid growing up in the 70s and Quinn Martin Productions, this show is hilarious. From the onslaught of punnery to the running sports team jokes (X middle school never had a basketball or football team, but I do remember them in a Bocci ball field and miniature golf tournament). It was the tongue-in- cheek detail (a papier-mache volcano in the science fair named Mt. Cliché) as well as the mock seriousness of the crime that really made the show so enjoyable. It even had a killer opening montage, closing with unmanned bikes flying over a cliff ala Mannix.The characters are great, every fundamental of a 70x cop show was met with certain beautiful overkill, Chief (no-first-name) Vallejo, as well as the forensic and investigative members with the comic relief (a cartoon with a comic relief character) of O'Farrell. It even had mayor in the principal of X Middle School voiced by Wendy Malick. I loved her on this show, her biting, witty threats were hilarious.If anyone ever finds out this show is being released on DVD, iTunes or Google, please let me know. Or if you can find Scott Gimple's email addy. I just want to tell him how much I enjoyed his work and how can I get it.

You know something, there are few cartoons that are as good as this one is. I'm soemone that grew up back in the 80's where cartoons were cartoons. I mean great ones. MASK, Transformers, G I Joe, Visionaries, Humanoids, I'm talking action packed cartoons were the thing. Disney came up with this idea about the Safety Patrol being the police at X Middle School and called it Fillmore. When I first watched it which was earlier this summer I thought this cartoon was very imaginative. Reguardless of how they got the idea the cartoon was very imaginative, and it was good. I mean like " To Mar a Stall" with the kid who was like Hannible Lector of graffiti, and The Profiler one as well. It's a work of art. Now Disney just done discontinued it. Come on now, cartoons now a days are all about got to catch them all or just plain dumb like Hey Arnold,Rocket Power, or Rug Rats Post Kimi and Dill. You got to give me a break. This cartoon has it all and it's canceled. I haven't seen Kim Possible but I'm sure its the same way just more feminine. You know if you sit and dog this show, be sure to think about a couple of things, if you were a kid in school wouldn't you have liked to be on the Safety Patrol investigating stuff like Bubble Gum trafficking or Lunch box thefts. This is a good way to stretch the imagination for kids. In my opinion Fillmore is king of the Cartoons but Disney just done killed the whole thing so Teen Titans is the cartoon now, but LONG LIVE FILLMORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fillmore!, as I've stated in other reviews, is perhaps the most intelligent and witty cartoon I've ever seen. Aside from the fact that many of the plots are somewhat predictable, this program is virtually flawless. The words "well written" wouldn't even begin to describe the genius that is fillmore!. I can't tell you how many times I've been blown away by the sheer intellect found in whats unfortunately being called "A Kid's Cartoon". This program absolutely deserves the acclaim it's been given in the "San Francisco Chronicle", and many more seasons to boot. Scott Gimple should be forever proud of such an achievement, but quickly aware of his fate. With the way Disney is working these days, I wouldn't be surprised if this masterpiece was canceled for re-runs of "Sabrina the animated series"...

As well as being notable for all of its main characters being named after names and places in California (Fillmore and Third, Folsom, Vallejo), "Fillmore!" basically takes the cop show and transfers it to school even more so than "21 Jump Street" and "The Mod Squad" did - on those shows the enforcers came in from the outside, here the school is self-enforcing, with our heroes Cornelius Fillmore and Ingrid Third as a team working as part of the Safety Patrol for X Middle School, an institution for learning that seems to be crammed full of miscreants from the evidence here, from simple bullies to forgery, robbery, etc.Like "Police Squad!" and "Funky Squad," "Fillmore!" is in the mold of 1970s shows, here complete with a Quinn Martin-type gravel-voiced announcer ("Today's episode: 'Masterstroke Of Malevolence'! Act One: 'A Broken Masterpiece'!" For some reason the act titles appear on screen, but the overall episode titles never do...), bosses constantly leaping down our heroes' throats, and the kind of theme tune that cop shows today wouldn't go near. All of this just adds to the fun for adults watching, but "Fillmore!" doesn't go overboard with the grown-up references - it knows who its main audience is, and it hits it fair and square. It's a cliche, but this really is fun for all the family... I'm willing to bet that the movie version of "S.W.A.T." won't be half as good."Fillmore! I'm on it!"