Current Events > Reno 911!: It's a Wonderful Heist premieres tonight

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As one can guess from the title, our incredibly politically incorrect, bumbling, cursing cops Christmas story does a number on the 1946 Frank Capra classic, It's a Wonderful Life, as it opens with an extended riff dealing with Lt. Dangle contemplating suicide after losing money thanks to crypto.com's commercial with Matt Damon. A wish upon a star summons his guardian angel, the roller-skating Terry, who takes him on a journey to see what life wouldve been like had he never been born.

Following the Jimmy Stewart route, Dangle finds that his fellow officers are indeed better off without him as Trudy is a successful glass harpist, Clementine develops iPad-enabled caskets, and Jones owns Renos hottest fondue restaurant, The Melting Crock.

The other part of the films title, Heist, is contained in strands involving a caper at the Sierra Nugget Mall. Another intertwined thread involves a Christmas pageant scenario in "The Biggest Little City in the World."