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Not in that order...
1. Cannon
Fat private detective (*looks like Bud Spencer a bit) in big American car which are helpful as phone book to Rockford two decades later. I loved that show as a boy.
2. Colombo
I never remembered if he was Columbo or Colombo. The funniest episode is when he was investigating a case with a homeless tramp (*Trump? vagabond?) as a key witness, and Columbo visited him at a homless shelter, when they served lunch for needy ones. Vagabond invited Columbo for a lunch. And the nun there thought the Columbo's coat is so old that she wanted to give him another! Peter Falk couldn't supress lough.
3. Matlock
Old fashioned court room show. I like his suit, alwas the same plus black socks.
4. McLoud
The script was too naive and slow, but McCloud was charming and his boss - J.D. Cannon - was legendary, always on the edge of heart attack.
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Two more pieces from my so-called prenatal period-->
Kojak
A detective with lolly-pop (it was beginning of hunt for smoking people /people who smoke cigarettes and cigars and ipipes, not people on fire/). If they had invented nicotine pastiles at the time, Kojak would have chewed them all the time.
Mannix
One of the very first American crime shows sired in socialist Yugoslavia. I remember it vaguely, and I used to play Manix by keeping toy gun in the inner pocket of my blue school jacket.
Speaking of earIy American crime shows on Yugoslavian TV, I remember some black/white show with Lee Marvin playing good guy, that is a detective, but I cannot find the name of the show. Twilight zone of my memories.
Originally posted by SuzianneI'm not a fan ~ nor a fan of any of that 'franchise' ... what is it, over 1,000 episodes!?. Nor do I go for 'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation' (and franchised offspring)... 800 episodes!?. Bones I have a slight soft spot for ~ for its quirks, and because my spouse likes it (along with Castle) ~ but not enough to try keeping up with it.
You forgot "Law & Order".
my favorite:
Remington Steele
So funny, with Pierce Brosnan before the 007 James Bond
other:
Hart to Hart, very similar to Remington Steele but with Robert Wagner
Hawaii 5-0 with Jack Lord
Adam 12 with the late Martin Milner (Sep-6/2015)
The Equalizer with Ed Woodward/Robert Mitchum
Petrochelli, a criminal lawyer like Perry Mason
The persuaders with Roger Moore and Tony Curtis
Jason King (UK Series)
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and many others like Mission Impossible, Stingray, Hardcastle and McCormick (Brian Keith)
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Vegas, SWAT and Spencer .. all with Robert Urich
Quincy a forensic doctor ... the grandfather of Bones and Dexter
Beretta with Robert Blake ....(On April 22, 2002, Blake was charged with one count of murder, with special circumstances. Which is an offense that carries a possible Death Penalty. He was also charged with two counts of solicitation of murder and one count of conspiracy to commit murder. Blake pleaded not guilty to all charges. Caldwell was charged with a single count of conspiracy to commit murder, and also pleaded not guilty. Three days later, the Los Angeles District Attorney's office announced they would not seek the death penalty against Blake should he be convicted. However prosecutors would seek a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole. wiki of him. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Lee_Bakley his wife wiki)
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Originally posted by SchlecterPersuadors I liked them so much when I went to elementary school, I was looking forward to Fridays 20:30 because of them. I don't remember any crime, though, just glamurous adventure.
my favorite:
Hart to Hart, very similar to Remington Steele but with Robert Wagner
The persuaders with Roger Moore and Tony Curtis
Spencer .. all with Robert Urich
Spencer with Urich was also good (he was so cooool), and I can only imagine that old stuff with old tomcat Wagner was of similar quality.
Originally posted by vanderveldeMaybe it was "M SQUAD" from around 1957 to 1960?
Two more pieces from my so-called prenatal period-->
[b]Kojak
A detective with lolly-pop (it was beginning of hunt for smoking people /people who smoke cigarettes and cigars and ipipes, not people on fire/). If they had invented nicotine pastiles at the time, Kojak would have chewed them all the time.
Mannix
One of the very first Ameri ...[text shortened]... guy, that is a detective, but I cannot find the name of the show. Twilight zone of my memories.[/b]
Here's a link to an episode on youtube.
Originally posted by vanderveldeCannon is interesting, look at this Wiki:
Not in that order...
1. [b]Cannon
Fat private detective (*looks like Bud Spencer a bit) in big American car which are helpful as phone book to Rockford two decades later. I loved that show as a boy.
2. Colombo
I never remembered if he was Columbo or Colombo. The funniest episode is when he was investigating a case with a homeless tramp ...[text shortened]... ud was charming and his boss - J.D. Cannon - was legendary, always on the edge of heart attack.[/b]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Gunsmoke_cast_members
Gunsmoke was a radio show before it was a TV show and in the radio show Marshal Dillon was played by William Conrad, who is the star of Cannon.
His voice on Gunsmoke was very old west tough sounding but he didn't look the part for the tv version so they got a guy that sounded like Conrad but looked more the part, James Arness.
I have a long commute, 130 Km X 2, 260 Km a day and one thing that keeps me entertained is XM radio and there is a channel, 148, 'Radio classics' and they play a lot of Gunsmoke, 6 shooter, Paladin and crime drama's too,
That and my ham radio gear keeps me awake on the road🙂