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Post by joe on Feb 26, 2023 3:19:46 GMT
My local cable provider has the Cozy TV channel. For those of you who like the 70's Era cop/detective shows it's pretty cool. Right now I'm watching an all time fave EMERGENCY! Seeing all the old cars is also a bonus. Some of the sub-channels, I guess you call them, of the major network channels are FULL of the older police shows. Here over-the-air they are Cozi, H&I, StartTV, Charge, Ion and getTV. Some of the shows they offer can be found on some free streaming channels depending on what streaming hardware you have. Yea, most have commercials. And the shows come and go. Call me old fashioned but sometimes it's fun right before we turn in to just flip through the OTA channels and see what we get. Just like to good old days before streaming took off.
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Post by joe on Mar 13, 2023 2:52:59 GMT
Police shows were also the source of a lot of good music. Some of their theme songs were great, and they normally mirrored the "mood" of the show. A few of examples are NYPD Blue, Hill Street Blues, and Wiseguy.
But my pick for the show that featured the most and some of the best tunes was the 1984-1989 series "Miami Vice". Some of you might find some of the music a little too "poppy", but this WAS the mid 1980's. I had some of this on another thread, but easier to copy some of it here than reference it.
They featured a LOT of good music in that series. A lot of the songs were timed perfectly and somewhat followed the story about what was happening even though the song wasn't written for the show. The music was always a treat! The list of guest stars was a who's-who of actors, actresses, and musicians from that era. Musician-wise there was Glenn Frey ("Smuggler's Blues"), Sheena Easton, Frank Zappa, Phil Collins, Willie Nelson, Barbara Streisand, Miles Davis, Ted Nugent - that's just the names I recognized. Some of them even had guest roles in one or more episodes of the series. Look up the series on IMDB and find the list of guest stars. A LOT of names.
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Post by Espo on Mar 13, 2023 17:01:03 GMT
I have just recently discovered author David Baldacci's Will Robie series. I would love to see this character brought to the big screen.
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Post by seamus on Mar 16, 2023 12:22:16 GMT
My favorite was POLICE STORY. Created by former LAPD Detective and author Joseph Wambaugh (THE CHOIRBOYS, THE NEW CENTURIONS, THE ONION FIELDS) Ran from 1973-1987. m.imdb.com/title/tt0069620/
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Post by joe on Mar 17, 2023 1:47:12 GMT
My favorite was POLICE STORY. Created by former LAPD Detective and author Joseph Wambaugh (THE CHOIRBOYS, THE NEW CENTURIONS, THE ONION FIELDS) Ran from 1973-1987. m.imdb.com/title/tt0069620/Watched a lot of Police Story. I don't remember when I started watching since it looks like it was on for 6 seasons. Probably caught most of the rest on re-runs late at night. The Choirboys - long time since I've seen it, but that was a real classic! I don't think I watched it until the late 70's after it came out on cable. I remember my wife's (or soon to be wife's) reaction to it. Can't get her to watch it again, but if it turns up on some channel I get I'll try to sneak it in..... I don't remember The New Centurions, but that was a long time ago.
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Post by joe on Mar 17, 2023 1:53:47 GMT
I have just recently discovered author David Baldacci's Will Robie series. I would love to see this character brought to the big screen. That one seems to be a book series only? I can't get motivated to read or listen to books anymore. Too many interruptions, then by the time I get back to it all is lost.
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Post by Espo on Mar 17, 2023 2:21:15 GMT
I have just recently discovered author David Baldacci's Will Robie series. I would love to see this character brought to the big screen. That one seems to be a book series only? I can't get motivated to read or listen to books anymore. Too many interruptions, then by the time I get back to it all is lost. I got away from reading a few years ago when this damn phone took over my idle time. I somehow semi broke the habit and now average about 2 books a month.
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Post by mary on Mar 17, 2023 2:57:54 GMT
Police shows were also the source of a lot of good music. Some of their theme songs were great, and they normally mirrored the "mood" of the show. A few of examples are NYPD Blue, Hill Street Blues, and Wiseguy. But my pick for the show that featured the most and some of the best tunes was the 1984-1989 series "Miami Vice". Some of you might find some of the music a little too "poppy", but this WAS the mid 1980's. I had some of this on another thread, but easier to copy some of it here than reference it. They featured a LOT of good music in that series. A lot of the songs were timed perfectly and somewhat followed the story about what was happening even though the song wasn't written for the show. The music was always a treat! The list of guest stars was a who's-who of actors, actresses, and musicians from that era. Musician-wise there was Glenn Frey ("Smuggler's Blues"), Sheena Easton, Frank Zappa, Phil Collins, Willie Nelson, Barbara Streisand, Miles Davis, Ted Nugent - that's just the names I recognized. Some of them even had guest roles in one or more episodes of the series. Look up the series on IMDB and find the list of guest stars. A LOT of names. I liked Nash Bridges better than Miami Vice, when comparing Don Johnson's cop shows. I thought that Nash Bridges had better character development, in that you got to know their relatives and see more of their home life than you did with the characters in Miami Vice. Also, with Cheech Marin as his partner, there were more humorous situations than in Miami Vice. And when someone got shot or injured, it wasn't as graphic as it was in Miami Vice. Nash Bridges also had some musicians as actors, such as Clarence Clemons, Glenn Frey, Meat Loaf, and Sammy Hagar, among others.
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Post by Espo on Mar 17, 2023 3:56:47 GMT
I loved Nash Bridges. I have two Hotwheels Cuda's in their original package that have never been opened. I saw one on ebay a few years ago for $100.
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Post by sirrastus on Mar 17, 2023 7:14:20 GMT
Anyone watch Picket Fences-always looked like a good show with a god cast and with Robert Cornthwaite looking the same as he did as the scientist in The Thing in 1951.I'm tempted to check it out.
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Post by seamus on Mar 17, 2023 15:39:39 GMT
THE NEW CENTURIONS trailer
Another favorite was THE BLUE KNIGHT also a Joseph Wambaugh creation. I believe it originally starred William Holden (Stalag 17, Sabrina, Sunset Blvd) and he was replaced with George Kennedy.
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Post by joe on Mar 18, 2023 1:41:26 GMT
Anyone watch Picket Fences-always looked like a good show with a god cast and with Robert Cornthwaite looking the same as he did as the scientist in The Thing in 1951.I'm tempted to check it out. Yes, that was a LONG time ago. We watched it every week unless something else came up. I can barely remember all the plots, but it did have a lot of good cast members and was always interesting.
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Post by joe on Mar 18, 2023 1:53:08 GMT
Police shows were also the source of a lot of good music. Some of their theme songs were great, and they normally mirrored the "mood" of the show. A few of examples are NYPD Blue, Hill Street Blues, and Wiseguy. But my pick for the show that featured the most and some of the best tunes was the 1984-1989 series "Miami Vice". Some of you might find some of the music a little too "poppy", but this WAS the mid 1980's. I had some of this on another thread, but easier to copy some of it here than reference it. They featured a LOT of good music in that series. A lot of the songs were timed perfectly and somewhat followed the story about what was happening even though the song wasn't written for the show. The music was always a treat! The list of guest stars was a who's-who of actors, actresses, and musicians from that era. Musician-wise there was Glenn Frey ("Smuggler's Blues"), Sheena Easton, Frank Zappa, Phil Collins, Willie Nelson, Barbara Streisand, Miles Davis, Ted Nugent - that's just the names I recognized. Some of them even had guest roles in one or more episodes of the series. Look up the series on IMDB and find the list of guest stars. A LOT of names. I liked Nash Bridges better than Miami Vice, when comparing Don Johnson's cop shows. I thought that Nash Bridges had better character development, in that you got to know their relatives and see more of their home life than you did with the characters in Miami Vice. Also, with Cheech Marin as his partner, there were more humorous situations than in Miami Vice. And when someone got shot or injured, it wasn't as graphic as it was in Miami Vice. Nash Bridges also had some musicians as actors, such as Clarence Clemons, Glenn Frey, Meat Loaf, and Sammy Hagar, among others. I watched Nash Bridges some, mostly on late night re-runs if I remember right. Some of the eps were pretty good. But I had a hard time transitioning Don Johnson from Sonny Crockett into Nash and Cheech Marin into, well, anybody other than Cheech. I liked the graphic nature of the show - that's just me. I knew, although not very well, a couple of people in two different aspects of UC drug enforcement. I'll just leave it at that......
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Post by joe on Mar 18, 2023 2:05:31 GMT
THE NEW CENTURIONS trailer <video cut>Another favorite was THE BLUE KNIGHT also a Joseph Wambaugh creation. I believe it originally starred William Holden (Stalag 17, Sabrina, Sunset Blvd) and he was replaced with George Kennedy. <video cut>I don't remember the The Blue Night at all. Not sure if I never saw it or if it's one of my memory holes. But it was 1975 to 1976, and that was an extremely busy and fun time for me at work with some related travel. So that's mostly what I remember from back then.
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Post by seamus on Mar 30, 2023 2:19:31 GMT
Have started rewatching NYPD BLUE. Some of the material would get it “cancelled” today.
Funny to see David Shwimmer play a meak lawyer who shoots a robber. You can see a little of the future Ross Geller in that portrayal but not an inkling that he would one day play the harsh Captain Sobel.
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