> Or am I being too uncritical? I mean, I really liked
Mannix-I never
> thought of him as "generic", more like a
back-to-basics detective, more
> archtype than stereotype. Sure, it's dated now, but
at the time, it was a
> vast improvement over the "two handsome PIs, an
offbeat sidekick, and a
> ditzy secretary" formula that had just finished
spewing all over the
> airwaves. Mannix for many years was the only straight
PI show worth
> watching, and held the torch through the 60's and up
to the seventies' TV
> PI renaissancem (Rockford! Harry O!
Cannon!).
My biggest gap are TV PIs (I never find the time to watch TV
- too many
books and comics to read !). I remember Mannix, but I was
very young at
the time, and I haven't seen any reruns in the last 20 years.
The only PI
shows I remember are Johnny Staccato, Magnum PI and Mike
Hammer...
I've ever heard about Cannon, but never about Rockford and
Harry O. Were
they as good as you make them seem to be ?
> Which brings me to my last topic. There are only two
PI shows on this
> year. Now, Dellaventura really bites, but I sort of
like the potential
> of Total Security. Any takers?
Haven't seen those either, probably never will. What's the
style of the
shows ?
Laurent
____________________________________________
"I don't like your manner."
"I'm not selling it."
Audrey Trotter and Robert Montgomery in Lady In the Lake,
1947
From Hardboiled, by Peggy Thompson and Saeko Usukawa
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