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@moonbus saidMy dad introduced me to The Avengers and The Prisoner when I was 10 or 11. (Late '80s.)
The Avengers w/ Patrick Macnee and Dianna Rigg. Intelligent thrillers, no guns, villains who weren't just thugs. Miles better than your typical American detective-thriller a la Kojerk.
There was a UHF channel in our town that showed a lot of (mostly syndicated) British TV shows.
And Columbo was way better than Kojak. 🙂
-Removed-Yes, The Avengers aired in the early to mid-1960s, and The Prisoner in 1967-8, when I was growing up (roughly age 7 to 14). I was little interested in the childish American TV programming at that time, although I do vaguely recall Flipper and Marlon Perkins' Wild Kingdom. TV was not a big part of my childhood. Mostly I played outside, or played chess with my best friend down the street. He beat me every game we ever played for five years; then he moved away and I never saw him again. That was my apprenticeship in basic mate patterns.
@suzianne saidYes, Columbo was much better; I found Kojak crude and irritating.
My dad introduced me to The Avengers and The Prisoner when I was 10 or 11. (Late '80s.)
There was a UHF channel in our town that showed a lot of (mostly syndicated) British TV shows.
And Columbo was way better than Kojak. 🙂
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@moonbus saidOn the other hand, I enjoyed both Columbo and Kojak although kojak could be a little crude and irritating as you said, but it was part of his character!!! 😉 On the other hand having thought it over a little more Columbo could be a little irrtating himself with that walk away part then stop come back and say one more question I have for you thing he did in every show, several times.
Yes, Columbo was much better; I found Kojak crude and irritating.
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@very-rusty saidYes, the important question was always the last one, and the walking away was a ruse to make the suspect think the interrogation was over and catch him off guard. It was clever, once.
On the other hand, I enjoyed both Columbo and Kojak although kojak could be a little crude and irritating as you said, but it was part of his character!!! 😉 On the other hand having thought it over a little more Columbo could be a little irrtating himself with that walk away part then stop come back and say one more question I have for you thing he did in every show, several times.
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@moonbus saidYes, but I feel they used it so many times in one show it became irritating. It didn't stop me from watching though and trying to figure out who did it. 😉
Yes, the important question was always the last one, and the walking away was a ruse to make the suspect think the interrogation was over and catch him off guard. It was clever, once.
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@leur saidNow that you mention it, a few dim memories come into focus. Red Skelton, the Gertrude and Heathcliffe sketch comes to mind, was transmitted live in those days. The Rolling Stones live on Ed Sullivan, but singing the lyrics wrong: “Let’s spend some time together” because “let’s spend the night together” was too risqué. The Smothers Brothers live, too. Gosh, I hadn’t thought of those in 50 years (or more); pleasant memories.
Here I is showing my oldtimerliness…
Crusader Rabbit
The Howdy Doody Show
Even as a pre-teen I loved:
Bob Hope
Red Skelton
Sid Caesar
@very-rusty saidHe only did it once per episode.
Yes, but I feel they used it so many times in one show it became irritating. It didn't stop me from watching though and trying to figure out who did it. 😉
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@ghost-of-a-duke saidHe did it with every suspect he questioned which was always more than one suspect, as I remember it!
He only did it once per episode.
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@very-rusty saidYour memory fails you sir.
He did it with every suspect he questioned which was always more than one suspect, as I remember it!
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Only once per episode. (And only one suspect. He was that good).