pahonu Posted December 14, 2019 Report Share Posted December 14, 2019 Our forum member Marco Falcone is a resident of the Bay Area and was former law enforcement. I’ve had some good discussions of SF with him. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViceFanMan Posted December 14, 2019 Report Share Posted December 14, 2019 20 minutes ago, pahonu said: You’re correct about all those details about the reunion movie. It was still pretty solid though. A fun little detail about the series: in many episodes a detective called Sekulovich is seen or referenced. I don’t remember the actor, but the character was based on Karl Malden’s birth name which was really Mladen Sekulovich. I believe his family was Serbian or another Slavic group from the Balkans. His wife just died this year at like 100! He made it a long time too. So talented! Cool info about the “Detective Sekulovich”, Lol! I’ll listen for that name. Yeah, Karl Malden passed away just a few years ago. Very good actor! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViceFanMan Posted December 25, 2019 Report Share Posted December 25, 2019 (edited) As I posted earlier I’ve been going through the 70s crime drama The Streets of San Francisco...and I posted pics of a young ‘Caroline’ and ‘Great McCarthy’ guest-starring. Well, the episode “Ten Dollar Murder” (1975) guest-starred OCB’s very own ‘Stan Switek’...a young & longer-haired Michael Talbott! Edited December 25, 2019 by ViceFanMan 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViceFanMan Posted January 1, 2020 Report Share Posted January 1, 2020 (edited) As mjcmmv stated a while ago, Don Johnson also guest-starred in an episode of The Streets of San Francisco—I’m watching it now. I am cracking up...he is ‘Crockett’ with a mustache but without the pastels, lol!! He’s a motorcycle cop that thinks he’s all-that...with brooding personality, but “cocky” & show-off, and sarcastic humor with the ladies. The episode is titled “Hot Dog”, no-less! Edited January 1, 2020 by ViceFanMan 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt5 Posted January 1, 2020 Report Share Posted January 1, 2020 5 hours ago, ViceFanMan said: As mjcmmv stated a while ago, Don Johnson also guest-starred in an episode of The Streets of San Francisco—I’m watching it now. I am cracking up...he is ‘Crockett’ with a mustache but without the pastels, lol!! He’s a motorcycle cop that thinks he’s all-that...with brooding personality, but “cocky” & show-off, and sarcastic humor with the ladies. The episode is titled “Hot Dog”, no-less! Fantastic - thankyou for posting, 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
summer84 Posted January 1, 2020 Report Share Posted January 1, 2020 On 12/25/2019 at 6:56 PM, ViceFanMan said: As I posted earlier I’ve been going through the 70s crime drama The Streets of San Francisco...and I posted pics of a young ‘Caroline’ and ‘Great McCarthy’ guest-starring. Well, the episode “Ten Dollar Murder” (1975) guest-starred OCB’s very own ‘Stan Switek’...a young & longer-haired Michael Talbott! That almost looks like Larry next to Stan. Thanks for sharing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
summer84 Posted January 1, 2020 Report Share Posted January 1, 2020 Rewatching The Fresh Prince of Bel Air. I'm currently at Season 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViceFanMan Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 37 minutes ago, summer84 said: That almost looks like Larry next to Stan. Thanks for sharing. Lol...now that you say that, it does, lol! But, it’s not Larry next to him...that I know. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Vigilante Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 I cannot un-see DJ with the porn 'stache now. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
summer84 Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 15 minutes ago, ViceFanMan said: Lol...now that you say that, it does, lol! But, it’s not Larry next to him...that I know. Yeah I know. Just thought it resembled Diehl a bit from the profile. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViceFanMan Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 1 hour ago, Mr. Vigilante said: I cannot un-see DJ with the porn 'stache now. Lol...I know what you mean! But I just remind myself that he gets rid of it and eventually is Crockett—who I try every summer to emulate. 1 hour ago, summer84 said: Yeah I know. Just thought it resembled Diehl a bit from the profile. He does..especially in that pic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pahonu Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 On 12/25/2019 at 9:56 AM, ViceFanMan said: As I posted earlier I’ve been going through the 70s crime drama The Streets of San Francisco...and I posted pics of a young ‘Caroline’ and ‘Great McCarthy’ guest-starring. Well, the episode “Ten Dollar Murder” (1975) guest-starred OCB’s very own ‘Stan Switek’...a young & longer-haired Michael Talbott! Was that the episode with Mark Hamill? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViceFanMan Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 47 minutes ago, pahonu said: Was that the episode with Mark Hamill? No...’Luke Skywalker’ was in 2 episodes of The Streets of San Francisco: “Poisoned Snow” (1975), and “Innocent No More” (1977). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pahonu Posted January 3, 2020 Report Share Posted January 3, 2020 17 hours ago, ViceFanMan said: No...’Luke Skywalker’ was in 2 episodes of The Streets of San Francisco: “Poisoned Snow” (1975), and “Innocent No More” (1977). Thanks! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViceFanMan Posted January 3, 2020 Report Share Posted January 3, 2020 2 hours ago, pahonu said: Thanks! Hamill’s episodes were actually very good—he was not Luke Skywalker in those! As I said before, for 70s TV the acting was amazing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViceFanMan Posted January 15, 2020 Report Share Posted January 15, 2020 I’m now currently going through the original Mission: Impossible TV series (1966-1973). Until now I’d only seen a few episodes back in the 90s when the old cable network fx was airing reruns—this was when they had the “fx apartment” and they had live hosts for each show (giving you trivia info for each show during commercial breaks). Later, when they did away with the apartment & live host thing, I believe fx (by then in capital letters—FX) also aired MV reruns for a couple years. However, there are actually a couple similarities I’ve noticed between MI and MV (in my opinion). Both were very innovative for their times...including aspects and/or styles of filming, sometimes even “darker” plot twists, and captivating intrigue that had not been done before. But one other aspect I’ve noticed that both shows did, that almost all others did not, is what I call the ‘blunt ending’. We all know Michael Mann made MV famous for the quick, sometimes shocking end, instead of having one last little “cutesy” closure scene. I’ve noticed that the MI series kind of did the same thing. Instead of say—everyone sitting around a table and one of them says something funny & they all laugh after the missions...lots of times they barely get out alive and the last scene is them getting into a car & just looking at one another knowing that they set the “bad guy/s” up to kill or take each other out...such as you hear a gunshot as a terrorist or mobster is killed by his own people—as the IMF (Impossible Missions Force) set it up that way & they drive away as the end credits pop up. Both shows had somewhat different ways or styles of the blunt-shock ending...but the same idea was definitely there. Just some useless but interesting observations. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicefan7777 Posted January 15, 2020 Report Share Posted January 15, 2020 1 hour ago, ViceFanMan said: I’m now currently going through the original Mission: Impossible TV series (1966-1973). One of my favorite shows when I was a child. Watching this as a 10 year old during its original run I wanted to be a secret agent. I loved how creative the character Barney was with making gadgets necessary to accomplish each mission. I even got a set of walkie talkies one Christmas and my brothers and I were secret agents running around the neighborhood. I even created my own code book that was used to send messages between my friends and I. Thanks for reminding me about this great show. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViceFanMan Posted January 15, 2020 Report Share Posted January 15, 2020 1 minute ago, Vicefan7777 said: One of my favorite shows when I was a child. Watching this as a 10 year old during its original run I wanted to be a secret agent. I loved how creative the character Barney was with making gadgets necessary to accomplish each mission. I even got a set of walkie talkies one Christmas and my brothers and I were secret agents running around the neighborhood. I even created my own code book that was used to send messages between my friends and I. Thanks for reminding me about this great show. That’s awesome...definitely something I would have done too, lol! Barney is possibly my favorite character...one of two characters that actually were in the show’s entire 7-year run. Greg Morris, who played Barney, was later in the 70s crime-drama Vega$, with Robert Urich. Morris’ real-life son later played ‘Barney’s’ son in the 80s MI revival series. But, each member of the team performs certain functions & it’s cool watching them carry out each mission! For late 60s-early 70s, it’s very high-tech and innovative! I’m about halfway or little more through Season 2. I know starting in Season 4 there are cast changes and Leonard Nimoy (who joins the cast as Star Trek was newly cancelled & I think both shows were filmed on the same studio lot, so it was easy to move him over to MI) and Lesley Ann Warren join the show, after real-life husband & wife Martin Landau and Barbara Bain left over contract disputes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Ferrariman Posted January 31, 2020 Administrators Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 I watch a lot of different shows. Some of my recent favorites are "Project Blue Book" which deals with the Roswell New Mexico flying saucer crash of 1947 and other UFO related scenarios. It's set back in the 50's and worth a look. I also like "Chicago Fire". I find this show the most realistic of all the firefighting / rescue shows. I have to vent a bit by saying that "911", "Station 19" and "911: Lone Star" are the most ridiculous shows about firefighting I have ever seen. Being a retired firefighter I feel more than qualified to say that these shows deal with the most unrealistic scenarios. Stuff that would never happen in 10 lifetimes and IF they ever did, they are handled in a ridiculous or dangerous manner. Don't waste your time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicefan7777 Posted December 3, 2020 Report Share Posted December 3, 2020 Tonight my wife and I watched Merry Christmas Mr. Bean. This crazy British comic makes a complete mess of one Christmas for himself and girlfriend. If you enjoy zany humor I recommend it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViceFanMan Posted February 14, 2021 Report Share Posted February 14, 2021 (edited) I like gangster & prohibition era stories & shows/movies...especially with Eliot Ness & his group of federal agents called the “untouchables”, in the early to mid 1930s. In the late 50s Desilu Productions purchased the rights to real-life Eliot Ness’ novel, “The Untouchables”—based on his investigation & subsequent capture/conviction of famous gangster Al Capone (who they ultimately got on years of tax evasion). Sadly Ness died of heart failure (sadly ironically due to heavy drinking) before he was able to know about or get the financial success of his book. But, in 1959 actor Robert Stack took on the role of Eliot Ness in the TV series The Untouchables (1959-1963)...and made him even more famous. The majority of the episodes are fictional escapades of the untouchables, but (for the time on television...which was still a fairly new thing for many homes) the acting, and violence/action scenes are actually very well done (although fairly unrealistic...but so was MV)! I’m surprised a lot of it was allowed, with the violence and killings! However, a lot of the gangsters Ness & his gang go after were real-life ones—and there are those episodes based off real-life cases & assassinations. I’m of course a huge fan of the 1987 movie with actor Kevin Costner taking on the roll of Ness...but this earlier TV series is pretty awesome for its time. I recently got the complete series on DVD, as I’d not ever seen the show before, and I’m really glad I did! (Sidenote: In 1991 Robert Stack was hosting the popular documentary series Unsolved Mysteries. On February 20th of that year, my birthday no-less, they did an episode on real-life Eliot Ness’ investigation into the Cleveland serial killer The Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run, which has never officially been solved...although it’s believed Ness knew who it was, he was just never able to officially convict the guy. The guy who is believed to have been the “Butcher” even taunted & harassed Ness by sending him sick & demented postcards & notes from a mental institution, where psycho ended up for the remainder of his life. This was a few years after Ness’ untouchables/prohibition days. Stack talked about himself playing the part of Ness in the series.) Edited February 14, 2021 by ViceFanMan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedDragon86 Posted February 14, 2021 Report Share Posted February 14, 2021 I finished watching the German tv show "Dark" not long ago and I highly recommend it, one of the best shows I have ever seen, up there with "Twin Peaks" I am currently watching Sons of Anarchy for the first time on Netflix, its very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdiegolo78 Posted February 14, 2021 Report Share Posted February 14, 2021 On 1/1/2020 at 5:50 PM, ViceFanMan said: As mjcmmv stated a while ago, Don Johnson also guest-starred in an episode of The Streets of San Francisco—I’m watching it now. I am cracking up...he is ‘Crockett’ with a mustache but without the pastels, lol!! He’s a motorcycle cop that thinks he’s all-that...with brooding personality, but “cocky” & show-off, and sarcastic humor with the ladies. The episode is titled “Hot Dog”, no-less! This is how I'd imagine Crockett had been in the early days as cop.... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdiegolo78 Posted May 30, 2021 Report Share Posted May 30, 2021 (edited) I got a '70s series bug lately. I begun watching random episodes of Starsky and Hutch (in some ways the forerunner for MV), Streets of San Francisco and Kojak . The latter is the grittiest of the three in my opinion. SOF is the best written and with a huge cast for TV; Karl Malden had been academy award winner for starring in 'A street car named desire' alongside Marlon Brando, while for M.Douglas that show was a gateway for a great Hollywood career. The guest stars were noteworthy too. S&H was the most action packed of the three. It was not produced or written with the same quality and consistence as the other shows but it was the most "entertaining" to watch (more car chases, fist fights, humor etc..). It was quintessentially the 'buddy cop' show that started all and probably more iconic than SOF. Edited May 30, 2021 by sdiegolo78 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViceFanMan Posted May 30, 2021 Report Share Posted May 30, 2021 Just now, sdiegolo78 said: I got a '70s series bug lately. I begun watching random episodes of Starsky and Hutch (in some ways the forerunner for MV), Streets of San Francisco and Kojak . The latter is the grittiest of the three in my opinion. SOF is the best written and with a huge cast for TV; Karl Malden had been academy award winner for starring in 'A street car named desire' alongside Marlon Brando, while for M.Douglas that show was a gateway for a great Hollywood carrer. The guest stars were noteworthy too. S&H was the most action packed of the three. It was not produced or written with the same quality and consistence as the other shows but it was the most "entertaining" to watch (more car chases, fist fights, humor etc..). It was quintessentially the 'buddy cop' show that started all and probably more iconic than SOF. I have Starsky & Hutch, and Streets of San Francisco too...both cool shows!! However, I’ve not really heard that, or considered, S&H as a ‘forerunner’ for MV. I have ‘tons’ of shows from all decades, but one I actually haven’t really watched much before is Kojak...although I know some about it. SOF is definitely the most realistically written! Some other 70s shows I love & have are: Charlie’s Angels, VEGA$, and the original Hawaii Five-0-(started in 1968 but went to 1980). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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