TV in the USA in the 1970's brought us quite a few fun and over the top detective shows, and many of these 1970's era TV Detectives had one gimmick or quirk to set them apart from the pack.
Look over this partial list of fun 70's era USA based Detective series and take your pick of the one you think was the most ridiculous and least plausible, and pick one you think could be the most realistic.
1. CANNON: A very heavyset Lincoln Continetal Mark driving, penthouse living, gourmet loving ex-cop who charged huge fees to solve cases.
2. BARNABY JONES: Geriatric, milk swigging, rickitey and thin as a matchstick Buddy Ebsen as a retired Detective who goes back on the job.
3. COLUMBO: Seemingly bumbling, but quite brilliant and strangely gleeful in how he mentally toys, tortures, and drives the murderer nearly insane.
4. McCloud: Stubborn New Mexico Sherriff, always aggravating to the crabby Police Chief, let loose in modern NYC with a horse, cowboy hat and six shooter.
2007-07-05 02:36:52 · 14 answers · asked by Middy S 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
BARETTA: Grubby, old Chevy driving, slum loving and living ex-Cop who really liked his pet Parrot.
6. ROCKFORD FILES: Lived in a trailer on the beach with his Dad, loved driving Firebirds.
7. BANACHEK: Polish, wealthy and a bit snobby, driven around alot in big Cadillac limos by colorful driver and solved big cases for 1 Million each.
8. McMillian and Wife: Husband and Wife who lived in San Fransicsco, Hubby was Police Commisioner, wife was a restless busybody.
9. KOJAK: Loved lollipops, bit of a smartass, chromedome Detective in grubby NYC who loved driving ugly cars with mini emergency lights on dash constantly flashing.
10. MANNIX: Smooth talking, good looking ex-cop who had a penchant for loosing control of his many different cool cars while driving in the hills around L.A. because of cut brake lines and getting rammed, and in having old WWII "buddies" always trying to kill him.
2007-07-05 02:37:07 · update #1
cannon heart attack waiting to happen
barnaby gotta love the down home humor and ridiculous outfits
columbo phsycotic genius
mccloud a horse in nyc give me a break
baretta a pimp named huggy dear as an informant
rockford files in more trouble with law than the people he was after
banachek dont remember that one well
macmillan same as above
kojak who loves ya baby
mannix prolly my favorite from the 70s
and my award for most ridiculous detective show frome the 70s goes to:
BARETTA
step on up claim your golden gumshoe award and extra seeds for your cockatoo
2007-07-05 03:03:10 · answer #1 · answered by snafu 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Actually, if you think about it, those guys were not much more far fetched than what we have today. Look at CSI where they solve every crime by finding a little hair here, lipstick there and other DNA traces all over the crime scene. That is very much unrealistic and most criminals are convicted by a string of circumstantial evidence. I have even heard that those kinds of shows are making it more difficult to get a jury to convict because they think that there should be concrete DNA testing to prove guilt. So I would have to say...TV today is different, definitely not more believable.
2007-07-05 09:48:27 · answer #2 · answered by Norht 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
2. BARNABY JONES: Geriatric, milk swigging, rickitey and thin as a matchstick Buddy Ebsen as a retired Detective who goes back on the job.
2007-07-05 09:40:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Magnum, P. I. Destitute bum living on an estate and given free use of a Ferrari. Rockford seemed the most realistic.
2007-07-05 09:39:29 · answer #4 · answered by Runa 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Barnaby Jones. He was even ancient back then. lol Btw I didn't think anyone remembered Mannix. That was waaaaaaay back.
2007-07-05 09:42:10 · answer #5 · answered by Thumper 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'd say it's a die between Banachek and Barnaby Jones.
2007-07-05 09:40:13 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Columbo definately!
2007-07-05 09:41:25 · answer #7 · answered by mmcure 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
McCloud...ya know NYC would send him home with his tail tucked between his legs.
2007-07-05 09:42:22 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
cannon seemed the fakest to me rockford files i could beleive that great show
2007-07-05 09:46:24 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
was Dragnet in the 70's because my grandmom used to make me watch it all the time?
2007-07-05 09:42:18 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋