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Procedurals 1: Anything You Say Can and Will Be Used Against You.

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This thread is for procedural TV, shows where the primary idea is to figure out the case. [NAFDA]

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Fred Pete - Apr 24, 2008 5:08:03 am PDT #1110 of 11831

Ann, that's a ferret.

My interests run more toward whodunits than procedurals, though it doesn't sound like this thread really distinguishes the two. Reruns of Perry Mason (Raymond Burr version) were the first TV show I stayed up late for. Right around that time, there was also an Ellery Queen series starring Jim Hutton -- with John Hillerman in a recurring role as a radio star who always reached the wrong solution.

Hubs and I enjoy the occasional movie version of Agatha Christie's novels, which show fairly regularly on the cable channels, so I don't feel too far off topic. Hubs usually can figure out who the killer is, I can't unless I've read the novel. I'll only say that I had lots of fun watching him try to solve Murder on the Orient Express.

Frankenbuddha - Apr 24, 2008 5:15:47 am PDT #1111 of 11831

"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

I'll only say that I had lots of fun watching him try to solve Murder on the Orient Express.

Heh. Albert Finney version?

Tom Scola - Apr 24, 2008 5:19:59 am PDT #1112 of 11831

Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

Albert Finney version?

Agatha Christie was still alive when that came out. She commented that Albert Finney's moustache wasn't awesome enough to be Hercule Poirot's.

Fred Pete - Apr 24, 2008 5:21:43 am PDT #1113 of 11831

Ann, that's a ferret.

Albert Finney version?

Yes. I'm right there for any movie with both Ingrid Bergman and Lauren Bacall.

beekaytee - Apr 24, 2008 5:24:59 am PDT #1114 of 11831

Compassionately intolerant

Oh, I loved Ellery Queen too!

SailAweigh - Apr 24, 2008 5:54:23 am PDT #1115 of 11831

Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

I don't know if you can consider them procedurals as much as westerns, but two of may favorite shows as a kid were Bat Masterson and Wild, Wild West. I mean, Pinkerton agents (those were kind of cops) and mad scientists and guns and shooting (or not, in the case of Bat, and who couldn't love a character named Bat in a bowler who kept the crooks on the straight and narrow?)!!!

sumi - Apr 24, 2008 6:02:38 am PDT #1116 of 11831

Art Crawl!!!

We used to watch Maverick too. Didn't he solve mysteries? Even though he was a gambler?

brenda m - Apr 24, 2008 6:04:41 am PDT #1117 of 11831

If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Oh, I loved Maverick and Wild Wild West. Also Black Sheep Squadron. Which is totally not a procedural, but one of the things I was religiously watching at the same general time.

Frankenbuddha - Apr 24, 2008 6:08:44 am PDT #1118 of 11831

"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Yes. I'm right there for any movie with both Ingrid Bergman and Lauren Bacall.

That movie is just filthy with stars.

DXMachina - Apr 24, 2008 8:02:43 am PDT #1119 of 11831

You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

We used to watch Maverick too. Didn't he solve mysteries? Even though he was a gambler?

Sometimes. Maverick was more of a comedy/western than a procedural.

Right around that time, there was also an Ellery Queen series starring Jim Hutton

Ahem. :)

I watched a lot of P.I. shows as a kid. 77 Sunset Strip was my favorite.

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