Albert Finney version?
Yes. I'm right there for any movie with both Ingrid Bergman and Lauren Bacall.
Anya: We should drop a piano on her. It always works for that creepy cartoon rabbit when he's running from that nice man with the speech impediment. Giles: Yes, or perhaps we could paint a convincing fake tunnel on the side of a mountain.
'Touched'
Procedurals 1: Anything You Say Can and Will Be Used Against You.
This thread is for procedural TV, shows where the primary idea is to figure out the case. [NAFDA]
Fred Pete - Apr 24, 2008 5:21:43 am PDT #1113 of 11831
Ann, that's a ferret.
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.
SailAweigh - Apr 24, 2008 8:25:25 am PDT #1120 of 11831
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Oh! And Hawaiian Eye! I loved those old PI shows, they were fun.
DXMachina - Apr 24, 2008 8:31:22 am PDT #1121 of 11831
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
They all had catchy theme songs, too.
Kathy A - Apr 24, 2008 8:44:03 am PDT #1122 of 11831
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
And he's wearing his father's watch, which you don't realize until the very last shot.
Also, at the beginning of the ep, it's well-established that Magnum shuns all company on July 4th, and that none of his friends know why, just that it's something he's always done, even in Vietnam. Only at the end of that ep do we find out that the reason is that 7/4 is the day he and his mom found out his dad had been killed in battle.
Also Black Sheep Squadron. Which is totally not a procedural, but one of the things I was religiously watching at the same general time.
Loved BSS!! Robert Conrad totally rocked that show, and it's fun going back and watching it now, especially seeing all the young soon-to-be stars that show up in small roles (I'm thinking particularly of John Larroquette, and Larry Manetti from Magnum PI was also on this, I believe).
The '70s was really rich in good-quality cop shows. The best investigative show I can think of from the '80s, other than Magnum, was Lou Grant, an idealistic pre-9/11 show where the reporters actually did their freakin' job!!
Ahem. Sorry about that.