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« Reply #25 on: September 30, 2005, 03:14:09 PM »
Actually, Rifleman was one of my dad's favorite shows.

I didn't say Knight Rider was better, but it is pretty slammin'.
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« Reply #26 on: September 30, 2005, 05:04:24 PM »
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Actually, Rifleman was one of my dad's favorite shows.
See! There he goes being a smart-aleck again.... Tongue Cheesy
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« Reply #27 on: October 01, 2005, 03:46:13 AM »
If you haven't heard "The Professionals" theme-tune, you frankly haven't lived. Oh, and "Man In A Suitcase". Remember that?
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« Reply #28 on: October 01, 2005, 04:22:53 AM »
Rawhide
Rifleman
Bonanza
Cheyenne
Avengers
Green Hornet
Mission Impossible
Mannix
Combat
Peter Gun
Paladin
Hill Street Blues
Miami Vice
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I cannot believe you folks missed the all Time Classic...

Pink Panther!!  

Besides the cartoons, I mean the Pink Panther is sooo Cool

The Peter Seller Movies...Rent "A Shot in the Dark"...be sure to get one with the out-takes.
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« Reply #29 on: October 01, 2005, 04:47:07 AM »
I'm surprised someone else remembers Mannix.

Pink Panther -- another Henry Mancini tune.  I didn't include it because I wasn't thinking of the cartoon, only the movie.
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« Reply #30 on: October 01, 2005, 07:46:48 AM »
Did i ever mention that as a kid I played viola in the CT All State Orchestra with guest conductor - HENRY MANCINI !! I had no idea who he was at the time...

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« Reply #31 on: October 01, 2005, 01:19:42 PM »
That is pretty Cool!

Beats having the Mama and Papas come play at your Jr High... I'd rather had  been in shop class.

Mannix was cool, drove a Barracuda , and his secretary was sharp as a tack. [What was her name?]
I mean even I could forgive Mannix for driving a Mopar....

Bob Hope Show, Texaco Hour and all his shows. "Thanks for the Memories".  I met him when he was in town once, he did a great show, and a real personable fellow.

How did we forget...

The Lone Ranger?
Red Skelton show
Milton Beryl [Uncle Miltie]
Bonanza

Perry Mason [ B/W]
Ironsides
Streets of San Francisco
Happy Days
Rockford Files

Rowan & Martin Laugh-In
Original Saturday Night Live
Wolfman Jack and the Saturday Night Special

Andy Griffith Show


Sigh...

Met Al Hirt and Pete Fountain down in Nawlins...Of all folks to show up and Jam...Leon Russell...someone had to tickle the ivories...
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« Reply #32 on: October 01, 2005, 02:00:17 PM »
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Mannix was cool, drove a Barracuda
What ?  Modified Toronado:

http://www.jmannix.net/cars.htm

and here:

http://www.jmannix.net/roadster.htm
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« Reply #33 on: October 01, 2005, 02:09:57 PM »
Scroll down on those sites.

I recall the 'Cuda, the Challenger, the Camero, and the Colt DS. Smiley
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« Reply #34 on: October 01, 2005, 02:33:54 PM »
You're right.  I think I only remembered the Toronado because I used to have it as a Ravell (or somebody's) plastic car model.

I didn't remember that the show ran for so many seasons.

They sure dumped on the secretary:  a Simca, a Cricket, and a Vega.
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« Reply #35 on: October 01, 2005, 02:47:02 PM »
Ha! Boy didn't they! I was thinking the same thing.

At least in the old Cowboy shows the ladies had "nice rides" - real nice horses, or ponies.

In the modern shows the ladies gets some piece of junk.
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« Reply #36 on: October 01, 2005, 03:03:45 PM »
Very cool:  they have the Mannix theme on that site:

http://www.jmannix.net/sounds.htm
Unfortunately, I can't play it because I refuse to have Real Player on my computer.
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« Reply #37 on: October 01, 2005, 08:42:27 PM »
"We are poor little lambs who have lost our way...Baa baa baa."

My Mom got me the DVD set of Black Sheep Squadron for my birthday.  Very cool...
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« Reply #38 on: October 01, 2005, 09:15:36 PM »
Nobody suggested Magnum PI? Unbelieveable. Wink
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« Reply #39 on: October 02, 2005, 03:37:52 AM »
"Black Sheep Squadron" :  great show, I'm not a fan of the theme song.

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On this board no one picked The Brady Bunch?
Correct.

As Jim and Fig mentioned earlier:  Firefly.
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« Reply #40 on: October 03, 2005, 05:54:57 AM »
+1 for Hawaii Five-0
+1 for Johnny Quest
+1 for Firefly
+1 Babylon 5
Magnum PI
Venture Brothers
Galaxy Rangers
Robotech
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« Reply #41 on: October 04, 2005, 07:54:37 AM »
NCIS has a cool tune, but my all-time fave is The A-Team. That's my cell phone ring! Cheesy
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« Reply #42 on: October 04, 2005, 08:13:41 AM »
I can't believe nobody mentioned:

77 Sunset Strip.
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« Reply #43 on: October 04, 2005, 08:37:08 AM »
You can believe it; that's late '50s.

That was my second favorite show back then, after Zorro.


Note to fistful:  That's the 1950s I'm talking about, not the 1850s !  Smiley
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« Reply #44 on: October 04, 2005, 01:16:45 PM »
Hong Kong Phooey

The Jeffersons

The Benny Hill Show

Sanford & Son - may have been the best ever
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« Reply #45 on: October 04, 2005, 04:56:39 PM »
Babylon 5, notably season three. (Point of No Return)
Farscape, also season three. (Season of Death)
Battlestar Galactica (current production).
NYPD Blue
Monty Pythons Flying Circus
Dr. Who, the Peter Davidson & Colin Baker years.  Fans should also see this site, http://www.whomix.trilete.net/
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« Reply #46 on: October 04, 2005, 05:29:19 PM »
And after all these replys no one mentioned......

The Dukes of Hazzard.
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« Reply #47 on: October 04, 2005, 08:03:32 PM »
The Dukes of Hazzard
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« Reply #48 on: October 05, 2005, 03:10:52 PM »
50 posts and no one mentioned "Green Acres" ... ?  The all-time funniest show ever ...
Gotta agree with the guy who said "Crime Story" -- a superb Michael Mann show, however short-lived, but that opening song ("Runaway" by Del Shannon) was positively awesome in combination with the opening scenes.
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« Reply #49 on: October 06, 2005, 08:11:16 PM »
The one that sticks out in my head as the best classic one is Hogans Hero's.

Stopthegreys, I'll give a big +1 to Robotech.  I confess to being a geek and admit I still get a chill when I hear that one start up.

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