terryfromkerry wrote: ↑Wed Nov 27, 2024 12:09 pm
Hi guys,
The complete series of two 1970's detective tv shows, Vegas (starring Robert Urich) and Harry O (David Janssen) are available on youtube.
For a new "detective" show try "Bad Monkey" starring Vince Vaughn (back to his best). Available for streaming and set in Florida. Enjoy.
Harry O is my second favorite show after The Rockford Files, then MPI. I bought the DVD’s quite a few years ago and have run through the series several times. There are also two different pilots, Such Dust as Dreams are Made On and Smile Jenny, You’re Dead.
I’ve brought up the show a few times here on the forum in discussion, but know one has ever seen it. If they had, it was many years ago and they had fuzzy memories of it, though most remembered it fondly. Maybe the availability on YouTube will change that.
Have you watched the whole series?
Hi Pahonu,
I am 6 episodes into Season 2. The series is completely new to me. It only became available on youtube quite recently. Like you I rate the show very highly. I am delighted of course to find a "new" show from that era. I have been reading some trivia about the show on IMDB. David Janssen seems to have been a really nice decent man who like Garner and Selleck knew how important it was to have a good relationship on set with cast and crew.
I’m glad you’re enjoying it! I was inspired to go back and watch the first pilot again yesterday. I may watch the first episode today, Gertrude. The episode was nominated for an Emmy in the writing category. Anthony Zerbe won an Emmy for supporting actor in the second season.
I’m interested in your thoughts on the show. Any favorite episodes that stand out to you? How about alll the changes made halfway through season one and then more at the beginning of season two? The network higher ups kept tinkering with it and even as it grew a larger audience then cancelled it. Janssen was apparently very disillusioned by the decision and vowed not to do another TV series.
I really like how they used the voiceover in the show, particularly early on. It didn’t advance the plot like so many do, but rather clues you in on Harry’s thoughts and feelings. The mystery writer Max Allan Collins calls it the best use of voiceover in TV history. I don’t disagree. The opening of Gertrude is a great example of it.
Please excuse my delayed reply. My favourite episode is one of the pilot episodes. Smile Jenny, You're Dead. I viewed it a second time a few weeks ago . Interesting to see the 25 year old Andrea Marcovicci who would later co-star in 2 MPI episodes and of course a very young Jodie Foster. John Anderson and Clu Gulager also among the co-stars. This is part of the fun for me watching old movies or tv shows. I mean of course recognising the actors who went on to fame or went on to have a long (or indeed short in some cases) career in film or tv. I noted the changes you mention but I would watch David Janssen painting a fence. I have been a fan since watching The Fugitive weekly as a kid in the '60s. So I weathered the changes. Now,where I am in the second season I have accepted Anthony Zerbe's character replacing Henry Darrow's. The repartee between Harry and Zerbe's Lt. Trench is a welcome and enjoyable dynamic. I did not realise until you mentioned Zerbe won an emmy on this show.
No need for apologies! I’m so glad to discuss the series with someone. What did you think of Sound of Trumpets from the end of the first season? I loved seeing the Jazz great Cab Calloway along with Julius Harris and Jim Backus in a great Jazz based episode. I think that fits in with your love of spotting actors from the past. I loved to do the same! My wife laughs every time I tell her that someone is one of my favorite character actors from whenever.
