Ketch's 10 Thoughts From The Weekend (You Can Call Sark "Mr. Unselfish"
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35 years ago ‘Miami Vice’ changed everything you know about cop shows — and fashion
Don Johnson changed…
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This won’t get the recognition it deserves. Lol.
Always about half expected to hear him say “Mr. Dillon.“
I'm too busy watching stuff like King of Queens over and over and over and over again on re-runs.
I actually downloaded The Godfather with the hopes of watching it on the plane last week but I failed.
Great column today, you know how to bring it when something like this strikes the Longhorn community. RIP Jake.
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@Ketchum Leaving Walker Texas Ranger off that list removes the privilege of calling yourself a Texan.
The Godfather vs. King of Queens, it’s a toss up. 😉
Go ahead and download Godfather II, you’ll have to watch it after you watch the original.
Replace 24 with NYPD Blue.
While I thought 24 was fantastic it is not a cop show. CTU was an FBI/CIA type organization. Definitely not PD.
@Suchomel bests me here because I have never seen any of them. I don't really watch anything on TV other than football and occasionally golf.
Wow...no Bosch or the always formidable Fred Dryer in Hunter.
Got them both downoloaded. I'm flying out to LA for a Rivals camp in a couple weeks. May have to make those my designated flight watching material.
Forgot the Greatness of “Enos”! Straight from Hazzard County to LA!
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Enos (TV series) - Wikipedia
Many fighters hide their English vocabulary to appeal to their fans. I’ve known fighters who could speak English but never did in front of the cameras on purpose. Canelo wanted to make sure that guy understood he did not give a damn.
The list didn’t mention anything about subjective historical relevance? Or even top police shows of all time. It just read “Top 10 tv Cop Shows”. To be fair.
I don’t believe there was any ambiguity in his remarks. Lol
As far as your top 10 cop shows goes I will say this. It is a very solid list. Different tastes, eras, and definition of what a cop show should be would mean I, and many others, have a different list. For example, I never really considered Andy Griffith a cop show but it was a hell if a good show. Your list was very good and all the other shows mentioned deserve to be in consideration. Your opinion is your opinion and I am not gonna bitch about you leaving off my favorite show.
great column esp on Jake…
That list is pretty stellar but don’t know if you omitted Law and Order since it’s a real hybrid- most of its shows are split onto half cops and half lawyers/courtroom but it’s hard to ignore the most successful show of its type in TV history
some before your time that the other OG’s will likely remember and may be worthy of consideration in the 11-50 if not the top 10
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That list is pretty stellar but don’t know if you omitted Law and Order since it’s a real hybrid- most of its shows are split onto half cops and half lawyers/courtroom but it’s hard to ignore the most successful show of its type in TV history
some before your time that the other OG’s will likely remember and may be worthy of consideration in the 11-50 if not the top 10
Mannix
Barnaby Jones
I think they did but he had Barney so confused he locked himself in jail & handed Ernest T the keys.
Where’s the love for NYPD Blue?
Detective Andy Sipowicz: “You got a lot of morons in your family? 'Cause that could be genetic.”
I was a kid, so I may not be remembering this clearly, but there was some rotation that my family watched where you were going to get a Columbo, a MacMillan and Wife, or McCloud.
Dennis Weaver was McCloud, a cop from New Mexico (I think) working in NYC. He wore western attire and usually managed to ride a horse to chase down the villain or something similar. His boss and his partner were flummoxed by his behavior, but he always got the bad guy. I loved the hell out of that show.
It probably doesn’t hold up at all.
