I was a huge Mannix fan as a kid. I don't remember being drawn to his emotional involvement, but I do remember how striking it was to have an African American actress in a pretty important role, and for the most part how matter of factly they treated it. Also, cool cars and a catchy theme. A few years ago I caught a few episodes - yikes! The show does not age well - a lot of really cheap looking backlot exteriors, and clunky writing, acting and editing.
The death of MTM had many of us thinking of those classic CBS Saturday night schedules (when Saturday night was a prime night for network TV) and I want to say that Mannix was the 10:00 pm closer in the early years of those great CBS Comedies, though at some point I think it became Carol Burnett. On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 7:14 PM, Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote: > 'Mannix' star Mike Connors dies at 91 > > LOS ANGELES (AP) - Mike Connors, who played a hard-hitting private eye > on the long-running TV series "Mannix," has died. He was 91. > His son-in-law, Mike Condon, says the actor died Thursday afternoon at > a Los Angeles hospital from recently-diagnosed leukemia. > "Mannix" debuted on CBS in 1967 and ran for eight years. > Viewers were intrigued by the smartly dressed, well-spoken Los Angeles > detective who could still mix it up with thugs. Episodes normally > climaxed with a brawl. > Connors once said that until "Mannix," TV private investigators were > hard-nosed and cynical, while Mannix "got emotionally involved" in his > cases. > Connors also starred in the short-lived TV shows "Tightrope" and > "Today's FBI." His movie roles included "Sudden Fear" with Joan > Crawford, "Island in the Sky," ''The Ten Commandments," and a remake > of "Stagecoach." > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
