Veteran comedy writer Jay Kogen liked Bochco's shows, but was, ahem, not crazy about Bochco as a person:
https://twitter.com/JayKogen/status/980817410465841153 On Monday, April 2, 2018 at 4:18:33 PM UTC-4, Kevin M. (RPCV) wrote: > > I hadn’t seen this photo before, where the cast of LA Law recreated a Mad > Magazine cover (with Bochco as Alfred E) > > https://mobile.twitter.com/joe_a_blevins/status/980628381619408897 > > > On Sun, Apr 1, 2018 at 7:58 PM Steve Timko <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Chevy Chase actually has a good point, but being Chevy Chase he craps all >> over himself making it. >> Bochco did a law show that actually dealt well with real legal issues, >> but Mariel Hemingway couldn't play a convincing lawyer. >> Chevy starts in around 16 minutes. >> >> https://youtu.be/WOdBo80vBh8 >> >> >> Not sent from an iPhone >> On Apr 1, 2018, at 5:39 PM, "Kevin M." <[email protected] >> <javascript:>> wrote: >>> >>> Hill Street Blues and NYPD Blue set standards other shows had to >>> struggle to meet. Murder One was ahead of its time in terms of an evening >>> drama with a season-long story arc, and Brooklyn South was ahead of its >>> time in terms of how gritty a series could be. Of course one has to mention >>> his part in creating the universe in which Peter Falk could wear a >>> trenchcoat in LA and solve homicides. Even his flops were memorable in >>> their badness (Cop Rock & Public Morals... I liked Public Morals). His >>> later years, he seemed to have shrunken into the formula of so many cop and >>> lawyer shows, often stating in interviews that broadcast TV would not dare >>> attempt something groundbreaking like NYPD Blue in 2018. >>> >>> I was in college when NYPD Blue premiered and one of my close friends >>> was a conservative guy who had read all the publicity surrounding the >>> show's violence and sex and language, and he was ready to write the network >>> and advertisers to complain. I urged him to wait until the show was >>> actually on the air, and invited him over to watch it. And that's what he >>> did, and every Tuesday that year he'd come over to watch it, because he was >>> hooked. >>> >>> Also worth noting the episode of Politically Correct when Chevy Chase >>> lost it at Bochco, blaming his TV shows for the downfall of western >>> civilization. It was unfair of Chase, and Bochco held it together for a >>> long time before fighting back... regardless, it made for good TV. And >>> Bochco liked good TV. >>> >>> On Sun, Apr 1, 2018 at 5:16 PM, Steve Timko <[email protected] >>> <javascript:>> wrote: >>> >>>> Made a lot of good TV. >>>> >>>> Link >>>> <https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/steven-bochco-dead-hill-street-blues-la-law-nypd-blue-creator-741199> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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] <javascript:>. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Kevin M. (RPCV) >>> >>> -- >>> 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] <javascript:>. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> -- >> 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] <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > Kevin M. (RPCV) > -- 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.
