Now that you mention postal inspectors, I couldn't remember how the actors on
their show (creatively titled "The Inspectors" and notably mocked by John
Oliver) announced themselves before taking down a perp.
Thankfully the Last Week Tonight episode includes a relevant clip - (2:30 mark)
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCjG78McFxQ
David
On Friday, February 18, 2022, 09:28:52 AM PST, M-D November
<[email protected]> wrote:
I feel like lately they've had to amend that to "NCIS! Federal agents!"
because...yeah, people aren't going to know WTF NCIS is. I mean, if someone
shouted "USPIS!" at me, I wouldn't know they're the Postal Inspection Service
until AFTER they arrested me. :)
On Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at 2:01:52 PM UTC-5 Tom Wolper wrote:
My mother loved NCIS and I used to catch snippets of it while visiting her. I
used to laugh when they would approach a suspect, show their badges, and shout
“NCIS!” and the suspect would know what that meant.
On Feb 16, 2022, at 12:59 PM, M-D November <[email protected]> wrote:
Apparently even CBS wasn't confident in the name when NCIS got spun off from
JAG, as when the show premiered, it was titled "Navy NCIS"; the "Navy" got
dropped because...well, it's redundant and stupid.
On Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at 10:46:26 AM UTC-5 Jim Ellwanger wrote:
I would bet that the VAST majority of Americans also had no idea what "NCIS"
stood for (or even that it existed) until the original TV series debuted.
On Feb 16, 2022, at 7:44 AM, Doug Eastick <[email protected]> wrote:
Canadian here..... I had no idea what NCIS stood for until recently. I then
learned it was something to do with military law enforcement. Which then made
me wonder "how much crime can there be WITHIN the military that they can cover
so many stories". I know the latter half of that question is irrelevant
because it's television, but the first question still drove me to google and
other searching to learn about the scope of NCIS is larger than just within the
military.
Naval Criminal Investigative Service - Wikipedia
On Wed, Feb 16, 2022 at 9:58 AM Paul Murray <[email protected]> wrote:
Yet another NCIS spinoff to ignore. My only idle curiosity is what accents the
actors will have. By logic, they should be American, except for any locals they
work with.
As one who has regularly watched the original, I tried the LA and NO spinoffs
and quickly abandoned them. LA in particular seemed so tenuously connected to
the navy as to be laughable; it's just another "unconventional law enforcement
team" show.
I still watch the original, although I'm currently weeks behind in streaming
it. I think it's the TV equivalent of comfort food for me at this point.
On Tuesday, February 15, 2022 at 10:51:15 PM UTC-5 Doug Fields wrote:
The show is based inside the Dept. of Defense (and inside the Navy). But that
shouldn't prohibit shows set outside the US, in the same manner that the Navy
has bases located in foreign countries all around the world. Anywhere there is
a concentration of Navy or Marine Corps personnel, there will also be field
offices of most of the support organizations that serve those branches of the
military, definitely including the NCIS.
Doug FieldsTampa, FL
From: 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2022 5:41 PM
To: TVorNotTV <[email protected]>
Subject: [TV orNotTV] NCIS branching outside the US I always took this show to
be based inside the Defense Dept, if not the Navy specifically... and yet Shane
Brennan, Aussie by birth, is working on a Sydney-based entry in the franchise,
which he intends to film there with actors therefrom, but also show on
Paramount+... the streamer also announced a "SEAL Team" feature film...
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/ncis-sydney-seal-team-movie-coming-to-paramount-1235093708/
(link)
B
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