1966 Man from UNCLE

Now while I'm very fond of David McCallum I don't see why having a Russian secret agent advising people to buy US savings bonds was a good idea.

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1974 KODIAK BRIEF ACTION/ADVENTURE SERIES THAT REPLACED BRADY BUNCH

Clint Walker played Cal “Kodiak” McKay a state trooper stationed in the Alaska wilderness.  Kodiak has an Eskimo sidekick called Abraham Lincoln Imhook and the pair track down violent criminals.

This Alaska adventure show did not last long at all. The pilot was aired in May, 1974 and did well enough to be picked up for a fall series. However, once the pilot was aired at it’s regular Friday timeslot it was cancelled immediately. This show could not compete against the powerhouse Sandford and Son airing on NBC.

The show was filmed in Oregon and actually lasted 4 episodes, which had already been filmed before the cancellation.

EPISODE LIST

Red Snow, White Death

Kodiak is aided in tracking down a killer by an old Eskimo who just wants to journey to the mountains to die.

Death Chase

Kodiak chases after a girl and her boyfriend after her father is murdered.

A Time To Die

A father wants to kill his son’s murderer and does not Kodiak to bring the man to justice.

The Last Enemy

An old war buddy of Kodiak’s starting fighting an old war.

1960'S DETECTIVE SERIES MANNIX

This crime series aired on CBS from 1967 to 1975. The first season, Joe Mannix worked for a large detective agency, run by Lou Wickersham. This agency made extensive use of computers and Mannix didn't really fit into this environment.
Joe Mannix was a old school, tough guy PI and starting in the second season, Mannix was in a more appropriate environment, Mannix now worked out of a small ,one-man LA detective agency with his secretary, Peggy Fair, one of the few African Americans with a regular role on a TV series.

Mannix had regular contact with some police officers, who helped or hindered him on his cases. Mannix was a stoic character who got beat up every other episode. Joe Mannix, while not being a very handsome man, was a ladies man. The show was noted for lots of fights and car chases.

CAST
MIKE CONNORS AS JOE MANNIX

GAIL FISHER AS PEGGY FAIR

ROBERT REED AS ADAM TOBIAS (COP)

ARTHUR MALCOLM AS WARD WOOD (COP)

LARRY LINVILLE AS GEORGE KRAMER (COP)

MARK STEWART AS TOBY FAIR (COP)

JOSEPH CAMPENELLA AS LOU WICKERSHAM (SEASON ONE ONLY)

POOR, POOR PEGGY

Robert Bianco in the Pittsburgh Press newspaper had this to say about Mannix. I loved the "Who will kidnap Peggy this week " series. Why didn't he fire that woman? She was never at work, she was always causing trouble...By the end of the series, when they had run out story ideas, it seemed like someone was kidnapping her every week. That was all she did besides saying, "Here's your phone calls." That seemed to be her job description. Answer the phone and get kidnapped."

I think a more pertinent question, is why didn't she quit? Peggy was kidnapped quite a bit, you would think after the first or even second time she would have handed in her notice. But , no, Peggy stays and just keeps getting kidnapped.