Las Vegas in 1947 (lemmy.world)

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[-] Beacon@fedia.io 1 points 2 weeks ago

How did you wind up recently watching such an old obscure show? Like even if it was a nostalgia watch of a childhood show, how did it even come up in your mind again?

[-] klu9@piefed.social 3 points 2 weeks ago

My mother broke her hip and was bedridden during recovery. I bought her a Roku and would watch mainly detective shows / mysteries (her fave) with her.

Before I got Prime & Netflix set up, that meant trawling for free ones on various platforms, and YouTube's recommendation algorithm eventually led us to Vega$. Others we saw on YT:

The Saint
Burke's Law
Honey West
Barnaby Jones
Rip Tide
Jake & the Fat Man
Perry Mason (inc the 80s revival)
Streets of San Francisco
probably a few more I can't remember right now

On other platforms (Fawesome, TheArchive, Roku Channel etc):

The Commish ( we also watched The Shield: what a contrast!)
Booker
Wiseguy
Peter Gunn
Mr Lucky
Colonel March of Scotland Yard
Decoy
Danger Man

Might have to pick "English-language detective/crime shows 1955-1995" as my specialist subject on Mastermind :)

[-] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

I see a couple missing from your list off the top of my head from the 80s:

Hardcastle and McCormick
Simon and Simon

[-] kalpol@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Cagney and Lacey

And to stretch it a bit,

Remington Steele Scarecrow and Mrs King

[-] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Oh, and Moonlighting!

[-] bitchkat@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Where's the love for "Hawk"?

[-] AJ1@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

does anyone else ever get the Simon & Simon theme song stuck in their head for no discernible reason? maybe it's because that show came on just after bedtime, so I had to lay there listening to it, and all the shows my parents would watch as I fell asleep.

which brings me to the best theme song ever: Taxi

I hope that never leaves my head, it's amazing and is like a massive sleeping pill when I hear it