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Las Vegas in 1947 (infosec.pub)
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[–] klu9@piefed.social 14 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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 3 points 1 day ago (4 children)

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

  • Hardcastle and McCormick
  • Simon and Simon
[–] bitchkat@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

Where's the love for "Hawk"?

[–] kalpol@lemmy.ca 3 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

Cagney and Lacey

And to stretch it a bit,

Remington Steele Scarecrow and Mrs King

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago

Oh, and Moonlighting!

[–] klu9@piefed.social 1 points 21 hours ago

we didn't see those, maybe they have better DMCA takedown people

[–] AJ1@lemmy.ca 1 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

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

[–] kalpol@lemmy.ca 1 points 17 hours ago

Yep I can still hear Simon and Simon in my head

[–] Stamau123@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Jake and the fat man sounds like a fake show

[–] kalpol@lemmy.ca 1 points 17 hours ago

Fatman