Thursday, August 1, 2019
WKRLEM: The Original Harry Bosch
The Grand Daddy of detective series. Written and directed by the great Blake Edwards. He was the original Harry Bosch. The moody detective who loved jazz and was always getting beat up but closing the case.
The shows still hold up. Or at least they are quite entertaining. Most of all because of the great Lola Albright. She sang in a lot of these episodes. You know it amazes me. The writers and show runners in the fifties and sixties packed a great story into a half hour. If you watch Peter Gunn or Gunsmoke or The Rifleman you wonder about the idiots who make TV today. But maybe not. Maybe they make a half hour show and they just pack it with commercials to stretch it into an hour.
Anyway enjoy!
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My bride and I just finished bingeing the 5 Bosch series. We liked it. They did some great casting, but could have done better w/ the lead character.
No, the Grand Daddy of detective series was 77 Sunset Strip. Peter Gunn was boring.
Disagree about Blake Edwards, but you're right about how good TV was back then. A lot of these guys cut their teeth on the B movies of the 30s and 40s, so they knew how to do it.
Norman Lear ruined TV.
Tell me.
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