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May 31, 2005
TV Times (late 80s edition)
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*Tomorrow I PROMISE to write something meaningful about art but I just had a crap day and TV talk is about all I can muster right now.
Moonlighting (S1&2) came out on DVD today. OK, maybe this is not the be all/end all for anyone who actually has a life, but come on, even if it did go out with a whimper instead of a bang it was the coolest detective show on TV in the late 80s.
I have to admit that I am a complete and total crazy when it comes to cops/robbers/spies and detective shows. I loved, loved, loved Rockford Files when I was a kid. I still try to watch the reruns on KDOC to catch glimpses of 70s LA (it looks kind of washed out but still cool). Other fab examples of the genre include, I Spy, It Takes a Thief (this was something my mom turned me on to in reruns when I was little. Robert Wagner when he was still cute!), Columbo, Hill Street Blues, Simon and Simon, Spencer For Hire, NYPDBlue, Prime Suspect and, of course, Law and Order (original recipe only – no SUVs or CIs, PLEASE).
So, yea, Moonlighting. Loved the fast talk, loved the Motown. The silly sexual tension was fun for the first two years. Hated the eps that focused on Herbert and Agnes, the lame attempts to hide Cybil’s pregnancy (JJ and Jennifer you are officially on notice. Come up with something believable!), and well, I was disappointed in everything after Dave and Maddie ACTUALLY got together – but it was fun while it lasted. Also, I think the first time I ever heard the words bitch and bastard on prime time network was Moonlighting but that’s probably not something I should be touting…
Unfortunately, I can’t afford to go down memory lane with this DVD right now. Maybe by the end of the summer I can do some ebaying.
Posted by lk at May 31, 2005 10:41 PM
Comments
Too funny. I am a big West Side Story Fan too. Happened to get it on dvd in a gift bag recently. Wanna come over and watch it with me some time? T has a low tolerance for musicals.
I was totally addicted to H2H despite the Wagner cloud.
Posted by: buttergun at June 3, 2005 10:14 AM
Buttergun,
Jeeze, you are totally calling me out!
Now I have to explain how geeky and weird I AM. The reason why H2H doesn't count, at least in my book, has to do with Natalie Wood. Again, thanks to my mom and late night movies on CBS - I was a huge Natalie Wood fan in my youth! (Inside Daisy Clover, Love with A Proper Stranger, and of course, West Side Story!) But after she died in '81 - during a boating trip with Wagner - I just couldn't handle watching him gallivant around with Stephanie Powers! I always thought that there was foul play involved in Wood's "accident" and it totally ruined Wagner's rep in my mind. I know, I have no evidence and even if I did it probably wouldn't matter. I mean, look at Robert Blake and Phil Specter (actually, don’t – cuz they look really creepy). Anyway, that's the reason I have bad associations with “The Hearts”.
Posted by: lk at June 3, 2005 08:32 AM
What about Heart to Heart, does it count? What’s that? Oh it's just my geek bone flaring up.
Posted by: buttergun at June 2, 2005 09:46 AM