Barney Miller was good television. The cast had great chemistry, the writing was clever, and the different characters each had their own "quirks". The beauty of the show was that it focused on the interaction between the quirky characters, and the plots were there primarily to highlight that angle. This concept was later carried on by 'Night Court'. The idea is somewhat followed by NCIS, though it is obviously not a comedy show.
Today, most cop shows basically start with a bad situation, and will normally have a sad, if not disastrous, ending. (I'm looking at you, CSI and all your accursed cloned offspring!). I have less than 0 reasons to watch something depressing! For the love of Sanity, why do they try to continuously probe deeper into the crap at the bottom of the Human Condition barrel? I know, I know...it's "drama".
NCIS may have the occasional tear-jerker ending, but will usually have a pleasant ending. Why is this somehow not as interesting to the general public?

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/likes NCIS

real_headhoncho: Does anyone have a working link to season 4, ep 11. The one with the atomic bomb?

Dietrich: "So, what's with the atomic bomb?"

Very memorable.


/Sorry, I don't have a link. but they will have it on DVD soon enough, and we'll all be able to watch 'til we're sick of it.
// Can't wait.

In the meantime, he made extra money working on the English-language dubs of foreign films, ranging from Destroy All Monsters to I Am Curious (Yellow). "It kept me from waiting tables."

Destroy All Monsters?

Holy fark. When I was a kid I was crazy for those Japanese-Guy-in-a-Rubber-Suit-Stepping-on-Tokyo films and out of all of those that were ever made DAM is the best EVAR. Seriously, it's got everyone in it. Godzilla, Mothra, Radon, King Ghidorah, Gorosaurus, Anguirus, Kumonga, Manda, Minilla, Baragon *and* Varan. Always thought Hal was cool so this tidbit just earns him more cool points in my book.

Pandora's Litterbox: johnson442:
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/likes NCIS

As I progressed through the reading of your pose, this started playing more and more loudly in my brain (new window)

Not sure if this was meant as a compliment or a snark, but I rather enjoyed the song! Thanks!

Television in the 70's was a vast wasteland of worthless crap. Barney Miller was one of the very few exceptions.

Abe Vigoda's Ghost: Television in the 70's was a vast wasteland of worthless crap. Barney Miller was one of the very few exceptions.

Kiss my grits.

H31N0US: Abe Vigoda's Ghost: Television in the 70's was a vast wasteland of worthless crap. Barney Miller was one of the very few exceptions.

Kiss my grits.



I did say one of the very few exceptions, not the only exception.

And Loni Anderson has/had weird tits.

Here's the hot one of that show

Abe Vigoda's Ghost: Here's the hot one of that show

Say What?




Srsly, Bailey was my favorite too. Ditto Mary Anne vs. Ginger.

Lipshiatz is the most embarrassing last name I've ever seen.

TeddyRooseveltsMustache: Lipshiatz is the most embarrassing last name I've ever seen.

Worse than Santorum?

Whoever said 70's tv was crap wasn't there. Besides Barney Miller you had Sanford & Son, All in the Family, Mash, Soap, Rockford Files, plus PBS down here started showing Monty Python & the Two Ronnies.

Flips side is then you didn't have many sports options, just the biggest. Now you can follow any team, anywhere.

real_headhoncho: Kilgore Trout: http://filesonic.com/file/1941599731/bm411.rar

What kind of file is that, aside from the fact it doesn't download anything.

bit torrent file.

Opps, I mean _{^{bit torrent file}}

Sigh...I always had a bit of a crush on Hal Linden...

H31N0US: Abe Vigoda's Ghost: Here's the hot one of that show

Say What?

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Srsly, Bailey was my favorite too. Ditto Mary Anne vs. Ginger.

I saw Herb on the freeway once in LA. Same day I saw Chevy Chase in a sporting goods store. And thus completing my brush with fame.

Abe Vigoda's Ghost: H31N0US: Abe Vigoda's Ghost: Television in the 70's was a vast wasteland of worthless crap. Barney Miller was one of the very few exceptions.

Kiss my grits.



I did say one of the very few exceptions, not the only exception.

And Loni Anderson has/had weird tits.

Here's the hot one of that show

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And that's why your posts show up green.



/was very very envious of Johnny when she was staying at his place, walking around in his shirt...

KJUW89: Sigh...I always had a bit of a crush on Hal Linden...

Preach on. But only after he lost the porn stache. I'm looking forward to getting his music.

he made extra money working on the English-language dubs of foreign films, ranging from Destroy All Monsters to I Am Curious (Yellow)

No wonder he grew the porn-stache.

johnson442: Barney Miller was good television. The cast had great chemistry, the writing was clever, and the different characters each had their own "quirks". The beauty of the show was that it focused on the interaction between the quirky characters, and the plots were there primarily to highlight that angle. This concept was later carried on by 'Night Court'. The idea is somewhat followed by NCIS, though it is obviously not a comedy show.
Today, most cop shows basically start with a bad situation, and will normally have a sad, if not disastrous, ending. (I'm looking at you, CSI and all your accursed cloned offspring!). I have less than 0 reasons to watch something depressing! For the love of Sanity, why do they try to continuously probe deeper into the crap at the bottom of the Human Condition barrel? I know, I know...it's "drama".
NCIS may have the occasional tear-jerker ending, but will usually have a pleasant ending. Why is this somehow not as interesting to the general public?

[/ramble]

/likes NCIS

Very well put.


My Father In Law was a Detroit cop. He once told me that Barney Miller was the closest thing to a realistic police station on TV.

I now have two kids with his daughter, they're names are Max and Gail.

When I was 12 I met Hal Linden and his kids boarding a flight to the Bahamas.
He looked just like Barney Miller.

/Refroidir l'histoire, mon frère.

Abe Vigoda's Ghost: Television in the 70's was a vast wasteland of worthless crap. Barney Miller was one of the very few exceptions.

What about Fish? When you and Bernice adopted the black kids, IIRC.

EdVenture: johnson442: =

My Father In Law was a Detroit cop. He once told me that Barney Miller was the closest thing to a realistic police station on TV.

I now have two kids with his daughter, they're names are Max and Gail.

/CSB
//Wattsy think of Hill Street Blues?
///that's the closest for me

Debeo Summa Credo: Abe Vigoda's Ghost: Television in the 70's was a vast wasteland of worthless crap. Barney Miller was one of the very few exceptions.

What about Fish? When you and Bernice adopted the black kids, IIRC.

The studio payed the kids family's in food stamps.

Little known fact.

schemy: EdVenture: johnson442: =

My Father In Law was a Detroit cop. He once told me that Barney Miller was the closest thing to a realistic police station on TV.

I now have two kids with his daughter, they're names are Max and Gail.

/CSB
//Wattsy think of Hill Street Blues?
///that's the closest for me

Yeah, I was afraid I was going into CSB territory. If I remember correctly (he passed away 11 years ago), they drew their weapons too much. It was rare when he was on the street.

happydude45: Whoever said 70's tv was crap wasn't there. Besides Barney Miller you had Sanford & Son, All in the Family, Mash, Soap, Rockford Files, plus PBS down here started showing Monty Python & the Two Ronnies.

Flips side is then you didn't have many sports options, just the biggest. Now you can follow any team, anywhere.

Yeah, I don't know what the hell that guy was smoking. We didn't have Nick jr or children's cartoons playing all day in the early 80's, I grew up on sitcoms. Maude, Alice,Good Times, What's Happening, All in the Family plus Archie Bunkers place, The Jeffersons, You wanna talk crap, 2000- the present, no one will be talking about events like Jack Soo eating magic brownies, or Archie being kissed by a black man, it'll be "Hey, remember when the guy at the goat testicles", or "I can't believe that guy got voted off the island". TV is pure shiat now.

EdVenture: My Father In Law was a Detroit cop. He once told me that Barney Miller was the closest thing to a realistic police station on TV.

The Wire?

/not a cop

wjllope: EdVenture: My Father In Law was a Detroit cop. He once told me that Barney Miller was the closest thing to a realistic police station on TV.

The Wire?

/not a cop

He passed away before that hit the airwaves.

EdVenture: schemy: EdVenture: johnson442: =

My Father In Law was a Detroit cop. He once told me that Barney Miller was the closest thing to a realistic police station on TV.

I now have two kids with his daughter, they're names are Max and Gail.

/CSB
//Wattsy think of Hill Street Blues?
///that's the closest for me

Yeah, I was afraid I was going into CSB territory. If I remember correctly (he passed away 11 years ago), they drew their weapons too much. It was rare when he was on the street.

Sorry. It was/is tough gig

Odd Bird: was very very envious of Johnny when she was staying at his place, walking around in his shirt...

Seriously, that was one of the hottest moments of network television, IMHO.

For a while I dated a girl who was a dead ringer for Bailey. Those were very good days.

Speaking of name changes, the Six Million Dollar Man had an episode about a character named Barney Miller, before the TV show Barney Miller went on the air. When the Six Million Dollar Man character returned for another episode after that, his name was changed to Barney Hiller.

/probably forgot something important while remembering that

Barney Miller was one of the few shows that was very intellectual. The only really dumb character was Wojo and he was not a dummy just not as smart as the other guys. There was no doubt that he had the respect of his peers. Dietrich was my favorite character. Best line EVER "Where'd you get the atomic bomb?"

real_headhoncho: There was surpisingly a lot of good TV shows in the 70's.

I wouldn't say these were all good, but I do remember watching them and not curling up on the floor in convultions.

The ones I watched and ratings

Rockford Files. **
The Streets of San Francisco. ***
Emergency! **
Ark II
Black Sheep Squadron ****
The Incredible Hulk **
Kolchak the Night Stalker ****
M*A*S*H ****
The Muppet Show
Operation Petticoat *
Quark *
Happy Days ****
Space 1999 ***
Welcome Back Kotter ***
WKRP In Cincinnati ***
Soap ****
Benson
Quincy M.E. ***
Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries **
Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo
B.J. and the Bear
CHiPs **
Charlie's Angels ***
Wonder Woman **
Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts ****
You Can't Do That On Television
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century **
The Carol Burnett Show ****
The Beverly Hillbillies **
Hogan's Heroes ***
In Search of... ***
Salvage 1 ***
Columbo ***
Nova
The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams **
Are You Being Served? **
Blakes 7
Fawlty Towers ****
Monty Python's Flying Circus ****
The Two Ronnies

Delawheredad: Barney Miller was one of the few shows that was very intellectual. The only really dumb character was Wojo and he was not a dummy just not as smart as the other guys. There was no doubt that he had the respect of his peers. Dietrich was my favorite character. Best line EVER "Where'd you get the atomic bomb?"

I actually remember an exchange between Wojo and Dietrich where Wojo said, "You know more facts than me." And Dietrich started going on about how he liked the way that was phrased. "You didn't say I'm smarter than you, which isn't necessarily true. I just know more facts than you."