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"Barney Miller" was one of the best television programs of the seventies, and is unjustly forgotten today. Vigoda was a huge part of that, and it's astounding to me to realize that he wasn't much older then than I am now. Oooweee.
I too was astonished to figure out that he was in his 50s back in the Barney Miller days. Not that his shtick ever appealed to me; his Fish never seemed to be that funny or intriguing a character, and even less so in the spinoff named for the character. Vigoda did deadpan well, however.I agree with both thoughts - higher quality show than most in the '70s and he was 53 when that show started, I'm 51. I can't find a more delicate way to put this: please put a bullet through my head if I look as old as he did in 2 years.
I too was astonished to figure out that he was in his 50s back in the Barney Miller days. Not that his shtick ever appealed to me; his Fish never seemed to be that funny or intriguing a character, and even less so in the spinoff named for the character. Vigoda did deadpan well, however.
Barney Miller still shows up on the nostalgia channels; I watched an episode the other day. My former aunt-in-law was a city cop who referred sarcastically to the reigning "realistic" cop show of the '80s, Hill Street Blues, as "my training film." But she said Barney Miller depicted the real day-to-day lives of cops in a precinct house more closely than most of the cop dramas of the time.
As part of that ensemble, Vigoda was great. Having him be the focus of a lot of the gags didn't work so well, though that's just me.
Whenever I think of Barney Miller, two things stand out that, for me, put it above most sitcoms of the era."Barney Miller" was one of the best television programs of the seventies, and is unjustly forgotten today...
What are you complaining about, I'm older then he was! Maybe I will go look in the mirror, on second thought, maybe I wont!I agree with both thoughts - higher quality show than most in the '70s and he was 53 when that show started, I'm 51. I can't find a more delicate way to put this: please put a bullet through my head if I look as old as he did in 2 years.
Barney Miller still shows up on the nostalgia channels; I watched an episode the other day. My former aunt-in-law was a city cop who referred sarcastically to the reigning "realistic" cop show of the '80s, Hill Street Blues, as "my training film." But she said Barney Miller depicted the real day-to-day lives of cops in a precinct house more closely than most of the cop dramas of the time.
Follow the White Rabbit in Peace.Paul Kantner of the Jefferson Airplane and Starship. Boy, it's already been a terrible year for great sixties/seventies musicians!
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/29/arts/music/paul-kantner-of-jefferson-airplane-dies-at-74.html
"Barney MIller" and "Bob Newhart" were way over my head as a kid,I was just a kid, but we could watch certain "grown up" shows, and my two favourites were Barney Miller and The Rockford Files.
I am a huge Jefferson Airplane fan (Starship, NOT SO MUCH!). This is sad, and not an old age by today's standards.
Perhaps the "lifestyle" of the sixties played a role. A shame notwithstanding...
http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/kantner-jefferson-airplane-obit-1.3424908
Follow the White Rabbit in Peace.
Dragonfly was pretty good. By Red Octopus, they were commercial pop.I am a huge Jefferson Airplane fan (Starship, NOT SO MUCH!).