Ironside... and what else?
Aug. 9th, 2003 05:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thistlechaserOne of the cool things about Tivo is that it looks at what you like and don't like, and makes recommendations on other things you might like. Last night it recorded something called Ironside for me. Since I've never even once heard of the series, I almost deleted it without checking it out, but I'm glad I decided to take a look.
The first thing that hit me was the cars. It was like this was shot when I was a kid! So many old cars. So while watching, I Googled it and found out that yes, it was in fact shot when I was a very young child.
The summary I found on a site really caught my interest:
At 46, Ironside is the youngest Chief of Detectives in the history of the San Francisco Police Department. Taking his first vacation in 25 years in a remote farmhouse, Ironside is shot several times by a revengeful criminal, leaving him for dead. A bullet is lodged in his spine leaving him with irreparable damage- Ironside will never walk again. He becomes attached to the Police Dept. as a special consultant at the request of Police Commissioner Randall (Gene Lyons). ... As the original press release states: Ironside is often a man to fear, obviously a man to respect and always a man to remember.
What an amazingly cool sounding story! And the longer I watch, the more I'm liking this. What a window to the early 70s! Hairstyles, backgrounds, everything. So interesting!
So now I'm thinking, what other great shows are there out there that I've never even heard the name of? And how many good shows have been lost, never to be seen again? I'm just glad I found this one.
The first thing that hit me was the cars. It was like this was shot when I was a kid! So many old cars. So while watching, I Googled it and found out that yes, it was in fact shot when I was a very young child.
The summary I found on a site really caught my interest:
At 46, Ironside is the youngest Chief of Detectives in the history of the San Francisco Police Department. Taking his first vacation in 25 years in a remote farmhouse, Ironside is shot several times by a revengeful criminal, leaving him for dead. A bullet is lodged in his spine leaving him with irreparable damage- Ironside will never walk again. He becomes attached to the Police Dept. as a special consultant at the request of Police Commissioner Randall (Gene Lyons). ... As the original press release states: Ironside is often a man to fear, obviously a man to respect and always a man to remember.
What an amazingly cool sounding story! And the longer I watch, the more I'm liking this. What a window to the early 70s! Hairstyles, backgrounds, everything. So interesting!
So now I'm thinking, what other great shows are there out there that I've never even heard the name of? And how many good shows have been lost, never to be seen again? I'm just glad I found this one.
