Ironside... and what else?

[thistlechaser]

One 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.

Comments

Who is THAT?

[caredhel.livejournal.com]

Is that pic Orlando Bloom from _Pirates_?

Re: Who is THAT?

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Sure is! Yummy, huh?

[kaiz.livejournal.com]

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!

Eegads, woman! You're making me feel *very* old. ::sigh::

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Your user info doesn't have an age, so I can't say if you're older or younger than me, but know this: I have some serious memory issues, and only have a handful of memories from pre-college, so a lot of stuff I should know is like new to me. Seeing the cars on the show sort of pinged elementry school memories -- waiting at the bus stop with cars like those around.

...so you're probably not as old as my post makes you feel! And besides, who said "old" is bad anyway? :)

[tersa.livejournal.com]

One of my favorite 70's era shows that you don't hear much about anymore was "Emergency". Kind of an early version of Law & Order crossed with ER, as it chronicled the lives of a fire department/paramedics and the doctors and nurses at the hospital they worked with.

I'm also very fond of "Battlestar Galactica", "Six Million Dollar Man", "Bionic Woman", the original "Charlie's Angels", and I know I used to watch "Starsky & Hutch" although I have no real memory of the show.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

I think I watched reruns of Emergency a few years back... maybe when I was home from college for the summer or something like that. I don't recall the characters or the stories, but I do remember liking it.