So I was watching Barney Miller...

[Firefly]

There was a time when police could wear garish clothes, have far out hair, smoke in the office, look and possibly be half hung over by lunchtime and carried tiny five shot .38s in shoulder rigs.

People say Miami Vice was the “ideal aesthetic”: Italian cars, glamour weapons, 80s music, etc

But no... I say it all began and ended with Barney Miller. You knew it was dead serious if someone pulled a 1911 wrapped in an oily rag.

I hate the current era, I hate that we don’t crucify people, and I just don’t see why...

Why any of it. I know what it means now. I do.
Maybe I should get the redhead teenage girlfriend and the sports car or open a karate dojo(I dunno karate but I figure if I stay one lesson ahead of the kids I should be fine) or just go live amongst them amazon girls in the rainforest because the America that I knew is truly lost

[gaijin]

Can't disagree.

Cheery thought for a Monday Ff. On the heals of watching Leon Russel inducted into the R&R Hall of Fame.
It's all gone bro. Carry on.

[Stickman]

There was a time when police could wear garish clothes, have far out hair, smoke in the office, look and possibly be half hung over by lunchtime and carried tiny five shot .38s in shoulder rigs.

People say Miami Vice was the “ideal aesthetic”: Italian cars, glamour weapons, 80s music, etc

But no... I say it all began and ended with Barney Miller. You knew it was dead serious if someone pulled a 1911 wrapped in an oily rag.

Cops didn't make squat for money back then, but the 60s would have been a fun time to be a cop, heck, even into the 70s. By the 80s and 90s, all the guys I know who worked the street said that real police work was over.

[The_War_Wagon]

[soulezoo]

Yeah, and Fish (Abe Vigoda) was on the show 3 years before they realized he was dead... lol

[docsherm]

Yeah, and Fish (Abe Vigoda) was on the show 3 years before they realized he was dead... lol

I always thought the same thing.........

[SteyrAUG]

I feel the same way when I watch Mad Men.

There was an era that I simply missed out on. Of course I'd be dead from second hand smoke or killed by one of the many drunk drivers so maybe it's just as well.

[The_War_Wagon]

I feel the same way when I watch Mad Men.

There was an era that I simply missed out on. Of course I'd be dead from second hand smoke or killed by one of the many drunk drivers so maybe it's just as well.

I feel the same way watching Perry Mason. EVERYBODY was drinking & driving, drinking & boating, drinking & FLYING - the post-war/art deco/easy booze age is a wonder to watch, in retrospect...

[markm]

As usual, I have no idea what Firefly is talking about.

But I have been watching Barney Miller lately on Laff TV.

"Mooshy Mooshy"

[lowprone]

I think anytime someone brings out a .45 automatic, wrapped in a oily rag or not is serious.
Nobody ignores it and pretends it's not there, seriously !