{"id":24972,"date":"2021-01-08T10:08:12","date_gmt":"2021-01-08T14:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=24972"},"modified":"2021-01-08T10:08:12","modified_gmt":"2021-01-08T14:08:12","slug":"longstreet-the-immortal-other-classic-tv-investigators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=24972","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Longstreet&#8221;, &#8220;The Immortal&#8221; &#038; Other Classic TV Investigators"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2021\/z010821longstreet_immortal.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">Keith Roysdon at CrimeReads.com posted <a href=\"https:\/\/crimereads.com\/a-short-history-of-classic-tvs-most-unusual-investigators\/\">A SHORT HISTORY OF CLASSIC TV\u2019S MOST UNUSUAL INVESTIGATORS<\/a>.\u00a0 If you&#8217;re of a certain age, I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ll remember some of these shows. Here are the shows (and my thoughts on each) that he covers&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Longstreet<\/em>:\u00a0 I was a fan of this show, mainly because of Bruce Lee.\u00a0 Although <em>Longstreet<\/em> ran for just one year, the idea of a blind investigator was (and still would be) unique.\u00a0 Sadly Bruce Lee didn&#8217;t appear in each episode,\u00a0<br \/><br \/><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Coronet Blue<\/em>:\u00a0 I never remember even hearing of <em>Coronet Blue<\/em>.\u00a0 The concept sounds like a cool one &#8211; a Russian sleeper agent is planted in the US, but wants to defect.\u00a0 The agent&#8217;s true identity is a mystery and Russian agents are after him.\u00a0\u00a0<br \/><br \/><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>The Immortal<\/em>:\u00a0 Of all the shows on this list, <em>The Immortal<\/em> was my favorite.\u00a0 I was a regular viewer and disappointed when the series ended (after just 16 episodes).\u00a0 I was the perfect age for a race car driver who is on the run from a billionaire and his many hired thugs because the driver has unique blood with properties that heal and prevent aging. (Wolverine, anyone?)\u00a0 I haven&#8217;t seen any episodes in decades and wonder if it would still hold up.\u00a0 It was must-see tv back in the day.<br \/><br \/><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Nowhere Man:\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>This is the other show on the list that I never saw.\u00a0 <em>Nowhere Man<\/em> sounds like a <em>Twilight Zone<\/em> plot but from the description Roysdon provides it was not as well executed.<br \/><br \/><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Barnaby Jones<\/em>:\u00a0 I watched <em>Barnaby Jones<\/em> when I was visiting my grandparents&#8230; and remember it being okay.<br \/><br \/><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Cannon<\/em>:\u00a0 Was another favorite of my grandparents.\u00a0 <em>Cannon<\/em> was also okay.\u00a0 Nothing special but not bad.<br \/><br \/><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Ironside<\/em>:\u00a0 I remember seeing the pilot while on vacation with, you guessed it, my grandparents.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/crimereads.com\/a-short-history-of-classic-tvs-most-unusual-investigators\/\">Roysdon&#8217;s list<\/a> is a good one and he provides info on each show in a concise manner. His piece is worth a read. Other shows I wish he would have covered include&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>The Magician<\/em>:\u00a0 Bill Bixby as a rich, playboy magician who solved crime.\u00a0 I used to watch this show regularly and really enjoyed it.\u00a0\u00a0<br \/><br \/><\/li>\n<li><em>Banacek<\/em>:\u00a0 George Peppard stared as an investigator who solved impossible crimes.\u00a0 I really enjoyed this one.<br \/><br \/><\/li>\n<li><em>A Man Called Sloane<\/em>: Robert Conrad was an American secret agent.\u00a0 I never saw an episode, but have heard good things about it and would like a chance to check it out someday.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keith Roysdon at CrimeReads.com posted A SHORT HISTORY OF CLASSIC TV\u2019S MOST UNUSUAL INVESTIGATORS.\u00a0 If you&#8217;re of a certain age,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":912,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,51,50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-celebs","category-crime","category-tv","comments-off"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/912"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24972"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24973,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24972\/revisions\/24973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}