Do you know the first names of these classic TV detectives?
Are you on familiar terms with Columbo, Monk and Mannix?
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You know a detective is cool when he only needs one name — Columbo, Kojak, Baretta. Boiled down, to the point. These kind of shows were particularly popular in the Seventies when the likes McCloud, Cannon and Banacek were on the case.
We've gathered some of our favorite one-name detectives. Of course, they had full names. Do you remember their first names?
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Though never stated, the first name of Columbo can be seen on his badge a few times throughout the series. What is it?
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_______ Monk
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_______ Mannix
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_______ Kojak
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______ Magnum, P.I.
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_______ Cannon
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_______ Baretta
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_______ Banacek
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______ Hunter
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_______ McCloud
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_______ McMillan & Wife
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_______ Toma
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After leaving Gunsmoke, Burt Reynolds played _______ Hawk.
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That reminds me, Pernell Roberts would have stayed on Bonanza if they had gone along with
his idea of marrying a Black woman. NBC suits nearly fainted at the thought and how all
their affiliates in southern states would have reacted. He then compromised, how about
Adam marrying an American Indian, but no go. Instead they did a couple of episodes
with him wooing Darren McGavin's wife, the beautiful blonde actress Kathie Brown.
That was the last straw for the intellectual Roberts, who had wanted more serious
story lines. Producer Dortort later on explored many explosive civil rights issues
and even thinly veiled Vietnam War commentary in the grossly over looked Western
classic "High Chaparral". Unlike Hoss and Joe going to town for beers, the men of
Chaparral went in looking for women, many plainly hookers. In the first episode
Buck takes his young nephew in to town to get, um, friendly with a saloon girl.
Ben never did that for Joe and Hoss.
Check out David Greenland's book on Bonanza, he will even tell you of "Hoss's"
role as a zombie monster from Venus on a 3 Stooges episode.
TV Legend". Greenland hit it off with the producer Dortort who supplied much insight.
I contributed one or two tiny items, David Greenland was nice enough to send me a tape
of Bonanza out takes given him by Dortort which no one else had(at the time, who knows
now). As for the cast being "too white", whatever that means, you might recall the boys
had romantic moments with both Indian and Mexican women. It was the network that
would have stopped any dalliance with a Black woman, not the characters as they were
created. Bonanza was ahead of its time in many respects, see the outstanding episode
with Lou Gossett. How about when Hop Sing fell in love with a white woman, and she
with him? A two part episode where a Mormon is the good guy. Veiled commentary
about Civil Rights by Hoss when he talked about his leprechaun pals? I would agree,
they had to do it that way with cute leprechauns when they would have preferred
having Hoss doing that with Black people. But it was 50 years ago, the stations in
the south would have revolted, so the producers did the best they could.
Anyway Vonabee, check out the book, I think you will enjoy it. And the opening
in the preface, about the kid who was about to shoplift but then saw Hoss on
a lunchbox and put the item back, was me. Corny yes but true and it shows
TV does influence kid's morals.