lilypond Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 As much as I adore "Mannix", the writing can be uneven. I hate the episodes where he's trapped in a warehouse for the whole show (hubby likes those, though). A couple of non-warehouse ones tonight on FETV (323 on my DirecTv system): 10:00 p.m. Eastern-- "What Happened to Sunday" One of my favorites. Great opening with him being relentlessly chased. Amnesia ensues, turns out he was with a lovely auburn-haired Brit (Kate Woodville), while danger hovers, etc. Also has sturdy, adorable character player Milton Selzer. 11:00 p.m. Eastern-- "The Judas Touch" Mannix collaborates with pal Robert Lansing, a police chief who may have a renegade officer on the force. Love charismatic Lansing and Mike Connors together, collegially knitting their brows over this one. And bonus, this one also has Forties' glam star Ruth Roman, playing one tough cookie! It's so great the way "Mannix" recruited so many "mature" stars of classic Hollywood. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyDan Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 I always like it when they use the Brady house for scenes. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilypond Posted October 8, 2021 Author Share Posted October 8, 2021 LUCKYDAN, you read my mind! Me too! At the moment, I can only vaguely remember one episode where they used it, I think it was the "lair" of some crooks or something, but clearly recognizable as the Brady house. And maybe they used it other times? It fits with Robert Reed being lent out to "Mannix" at times, to play "Lt. Tobias". I read that he liked to do that, since he was less than enchanted with his Brady Bunch role-- must have been a relief to be a tough, smart cop! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyDan Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 2 minutes ago, lilypond said: LUCKYDAN, you read my mind! Me too! At the moment, I can only vaguely remember one episode where they used it, I think it was the "lair" of some crooks or something, but clearly recognizable as the Brady house. And maybe they used it other times? It fits with Robert Reed being lent out to "Mannix" at times, to play "Lt. Tobias". I read that he liked to do that, since he was less than enchanted with his Brady Bunch role-- must have been a relief to be a tough, smart cop! I watch Mannix on MeTV deep night, or I should say it's on the tv screen while I am reading or practicing guitar or whatever, but I see the Brady set often. I think they used Mike's den the other night, with things rearranged but still that space. I've seen the patio with the sliding glassless door in the background. The entryway. I saw Robert Reed the other night, telling Mannix to be careful, the same way he would warn Greg to drive safely. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilypond Posted October 8, 2021 Author Share Posted October 8, 2021 Ha, ha, cute, LUCKYDAN! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Gorman Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 GLORIA GRAHAME had a short 'Special Guest Star' appearance on MANNIX last night; she played 'Mae Darling'. She also got shot. Cuz it's MANNIX! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilypond Posted October 8, 2021 Author Share Posted October 8, 2021 How could I have ever forgotten Gloria Grahame appeared on Mannix, MR. GORMAN? I'll have to pull out my DVDs, and find and watch "Duet for Three" again. It was also really fun when noir great Marie Windsor played a not-so-inconsolable widow on Mannix too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Gorman Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 I'm sure ROBERT REED enjoyed his forays on MANNIX as "Lt. Tobias" to get him away from the treacly nature of "The Brady Bunch". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vautrin Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 Some people may know this already, but FETV shows Mannix late at night on the weekends from 1 to 3 am. It's also fun to see 'Frank Burns' in early episodes. Either he had more hair or a better rug. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Gorman Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 I was watching a color episode of THE FUGITIVE a few hours ago and I noted the 'street set' from this episode of "The Fugitive" looks very much like the 'street set' used for multiple episodes of "Mannix". You can tell it's the same street set. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilypond Posted October 18, 2021 Author Share Posted October 18, 2021 The same thought has occurred to me, MR. GORMAN. The most recent "Fuge" I watched in color was the one set in an unnamed large city with Madlyn Rhue and her nutcake brother, Robert Drivas. While somewhat ersatz, you could at least imagine it as being New York, with the sort of brownstone buildings, etc. The same set or similar pops up on "Mannix", yet to me looks so fake, since on Mannix, it is supposed to be 70's era downtown Los Angeles.... But it's "Mannix", so all is forgiven. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NipkowDisc Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 mannix gets beaten up and conked too many times and his office is wide open to the criminal public. mannix is supposed to be a tough as nails gumshoe. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilypond Posted October 18, 2021 Author Share Posted October 18, 2021 That is nice of you to post that, NIPKOWDISC! I didn't know he ever appeared on "Lucy". Mike Connors was such a good sport, gamely going along with the shenanigans and broad slapstick-- love him. Your point about the office, so true. He has that beautiful Spanish revival office/apartment, but crooks can easily walk right in and often did-- it didn't seem fair to Peggy, who was often there all alone, holding down the fort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vautrin Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 Jacqueline Susann was in an episode a few weeks ago. She had a limited career as an actress before she became a famous writer. This was one of her last TV appearances. I read it was Lucy who decided to switch Mannix from working at the big computer firm to a private detective on his own. Probably a good move. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cinemaman Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 In season one episode seven Warning: Live Blueberries, Mannix is out to find someone missing daughter. The cast for this episode are Brooke Bundy, Tom Skerritt, Robert Emhardt and Valora Noland. What made this episode special it had the classic rock group Buffalo Springfield in it. Neil Young, Richie Furay and Stephen Stills were all were playing their music in this episode. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Gorman Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 One thing I've noticed about a couple of old color television series: The day-for-night shooting is definitely more obvious when the original film prints were remastered and digitally 'cleaned up'. MANNIX has a frequent amount of night scenes that are mostly shot "day-for-night" but it wouldn't have been so obvious watching on 1960s and 70s television sets with the somewhat-grainy film prints of the time. But it is now! HOGAN'S HEROES also had frequent day-for-night shooting and it's just as obvious on that show, too. CANNON has not been remastered -- at least, the episodes shown at 3 AM Eastern on MeTv are not. You can see the difference easily when you watch MANNIX and 2 AM and then see CANNON at 3 AM. The original "Cannon" film prints look to have simply been copied over to digital with out any clean-up. KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER was like that, too, but now Kino-Lorber has issued the series on Blu-Ray with all the digital cleanups the previous disc release did not have. → Of all the series that didn't NEED a digital clean-up "Kolchak" is Number #1. 1974/75-era television-level special effects on a limited budget are /passable/ when you watch Kolchak on an old film print ported over to digital with no alterations . . . on the Blu-Ray disc now on sale from Kino-Lorber I shudder to think how fake those low-budget SFX 'look' now in Hi•Def. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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