Comments | karaokegal: 100 TV Shows #32-Baretta

karaokegal

100 TV Shows #32-Baretta

Jul 06, 2012 11:21

Staying with the mid-70's for another show with a great theme song and a charismatic leading actor who turned out to have a lot of demons, although it appears that Mr. Blake's self-destructiveness eventually hurt other people more than himself.

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desertdreams67 July 6 2012, 20:11:33 UTC

60s/70s is where I'm from! And I'm 24 lol! ;)

karaokegal July 6 2012, 20:13:12 UTC

Excellent! Posting some of this stuff makes me feel VERY old.

joanne_c July 7 2012, 10:51:17 UTC

This is one I never saw, not even sure it aired here, though it likely did. But I think I've seen Blake in other things, and of course more recently we heard about his issues. But yeah. No memories of either good or bad things here, at least show wise.

karaokegal July 7 2012, 14:10:13 UTC

It possibly may not have due to the violence issue. Of course in retrospect the "violence" that was railed about in shows like Baretta or Starsky and Hutch is hilariously mild compared to what happens on shows now with nary a blink.

chocolate_frapp July 7 2012, 18:52:46 UTC

I went to school with a (cough) "mentally challenged" kid who was OBSESSED with that show.

karaokegal July 8 2012, 02:19:21 UTC

It was really popular for those few seasons. I'm actually surprised to see it didn't last longer...not sure how much was ratings, how much was the violence backlash and how much was people not wanting to deal with Robert Blake and his issues/ego.