ONTVLand: Quincy M.E. (An ONTD original)

[archersangel]

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Thanks to yeah_banana for the ONTVLand title!Right after The Odd Couple ended, Jack Klugman took on a dramatic role as a Los Angeles county medical examiner who gets involved in police investigations. Originally 90 minutes long as part of The NBC Sunday Mystery Movie in the Autumn of 1976, alternating with Columbo, McCloud and McMillan (formally McMillan &

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[ahkna]

Reruns of this were always on. I looooove Quincy

[euraylie]

I think this and Little House on Prairie might still be airing reruns on German TV somewhere

[unlickdbearwhlp]

Just here to say I love Jack Klugman. His Twilight Zone episodes are among my favorites.

[headcaseheidi]

in praise of pip + a passage for trumpet always bring the waterworks for me lolol

[scoundreldays]

My hobbies during undergrad included getting toasty and watching all the old tv shows on MeTV and similar antenna channels. Quincy had some wild ass episodes that are great time capsules- the punk episode that features a baby Courtney Love and this intense child abuse episode that has to extensively reiterate that PeterFiles [IT Crowd pronunciation for censor purposes] may be straight married men but can also prey on young boys (aka the myth that all gay men are child preds, which was a big thing during my 1980s childhood). I like to think the general public is better educated about child predators but since I drove past a hospital today with vaccine protestors I’m guessing it’s a lesson that may still need learning.

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