Absolutely NOBODY was allowed to bother me on Tuesday nights. I sat glued to the TV and got to make some of the best memories I can reflect back on. Thank you for remembering this gem.❤
Am I the only one who likes or loves the Cannell Productions logo with Stephen writing very fast followed by throwing the paper in the air and him looking up at it before the animation takes over with the paper finally becoming the letter C on a stack of paper followed by the jingle music ending. (I call the music Cannell's theme) Also love Cannell's shows including this one.
On a 1983 TV interview on RUclips, Stephen said at that time he had a show coming up called, "Rolling Thunder" that show ended up being called Hardcastle and McCormick.
Though I love all of the Cannell Logos, my favorite one is the smoking jacket logo from 1983, which is the first logo to be recorded in the office that was seen in every logo going forward except for some reason he used a different office room in mid 1984. the first office seen in 1981-1983 was the office he used at Paramount.
I kind of vaguely remember watching this show in 1986 having just done my O-levels, and am sure it was shown at lunchtimes though. always enjoyed it as a light-hearted buddy detective show. looking it up coincidentally bought me here. great memories thanks for the update
Yeah, it was a daytime thing in the UK to fill-out the schedule in ITV so went under the radar. It was one that I only caught when I was off sick and then started videoing. Kind of felt like 'my own little secret' show as all my friends watched the other Cannell, Spelling, Larson and Bellisario shows but not this one.
From 1981-1987 the original length jingle and the extended jingle were both dramatic and both featured the sound of a trumpet as well as violins. The extended jingle are two Cannell Jingles edited together in 1984 along with maybe some added synthesizer notes on the 6th and 8th notes. In 1987 the string guitar version featured a flute in place of the trumpet. The electric guitar version just had an electric guitar revving up before the ending notes and long keyboard note of the jingle. For shows that had logos before Stephen's in 1987-1988 they played shortened versions of the back then new jingles. All of the jingles are awesome. At the end of The Greatest American Hero two versions of the 8 notes jingles played over the 1981-1983 logo. The ending notes after the 8th note sounded like the ending of Believe It or not, there were 4 notes instead of the main 5 notes.
Absolutely NOBODY was allowed to bother me on Tuesday nights. I sat glued to the TV and got to make some of the best memories I can reflect back on. Thank you for remembering this gem.❤
Ahhh gooood times
Am I the only one who likes or loves the Cannell Productions logo with Stephen writing very fast followed by throwing the paper in the air and him looking up at it before the animation takes over with the paper finally becoming the letter C on a stack of paper followed by the jingle music ending. (I call the music Cannell's theme) Also love Cannell's shows including this one.
On a 1983 TV interview on RUclips, Stephen said at that time he had a show coming up called, "Rolling Thunder" that show ended up being called Hardcastle and McCormick.
A-Team, Riptide, Remmington Steele was one of the best trifectas on TV, ever. Riptide had some of the best choreographed action sequences of any show.
Some of the stunts on Riptide looked REALLY dangerous. Fantastic stuff
Though I love all of the Cannell Logos, my favorite one is the smoking jacket logo from 1983, which is the first logo to be recorded in the office that was seen in every logo going forward except for some reason he used a different office room in mid 1984. the first office seen in 1981-1983 was the office he used at Paramount.
I kind of vaguely remember watching this show in 1986 having just done my O-levels, and am sure it was shown at lunchtimes though. always enjoyed it as a light-hearted buddy detective show. looking it up coincidentally bought me here. great memories thanks for the update
Yeah, it was a daytime thing in the UK to fill-out the schedule in ITV so went under the radar. It was one that I only caught when I was off sick and then started videoing. Kind of felt like 'my own little secret' show as all my friends watched the other Cannell, Spelling, Larson and Bellisario shows but not this one.
Riptide felt similar to Simon and Simon. I was a fan of both shows.
Yeah, that's a great point!
From 1981-1987 the original length jingle and the extended jingle were both dramatic and both featured the sound of a trumpet as well as violins. The extended jingle are two Cannell Jingles edited together in 1984 along with maybe some added synthesizer notes on the 6th and 8th notes. In 1987 the string guitar version featured a flute in place of the trumpet. The electric guitar version just had an electric guitar revving up before the ending notes and long keyboard note of the jingle. For shows that had logos before Stephen's in 1987-1988 they played shortened versions of the back then new jingles. All of the jingles are awesome. At the end of The Greatest American Hero two versions of the 8 notes jingles played over the 1981-1983 logo. The ending notes after the 8th note sounded like the ending of Believe It or not, there were 4 notes instead of the main 5 notes.
see, THIS is the kind of minutea that I LOVE
Supposedly Mike Post and Pete Carpenter created the Stephen J. Cannell Productions Jingles!