Hoosier Favorite TV Detective? Rockford? Columbo? MacMillan? Wife? Or.....

[arwalden]

... anyone else I neglected to mention?

Personally I've always been partial to Mannix (1st) then Rockford (2nd).

-- Allen

[DemoTex]

1. Rockford Rules! Great dad too.

And I love Angel Martin (Stuart Margolin).

[arwalden]

4. I'll admit that Rockford had a better opening theme than Mannix...

... but Mannix was just too cool. And oh-so-hip!

He left Barnaby Jones in the dust when it came to coolness. (So long Buddy Ebsen... April 2, 1908 -- July 6, 2003)

[T Roosevelt]

2. Gotta go with Rockford!

And a great theme song to boot...

[gristy]

3. # 1 Jim Rockford; #2 Columbo

Rockford lives in a trailer on a beach!! How cool.

[arwalden]

6. But Mannix drove a cool car and had a sexy secretary...

... Rockford just had an answering machine. ;-)

-- Allen

[mac56]

23. I'm with you, Gristy.

My two faves, in order. Monk takes third place.

[Pert_UK]

5. MORSE!!! The late, great John Thaw....

Sadly missed. Great series.

P.

[stanwyck]

26. Another vote for Morse

I watch the reruns. Love those shows.

[ZenLefty]

30. I really liked Morse

Sadly missed indeed.

[CatWoman]

7. I must shout from the mountaintops

COLUMBO

there is no one better!!

[Pert_UK]

8. Anyone remember a show called "Vegas" with Dan Tanner?

I seem to recall a show called Vegas with a detective (or maybe PI) called Dan Tanner....IIRC I had a toy model of his car, a red convertible old-school Cadillac (or similar).

However, I was really young when it was on, and I saw it in the UK - memory could be fuzzy, but does anyone else remember it?

P.

[arwalden]

9. Vega$ with that sexy sidekick BART BRAVERMAN!!! Woofdaddy!!

I loved that show.

[ForrestGump]

27. Yep - the star was Robert Urich

Liked that one, too

[Khephra]

10. I don't know of any Indiana detectives

:evilgrin:

[SOteric]

21. Hoosier Daddy?

:7

[mopaul]

11. damn, you'll watch any damn t.v. show won't you?

i could never stand to watch t.v. detective shows, or cop shows.
back in b.c., before cable, i watched damn near anything, but there were only 5 channels then. i'd watch my little margie if nothing else was on, but mannix? mcmillan and wife? gag me with a maggot

[arwalden]

12. I Always Enjoyed Roger Moore's "The Saint"...

I forgot to mention him.

-- Allen

[democrat in Tallahassee]

13. columbo; looked and acted dumb but was smart

bush looks dumb and is dumb (sigh)

[Catshrink]

14. I like the Brits

Miss Marple
Adam Dagleish
Hettie Weintrop
Poirot

[Pert_UK]

15. Errrr.........Poirot was fairly Belgian IIRC

Although OK, it was an English series.

I've not heard of Dagleish.

P.

[arwalden]

I can't help but think of Perrier from "Murder By Death" whenever...

... I see Poirot.

-- Allen

"I'm not a Frenchie... I'm a Bell-gie!"

[Catshrink]

16. Yep, Poirot was Belgian!

I almost said that... but you're right, it's an English series.

Dagleish is the detective in a series based on the mysteries of P.D. James. They're thoughtful and intelligent.

[Kat45]

17. I always liked Columbo.

I like the yogurt too. :-)

[arwalden]

18. I Snicker Whenever I See A Colombo Ad Or Store Display

-- Allen

[mitchum]

19. Mc Millan's wife- husky voiced sexpot sleeping in a football jersey

What a beard Rock had there

[DoctorBombay]

20. Jim Rockford, easy

I remember it vaguely as a kid, but I saw every episode via reruns on A&E while in college.

Columbo comes in second.

[SOteric]

22. Jeremy Brett as Holmes.

[SweetZombieJesus]

24. Rockford has had more concussions than Gerry Cooney

Of the hundred or so Rockford Files episodes I've watched, I'd day at least 75% of them feature Jim getting clocked in the back of the head with a blunt object at LEAST once, usually with a blackjack.

[mac56]

25. Monk!

Third place after Rockfish (remember that?) and Columbo.

[ForrestGump]

28. Lots of good ones, especially Rockford and Columbo, but

I think I'd have to go with "Magnum PI." And it came along at just the right time and place for me.

"Oh my god, Magnum!"

The '80s had some good stuff, among the dross. It's not like it exactly got any better, anyway......

[Forkboy]

29. Steve McGarret from Hawaii 5-O

You simply will not see better hair on tv.

Robbie Coltrane as Cracker would be my second pick,though technically he's a psychologist.

[jobycom]

31. Mick Belker, Dogbreath! There is no equal!

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