tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7286673910044050811.post1832521577500818151..comments2024-03-26T18:28:58.729-04:00Comments on Just a Cineast: Thursday Movie Picks #189: Legal Dramas (TV edition)Ted S. (Just a Cineast)http://www.blogger.com/profile/12394770582776749331noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7286673910044050811.post-88298357437120800352018-02-24T10:37:38.121-05:002018-02-24T10:37:38.121-05:00OMG! Gideon’s Trumpet is one I totally forgot abou...OMG! Gideon’s Trumpet is one I totally forgot about and I remember watching it but not much else. LA Law was a good show and Susan Dey brought me to the show since she was on The Partridge Family and then, that’s it. What happened to her?? I also remember the Venus Butterfly and would have loved to know what it truly is:) We match on Matlock which was so formulaic but fun to watch...one of my mom’s favourite showsBirgithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439720285857050428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7286673910044050811.post-77494213986568056362018-02-23T09:33:23.279-05:002018-02-23T09:33:23.279-05:00I haven't seen any of these.I haven't seen any of these.Sonia Cercahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07313734872038610058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7286673910044050811.post-49322110852715003142018-02-22T19:52:29.876-05:002018-02-22T19:52:29.876-05:00We match on your first which I did watch regularly...We match on your first which I did watch regularly, the fact that Susan Dey aka Laurie Partridge was one of the stars pulled me in originally but I did get hooked on the show. <br /><br />I've never been able to get into Matlock despite my fondness for Andy Griffith. <br /><br />I haven't thought of Gideon's Trumpet in a long time but it was a fine show. Henry Fonda was excellent in the lead.<br /><br />Since the number of shows about lawyers is nearly limitless I did a small theme within the theme. We’re L.A. bound!<br /><br />Perry Mason (1957-1966)-Criminal attorney Perry Mason (Raymond Burr-in the role that took him from villain to hero) aided by his loyal, intuitive secretary Della Street (Barbara Hale) and investigator Paul Drake (William Hopper-son of famous gossip columnist Hedda) manages to save his client week after week with a last minute moment of revelation. Loaded with familiar faces including future stars like Robert Redford, Dick Clark, and in a guest shot when Burr was ill-Bette Davis. Based on the Erle Stanley Gardner series of novels. <br /><br />The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (1969-1972)-Venerated Los Angeles attorney Walter Nichols (Burl Ives) takes brother lawyers Brian & Neil Darrell (Joseph Campanella and James Farentino) into his firm and mentors them through their cases and lives. Part of an alternating series of dramas all under the umbrella title (The New Doctors, The Protectors, The Senator were the others) shown on rotating weeks. Again loaded with rising stars, Ellen Burstyn (just before The Exorcist), Martin Sheen, Richard Dreyfuss and Jack Klugman among others as guests. <br /><br />L.A. Law (1986-1994)-The trials and tribulations of the members of Los Angeles-based law firm McKenzie, Brackman, Chaney and Kuzak was a monster hit in its day. While it was highly glamourized rather than using the trials as a sort of mystery to be solved the series approach was more of one focusing on the nuts and bolts of the legal profession (torts, ethics, briefs etc.) at least in its initial seasons. It did however spend a great deal of time in the bedroom and actually created a huge buzz with a supposed sexual position called The Venus Butterfly that never failed to satisfy. joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.com