tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post3026011809434558971..comments2024-02-22T17:59:50.213-05:00Comments on in so many words...: Crime Fiction Alphabet - Letter Q for QuincyYvettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-23077111466269591792011-05-12T13:12:16.988-04:002011-05-12T13:12:16.988-04:00Nor do I, not even for a second changing channels....Nor do I, not even for a second changing channels.kathy d.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-60715100897213212162011-05-12T12:33:31.292-04:002011-05-12T12:33:31.292-04:00Kathy: I'm with you. I just don't watch th...Kathy: I'm with you. I just don't watch them. Period. :)Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-66174450543540401102011-05-12T00:44:26.084-04:002011-05-12T00:44:26.084-04:00Yes! Well said. Quincy had more humanity (and hu...Yes! Well said. Quincy had more humanity (and human understanding) in his little finger than all of the CSI characters put together.<br /><br />None of them are characters we laud or cheer on, as we did with Quincy. And we learned about issues. A few more layers were unpeeled about the human condition.<br /><br />Not so with the CSI shows at all.kathy d.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-53934223996436389932011-05-11T10:25:46.922-04:002011-05-11T10:25:46.922-04:00Yvonne: This comment should have been up under the...Yvonne: This comment should have been up under the Fred Astaire post, but since it wandered over here. I'll answer it here. :)<br /><br />I think Fred always said that Eleanor Powell was the best dancer he ever worked with. They are a joy together.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-34128138209155526862011-05-11T09:58:28.868-04:002011-05-11T09:58:28.868-04:00He is the Tops he's the Effile Tower, did you ...He is the Tops he's the Effile Tower, did you ever see him dance with Elenor Powell? The <br />best I have ever seen.<br />yvonneLa Petite Galleryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09553902574516930172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-15624778333080961742011-05-11T09:30:27.480-04:002011-05-11T09:30:27.480-04:00Kathy: You're right, of course. I don't wa...Kathy: You're right, of course. I don't watch today's CSI shows - they've just gotten too gory and sensationalistic. In the first year, CSI (the first one) debuted, it was a good show, but then it started to to try and top itself every week. Yuck.<br /><br />But Quincy was the first, and the reason I say that is that we had never had a show on TV with a medical examiner as the protagonist. We had never seen the behind the scenes of what goes on - theoretically - at the morgue. They did show bodies on Quincy, he did conduct autopsies, they just didn't dwell on it and they didn't show close-ups of the gore. <br /><br />Quincy had way more humanity in his little finger than those characters in today's CSI shows.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-7602654708443382862011-05-11T00:23:27.790-04:002011-05-11T00:23:27.790-04:00Quincy was very different from the CSI shows, whic...Quincy was very different from the CSI shows, which seem to feature sensationalist, sadistic crimes and gory, bloody cadavers. And high-tech methods of detecting criminals. It's not about personalities or human issues or sympathy or understanding. I can't watch them.<br /><br />However, Quincy wasn't like that. It was about the medical or criminal mystery of what happened to the corpse. It was the adventure, the puzzle, and Quincy's (or Jack Klugman's) personality, his opinions, his sense of right, his humanity.<br /><br />The current CSI shows don't do this at all.kathy d.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-87451784440688560922011-05-10T13:05:53.567-04:002011-05-10T13:05:53.567-04:00John: I'll tell you what, I'm impressed he...John: I'll tell you what, I'm impressed he's still alive after battling - I think - throat cancer years ago. He even outlived Tony Randall. (Such a sad day around here when he died.)<br /><br />I'll remember him as Madison and Quincy. Hmmm, those names seem to have a historical tint.<br /><br />Your dad had good taste. :)<br /><br />A lot of the older actors began in theater. I'm not surprised to find that Klugman did also. He did plenty of drama. Didn't he also star in some production of 12 Angry Men sometime? <br /><br />My daughter was so surprised to find that Jerry Ohrbach, her favorite character from LAW AND ORDER, began as a singer and hoofer on Broadway.<br />He was the voice of the candleabra in BEAUTY AND THE BEAST - surprise!Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-35137664834221901482011-05-10T12:58:35.445-04:002011-05-10T12:58:35.445-04:00My Dad's favorite show. I can't help but t...My Dad's favorite show. I can't help but think of him whenever someone mentions "Quincy." We had a huge original Broadway cast album collection in our house when I was growing up. Never found out who the musical fan was in the house, though. One day while looking them over I was astonished to see Jack Klugman's name on the album cover for GYPSY! He was the original Herbie. I think he played him in the movie, too. Later when I was addicted to the old "Twilight Zone" reruns on Channel 11 I was even more surprised to see Klugman doing an impressive job as the guy with the horn who inherits Gabriel's job. He was definitely more than just Oscar Madison which is what most people remember him for.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-77135833681823788472011-05-10T12:47:41.526-04:002011-05-10T12:47:41.526-04:00Kathy: I wish they'd done a show in which he c...Kathy: I wish they'd done a show in which he could have carried on his Presidential character from West Wing. It would have been wonderful. :)Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-85869191117707648352011-05-10T11:00:58.527-04:002011-05-10T11:00:58.527-04:00I love Jimmy Smits, one of my favorite contemporar...I love Jimmy Smits, one of my favorite contemporary male actors.<br /><br />I liked his show "Outlaw," and was furious/disappointed when it was taken off the air after only a few episodes were shown.kathy d.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-85846572032647471842011-05-10T08:38:47.804-04:002011-05-10T08:38:47.804-04:00Ryan: I'm SO NOT a fan of the CSI shows. But Q...Ryan: I'm SO NOT a fan of the CSI shows. But QUINCY didn't concentrate on gore. But I must admit, it was the first of its kind. No question.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-82752265674839286442011-05-10T08:37:45.647-04:002011-05-10T08:37:45.647-04:00Kathy: I thought I had forgotten the show, but whe...Kathy: I thought I had forgotten the show, but when the Letter Q came in the Crime Fiction Alphabet meme - this long-ago show just seemed perfect. I remember it was a terrific show. Klugman on one of his tirades was always fun to watch.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-9239382578567035522011-05-10T08:35:32.532-04:002011-05-10T08:35:32.532-04:00Bev: That's the problem with watching almost a...Bev: That's the problem with watching almost any show, I think, in bunches. They really weren't meant to be seen this way. Well, you could watch one a week. There's no law says you have to see them all together. Ha! I own the last two seasons of THE WEST WING and I have to say those hold up to being watched in a bunch, especially the last year which I loved - with Jimmy Smits.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-47140861319855992282011-05-10T08:33:31.195-04:002011-05-10T08:33:31.195-04:00bloodymurder: Yes, Quincy was always on the side o...bloodymurder: Yes, Quincy was always on the side of the underdog. It was a great show. And so unexpected after THE ODD COUPLE. :)Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-86944967245440397832011-05-10T08:31:08.531-04:002011-05-10T08:31:08.531-04:00Margot: Thanks! These days it seems as if half the...Margot: Thanks! These days it seems as if half the time I live too much in the past. I was a big fan of Quincy too. The show just popped into my head when I was thinking - Q?Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-91162404827271150022011-05-10T00:56:11.066-04:002011-05-10T00:56:11.066-04:00I actually forgot about this show. I remember lov...I actually forgot about this show. I remember loving it, but not sure how much I would like it now. I'm not a big fan of all the CSI shows.Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17786139533776263328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-47288913453068342952011-05-09T19:11:24.131-04:002011-05-09T19:11:24.131-04:00I loved this show and Jack Klugman as Quincy, and ...I loved this show and Jack Klugman as Quincy, and watched it all of the time. Yes, he did buck the system and help many who wouldn't have gotten help without him. Great show!kathy d.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-46626075308333021722011-05-09T18:34:11.233-04:002011-05-09T18:34:11.233-04:00I loved watching this show when I was growing up! ...I loved watching this show when I was growing up! We got it through Netflix a little while ago and I found that, while I still loved it in small doses, it didn't go down so well watching 4-5 episodes (however many are on a disc) in a row. Watching in marathon sessions made me think how formulaic the episodes were--not something you notice when you have to wait a whole week to watch the next one.Bev Hankinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01127476456755776574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-21891995298341452822011-05-09T17:26:07.579-04:002011-05-09T17:26:07.579-04:00I used to love QUINCY as a kid and the main reason...I used to love QUINCY as a kid and the main reason had nothing to do with discovering what a sub subdural hematoma was or how to perform a tracheotomy using a ballpoint pen - but rather it was the fact that he always fought on the side of the underprivileged and raged tirelessly against those who abused their position of power - as a teenager that was a real hook - power to the people Quince!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-33406888598248327642011-05-09T17:00:21.161-04:002011-05-09T17:00:21.161-04:00Yvette - Oh, my goodness, I used to watch this sho...Yvette - Oh, my goodness, I used to watch this show!! So nice to be reminded of it :-). A very clever choice for "Q," too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com