Monday, December 30, 2024

Crazy Like a Fox (1984)



On this day in 1984: π˜Ύπ™π˜Όπ™•π™” 𝙇𝙄𝙆𝙀 𝘼 π™π™Šπ™“ debuted on CBS-TV.

"𝑯𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒐?"
"π‘―π’‚π’“π’“π’Šπ’”π’π’, 𝑰 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 π’šπ’π’–π’“ 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑."
"𝑫𝒂𝒅, π’šπ’π’– π’Œπ’†π’†π’‘ π’‡π’π’“π’ˆπ’†π’•π’•π’Šπ’π’ˆ. 𝑰'π’Ž 𝒂 π’π’‚π’˜π’šπ’†π’“. 𝒀𝒐𝒖'𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’…π’†π’•π’†π’„π’•π’Šπ’—π’†!
"π‘¨π’˜, π’„π’π’Žπ’† 𝒐𝒏 𝒔𝒐𝒏. 𝑨𝒍𝒍 𝑰 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 π’Šπ’” 𝒂 π’“π’Šπ’…π’†. 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 π’‘π’π’”π’”π’Šπ’ƒπ’π’š 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏?"

This crime drama/comedy was created by John Baskin, Roger Shulman, George Schenck, and Frank Cardea and was co-produced by Columbia Television. It starred Jack Warden as Harry Fox, a free-spirited private detective, and John Rubinstein as his high-strung attorney son, Harrison, who often gets unwillingly involved in his father’s cases. The show's opening would feature Harry and Harrison in a phone conversation, with Harry asking for his son’s help despite Harrison being a lawyer and not a detective. Penny Peyser played Harrison's wife, and Della Reese had a recurring role as a nurse who often assisted Harry.

Airing on Sundays opposite Sunday night movies, the show was initially a hit, but ratings suffered when it got moved around, being cancelled after a season and a half. A year after it went off the air, a reunion TV movie called Still Crazy Like a Fox brought back the characters. The show's theme music was composed by Mark Snow, most famously known for The X-Files. The series has recently been aired on nostalgia network Me-TV.





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