Thursday, October 9, 2008

Loving "Kojak"

"Life on Mars," the new time-a-traveling crime drama, debuts tonight on ABC at 10. The show, based on the BBC series, follows a NYC detective who's transported from 2008 to 1973. Confusion ensues! They've been filming the show around the East Village and LES, as Bowery Boogie and Jeremiah have chronicled for us. The show's main character, Sam Tyler (Jason O'Mara), lives in the East Village. In any event, it looks interesting...and I may actually tune in.

Still! The show goes to great lengths to recreate 1973 NYC. The time in which "Kojak" was on the job. The Telly Savalas crime drama debuted in 1973 and played for five seasons.

Here's an entire episode from season four that aired Sept. 26, 1976. Guest stars Richard Gere. Oh, the thing is 45 minutes or so. I'd recommend tuning in for some tough Telly love at the 24-minute mark...and again at the 38-minute mark.



[Via the YouTube page set up by Nicholas Savalas. There are other full episodes there.]

Bonus trivia:
"Life of Mars" co-stars Esquared favorite Gretchen Mol.
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5 comments:

  1. esquared™October 9, 2008 at 11:49 AM

    Well, my tech savvyness is still somewhat circa 1973ish, so I would be videotaping this show (gotta go to that media meshing tonight) on a BetaMax, instead of DVRing it.

    Loving The [original] Bald Man.

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  2. AnonymousOctober 9, 2008 at 11:55 AM

    Yes! A Bald Man we actually like!

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  3. Jeremiah MossOctober 9, 2008 at 11:59 AM

    i will be tuning in for sure--thanks for the reminder. let's see how they do.

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  4. Ken MacOctober 9, 2008 at 1:29 PM

    if they get anywhere close to Kojak...we'll all love you baby!

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  5. ARMSCTRLApril 1, 2009 at 10:37 PM

    OMG. He showed up and met some lady stood next to me in line on my way to Ikea at the Seaport. He is so handsome!!! He had an Irish accent, so I didn't think it was him, but then I read that he was born and raised in Dublin.

    I overheard him talking about taking Chinese and some other languages at the UN School.

    :: sigh ::

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