don't forget to read the replies to this tweet. https://twitter.com/JayKogen/status/980817410465841153
On Mon, Apr 2, 2018 at 6:12 PM Diner <[email protected]> wrote: > Veteran comedy writer Jay Kogen liked Bochco's shows, but was, ahem, not > crazy about Bochco as a person: > > https://twitter.com/JayKogen/status/980817410465841153 > > > > On Monday, April 2, 2018 at 4:18:33 PM UTC-4, Kevin M. (RPCV) wrote: > >> I hadn’t seen this photo before, where the cast of LA Law recreated a Mad >> Magazine cover (with Bochco as Alfred E) >> >> https://mobile.twitter.com/joe_a_blevins/status/980628381619408897 >> >> >> On Sun, Apr 1, 2018 at 7:58 PM Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Chevy Chase actually has a good point, but being Chevy Chase he craps all >>> over himself making it. >>> Bochco did a law show that actually dealt well with real legal issues, >>> but Mariel Hemingway couldn't play a convincing lawyer. >>> Chevy starts in around 16 minutes. >>> >>> https://youtu.be/WOdBo80vBh8 >>> >>> >>> Not sent from an iPhone >>> >> On Apr 1, 2018, at 5:39 PM, "Kevin M." <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >> Hill Street Blues and NYPD Blue set standards other shows had to struggle >>>> to meet. Murder One was ahead of its time in terms of an evening drama with >>>> a season-long story arc, and Brooklyn South was ahead of its time in terms >>>> of how gritty a series could be. Of course one has to mention his part in >>>> creating the universe in which Peter Falk could wear a trenchcoat in LA and >>>> solve homicides. Even his flops were memorable in their badness (Cop Rock & >>>> Public Morals... I liked Public Morals). His later years, he seemed to have >>>> shrunken into the formula of so many cop and lawyer shows, often stating in >>>> interviews that broadcast TV would not dare attempt something >>>> groundbreaking like NYPD Blue in 2018. >>>> >>>> I was in college when NYPD Blue premiered and one of my close friends >>>> was a conservative guy who had read all the publicity surrounding the >>>> show's violence and sex and language, and he was ready to write the network >>>> and advertisers to complain. I urged him to wait until the show was >>>> actually on the air, and invited him over to watch it. And that's what he >>>> did, and every Tuesday that year he'd come over to watch it, because he was >>>> hooked. >>>> >>>> Also worth noting the episode of Politically Correct when Chevy Chase >>>> lost it at Bochco, blaming his TV shows for the downfall of western >>>> civilization. It was unfair of Chase, and Bochco held it together for a >>>> long time before fighting back... regardless, it made for good TV. And >>>> Bochco liked good TV. >>>> >>> On Sun, Apr 1, 2018 at 5:16 PM, Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>> Made a lot of good TV. >>>>> >>>>> Link >>>>> <https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/steven-bochco-dead-hill-street-blues-la-law-nypd-blue-creator-741199> >>>>> >>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>>>> >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> >>>> >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Kevin M. (RPCV) >>>> >>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>>> >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >> >> >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> -- >> Kevin M. (RPCV) >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
