@FriedrichKling Me too! We watched Barnaby Jones EVERYweek.It was like the staple of very well written television. This was true story telling with brilliantly arranged production every week. Not one episode was boring. I really also miss The Movie of The Week on every channel 2 (CBS) : 5 (NBC) 7 (ABC). I loved the way the intro music boomed through to present the movie of the days of the week. There were fewer stations & they went all out to make quality level events for our day.
@TrishaDishaWarEagle I understand your point. However, I should point out that Conrad Janis has been displaying a mini-ponytail in the rear section of his remaining hair just above his neck. He's been sporting it since their new home disaster with Bob Villa several years ago. That disaster cost the Janis' two million dollars. I don't know if their lawsuit was actually settled
I wondered about the "mini-ponytail" at that time. I still don't know what to think.
I wish they had channels on cable or satellite similar to Sirius radio where it would just show these shows OVER AND OVER!!! I would never stop watching them. Quincy, Marcus Welby, Streets of SF, Barnaby Jones... OMG! I just turned into an old man!!!!
There was an episode of Barnaby where the writers had a perfect murder. I mean, there was no way the person should have been caught, but Barnaby figured it out anyway. It was incredibly clever. I wish I could see it again.
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just hearing the theme song to this show makes me wanna cry. man i'm 43 and i grew up in houston texas back in the 70's. damn it, these were the greatest times ever. this is when t.v. had substance,creativity, & passion. now t.v. is full of bullshit like jersey shores,flavor of love,bad girls, & other senseless,stupid,trashy bullshit. i see why a large percentage of kids are fucked up before they turn 5 years old. give me the 70's & 80's over all of this new bullshit.barnaby jones was the man.
to texas1 ,im from ireland and im 46 years old,i remember all those old tv shows when i was a kid,i agree with everything you say.its great to look back and listen to those tunes,brings back so many good memories,i know my kids are missing out now on all thoses shows from them times,the shows today are just crap,im sure glad i was around in them days
I read that Buddy Ebsen was originally cast to play the Tin Man in "The Wizard of Oz", but he had a bad reaction to the silver makeup. Also, the studio never publicly explained why he left the movie, so his film career was damaged.
Heavens to Murgatroid! What a great TV theme song! Perfect for a mystery drama. I fondly recall watching this show. It let the late great Buddy Ebsen show the world that he could play more than a hillbilly. And in his younger days Mr Ebsen was also known for his dancing talents (he was the original choice to play the Scarecrow in "The Wizard of Oz"). THANKS for posting this! You've MADE my day & my weekend! CHEERS! :-)
damn i miss it damn i miss it. people of the 70's you guys know that this was the greatest era of television ever.now you have to look at shit like the flavor of love,who wants to marry a millionaire,i'm 16 and pregnant,what a bunch of sociecty poison.the music is shitty also.give me the isley brothers,al green,journey,foreingner,marvin gaye,air supply ect.. fuck lil wayne,souljah boy and the rest of this senseless bullshit.
@str8outtatexas1 I agree. I would have liked to live in the 60s and 70s. Music and tv shows had more character back then. Now it is all about sex. You cannot watch a tv show without seeing a woman taking her clothes off. Even the sitcoms today are not funny. I can't think of any movies (post 90s) that could be considered a classic in the future.
@str8outtatexas1 And I am from this generation between the 70s-80s. I have a very Blessed memory of many of the fantastic programs since the age of 3 and I know it because I was taught to read at age two (this was before the age of pre-school where I was home educated& could understand what I was watching). I Yes, I completely appreciate this era of exceptional talent &writing. I am disgisted by this rubbish& pathethic shallow base of cable, esp. over the programs which you have named above
@str8outtatexas1 On top of that, I never thought I'd join the ranks of remember when so quickly in my lifetime. This usually happens during the age of 60+however,I am in my early 40s (from 60s lovechild birth)> The music is terrible&NO one can sing. Not a note. The best music emanated only from the 70s&80s from the songs"I'd really love to see you tonight" to Ebony&Ivory". There will never be an era like the 70s-80s. It was very special&magically sweet. I love those groups you mentioned as well
@str8outtatexas1 I only wish that there were community designed only for those who grew up in the 70s&80s where they aired only the programs & talent that we knew, that was quiet& not obnoxious as people have become today. Where people got along regardless of race, where things were the way that we appreciated them to be. Oh and that awful show, Kate +8, Dirty Jobs, that Kardashian whore bag, where did it all go so damned wrong? I thought that our era would last much longer than it had
Today is crap compared to the shows of the past...Great TV Quincy,Barnaby Jones,Sanford & Son,Cannon and Streets of San Francisco...TV Land is airing Rosanne every night why? it not worth watching...They need to aire the good shows from the past...
@tcb1967 you are soo right this show was soo good i got to tell you though sometimes i get sad bcause i miss times like this all the ones you name is great also i catch some of them on tv land every now and then
This was another great show from the 70's, I used to daydream that I'd grow up to be a PI too just like Barnaby or maybe Jim Rockford...I'd rather drive Jim's gold Camaro or whatever that was, of course that would be after I'd driven to Minneapolis gotten a job in TV and run thru the downtown throwing my hat in the air, or after I got off of the deserted island I was on with six other people...
@msgreeneyez26 I thought about that as well, many of the producers & directors who were truly tuned in & did not hire some one b/c they were blonde are long since retired. Then you've got some fine talent who have passed on and grew naturally old like Peter Falk, John Ritter and so many others. It really is too bad. Talent should be based on true ability & not whatever the heck we are watching today. Total garbage&insanely disappointing. Hollywood had higher standards, even for TV.
I love how the announcer has to read everything for the audience - maybe they thought no one could read in the 1970s. And who is Ina Balin and why is she given "Special" Guest Star status? Maybe she was dating someone big at the Quinn Martin Productions office......
Ina Balin was popular in the early 1960s. She was always billed as a Special Guest Star because she was in Special Education all through middle school.
I just loved this show especially it's entrance music, so much mystery as the episodes would be. Buddy could be best referred to as the male "Miss Marple". hahah LOL!
I will never forget the episode when they had Buddy Ebsen doing martial arts. It was so obvious that it was a stuntman wearing a gray wig. Awesome old school tv crime drama. I also enjoyed "Cannon" and "Hawaii Five-0". "Miami Vice" ruled the 80's.
I must say the theme always seemed oddly wistful and melancholic to me... and I loved those rather awkward shots of the stars posing for the titles! lol
What's with the hate? I love the intro...i'm just saying Quinn Martin must've been pretty egotistical to inject himself into EVERY intro of EVERY show he ever produced
I don't think it was as much ego (though, to be sure, that can't be COMPLETELY discounted) as it was a selling point. I mean, think about it -- "A Quinn Martin Production" was essentially his version of a "CSI" or "L&O" franchise today.
This trailer was 1968-- funny enough-i failed at algebra-but i could dechipher roman numerals- i still wanted barnaby to say-Wee-Doggies--but that would blow the script -Dang!
No problem - I was a big "Barnaby" fan when the show was on in the 1970's! I also remember Buddy reprising that role in a cameo for the movie version of "The Beverly Hillbillies" in 1993 - too bad he never reunited with the cast, as another QM show "Cannon" did (especially since they both used to cross over until "Cannon's" cancellation.)
According to Wikipedia, Meriwether and Shera actually wanted to do a reunion show, but Ebsen could not be talked into it. He was in his 80s at the time, and probably did not want to commit to that much work. Doing a cameo in a movie like "Beverly HIllbillies" probably took him a few days to film but doing a made-for-TV movie would have taken a good month or two, and maybe he wasn't up to it.
yeah, the 70's ruled big time in tv sitcoms and soaps and such. but nobody remembers the good porn that came from that era. stars such as johnny wad, harry reems, long dong silver and such, made up a full galaxy of stars who won't be forgotten, nopers, never forgotten, amen.
Perhaps one of the better tv detective series I've ever seen, made by the late Quinn Martin, creator of such shows as "The Fugitive," and "Harry-O" starring David Janssen, "Canon," with William Conrad and "The Streets of San Francisco," with Karl Malden, and Michael Douglas.
That announcer sound was a "trademark" of all Quinn-Martin production shows. We never thought it sounded bad but those were FAR DIFFERENT days that I wouldn't mind at all going back to. We were far happier then, I'll tell you that.
No they didn't as far as I know as Irene Ryan died in 1973 (the same year Barnaby Jones debuted), Donna Douglas was guest starring on other shows and Max Baer was doing movies.
I loved this show as a kid. It came on Sunday nights on CBS. When ever Bubby Ebsen went into a bar to investigate, the bartender would ask him, "What would you like to drink", and Buddy would always say, "Give me a glass of milk". LOL, Cool.. Great show
great stuff, the screeching tires for a car thats going 20 miles an hour, the obligatory ending with a snubnose revolver and "let the girl go!", and milk that he orders in the bars..
Great show, great memories. The narrator who did most QM Productions including the old Fugitive was William Conrad (Robert Conrad's brother-aka Jim West,The Wild Wild West). William is better known as Cannon another 70s classic cop show.
Not so fast. William Conrad only narrated The Fugitive while most of the other Quinn Martin produced shows were narrated by Marvin Miller (except for The Untouchables which was narrated by Walter Winchell).
Ahhh ... the memories! Love the intro, the graphics, the music... Why can't television shows today have amazing and creative intros like this any more?! Shame. This brings back memories of the CBS Late Night Mystery and also watching it after school when it aired on CBS at 4:00. Ahhh... The memories.
lee meriweather was hot. buddy ipson was classic - fresh off the hillbillies, - but who the heck were the rest of these stars and costars? whatever happened to them? i remember seeing this show each week. man do i feel OLD!
Yes, "BARNABY JONES" was still on Thursdays at 10pm(et) in 1978, 'A11212', when "MORK & MINDY" appeared on ABC's Thursday night schedule at 8pm(et) that September. Conrad Janis probably filmed this episode in the late summer of '78 just before he began appearing "exclusively" on "MORK & MINDY".
It's difficult to tell from this clip but Ina Balin was a stunningly beautiful woman. She co-starred with Paul Newman, John Wayne, and even Elvis in the 60's then became involved wih orphaned children in Vietnam during the 70's. She continued to act, mostly in TV, until her death in the early 90's.
Most people don't realise or remember tha Mr Jones was an isurance investigator and not a cop. I loved this show when I was a child. I thought Buddy Ebsen was going to live for ever. He was old when I first saw this show and when I became an adult he was still around and acting. What an amazing man.
Last show from QM(Quinn Martin) Productions. The font used was Cooper. Ironside had a wheelchair, Michael Longstreet was blind, Cannon was overweight and Barnaby Jones was a retirement age private eye. Back then TV shows had a gimmick.
Actually, it wasn't - I think that "honour" went to "A Man Called Sloane" (QM sold the company in 1978, and when "Barnaby Jones" ended two years later so did the company's run of shows... there's a lesson there). But "Barnaby Jones" *did* last longer than all of QM's other Productions except "The FBI."
well, i was an 8 year old black kid from brooklyn and she was a thirty something actress playing an old PI's secretary from LA. go figure. I had the hots for her and not in a fantasy type scenario. whaddya want. i really wanted the nooky! same with trixy from the honeymooners and THELMA FROM GOOD TIMES...talk about nocturnal and daylight emission!...no bs, I was a child with man desire. now they are too old i guess. anyone know if they'Re still hot in old age? and of course HOT Laurie Partridge!
Lee Meriweather...what a sight!
teller121 2 days ago
VERY disappointed Barnaby Jones in no longer on youtube.
Put it back!!
9675775 2 weeks ago
I have such fond memories of watching Barnaby Jones around the family TV.
FriedrichKling 5 months ago
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@FriedrichKling Me too! We watched Barnaby Jones EVERYweek.It was like the staple of very well written television. This was true story telling with brilliantly arranged production every week. Not one episode was boring. I really also miss The Movie of The Week on every channel 2 (CBS) : 5 (NBC) 7 (ABC). I loved the way the intro music boomed through to present the movie of the days of the week. There were fewer stations & they went all out to make quality level events for our day.
kittyscratchesboo 3 weeks ago in playlist 70s tv!
Christ, didn't conrad Janis ever have hair?
TrishaDishaWarEagle 6 months ago
@TrishaDishaWarEagle I understand your point. However, I should point out that Conrad Janis has been displaying a mini-ponytail in the rear section of his remaining hair just above his neck. He's been sporting it since their new home disaster with Bob Villa several years ago. That disaster cost the Janis' two million dollars. I don't know if their lawsuit was actually settled
I wondered about the "mini-ponytail" at that time. I still don't know what to think.
hobokenplayboy 6 months ago
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cool..I was not even aware he was still alive..glad to hear it..
I like Conrad Bain also..he was old even in Diff strokes and he still has outlived two of his child costars ..gotta be good genes..
TrishaDishaWarEagle 6 months ago
@TrishaDishaWarEagle I believe you meant Conrad Janis. Conrad Janis was actually a co-star on MORK & MINDY.
You're confusing the two actors. You're right. It is unusual that Mr. Bain has outlived two DIFFERENT STROKES co-stars.
hobokenplayboy 4 months ago
@hobokenplayboy I just have run-on thoughts haha.. Commenting on conrad Janis' 70's baldness made me think of conrad Bain too..I like them both
Still like Buddy Ebsen best though..welllll doggies!
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@hobokenplayboy LOL!! Don't we all make those sorts of errors! I used to mix the two as well. That's pretty funny! ;-)
kittyscratchesboo 3 weeks ago in playlist 70s tv!
WELLLL DOGGIES
1IIIIIIIIII1 6 months ago
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@1IIIIIIIIII1 I thought it was weeeee doggie! ;-)
kittyscratchesboo 3 weeks ago in playlist 70s tv!
Welcome Dr Meechum, Glad you could join us here at the Buddy Ebsen society!
TrishaDishaWarEagle 6 months ago 5
Jerry Goldsmith's theme.
DaveM599 8 months ago
Buddy Ebsen is David Letterman's father :)
aitraining 8 months ago
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@aitraining No way!!! Oh, you were just kidding...sorry ;-p
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harrison58 8 months ago
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harrison58 8 months ago
I like the theme music. very "cool seventies".
glickle 8 months ago 2
Barnaby Jones starring Jed Clampett.
parakeethands 8 months ago
I wish they had channels on cable or satellite similar to Sirius radio where it would just show these shows OVER AND OVER!!! I would never stop watching them. Quincy, Marcus Welby, Streets of SF, Barnaby Jones... OMG! I just turned into an old man!!!!
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harrison58 8 months ago
Lee Merriwether was and is a gorgeous woman 00
stevevandien 9 months ago
There was an episode of Barnaby where the writers had a perfect murder. I mean, there was no way the person should have been caught, but Barnaby figured it out anyway. It was incredibly clever. I wish I could see it again.
billbadford 10 months ago
EVERYBODY LET ME TELL YA 'BOUT MY NEW BEST FRIEND....
PCHavoc 1 year ago
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simonstewart921 1 year ago
real funky song
StateOfTheArts 1 year ago 2
just hearing the theme song to this show makes me wanna cry. man i'm 43 and i grew up in houston texas back in the 70's. damn it, these were the greatest times ever. this is when t.v. had substance,creativity, & passion. now t.v. is full of bullshit like jersey shores,flavor of love,bad girls, & other senseless,stupid,trashy bullshit. i see why a large percentage of kids are fucked up before they turn 5 years old. give me the 70's & 80's over all of this new bullshit.barnaby jones was the man.
str8outtatexas1 1 year ago 8
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to texas1 ,im from ireland and im 46 years old,i remember all those old tv shows when i was a kid,i agree with everything you say.its great to look back and listen to those tunes,brings back so many good memories,i know my kids are missing out now on all thoses shows from them times,the shows today are just crap,im sure glad i was around in them days
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harrison58 9 months ago
A perfect TV crime drama theme song if there ever was one. In later years a more forceful version was used?
screenwitch 1 year ago 2
I read that Buddy Ebsen was originally cast to play the Tin Man in "The Wizard of Oz", but he had a bad reaction to the silver makeup. Also, the studio never publicly explained why he left the movie, so his film career was damaged.
michaelpc64 1 year ago
Heavens to Murgatroid! What a great TV theme song! Perfect for a mystery drama. I fondly recall watching this show. It let the late great Buddy Ebsen show the world that he could play more than a hillbilly. And in his younger days Mr Ebsen was also known for his dancing talents (he was the original choice to play the Scarecrow in "The Wizard of Oz"). THANKS for posting this! You've MADE my day & my weekend! CHEERS! :-)
JubalCalif 1 year ago
Has anyone ever heard of the special guest star in this episode?..
mooneepondskid 1 year ago
@mooneepondskid Never!! Who is she? I wonder if they did billing that to rekindle her career.
Delphinus72 1 year ago
Conrad Janis played Mindy's father on "Mork and Mindy" and Judith Chapman has been on "General Hospital" and "Young and the Restless".
wesclay14 1 year ago
Conrad Janis played Mindy's father on "Mork and Mindy". Judith Chapman has appeared on daytime soap operas.
wesclay14 1 year ago
@wesclay14 They weren't the "special guest star"..just the guest stars..hehe. Who the hell is" Ina Belin"?..
mooneepondskid 1 year ago
Why was the lady a "special guest star" and the others were guest stars.
rickhuck64 1 year ago
Just once I wanted to hear Barnaby say, "HOOOOOOOOOOO, DOGGIE!"
vccstudents 1 year ago
When most of these detectives shows came on it was bed time for me! that was my parent's time to watch t.v. That was structure in the house!!!
MrHotrodjones 1 year ago
Judith Chapman looks like Princess Leia here: 0:38
agfagaevart 1 year ago
@agfagaevart I agree with you here. Judith Chapman plays Gloria Abbott on The Young and The Restless.
rickstheone 1 year ago
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"Star Wars. A Quinn Martin production."
It doesn't sound quite as good to me. LOL!
agfagaevart 1 year ago
ME ENCANTABA ESTOS SI ERAN VERDADEROS PROGRAMAS DE TV...
mislamona69 1 year ago
Reminds me of the good old days of sitting there in the living room with my grand father watching this show. one of his favorites!
DISSALINED1 1 year ago
A Quinn Martin Production..lmao...these were the days...
davehutchinson67 1 year ago 2
I loved this when I was a baby. Whoo! A Quinn Martin Production.
antij1 1 year ago
damn i miss it damn i miss it. people of the 70's you guys know that this was the greatest era of television ever.now you have to look at shit like the flavor of love,who wants to marry a millionaire,i'm 16 and pregnant,what a bunch of sociecty poison.the music is shitty also.give me the isley brothers,al green,journey,foreingner,marvin gaye,air supply ect.. fuck lil wayne,souljah boy and the rest of this senseless bullshit.
str8outtatexas1 1 year ago 11
@str8outtatexas1 I agree. I would have liked to live in the 60s and 70s. Music and tv shows had more character back then. Now it is all about sex. You cannot watch a tv show without seeing a woman taking her clothes off. Even the sitcoms today are not funny. I can't think of any movies (post 90s) that could be considered a classic in the future.
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@str8outtatexas1 And I am from this generation between the 70s-80s. I have a very Blessed memory of many of the fantastic programs since the age of 3 and I know it because I was taught to read at age two (this was before the age of pre-school where I was home educated& could understand what I was watching). I Yes, I completely appreciate this era of exceptional talent &writing. I am disgisted by this rubbish& pathethic shallow base of cable, esp. over the programs which you have named above
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@str8outtatexas1 On top of that, I never thought I'd join the ranks of remember when so quickly in my lifetime. This usually happens during the age of 60+however,I am in my early 40s (from 60s lovechild birth)> The music is terrible&NO one can sing. Not a note. The best music emanated only from the 70s&80s from the songs"I'd really love to see you tonight" to Ebony&Ivory". There will never be an era like the 70s-80s. It was very special&magically sweet. I love those groups you mentioned as well
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@str8outtatexas1 I only wish that there were community designed only for those who grew up in the 70s&80s where they aired only the programs & talent that we knew, that was quiet& not obnoxious as people have become today. Where people got along regardless of race, where things were the way that we appreciated them to be. Oh and that awful show, Kate +8, Dirty Jobs, that Kardashian whore bag, where did it all go so damned wrong? I thought that our era would last much longer than it had
kittyscratchesboo 3 weeks ago in playlist 70s tv!
WEEEEE DOGGIES!
citysims 1 year ago
Today is crap compared to the shows of the past...Great TV Quincy,Barnaby Jones,Sanford & Son,Cannon and Streets of San Francisco...TV Land is airing Rosanne every night why? it not worth watching...They need to aire the good shows from the past...
tcb1967 1 year ago 2
@tcb1967 you are soo right this show was soo good i got to tell you though sometimes i get sad bcause i miss times like this all the ones you name is great also i catch some of them on tv land every now and then
TheStrawbeery 1 year ago
Back when TV was REAL TV. All these years later and I still LOVE this theme song. Themes like "Hawaii 5-0" and "Rockford Files" still kick ass!
MSTLOM 1 year ago 4
Lee Meriwether , such a beauty.
tricolorpicks 1 year ago 4
here a nother
kingofkings11000 1 year ago
The original old fart detective show.
ryoushii 1 year ago
@ryoushii lol
bansheewhiskey 1 year ago
this is my show from this time. john hightower
amctc10 1 year ago
Strange how so many of the old shows had the coolest theme songs.
kperk014 1 year ago 3
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Why is that strange?
xemxi142 1 year ago
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Because today's shows can't seem to come up with good theme music.
kperk014 1 year ago 2
who are these guest stars & special guest stars?
geeeeeeeez!
1clarinet1981 1 year ago
conrad janis played mindy mcconnells father
eci4r 1 year ago
Buddy was also a detective on the Hillbillies movie, could never fool ole Barnaby EVER!!
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edybeast 1 year ago
This was another great show from the 70's, I used to daydream that I'd grow up to be a PI too just like Barnaby or maybe Jim Rockford...I'd rather drive Jim's gold Camaro or whatever that was, of course that would be after I'd driven to Minneapolis gotten a job in TV and run thru the downtown throwing my hat in the air, or after I got off of the deserted island I was on with six other people...
lowfuellevel 1 year ago
Mark Shira A.K.A. Jedadiah - love that name - this show was the goods - anything Quin Martin Production take it to the bank baby!
Scatdiddy 2 years ago 2
R.I.P. Buddy Ebson. Class act, unlike the rest of Hollywood
sparwood8 2 years ago 6
Most of the class acts are deceased sadly.
msgreeneyez26 2 years ago 16
How true.........we want see the likes of these stars again... Liz Montgomery, Lucy, william holden, i could go on and on.
1969pontiac1 1 year ago
@msgreeneyez26 you're right. I bet Jack Lord is rolling in his grave when that abomination of Monday night Hawaii Five-0 2010 comes on.
fmagalhaes1521 1 year ago
@msgreeneyez26 I thought about that as well, many of the producers & directors who were truly tuned in & did not hire some one b/c they were blonde are long since retired. Then you've got some fine talent who have passed on and grew naturally old like Peter Falk, John Ritter and so many others. It really is too bad. Talent should be based on true ability & not whatever the heck we are watching today. Total garbage&insanely disappointing. Hollywood had higher standards, even for TV.
kittyscratchesboo 3 weeks ago in playlist 70s tv!
me recuerda mi ninez.lindo
rikemba 2 years ago
the Hillbillies grampa.lol
tecnoborg75 2 years ago
Uncle Jed Clampett. I always half expected Granny & jethro to walk into a scene from this show LOL!
kdraper2007 2 years ago
LOl OMG right. That would of been too funny if Granny n the clan walked in. Especially Mr. D the banker. Too funny.lol
mercedes25fl 2 years ago
There is a very young Judith Chapman from the Young & the restless( Gloria Bardwell).
Chiptruck129 2 years ago
I think Ben Masters was on the soap Passions too. JC is great on the Y&R
msgreeneyez26 2 years ago
You can see Ina Balin in the irresitible early 60's film "From The Terrace," starring Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward.
mikey42 2 years ago
Loved this show, along with Canon and others.
Bertminator 2 years ago 3
Lee Meriwether is a goddess!
RAIDERS58th 2 years ago 4
I have some of this show on dvds.
Joannec95 2 years ago
I love how the announcer has to read everything for the audience - maybe they thought no one could read in the 1970s. And who is Ina Balin and why is she given "Special" Guest Star status? Maybe she was dating someone big at the Quinn Martin Productions office......
flemingdh 2 years ago 2
Ina Balin was popular in the early 1960s. She was always billed as a Special Guest Star because she was in Special Education all through middle school.
aldichiara 2 years ago
When watching these late 60s and early 70s police/detective TV introductions, i always think Police Squad. lol.
Would like to see these again though.
ari1234a 2 years ago
Brilliant! Thanks for reminding me how good TV used to be!
atlantic1952 2 years ago 5
You can say that again. All there is today on tv is reality garbage.
flamen493 2 years ago 22
Reality killed the TV star...
faridperez 2 years ago 2
I second that.
Juliaflo 2 years ago
even though most of the class acts are gone, i can still kep watching them over an d over again and yes there is too much reality garbage
fz1ify 1 year ago
that intro looks like an atari game
ssegabriel 2 years ago
I just loved this show especially it's entrance music, so much mystery as the episodes would be. Buddy could be best referred to as the male "Miss Marple". hahah LOL!
deepseadirt 2 years ago
i hope they released this show on dvd. It was a classic along Cannon, the rookies, swat, Cannon, etc.
younger1968 2 years ago 2
that makes two of us
morgan8757 2 years ago
I will never forget the episode when they had Buddy Ebsen doing martial arts. It was so obvious that it was a stuntman wearing a gray wig. Awesome old school tv crime drama. I also enjoyed "Cannon" and "Hawaii Five-0". "Miami Vice" ruled the 80's.
luvindogadis411 2 years ago
Jeb Clampett in a beige suit. Look out, he's got a gun!
ralphieboogerbottoms 2 years ago
Man Quinn was the man!
dolphinbuc 2 years ago
i see quinn martin was the man in the late 60's and 70's good work wish he could help ther so called producers of the 2000's
nsteve1968 2 years ago
gotta love Bert Freed.
brianofnj 2 years ago 2
I miss quin martin productions.
marky2112 2 years ago 6
These guys did it RIGHT. Effects and all.
AllRequired 2 years ago
your not the only one
eci4r 2 years ago
joanne95, If i pay for shipping could you make me a disc of barnaby jones.??
that would be so cool to see that show i haven't seen in decades
diapertom2001 2 years ago
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I NOW HAVE THIS ENTIRE EPISODE
bjroberts65 2 years ago
PLUS THREE MORE THANKS TO JOANNEC95
bjroberts65 2 years ago
Did you enjoyed it?
Joannec95 2 years ago
One of the most pimp intros in TV history. And yes, A QUINN MARTIN PRODUCTION! That guy was really full of himself...Cannon, Barnaby Jones, etc.
cbaldwinjr 2 years ago
He sounded as stilted as ever. He did all intros for the detective shows back then.
I think his name is Dick Wesson.
epgrove1961 2 years ago
But do you not think it was great theme music?
I must say the theme always seemed oddly wistful and melancholic to me... and I loved those rather awkward shots of the stars posing for the titles! lol
theprophet20 2 years ago
What's with the hate? I love the intro...i'm just saying Quinn Martin must've been pretty egotistical to inject himself into EVERY intro of EVERY show he ever produced
cbaldwinjr 2 years ago
I don't think it was as much ego (though, to be sure, that can't be COMPLETELY discounted) as it was a selling point. I mean, think about it -- "A Quinn Martin Production" was essentially his version of a "CSI" or "L&O" franchise today.
midknightryder13 2 years ago
What the heck is taking so long for barnaby jones to get released out on dvd
eci4r 2 years ago 3
he was so old to kick ass to young gangsters!!
fhanorse 2 years ago
This followed a typical Quinn Martin show opening formula that was brilliantly parodied on Police Squad.
diamonddog13 3 years ago
Wow, that's Gloria from Y&R!
TopandTang 3 years ago
...always asked myself while watchin him, how can he run so steady at that age?
gaae2000 3 years ago
Boosh
wradar 3 years ago
People let me tell you about my new best friend! Barnaby Jones! Nap!
KillBulletBill 3 years ago
My murdered parents!
...
Who were murdered.
KuramaElo 3 years ago
mittica ford ltd di barnaby
edjss 3 years ago
woooooooooo doggies!
kpl1228 3 years ago
"The Picture Pirates" aired as a sevnth season episode [December 21, 1978].
fromthesidelines 3 years ago
I got that espiode on dvd.
Joannec95 3 years ago
SEND ME A COPY.
bjroberts65 2 years ago
It is on dvd but I don't know how to trabsferred one dvd to another dvd. Please give me some time on it, okay.
Joannec95 2 years ago
This trailer was 1968-- funny enough-i failed at algebra-but i could dechipher roman numerals- i still wanted barnaby to say-Wee-Doggies--but that would blow the script -Dang!
tootone10 3 years ago
If this was 1968, Buddy Ebsen would still be playing Jed Clampett on "The Beverly Hillbillies" - this episode was made in 1978.
DENo1MatchGameFan 3 years ago
Read the Roman Numerals again. It's MCMLXXVIII. That's 1978, not 1968. If there was only 1 X instead of 2, then it would be 1968.
starwarsrebel2006 3 years ago
Wait a minute...MArk Shera was on WAT...I know Adrain Zmed was on SWAT but I didn't know Mark Shera was too.
MsTexas73 3 years ago
I REALLY liked this show as a kid. The grandson was CUTE.
MsTexas73 3 years ago
J.R. was Barnaby's nephew, not his grandson.
DENo1MatchGameFan 3 years ago
thanks...haven't seen the show since I was maybe a teen.
MsTexas73 3 years ago
No problem - I was a big "Barnaby" fan when the show was on in the 1970's! I also remember Buddy reprising that role in a cameo for the movie version of "The Beverly Hillbillies" in 1993 - too bad he never reunited with the cast, as another QM show "Cannon" did (especially since they both used to cross over until "Cannon's" cancellation.)
DENo1MatchGameFan 3 years ago
According to Wikipedia, Meriwether and Shera actually wanted to do a reunion show, but Ebsen could not be talked into it. He was in his 80s at the time, and probably did not want to commit to that much work. Doing a cameo in a movie like "Beverly HIllbillies" probably took him a few days to film but doing a made-for-TV movie would have taken a good month or two, and maybe he wasn't up to it.
mthivier 3 years ago
yeah, the 70's ruled big time in tv sitcoms and soaps and such. but nobody remembers the good porn that came from that era. stars such as johnny wad, harry reems, long dong silver and such, made up a full galaxy of stars who won't be forgotten, nopers, never forgotten, amen.
Zippertheslipper 3 years ago
The original 1939 Wizard of Oz Tin Man!
SZSearcher 3 years ago
Pedestrian in the extreme.
Jasonian77 3 years ago
Perhaps one of the better tv detective series I've ever seen, made by the late Quinn Martin, creator of such shows as "The Fugitive," and "Harry-O" starring David Janssen, "Canon," with William Conrad and "The Streets of San Francisco," with Karl Malden, and Michael Douglas.
Doug4422 3 years ago
Mark Shera? Isn't he the chap from the 70s TV series SWAT?
jamessmedley82 3 years ago 2
Yes he was. He was very handsome and still is.
Joannec95 3 years ago
Still very handsome? Hmmm,he must be about 59 or 60 now.But yeah,that's not too old to qualify as "still handsome",I guess.
jamessmedley82 3 years ago
Actually, he was only 21 when SWAT first premiered, so, that would make him about, oh . . . 54.
Doug4422 3 years ago
I just checked both IMDb and Wikipedia,and they both give the same D.O.B., 10th July 1949, which would make him 59.
jamessmedley82 3 years ago
Oops . . . looks like I was off by about 5 years.
Doug4422 3 years ago
Great show with a great theme.Much shown on scottish Television at the time.
Superior to most of the drivel produced today.
"Monk" may be an exception.
Yes, carlsperr, we were much happier then!
iolani77 3 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
wtf kind of name is "Barnaby?" And why does the announcer sound like he's reading a menu?
sponk2007 3 years ago
That announcer sound was a "trademark" of all Quinn-Martin production shows. We never thought it sounded bad but those were FAR DIFFERENT days that I wouldn't mind at all going back to. We were far happier then, I'll tell you that.
carlsperr 3 years ago 2
Did any of his "Beverly Hillbillies" co-stars make any appearances on this show?
palmercomm 3 years ago
No they didn't as far as I know as Irene Ryan died in 1973 (the same year Barnaby Jones debuted), Donna Douglas was guest starring on other shows and Max Baer was doing movies.
Scarletspeedster68 3 years ago
Not that can be recalled, perhaps Donna Douglas (Ellie Mae) made an appearence, but if so, it was uncredited.
Doug4422 3 years ago
I loved this show as a kid. It came on Sunday nights on CBS. When ever Bubby Ebsen went into a bar to investigate, the bartender would ask him, "What would you like to drink", and Buddy would always say, "Give me a glass of milk". LOL, Cool.. Great show
TheLizardKing1967 3 years ago
great stuff, the screeching tires for a car thats going 20 miles an hour, the obligatory ending with a snubnose revolver and "let the girl go!", and milk that he orders in the bars..
thescreamingid 3 years ago
Great show, great memories. The narrator who did most QM Productions including the old Fugitive was William Conrad (Robert Conrad's brother-aka Jim West,The Wild Wild West). William is better known as Cannon another 70s classic cop show.
jameswsa 3 years ago
You mean he was the "Fatman" of "Jake and the Fatman".
palmercomm 3 years ago
yeah Cannon was the 70s Jake and the Fatman came in the 80s
jameswsa 3 years ago
Not so fast. William Conrad only narrated The Fugitive while most of the other Quinn Martin produced shows were narrated by Marvin Miller (except for The Untouchables which was narrated by Walter Winchell).
Scarletspeedster68 3 years ago
Ahhh ... the memories! Love the intro, the graphics, the music... Why can't television shows today have amazing and creative intros like this any more?! Shame. This brings back memories of the CBS Late Night Mystery and also watching it after school when it aired on CBS at 4:00. Ahhh... The memories.
PaulKerseysStepSon 3 years ago
lee meriweather was hot. buddy ipson was classic - fresh off the hillbillies, - but who the heck were the rest of these stars and costars? whatever happened to them? i remember seeing this show each week. man do i feel OLD!
madskyltd 3 years ago
I loved this show! Wish todays tv was like it was back then, I'm sick of reality crap!
sherryquilts 3 years ago
Yes, "BARNABY JONES" was still on Thursdays at 10pm(et) in 1978, 'A11212', when "MORK & MINDY" appeared on ABC's Thursday night schedule at 8pm(et) that September. Conrad Janis probably filmed this episode in the late summer of '78 just before he began appearing "exclusively" on "MORK & MINDY".
fromthesidelines 3 years ago
It's difficult to tell from this clip but Ina Balin was a stunningly beautiful woman. She co-starred with Paul Newman, John Wayne, and even Elvis in the 60's then became involved wih orphaned children in Vietnam during the 70's. She continued to act, mostly in TV, until her death in the early 90's.
pawt1963 3 years ago
Why is it that the "special" guest star on these Quinn Martin programs never seemed that special?
norscio 3 years ago
Probably because you never heard of the talented people that Quinn Martin chose to be on this great program. Busy doing other things?
abralive 3 years ago
Lee Meriweather is the most beautiful woman that has ever lived on planet Earth!
Chiggs58th 3 years ago
That phrase "a Quinn Martin production" is one of the most cherished memories of my childhood.
Chiggs58th 3 years ago
The show became a "QM Production" during it's last season (1979-80.)
DENo1MatchGameFan 3 years ago
Most people don't realise or remember tha Mr Jones was an isurance investigator and not a cop. I loved this show when I was a child. I thought Buddy Ebsen was going to live for ever. He was old when I first saw this show and when I became an adult he was still around and acting. What an amazing man.
Chiggs58th 3 years ago
Last show from QM(Quinn Martin) Productions. The font used was Cooper. Ironside had a wheelchair, Michael Longstreet was blind, Cannon was overweight and Barnaby Jones was a retirement age private eye. Back then TV shows had a gimmick.
frankd1965 3 years ago
"Last show from QM(Quinn Martin) Productions."
Actually, it wasn't - I think that "honour" went to "A Man Called Sloane" (QM sold the company in 1978, and when "Barnaby Jones" ended two years later so did the company's run of shows... there's a lesson there). But "Barnaby Jones" *did* last longer than all of QM's other Productions except "The FBI."
Cindylover1969 3 years ago
The end of a great era!
perrypearl 3 years ago
This series was my dad's favorite!
drkam6 3 years ago
For some reason, I used to have the hots for Lee Meriwether
zulubeat 3 years ago
For some reason?
Chiggs58th 3 years ago
well, i was an 8 year old black kid from brooklyn and she was a thirty something actress playing an old PI's secretary from LA. go figure. I had the hots for her and not in a fantasy type scenario. whaddya want. i really wanted the nooky! same with trixy from the honeymooners and THELMA FROM GOOD TIMES...talk about nocturnal and daylight emission!...no bs, I was a child with man desire. now they are too old i guess. anyone know if they'Re still hot in old age? and of course HOT Laurie Partridge!
zulubeat 3 years ago