Ironside Open

[PASMImetropolis]

Lol kill bill theme sirens LOL

[pantyflash]

Like, this video is hosed because its audio manifests numerous anomalies, such as apparent dropped frames, inconsistent tonal balance, and truncation. Way to go, babe!

[wdc2998]

Ironbackside



[PtAltmVansanTarr]

Sampled by RZA 4 Kill Bill

[phillywilly89]

go for the head? Nah, I'll shoot him in the hip and make a program out of it!

[visor109]

See what happens when you stop to light a cigarette? 

[RandyAKing]

@visor109 That's what I thought! The cigarette police were pissed!

[AHProctor]

@visor109 On the pilot, he was in the countryside and had just picked up the phone when he was shot.

[sierria64]

someone should have said run

[midmodgal]

What wag came up with the premise of a wheelchair-bound cop in San Francisco? Those hills are steep. How did he manage to get up 3 flights of stairs in an old Victorian apartment building? Did Mark carry him? Great show all the same.

[SuperUndertaker29]

is this the same as perry mason or two different tv shows cause its got the same actor in them both

[TheWill2579]

@SuperUndertaker29 Same actor. Both were long-running shows. R.i.p. Raymond Burr and Don Galloway.

[FylthyBeest]

Great show. I'll never forget when Mad Magazine published a parody of Cannon, Ironside, and Longstreet. It was titled Canyon, Iron Butt, and Long Shot.

[pinkfloyd32389]

quincy jones was on colbert and said this was the first use of a synthesizer. pretty neat.

[DerGeckarbor]

Lol the music is like Invader Zim.

[msmiche1000]

this and the columbo intro scared the living little crap outta me...still does, creepy

[dodgygeeza]

Music reminds me of the "Militant Black Guy" segment from Balls of Steel. In fact they might have plain old nicked it.

[TonyMontannapotts]

for some reason this version just scared me

[cliffcox66]

He's got a very stable shooting platform. Loved the series.

[ShootToLuna]

The toughest guy in a wheelchair. No room for argument.

[dj99surf]

Ironside used to scare the sh#t out of me.

[michaelhintongtr]

I saw the sheet music years ago - written by Oliver Nelson. I don't know who recorded it for the show - maybe Quincy - don't know why they wouldn't have used Oliver's orchestra but he wrote it.

[adjoshe69]

Bruce Lee cameo episodes on Ironside and several on Longstreet... Introducing Jeet Kun Do to the world (The Way of the Intercepting Fist)!

Don't forget Here Come the Brides and Marlow!

Great shows...! Imagine such an opportunity for that...

[BIGGREENLEAF1]

I remember being like 3 or 4 years old and someone was watching this show and that music at the beginning used to scare the shit out of me, I guess maybe that's why later in life I really like the show and love that you can see old episodes of this and other awsome shows on the internet today and let's not forget that Raymond Burr was a great actor just another bonus of being able to see this show again.....

[shanquilla562]

i remember this, i liked the opening, looking through the rifle scope, but i always wanted the sniper to shoot the negro instead of Ironside...lol

[MightySaturn5]

lol, jeez its been years but when I hear this I remember my sister running to hide in the closet

[ezeshapi2]

F U C K I N G A W E S O M E

[tusler93]

Why did i laugh my head off at this?

[cochranexyz]

LOL. We ALL did!

[devtrev]

@tusler93 Well, a fat, in the closet homosexual getting shot and getting turned into a parapalegic is damned funny. Not as funny as Cannon though.

[Malc666the1]

@tusler93 Cos the stupid fucker had a clean head shot and shot him in the guts LOLOLOL

[RandyAKing]

@Malc666the1 Good point! lmao. Never thought of that, but it's true!

[iwan0t0smith]

This is the bit in the kill bill films i hate the most. the sound just goes through me

[doctorw2]

my goodness what was going on in america with all those police and detective shows in the 60s and 70s way too much police dramas.

[tomasoc]

@doctorw2

NEVER TOO MUCH!

[alxndr64]

One of Quincy Jones finest themes

[Kiwifrank]

It was a great series - I loved it!

[THEBUCKETHEAD09]

LOL

[coldsmithbriggs]

i am 14 and i watch this show on 8-2 klkn tv out of lincoln ne or you can watch this show on any rtv affilliate

[Glenn1967ful]

This was huge in Britain when it was first shown and remained a popular feature on daytime television well into the nineties.

[richardmaudsley77]

still watch it, 16 years old.

it's amazing.

[unclerico54]

I remember this show from when I was a little kid - the opening theme used to scare out of me for some reason.

[plasticweapon]

yeah,you and your father sound like stand up guys.you should be proud.

[BibbyJosh2]

algavin47, I am assuming you have seen the show right?

[Ki11aKaM]

probably been said a milli times "Thats from Kill Bill"

[3iD0LoN]

That's from Kill Bill

[dynamiteT1]

originlly from this though

[GWO1994]

That dude at 0:26 is called Barbara?

[poffy8888]

yay...bitte

[Exotic47]

lol wtf

[DeWolfeJv]

lawl kill bill

[boogynights]

this can totally be a ill beat.

[TheAfroHero]

HELL yeah, dude.

this'd be the shit.

[Aguassaul]

hey men the theme was written by david paich and his father marty

[RICKOBEAR]

you sure?? David was born in 1954, which in '67, he was still a kid at 12 or 13.

[Doug4422]

No, it was not, the theme was written, and produced by the legendary Quincy Jones.

[Andyx89]

kill bill ftw!

[TokaCola]

I remember MacLean and MacLean in their act talking about this series...funny

[jimmyrautographs]

This song was on date movie.lol

[Fanzel17]

I looked this up because of 'Toys Gone Wild' lol! Anyone else here because of that, or some other YTP using it?

[Wasgehtyo]

yay

[tapsfan1]

me too

[Death8896]

Penis.

[rondelmanies]

Haha the themesong is now part of almost every Anime Abridged Series made. It's really random.

[pazzensutra]

Never watched the show as a kid, but I always thought the beginning was cool!

[DonaldRumsfailed]

Me too. The intro music was great, but I was too young to follow the plot. One thing I do remember is thinking they called him 'Ironsides' because of the wheelchair.

[syinlv]

I always loved how he was lighting up a smoke just before he got capped.

I hope the van was padded, I can just see him rolling around on those san fran hills.

[mfreeman7821]

In a weird way this made being shot seem kinda cool, wasin't the girl from The Munsters on this show?

[bijeto]

Watching this again for the first time in eons, I think that siren sound was swiped by Quentin Tarantino for use in "Kill Bill".

[CANDUN121]

@bijeto

jw007c4457@live.co.uk

Yes it was,

[centerfielder45]

@bijeto no shit sherlock

[crestadent]

What about Longstreet, the Blind detective played by James Fransicas I believe. He was also diabled

[vividwatch47]

The Ironside team had a 1940s Ford van, replaced by the Ford Iconoline van in I believe the fourth season (it was put out as an A.M.T. 1:25 scale model kit).

[melonyhey]

Raymond Burr rest in peace

[tine214]

I remember my dad watching this on the midday reruns.

[visor109]

Was this show ..."A Quinn Martin Production"?

[tine214]

No it was produced by Harbour Productions (I think Raymond Burr's own production company..)but distributed by Universal Studios

[tine214]

No it was produced by Harbour Productions (I think Raymond Burr's own production company..)but distributed by Universal Studios

[SlideItEarl]

If the "H" is silent, "Harbour" = "R. Burr."

[vividwatch47]

No...it was produced by Harbor Productions in association with Universal Television.

[narutofightindreamer]

I'll bet ol' Quincy Jones and Raymond Burr are sitting together upstairs listening to some cool jazz and sipping a double of Scotch and maybe Paul Desmond's a playin his saxaphone for them.

[airwolfman]

Q is still downstairs. =]

[smjdaze]

did they catch the man who shot ironside? I dont remember them ever getting him.

[cylon6]

Yes in the very first episode. Ironside was actually shot behind a bar in his apartment when he was making himself a drink.

[vividwatch47]

That was actually the T.V.M. pilot.

[cylon6]

I remember that vividly. It was so different to how they showed him getting shot in the titles. I saw the series first when I was younger and then the pilot many years after, in fact I saw the pilot for the first time in the nineties.

[Viper2695]

Actualy he wasn't shot in his apartment.Ironside was on vacation at a farm house owned by the police commishoner when he was shot.

[cylon6]

He was standing behind a cocktail bar though wasn't he?

[guccilu]

I can't believe I forgot Ironside. My brother and I used to call him Old Iron britches. Don't roll your eyes when I was 6 that was hilarious. Now that I'm older and have worked with disabled individuals I have to say that show was pretty progressive for its time. It didn't show a person with a disability as being helpless.

[MYSTIKALmonkey]

You are absolutely right. The only other show I remember shedding light on folks with disablilties being able to participate in everyday activities was Sesame Street.

[thembuzz]

definitely the best version of the theme by a long shot (no pun intended)

[akshaytel]

This was my Daddy's show I never got in to it. My Dad was a lawyer and he had been in to Raymond Burr from when he did the old B&W shows about some famous lawyer dude. God I miss those days

[rmr2001]

You mean Perry Mason.

[akshaytel]

Yep that is the one. I used to read the novels my dad in his library when I used to come home from college. Although I don't recall watching an entire perry mason episode I hope they were as good as the books.

[rmr2001]

The shows were good but the novels were better. Erle Stanley Gardner was a great writer (and a lawyer too).

[cylon6]

I loved this theme but the titles showed him getting shot but he wasn't walking along. I saw the first episode and he was actually standing at a bar in his house/flat when he gets shot.

[vividwatch47]

The original T.V.M. pilot is on the "Ironside" Season 1 D.V.D. set.

[brianboru62]

best intro theme stateside,but prisoner best brit opening theme .raymond burr wouyld have made a cracking padre pio in film

[primeralives]

I know this is sick but in the early 70's when this first came out me and my teenage friends use to laugh when he gets shot at the beginning. To this day I don't know why we found that funny. Sorry Ironside.

[sexigirlphi]

LOL!

[TubeGunner]

Burr went straight from nine years of "Perry Mason" to this. What a run.

[vividwatch47]

Actually one season away.

[markojameow]

Quincy Jones is one of the most talented people in the music industry. He composed the theme and the wonderfully jazzy score. But, above all, Ironside was a good series - a strong lead actor (Raymond Burr), a good supporting cast, and some good plotlines helped it along.

[Paulbleeker]

This opening used to give me nightmares.

[GREGMCKEE]

I wonder why they edited the music, you can hear the 2 distinct edits...weird!

[LookAtMeIAmStoopid]

this show was on when I was around 5 or 6 years old and this opening title sequence used to scare the piss out of me back then. it was that freaky siren sound at the beginning and then him gettin' shot and everything turning red. parental discretion should have been advised! ha ha...

[bashir1980]

It's too bad Ironside gets shot and paralyzed. But hey, even a wheelchair-bound character can still take down the bad guys, especially if he tends to vow revenge. Yes!

[verbusen]

They had to find an angle and that was his angle, he had lot's of help in the show from his staff. They had like 20 crime shows running, a chick, an old man, a cripple, a millionaire (a bunch of those), a Hawaiian PI (a bunch of those), a white PI with a black secretary, a husband and wife team (a few of those), blah blah, this one was unique,

he was the only cripple. I used to watch this show as a young kid, I remember him getting thrown out of the wheelchair and being very moved by that.

[HORSE1492]

@bashir1980 HGWT5763. 01/77/07/2010 A.D. ALTHOUGH THIS WAS JUST A FICTIONAL SERIES,AS WELL AS A GROUNDBREAKING ONE,SOMETHING SUCH AS THIS COULD HAVE HAPPENED TO ANY POLICE OFFICER,MALE OR FEMALE,IN REAL LIFE.THE SHOW DID PROVE SOMETHING IMPORTANT-NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU,YOU ARE STILL THE SAME PERSON.

[HORSE1492]

HGWT5763. 01/11/07/2010 A.D. IRONSIDE WAS NEVER ONE IN GIVE IN TO SELF-PITY,HE NEVER DID THAT-NOR DID HE EVER ASK FOR ANY SYMPATHY,AND HE WOULD PROBABLY KNOCK YOU DOWN ON YOUR ASS IF YOU EVEN TRIED TO.HE JUST OVERCAME HIS PERMANENT HANDICAP AND WENT STRAIGHT BACK TO WORK-JUST LIKE THAT! 

[wmbrown6]

I have a vague memory of the opening titles for WABC-TV's "The 4:30 Movie," pre-1972 or so, presented in a manner similar to the way the opening titles are here (heavy contrast/silhouette and possibly in color - I only saw it on a black-and-white TV set).

[mic187x2]

raymond burr was a flamer ,plus don mitchell was his lover. why do you think on the show he was always behind him on camera. because he was behind raymond off camera too.

[alamokid40]

And you know that to be a fact......The show was a very good series and what either of them did in private is not anyone's business-if it is true,

[integral]

And more to the point, does anybody with half a brain even give a rats ass who's gay and who isn't? Besides mic187x2 I mean.

[peter4hou]

Ray Burr was gay (as attributed by columnist Hedda Hopper), but his real-life lover was Alex Benavides, with whom he shared a private island off of Fiji.

Just FYI.

[raposofan]

Good. I hope they loved each other.

[peter4hou]

From what I have read, I believe they did.

[oakandwillow]

So what about Raymond Burr's private life??? That was his business... He was a really good actor and I've heard he was decent, ethical, graceful, and a man of considerable style.

[peter4hou]

I agree, and I was not casting any aspersions on his lifestyle (which I too share, BTW). I'm merely pointing out that he kept his sexual preference under cover because that's the way thing were - and to an effect still are - in Hollywood. Calm down.

[ridgerunner72160]

LOL...get ready for every politically correct pro homosexual weirdo to get on your case for this mic187. All those fruitcakes are constantly looking for any reason to be "offended".

[theletterWisawesome]

Did anybody else notice how Mark's afro changed size every episode?

[zobajoe]

Actress Barbara Anderson who portrayed officer "Eve Whitfield" on the show was really hot. I wonder why she left the show after the fourth season?

[DesiluTrek]

Amen ... If you didn't know already, check her out in Star Trek's "Conscience of the King" from 1966, the year before Ironside debuted.

[kxx46]

She was in the movie of the week : "Ironside Returns" about 15 years ago. Looked good then, too !

[ridgerunner72160]

I don't know. But Elizabeth Baur (Fran) was pretty hot too.

[vividwatch47]

A contract dispute, though she did appear in the "Ironside Returns" T.V.M. in 1993.

[LKayL]

I prefer the jazzier, modern one! They're both fantastic though!

[raposofan]

I prefer the jazzier one too!

[wmbrown6]

I actually have the "jazzier" version on a 45 (yes, Quincy Jones' recording of the theme for his 1971 A&M album "Smackwater Jack" was issued as a single - and was the same recording that was cut up for the opening titles for its final four seasons on the air).

[ttlms]

I prefer this old, original version to the jazzier version that came in about 4 years into the show. Thanks for posting.

[richmjr67]

i remember watching the re runs on wor tv channel 9 in new york..along with adam 12

[Keon2006]

Ironside was not to be fucked with lol.

[HORSE1492]

@Keon2006 HGWT5763. 01/11/07/2010 A.D. VERY LIKELY NOT.,I DOUBT THAT EVEN ANDY SIPOWICZ OR VIC MACKEY,NOT TO MENTION TONY BARETTA, WOULD DARE TO GET HIM RILED-AND HE WAS A COP WHO PLAYED BY THE BOOK,HE WAS NOT A VIGILANTE BY ANY MEANS-NEITHER WAS JOEFRIDAY.

[planetiowa]

Also one of my favorites as a child. I was 25 at the time.

[stanley1998]

One of my favourites as a child in the early 70's.

[SaleGuy]

I remember watching this at 4 in the morning on WOIO in the late 1980s.

[SaleGuy]

Syndicated version of the opening theme as seen on WWOR in the early 90s.

[Davidingilbert]

You remember watching it on WWOR as well. For a while, I thought I was the only that even knew Ironside was on, much less watched it!