McCloud

[azeleapark]

the show was televisions best! rest in peace Dennis.

[young9075]

Vc. lembra mesmo de DENNIS WEAVER?

Olha que sou um cinéfilo de primeira...Sou muito devotado em ver seriados dos anos dourados da TV preto e branco e a cores.

O filme que vi no cinema deste ator, chama-se ENCURRALADO, se vc. não assistiu..assista-o e depois faça o seu comentário ou responda para mim o que achou?...

[farnumbp]

Great memories !

This episode had playboy bunny Barbi Benton too :)

[LuzziTennis]

Dream Weaver doing his own stunt at 0:14. Respect.

[Stermerh]

Love McCloud series. Bought all seasons at once on dvd :). Just would like to bother with a question... What is that country theme playing in the dvd menu and as i have understood it's McClouds theme in 71-72?..

[Ricco99100]

One of the best theme songs ever and my favorite show

[MsKeith1969]

great show and opening theme! always reminds me of the 1973 NFC EASTERN DIVISION DALLAS COWBOYS (10-4), especially where ROGER STAUBACH (#12) and CLIFF HARRIS (#43) aka captain crash are concerned.

[ridgerunner721601]

I see this episode had Anne Schedeen in it. Wasn't she the mom on Alf?

[trdidion]

Crazy stupid love

[kariebeez]

Always liked this theme song and the series. That horse was hauling ass, getting out of the way as McCloud and some villain fought.

[RightWingHunter666]

Oh wow... thanks for uploading. I havent seen this since I was a kid

[scottievand]

Was E. W. Swackhamer somebody's real name??

[polarisathena]

Makes it feel like the 70's again as a teen.

[gogledoessuck]

Hate on Universal for not releasing the full original shows (only some of the butcher reedits are out!) Boo! Hiss!

[Change6609]

As"a boy in the Netherlands, I had lots of fun watching this. Still remember the Chief yelling in the office: "McCLOOOUUUDDD!!!!!'

[btonyb123]

i was a young boy when i watched this with my family and I loved it

[MsKeith1969]

i would definitely use the mccloud theme song as background music in a video about the 1970's DALLAS COWBOYS, especially their 1973 nfc eastern division championship season with a special focus on roger staubach, rayfield wright, and cliff harris.

[morgan8757]

whats taking so long for season 2 of mccloud to get released

[Joez86]

Thanks for posting.  Great show!! ;-)

[ftsjr]

I enjoyed watching McCloud, in the early-mid 70s. RIP Dennis Weaver.

[kaeruiwa1963]

フィリス・ノートン巡査の役を演じておられたテリー・ガーという­女優さんが大好きでした。警察官の制服がとてもよく似合っていて­、ほんとに素敵な女優さんだと思います。Teri  Garr is GREAT!!!!!,

[mickeba1]

The best tv theme ever.

[arturohernandez20]

Dennis Weaver worked for Steven Soielberg in the film DUEL.

[LIVERBIRD1963]

The BEST policeman EVER :-) A true  HERO. nothing else need to be said :- ) In 1976 the Danish Police tried with the same light on their cars... and even today in Denmark (DANMARK) we call these light on the roof of the cars.... "McCouldshorns"....

[neweast1]

will never forget but generations today may not remember it or see as we remember pearl harbor because today its politically incorrect to blame anyone. i know its horse shit and most of the world does too but thats were we are today.if you want to replace them go for it its the slime ball politicians and real esate people holding it back.not to mention the insurance companies.i agree 100 %we you ace but how things are today and its very depressing.

[DrKO2453]

Ah, New York City in the '70's...it was truly an AWESOME place to live!

[jason75]

I have not seen this since I was a kid,

[yaoyanooni1986]

わーっ！　マクロードだ！　マクロードだ!!　マクロードだーっ!!!　会いたかったよおおおっ!!!　今でも、すっごくかっこいいマクロード!!!!　大、大、大っっ好きだよっ!!!!!!!　会わせてくれて本当にありがとうっ!!!!!!!

[hubciti]

Or....Why these shows are not played on Retro Channels or the Mystery Channel is beyond me.

[50marioD]

McCloud carried his own Colt .45,something Chief Peter B.Clifford didn't like.This was my favorite of the NBC revlving mystery shows.

[neweast1]

i just finished watching Mccloud on a station out of long island ny. i caught it by chance when is someone going to get on the ball and get this classic on dvds.if i could i would proboly make millions......................­................

[mameinai]

When I 8 years old watched McCloud end Columbo.

Great opneng theme,I like very much!

[whiskeyify]

Well sorta of a so so show...watched some re-runs lately. I have to say the ones with Diana Muldaur are worth watching....she's just so beautiful and I think she had to be one of the best actresses on tv.

[Swashbuckler1962]

McCloud is my hero! Cowboy Tough

[jgrab1]

Lorna Luft?!?

[frankd1965]

she was the daughter of screen legend Judy Garland and sister to Liza Minelli

[CHRISTINAMCC1]

He had some sexy buns!

[missyhorny1]

you're right, he did! I always wanted to grope them!

[patsaxon]

What I like about McCloud is that he uses his fists than a gun! Hell, settle a major problem with fists is much better and more fun!

[xmfcnrx]

I want to see Barbi Benton!!

[neweast1]

@xmfcnrx go to barbie benton 1975,singing on mccloud,yeah you go...............

[Laceykat66]

I don't know who is right or wrong,

I only know this was the BEST of the McCloud themes and the hardest to find on record.

Thanks for the poist.

[gjc82071]

Hey, the theme of this series kinda reminds me of "Coogan's Bluff" with Clint Eastwood. Anyway, I never saw this series, & don't know how I missed it. Granted I was born in 71, same year the series started, I have never seen it in syndication. I don't know if it's any good, so I hesitate to buy a DVD.  How was it on a scale of 1-10?

[komodoman]

It's basically 40 years old this year, as the McCloud idea/concept was conceived in '69. The first two series differed in style quite from the later ones, they still had a definite 60s feel to them whereas later it settled on its more typical 70s crime show, obviously, so there's really more or less two McCloud periods. I prefer the later ones (no DVDs yet) where this theme's from, series creator Glen A. Larson wrote the original theme, then David Shire wrote the second, this is the third.

[Cindylover1969]

"...series creator Glen A. Larson wrote the original theme, then David Shire wrote the second, this is the third."

Er, no. David Shire did the original theme (he wrote it for the pilot movie, which he also scored), then Glen A. Larson did his own theme - "McCloud" only had two themes.

[komodoman]

No, you're wrong actually, there were in fact three themes. Larson wrote the original himself (the country/western guitar one), then Shire did one that was slightly different, and then there's this one. That's three entirely different tunes/melodies. This particular one appears only in episodes featuring Stu Phillips' music, if you have the whole series (on tape or disc) it's easy to check it out yourself.

[Cindylover1969]

No, YOU'RE wrong. There were only two (the original one had two different arrangements, whereas this one never really varied much).

[komodoman]

Nope, you're wrong on both counts again. The intro had two quite different themes early on, first one by Larson second one by Shire, then this one. Larson also did create the show, it may have been inspired by the Clint film but it's quite its own. Stu Phillips told me all this, you can ask him on his website and he'll mail you personally. This theme didn't come on the scene before '73/'74, well after Shire worked on the show from '70-'72, that means he's uninvolved in this tune, AFAIK.

[Cindylover1969]

Then how come Larson didn't write the pilot? (Step forward Stanford Whitmore, Richard Levinson and William Link.) And where did I say Shire was involved with this one?

[Cindylover1969]

And how come the PILOT one has Shire's theme all over the place? Answer me that.

[komodoman]

So you say Larson did the theme in this clip? He created the show, others wrote the stories, and he composed the orginal theme according to Phillips. If you decide to ask SP, make sure you ask specifically about this particular intro (Weaver on horseback in NY/helicopter, etc.), the most famous of the 70s themes. It wasn't introduced before '74, perhaps even '73 episodes and it stayed with the show until the end. It's just funny that only Phillips' name appears in these episodes featuring it.

[Cindylover1969]

Also, Larson didn't create the show to begin with (not only did the series rightly give such credit to the main writer of "Coogan's Bluff," the film the show was a riff on, but Larson didn't even write the pilot movie).

[Cindylover1969]

That said, if some YouTuber manages to put up all the themes used in the series and there were indeed three different ones (none of this "slightly different" stuff), I'll admit you're right. Until then, I say there were only two.

[gregersj]

I wish they would release more seasons

of mcloud  out

[mwhite36]

On some episodes of McCloud, in the background, you can see clips of where the World Trade Center - the "Twin Towers" were first being built.

[willardlockejr]

@mwhite36 I saw the clips where the "Twin Towers" were first being built. I miss them. They were the heart of New York City and now they're gone. I wish the city would rebuild the "Twin Towers" again, and make even bigger than before.

[neweast1]

@willardlockejr the reason they wont build the toweres again is because and i agree that it would be as though nothing happen there.3000 people were murder in those building having the same ones just isnt right,however that dosent mean you cant build a building higher and more represenative of americas will to not buckle under to the crap heads who did it.

[willardlockejr]

@neweast1 I say that you build them again and make them taller than the original. I know that's just wishful thinking, but I just miss seeing them because to me, they stood as tall as the Statue of Liberty, The Empire State Building and some of the other landmark buildings in N.Y.C. And we should never buckle under pressure to the @-holes who did it. I will always remember them not only this weekend, but we as a people should NEVER FORGET 9/11!!!

[mwhite36]

@willardlockejr I agree!

[kenpalmer1965]

Hey,great memories! I grew up watching this show as a kid. Great stuff and nice video to watch!

Ken Palmer

[neweast1]

that was part of the 1964 worlds fair in flushing queens, still stands today other sstructure is the universal globe both just south of la guardia airport in new york.

[neweast1]

they are part of the 1964 worlds fair held in queens ny. its still there will become a landmark soon and matbe restaurant.its exactly 1.5 south of lga airport.you can see it if you land on runway 31 on the left side of plane.....

[willardlockejr]

@neweast1 Did you catch the brief shot of the World Trade Center in the opening credits? I do miss the twin towers.

[neweast1]

@willardlockejr yeah mentioned that sometime ago there were almost finished then pardon the pun. i worked right across from the souyh tower till 1999 was there in 93 when they blew up the basement.we should have know then they would try again but clinton was to busy trying to save his presidentcy.biggest disgrace is that nothing has been put up yet to replace them.thats how you shove it back up there asses.

[mistofoles]

What is that very interesting looking structure at 0:31?

[MervynCruddy]

Barbi Benton *sigh*

[ACLTony]

Wow, this brings back fond memories. Who can forget that famous "Hey, there ya go!" Dennis Weaver had class and was a gentleman on and off the camera. Kind of guy boys of any culture could look up to and model. R.I.P Dennis.

[frankd1965]

Episode was "Park Avenue Pirates" from 09/21/75. Also starred Barbi Benton(Hugh Hefner's former girlfriend), Lorna Luft(Liza Minelli's sister and daughter of screen legend Judy Garland).

[komodoman]

There's a bit of 'conflicting' fan opinions over that it seems, a whole host of possible composers wrote for the show. It's either Stu Phillips, Glen A. Larson, David Shire, Lee Holdridge, Bob Prince, or Henry Mancini. I've come to the conclusion it's Phillips, used to believe it's Holdridge (always thought it's quite 'Holdridge-ish') but his name doesn't appear in the episodes with this theme, only Phillips does.

[rorikjunior]

Who composed the opening theme?

[BrianAnthonyFoley]

Hey you! Get off of McCloud!

[theScytheofGod]

Is this the only theme song for McCloud?

I recall another with a high pitched synthesizer sound. Unless I'm mistaken and it's some other show's theme.

[JSBBM2005]

Hey, do you have the opening from season 4 or 5, when during the opening credits, Mccloud is on a rooftop and he's shot??Don't know if that was from an episode or just for the credits

[neweast1]

its great too see the world trade center in the opening.this show had a great mix of personalities.if you notice the wtc is just being finished..

[CHRISTINAMCC1]

Dennis was a piece of ass back then

[komodoman]

Still the best TV cop show theme tune, and intro, EVER!

[frankd1965]

Show was based on a 1968 film titled "Coogan's Bluff" which starred Clint Eastwood as an Arizona Sheriff who gets a criminal and loses him in the concrete canyons of New York City.

I lioke to see the rest of the series on DVD. I have season one & two but what about the other seasons?

[neweast1]

where did you find them

[OreckBoy1]

Man, this theme and show were so cool! Dennis Weaver was awesome!! Thanks for posting!!

[willardlockejr]

@OreckBoy1 Whatever happened to Terry Carter (Sgt. Joe Broadhurst)? I know that J.D. Cannon (Chief Peter B. Clifford) passed away a few years ago. He usually played the bad guy in a lot of other movies and TV series. Very good character actor and he also did some voiceovers as well. R.I.P. J.D.

[dordtenaarzondernaam]

thanks for the information greetings from the netherlands

[stephenm6100]

the scene where hes fighting on top of the stagecoach is called the new mexican connection series 3 1972

[toonzguy]

This show was based on the old Clint Eastwood movie "Coogan's Bluff", where a deputy from the Southwest comes to New York to extradite a prisoner, then has to find him after he escapes. A GREAT movie that I recommend., and Deputy Coogan has shades of his film "cousin" in San Francisco that would later debut...Two things to remember: Coogan is a deputy sheriff from Arizona.

McCloud is a U.S. Marshal from New Mexico.

Both are equally good!

[frankd1965]

McCloud was often mistaken for a Texas Ranger in a few episodes

[CesMan83]

@toonzguy

I don't suppose both "Coogan's Bluff" and "McCloud" inspired Elmore Leonard to create the Raylan Givens character from "Justified", did they? I always wondered that

[Numinous20111]

@toonzguy Thanks, I was wondering if 'Coogan's Bluff' was the inspiration. Agreed.....that Eastwood/Siegel movie is well worth catching and is one of Eastwood's best 1970's films. What was the name of the 1980's police/detective show Dennis Weaver appeared in? I don't think it ran more than one season.

[jerami101]

Thanks for posting! I've been looking for something on this show.

[komodoman]

Could Universal please get this out of limbo, and give us the remaining seasons on DVD...?

[planetrockford]

@komodoman No chance mate

[komodoman]

@planetrockford Why not... It appears to be coming out everywhere else now...

[007bondspy]

@komodoman no, piss off

[komodoman]

@007bondspy Piss off, what? Explain yourself or you can piss off.

[gojira2006]

@komodoman

Maybe Shout! will pick up the series, as they have for Kojak . . .

[CHRISTINAMCC1]

great show...Dennis always had a nice body and butt.

[RoyKnable]

Good for you. It's not airing in the USA, okay? Of course it's airing somewhere. Where do you think this uploader got the video from? Tell me again how it helps me to know that it's still being played north of the border? Some people.

[RoyKnable]

Thanks for this. Looks like there won't be any more DVDs and nobody's airing McCloud anymore, so this is the only way to see the intro.