Petrocelli - Opening Titles

[MrCityboy1968]

Why can't we have these wonderful series repeated? They beat the rubbish that's made today!

[dotcomguy79]

will this ever be on DVD? would love to have it!

[TheLizardmonkey]

Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Kiefer Sutherland and Dennis Quaid all cameod in this before they were big.

[runciter58]

Why still nobody put the complete serie in dvd or blu ray!?!? I wnat him back!!! ( also if I am a composer: Lalo Schifrin musica is great!!)

[DarkAngel182]

He never did finish building that house did he?

[amemy1]

@DarkAngel182 It got repossesed.

[LuzziTennis]

My big brother always said he was passing a joint to the wife at 0:35. Would annoy the hell out of my mother.

[xwingclass]

this was a good series no who hah but a good series. looking at the intro its good ad for the cheve.

[TheTmny876able]

Remember watching this in England in the eighties, and he always lived in a caravan, and his wife was so georgous. Also like the bionic woman !.

[wungabunga]

How fast is he going in that jalopy?

[maxiboy666]

Some great TV series came out of the USA from the 1950's to the 1980's. What went wrong?

[jmedia1]

@maxiboy666 Everything, I'm afraid...

[caspiro7]

One of the highlights of my childhood!

Ah how I wish life was simple now as it was then.

They don't make them like they used to.

[MATMANPRO]

I believe there is a great car chase sequence in `Fear is the Key` starring Barry Newman, forerunner to Vanishing Point?

[1533Montaigne]

gibts in doofland glaubich immer noch nich auf dvd. dabei ist das eine der 70er serien, mit denen auch heutige jugendliche oft noch recht viel anfangen können.

[Numinous20111]

Newman is an underated actor. Glad to see I'm not the only one to ask if his character ever completed the house. How long did this series run?

[CreweMike]

Don't know how I missed this one. Barry Newman! Vanishing Point legend! Did he have a cool car in this?

[LosGigantes1899]

Kindheitserinnerungen! Great!

[ZoggZoggZogg]

I gotta admit Carrie Fisher I think is "wishful thinking" (a friends wish!;)) But Hammil and Ford definitely appeared because I saw the episodes. Hammil I think had a bigger part, was actually the murderer or suspect. Ford (in a different episode) on the other hand was a walk on, I don't think he even had any lines. And that's the end of my memory for today....

[Basinstreetfollies]

I hope to find these episodes online or maybe on Rhino home collection? Repeats aired in the 1990's on WGN ,,which was a chicago affliate.

[ZoggZoggZogg]

A little known fact but all 3 principles from STAR WARS; Mark Hammil, Harrison Ford and (possibly) Carrie Fisher guest starred or appeared as extras in this series. Before they were famous of course! ;)

[planetrockford]

@ZoggZoggZogg I can't remember Carrie Fisher but I do remember the others I think. I bet she was utterly amazing.

[Michele640]

It was very popular here in Italy, too, it's a pity they didn't make new episodes after 1976.

[jlmendezb]

Si soy Abogado; mi abuelo y este tipo son totalmente responsables!!! ja

[stembuk]

I loved the way they'd be at least two version of 'what could have happened' before he revealed what actually did happen in the current case...

[MultiJRobert]

@stembuk Yes, my favorite part which no other detective show did at the time which made this the best I think!

[andy67discofan]

ja petrocelli den habe ich gerne angeschaut wahr toll

[marshamc]

Oh, I always thought he was so cute and sexy.

[pratt68]

Did he ever finish building that house?

[dramaticguy]

I love Susan Howard,was gutted when she was written out of Dallas!

[hamtrak]

Wha.........no Challenger?

[shabirlondon]

Is that the only show he ever came in ?

[SupraEdomiteSlayer]

@shabirlondon he was in a great 70s film "Vanishing Point" was a bit like a Russ Meyer film but without the tits!

[canadiantimberwolf1]

He did such a great job for the movie Vanishing Point with the white Dodge Challenger

[ftsjr]

An enjoyable "lawyer" series. The theme tune has mid-70's written all over it. A nice memory.

[chkjns]

@ftsjr Does that mean you like the 'sound' of the mid-70s? I've built a channel of 700 playlists that includes 112 lists for the music of every year since 1900 - it's a musical time machine. Just added this to 1974's list. Come check it out? chuck

[stonewall1888]

Did he evr finish building his house, almost every eposide you would dee him adding another brick to a wall but it never seemed to het any higher.

[planetrockford]

@stonewall1888 He did but as he never had the correct planning permission, the local sheriff made him knock it down...lol

[MANILABOY6631]

The 70's was a great decade for television series.

[otunca]

This show is brings back my child hood memories

I was watching this show in Turkish language in Turkey Some reason stuck back in my mind story was in Dallas

I don't see the main character in new movies , Surely he is very talented actor

[rayssonation]

About this show. I foundly remember it very well being one of the great courtroom/lawyer drama shows of the mid-1970's. "Petrocelli" was on NBC-TV and ran from 1975 until 1978. The executive producers of this series were none other than Thomas L. Miller and Edward K. Milkis,the same producers that were behind a lot of classic Paramount TV shows from "The Brady Bunch" to "Happy Days","Laverne and Shirley" to name a few. This was their first entry into TV drama.

[willardlockejr]

@rayssonation Miller and Milkis also produced "Mork and Mindy". The show that made Robin Williams a star. I remember "Petrocelli". Barry Newman wasn't afraid to get into a good fight either.

[VaultMasterDBT]

Actually, 1974 to 1976. Just check any source..

[zerokomma]

Kickass theme tune by Lalo Schifrin

[willardlockejr]

@zerokomma Who also composed the themes from "Mission: IMPOSSIBLE and Mannix and many other music scores for movies and TV.

[sdfeinstein]

I thought this show was about the former Red Sox shortstop/ third baseman....

[poderlatino2012]

abra terminado la casa

[myryckyz]

Barry Newman what a change from the car chases action movies to a court room of a dusty city surrounded by the desert.

[Marce962]

Hi Waggywag123. Yes, It's true, believe me. I was about 18 years old and I saw each chapter of the whole serial on TV (I think that was on 1979 or 1980). Then I had to decide about the future then I did it. I decided to study law in order to be a lawyer, that's actually what I do to live.

[Ben4810]

did he ever finish building his house.....?!?

[dramaticguy]

I love Susan Howard!

[FasterThanYou321]

see how the opening credits are about 60 seconds? Nowadays, in order to squeeze in an extra commercial, tv show credits are like 30 seconds....

GREED.

[SammyZeke]

0:14 Where is the Dodge Challenger, Barry?

[ryanpie3456]

my uncle was the bailiff on the show

bob bickston

miss you uncle virginia wallage

[Waggywag123]

@ryanpie3456 I loved the show

[Laceykat66]

Any one remember Kaz?

It was on about this time and had a punk sent to the slammer who became a jail-house lawyer, defended himself, and was given a job at a high in law firm.

Great show.  Can't find the theme.

[patsaxon]

I remember this show! Wow, I feel so old right now!

[gotch09]

Is it true this was based on the famous trial lawyer F.Lee Bailey?

[Waggywag123]

@gotch09 I never heard that........may be true

[gotch09]

I think I read that years ago. But I don't remember where.

[IAmShelleyJane]

Loved it!!! He always got people aquitted and he almost always got shot at by people in helicopters! Is that what being a lawyer is like?(!)

[Marce962]

I loved this series, I decided to be a lawyer. YES, I'M A LAWYER BECAUSE HIM !!! lol

[Waggywag123]

@Marce962 seriously? LOL

[Marce962]

Yes, It's true, believe me. I was about 18 years old and I saw each chapter of the whole serial on TV (I think that was on 1979 or 1980). Then I had to decide about the future then I did it. I decided to study law in order to be a lawyer, that's actually what I do to live.

[planetrockford]

@Marce962 I decided to live in a caravan because of him. YES I LIVE IN A CARAVAN!!! lol (lol)

[Rumpelstiltskinsky]

@Marce962 wow - Brilliant! I think...or ahould we be worried? Nah... I became an engineer after seeing many ads for Tonka toys (true story).

[robaronin]

@Marce962 Me too! And the kind of lawyer who doesn't beat himself up for crossing the double yellow line while driving uphill around a curve, or putting a bag over a parking meter without paying in order to avoid a ticket!!

[theman2017inc]

@Marce962 Funny enough a lot of people say the same thing.

It was Perry Mason for my parent's generation

And I became became lawyer because of this show :-)

[sierria64]

@Marce962 i also went to law schools in the 1980's and went into the us navy ... im a black women and feel he made me love law

[selloutasaurus]

loved this show as a kid. havent seen it in ages. thanx 4 posting.

[hopki65]

did he ever get his house built ??

[weskittun]

@hopki65  Still gettin' there!

[TheHairybaz]

@hopki65 nah mate mustav worked for halls

[faridperez]

@hopki65 I Think not,... well, maybe he did after the last season, when he was unemployed!!!

[andwestuk]

@hopki65 ...He ran out of bricks so he built a bungalow instead

[kenfig]

How many fuckin series was this on for ? and he never did any more work to that house he was building in the desert ; he lived in that camper van next to it all that time but not one extra brick was laid from the start of season one ; how come ?

[komodoman]

Btw, would also love to see the somewhat similar show Kaz (1978) released, starring Ron Leibman and Patrick O'Neal. Had a great intro too, never forgot the image of Leibman studying his books behind bars.

[21shergar]

Quiero ver su casa.

[komodoman]

Wish they'd bring it out on DVD.

[Neville6000]

@komodoman: Me too.

[gregersj]

your not the only one

[ATVmidlands5581]

great series and intro. saw it here in the UK on the BBC on saturday nights during the 70's. good times.

cheers

ATVmidlandsUK

[marcelofull]

Que barbaro yo me crie con estas series...lo que siempre me acuerdo es que nunca terminaba la casa...que onda petroccelli????