CBS-Mannix-1969

[touco94290]

Un superbe générique, avec la petite culotte de la dame qui était très osée pour les années 70!

De mémoire son prénom est " joe "!

[aditzulu]

From ROMANIA-EASTERN EUROPE: I'm 48. Between 1966 and 1984 the CEAUSESCU's "horror" communist regime has broadcasted almost all main US and UK TV series. Mannix, Kojak, Toma, Palliser, Forsythe Saga, Dallas, Long Hot Summer, Bonanza, Rich Man Poor Man, XL5 Fireball, Daktari, Flipper, Gentle Ben... etc ad nauseam. On BW Tv sets of course.

[IllinoisModel]

Ohh, how I loved this show, man ... one of my favorites. I wish this kind of thing - along with Adam 12, Mod Squad, and all of the other REALLY GOOD TELEVISION programs were on for kids now.

[PitchToTheRhino1]

Of course the sequal for today is interracial Haley Berry as Lady Mannix!

I wonder how that happened? ;-)

[NatureGirl62]

My husband is a retina surgeon, and he was telling me of a phenomenon that exists in foreign countries he has visited: Parents name their children after famous American television characters. So, of course, "Mannix" came into the conversation! In Palau, a tiny island nation in Micronesia, there is a child named Mannix. :-)

[Lisica2008]

@NatureGirl62 Very interesting. So perhaps there are little Columbos, Cannons, Magnums, Kojaks, Lancers, etc. around the world.

[tirpitz19]

@NatureGirl62 In Transylvania in my grand mother's village ,a lot of kids named their dogs ,Peggy ,after his secretary.That was funny !

[MrSluggo666]

@tirpitz19 In Transylvania you must hang up wolfsbane and garlic to protect you from DRACULA !!!!!

[BigEdDunkel]

Fucking Mannix, man. 

[untalt]

Great show, I wish it would be in syndication now instead of all the crap they keep repeating over and over

[spider9137]

@untalt

Perhaps it will show up on Antennae TV's schedule in the future.

[elwin38]

this brings back memories of my childhood!

[melissacarterTS]

ooh man of action!

[vccstudents]

This guy was a little rougher around the edges than Magnum.

[JENDALL714]

This was about the time they started using pretty token black girls in various side kick roles, Nurse, Personal assistant, etc...good time for television! The character of the token sidekick black girl were mainly used to show the white guy how to keep it real and that she made it out of the ghetto but didn't forget her roots! Then came Pam Grier and the token black girl sidekick, no longer was a sidekick!

[ProjectFlashlight612]

@JENDALL714 Everyone mentions Star Trek as the place where blacks started to get equality in TV time, of course, though I Spy did it first. Everyone mentions Uhura as a pioneering role...well, maybe it was for black women, but she was just a phone operator. Much more important was a role no-one ever mentions...the black Commodore in Court-Martial. Kirk's boss is a black guy! Revolutionary. Department S had a black boss, too. Anyway...Mannix, yayyyy! Went for ages and was quite good. :)

[flyinv1967]

i was always waiting for the twirling girls panties and music

[1217chic]

Ordered Season 1 from Amazon.....Can't wait to watch(:

[bikebeerrun1960]

A guy just out for A morning run ? - MANNIX !

[libertatus]

There is a long list of great nighttime crime/drama programs that TVLand should be able to pick from. Every weeknight from nine to eleven there should be two straight hours of shows like this playing. There's easily enough titles to mix and match making every night of the week a real retro treat. If it's not some legal issue then what gives?

[artbychristine]

don't know what I was waiting for more every week - hearing the theme song or watching the show. I believe it was on Sat nights right before or after the Carol Burnett Show. As a babysitter - I watched this and all the Chiller Theater and Creature Feature movies (NY) and, if I was lucky - the parents didn't come home til 3 am which meant the Late Late Movie and overtime (1.00/hr!!)

[midmodgal]

Banged over the head at least once per episode but, look how distressed he gets when he burns the toast. MANNIX a real man. I have season 5 ready to go!

[pagescoslet]

I remember it being very violent, but I grew up watching Mannix. Had a huge crush on Mike Connors.

[DejectedPanda]

Mike Connors is Mannix!



[oberst444]

this intro reminds me of the intro in San Andreas.

[faceman68]

Opening intro to Mannix was to me the coolest. The various camera shots to one scene. For instance, to see the camera on the car that is chasing Mannix, and you see the camera shot that Mannix is running towards. Cool.

[gladasya10]

This may have been the episode Fly, Little One, which was telecast February 21, 1970. That little girl in the first couple seconds of the clip looks like Pamelyn Ferdin, who was the most popular of the voices of Lucy Van Pelt from Peanuts. Growing up, I thought Pamelyn was the living end!!

[JustMyHonestOpinion]

Even at age 4, I thought this was a cool show.

[MerleOberon]

I remember watching Mannix on 23" Philco color TV,,,

[gojilover]

They were men on those old shows .. Mike Connors, Jack Lord, Lorne Green, etc. Not the boys they have on shows today ...

[2009exider]

brings back the good old days....my father always watch this show during my high school days....inded a classic tv show.

[SIGNALSTAT]

remember being a little kid and seeing manx running across the bridge.

[squeapler]

Compared to the original intro I see they kept the girl with her skirt blowing up, but lost the geeky Hollerith punch card!

[strow1969]

Mike Conners IS Mannix

[TLC2287]

Has anyone ever tried dancing to this theme?

[honeycone71]

@TLC2287: Guilty. LOL

[TourDeFlexTVJC3]

ONE MORE TIME!! What the Hell!

[Kostagh]

Reminds me of my childhood... It used to air on Saturday evenings in Romania, in the early '70's... There was no one in the street! Everyone was on TV watching MANNIX!!!!

[squeapler]

@Kostagh I can't believe kids in Romania were watching this! I remember it from my childhood in the USA.

[TheEldoradoKid]

@squeapler Is it in syndication now in Romania? Cool! Those in charge of such things over there have good taste...

[jacoff125]

I wish we could get TV like this again.

[4reddye]

Anyone know who did the opticals for this? Looks like some of the optical printing that Lin Dunn and Film Effects of Hollywood did in the '60s.

[babyhomer]

OHHHHHHH! What memories I have from this! Thank you!

[jerdew]

Mike was Chuck Conners of Branded and James Arnest of Gunsmokes brother

[starwriter23]

One of the coolest theme songs of all time.

[rjsmth]

One of my all time crime fighting tv shows...

[ericdapugi]

TV themes were way cooler then. I remember watching this with my dad in the late 60s. Great times

[flipwiggins]

I hate it when I'm chased by helicopters!!!!

[webmail111]

pretty much the last weekly adult drama type of show that i watched regularly.

[rainbowschild]

When I was your age ;-) my young teen friends and I watched Mannix. We did not have to have anybody tell us what cool was. We had nice parents who let us stay up late.

[najami12]

Gail Fisher was hot as Peggy!

[afterdarkofct777]

Great show.Don't make them like that anymore.Just something about them, and the one George P. was in .PRE-A TEAM!Some can compare, most worse.

[MrHammership]

Good Times.

[rudypyatt]

Oh this was a favorite. Back when TV intro themes were way cool.

[Dracopol]

0:03 The girl twirling and showing her panties was TOTALLY gratuitous!

[crispycritterz]

@Dracopol Back then, no one really cared.

We've become more obsessed with sex in recent years, so now it's a big deal

[installLSC]

Not that I'm complaining but why is that girl at 0:05 basically giving us an upskirt?

[webmail111]

@installLSC stop complaining.

[SergeantReese]

This was my late mother's favorite show; used to watch it with her back then.

[maebeavers1]

What a great tv show. One of the villians on the show looked like Nancy Pelosi

[level242]

I missed the days when girls had names like Peggy

[poltome]

@level242 And looked as good as Gail Fisher. She was a hottie.

[blkchk]

@level242 That's a really poetic statement!

[bootsiebanty]

This one reminds me of being in my PJ's on Saturday night as a kid, usually half asleep. Mannix got a lot of flack for being "the most violent TV program" on the air at the time IIRC. I did seem like Joe was always punching somebody out or in a shootout.

[blkchk]

Why is Paramount so slow in releasing these episodes? Someone must not like Mike Connors. Fools! Joe and Peggy were the BEST. Waiting for Season 4.

[Green18600]

Paramount has the notoriety -- like other motion picture studio companies -- of being interested in one thing: the almighty dollar. And by the same token, they could hold a vendetta against Entertainer Mike Connors.  They do not want the DVDs released to the public for fear of ridicule or embarrassment ... too soon.

[blkchk]

@Green18600 Where would the embarrassment/ridicule come in?

[blkchk]

Joe Mannix (sigh)

[143AC]

Ms.Fisher was a beautiful and talented lady.. to this day..

(Crying) I Still Miss Her!

[RupeVoid]

The Lalo Schrifrin was one of the best theme songs on TV. It captured the machismo of Mike Connors in Mannix.

[matt89102]

@RupeVoid I've been a Lalo fan ever since this show. What a great theme.

[albatani27]

Television will never be this good again!

[EthanWhateley]

@albatani27 man you got that right! Just hearing this theme song brings back such a good memory of the way TV used to be before it turned to complete garbage during the 80s. Lalo Shifrin wrote some great soundtracks!

[orchidphile]

First Mannix; now Jack Bauer!

[llllkkiiiuik]

you are so right

[colong88]

There'll never be another show like Mannix - even Mike Connors has acknowledged this in a recent on screen interview.

[cheyennestar]

I loved this show growing up as a child. He even had a crush on Mike Connors.

[frankd1965]

great show. have the DVD's of the series. season 4 due next year which includes the 1970-1971 season

[TheBadGuy235]

such a good show.

[fgldnglbs]

I have vague memories of this show except for bits and pieces of, say Peggy's kidnapping and some portly upper crlrlust biddy(that's a tongue roll)--"I want him found, Mr. Mannix. Found and brought to justice!" He had some nice digs, if my memory serves me well. I suspect "The Rockford Files" was a rebuttal to that or he might have been welcome as one, debuting in "Mannix' last season.

[cheesecakepie1]

this is the greatest show ever made. in its last season in 75 it was still in the top 10. all seasons should be out in one complete set instead one of a time. why should we have to wait so long? write to paramount and complain.

[cheesecakepie1]

they should have all the seasons out in one holiday pack. it is a crime that the best show ever made is still so slow to come out in all of the seasons on dvd.

[untalt]

Freaking awesome! Thanks for the clip-Mannix was a great show and Mike Connors was the King of Cool.

[tonabom]

I love that serie. One of my neighborh put the name to his dog...

[frankd1965]

opening from the 1969-1970 season. season three DVd will be out in July.