Markieo, Thank You ! Now I will have to try and find out, If Nelson Riddle has it . Perhaps in one of his" Rest Of " recordings. I wonder if this show, predates the "Saint". Would you Know Markieo ?
Very harmonizing opening score. Reminds me of the "Saint" score. Where the vocals double over instruments. Does anybody know who wrote this opening piece.
The Hawk theme music was composed by Kenyon Hopkins. The tune sounds very much like Hopkin's tune "Fiddler's Walk" from the 1966 James Gardner film "Mister Buddwing"
Thanks for posting, I remember watching the summer reruns on NBC in 1976. I think NBC was trying to capitalize on Reynolds fames at the time and the decades old forgotten show.
Not quite right on the Pontiac...it was a '66 Pontiac, all right, but it was a Bonneville 4-door hardtop! (Funny that Burt Reynolds rocked a Pontiac a decade before he made the Trans Am cool in "Smokey and the Bandit!"
R.J. Reynolds {Camel} was a "continuing" sponsor on "HAWK" during its original run. There were usually five or six "sponsors" during the hour, with the announcer billboarding two of them at the beginning and end of the show. "HAWK" was also syndicated as part of a "Colex" {Columbia/Lexington} package of '60s and '70s Screen Gems/Columbia 'one-season' dramas {"EISCHIED", "GHOST STORY"/"CIRCLE OF FEAR", etc.} in the mid-'80s....
Ten years later, Burt Reynolds became one of the top box office stars of the 1970's. I also read that when this show was repeated back in '76, it was to cash in on his movie fame.
I also believe that he and Judy Carne were already divorced when he made this show.
when is HAWK ever going to come to DVD? it may be short-lived but i still like the show
troyboy7962 6 months ago
@troyboy7962 Probably never, due to lack of interest. I'd write to Sony and ask, but they're probably too busy releasing reality crap on DVD!
Markieo 6 months ago
Up until the summer of '76, I never even heard of this show.
nanlisa 9 months ago
When did they stop airing cigarette ads on
tv
morgan8757 2 years ago
January 2, 1971. All the New Year's Day College Bowl games were jam-packed wall to wall with cigarette adverts!
Markieo 2 years ago
@morgan8757 January 2,1971.The last ad was for Virginia Slims on the Tonight Show 11:59 PM the night before
dlsofsetx 1 year ago
Does anybody know where i can find
87th Precinct, Dan August, Hawk & T.H.E. CAT vids ? They look so cool
bill9808 2 years ago
Markieo, Thank You ! Now I will have to try and find out, If Nelson Riddle has it . Perhaps in one of his" Rest Of " recordings. I wonder if this show, predates the "Saint". Would you Know Markieo ?
Dakers11 2 years ago
If there is, I can't find it :(
Markieo 2 years ago
Very harmonizing opening score. Reminds me of the "Saint" score. Where the vocals double over instruments. Does anybody know who wrote this opening piece.
Dakers11 3 years ago
I think it was Nelson Riddle.
Markieo 3 years ago
The Saint first came out in 1962, Hawk in 1966
Markieo 2 years ago
The Hawk theme music was composed by Kenyon Hopkins. The tune sounds very much like Hopkin's tune "Fiddler's Walk" from the 1966 James Gardner film "Mister Buddwing"
Thanks for posting, I remember watching the summer reruns on NBC in 1976. I think NBC was trying to capitalize on Reynolds fames at the time and the decades old forgotten show.
Drivermatic 1 year ago
@Drivermatic
'...and the decades old forgotten show."
In 1976, HAWK would not have been decades old. One decade, yes, since it was broadcast in 1966.
spider9137 1 year ago
Not quite right on the Pontiac...it was a '66 Pontiac, all right, but it was a Bonneville 4-door hardtop! (Funny that Burt Reynolds rocked a Pontiac a decade before he made the Trans Am cool in "Smokey and the Bandit!"
bongomanfromdalou 3 years ago
Very true, indeed.
SailorCallie 2 years ago
Nanlisa: The show you're talking about is "Dan August" - made in 1970-71 and rerun in 75. This show was made in 1966.
utzworld 4 years ago
Also reran in 1973. Hawk was reran on NBC in the Summer of 1976.
recordman64 2 years ago
I remember it from the reruns ... he drove a cool '66 Pontiac Grand Prix!
bellier20 4 years ago
R.J. Reynolds {Camel} was a "continuing" sponsor on "HAWK" during its original run. There were usually five or six "sponsors" during the hour, with the announcer billboarding two of them at the beginning and end of the show. "HAWK" was also syndicated as part of a "Colex" {Columbia/Lexington} package of '60s and '70s Screen Gems/Columbia 'one-season' dramas {"EISCHIED", "GHOST STORY"/"CIRCLE OF FEAR", etc.} in the mid-'80s....
fromthesidelines 4 years ago
Ten years later, Burt Reynolds became one of the top box office stars of the 1970's. I also read that when this show was repeated back in '76, it was to cash in on his movie fame.
I also believe that he and Judy Carne were already divorced when he made this show.
nanlisa 4 years ago
It was rerun in the summer of '76, ten years after it originally aired. Haven't seen this opening clip since then.
nanlisa 4 years ago