Hill Street Blues - Clip

Conundrum and Urban Symbiosis

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• Hill
• Street
• Blues

[Juliaflo]

Robert Prosky was NO match for the talented Michael Conrad.

[ciriel]

@Juliaflo Conrad was the greatest! I still like Prosky though.

[ciriel]

Have been thinking about it, but the time... Would hate keeping everyone hanging for an episode for months and months. Would have to be from 3rd season on, though. Anything from seasons 1 and 2 would be deleted.

[fedtho]

Quintessential, high-class TV.

Doesn't Hill Street have a distinct FEEL to it that I only get from this particular show? I had forgotten how incredibly convincing it was.

Maybe it's not that hard to do... but the way the camera in that scene sweeps through the room, catches reactions - it's so lively, it feels like it's done in one piece with several cameras...

Anyway you can instantly tell how Hill Street Blues is among that handful of shows that changed TV forever... and for the better.

[chookfeather]

@tyme4mike My Dad was 32years in New South Wales Police here in Australia. Dad loved Esterhaus but is favorite was Belker. He reminded dad of a Sergeant who ran the cells at Central my Dad wokred with. Bruce Weitz did a guest spot on General Hospital and I had the opportunity to meet him at GH Fan Club Weekend. I was over the moon to meet him and he gave me a Belker pic for my dad and signed it. I told him one of the stories dad told me about his sergeant. He agreed jus like Belker

[sergejisd]

@dharmaseed actress Mimi Kuzyk

[Kiacos]

Love it !! Still think that the characters were the best selected and had the best chemistry among themselfs !!!

[thatpat]

My favorite show of all time.

[dharmaseed]

The lady at 1:20 looks familiar.....

[rkc2380]

though i wasn't old enough to watch Hill Street Blues when it first came on i now watch re-runs on cable where i live, and this show is so addictive. the characters of the show was definitely Belker, and I really think Barbara Bosson is a lot more attractive than Veronica Hamel

[tranurse]

@tyme4mike my uncle was a cop also, he said 'barney miller' was pretty close too.

[CaptKundalini]

@ciriel Michael Conrad was great as Sgt. Phil Esterhaus.

After he passed, I sent his widow a letter of condolence & a Bloom County strip which had Michael Binkley and Portnoy reflecting on the coming of 1984.

Binkley then said, "You know, in a silly sentimental way I'm really going to miss good ol' Sgt. Esterhaus. I really shall. He then looks at his watch & says, "It's 1984." Portnoy: "Let's...be careful out there." Mrs. Conrad sent me a note thanking me, saying she was deeply touched.

[tyme4mike]

@darkwolfdv And my uncle was an inspector in the biggest police HQ in Canada for over 20 years and used to say that there was never a police drama that more realistically showed what life as a big city cop was like than Hill Street Blues. Guess it was busy in Toronto HQ.