Frank Cannon Tumbles

Good ole Frank should have stuck to being a Food Tasting Contestant rather than being a private detective

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• Frank
• Cannon
• Detective
• 70s

[carlyle688]

It is wrong that I'm laughing at him?

[revup67]

nah, not at all. You should have heard my 3 friends the first night we saw this..holy smokes! Actually I think the producers who staged this fall were trying to achieve that affect anyway.

[rf396]

1983 I flew to CA to meet this man! Caught him at home in Sherman Oaks, gave me 15 minutes of his time and was VERY friendly. THE HIGHLIGHT of MY LIFE. R.I.P Bill, you were AWESOME!

[vernondenture]

Most impressive. Not even a stunt double!

[SixSpeedSS]

@rf396 Very interesting. I've watched a few different shows from back in the day, which had Webb's touch. Adam-12 used to be one I was hooked on, as a youngster. The radio shows were a touch before my time, but I certainly know what you mean about the quality of all those involved, and the end product being far superior to what is on tv these days. I've started watching my favorite tv series shows online, when nothing is on cable. Which is often.

Thanks for the heads-up/pointers, appreciate it.

[rf396]

@SixSpeedSS Oh my pleasure. you may find this of interest as well he was friendly with Jack Webb of "Dragnet" fame and appeared on radio with Webb in a number of shows as well as a great movie called "30". Its about one night at a big City Newspaper. Great stuff. You can find ALOT of old radio shows online and I reccomend them as an alternative to the garbage passing for TV these days. real actors, real writers, real entertainment, and Conrad and Webb were two of the best.

[SixSpeedSS]

@rf396 That is a very impressive career. I'd looked into him a bit, but didn't realize he was that accomplished. I sure wish I would have been this interested in his work, years ago. Really a shame to have so many of the greats, no longer with us anymore. Or being so near the end of their time on this earth.

Thanks for the details on his prior work, I appreciate that. Very amazing guy!

[rf396]

@SixSpeedSS My only regret in meeting him was NOT knowing just how accomplished he was. At the time I was a huge fan of his from Cannon but didnt know that he was the ORIGINAL Matt Dillon when Gunsmoke was on the radio for 9 yrs before it moved to TV, or that He'd been in some 7000 radio shows in his career, or that he'd been a WWII fighter pilot as well as a director and producer. He was the narrator of many 60's shows including Rocky and Bullwinkle. an amazing guy to say the least.

[SixSpeedSS]

@rf396 Now that is pretty cool. I remember watching Cannon, as a young kid in the 70's. Loved the show, and am now after all these years, watching reruns on retro tv. Think I may have to buy the DVD's of the series, as I don't remember them all, these days. Other shows from the 70's, I've seen many times. Till now, this one I don't recall ever seeing since the original air dates. Fantastic show. His character is great. Some great scenary in the episodes as well. Wish I could have met the man. A+

[morgan8757]

I think jon cyhper was in this episode

[911fever]

I've seen Conrad pick up dudes straight up and out of convertibles, lift and throw 250 pound guys around like nothing, and the dude was pretty impressive in the physical sense. Just started watching Cannon, the show is outstanding! Also note that during WW2, Bill Conrad was a fighter pilot. This guy was no pussy.

[farnumbp]

Why didn't the stairway collapse?

[digitalwatcher]

LOL !!!!! , guy was worried more  about Cannon toppling his 350 Honda Scrambler.

[clarapeller100]

Thankfully those stairs were constructed according to earthquake spec's and were relatively undamaged during the assault