On Jun 23, 2008, at 6:55 PM,
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com wrote:
> Kevin,
>
> Re your question below:
>
> > And has there ever been a male on TV so alpha
as
> > Joe Mannix?
>
> Yeah. Joe Friday.
Oh please. I meant a normal, sexually active, fully developed
alpha male with emotions and everything (Everyone knows what
Joe and Peggy did during commercials, right?)
Square-peg-in-a-square-world Joe Friday seemed more like an
emotional
(and possibly sexual) eunuch to me. How he ever managed to
have such a hot daughter as Max Collins' Ms. Tree is beyond
me...
Friday often came across more like a stern, slightly
ticked-off priest to me than a cop, less interested in living
in the world right as in hiding behind the rules. But maybe
DRAGNET's another show I should re- investigate.
It's been years, and the remakes, I'm sure, do the original
no favours. I don't know what was worse -- 45-year old bit
players in wigs playing "hippies" or the MARRIED WITH
CHILDREN guy trying to solve murders by grimacing a
lot.
Kevin
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