‘McCloud’ (1970-1977)- anyone remember this limited series that ran for 7 years?
Man, I watched an episode today for the first time since I was a kid and saw it in reruns back in the 90s & boy is it good! It holds up amazingly. I found myself glued to the tv and really into the episode.
The whole concept of a New Mexico (southern! deputy marshal gets assigned to Manhattan's 27th Precinct was so appealing to people back in the 70s it seems. Small town cowboy in a big metropolitan city. It’s so cliche now but probably not back then.
I like a lot of the supporting characters more than McCloud himself, but it’s great.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 34 | November 30, 2022 7:23 PM
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Dennis Weaver was a DADDY! He made my young gayling pecker get HARD!
by Anonymous | reply 1 | November 27, 2022 3:50 AM
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God yes, my Dad used to watch it every week. I haven't thought of that show for years. I remember McMillan and Wife too. I used to confuse Dennis Weaver with another guy from a Western TV show, confused. I can't remember the other Characters name or the show.
by Anonymous | reply 2 | November 27, 2022 3:53 AM
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Sure! This was on every week at our house.
by Anonymous | reply 3 | November 27, 2022 3:55 AM
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I remember Columbo too. Right now Kolchak is on, that's what I'm watching.
by Anonymous | reply 5 | November 27, 2022 4:04 AM
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Columbo came on after this show.
It finished season 3 at #5 for the year. It was a hit.
by Anonymous | reply 6 | November 27, 2022 3:32 PM
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I had a crush on Dennis Weaver
by Anonymous | reply 7 | November 27, 2022 6:31 PM
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It’s impossible to watch season 1 the way it was originally aired. You can only find the re-edited version for syndication.
by Anonymous | reply 9 | November 27, 2022 7:15 PM
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I liked Coogan's Bluff which seems to be the inspiration for McCloud
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 10 | November 27, 2022 7:17 PM
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I loved McCloud!!! Never missed it.
by Anonymous | reply 11 | November 27, 2022 8:11 PM
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We watched it. I remember an episode with Jaclyn Smith, girl smuggler.
by Anonymous | reply 12 | November 27, 2022 10:50 PM
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I remember an episode with Lorna Luft
by Anonymous | reply 13 | November 27, 2022 10:55 PM
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Dennis Weaver was the first 100% daddy bear I crushed on...before I even knew what that meant. His beautiful southern accent topped only by his beautiful dad-bod.
by Anonymous | reply 14 | November 27, 2022 10:56 PM
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[quote]R9: It’s impossible to watch season 1 the way it was originally aired. You can only find the re-edited version for syndication.
Untrue, R9. Visual Entertainment Incorporated has recovered Season One, the Four-In-One episodes of McCloud (so-called because they were part of a "wheel series", broadcasting on different weeks with 'San Francisco International Airport,' 'Night Gallery,' and 'The Psychiatrist'), in their original form, and they are included in the McCloud box set.
Since Season One was later chopped up and combined with bridging material to create several Season Two episodes, there's a certain amount of redundancy in the set, but the unaltered Four-In-One episodes are interesting viewing.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 16 | November 27, 2022 11:38 PM
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Didn’t season 1 have 6 episodes originally and then they were chopped up and edited into 3 episodes?
by Anonymous | reply 17 | November 27, 2022 11:42 PM
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I liked it. It was my favorite Sunday NBC Mystery Theater after McMillan and Wife. I could never get into Columbo. I particularly liked this 1976 episode where McCloud travels to Australia to solve a case.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 18 | November 27, 2022 11:50 PM
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[Quote]I remember an episode with Lorna Luft
is that the episode where she was molested?
by Anonymous | reply 19 | November 30, 2022 6:19 AM
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I preferred McMillan & Wife and Columbo to this show.
Although I was very impressed that Dennis Weaver had an "earthship" house somewhere in the West.
by Anonymous | reply 20 | November 30, 2022 6:31 AM
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Sorry, OP. I was born in 1977, so I have no recollection of this show.
R18, that is one good looking guy on your link.
by Anonymous | reply 21 | November 30, 2022 6:45 AM
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What did Mick Jagger say when he saw Dennis Weaver at thePlayboy mansion? Hey hey Hugh Hugh get off of McCloud!
by Anonymous | reply 22 | November 30, 2022 6:50 AM
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All the episodes are on Tubi, a free streaming channel, and we've been watching one every Sunday night, as God intended. Just started the final season.
The guy who plays McCloud's reluctant partner, Broadhurst, is really good at understated exasperation. Quite funny. And Teri Garr is featured in a few episodes! One episode in particular gives her a lot to do, and it's her last appearance on the show - I assume Young Frankenstein was released around this time and she became too famous for TV.
by Anonymous | reply 23 | November 30, 2022 6:57 AM
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I seem to recall that this rotated with McMillan and Wife and Colombo on Sunday nights. Given that was how the shows were broadcast it seems there would be fewer episodes made than weekly shows like Police Woman or Hart to Hart.
by Anonymous | reply 24 | November 30, 2022 7:05 AM
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Loved Weaver and the theme song.
by Anonymous | reply 25 | November 30, 2022 7:43 AM
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R23 only that isn’t true. Why are you making up watching it every Sunday night? Why does everything need to be a lie?
by Anonymous | reply 26 | November 30, 2022 9:26 AM
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I was on an episode in 1973. Oddly, all that I remember is Joanna Pettet. I have no memory of Teri Garr. Ross Martin (Wild, Wild, West) and Steve Allen were also in the episode, but no memory. I must not have been on set when they were on set. I remember his son, Rusty Weaver. We were born a few days apart in the same year.
by Anonymous | reply 27 | November 30, 2022 10:03 AM
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If not for MST3K, I would have never known that 'McCloud' existed.
by Anonymous | reply 28 | November 30, 2022 10:11 AM
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They air it on Cozi TV during the weekend.
by Anonymous | reply 29 | November 30, 2022 3:15 PM
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Oh, yes, OP!
I'm 58 and for 51 of them have had a love affair with Dennis Weaver. I just love his face, his expressiveness, his lanky, easy manner.
You're right; [italic]McCloud[/italic] holds up remarkably well. Such great casting of regular and recurring actors. "Fish out of water"-style movies or TV shows often are ham-handed, too obvious, or just plain boring. Not [italic]McCloud.[/italic]
And to this day my family and I think [italic]Duel[/italic] was Spielberg's best film, by far, (with [italic]The Sugarland Express[/italic] a close 2nd). My God, what a virtuoso performance by Weaver. Stunning on so many levels. Too bad in the 20+years I've been here I've never seen a DL thread on that film. Perhaps I should start one?
Good job, OP.
by Anonymous | reply 30 | November 30, 2022 5:08 PM
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I agree R30. "Duel" is a great movie.
by Anonymous | reply 31 | November 30, 2022 5:16 PM
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[quote] McCloud (1970-1977)- anyone remember this limited series
Yes, OP. I watched it as well. Liked it a lot.
But just to note, it was not a "limited series". It was a regular TV series.
by Anonymous | reply 32 | November 30, 2022 5:55 PM
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Take your meds, R26. McCloud is indeed streaming on Tubi.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 33 | November 30, 2022 6:35 PM
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R32 incorrect. It was a limited series, and had just a few episodes per season. In modern day it would be classified as a regular series because we have less episodes now due to streaming but back then this was a limited series.
Season 1- 6 episodes
Season 2- 7 episodes
Season 3- 5 episodes
Season 4- 5 episodes
Season 5- 9 episodes
Season 6- 7 episodes
Season 7- 6 episodes.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 34 | November 30, 2022 7:23 PM
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