tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307577717655310918.post2800730072932321221..comments2024-03-17T07:25:56.478-04:00Comments on Thrilling Days of Yesteryear: “McCloud!!!”Ivan G Shreve Jrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04067177808320053382noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307577717655310918.post-60129025707097951502011-10-12T20:08:55.632-04:002011-10-12T20:08:55.632-04:00Coogan's Bluff was penned by TV writer Herman ...<i>Coogan's Bluff</i> was penned by TV writer Herman Miller, who gets the Created By credit on <i>McCloud</i> -- I'm not sure if that makes the show an adaptation of the movie, or just a very green-conscious case of recycling.<br /><br />Interestingly (to me, anyway) Miller had a long career on the tube, but the Eastwood film appears to be his only feature script (he gets a Story credit on 1967's <i>The Violent Ones</i>, which mostly likely means he wrote the original screenplay, then was fired off the project), and what happens? This TV writer's one theatrical movie gets turned into a TV series.<br /><br />I never really bought the relationship between Rock Hudson and Susan Saint James -- they were both likable but weak actors who had no chemistry -- but I watched <i>McMillan and Wife</i> for Nancy Walker.<br /><br />My dad was a big <i>Banacek</i> fan, so <i>that</i> I was allowed to stay up for.Scott C.http://world-o-crap.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307577717655310918.post-55069652667848957572011-10-12T05:27:19.508-04:002011-10-12T05:27:19.508-04:00The pilot for "McCloud" bears a stunning...The pilot for "McCloud" bears a stunning resemblance to Clint Eastwood's "Coogan's Bluff." Purely coincidental I'm sure (sarcasm definitely on 11 for that one).Brent McKeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14883838112004433045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307577717655310918.post-22245064267103047902011-10-11T12:45:32.797-04:002011-10-11T12:45:32.797-04:00My grandpa was friends with J.D. Cannon's uncl...My grandpa was friends with J.D. Cannon's uncle and helped look out for him in his final years...J.D. would sometimes call my grandpa to talk over matters related to his uncle. Never met J.D., but from what my grandpa said, he sounded like a nice guy. <br /><br />Just a little personal anecdote. :)<br /><br />Best wishes,<br />LauraLaurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09626109831176745957noreply@blogger.com