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...tough guys straight and a little bit square; of heart failure; in Honolulu. The West and its cliches suited Lord as the rodeo-going Stoney Burke, but he left the range for Hawaii Five-O. The locale changed, but his lawman soul didn't, as Detective ("Book 'Em, Danno") McGarrett on TV's longest-running crime drama...
...were subjected to the same drama every week, as if they were stuck in a time warp. Would Darrin stop Larry Tate from finding out that Samantha is a witch? Would Lucy come up with a scheme to subvert Ricky's wishes? Would McGarrett get to say "Book him, Danno"--or maybe, just once, "Book him, Chin...
Less than six weeks before the election and Danno still can't get away from the dummy thing. Attempts to look seriously at his record have been obscured by Murphy Brown, Doonesbury and a barrage of potato jokes. He's Ronald Reagan without the power; light relief for us drones in the newsroom...
THERE'S A NEW SHOW on prime time this season about the FBI By all accounts it's pretty tame stuff--the basic shoot-out, book em Danno approach to television police drama. There's nothing wrong with such shows (at least compared to what they compete with except that they have so little to do with the way the FBI actually works Garrow's book, on the other hand, although perhaps too well-written and well-documented, would make an excellent pilot episode for Hoover's FBI. The Real Story...
...also a very timely reminder of what the FBI has done when it did not think anyone was watching. Ideal educational television, in fact. At the end of an hour, no viewer could fail to see exactly which side was guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Book'em, Danno...