9/23/2014

Old Mystery TV Shows Are Great

By Karina Frost


Everyone around the world has heard about "Murder She Wrote, " "The Hardy Boys, " "Remington Steele, " "Simon and Simon, " "Nancy Drew, " "Mrs. Columbo, " "Columbo" and "McMillan & Wife." These are all old mystery tv shows which were on the three major networks within the United States. The people growing up thirty or forty years ago remember all of these programs very well.

The series "Simon and Simon" deals with two brothers who are both detectives. The younger sibling is blond and very good looking while his older brother is ugly and going bald. Each week they try to put their talents together in order to solve mysteries and crimes which go on in a small town. Their mother is always there to lend her moral support to both of them.

"Murder She Wrote" was on the air for many years and it featured an older woman who enjoyed solving crimes. She was very much like Ms. Marple in the Agatha Christie books. The main character was quite smart and no killer could ever get the best of her. In the end she would always have the murderer arrested and sent off to prison for their dastardly crime.

"Remington Steele" had deep blue eyes which people loved to stare into. He was always so suave and sophisticated throughout the entire series even though his title was unreal. The woman who ran this detective agency had merely created Remington when her business was not doing so great financially. Customers eventually came to her agency because of the elegant Mr. Steele. The series had a good run on television and is now seen in syndication.

"The Hardy Boys" were originally introduced in a series of books many years ago before they ended up on television. Frank and Joe Hardy were two good looking young men who loved to party and then solve cases on their time off. They would always meet beautiful women who were in danger while solving these great mysteries which came their way. Sometimes the two blokes would fall in love with some of their female clients.

A woman called "Nancy Drew" is also the perfect crime solver who also had a program during this time period. Unfortunately Nancy had to fight off fake ghosts, demons and other monsters during her time as a detective. It was fortunate that her good friend was also around to lend a helping hand when things got out of control.

A very short man named "Columbo" took his job quite seriously and he enjoyed locking criminals in a jail cell. He was the greatest crime solver that was ever created for television viewers and everybody loved him. Peter Falk had an unusual way of playing this character and no one else matched his style. Criminals all around tried to avoid Mr. Columbo since he could solve any crime within an hour.

His wife had her own television series called "Mrs. Columbo" even though viewers never saw the two of them together. Her series did not last for very long since she had a different style than her husband. Sometimes these episodes were very light in their writing style which made the program boring.




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