I think that there was always the hint of "dirty old man" about him.
I mean, who was the bikini-clad lovely on his boat? She was probably young enough to be his daughter!
Nonetheless, Quincy was a fine show (up there with Petrocelli, Ironside and Columbo).
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Meh,
I could never really get in to Diagnosis Murder, for some reason (possibly, Dick vanDyke's moustache).
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One review I read of the series said
"Dick van Dykes moustache appears to be playing a seperate character".
Lovely stuff.
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comrade yannovski and then, of course, there was the schnapps monkey, Wed 6 Jul 2005, 10:25,
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Ha!
I couldn't stand the baltant nepotism, either. Poor old Barry...
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