http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmSDHjotKug
I’m headed to the new Bond movie this afternoon. Review to follow. Meanwhile, what’s your favorite gun-heavy TV show of all time? Dragnet (1967 series) wasn’t long on long guns or shoot-em-ups, but when Sergeant Joe Friday did the firearms thing, it was pretty damn cool. OK, covering a bad guy by holding a scattergun with one hand isn’t the smartest possible move. And yes, it looks like he’s aiming the muzzle away from his fellow actor’s chest. But hey, what did I know? Which TV show fired-up your firearms fascination?
“Which TV Gunslinger Got You Going?”
Well, in keeping with the actual question asked and not running off down a rabbit hole with it, yeah there was one TV guy that I thought was cooler than a mountain lake in October… Sonny Crockett was the MAN. Yeah, he went from a euro Sig P-220 in .45 to the Bren Ten in 10mm, then a S&W 645 and finally a 4506, but even with all those switches, the dude actually looked like he knew what he was doing with a handgun. I read years ago that Don Johnson had been trained by Miami Metro Dade SWAT in weapons, and it if true it seems he paid attention. Favorite scene with his heater? Bad guy holding a shotgun to a little girl’s head and tells Crockett “If I twitch, she’s gone…” to which Crockett says, “Maybe…you won’t even twitch….” BOOOMM!, head shot and the bad guy’s is instantly smoking a turd with Hitler in Hell. Miami Vice was IT, man….