View Full Version : Stephen J. Cannell - DEAD!
Furtherman
10-01-2010, 10:06 AM
Wow. How many shows did you see, after the credits, this guy typing at his typewriter, and then throwing the paper into his "C" trademark. So many of his shows I watched, and still quote.
A-Team,' '21 Jump Street' Producer Stephen J. Cannell Passes Away (http://www.etonline.com/tv/101412_A_Team_21_Jump_Street_Producer_Stephen_J_Ca nnell_Passes_Away/)
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Freitag
10-01-2010, 10:09 AM
Ugh. Some of the best shows of all time came from him. Didn't he act too? I remember him on Silk Stalkings.
Willmore
10-01-2010, 10:10 AM
Wow. How many shows did you see, after the credits, this guy typing at his typewriter, and then throwing the paper into his "C" trademark. So many of his shows I watched, and still quote.
A-Team,' '21 Jump Street' Producer Stephen J. Cannell Passes Away (http://www.etonline.com/tv/101412_A_Team_21_Jump_Street_Producer_Stephen_J_Ca nnell_Passes_Away/)
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Haha, they fucked up 3 takes by forgetting to put a monitor on top of that workstation.
Furtherman
10-01-2010, 10:11 AM
Ugh. Some of the best shows of all time came from him. Didn't he act too? I remember him on Silk Stalkings.
Yea, he'd pop into his shows everyone once in a while. I just saw him recently in an episode of Castle playing himself.
Ugh. Some of the best shows of all time came from him. Didn't he act too? I remember him on Silk Stalkings.
And as Dutch Dixon on Renegade.
I grew up on a lot of his shows.
Freitag
10-01-2010, 10:19 AM
rip Will Riker
pennington
10-01-2010, 10:20 AM
Skin cancer, what a waste. From what I've read about him, he seemed to be a genuinely nice guy.
R.I.P.
Furtherman
10-01-2010, 10:20 AM
Filmography (both acting and writing)
Television
21 Jump Street
Adam-12
The A-Team
Baa Baa Black Sheep
Baretta
Booker
Broken Badges
Castle (as himself)
Chase
Cobra
The Commish
The D.A.
Diagnosis Murder (acting)
The Duke
The Greatest American Hero
Hardcastle and McCormick
The Hat Squad
Hawkeye
Hunter
J.J. Starbuck
The Last Precinct
Magnum, P.I. (acting)
The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage
Pacific Blue (acting)
Palace Guard
Profit
The Quest
Renegade (acting)
Richie Brockelman, Private Eye
Riptide
Tenspeed and Brown Shoe (acting)
The Rockford Files
The Rousters
Santa Barbara (soap opera) (acting)
Silk Stalkings (acting)
Sonny Spoon
Stingray
Stone
Street Justice
Tenspeed and Brown Shoe
Toma
Top of the Hill
Unsub
Wiseguy
Probably had just as many misses at hits - I don't know all of these names.
Freitag
10-01-2010, 10:21 AM
Further gets a shout out on the show too.
So here's my question...
Is Spelling to Women as Cannell was to men?
If you line up their roster of shows, there's some pretty iconic stuff in there.
Is Spelling to Women as Cannell was to men?
You know, that's a pretty good question. I hadn't considered that before.
Cannell gets the edge for writing: young David Chase (Sopranos) wrote for him.
Furtherman
10-01-2010, 10:29 AM
Further gets a shout out on the show too.
So here's my question...
Is Spelling to Women as Cannell was to men?
If you line up their roster of shows, there's some pretty iconic stuff in there.
That's an interesting comparison. According to IMDB, Spelling had 200+ production credits. And although many of them came and went fast, it looks like his shows skewed more to the female side, especially from the 1990's on. But he did have TJ Hooker, Matt Houston, Charlie's Angels (I guess that could go either way), Starsky And Hutch, Vega$ and SWAT.
Freitag
10-01-2010, 10:38 AM
UNSUB was Cannell? Wow, that was CSI before CSI, especially since it had William Peterson.
fezident
10-02-2010, 06:05 AM
He was a frequent guest on The Adam Carolla Show and I've always enjoyed his appearances. Funny, relaxed, smart, and extremely confident. Every interview was gold.
I likes listening to him more than almost any comedian & actor.
R.I.P.
TripleSkeet
10-02-2010, 03:14 PM
He wrote Cobra??? That movie has 3 of the greatest quotes in movie history in it.
pennington
10-03-2010, 06:05 AM
He wrote Cobra??? That movie has 3 of the greatest quotes in movie history in it.
It was a TV show from 1993-1994, not the Sylvester Stallone movie.
He wrote Cobra??? That movie has 3 of the greatest quotes in movie history in it.
I know one of my favorites:
Supermarket Killer: Get back! I got a bomb here! I'll blow this whole place up!
Marion Cobretti: Go ahead. I don't shop here.
cougarjake13
10-03-2010, 10:30 AM
Skin cancer, what a waste. From what I've read about him, he seemed to be a genuinely nice guy.
R.I.P.
that sux prob the easiest of cancers to avoid
Devo37
10-03-2010, 08:47 PM
that typewriter-paper-throw thing was a signature of the 80's. job well done, sir!
fezident
10-04-2010, 08:01 AM
"Goodnight Mr. Walters!"
"Mmm hmmmm."
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