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Perry Mason - How many of you watched, remember, enjoyed Raymond Burr?
August 27, 2019, 08:19 AM
Patrick-SP2022Perry Mason - How many of you watched, remember, enjoyed Raymond Burr?
quote:
Paul Drake had some great lines, like, "It's a beat joint. No lights, no liquor, no laughs."
I had to look that quote up.
From this episode:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0...characters/nm0000994quote:
Perry Mason : What's the Purple Wall?
Paul Drake : It's a beat joint. No liquor, no life, no laughs. They just sit around hating themselves.
Anther gem is listed on that page.
quote:
Perry Mason : What are you, Buzzie?
Buzzie : I'm beat, daddy. I'm beat. No past. No present. No future. Alone, me. Nothin' else except chaos and confusion and squares.
August 27, 2019, 08:41 AM
maxwayneI remember watching when it was new and still watch every day. I like the black and white and the fact that good wins over evil.
Made me want to be a lawyer, but I never got there. However, my son is a lawyer and that is close enough.
August 27, 2019, 08:53 AM
Blume9mmI did find out later in life how television skews things.... like all the witness testifying at a trial being allowed in the court room to listen to other's testimony,,...
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August 27, 2019, 08:57 AM
molachiI've watched every episode and still watch it periodically on MeTV. They even had one in color, Season 9 episode 21. After that one they went back to B&W to finish the series.
August 27, 2019, 08:58 AM
ggileI probably watched a handful of shows, didn't care for it all that much.
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August 27, 2019, 09:06 AM
straightshooter1Our Law School Class, at least most of them, gathered in the lunch room at noon, back in the late 70s, to watch Perry. As we became more familiar with the law, trials, evidence rules and the law, we began shouting our objections, making our rulings over the judge's and yelling at HamBurger, Perry and the judge for their errors.
We loved the show, the characters and the stories, but learned not to rely on Perry for our legal and trial knowledge.
Bob
August 27, 2019, 09:09 AM
oddballMight be my all time favorite TV show. Used to watch it in reruns all of the time, and then purchased the entire DVD set years ago. We still watch it occasionally, in chronological order. To me, it is an extremely well written show with excellent casting, great classic character actors showing up in guest spots, and I love the look of the show. I never grow tired of it, no matter how many times I have seen an episode.
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August 27, 2019, 10:14 AM
armoredSat and watched Perry every week with the family.
Nice to watch an age when actors projected there voices, Now a days, maybe its just me, but actors all whisper when they say there lines, I find it annoying!
August 27, 2019, 10:48 AM
lymanquote:
Originally posted by bald1:
And there was also Ironside. Burr as paralyzed cop turned police consultant.
did not watch much of Perry Mason,
we did watch Ironsides each week,
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August 27, 2019, 12:23 PM
snorisAnd how many remember Burr for his great non-speaking but pivotal role earlier in his career as a murderer? (extra points for the character’s name)
August 27, 2019, 12:49 PM
parabellumYou must be referring to his role in Hitchcock's
Rear Window. I do not recall the character's name. I probably have never known it.
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August 27, 2019, 12:49 PM
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August 27, 2019, 12:52 PM
parabellumYes, Burr played heavies early in his career. Check out his evilness in the films noir
Desperate, Raw Deal, and
Red Light. Very menacing. He was better as a heavy than as the good guy IMO.
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August 27, 2019, 01:58 PM
Holger Danskequote:
Originally posted by straightshooter1:
Our Law School Class, at least most of them, gathered in the lunch room at noon, back in the late 70s, to watch Perry. As we became more familiar with the law, trials, evidence rules and the law, we began shouting our objections, making our rulings over the judge's and yelling at HamBurger, Perry and the judge for their errors.
My organization trains lawyers and law students in advocacy, and many of our faculty and authors are, well, older, and I have to remind them that very few attorneys under, say, fifty, much less the current crop of law students, will know who Perry Mason is, much less have seen a show, so update your references.
We loved the show, the characters and the stories, but learned not to rely on Perry for our legal and trial knowledge.
Bob
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August 27, 2019, 02:09 PM
xantomI watched many of them with my mom when I was young. She was still watching them years later whenever it was on.
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straightshooter1Yeah, I remember my Mom watching and loving the show ( or maybe Paul) when I was a little kid.
But Perry wasn't Hoppy, wasn't Gene, wasn't
Roy so he wasn't interesting and I was too young to care about Della, so I paid little attention.
Bob
August 27, 2019, 03:17 PM
dbuck47I have watched a ton of Perry Mason. I still enjoy the occasional episode.
August 27, 2019, 03:19 PM
pawprintsdocI'm 54 years old, and I remember watching episodes with my dad and enjoying it...he absolutely would not miss it. I can't say that I've seen an episode in the past 10 years. I probably need to watch a few...I'm sure I would like it.
August 27, 2019, 03:28 PM
DzozerI have seen them all - when I was a kid and recently again on FETV.
Burr was also great in movies mentioned above - I am a fan for sure.
'veritas non verba magistri' August 27, 2019, 03:38 PM
parabellumChristmas, 1969, I was given my own television set, a 9 inch B&W portable, and it was the greatest gift ever. The very first thing I watched on it by myself after I took it into my bedroom was
Ironside. This is why I can tell you that December 25, 1969 was a Thursday, because that's the day of the week NBC aired the show.
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“What sickens me about left-wing people, especially the intellectuals, is their utter ignorance of the way things actually happen.” ~ George Orwell
"That's one thing about intellectuals. They've proved that you can be absolutely brilliant and have no idea what's going on." ~ Woody Allen