The opening theme music to "Police Woman" composed by Morton Stevens is one of the greatest TV theme music pieces in the history of television! I miss that era of great television so much!
@@masteridiot5693 . Didn't Mort Stevens also compose the theme song for the great "Hawaii 5-0" TV series of the late 1960's-1970's that the music group, The Ventures subsequently recorded?
@@carolbell8797Yes! Even before reading your post, I was saying to myself that the Barnaby Jones theme is kinda similar---probably inspired by the (earlier) Police Woman music.
They were mostly detective shows though? I have some on HD disc where you feel like you are there back in the 70s. They mostly filmed on the the streets of Los Angeles areas and it is very nostalgic. S&H filmed some street scenes in Long Beach where I grew up; I recognize the area. They don’t make em like this anymore.
Lovely Angie Dickinson, soon to be 100 years old, and still a terrific yet down to earth personality. Thank you for your wonderful work on screens big and not so big.
@@davidsomerset Sorry to say but I'm laughing at this intro, this can't be a "Police Woman". Jumping into the water fountain fully clothed, clumsy man tripping over short hedges and they even got knuckle dusters on a woman's hand... C'mon, was this a comedy show or something???
While we had some fantastic cop\detective shows in the 80s and 90s the 70s was the true golden age of the genre where cop\detective shows dominated the ratings and America's love. Baretta, Kojak, The Mod Squad, Columbo, Rockford Files, Police Woman, Hawaii Five O, Vega$, SWAT, Ironside, Starsky & Hutch, Barnaby Jones, Cannon etc. and plenty more.
I watched the show when I was 12 with my grandma. Baretta, The Rockford Files and Barnaby Jones were her favorite. I thought Pepper was pretty and had great skin. I later read she rubbed her face with almond oil. Thought that was remarkable.... How many know that the four main characters are still alive today in 2022?? Amazing.
The music aside, my favorite scene from this season of "Police Woman"'s opening theme is when Earl Holliman ran, jumped, dove, hit, & rolled on the ground while holding his pistol with both hands. Hitting the grass next to that small tree. One could also see the 67' Ford Mustang in the background that Angie Dickinson was driving in that episode when Holliman performed that action scene. Still watch this particular opening theme quite frequently. When, as a youngster in the 70's, I would go outside & emulate the run, jump, dive, hit, & roll just like Earl Holliman did. God it was fun! I practiced the maneuver multiple times. The only thing missing was having a 67' Ford Mustang nearby. Have only seen the episode once. Sure would like to see it again!
How did i forget about this!?..I loved police women. I tell u being a child growing up in 70's was everything. So so many good tv shows. We had one of those HUGE antennas on roof with the box on tv to turn and position it for better picture...So funny.
@ Storm Jacobs. Yeah the antenna rotor! Great memories from my childhood turning the knob on the antenna rotor to point the antenna on the roof of our house towards NYC to watch "Creature Features" on WNEW Channel 5 or to turn the antenna towards Philadelphia to watch "Dr. Shock" on WPHL Channel 17 from Philadelphia on Saturday nights during the early 1970's!!
I love this show for 3 reasons: 1) the opening theme music; 2) Angie Dickenson {a BLONDE HOTTIE from the LATE 1970s/early 1980s!} 3) the image of the unidentified arm going thru the side window of the car after IT stopped 😳 The frosting on the cake was the shot was freeze-framed & the theme music built up to a very sudden ending!
Seventies cop shows rock! Great music, gritty realism, location shooting, hunks and hot chicks, and my God the cars! I love the customs and the bel airs. Harry o and swat were great. So was the blue knight with Lloyd bridges.
Im watching GUNFIGHT AT OK CORRAL and saw Earl Holliman and immediately went into 'Policewoman' Mode and had to come here just to hear the INTRO music, WOW, What a soundtrack, and what a series,... And what a HOTTIE, ANGIE DICKENSON!! 😍😍 I fell in love with her as a 10 year old back in the days watching this show... The 70s had the BEST TV shows with the BEST Music-scores... The SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN is another of many great TV programs with great supporting INTRO/OUTRO scores! OLD SKOOL 4EVA BABY!! 💥👍😎👍♥️🇺🇸
One of the best TV show intros and music scores of the 70's, or any decade for that matter. Really cool how Angie's image is captured just as she fires her gun and the shotgun blast to the LTD looks 100% authentic. The male players look like they just stepped out of The Beastie Boys "Sabotage" music video. I remember watching this in the mid 70's when I was just a kid. So cool to watch it again. Decades TV aired a weekend of Police Woman episodes a few months back.
Yes, this theme, Movin' On and Rockford Files were the best themes of the 1970's from a decade full of great themes. The NBC Mystery Movie theme was great, and the CBS Movie theme was great.
Shows like these bring back nice memories. My father like the comedy shows like Bob Hope specials, Jackie Gleason etc But when Policewoman came on, he would watch it with me. I think he had enjoyed seeing Angie Dickinson as he would ask me what day does that cop lady show come on? Angie Dickinson was just a natural beauty and she and Earl Holliman worked so well together.
ANGIE DICKINSON AS SGT. SUZANNE "PEPPER" ANDERSON IN POLICE WOMAN HAD BEEN NOMINATED 3 OR 4 TIMES BUT SHOULD HAVE DESERVEDLY WON AN EMMY AT LEAST ONCE FOR HER ICONIC TV ROLE.
When TV was brilliant, acting was brilliant, musical TV themes were out of this world incredible, writing was scintillating . Plots & themes were impactful! I'm 51 I'm tearfully nostalgic! Wish I could go back🚀
For me growing up in UK I loved SATURDAY nights watching USA cop series and then continued with my first g/f. (She also adored them.) Watching with a chinese take out SIMPLE pleasures. Tnx USA. 1. Angie Dickinson. 2. Sharon Gless. 3. Lynda Carter.
I remember this well as a young lad in the 70's. It was one of my father's favorite shows. I found the theme to be haunting and at times mournful. I recall a few episodes that bordered on creepy which have remained with me for over 40 years. Great time for TV
First off I love the Police Officer, Sheriff's Deputy; their presence denote the very core of a civilized community - safety, security, being able to take a deep breath of fresh air, right of personal space, calmness, law and order. That Policy Story series did so much to cement my support of The Cop on the beat, dressed in uniform blue while on duty in a marked patrol cruiser. I hate that those cops who beat Rodney King got away with it and that the jury bought their story...they even used the "n-word" while beating him. It soils the uniform of the good cop.
I love her because she's the first woman police woman. She started the Way Up Charlie's Angels. Angie Dickerson started Shows like Charlie's Angels of women. Of the 70s
Let me tell you, my Dad NEVER missed an episode of this show. So we all watched it. He loved my Mom, yes, but even she understood and humored his Angie D love because let's face it. She was smart, sassy, and HOT.
Loved this show and Canon.....Saturday night's...ordering in food...great times....you know when people say remember the good old days....well even 45 or so years later....they still are the good old days....(for me anyway)
I was a kid in the 70s and the music is still haunting me... love the old stuff ... great music..great plot....shit today is for wimps... America was great...and proud
In the early 2000's there was an anime series from Japan called "The Big O". Its soundtrack is very popular. They played homage to music from the 40s, 50s, 60s and the 70s. There's a piece from the soundtrack thats a callback to action dramas from the 60s and 70s. It captures the sound very nicely. m.ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-RzkXyqVPpMA.html
I was going on six years old when the first run of PW ended; I think I was a bit scared of this theme, for reasons I don't even remember. It's definitely a classic. I loves me some funky bass!
Earl Holiman ... Was simply gorgeous 🙂 and he was great with playing that character Lt. Bill Crowley.I am thinking about ordering the complete series on DVD 📀 way to go Angie Dickinson ( Sgt. Pepper Anderson May 4,2021
We used to know this show as "Pepper", I had no idea the original name was Police Woman. Great great show, wish they woud show it again on one of our oldies channels
Angie Dickinson was a class act. Lucky Burt Bacharach!!! No wonder he composed so many inspired pieces! The show was a bit tired though .... always was the line "What kind of a (fill in the blank ... waitress, hooker, etc) carries a gun?"
