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Post by snsurone on Dec 19, 2018 18:08:13 GMT
This series was based on the Oscar-winning movie of 1967.
It starred Carroll O"Connor as police chief Bill Gillespie, who was the polar opposite of Archie Bunker, LOL.
But the most popular character was Bubba Skinner, played by Alan Autry, who (according to some sources) was a distant cousin to cowboy star Gene Autry. It's not hard to understand why he was so popular especially with women viewers: while he was a "good ol' boy", he treated women with the utmost respect, and gallantly defended them when they were in trouble. This was pretty rare in the era of "love 'em and leave 'em" in mass entertainment.
The network tried to launch a spin-off series, but, unfortunately, it failed.
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