While I was driving home earlier today, I looked through the rear mirror and saw two policemen riding their motorcycles one next to each other. Right there, I had this flashback that transported me to the late 70s, a silly tune started to play in my head … ta-ta-ta-tata-taaaah-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-tatatatahhhh… and I could swear that I saw Poncherello smiling back at me with that perfect Colgate smirk.

But no, unfortunately it was not a CHiPs episode.  The policemen rode away and I stayed there remembering the good’ol police and detective TV shows of yesteryear.

And I realized that there are so many of them and so hard to forget!

No, really.  How can anybody ever forget Max from Hart to Hart? Or the way Bruce Willis looked with hair in Moonlighting?  Or Tom Selleck’s moustache in Magnum PI?

And what about Farrah Fawcett’s larger-than-life smile on Charlie’s Angels … Columbo’s cigar …. Maxwell Smart’s goofiness … Kojak’s bald head … Hawaii 5-0 intro theme …. and Quincy’s …. ehem … well, who can possibly forget Quincy?!  He is the forefather of CSI after all!

I love police shows.  We’ve certainly been enjoying some good stuff also in the past couple of decades: from the X-Files to NYPD Blue, Law & Order, Dexter, Prison Break and 24, just to mention a few.

So this one is for all of you who still remember the oldies and liked them as much as I did: Officers Frank “Ponch” Poncherello and Jonathan “Jon” Baker in action. (and yes, please, feel free and get the tune stuck in your head for the rest of the week…)