Jake and the Fatman: Season One, Vol. 1
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Actor: Barbara Parkins, Joe Penny, William ConradBrand: Paramount
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Box set, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 567 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-07-08
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Paramount
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DVD Review: The Fatman
Summary: 4 Stars
It all started during "Matlock's" first season (1986). The sixth episode of that series featured William Conrad as District Attorney James "Fatman" McShane. The next year the producers took this character, changed his name slightly to Jason Lochinvar 'Fatman' McCabe, and with Conrad created the long-running series "Jake and the Fatman". Conrad's deep voice gave him quite a radio/television career, much of it unseen as he played Matt Dillon on the radio version of "Gunsmoke" and did voiceover commentary for "The Fugitive" and "Rocky and Bullwinkle". But he was the featured on-camera guy for this series.
The 106 hour-long episodes of this police drama were originally broadcast on CBS from 1987 to 1992. This DVD contains the first half of the 23 episodes from the first season, 21 regular episodes and a two-part pilot, which actually ran "after" the show had premiered. Season One was set in Los Angeles, then the series moved to Hawaii. All 23 episode titles and their original air-dates are detailed below.
The interaction of the two title characters in the series will remind you of "Hardcastle and McCormick " (1983) and it is reasonable to believe that the producers copied that show to get the same dynamic. But the two title characters in the first season of "Jake and the Fatman" could be considered the most authentic looking of any police drama. While Conrad's character on "Cannon" was dubbed "Cannonball" by Mad Magazine, lampooning was unnecessary with the "Fatman" character. Like "Cannon" he groans and complains but manages to get his man by the end of each episode. But while "Cannon" at least looked presentable, the "Fatman's" grooming makes him look he's been staying in a homeless shelter and staining his tie in soup kitchens.
Of course this was supposed to contrast with his suave police associate Jake Styles (Joe. E. Penny), who cruises for babes in a silver Porsche speedster. But this guy isn't like the squeaky clean detectives on "Hawaiian Eye". As Harry and Wally said: "Jake is some young, oily hotshot who works undercover to do the legwork....Jake looks like the kind of guy who would proposition your fourteen-year-old sister". He did seem slightly more wholesome once the two moved to the Islands but for DVD buyers that won't be until Season Two.
Then again, what do I know? I'm only a child.
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