Created by Spike Feresten & Gregg Kavet & Michael Richards & Andy Robin How bad could it be? Evidently comedian Michael "Kramer" Richards wasn't quite rich enough, despite the endless royalties streaming in from endless Seinfeld reruns for the next millennium or so. So the humble, self-proclaimed master of physical comedy came back with a … Continue reading Vic Nardozza (The Michael Richards Show)
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Kaiser Lupowitz
Created by Woody Allen Pseudonym of Allen Stewart Konigsberg (1935--) I was sitting in my office, cleaning the debris out of my thirty-eight and wondering where my next case was coming from... KAISER LUPOWITZ is the gumshoe in a couple of Woody Allen's apparently affectionate parodies/tributes of/to the hardboiled private eye tale. Yes, that Woody … Continue reading Kaiser Lupowitz
Antoine Doinel (Baisers volés/Stolen Kisses)
Created by François Truffaut & Marcel Moussy Shy, hapless and hopelessly romantic bookworm ANTOINE DOINEL is hardly your typical private eye. He tumbles in and out of love in a series of five romcoms by noted French director François Truffaut that follow him as he stumbles his way from rebellious teenager to manhood. He wanders through a … Continue reading Antoine Doinel (Baisers volés/Stolen Kisses)
Malcolm (The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery)
Created by Dean Hargrove (1938--) Why does The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery even exist? The 1975 film "comedy," co-written and directed by Dean Hargrove, has no real stars, few real laughs and little plot. And then the penny dropped. Two of the "stars" of this 1975 gobbler, Gabriel Dell and Huntz Hall, were previously … Continue reading Malcolm (The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery)
Droopy (Droopy, Master Detective)
Created by Tex Avery and Rich Hogan "Hello, all you happy people. Created by Tex Avery and Rich Hogan for MGM for cartoon shorts back in the forties, DROOPY was the slow-walking, slow-talking, seemingly indestructible and certainly unflappable bloodhound who somehow always seems to get his man (or woman) (or wolf). Since he first appeared, … Continue reading Droopy (Droopy, Master Detective)
Nameless (Io so che tu sai che io so)
Created by Alberto Sordi, Augusto Caminito, and Rodolfo Sonego Okay, this one's a real stretch... Less a private eye film than a film that uses the private eye as a catalyst, offering a cock-eyed look at the aftermath of a private eye's investigation., the 1982 Italian comedy Io so che tu sai che io so … Continue reading Nameless (Io so che tu sai che io so)
Jimmy Corrigan (Jimmy the Gent)
Created by Laird Doyle "Blondes...Brunettes...And Their Bankrolls! He makes 'em!... Takes 'Em and Tosses 'Em Away! Wild Jimmy in a Knockout riot of Laughs!" -- slug line on original poster.Jimmy Cagney plays JIMMY CORRIGAN, the scrappy, strutting operator of a missing heirs bureau, out to win the heart of the beautiful Joan (Bette Davis) in … Continue reading Jimmy Corrigan (Jimmy the Gent)
Sam Diamond, Dick and Dora Charleston, Inspector Milo Perrier, Inspector Sidney Wang & Jessica Marbles (Murder by Death)
Created by Neil Simon Lionel Twain, an eccentric millionaire (played with some kind of awkwardly mad brilliance by Truman Capote) invites five of the "world's greatest detectives" to his secluded castle for the weekend, and offers $1 million to the one who can solve a murder, in Neil Simon's 1976 at-times delightful send-up of the … Continue reading Sam Diamond, Dick and Dora Charleston, Inspector Milo Perrier, Inspector Sidney Wang & Jessica Marbles (Murder by Death)
Lou Peckinpaugh (The Cheap Detective)
Created by Neil Simon "Being a private eye may not be much, but we do have a code of honor. It's all right to fool around with your partner's wife, but once he's dead it makes it all so dirty. That's the way it is, angel. You marry yourself a nice guy, have a couple … Continue reading Lou Peckinpaugh (The Cheap Detective)
Butch Patterson (Butch Patterson, Private Dick)
Created by Greg Lawrence "Do you think I'd look good in a hat?" How’d I miss this one? A 30-minute Canadian TV comedy lampooning the whole Shamus Game? That lasted three seasons? And I had no clue it even existed? Turns out Butch Patterson, Private Dick ran from 1999-2001 on The Comedy Network, a Canadian channel … Continue reading Butch Patterson (Butch Patterson, Private Dick)