I'm sure I haven't seen the show since it originally aired, but I remember Quincy (does anyone ever add the M.E.?) with fondness, primarily because it starred Klugman, one of my all-time favs from television. It's funny, but whenever I think of Quincy, M.E., I first picture SCTV's Joe Flaherty, who used to do a hilarious parody of the show, decked out as Klugman with a huge shock of greying hair and eyes screwed up tight as he growled and howled and screamed in agony. sidekick, and restaurant/bar owner Danny Tovo (Val Bisoglio), where Quince hangs out, are calm seas of tranquility next to the volatile Quincy. Lieutenant Frank Monahan (Garry Walberg) over late coroner reports, and screaming matches at various city council meetings, county board hearings, medical review boards, coroner inquests, town hall meetings, PTA meetings, Fourth of July picnics, supermarket openings, school assemblies, car wash fundraisers, band concerts, and bake sales, where strong-minded Quincy has got to make people understand about the problems that are plaguing society by yelling at them quite loudly! By contrast, friends Sam Fujiyama (Robert Ito), Quincy's Zen-practicing M.E. Ever since he went into public service, his life has been one unending series of mysterious death investigations, screaming matches with his officious, money-minded superior, Dr. Quincy (Jack Klugman), the lead medical examiner in the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office, should have stayed in private practice. No extras for these beautiful full-screen transfers.ĭr. ![]() by this point in its run had fully embraced a cocktail of the Universal Studios house-style mystery framework, combined with the ABC After School Special brand of social messaging.with decidedly mixed (but still entertaining) results. Starring good-natured screamer Jack Klugman as the "original crime scene investigator" (as labeled on the front hardcase artwork), Quincy, M.E. ![]() Forget the deaths―how about all that social disease? Shout! Factory has released Quincy, M.E.: Season 5, a 6-disc, 22-episode collection of the long-running NBC mystery's 1979-1980 season.although technically this is really the series' fourth season.
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