# Cold Case canceled
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-case-canceled/540945
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [May 27, 2010, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-case-canceled/540945 "2010-05-27T13:51:53Z")
**Posts on this page:** 13
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### Author:  [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2010, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-case-canceled/540945/21 "2010-05-27T20:30:46Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#):
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> My personal best moment: Earlier this season, they had a pro-wrestling themed episode. As soon as it started and they were showing the flashback of the guys in the ring, I turned to my wife and said “The promoter did it” (and mind you, this was seconds into the show – well before they even introduced that there _was_ a promoter). Nailed it. 🙂
Yeah, but in a boxing/wrestling themed episode of any show, it’s _always_ the promotor. Don King and Vince McMahon must be the two most hated men in Hollywood.
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### Author:  [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2010, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-case-canceled/540945/22 "2010-05-27T20:43:03Z")
[quote=“ThelmaLou, post:1, topic:540945”]
[li]Great music that matches the era of the flashbacks- a prison breakout show featured all Johnny Cash[/li][/QUOTE]
Hey, I think I was in that one! Well, I was an extra in a cafeteria scene that was filmed at [Sybil Brand](http://ludb.clui.org/ex/i/CA3237/), and we listened to a few seconds of “Folsom Prison Blues Blues” over and over again. I told the wardrobe lady I had a really big head but she didn’t believe me and gave me a hat that didn’t fit. After a few takes the director noticed and made someone take it away from me. So if I’m visible at all, I’m the prisoner with a ridiculously small hat, or the hatless prisoner with a big head.
And I wore an onion on my belt, which was the fashion at the time…
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### Author:  [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2010, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-case-canceled/540945/23 "2010-05-28T13:17:06Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#):
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> I wandered away from the show two years ago or so. I kept thinking “How many old, unsolved cases do they have in this city, and how can they justify taking the time of the entire homicide department to work them?”
That’s the genius of it. If the entire homicide department is working on cold cases, they can’t get around to the new cases until they’re …cold.
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### Author:  [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2010, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-case-canceled/540945/24 "2010-05-28T13:44:07Z")
I didn’t think it was the whole homicide department… just the five of them. They’re the cold case squad. How could a big city like Philadelphia have only four detectives in the whole homicide department?
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### Author:  [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2010, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-case-canceled/540945/25 "2010-05-28T14:05:36Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#):
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> Yeah, but in a boxing/wrestling themed episode of any show, it’s _always_ the promotor.
You know it and I know it, but my wife didn’t know it. Made me look like a complete Svengali to her, it did. 🙂
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### Author:  [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2010, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-case-canceled/540945/26 "2010-05-28T14:07:48Z")
> [@Kyla](#):
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> I’ve never actually seen this show, but I love the Canadian show that it’s apparently based on, _Cold Squad_. (Although according to Wikipedia, it wasn’t done with permission, and the _Cold Squad_ people have considered suing CBS.) It’s a very original and sometimes quite shocking show. I recommend it highly!
I thought _Cold Squad_ was better too.
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### Author:  [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2010, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-case-canceled/540945/27 "2010-05-28T14:10:14Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#):
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> The detail in past scenes is so much fun to see. In one late 1950’s flashback, a kid had the SAME red plaid metal lunchbox that my friend Diane had in seventh grade. (I WANTED that lunchbox, but it was too expensive… and people wonder why I’m in therapy… ☹ )
Not because of [The Pail?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyXAlHsdv5A)
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### Author:  [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2010, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-case-canceled/540945/28 "2010-05-28T15:20:41Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#):
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> It’s kind of odd – I generally hate predictability in shows, yet I loved how predictable _CC_ was. It almost never veered from format:
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> Person A brings cold case to the team’s attention, casts suspicion on Person B.
> Person B is interviewed, claims innocence, casts suspicion on Person C.
> Person C is interviewed, claims innocence, casts suspicion on Person D.
> Person D is interviewed, claims innocence, casts suspicion on Person E.
> Person E is interviewed, claims innocence, casts suspicion on Person F.
> Person F is interviewed, claims innocence, points team _back_ at Person B, C, D or E.
> Reinterview above Person, lie is exposed, confession results.
That’s half the fun of the show. Watch and try to immediately pick B or C or whichever one dunnit. We got to be pretty good at it.
I didn’t like all the family and personal stuff towards the end. But, man - Lily is hawt!
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### Author:  [@medstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medstar)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2010, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-case-canceled/540945/29 "2010-05-29T00:44:44Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#):
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> Good points all – _Cold Case_ was never one of my “Oooo, I’m really looking forward to watching this” shows, but I always enjoyed it quite a bit. You’re dead on regarding the music – no other current show I’m aware of made as much good use out of music as _CC_ did (and dear God, did I ever _love_ the Rocky Horror episode). Still, I’ll miss the show.
> By the by, _Cold Case Files_ can be decent if you like true-crime shows.
My favorite episode was “Wishing”; the ending song was a version of the old Judy Garland song “Over the Rainbow”. There was a totally different arrangement and the singer was a hawaiian man named Israel (some difficult long name I’m blanking on) accompanied by a ukulele.
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### Author:  [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2010, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-case-canceled/540945/30 "2010-05-29T01:02:46Z")
> [@medstar](#):
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> There was a totally different arrangement and the singer was a hawaiian man named Israel (some difficult long name I’m blanking on) accompanied by a ukulele.
A lot of people just called him Iz.
[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/V1bFr2SWP1I/hqdefault.jpg "OFFICIAL Somewhere over the Rainbow - Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwoʻole") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1bFr2SWP1I)
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### Author:  [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2010, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-case-canceled/540945/31 "2010-05-29T01:06:17Z")
Medstar, thanks for that post! That episode was just on (what a heartBREAKER!) and I couldn’t remember where I had heard that version of “Over the Rainbow” before.
The singer was Israel Kamakawiwo’ole.
> **[Israel Kamakawiwoʻole](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Kamakawiwo%27ole)**
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> Israel Kaʻanoʻi Kamakawiwoʻole\[a\] (May 20, 1959 – June 26, 1997), also called Braddah IZ or simply IZ, was a Native Hawaiian musician and singer. He is regarded as one of the greatest musicians from Hawaii and is considered the most successful musician from the state. Along with his ukulele playing and incorporation of other genres, such as jazz and reggae, Kamakawiwoʻole remains influential on Hawaiian music. In 2010, he was named one of the 50 Great Voices by NPR, who called him "The V Kamak...
Sadly, he died in 1997.
> [@](#):
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> From Wikipedia
> Throughout the later part of his life, Kamakawiwoʻole suffered from severe obesity and at one point carried 770 pounds (350 kg) (55 stone) on his 6-foot 2-inch (1.88 m) frame. He endured several hospitalizations and died of weight-related respiratory illness on June 26, 1997, at 12:18 a.m. at the age of 38.
Here is the song:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/WBVqFBwwX7E?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque
ETA: Oops! Simultaneous post!
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### Author:  [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2010, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-case-canceled/540945/32 "2010-05-29T03:07:12Z")
> [@Kyla](#):
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> I’ve never actually seen this show, but I love the Canadian show that it’s apparently based on, _Cold Squad_. (Although according to Wikipedia, it wasn’t done with permission, and the _Cold Squad_ people have considered suing CBS.) It’s a very original and sometimes quite shocking show. I recommend it highly!
_Cold Squad_ kicked ass, right up to the incomprehensible end. _Cold Case_ was a poor imitation/
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### Author:  [@BrassyPhrase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrassyPhrase)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2010, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-case-canceled/540945/33 "2010-05-29T03:28:38Z")
> [@BrotherCadfael](#):
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> The thing that I always enjoyed about the show (aside from the translucent porcelain skin, about which I agree with you) is the casting of the various guest stars. In particular, the selection of actors to play the young and older versions of the characters is absolutely flawless.
I hope the people in charge of casting have won emmys, b/c yes, they do an amazing job.
Sometimes it’s a bone structure thing, sometimes it’s been body language–but I’ve always been stunned by the past/present casting when it wasn’t more of a ‘we can get this actor/actress’ thing.
I’ll miss this show. It wasn’t perfect or great, but fun to watch and like another poster said–it’s easy to forget how the world changes.
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