# CSI: Miami - is this show a joke? (open 11/9 spoilers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 15, 2009, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csi-miami-is-this-show-a-joke-open-11-9-spoilers/517628 "2009-11-15T03:45:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2019, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csi-miami-is-this-show-a-joke-open-11-9-spoilers/517628/41 "2019-10-13T12:29:04Z")
In one interview I saw, Emily Proctor said that of the three CSIs, _ **Miami** _ was “the comic book version.” And she managed to get through the interview without saying “Oh, wait…” even once! Way to **GO**! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Winedaze1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/4bbf92/32.png) [@Winedaze1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winedaze1)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2019, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csi-miami-is-this-show-a-joke-open-11-9-spoilers/517628/42 "2019-10-13T13:15:50Z")
THAT makes sense! Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2019, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csi-miami-is-this-show-a-joke-open-11-9-spoilers/517628/43 "2019-10-14T10:18:19Z")
I loved Caruso in _NYPD Blue_ Season 1, but hated him in _CSI Miami_. In addition to the obsession with his sunglasses, I think there’s huge miscasting: He acts tough and hard, but sometimes, especially when a pretty woman is involved, acts tender and loving. I know tough and tender can co-exist … but not the way Caruso does it. > [@Leaper](#): > > According to Forbes, David Caruso is the 10th most highly paid man on primetime TV. I know this is ten years ago, but still … color me amazed. [Jim Carrey calls Caruso a “buttoner.”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJSqkwyL1Zo) ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2019, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csi-miami-is-this-show-a-joke-open-11-9-spoilers/517628/44 "2019-10-14T14:05:28Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > I loved Caruso in _NYPD Blue_ Season 1, but hated him in _CSI Miami_. In addition to the obsession with his sunglasses, I think there’s huge miscasting: He acts tough and hard, but sometimes, especially when a pretty woman is involved, acts tender and loving. I know tough and tender can co-exist … but not the way Caruso does it. > > I know this is ten years ago, but still … color me amazed. > > [Jim Carrey calls Caruso a “buttoner.”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJSqkwyL1Zo) That Jim Carrey bit is good. I loved _NYPD Blue_ from the very first episode, but I never liked Caruso that much. I just never thought he was a very good actor, and there was something about his sensitive tough guy routine that was never convincing. The show improved immensely when Jimmy Smits joined the cast. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2019, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csi-miami-is-this-show-a-joke-open-11-9-spoilers/517628/45 "2019-10-14T14:29:50Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > I think this is the first time one of my threads has been re-animated, and I am super impressed with my OP! And I don’t even remember writing it! > > OMG I am so old! Holy shit it was resurrected again and I don’t remember writing the OP or this post and now I am even older. It was a good and thorough OP, at least. ---
**Author:** ![Winedaze1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/4bbf92/32.png) [@Winedaze1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winedaze1)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2019, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csi-miami-is-this-show-a-joke-open-11-9-spoilers/517628/46 "2019-10-15T04:39:29Z")
AND helpful to those of us scratching our heads going “WTF, over??? Is this _supposed_ to make sense? Or not?” Thanks again for writing it ten years ago! ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2019, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csi-miami-is-this-show-a-joke-open-11-9-spoilers/517628/47 "2019-10-15T13:54:44Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > In one interview I saw, Emily Proctor said that of the three CSIs, _ **Miami** _ was “the comic book version.” > […] And I think that’s why I like it…even a decade later. Kind of like how the movie **The Warriors** was cool and corny, and seemed even cooler when they released a version with short comic book panels introducing the various scenes. Many people don’t like that, but I think it sets the tone, and once you look at it that way it is just a fun ride. What turns me off of any of the CSI shows is the constant relationship drama they inject, and the amazing poor luck that causes every actor to somehow be involved in serious crime in their personal lives. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2019, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csi-miami-is-this-show-a-joke-open-11-9-spoilers/517628/48 "2019-10-16T18:44:09Z")
Just came across a hilarious Muppets parody: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/LGwOtTKqciY/hqdefault.jpg "Elmo & Cookie Monster Do 'The Big Bang Theory', 'The Office', & More | Entertainment Weekly") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGwOtTKqciY) Starts at 2:20,but watch the rest too, very funny. ---
**Author:** ![Winedaze1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/4bbf92/32.png) [@Winedaze1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winedaze1)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2019, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csi-miami-is-this-show-a-joke-open-11-9-spoilers/517628/49 "2019-10-18T01:46:07Z")
So now all of a sudden I’m watching season 1, thank you WE TV, and I’m realizing the storyline plausibility and information is significantly better than the newer seasons. The one episode with the dead priest-when they sat him up it showed the mottling of his skin and it was perfect. But too bad they don’t show all of the (highly enhanced I’m sure), scenery shots that I love seeing so much. Those didn’t come around until I think halfway through the season right? ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2019, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csi-miami-is-this-show-a-joke-open-11-9-spoilers/517628/50 "2019-10-18T16:19:37Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > That Jim Carrey bit is good. > > I loved _NYPD Blue_ from the very first episode, but I never liked Caruso that much. I just never thought he was a very good actor, and there was something about his sensitive tough guy routine that was never convincing. The show improved immensely when Jimmy Smits joined the cast. I liked him in Jade and that one with DeNiro. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2019, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csi-miami-is-this-show-a-joke-open-11-9-spoilers/517628/51 "2019-10-18T17:42:43Z")
> [@Winedaze1](#): > > So now all of a sudden I’m watching season 1, thank you WE TV, and I’m realizing the storyline plausibility and information is significantly better than the newer seasons. The one episode with the dead priest-when they sat him up it showed the mottling of his skin and it was perfect. > But too bad they don’t show all of the (highly enhanced I’m sure), scenery shots that I love seeing so much. Those didn’t come around until I think halfway through the season right? It might be called CSI Miami but it was filmed in Long Beach and the South Bay in Los Angeles County. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2019, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csi-miami-is-this-show-a-joke-open-11-9-spoilers/517628/52 "2019-10-18T17:52:37Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Many minutes after the CSIs arrive and begin investigating, they come to the out-loud conclusion that there was a struggle, between two people (ok, ruled out someone bludgeoning themselves and walking away). Then, way too much later, they decide dramatically that there must have been another car to take the attacker and victim away. Good call. It’s not often you see this caliber of deduction. > [@Plan Nine From Outer Space](#): > > Inspector Clay’s dead… _murdered_… and _somebody’s responsible_! ---
**Author:** ![Winedaze1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/4bbf92/32.png) [@Winedaze1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winedaze1)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2019, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csi-miami-is-this-show-a-joke-open-11-9-spoilers/517628/53 "2019-10-18T21:32:13Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > It might be called CSI Miami but it was filmed in Long Beach and the South Bay in Los Angeles County. Yes, and that is awesome but in the more recent seasons, they did a LOT of helicopter filmed (color enhanced) shots of Miami/Miami beach that you don’t see in the earlier seasons. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csi-miami-is-this-show-a-joke-open-11-9-spoilers/517628.md?page=2)