# Did you ever see 77 Sunset Strip in prime time or in syndication on Cable TV? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 4, 2014, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-see-77-sunset-strip-in-prime-time-or-in-syndication-on-cable-tv/687639 "2014-05-04T15:58:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2014, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-see-77-sunset-strip-in-prime-time-or-in-syndication-on-cable-tv/687639/21 "2014-05-05T01:30:52Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > I’m positiive I saw it first on WTTG, I wouldn’t have been able to see it in primetime. I think you’re older than me, but do you remember Pic Temple on in the morning for kids? _Remember_? Hell. I had a birthday party on set on Sat morning when I was about 10. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2014, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-see-77-sunset-strip-in-prime-time-or-in-syndication-on-cable-tv/687639/22 "2014-05-05T01:31:57Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > _Remember_? Hell. I had a birthday party on set on Sat morning when I was about 10. That is soooo cool! ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2014, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-see-77-sunset-strip-in-prime-time-or-in-syndication-on-cable-tv/687639/23 "2014-05-05T03:03:10Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > … I was surprised that Connie Stevens wasn’t a regular. I thought she (or one of the blonde clones of that era\*) had been on it. Guess it was _Hawaiian Eye_ bleeding over in my brain. Same here. Speaking of Hawaiian Eye, my recollection is that 77SS was the parent series, Hawaiian Eye was the spinoff, and Surfside 6 was a competitor rip-off of HE. SS6 even had a female character named “Cupcake” (as opposed to HE’s “Cricket”). Am I mistaken about who copied who? I know I could consult Google but I’d rather ask human people. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2014, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-see-77-sunset-strip-in-prime-time-or-in-syndication-on-cable-tv/687639/24 "2014-05-05T04:26:30Z")
There was also “Bourbon Street Beat”, set in New Orleans. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2014, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-see-77-sunset-strip-in-prime-time-or-in-syndication-on-cable-tv/687639/25 "2014-05-05T07:00:53Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > _Remember_? Hell. I had a birthday party on set on Sat morning when I was about 10. That sounds interesting. How did that come about? ---
**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:** [May 5, 2014, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-see-77-sunset-strip-in-prime-time-or-in-syndication-on-cable-tv/687639/26 "2014-05-05T08:11:53Z")
> [@bibliophage](#): > > Peter Gunn, Route 66, Rawhide, The Virginian, Maverick, My Mother the Car, My Favorite Martian, The Many Loves of Doby Gillis, The Courtship of Eddie’s Father, Our Miss Brooks, Father Knows Best, The Ed Sullivan Show, Medical Center, and Marcus Welby. Again, I remember seeing some of these on TV back in the '80s, mostly on KXLI 41 (St Cloud, MN) and KITN 29 (Mps/StP, MN). They were start-up UHF channels, and old B&W shows were about all they could afford. (Plus, they were better than most of the new shows on the networks at the time.) Some of them are available on-line as full episodes. There are a lot of them just on YouTube. BTW, Gillis’s first name was “Dobie.” ---
**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:** [May 5, 2014, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-see-77-sunset-strip-in-prime-time-or-in-syndication-on-cable-tv/687639/27 "2014-05-05T08:16:43Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > That sounds interesting. How did that come about? Many kid shows of the period would celebrate birthdays of the youngsters in the studio audience. Hell, I was on WTCN 11’s (Mps/StP, MN) _ **Popeye and Pete with Dave Lee** _ on my 12th birthday. (I was the biggest kid there; I had to wait six or seven years for the tickets, the show was that popular!) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2014, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-see-77-sunset-strip-in-prime-time-or-in-syndication-on-cable-tv/687639/28 "2014-05-05T14:42:59Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > BTW, Gillis’s first name was “Dobie.” Now Maynard G. Krebs was cool. By the way, the “G” stood for Walter. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2014, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-see-77-sunset-strip-in-prime-time-or-in-syndication-on-cable-tv/687639/29 "2014-05-05T14:52:17Z")
If anyone wants to view it there are a few scattered episodes on Youtube: [https://www.youtube.com/results?filters=long&search\_query=77+sunset+strip&lclk=long](https://www.youtube.com/results?filters=long&search_query=77+sunset+strip&lclk=long) To also include a few other fragments: [https://www.youtube.com/results?search\_query=77+sunset+strip&search=Search](https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=77+sunset+strip&search=Search) ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2014, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-see-77-sunset-strip-in-prime-time-or-in-syndication-on-cable-tv/687639/30 "2014-05-05T14:54:17Z")
77SS was never syndicated in my market when I was young (or, at least, not when I was awake). I have no idea what it was about. Cop show? Spies that worked out of a niteclub? All I now was Kookie’s car, which seems to be second in popularity only to Milner’s 32 in TV and movie cardom. I know way more about the car than the show. I didn’t even know Efram Zimbalist Jr was in it! Since we now have this whole internet-thing, I guess I am off to read about it and find out. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2014, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-see-77-sunset-strip-in-prime-time-or-in-syndication-on-cable-tv/687639/31 "2014-05-05T15:17:48Z")
As far as PI shows of the era, I consider [Checkmate](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checkmate_(TV_series)) to be better than _77_. More cerebral and _noir_. It had a really cool opening. There’s an episode on [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3d7HGEl07Xc) with the opening starting around 3:30. Reran for some time on Sunday afternoons in our town. For more info about _77 Sunset Strip_, read [here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/77_Sunset_Strip). I never cared much for the Kookie character. That “Kookie, lend me your comb” song was pretty weird and inspired a lot of jokes (even for a novelty record). ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2014, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-see-77-sunset-strip-in-prime-time-or-in-syndication-on-cable-tv/687639/32 "2014-05-05T16:34:05Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Now Maynard G. Krebs was cool. By the way, the “G” stood for Walter. Correct. The “G” is silent. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-see-77-sunset-strip-in-prime-time-or-in-syndication-on-cable-tv/687639.md?page=1)