# S.W.A.T. (70s show)

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 22, 2019, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/s-w-a-t-70s-show/839037 "2019-08-22T02:59:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/s-w-a-t-70s-show/839037/1 "2019-08-22T02:59:13Z")

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I’m rewatching the first ep. The show’s actually pretty good. And its always fun to see 70’s character guest stars like (I’m not gonna look up the names. Thats no fun):

“Juliette Lewis’s Dad”  
“The Most Craggy Red-headed cop you’ll ever see” Not Steve Forrest…another guy.  
Annette Somebody…strawberry blonde actress.

I’m really surprised this show only lasted 1 1/2 seasons as compared to The Rookies or Charlies Angels. The Rookies and Charlies Angels didn’t get their theme song on the radio!! Very colorful group of regulars. Action-packed. What’s not to like?

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**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:** [August 22, 2019, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/s-w-a-t-70s-show/839037/2 "2019-08-22T03:47:12Z")

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I loved the episode of _ **MTM** _ where Mary is having a _big party_ in her new apartment and a bored Ted says “Let me know when it’s ten o’clock. I want to watch _ **SWAT** _.”\*

\*Actually, this was wrong. In Minneapolis, it was on at 9:00 PM (CST).

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**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/s-w-a-t-70s-show/839037/3 "2019-08-22T04:08:50Z")

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Always grooved on that phasing effect on the guitar in the [theme song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIVWSjgHUkQ)

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/s-w-a-t-70s-show/839037/4 "2019-08-22T04:14:54Z")

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> [@Dale\_Sams](#):
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> I’m really surprised this show only lasted 1 1/2 seasons as compared to The Rookies or Charlies Angels.

It came out at the wrong time. There was a growing protest movement against violence on TV (this was back before we had video games to blame for all of society’s problems). _SWAT_ became a focus for the protests.