Long before he was Gordon Gekko, Michael Douglas was Inspector Steve Keller in The Streets of San Francisco.
I now realize that the chief reason why I liked the show so much during its run was that it looked "authentic". At least it seemed that way to me at the time, before I had ever set foot in "The City Over The Rainbow". Even in my adolescence, I could tell that the acting was mediocre and the writing was contrived or just plain silly. (NYPD Blue was much better on both counts.) But it sure was fun to watch all of those chases with the bay and the bridge in the background.
I haven't been to SFO in a while, but from what I hear, it's changed a lot. Whatever it's like now, I imagine few street scenes can match what's in this video called, appropriately enough, "The Streets of San Francisco".
The young dude in the maillot jaune--OK, yellow T-shirt--really got my attention!
I now realize that the chief reason why I liked the show so much during its run was that it looked "authentic". At least it seemed that way to me at the time, before I had ever set foot in "The City Over The Rainbow". Even in my adolescence, I could tell that the acting was mediocre and the writing was contrived or just plain silly. (NYPD Blue was much better on both counts.) But it sure was fun to watch all of those chases with the bay and the bridge in the background.
I haven't been to SFO in a while, but from what I hear, it's changed a lot. Whatever it's like now, I imagine few street scenes can match what's in this video called, appropriately enough, "The Streets of San Francisco".
The young dude in the maillot jaune--OK, yellow T-shirt--really got my attention!
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