Just heard that legendary TV writer and producer Stephen Cannell died September 30 of melanoma. Sad...this guy was behind major TV shows in the '70s and '80s (The Rockford Files, The A-Team, Wiseguy, Hunter, and my favorite, The Greatest American Hero). Rest in peace.

http://www.eonline.com/ub...ic_tv.html

Forgot 21 Jump Street. And of course the flying sheet of paper that would be pulled out of the typewriter at the end of his shows. I love that image.

^Oh yeah, I remember that. RIP.

Number23 said:

Cheers for the A Team anyway. I guess if it wasn't for him, me and my pals wouldn't have dived around the woods with fake American accents pretending sticks were guns.

I used to do that too!

The A-Team is the only one of those shows I know.

bad, bad week in Hollywood again..

Efan said:

Forgot 21 Jump Street. And of course the flying sheet of paper that would be pulled out of the typewriter at the end of his shows. I love that image.

rain, snow, Star Trek, ^^^

and I have The Greatest American Hero DVD set (the cover of one of them plays the theme song [my dog isn't crazy about that part.. ])

PositivityNYC said:

Efan said:

Forgot 21 Jump Street. And of course the flying sheet of paper that would be pulled out of the typewriter at the end of his shows. I love that image.

rain, snow, Star Trek, ^^^

and I have The Greatest American Hero DVD set (the cover of one of them plays the theme song [my dog isn't crazy about that part.. ])

That 45 was the first single I ever bought. Believe it or not.

Efan said:

PositivityNYC said:

rain, snow, Star Trek, ^^^

and I have The Greatest American Hero DVD set (the cover of one of them plays the theme song [my dog isn't crazy about that part.. ])

That 45 was the first single I ever bought. Believe it or not.

Efan said:

Forgot 21 Jump Street. And of course the flying sheet of paper that would be pulled out of the typewriter at the end of his shows. I love that image.

I loved it too. Cancer is a helluva way to go.

But what did this comment mean after the article?

Read more: http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b203466_stephen_j_cannellmdashiconic_tv.html#ixzz118lkNB00

Celebrity Death Week continues...who is next?

noimageatall said:

Efan said:

Forgot 21 Jump Street. And of course the flying sheet of paper that would be pulled out of the typewriter at the end of his shows. I love that image.

I loved it too. Cancer is a helluva way to go.

But what did this comment mean after the article?

14. Alice Fri, Oct 1, 2010, 1:00 PM I would like to smear my own feces on his gravestone.

Read more: http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b203466_stephen_j_cannellmdashiconic_tv.html#ixzz118lkNB00

I was wondering wtf that comment meant too, probably some nutjob claiming that Cannell stole an idea from them.

It's not something I'd like to hear someone say about me when I go though!!!

PositivityNYC said:

bad, bad week in Hollywood again..

He was certainly a familiar name connected to tv shows. I checked Imdb site and he created the tv show Baretta as well. I remember watching Greatest American Hero and The A-Team faithfully every week. RIP!

I was surprise that he had something to do with the rockford files.

Efan said:

PositivityNYC said:

rain, snow, Star Trek, ^^^

and I have The Greatest American Hero DVD set (the cover of one of them plays the theme song [my dog isn't crazy about that part.. ])

That 45 was the first single I ever bought. Believe it or not.

Believe it or not I'm walking on air

I never thought I could feel so . . . . (not gonna google the lyrics - not right now.)

Yeah, that song always made me think that one day I could feel that way . . . .

[Edited 10/1/10 21:37pm]

RIP