What could have been a detective show turned into a soapbox for Klugman every week. And since he was known entirely as a comic actor from The Odd Couple, this was a pretty bad case of whiplash for the viewers.
No matter who it was, a co worker, an ambulance driver, cops, a teacher, schoolmates of his kids, Quincy preached, preached, preached without end.
The most extreme case was the punk rock episode. 44 minutes of Quincy ranting "Punk rock will kill your kids!" Seriously, he ranted it turned nice kids into psychotic suicidal nihilists who wanted to kill their parents.
Punk rock fans all over America taped it, passed it around, quoted from it, and laughed at its cluelessness. "Punks" with long slicked back hair or white boy afros playing nothing even close to punk. A young Helen Hunt shown as driven to suicide attempts by the music who becomes Mama's Darling again once she quits listening.
The episode even inspired a band, Quincy Punx, and a new slang term among punk kids, a Quincy punk. Meaning a kid who acts like the cliches about punks without knowing a thing about the music or its ideas or values.
Long after the show was canceled and largely forgotten, the term is still around. The band is still around over 30 years later, and with an active fanbase. Mentioning the show still makes me and my friends smile. Join us in the well deserved mockery.
No matter who it was, a co worker, an ambulance driver, cops, a teacher, schoolmates of his kids, Quincy preached, preached, preached without end.
The most extreme case was the punk rock episode. 44 minutes of Quincy ranting "Punk rock will kill your kids!" Seriously, he ranted it turned nice kids into psychotic suicidal nihilists who wanted to kill their parents.
Punk rock fans all over America taped it, passed it around, quoted from it, and laughed at its cluelessness. "Punks" with long slicked back hair or white boy afros playing nothing even close to punk. A young Helen Hunt shown as driven to suicide attempts by the music who becomes Mama's Darling again once she quits listening.
The episode even inspired a band, Quincy Punx, and a new slang term among punk kids, a Quincy punk. Meaning a kid who acts like the cliches about punks without knowing a thing about the music or its ideas or values.
Long after the show was canceled and largely forgotten, the term is still around. The band is still around over 30 years later, and with an active fanbase. Mentioning the show still makes me and my friends smile. Join us in the well deserved mockery.