Perry mason

[danristheman]

How does the the D.A keep getting reelected if he loses to Perry mason every time. How big is that loss record?

 

[fred555]

Perry actually lost three cases.

http://www.perrymasontvshowbook.com/pmb_c209.htm

Still, Burger's record sucks.

 

[Jason S]

How does the the D.A keep getting reelected if he loses to Perry mason every time. How big is that loss record?

Maybe it's akin to a certain County Commissioner in Hazzard County, Georgia...

 

[fred555]

Maybe it's akin to a certain County Commissioner in Hazzard County, Georgia...

That show officially got the boot yesterday because of a flag on the roof.

http://tvclassicsrus.blogspot.com/2015/06/tv-land-pulls-dukes-of-hazzard.html

Somehow its worse than Hogan's Heroes and the Nazi flag? WTF?
Lets just ban everything.

 

[danristheman]

I knew that was going to happen.

 

[fred555]

Most new TV today offends me, I just don't watch, problem solved.

 

[fred555]

Ok, back to the topic:

I'm watching Perry Mason right now on MeTV on 101W.
What a coincidence.
It does not happen to one of the three he lost, that would have been excellent.

One of the OJ Simpson prosecutors was asked by a reporter why they became a DA.
They mentioned Hamilton Burger as an influence. The reporter remarked about Burgers bad record.
I wish I could remember the response.

 

[Jason S]

That show officially got the boot yesterday because of a flag on the roof.

http://tvclassicsrus.blogspot.com/2015/06/tv-land-pulls-dukes-of-hazzard.html

Somehow its worse than Hogan's Heroes and the Nazi flag? WTF?

I knew that was going to happen.

Sad to hear, but I'm not surprised either... I wonder how long that 70's Burt Reynolds movie with the 6.6L T/A can continue to be shown...

Back to the subject: Maybe the twist in plot was the main subject and the poor performance of the D/A was second to the story? I really got into Foyle's War (BBC show on PBS) just because of the twist in the story.

 

[fred555]

Burr was the star, so he won most of the cases.
Some episodes really have some good and unexpected twists.

They better not ban Smokey and the Bandit.

 

[primestar31]

You guys forget. Burger didn't really "lose", because the people Mason defended were NOT GUILTY!

Why would he want to win if the person wasn't guilty in the first place???

 

[Magic Static]

And for Burgers record to be that bad he would have to only prosecute cases that Mason defended. It would be unrealistic to think that way.

 

[mdonnelly]

The real problem is that Lt. Tragg keeps arresting the wrong people.

 

[Magic Static]

The real problem is that Lt. Tragg keeps arresting the wrong people.

Can't totally blame him for that as most of the time he has a warrant, which means someone else made a decision to arrest.

 

[Corrado]

I never watched Perry Mason until RTN, (RTV?) aired them about 7 or 8 years ago and I really looked forward to watching all the episodes. I just started watching again recently. The plots were always keeping me guessing with the surprise twists.

 

[fred555]

Tonight on Perry Mason is one of many episodes without Burger.
William Talman (Burger) was arrested at a Nekkid party where folks were smokin the weed.
He was fired then later rehired.

Talman was fired from Perry Mason for a short period in 1960. Sheriff's deputies, suspicious of marijuana use, raided a party on March 13, 1960, in a private home in Beverly Hills at which Talman was a guest.[6] The deputies reported finding Talman and seven other defendants either nude or semi-nude. All were arrested for possession of marijuana (which was later dropped) and lewd vagrancy, but municipal judge Adolph Alexander dismissed the lewd vagrancy charges against Talman and the others on June 17 for lack of proof. "I don’t approve of their conduct," the judge ruled, "but it is not for you and me to approve but to enforce the statutes."[7] Despite this Talman was fired by CBS which refused to give a reason.[8] Talman was later rehired after Perry Mason producer Gail Patrick Jackson made a request to CBS following a massive letter-writing campaign by viewers.[9]