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I love TV, and I love watching it! And "Wiseguy" is one of the shows I love! Vinnie Terranova is a great character, and Ken Wahl does a great job portraying him. The stories, the characters, and the guest stars; Ray Sharkey, Kevin Spacey, William Russ, Paul Winfield, so many to list! The regulars, McPike, Lifeguard, and his Ma. I have all the DVD's, and I also taped all the shows in the mid 90's off WGN, so they have the original music. The arc I like the most is,"White Supremacy", where he's back in his old neighborhood, fighting a hate group who have murdered his brother, Father Pete! And the episode I enjoy most is, "How Will They Remember Me?", where Ken Wahl portrays Vinnie's father, in a look back! Just a fantastic series!
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I used to love that show! I haven't seen it since it aired. Roger Lococco was my favorite character.
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I watched this series in the late 80's and loved it. I was surprised and delighted to discover the series is now on youtube. So far I have only viewed the pilot (feature length) episode which was terrific. I am hooked all over again and intend to view the complete series. Ken Wahl made a Wiseguy tv movie in 1996. It does not have the edge the series had but fans will like it. He retired from acting after this film unfortunatly. Good to see Jonathan Banks is still going strong. He was great in Breaking Bad.
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Agent 4587. They chose that agent number, because that's when they started filming the show: April 5, 1987!
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Hi MagnumILWU,

Nice bit of trivia ................ I did not know that. :D :magnum: :higgins:
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Thanks, terryfromkerry! I believe I heard that from Ken Wahl himself. It was on one of the "Wiseguy" DVD sets, they came out with several years ago! He did comments on several episodes. My favorite episode is, "How Will They Remember Me". Where Ken plays his father, in a flashback!
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MagnumILWU wrote:Agent 4587. They chose that agent number, because that's when they started filming the show: April 5, 1987!
To quote Johnny Carson "I did not know that"
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This weekend, Nov 5th and 6th, Decades TV has a Wiseguy marathon! Starting Saturday, 10:00 am pacific, 1:00 pm eastern, with the pilot! It will run all the way to Monday morning, 4:00 pacific, 7:00 eastern! Buy your USA Today for contact information!
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I'm waiting for the midnight episode with Roger LoCocco.

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Stelth wrote:I'm waiting for the midnight episode with Roger LoCocco.
OK Buckwheat!(my computer has been down until today!)
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I've been keeping an eye on this series for years, my sister is a huge fan and I wanted to get the set for her but the music copyright issues have really gummed up the works.

There's a set out there with the music replaced, but the Sonny finale is not complete if Nights in White Satin isn't playing . . . needless to say my sister was all over this over the weekend. :-)
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ConchRepublican wrote:I've been keeping an eye on this series for years, my sister is a huge fan and I wanted to get the set for her but the music copyright issues have really gummed up the works.

There's a set out there with the music replaced, but the Sonny finale is not complete if Nights in White Satin isn't playing . . . needless to say my sister was all over this over the weekend. :-)
So true! It ruins many episode! I tapped most of them off WGN in the late 90', with all the original music. The music they replace it with is horrible! Even Ken Wahl commented on it in the DVD releases!
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ConchRepublican wrote:I've been keeping an eye on this series for years, my sister is a huge fan and I wanted to get the set for her but the music copyright issues have really gummed up the works.

There's a set out there with the music replaced, but the Sonny finale is not complete if Nights in White Satin isn't playing . . . needless to say my sister was all over this over the weekend. :-)
https://youtu.be/1Mv9Uy76fM0
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