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I was a fan of that show too because I too had read all the books. But, sorry, Avery Brooks was not the Hawk I pictured. He wasn't bad, but I think he never did the "yes massa" kidding on the TV show (probably too politically incorrect) that he CAN and does do in the books -- he didn't seem to have the humor in the show that he has in the books. The Hawk I pictured while reading the books before the series was ever filmed was more like Ving Rhames or another guy whose name I canNOT think of right now to save my soul!
Anyway, I was also just mostly a Robert-Urich-as-Spenser fan (I think I didn't appreciate him UNTIL Spenser) -- did you ever see his "Lazarus Man" series?? Wonderful!! I think that was the show he was working on when he died.
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| golfmobile wrote: | I was a fan of that show too because I too had read all the books. But, sorry, Avery Brooks was not the Hawk I pictured. He wasn't bad, but I think he never did the "yes massa" kidding on the TV show (probably too politically incorrect) that he CAN and does do in the books -- he didn't seem to have the humor in the show that he has in the books. The Hawk I pictured while reading the books before the series was ever filmed was more like Ving Rhames or another guy whose name I canNOT think of right now to save my soul!
Anyway, I was also just mostly a Robert-Urich-as-Spenser fan (I think I didn't appreciate him UNTIL Spenser) -- did you ever see his "Lazarus Man" series?? Wonderful!! I think that was the show he was working on when he died.
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I saw an interview with Brooks a few years ago, and he said that he pretty much ad-libbed and created his own Hawk. In the pilot, he was supposed to give one of those "Yes Massa" lines, but he refused and made-up his own line. They did several takes before they gave in.
I was a Urich fan too. I never did see Lazarus Man, but I did see Vega$
I also didn't like what A&E did when they aired their version of Spenser with Joe Mantenga (sp?) as Spenser and some gay-looking/acting replacement for Hawk.
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| I always loved 'Spenser' , mostly for Avery Brooks as Hawk. Wonder which network holds the german rights for it, cause it`s off the air for many many years now. Golf, maybe I liked A. Brooks`Hawk because I never read any of the books before I watched the series. Now, after reading several books (Cold Service, Back Story, Now & Then) I see what you mean.
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| Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2009 4:30 am Post subject: |
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| Didn't see that many Spenser episodes back in the day. I remember liking the episodes that I saw, however. Havn't seen any since. Has it ever been in syndication?
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I only saw it in syndication. First on Lifetime, then on TNT. It hasn't been on tv since the late 90's.
Although, I do sometimes watch it online for free:
http://video.aol.com/show/spenser-for-hire
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