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Hands up all those who wanted to punch Ponch

I'm sure I'm not the only one who thought he had the sort of face you just wanted to punch..

Yeah I saw that. The album on which he referenced Roy Estrada was Live in New York recorded in 1978. The song in which he was referenced was about a man who performed a type of sexual assault (administering enemas)on his victims. Zappa says, near the end of the song, "this is for Roy Estrada...

I couldn't get on with CHIPS as I harboured a strong irrational (or maybe not so very irrational) dislike of Eric Estrada. I went for years wondering if Frank Zappa harboured the same dislike as I thought he had namechecked him in the live version of his song the Illinois Enema Bandit. I only...

It makes ideal toilet wear because as it was made when I was about 14 it's now a tad too short so I don't have to hitch it up as I would have to do with my dressing gown or bathrobe.

I bet you were envious of Jim Rockford's hair and sat there gazing admiringly at the screen thinking "I wish I had hair like that". I think this might be the real root (excuse the pun) of your Rockford fixation. Although he also had very good hair in Maverick so you might want to give that...

So did I. I even got my mum to make me a home made Serpico style green flak jacket which I proudly wore to a few Albion games in the mid seventies. You may remember seeing me in it. I later got my aunt to knit me a homemade Starsky cardigan but that was less successful and remained unfinished...

1980s (81-87) not 1970s so didn't fit the criteria. At least some of the episodes had to be screened in the 70s but was ok if they also spanned the 60s and 80s as long as they were partly in the 70s. At least it was a cop series though not a PI series so I'll forgive you for mentioning it as...

Can you please stop going on about the Rockford Files. I quite clearly made the distinction that it had to be a cop show and in the accompanying post I even pointed out that Rockford was a PI not a cop in anticipation of people like you piping up. Admittedly I inadvertently included Cannon in my...

My mistake, you're right, he wasn't. I had memories of him being called Detective Frank Cannon. I also thought I remembered scenes of him at the station having set tos with his colleagues and superiors. He was an ex cop so maybe he just visited and liaised as part of his PI work. But as you say...

Serpico was a shortlived TV series. Only ran for 15 episodes between 1976-77 before being cancelled. The Pacino film was 1973.

What's your favourite 1970s American TV cop series? Before anyone asks where's the Rockford Files or Harry O they weren't cops, they were private detectives.