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* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: [[Star Trek: The Original Series|Harry Mudd and Proconsul Claudius]] are brothers. {{spoiler|And crooks too... who'd a thought?}} |
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: [[Star Trek: The Original Series|Harry Mudd and Proconsul Claudius]] are brothers. {{spoiler|And crooks too... who'd a thought?}} |
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** Others just from that series: Spock's fiancee T'Pring is marrying a Middle Eastern ruler, Commodore Decker built an advanced automobile, Nilz Baris has retired to gardening, Gary Mitchell is a sculptor, and the list goes on.... |
** Others just from that series: Spock's fiancee T'Pring is marrying a Middle Eastern ruler, Commodore Decker built an advanced automobile, Nilz Baris has retired to gardening, Gary Mitchell is a sculptor, and the list goes on.... |
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** [[M*A*S*H (television)|B.J. Hunnicutt]], [[Hart to Hart|Jennifer Hart]], [[Batman (TV series)|The Joker]], [[ |
** [[M*A*S*H (television)|B.J. Hunnicutt]], [[Hart to Hart|Jennifer Hart]], [[Batman (TV series)|The Joker, the Mad Hatter]], [[James Bond (film)|Jaws]], [[The Rat Patrol|Hauptmann Dietrich]], [[Forbidden Planet|Altaira]].... |
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* [[Hilarious in Hindsight]]: Girl of the Week Margot Kidder, six years before she played [[Superman (film)|Lois Lane]] for the first of four times. When Banacek introduced himself, giving only his last name, she responded quizzically, "One name? Like Superman?" |
* [[Hilarious in Hindsight]]: Girl of the Week Margot Kidder, six years before she played [[Superman (film)|Lois Lane]] for the first of four times. When Banacek introduced himself, giving only his last name, she responded quizzically, "One name? Like Superman?" |
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* [[Insurance Fraud]]: The only type of crime investigated. |
* [[Insurance Fraud]]: The only type of crime investigated. |
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* [[Locked Room Mystery]] |
* [[Locked Room Mystery]] |
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* [[Mile-High Club]]: "A Million the Hard Way" |
* [[Mile-High Club]]: "A Million the Hard Way" |
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* [[No Pronunciation Guide]]: Banacek has to correct someone's pronunciation of his name in |
* [[No Pronunciation Guide]]: Banacek has to correct someone's pronunciation of his name in almost every episode. Not Banna-seck but Banna-check. (And sometimes he corrects the spelling: "B-A-N-A-C-E-K, just like it sounds.") Sometimes people deliberately mispronounce it because he's made them look incompetent in the past: Barnard-chek, Banana-chek.... |
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* [[Once an Episode]]: Jay suggests a solution to the mystery, |
* [[Once an Episode]]: Jay suggests a solution to the mystery, and Banacek immediately finds an obvious flaw in it. |
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* [[Running Gag]]: Banacek's Polish proverbs, Jay suggests his solution to the mystery. |
* [[Running Gag]]: Banacek's Polish proverbs, Jay suggests his solution to the mystery. |
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* [[Wheel Program]] |
* [[Wheel Program]] |
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Revision as of 12:29, 9 August 2016
Banacek (one of the rotating elements of The NBC Mystery Movie) is a short-lived, light-hearted detective TV series starring George Peppard which aired on NBC from 1972 to 1974. Peppard played Thomas Banacek, a suave, Polish-American freelance investigator based in Boston, who solved seemingly impossible thefts. He then collected from the insurance companies 10% of the insured value of the recovered property. Also featured were Ralph Manza as Banacek's chauffeur Jay Drury, Murray Matheson as rare-bookstore owner and information source Felix Mulholland and Christine Belford as Carlie Kirkland, Banacek's sometime-lover and always-rival.
Banacek was part of the NBC Wednesday Mystery Movie lineup, and was the only spoke of this Wheel Program to run in both seasons.
Tropes used in Banacek include:
- Cool Car: The AMX-400 from the second episode.
- Girl of the Week
- Hey, It's That Guy!: Harry Mudd and Proconsul Claudius are brothers. And crooks too... who'd a thought?
- Others just from that series: Spock's fiancee T'Pring is marrying a Middle Eastern ruler, Commodore Decker built an advanced automobile, Nilz Baris has retired to gardening, Gary Mitchell is a sculptor, and the list goes on....
- B.J. Hunnicutt, Jennifer Hart, The Joker, the Mad Hatter, Jaws, Hauptmann Dietrich, Altaira....
- Hilarious in Hindsight: Girl of the Week Margot Kidder, six years before she played Lois Lane for the first of four times. When Banacek introduced himself, giving only his last name, she responded quizzically, "One name? Like Superman?"
- Insurance Fraud: The only type of crime investigated.
- Locked Room Mystery
- Mile-High Club: "A Million the Hard Way"
- No Pronunciation Guide: Banacek has to correct someone's pronunciation of his name in almost every episode. Not Banna-seck but Banna-check. (And sometimes he corrects the spelling: "B-A-N-A-C-E-K, just like it sounds.") Sometimes people deliberately mispronounce it because he's made them look incompetent in the past: Barnard-chek, Banana-chek....
- Once an Episode: Jay suggests a solution to the mystery, and Banacek immediately finds an obvious flaw in it.
- Running Gag: Banacek's Polish proverbs, Jay suggests his solution to the mystery.
- Wheel Program