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As played by rugged Amernian- American actor Mike Connors, he was the ultimate TV eye - - tough, decent and loyal, and more than willing to mix it up if he had to. Formerly the dubious pride of Intertect, a high- tech detective firm based on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, Joe left after his first season to start his own detective agency where he relied less on the sophisticated gadgetry and databases of Intertect and more on his own wits and a wicked right hook. This Korean War veteran is remarkably even- tempered and seems to take fist fights, high- speed car chases and bullet wounds in stride.

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Although his chiseled good looks, snazzy convertible - - with a car phone!- - and dizzying array of loud sports jackets attract an endless stream of beautiful women, he seems intent on remaining a bachelor. The only woman who's a constant presence in his life is his ever- faithful (and much- kidnapped) secretary, Peggy Fair. But she didn't even come along until the second season, after he left Intertect. Although, to tell the truth, it was the first season that really shined. Originally Joe was a hotshot op for Intertect, a high- tech, ultra- modern Pinkerton- like high- tech detective agency headed by Lew Wickersham. Where Lew was a white- collar, straight company man, Mannix was a rough- and- tumble loner with his heart on his sleeve and a loaded gat. It was the Continental Op versus IBM.

The tension (and mutual respect) between Joe and his employer was milked for all it was worth, and gave the show an edge most P. I. The following episode, . And yet, not many viewers seems to remember the first season. Perhaps because that first season was rarely included in the syndication package.

By the second episode of the second season, . The one- man agency with Gail Fisher in her regular role as faithful secretary Peggy Fair, the widow of a police officer killed in the line of duty, and the mother of one son, Toby.

One of the first African- Americans to become a regular cast member in an American drama, Peggy made quite an impression. In fact, the relationship betweeen employee and employer - - chiding and occasionally at odds, but always respectful and professional and even at time affectionate - - have lead many over the years to speculate on whether Joe and Peggy were . I've always suspected they were just getting it on during commercials, so as not to interfere with the case. But whatever. There was certainly affection and respect there, and Peggy was an integral part of the agency, more than simply a secretary, running background checks, brainstorming with Joe and frequently rescuing Joe from the local jail or hospital. And she could be counted on to be threatened or kidnapped once or twice a season, just to keep things rolling. Not that Joe had completely turned his back on technology, mind you.

He did have a car phone - - something extrememly rare at the time. And the fans loved it. During its long run it was always a popular show. But eventually CBS, possibly corncerned about ongoing complaints about the show's violence, did what various hoods and thugs never quite managed. They cancelled Joe's ticket. Mannix ground to a halt in the mid- seventies. By then, the airwaves were alive with a new, slightly hipper or at least more colourful breed of TV dicks.

Blind dicks (Longstreet), fat dicks (Cannon), con artist dicks (Rockford), grumpy ex- cop dicks (Harry O), and even old dicks (Barnaby Jones). Suddenly, Joe Mannix seemed a little bit like a dinosaur.

All he did was solve cases. For many, the idea of a hard- boiled private eye like Joe suddenly seemed old- fashioned, even quaint. And so Joe, like a two- fisted Puff the Magic Dragon, quietly slipped into his cave.. But for eight glorious seasons, though, that was be enough for many of us. More than enough.* * * * *In a few short years, producer Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts would return, helping to create bimbo dicks (Charlie's Angels).

But ironically, it was Mannix's very success that had revived the genre in the first place. Before Mannix, the genre had more or less run itself into the ground, tripping over its own gimmicks (7. Bourbon. Street. Eye, anyone?) and regurgitated copies of copies. By humanizing and subtly updating the private eye, bringing him unapologetically into the sixties and seventies even while still respecting the roots of the genre, Mannix paved the way for all who would succeed him. As Connors himself once mused (in Ric Meyers' Murder On the Air) somewhere out there .

In 1. 99. 7, Connors stepped back into Joe's gumshoes in an episode of Diagnosis Murder, a lighthearted piece of fluff that claimed to be a mystery drama, about a Dr. Mark Sloan (played by Dick Van Dyke), a teaching physician who somehow becomes deeply involved in crime- solving in his role as consultant to the local police department. Sort of a Murder, He Prescribed, with a scary similiarity to Matlock, starring an equally beloved former sitcom star. Mark Sloan to solve a 2. Scenes from a 1. 97. Mannix episode, . Pernell Roberts and Beverly Garland reprise their guest- starring roles from the original .

When he arrives at Community General Hospital with a bullet wound, he runs into Mark and together they work the case. Meanwhile, the good doctor uncovers a more serious health risk while treating Mannix for his bullet wound and strongly advises him to take immediate action - - a warning Mannix promptly chooses to ignore. Seems you can't keep a good dick down. Don't believe me? Check out how many TV private eyes STILL wear heavily patterned tweed sports coats.. James Garner even used to joke about the .

I know you won't change the system. I know I won't change the system. It's logical. Oh, well, that's a big detective agency. Big building, y'know, lots of machines, computers all the time tick, tick, tick tick all the time! Regular Show Season 3 Episode 2.

Well, one day I cussed at the machine, and I think I heard it cuss back, so I quit. Now, if I can't get along with a machine, just think what would happen with a wife!! Intertect put 'Kelly Green Frame' through the computer and what do you think? Joe: That I'm gonna strangle you.

And that was just pretend. During the filming of the show's pilot, Mike Connors managed to dislocate his shoulder and break his hand.

You can see Neil Young and Stephen Stills ripping through the Springfield song . Hence the car phone, the black secretary, Joe's .

It's City, a squared- off, split- serif face that was used by IBM as part of their . Sharp- eyed viewers may recall the dot over the .

It was known as the Tishman Plaza Office Building at the time. Joe's office/apartment was located at . Supposedly, it was based on the El Paseo Building in Santa Barbara on State Street. Wherever it actually was, the location was also used quite often on Mission: Impossible, another Bruce Geller production.

But if you think this is as low as Mannix could sink, you'd be wrong, because a few years later..