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[yellowtractor]

The text exists independently of your intentions for the text.

It exists, in fact, to be the maraschino cherry on the dessert of our professional life.

Which is to say it is sweet, red, commercially available, and carcinomatous.

[post_functional]

I would be more interested in this conversation if there were less of it.
 a Cannon wars conversation

Oh, so we are discussing a late lamented TV show about a balding detective? Or about a new fangled weapon of war?

For you, Helpful: Cannon pilot intro.  That was a great era for the TV detective--Rockford, Quincy.  Possibly not within the OP's definition of high culture.

I was thinking about that other TV detective, Kodak, myself.

You know, TV Detective shows are some of the best shows in television.  Kojak, Rockford, Quincy, Monk, Columbo, Jessica Fletcher, House (a detective show disguised as a medical show)--- I love 'em!

I think this is a much better topic.