Robert Culp "I Spy"
The title of this post is not misplaced. It is an acknowledgment of Robert Culp, who passed away recently. “Those were the days” when seeing a African American Actor on TV triggered a call to all your neighbors to make sure they were watching the same program you were.
“I Spy”, which Robert Culp starred in was I believe the first “buddy cop” duet with a black actor (Bill Cosby) and set the ground work for Mel Gibson and Danny Glover, Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte or more recently Tracy Morgan and Bruce Willis in their films. I almost forgot Miami Vice, which was must see TV in its day. The leading characters’ names on I Spy, Kelly Robinson (Culp) and Alexander Scott (Cosby), should also be acknowledged as they addressed the sensitivity of that time and contributed to the acceptance of this team “homeland protectors”. Alexander was smart! you might want to say articulate 😕
The smartest man in the room at the time had to be Sheldon Leonard, who got this TV show aired.
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