The first ten minutes of this episode are fabulous. The opening scene is just like the Clooney Movie "Oceans 11" with the funky music and Dane Clark getting out of jail.
So the music. Quincy Jones recorded a swingin' sweet long version of the Ironside theme in 1971 for his album Smackwater Jack, featuring flutes, tons of brass, and total funk. Boy does it swing. And this episode basically plays the whole thing with minimal to no dialogue at the beginning.
Also, later in the episode, the soundtrack features the musical refrain from "Growing up is hard to do", the tune that was featured in an earlier episode, "Dear Fran." Very cool.
The actual episode is good, with a lonely women being used by Dane Clark to set up Ironside to be murdered. The women is Suzanne Pleshette, later of the Bob Newhart Show, and Dane Clark, interestingly, did not appear on Perry Mason, but did play Lt. Tragg in the rarely seen 1970's Perry Mason.
Finally, look out for Len Lesser, "Uncle Leo" from Seinfeld, as the hitman!
So the music. Quincy Jones recorded a swingin' sweet long version of the Ironside theme in 1971 for his album Smackwater Jack, featuring flutes, tons of brass, and total funk. Boy does it swing. And this episode basically plays the whole thing with minimal to no dialogue at the beginning.
Also, later in the episode, the soundtrack features the musical refrain from "Growing up is hard to do", the tune that was featured in an earlier episode, "Dear Fran." Very cool.
The actual episode is good, with a lonely women being used by Dane Clark to set up Ironside to be murdered. The women is Suzanne Pleshette, later of the Bob Newhart Show, and Dane Clark, interestingly, did not appear on Perry Mason, but did play Lt. Tragg in the rarely seen 1970's Perry Mason.
Finally, look out for Len Lesser, "Uncle Leo" from Seinfeld, as the hitman!
