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From: suzeeq <suzeeq@imbris.com>
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Subject: Re: Cops with a lot of money on TV
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2024 16:40:41 -0700
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On 4/23/2024 3:11 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
> suzeeq <suzeeq@imbris.com> wrote:
>> On 4/23/2024 1:17 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
>>> suzeeq <suzeeq@imbris.com> wrote:
>>>> On 4/23/2024 10:04 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>>>>> suzeeq <suzeeq@imbris.com> wrote:
>>>>>> On 4/23/2024 8:53 AM, David Lesher wrote:
>>>
>>>>>>> Doesn't anyone remember "Burke's Law.."?
>>>>>>> https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056745/
>>>
>>>>>> He was a PI, not a cop.
>>>
>>>>> He was Captain Amos Burke, of LA homicide.
>>>
>>>> Okay, but maybe he inherited it. Or he was the crookedest cop ever....
>>>
>>> I've heard of it but never saw it. I've never read an explanation of
>>> where the money came from. My guess is that Bat Masterson invented off
>>> shore holdings and, thanks to the magic of compounding interest over the
>>> decades, he had access to this vast fortune.
>>>
>> Yeah, that sounds like it could be the thing.
>>
>> I was in midteens when it first aired, so only vaguely remember it.
>>
> 
> It’s a throwaway line, maybe in the pilot which has a lot of exposition
> dump where they say he inherited it. No details.
> 
> There is another episode where they imply and or infer that he is a
> millionaire but only has the $1 million. It’s hard to imagine there was a
> day when you could have a mansion and a Rolls-Royce, and a full-time man
> servant/chauffeurfor $1 million.
> 
Yep, mid-century.