Excellent Show. Burt Reynolds was incredible as Dan August. Plus, I love his belly slide at the opening. RIP Burt, your caliber of acting is greatly missed.
@ Nick Alkire, I think he was in Riverboat first, then Gunsmoke. And then "Hawk" he played a Native American police officer. (1966) it was filmed in New York City. And finally Dan August....
The 'adult' dramas like Hawaii 5-0, Night Gallery, Mannix and this would typically come on 10 PM EST. As I was a little kid then, sneaking up late was the only way to catch them.
This opening theme is why I ALWAYS opt for a _double vent_ when purchasing a jacket. It's like a cape for modern _men of action_ . Notice how the back of Dan August's jacket _alights_ as he throws the bad guy through the wall. Won't work with a single vent, I've tried it.
That columned building at the end is The Carnegie Library located in Oxnard, California. I used to see them filming parts of this show downtown when I was a teenager.
SHOUT OUT TO MY AUNT ENA HARTMAN. I CAN REMEMBER SUNDAY NIGHTS WITH THE WHOLE EXTENDED FAMILY GATHERING IN FRONT OF MY GRAND PARENTS T.V. TO WATCH THIS SHOW.
I saw a recent CBS Sunday Morning interview with Donna Mills. She said that Clint Eastwood told his friend Burt Reynolds that he was looking for a girl to cast for a part in "Play Misty For Me." Mills said that Reynolds told Eastwood that he had worked with Mills in the episode mentioned here in the intro and to give her a try for the part. Mills went on to play Tobie in "Misty."
QM or Quinn Martin Production. What a great lead-in. Dan August, Cannon, The Fugitive, many others. Thrilling entertainment! And with this one, a handsome Burt Reynolds -- doing his own stunts! What a great era of TV!
One of the coolest work Burt! This is the real Burt. He was very glad, when asked about this role, and I ask infrequently, this series needs more appreciation. Burt is not an actor in one role, I mean, not that show.
You can't beat a show with The Bandit, Oscar Goldman, Stanley Roper with guest stars such as Rosco P. Coltrane, Mr. Douglas, and other excellent actors.
Watching this brought to mind stories, later told by long-time girlfriend Sally Field, of "Buddy" not being able to get his dad to compliment him or give his approval to Buddy's face. "10 million people watch me every week," Buddy would tell him with a tinge of desperation in his voice. "So big deal. That's not a job for a real man". It was only later that Buddy heard through the grapevine that that same dad, at the same time, was bragging to his friends and fellow southerners. "That's my boy up there on the TV. You know 10 million people watch him every week!" Well, at least Buddy found out indirectly.
I was only 9 when it was on, just knew Burt was in a tv show after Gunsmoke, but had never seen the opening. Wow. And the great Norman Feld and a really young Donna Mills.
And was also working as an Assistant to the Producer for Burt Reynolds; Gator in 1976, about two years before he took up the job of chasing those dukes boys, hahahaha! R.I.P. to them both.
He was a long-time friend of Burt's, and Burt used him whenever he could. He also was the villain in the final episode of Hawk, which Burt directed. Even if Burt couldn't get him acting work, he always saw to it that Best was hired as an Associate Producer. Same deal with Mike Henry.
There are some things in life that are absolutely, without a doubt, cooler than words can describe, this, ladies & gentlemen is one of them, fucking badass!!!!! RIP Burt Reynolds, you sir, were the epitome of cool!!
Burt Reynolds said that he was the only actor to be fired by all three networks. He was fired from the TV series "Steamboat" in the 1950s, Dan August was cancelled in the early 70s after one season and latter on in that decade, the season in which Burt Reynolds played a private eye, Hawk was cancelled after a half season !
The scene in the opening credits where he does that running slide is in this very episode. He slides down the middle of the church to knock down James Best.
I own the dvds too this show it was very good and had a lot off promise Burt Reynolds acted his ass off in this short lived classic the entire cast was good it’s shame it only lasted 1 season .dont understand why .but still well worth watching .✌️
Interestingly, Holliman and Silva appeared together in an FBI episode from 1971, "Dynasty of Hate", and were both announced in the opening. Holliman got top guest star billing, Silvs Special Guest Star. Both were villains in the episode, along with L.Q. Jones.
This has a similar show introduction to "Streets of San Francisco", such as the diagonal layout of much of the words, etc. making it dynamic. And same narrator introducing show. However, I've never heard of "Dan August" until I saw this on TH-cam. I'm guessing that means the show wasn't very successful.
@@STP43FAN1 That would be a LONG way from California to east of the Mississippi. Not sure Sheriff Buford T. Justice fits in California law enforcement.
Excellent Show. Burt Reynolds was incredible as Dan August. Plus, I love his belly slide at the opening. RIP Burt, your caliber of acting is greatly missed.
"WOW" That's when television was awesome back in the day. Thank you for posting.
Fun, jazzy and catchy theme song. And you gotta love Burt doing all those action pieces while it’s playing.
Playing off his Football athleticism
A time when tv shows were worth watching
RIP Burt Reynolds!!!! This was the show that introduced me to his handsome face, God rest his soul!
RIP Burt Reynolds 1936-2018
First he was in Gunsmoke...now he’s Dan August. Have this show on DVD!! R.I.P, Burt Reynolds!!
@ Nick Alkire, I think he was in Riverboat first, then Gunsmoke. And then "Hawk" he played a Native American police officer. (1966) it was filmed in New York City. And finally Dan August....
He'll always be my Smokey and the Bandit. Great actor...great times
@@bradlafferty6076 Don't figure out my age, but I will remember Mr. Reynolds from 'Riverboat', starring Darren McGavin.
I vaguely remember this show as a kid ,shown late nights here in the UK ...but the titles and That theme were Unforgettable ...
The 'adult' dramas like Hawaii 5-0, Night Gallery, Mannix and this would typically come on 10 PM EST. As I was a little kid then, sneaking up late was the only way to catch them.
Staying up late at night during summer when schools closed watching the reruns, The Late Show and The Late Late Show on CBS.
Long before Reynolds became typecast as a clown. And that Dave Grusin theme...one of the swingingest, jazziest, hard-driving themes ever written!
Loved the opening theme when I was a child. Dan August did a lot of running and jumping over things.
This opening theme is why I ALWAYS opt for a _double vent_ when purchasing a jacket. It's like a cape for modern _men of action_ . Notice how the back of Dan August's jacket _alights_ as he throws the bad guy through the wall. Won't work with a single vent, I've tried it.
That columned building at the end is The Carnegie Library located in Oxnard, California. I used to see them filming parts of this show downtown when I was a teenager.
I’ve heard theme Songs from the Past, but this one here is the very first. CLASSIC!!!!!
Loved this show as a kid. Jazz great Dave Grusin did the theme.
GOSH! This is the first time today (February 23, 2017) I've heard this theme song since 1971. I surprised myself that I still remember the tune.
KOMET MARTIN The theme music was written by Dave Grusin, who also did the (non-Simon and Garfunkel) background music in the 1968 movie "The Graduate."
@@lawrenceedmiston3509
Loved Anne Bancroft!! Yeah, she was 40-ish but she was still fine!!!
@@lawrenceedmiston3509 Grusin also did the memorable themes for It Takes a Thief and The Name of the Game.
Same as that,1971.Used to come on very late,around Midnight.Late for School again next day.Now where did that 50 years go.
Good memory
Can't go wrong with a Quinn Martin production!!
LOL!!
Streets
You said it--especially when Hank Simms calls the roll.
I know it's one great show after the other.
Hey didn't everything he produced and created more or less he touched turned to gold
Rest In Peace Burt Reynolds and thank both you and Richard Anderson for all the incredible memories you are both icons to many of us!
Anderson went onto the Six Million Dollar Man series after Dan August.
@@daniellaubach7544 Yep. He was also the vampire in The Night Stalker series pilot. Loved that show.
Nice music score
Great theme !
The whole series is available on DVD for about twenty bucks! Legit DVDs, not bootlegs! Thank you CBS/Paramount!
Got mine at the local Barnes & Noble Bookstore
SHOUT OUT TO MY AUNT ENA HARTMAN. I CAN REMEMBER SUNDAY NIGHTS WITH THE WHOLE EXTENDED FAMILY GATHERING IN FRONT OF MY GRAND PARENTS T.V. TO WATCH THIS SHOW.
Your aunt was smokin' hot back in the day. Best wishes to you, her and your family.
@@UKMikey
Wow. Thank you
@@sunrah4469 I hope your aunt is in good health.
I remember her from the Pilot Episode of Adam-12 ! , Mayor of Universal City, 1968 !
@@navblue2089. God bless her!
Great to see that this show is now on DVD!!
They really played up Burt Reynold's abilities as a former college football player on this show.
FSU
Stuntman.
@@baronmeduseThat stunt man running full speed at the camera in the opening credits looks a lot like Burt Reynolds!
@@Mokkari77 Could be. He was a stuntman.
@@baronmeduse I haven't seen the show but that is clearly Burt Reynolds running in all those shots in the credits.
Rest in Peace Burt Reynolds.
I saw a recent CBS Sunday Morning interview with Donna Mills. She said that Clint Eastwood told his friend Burt Reynolds that he was looking for a girl to cast for a part in "Play Misty For Me." Mills said that Reynolds told Eastwood that he had worked with Mills in the episode mentioned here in the intro and to give her a try for the part. Mills went on to play Tobie in "Misty."
QM or Quinn Martin Production. What a great lead-in. Dan August, Cannon, The Fugitive, many others. Thrilling entertainment! And with this one, a handsome Burt Reynolds -- doing his own stunts! What a great era of TV!
One of the coolest themes ever!
One of the coolest work Burt! This is the real Burt. He was very glad, when asked about this role, and I ask infrequently, this series needs more appreciation. Burt is not an actor in one role, I mean, not that show.
Damn!!! Donna Mills, James Best, and Bradford Dillman in the same episode...what are the chances?
👍🏽💯🤗
Hahahahaha good 1
@@kandidmania ...LOLOL!!! :-)
Harrison Ford, Billy Dee Williams, and John Ritter guested in other Dan August episodes.
Roscoe P Coltrane!
Burt Reynolds,Dan August,Gator McKluskey,The Bandit RIP.
With Guest Stars
Sally Field
Pat McCormick
Paul Williams
Jerry Reed
And Special Guest Star
Jackie Gleason
Tonight’s Episode
Smoky And The Bandit
You can't beat a show with The Bandit, Oscar Goldman, Stanley Roper with guest stars such as Rosco P. Coltrane, Mr. Douglas, and other excellent actors.
And Toby from the Eastwood movie, Play Misty For Me
I remember Burt Reynolds being the top in movies in mid to late 1970`s. It was a thrill to see one of his movies back then.
nice Pete rose head slide... 👍
big thnx Mr. Martin where ever you are : )
This was originally 4:3, but the top and bottom of the picture were cut off to make people think they're seeing this in widescreen.
Bradford Dillman 1930-2018
Clint Eastwood: May I make a statement McKay?
Bradford Dillman: Go ahead.
Clint Eastwood: Your mouthwash ain't makin' it.
I enjoy his acting as a child.
I felt he didn't receive recognition for his acting skills. Very underrated to me. He had versatility and consistent.
classic QM - - thnx 4 posting!
Watching this brought to mind stories, later told by long-time girlfriend Sally Field, of "Buddy" not being able to get his dad to compliment him or give his approval to Buddy's face. "10 million people watch me every week," Buddy would tell him with a tinge of desperation in his voice. "So big deal. That's not a job for a real man". It was only later that Buddy heard through the grapevine that that same dad, at the same time, was bragging to his friends and fellow southerners. "That's my boy up there on the TV. You know 10 million people watch him every week!" Well, at least Buddy found out indirectly.
I was only 9 when it was on, just knew Burt was in a tv show after Gunsmoke, but had never seen the opening. Wow. And the great Norman Feld and a really young Donna Mills.
Wow Burt was so handsome and athletic, great show, miss him, RIP you funny man.
0:54 Roscoe P. Coltrane years before he was chasin' them Duke boys.
James Best was also in Hooper with Burt, just before he was chasin' them Duke boys.
James Best was also in The Fugitive: Terror At Highpoint with Jack Klugman
And was also working as an Assistant to the Producer for Burt Reynolds; Gator in 1976, about two years before he took up the job of chasing those dukes boys, hahahaha! R.I.P. to them both.
He was a long-time friend of Burt's, and Burt used him whenever he could. He also was the villain in the final episode of Hawk, which Burt directed. Even if Burt couldn't get him acting work, he always saw to it that Best was hired as an Associate Producer. Same deal with Mike Henry.
Dem Dukes....Dem Dukes.....
I remember watching this program with my mom and dad back in the 70s
Wow! Composed by Dave Grusin...
Burt said this show failed because ABC put it up against Hawaii 5-O.
Dumbass countrtprganmig
…....A Quinn Martin Production!!!''
He was the king of shows like this.
There are some things in life that are absolutely, without a doubt, cooler than words can describe, this, ladies & gentlemen is one of them, fucking badass!!!!! RIP Burt Reynolds, you sir, were the epitome of cool!!
We are missing our Florida boy Buddy. May the Lord bless Burton Leon.
Introduced by Hank Simms.
"The voice of Quinn Martin."
@@steveprestegard5151 "Tonight's Episode....."
Thanks for that.
I never had a name for the voice.
Burt Reynolds said that he was the only actor to be fired by all three networks. He was fired from the TV series "Steamboat" in the 1950s, Dan August was cancelled in the early 70s after one season and latter on in that decade, the season in which Burt Reynolds played a private eye, Hawk was cancelled after a half season !
The episode's this is from is one of the few times on a Quinn Martin show where Bradford Dillman WASN'T the villain!
In Germany he's known as Dan Oakland. Awesome theme and cool show!
Another Great Dave Grusin TV theme.
Burt Reynolds was BAD ASS. Love the slide at 0:05. This is when MEN did their own stunts!
.....and men still do their own stunts, even more dangerous. Ask men like Tom Cruise, Christian Bale, Jacky Chan, Daniel Craig, and Jason Statham.
The scene in the opening credits where he does that running slide is in this very episode. He slides down the middle of the church to knock down James Best.
I remember this show...Wow!! I guess I am getting older now...
Damn good show which wasn't that successful but showed what a good actor Burt is
Helluva a good crew
actors that I Love.
Did any of the bad guys ever suggest that Dan August should "Go take a flying leap?" Did they ever regret it?
Burt Reynolds and Norman Fell reunited in the 1978 film "The End" when Burt gets the bad news of a terminal disease from his doctor (Fell)
The theme was the best & most memorable thing about this show!
Memories of the show
Burt Reynolds RIP,1936 To 2018.
Ned Romero is gone as well. Died last year I believe.
It has a _Once Upon A Time In Hollywood_ feel to it.
Burt Reynolds worked on DAN AUGUST before he became a superstar? What did he think of that series?
"A QUINN MARTIN PRODUCTION"
Did watch the show a few times.
With Guest Stars,
Eddie Albert,
Ed Lauter,
James Hampton,
John Steadman,
Tonights Episode:
The Longest Yard,
Imagine In Voice Of Hank Simms.
I own the dvds too this show it was very good and had a lot off promise Burt Reynolds acted his ass off in this short lived classic the entire cast was good it’s shame it only lasted 1 season .dont understand why .but still well worth watching .✌️
Five years old back in the day,and I STILL remember this show!
With Guest Stars
Earl Holliman
Charles Durning
Henry Silva
And Special Guest Star
Rachel Ward
TONIGHT'S EPISODE
SHARKY'S MACHINE
How can you forget Brian Keith and Bernie Casey?
Interestingly, Holliman and Silva appeared together in an FBI episode from 1971, "Dynasty of Hate", and were both announced in the opening. Holliman got top guest star billing, Silvs Special Guest Star. Both were villains in the episode, along with L.Q. Jones.
may 21. get tv will have a 10 episode binge 8pm
Bradford Dillman was always a regular guest star in Quinn Martin shows
My dad used to call him Dillford Bradman because there was an Aussie cricketer called Don Bradman
along with Tom Trope
Mainly The FBI and Barnaby Jones. He was the guy who killed Barnaby's son in the premiere episode.
@@recordman64 Also The Streets Of San Francisco and Cannon
I assume that Sterling Archer enjoyed this show. I know I did.
i think this Reynolds kid might be a big star one day …
Wow. Thanks.
Burt Reynolds, Norman Fell, Richard Anderson #HellYes
Paul Crewe,And The Bandit RIP.
At 0.15 to 0.17 you can see Burt's Toupee flapping at high speed !!
I was O's neighbor.
Burt Reynolds Dan August,Paul Crewe,The Bandit RIP.
Burt looks like a man rushing to the bathroom!! LOL!
Don't forget Hawk. John Hawk, Iroquois Indian detective in NYC.
R.I.P. Burt Reynolds.
i came here after reading Burt died. RIP
Great TV POLICE DRAMA & A Lot of GALAXIE 500's
Burt Reynolds 1936-2018.
The first 30 seconds of this theme are awesome - insert your name and use as a answering machine greeting!
Guest star lineup- where's Anthony Zerbe? Or Richard Jaekel? 😆
Seems like Bradford Dillman was in every Quinn Martin show
Damm Good Show Shame it only Did One
Season! Burt Reynolds At His Best!
I SAW BURT Reynolds in 1997 at sets hard time.
This has a similar show introduction to "Streets of San Francisco", such as the diagonal layout of much of the words, etc. making it dynamic. And same narrator introducing show. However, I've never heard of "Dan August" until I saw this on TH-cam. I'm guessing that means the show wasn't very successful.
dont remembr th show..a kid...but what theme music..thnx!
Dave Grusin, who also did "It Takes a Thief" and "Name of the Game."
This might have been an influence for "Can You Dig It" from Iron Man 3.
Quinn Martin is that dude.
RIP Burt Reynolds
Mr . Roper
DOING TOO MUCH IN THE 1ST 25 seconds of the intro. And I love that shit
With Guest Stars
Sally Field
Pat McCormack
Paul Williams
Jerry Reed
And Special Guest Star Jackie Gleason
TONIGHT'S EPISODE
SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT
Michael Dal>
LOL. I see what you did there.
@@MizzWGGrrrl Thanks. QM intros are THE best and tagging other shows with QM intros is a blast.
@@MizzWGGrrrl One more thing - I wonder if a "Smoky & The Bandit" style story might genuinely work on Dan August.
@@STP43FAN1 That would be a LONG way from California to east of the Mississippi. Not sure Sheriff Buford T. Justice fits in California law enforcement.
He did a lot of work for a Lieutenant.