Stingray (1985 TV series)
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| Name: | Stingray |
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| Creator: | Stephen J. Cannell |
| Date(s): | 1985-1987 |
| Medium: | tv |
| Country of Origin: | USA |
| External Links: | wikipedia |
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Stingray is a television series created by Stephen J. Cannell in 1985.
It is not related in any way to the Supermarionation series of the same name.
Description
From a fan in 1988:
Ex-CIA? Ex-military intelligence? Ex-cop? Former assassin? Who is this guy. Stingray, anyway?
In a 1986 interview in "Corvette News," actor Nick Mancuso said, "You've got to watch the show and figure it out for yourself. I know who he is, but I'm not telling."
Unfortunately, the show isn't around anymore for us to watch, so the question remains unanswered. Yet in two abbreviated "seasons" of moving from timeslot to timeslot, the man in the black '65 Corvette Stingray managed to capture the imaginations of millions of viewers who were determined enough to find him on the schedule. And now "Stingray" lives on in fan fiction.
"Stingray" was the creation of Stephen Cannell Productions, the company responsible for some of the best and most successful programs in the last fifteen years, including "Greatest American Hero," "A-Team," "Tenspeed and Brownshoe," "Rockford Files," "Hardcastle & McCormick," "J.J. Starbuck," "Hunter," and the more recent "Wiseguy" and "Sonny Spoon."
"Stingray" was a noble experiment, in that the show used a visual narrative style that demanded the viewer's complete and undivided attention. If you didn't watch every second, you didn't know what was going on. The result was what some critics called "confusing" and "more style than substance." We think that it is a credit to the creators and producers that "Stingray" never insulted the intelligence of its viewers by showing, and then explaining, everything that happened in the story. The show always left you with some unanswered questions. [1]
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