a5c7b9f00b A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in his city. A bald New York City detective cop, Lt. Theo Kojak, is primarily best-known for his no-nonsense capacity of bringing criminals and sending them to justice, in a calmly and quietly matter. He also had the knack of licking lollipops and using his popular catch-phrase, "Who Loves Ya, Baby?" At work in the New York Precinct, prior to loading up several cases on the scene of the crime, he frequently supports and often had a close bond with each of his workers, Capt. Frank MacNeil, who was his primarily boss who was also promotedChief of Detectives, Det. Bobby Crocker (with whom he always admired, all the time)Kojak's loyal partner, and Det. Stavros. Kojak was/is the best cop show ever. Telly Savalas was the best man for the job. His charisma, whit, and cool demeanor was unmatched for its time and even now. I really wish the show stayed on longer than 5 seasons. Its very hard to find the 5 season DVD set. All I've come across is the first 3. I've seen all 5 seasons but only the 4th and 5th seasons once. This show is so good that you can watch it over and over and not get bored with it. Telly's (kojak) other movies and guest appearances were greatwell. Check out all his other movies right here on IMDb the man is awesomean actor and a person. He is/was the coolest actor on TV and when i say cool i mean everyone wanted to be like him. My friends father is from New York and he said in the 70's-90's if you were cool and bald everyone called you KOJAK… TELLY IS MY FAVORITE ACTOR. ENJOY HIS MOVIES IF YOU HADNT ALREADY. get this he beat out Marlon Brando for the Kojak job. Marlon wanted to play a tough cop bad but Telly came along and was the man for the job. Telly IS THE BEST. "Kojak" was a fairly tough police drama series that wasn't exactly known for being flamboyant or pretentious. The feature length pilot episode proved all this, thanks to its rather grim but realistic plot. Telly Savalas was given the role of his careerthe title character. He had been very successful in portraying some villainous characters. Finally, he had the chance to be cast against type for this television show. The actor proved he could play honest and decent characters and Kojak is that, plus tough. He is very good at his jobpolice officer in a Manhattan precinct but was also quite harsh when necessary. Telly Savalas gave a sterling performance. The writing was very good on the wholethe show lasted five seasons and over a 100 episodes. There are all kinds of cases that were covered during the series, from police corruption to drug trafficking, armed robbery, problems within the department etc. The show lent itself to some gritty realism and it served its purpose very well. There wasn't a good deal of location shooting and the studio backlot came in useful. This caused "Kojak" to look slightly artificial at times but I can overlook this. Another winner from "Universal" studios.
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