Category Archives: Television

Material from TV appearances.

Robert Taylor’s Coffee Commercial

Posted on November 14, 2013 by giraffe44

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Around 1960 Robert Taylor and Ursula Thiess made a commercial for Maxwell House Instant Coffee.  It ran regularly on his show “The Detectives” and probably other places.  The commercial is charming.  It starts with Mr. Taylor introducing his ranch and … Continue reading →

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Robert Taylor’s Detectives

Posted on September 27, 2013 by giraffe44

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“The Detectives,” also called “Robert Taylor’s Detectives’ and “Captain of Detectives,” ran from 1959 through 1962. The protagonist is Captain Matt Holbrook (Mr. Taylor) a hard bitten (and slightly Dick Tracy-esque) Captain of the detectives in a large (and unnamed) … Continue reading →

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The Detectives

Posted on February 26, 2012 by giraffe44

When I was 15, a new program started on TV called “The Detectives.”  My mother was interested because it starred someone she had liked when she (and he) was young–Robert Taylor.  So the two of us went up to my … Continue reading →

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