tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29793018.post2320243797787706222..comments2024-01-31T04:29:38.858-06:00Comments on The Outfit: A Collective of Chicago Crime Writers: Apparently, I Get My Ideas From Joe Mannix...Sean Chercoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00939494866272006802noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29793018.post-54611756131813300932010-02-22T15:08:21.168-06:002010-02-22T15:08:21.168-06:00Wow, Todd, that's crazy. Thanks for commentin...Wow, Todd, that's crazy. Thanks for commenting.<br /><br />I was a one-year-old when the episode aired.Sean Chercoverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00939494866272006802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29793018.post-23563124566366356042010-02-22T01:18:52.112-06:002010-02-22T01:18:52.112-06:00IIRC, the first season was never shown in re-runs,...IIRC, the first season was never shown in re-runs, so either you remembered the plot from infancy or you came up with all by yourself.Toddhttp://www.divisionandrush.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29793018.post-84649548063449769802010-02-19T11:09:29.699-06:002010-02-19T11:09:29.699-06:00No, I am Joe Mannix ~ he said in a Spartacus voice...No, I am Joe Mannix ~ he said in a Spartacus voice....Jon The Crime Spree Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09516077426733561884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29793018.post-10285334673539589352010-02-18T15:13:26.478-06:002010-02-18T15:13:26.478-06:00Michael - That's why I didn't say which ep...Michael - That's why I didn't say which episode :) Never know if I might still use elements of it, someday.<br /><br />Dana - I loved LONDON BOULEVARD. Ken Bruen is da man!<br /><br />Alan - Got the entire Rockford Files series on DVD. Rockford rocks.Sean Chercoverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00939494866272006802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29793018.post-35228508452767608662010-02-17T15:50:32.387-06:002010-02-17T15:50:32.387-06:00Go ahead and use the Mannix plot. (Worked for Shak...Go ahead and use the Mannix plot. (Worked for Shakespeare didn't it?) I'd be able to have a nice dinner at Gene & Georgetti's if I had five bucks for every time I've seen Rashoman revisited on TV. And the story won't be the same by the time you put your words into the matrix.Michael Dymmochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06424057697796493279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29793018.post-49374498768236198662010-02-17T11:51:00.777-06:002010-02-17T11:51:00.777-06:00Revisiting stories from thirty, forty, fifty years...Revisiting stories from thirty, forty, fifty years ago can be a great idea. (Observance of copyright assumed.) So much of the human condition remains unchanging (greed, avarice, lust, deceit, what other sins you can imagine), but how they're expressed and resolved changes dramatically as time goes on.<br /><br />I recently read Ken Bruen's LONDON BOULEVARD, which is essentiall SUNSET Dana Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01350344882342624735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29793018.post-90779612156132854132010-02-17T10:02:48.860-06:002010-02-17T10:02:48.860-06:00Saw your site bookmarked on Reddit.I love your sit...Saw your site bookmarked on Reddit.I love your site and marketing strategy.Your site is very useful for me .I bookmarked your site!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29793018.post-70456452169616709272010-02-17T07:04:13.296-06:002010-02-17T07:04:13.296-06:00Great post, Sean, and so true. I get a lot of my i...Great post, Sean, and so true. I get a lot of my ideas from Jim Rockford!Alan Orloffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03695574442723430347noreply@blogger.com