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Aug. 15th, 2011 09:25 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ostarellaSo here's my list (as per Becky Black beckyblack.wordpress.com/ and Teresa Morgan teresa-morgan.blogspot.com/)
Jim Rockford (Rockford Files).
James Bronson (Then Came Bronson)
A-Team (of course!)
AJ and Rick Simon (Simon and Simon)
Remington Steele
David Addison and Maddie Hayes (Moonlighting)
Sonny Crockett (Miami Vice)
Magnum PI
Napolean Solo and Illya (Man from UNCLE)
Starsky and Hutch
Zorro
Frank Savage (Twelve O'Clock High)
Lucas McCain (The Rifleman)
Pete Cochran (The Mod Squad)
Manolito Montoya and Buck Cannon (The High Chaparral)
Roy Rogers
Mission Impossible
Kelly Robinson (I Spy)
Paladin (Have Gun, Will Travel)
Matt Dillon (Gunsmoke)
Sgt. "Chip" Saunders (Combat!)
Columbo
Little Joe Cartwright (Bonanza)
Heath and Nick Barkley (The Big Valley)
Alias Smith and Jones
I noticed one thing as I made up my list of heroes - the 'availability' diminished as time went on. There were far fewer heroes to be found in the 1980s, for example, than in the 1950s. And I can't really think of any in the 90s or later. So either I'm having a mind glitch or it's really, really sad...
I tried to figure out what exactly made these folks heroes in my eyes and I couldn't come up with anything really common to all. Some were loners, but not all. Some chose a 'hero profession', others were forced into it, and still others were just trying to live their lives and ended up acting because it was the right thing to do. Some were 'quirky', not fitting in with the norm, while others were practical and realistic.
So I guess the thing that made each of these characters heroes was the fact that they did what was the right thing to do, no matter how reluctantly or gung-ho. They didn't care about diplomacy or politics or reputation - if something needed fixing, they fixed it. And I think part of my admiration for them came from my admiration of my father - who was exactly the same way. He didn't waffle around, hoping someone else would 'do something'. He just did it, like it or not.
Jim Rockford (Rockford Files).
James Bronson (Then Came Bronson)
A-Team (of course!)
AJ and Rick Simon (Simon and Simon)
Remington Steele
David Addison and Maddie Hayes (Moonlighting)
Sonny Crockett (Miami Vice)
Magnum PI
Napolean Solo and Illya (Man from UNCLE)
Starsky and Hutch
Zorro
Frank Savage (Twelve O'Clock High)
Lucas McCain (The Rifleman)
Pete Cochran (The Mod Squad)
Manolito Montoya and Buck Cannon (The High Chaparral)
Roy Rogers
Mission Impossible
Kelly Robinson (I Spy)
Paladin (Have Gun, Will Travel)
Matt Dillon (Gunsmoke)
Sgt. "Chip" Saunders (Combat!)
Columbo
Little Joe Cartwright (Bonanza)
Heath and Nick Barkley (The Big Valley)
Alias Smith and Jones
I noticed one thing as I made up my list of heroes - the 'availability' diminished as time went on. There were far fewer heroes to be found in the 1980s, for example, than in the 1950s. And I can't really think of any in the 90s or later. So either I'm having a mind glitch or it's really, really sad...
I tried to figure out what exactly made these folks heroes in my eyes and I couldn't come up with anything really common to all. Some were loners, but not all. Some chose a 'hero profession', others were forced into it, and still others were just trying to live their lives and ended up acting because it was the right thing to do. Some were 'quirky', not fitting in with the norm, while others were practical and realistic.
So I guess the thing that made each of these characters heroes was the fact that they did what was the right thing to do, no matter how reluctantly or gung-ho. They didn't care about diplomacy or politics or reputation - if something needed fixing, they fixed it. And I think part of my admiration for them came from my admiration of my father - who was exactly the same way. He didn't waffle around, hoping someone else would 'do something'. He just did it, like it or not.
