Talk:Cannon (TV series)

Unsigned request
I can't edit the page, don't know why. 1) He drove a Mark IV not a Continental. 2) StylistIC not stylist.

"Stylistic quirks"
Can anyone expand on the Quinn Martin "stylistic quirks" mentioned in the intro? //Blaxthos ( t / c ) 19:14, 20 February 2010 (UTC)


 * The "stylistic quirks" mentioned probably refers to the Quinn Martin intro titles and guest star voiceover announcements that were later parodied in the 1982 Police Squad! series. This type of programme introduction was common to QM productions at the time.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.4.57.101 (talk) 17:37, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

Only Quinn Martin holding distributed by Viacom
This show is known to be the only QM production to be distributed by the original Viacom Enterprises, for it had aired on and was co-produced by CBS. WikiPro1981X (talk) 20:07, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

Morbidly Obese
A particular anonymous editor, editing from an IP with a history of non-constructive edits and outright vandalism, periodically edits this article to describe the character as "Morbidly Obese". While Cannon (and William Conrad, the actor who portrayed him) were overweight, it's a stretch to describe either the character or the actor as "Morbidly Obese", and in any case, it's pejorative and not NPOV. I will not undo this edit again, and will leave it to other editors as I don't have time to "feed the trolls", nor do I care to be accused of engaging in an "edit war", even with someone who's clearly looking for trouble, rather than attempting to constructively contribute to Wikipedia. I'll leave it to other editors to undo this particular damage, and to the moderators to apply appropriate discipline to the anonymous IP (it's been blocked a few times already). Fish Man (talk) 18:32, 12 September 2012 (UTC)


 * The correct term is 'portly' as although by some definitions Conrad was overweight he was hardly as obese as some people are today. Another similarly portly actor was Robert Morley who was also of large size but who again also was not nearly as obese as some people today. By no stretch of the imagination could either be correctly described as 'morbidly obese' which in fact describes a medical condition which has an adverse effect on health and which is likely to result in early death. Conrad BTW lived to the ripe old age of 73 which was a good age for someone born at the time he was. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.8.126.91 (talk) 08:20, 6 May 2022 (UTC)

"Most of the episodes followed the same tired format..."
This appears in the second paragraph. The tone of this feels inconsistent with the policy of NPOV. Furthermore, immediately following the above statement, there is a listing of a sequence of banal events that are supposed to be common in most of the episodes. The impression is that the writer has a strong bias against the series.

Additionally, ending the Plot section of the article with the statement "To be continued..." on a separate line feels flip, like they could write more, but whatever they could write about it would just be more negativity.

I note that this article has already been flagged as needing verification, and I agree. The writer makes a big deal about someone trying to drop a flower pot on Cannon's head in every episode, but I just watched several episodes and there was no flower pot at all.

Considering the awards that this series won, a little more balance would seem to be appropriate. Maybe this article could be flagged for not maintaining a Neutral Point of View as well.LA Musicologist (talk) 11:44, 27 October 2018 (UTC)


 * Of necessity the series followed the same format as that was one of the things that made it so popular with audiences in the first place. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.8.126.91 (talk) 08:24, 6 May 2022 (UTC)

Pilot description
Corrected the plot description for the pilot. Nothing described occurs in the film (a description of the show premise appears to have been misinterpreted as a synopsis of the pilot). 70.73.90.119 (talk) 06:03, 16 December 2021 (UTC)

Mobile phone prop
In the episodes, there is a stock shot of Cannon's hand grabbing his mobile phone off the cradle (to place a call or answer it). It appears this stock shot was used over and over (common in episodic television).

They would then cut to Cannon sitting in the car talking on the phone, or occasionally standing outside of it with the coiled cable from the handset running into the car to where the head unit would be.

I'm 99% sure the prop in that stock shot is the phone in this link:

https://www.mobilecollectors.net/phone/5068/motorola-pulsar+mark+vii

There is a citation request for the reference to this mobile phone in the article. I assume we need to get a screen shot of it (fair use?) to meet this request. (Or a link to a reliable source that has such a screenshot.) Fish Man (talk) 16:25, 26 January 2024 (UTC)