Baretta
Big Bad Charlie
TV Flash files “Big Bad Charlie” as hour 56 of 82 in the TV Flash guide — Baretta (1975–1978) on ABC, season 3, episode 22, aired 1977-03-30, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E22: listed hour 56 of 82 in the Baretta guide, hour 22 of 24 in season 3. It aired 1977-03-30 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Carla” (S03E21). Next is “Guns and Brothers” (S03E23).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Baretta sets up his kindhearted and inexperienced friend Charlie with a waitress with a past. Before this, Charlie fought with an Asian mafia gang, and with his size and strength, he won. But as Baretta investigates the gang, and Charlie continues his romance with the waitress, danger may befall all three of them.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Big Bad Charlie sit in the Baretta guide?
S03E22 is listed hour 56 of 82 — hour 22 of 24 in season 3, season 3 episode 22.
When did Baretta S03E22 air?
Big Bad Charlie aired 1977-03-30 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Do I need Toma first?
No. Baretta replaced Toma as a Cannell vehicle for Blake. This undercover hour stands on its own street.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Robert Blake's undercover cop keeps a cockatoo named Fred and a theme America sang in parking lots. Street-level Spelling/Thomas toughness with disguises, informants, and a catchphrase about doing the time. Intensity on camera first; the later legal saga is extra-textual weather you already know.
The first image is a cockatoo named Fred and a cop who would not play pretty: Robert Blake's Tony Baretta in street-level disguises, informants, and a theme America sang in parking lots. ABC's Baretta (1975–1978), created by Stephen J. Cannell as a vehicle for Blake after Toma, ran four seasons, 82 episodes, in the Spelling/Thomas crime wave. Tom Ewell's Billy Truman and Michael D. Roberts's Rooster filled the orbit. Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow was a charting hit for Sammy Davis Jr. Don't do the crime if you…
Filed against
- Robert Blake as Det. Tony Baretta
Robert Blake's Det. Tony Baretta kept a cockatoo named Fred and a theme America sang in parking lots — street-level Spelling/Thomas toughness, disguises, informants, a catchphrase about doing the time. Intensity on camera first. TV Flash…
- Tom Ewell as Billy Truman
Tom Ewell occupied Baretta’s street-level orbit as Billy Truman — the civilian weather around Robert Blake’s undercover cop, a 1970s Spelling/Thomas hour with a cockatoo named Fred and a theme America sang in parking lots. Intensity…
- Michael D. Roberts as Rooster
Michael D. Roberts’s Rooster walked Baretta’s street-level toughness like an informant who had already heard the theme song — 1970s Spelling/Thomas cop hour, Robert Blake, a cockatoo named Fred, disguises, a catchphrase about doing the…