Cagney & Lacey theme opening

Lesbians dont feel excitment.

It's just another Bill Conti's great TV themes from the 80s. Different vibe from Dynasty and Falcon Crest, though.

My mom was a lesbian and loved this show

My mom wasn’t a lez but we watched the show together. She would make comments on how the blonde was a lesbian and she couldn’t believe how lez they were.

I was a young lesbian who loved the show. And yes, the theme got me excited...for my favorite show. And yes, Christine Cagney would most definitely be a lesbian if it was remade today. There were a lot of Sapphic moments between those two.

Yet both characters were married to men, right?

I'm sure if made today at least one of the characters would be an out lesbian.

aka Gag Me and Mace Me

Saw a pregnant Tyne Daly and Sharon Gless at a performance of Whoopi Golberg's Broadway show in the 80s.

I watched the opening credits every week only to see Martin Kove shirtless.

I'm now horrified to see him in those awful commercials with that horrifying plastic surgery. Why, Marty, why?

Once that sax solo started every Monday night, muffs started dripping all over the country from Portland, OR to Northampton, MA!

R6 no only Tyne Daily’s character- Mary Beth was married to Harvey.

I'm not a lesbian and neither was my mom, but my dad was and he loved this show.

You had Cagney & Lezzie (1982-88) for drama and Kittypuncher & Allie (1984-89) for comedy on CBS (Cooze Bumping Sapphos)!

Yeah, Cagney was always single or had a boyfriend who couldn't take her being a cop. The show was groundbreaking at the time as it showed two female detectives who weren't "Charlie's Angels" types and who were actually very good at their jobs. Cagney was also an alcoholic which was unusual to show for female characters at the time.

Sharon Gless was very lez.

[quote] Christine Cagney would most definitely be a lesbian if it was remade today.

It was remade today and she wasn't.

OMG don’t get me started on Kate & Allie. Don’t get me started! They were lez!

Mondays on CBS in the mid-80s was basically Dyke Night. Besides Kate & Allie and Cagney & Lacey, there was also My Sister Sam.

Especially those saxophones! Maybe C&A was the last of the big sounding 70s style theme songs. After that they became more moody and synth laden.

I have special lyrics for the Kate & Allie theme...

Just when you think there’s no one around whose watchin’.

Just when you think there’s no one around whose carin’

Just when you think you can eat your best friend’s pussy, you can.

According to Barney Rosenzweig, the show was the first to say the word “condom.” Here’s an excerpt from the linked article from 1987.

“It is that. Barney Rosenzweig, executive producer of “Cagney & Lacey,” said that CBS officials told him the Dec. 1 episode of his police series marked the first time the word condom had been used in a prime-time drama.

The word was mentioned as Mary Beth Lacey (Tyne Daly) discussed with her husband what sexual information they should be giving their 16-year-old son. To further stress the importance of avoiding an unwanted pregnancy, Lacey later told the boy of the abortion she had once had.

“Television is always showing premarital sex but it won’t talk about contraceptives. That’s very hypocritical,” said Georgia Jeffries, who wrote the “Cagney & Lacey” episode. “We wanted to make a brave and explicit statement to parents to teach their children about safe sex.””

R20 I just finished watching that 1986 episode on Smart TV.

Lynda and Loni did their share of scissoring in the 1980s, too.

Lynda Carter never seemed lez-like to me. Same with Loni.

Early on in the quarantine year I watched the entire series of C&L on Amazon Prime. I always loved the theme song. I noticed, however, that when they added a new regular to the lineup, they re-recorded the theme song to lengthen it a bit and they horns took a decidedly more "muzak" jazz sound. I was not pleased.

It was a really good show in the cheesy '80s. More realistic than other series and really well-acted.

Never watched Gag Me and Mace Me saw the name John Karlen in the opening credits and couldn't believe it was the same John Karlen from Dark Shadows, House of Dark Shadows and Daughters of Darkness!

I just asked my Boston Terrier and my Dachshund if they wanted to watch Cagney & Lacey. My Boston quickly jumped off of my couch and headed for another room and my Dachshund went to sleep on my couch.

We called it Gag Me and Lace Me.

This gayling loved Cagney and Lacey.

So butch

LA Law also had a great theme song, also with a sax intro.

This gayling too, R29. I also thought it was quite sweet that they kept Sidney Clute in the credits even after he died as a show of respect.

Sidney Clute might as well have been dead since the pilot for as much as they used him.

My sister is a lesbian, and she never missed Cagney and Lacey. When she heard the theme tune she was like a heat seeking missile.

It was one of my favourite shows when it was on. I actually bought all of the seasons plus reunion episodes for a really cheap price this past year.

R35 are u female?

No. Should I be?

I was wanting to see if you are a lesbian.

Benny Hill did it best!

A lesbian I knew fingered herself to this theme song, repeatedly.

She would also finger herself to a certain song by Ms. Kim Carnes.

Sharon Gless an Tyne Daley are BOTH LESBIANS so I would say YES.

Who would you cast in a remake?

Loretta Swit would be an interesting casting choice.

R40 Kim Carnes isn’t lez. My Sister Sam was supposed to portray two sisters.

Just when you think it’s safe to eat your best friend’s pussy - it’s not.

Kate & Allie theme music 🎶

Couldn't the Laceys have referred to their son as "HJ" or even "Junior" rather than "Harv, Junior" all the time? I always thought that was so tacky.

Troy Slaten who played Harvey and Mary Beth’s younger son Michael went into law.

[quote]Sharon Gless an Tyne Daley are BOTH LESBIANS so I would say YES.

Oh please.

Tyne has always been into BBC. Everyone knows that.

Sharon was rumored to have been sexually harassed by Les Moonves. There was a BI on it several years back. She's also been with Barney Rozensweig for ages.

While their older son, Harv Jr., played by Tony L.A. Torre, is an Elvis Tribute artist.

Once again, Datalounge won’t let me post a link, this time to his Facebook page. Just Google it if you’re interested.

R48- They are both STILL Lesbians.

Tony La Torre is a rabid fundie, Trumper and anti-gay and anti-masker asshole.

Awful Season 1 intro. Dull and lifeless. Still very lezzy though.

I was a kid when it first aired. I’ve been enjoying it daily on the SmartTV channel.

I love the hot lesbian tension

I also loved SNL's "Dyke & Fats," with Kate McKinnon as Les Dykawitz and Aidy Bryant as Chubbina Fatzarelli.

I worked with these kids about two years or so younger than me when this show was HUGE.

Two women just loved it; the bonding, the female empowerment, etc.

One day one of the girls said to this guy (whom ALL the girls loved) "Isn't it great?"

He said, knowing it would get the pained reaction it did, "Those two fat dykes?"

can't find it, but funny SNL sketch with Pepper Anderson trying to teach Mary Beth Lacey how to seduce a criminal.

I loved Tyne Daley in Judging Amy.

What I hated most about the opening credits was having to see Tyne Daly's rotted back teeth when they showed her laughing in the car.