Dirty Harry on the History Channel?

[God's Country]

So can someone tell me why Dirty Harry is on the History channel?


What is the historical ref. to Dirty Harry?

Historical movie?
Historical violence?
Historical caliber? My vote
Historical era?
Historical hair cuts?
Historical cars?
OR
Historical ugly perp?

[soberbyker]

So can someone tell me why Dirty Harry is on the History channel?


What is the historical ref. to Dirty Harry?

Historical movie?
Historical violence?
Historical caliber? My vote
Historical era?
Historical hair cuts?
Historical cars?
OR
Historical ugly perp?

Well, it was released in 1971, 37 years ago, I guess you could call it history by it's age, hell cars I used to call "classic", grew up with, have "historic" tags on 'em now.

[God's Country]

Seroiusly though. I understand why they would play Tora,Tora,Tora, or other non fiction movies, but Dirt Harry?


Did Clint just purchase the History channel? I guess if The Good, The Bad, And the Ugly is on tomorrow I'll know.

[knight0334]

Eastwood is da Man! lol

That movie made a big mark in popular culture at the time. The History Channel leans heavily on the pro-gun side of media - so if they wanna play a movie or two instead of some ejamacational stuff, its alright by me.

BTW, listening to it in the background as I type this. My TV doesn't migrate much from THC.

[OneLungMcClung]

Seroiusly though. I understand why they would play Tora,Tora,Tora, or other non fiction movies, but Dirt Harry?


Did Clint just purchase the History channel? I guess if The Good, The Bad, And the Ugly is on tomorrow I'll know.

Sadly, the History Channel has been bitten by the Ratings bug - look at "Shockwave" or whatever it is called - their own reality video series where they show video clips of car accidents and shootouts between cops and hoodies and people getting blown up....which has NO PLACE on a channel about history.

They are trying to capitalize on Clint's name and style - and they gloss it over by making it a "Popular Movie, Popular Era, Popular Culture" presentation.

Sorry bud, but money talks..........$$$

[RocketFoot]

Dirty Harry is an American Icon for my generation just like John Wayne was an icon for my Grandpap!

[sjl127]

History of dirty Harry, liberalism running rampant through out the city officials and judges and lawyers and criminals not being properly punished, but enabled.

[bert304]

They were also talking about the 44mag and its impact on American History. How it was used and portrayed in movies

[blitzo]

Yeah I have actually seen Dirty Harry a few times on the history channel. They usually talk history during the commercial breaks.