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Line 1: {{work}} [[File:Banacek.jpg\|thumb\|400px]] Banacek (one of the [[Wheel Program\|rotating]] elements of ''[[The NBC Mystery Movie]]'') is a [[Too Good to Last\|short-lived]], light-hearted detective TV series starring George Peppard which aired on NBC from 1972 to 1974. Peppard played Thomas Banacek, a suave, Polish-American freelance investigator based in Boston, who solved seemingly impossible thefts. He then collected from the insurance companies 10% of the insured value of the recovered property.▼ {{quote\|''There's an old Polish proverb that says, "When an owl comes to a mouse picnic, it's not there for the sack races".''}} ▲~~Banacek (one of the [[Wheel Program\|rotating]] elements of~~ ''[[~~The NBC Mystery Movie~~Banacek]]'') iswas a [[Too Good to Last\|short-lived]], light-hearted detective TV series starring George Peppard which aired on NBC from 1972 to 1974 as one of the [[Wheel Program\|rotating]] elements of ''[[The NBC Mystery Movie]]''. Peppard played Thomas Banacek, a suave, Polish-American freelance investigator based in Boston, who solved seemingly impossible thefts. He then collected from the insurance companies 10% of the insured value of the recovered property. Also featured were Ralph Manza as Banacek's chauffeur Jay Drury, Murray Matheson as rare-bookstore owner and information source Felix Mulholland and Christine Belford as Carlie Kirkland, Banacek's sometime-lover and always-rival. ''Banacek'' was ~~part~~was the only spoke of ~~the~~of ''~~NBC~~[[The ~~Wednesday~~NBC Mystery Movie]]'' ~~lineup,~~to ~~and~~run ~~was~~in ~~the~~both ~~only~~seasons.{{verify}}<!-- ~~spoke~~The ofNBC ~~this~~Mystery ~~[[Wheel~~Movie ~~Program]]~~ran tofor ~~run~~more inthan ~~both~~two seasons. --> ---- {{tropelist}} ~~=== ''Banacek'' provides examples of: ===~~ * [[As the Good Book Says...]]: Variation: Banacek doesn't quote the Bible, but [[Once an Episode\|frequently delivers]] what he claims are [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykuGCT2uixk old Polish proverbs and aphorisms] that seem to wander into [[Ice Cream Koan]] territory. * [[Cool Car]]: The AMX-400 from the second episode. * [[Girl of the Week]] * [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: [[Star Trek: ~~the~~The Original Series\|Harry Mudd and ~~Cyrano~~Proconsul ~~Jones~~Claudius]] are brothers. {{spoiler\|And crooks too... who'd a thought?}} Others just from that series: Spock's fiancee T'Pring is marrying a Middle Eastern ruler, Commodore Decker built an advanced automobile, Nilz Baris has retired to gardening, Gary Mitchell is a sculptor, and the list goes on.... [[MASH (television)\|B.J. Hunnicutt]], [[Hart to Hart\|Jennifer Hart]], [[Batman (TV series)\|The Joker, the Mad Hatter]], [[James Bond (film)\|Jaws]], [[The Rat Patrol\|Hauptmann Dietrich]], [[Forbidden Planet\|Altaira]].... [[Hilarious in Hindsight]]: Girl of the Week Margot Kidder, six years before she played [[Superman (film)\|Lois Lane]] for the first of four times. When Banacek introduced himself, giving only his last name, she responded quizzically, "One name? Like Superman?" * [[Insurance Fraud]]: The only type of crime investigated. * [[Locked Room Mystery]] * [[Mile -High Club]]: "A Million the Hard Way" * [[No Pronunciation Guide]]: Banacek has to correct someone's pronunciation of his name in ''almost every'' episode. Not Banna-seck but Banna-check. (And sometimes he corrects the spelling: "B-A-N-A-C-E-K, just like it sounds.") Sometimes people deliberately mispronounce it because he's made them look incompetent in the past: Barnard-chek, Banana-chek.... * [[Once an Episode]]: Jay suggests a solution to the mystery, ~~which~~and Banacek ~~immediatly~~immediately finds aan obvious flaw ~~with~~in it. * [[Running Gag]]: Banacek's Polish proverbs, Jay suggests his solution to the mystery. * [[Wheel Program]] {{reflist}} [[Category:~~Crime and Punishment Series/Detective Drama~~{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:TV Series]] [[Category:American Series]] [[Category:~~Banacek~~Detective TV Series]] [[Category:~~Series~~The NBC Mystery Movie]]