Yup, many, MANY goofs, but just to balance things a LITTLE - -
Back in the 1960s, there was a weekly series called "I Spy," with Robert Culp and Bill Cosby as a pair of CIA operatives. (Yes, ol' Pudding Bill.) Nicely produced, with some good writing, decent acting, and excellent location fliming. First major series with a black actor in a truly equal capacity, too.
Culp carried a cut-down P38-- a little surprising because Culp the man was pretty gun-savvy. I tend to think this was just a tougue-in-cheek jibe at a slightly earlier series, "The Man from U.N.C.L.E.," in which the hee-row used a P38 snubnose with about eleven different accessories, including shoulder stock, extension barrel, long magazine, scope sight and supressor.
One thing that always impressed me: Cosby carried a Colt Commander, probably in 9mm, with the hammer down--we saw him thumb cock it in various episodes. When the shooting was over, and, amazingly, they sometimes resolved difficulties
without any shooting, Cosby would always turn well away from anyone else and use both hands to
VERY carefully lower the Colt's hammer.
Culp was a supporting actor in a later series, "The Greatest American Hero," playing an FBI agent. He demonstrated some very good gun handling in the midst of this comedy series. One involved him holding an AR on some bad guys. An ignorant non-combatant walked in front of Culp, who deflected his muzzle and then, when clear, went immediately back on target.
Hey--Just a couple of bright spots in the middle of the Hollywood madness.
Best,
Johnny
, he pulls out what appear to be a couple of H&K MP5K's, sans foregrip, and what looks to be like a supressor. When he begins firing, they get a shot of the casings hitting the ground--and they're MUCH larger, like a .308 or somesuch....
