R.I.P. Edd Byrnes, the hip Kookie of 77 Sunset Strip

metv.com ^ | 1/9/2020 | MeTV Staff

[catnipman]

“Loved that show, especially the Kookie character.”

kookie was my parents’ favorite character on that show ... they always talked about him ...

[jmacusa]

Connie Stevens figured very... prominently in my years as an adolescent male.(as did Diana Rigg) Yowza!

[jmacusa]

I'm 63. I remember these shows as a kid. I'm glad I grew up when I did. Those days were The Golden Era of television. My all time favorite tv show was "Combat''. Vic Morrow as "Sgt. Saunders''. "Checkmate King 2, this is White Rook, over.''

[Political Junkie Too]

Good one.

She's still alive, at 87.

-PJ

[abb]

Roger Smith passed a couple of years ago, while MeTV was running the show. I taped up all the episodes and watched them through and through 3x.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Smith_(actor)

[fieldmarshaldj]

RIP.

[newfreep]

Roger Smith played one of the main character on "77" and in real life was the husband/manager of Ann-Margret.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Let’s not forget those Tv shows back then...

77 Sunset Strip
Surfside 6
Hawaiian Eye
The Alaskans

And so many others.

[Kozy]

Ernie Kovacs Show
Sgt. Bilko

[mason-dixon]

Ed “Kookie” Byrnes provided the certified Hipster content on “77” and some Brylcreem didn’t hurt either. )-:

[bruin66]

I thought 77 was the address on Sunset Blvd. of “Dino’s” restaurant. Went there after our senior prom in ‘60. (Hi Michelle)

[JimRed]

When I think of “hipsters” I envision scraggly-haired unwashed and badly clothed individuals, not neat button-down Kookie.

[Pelham]

Dunno. Every time I plug the address into Google maps I get that freeway bridge. Gotta ask one of the freepers up in that part of town to tell us if Dino’s address works.

[bobby.223]

Combat! was GREAT! Also for action/drama stuff: ‘Sea Hunt’, ‘Pallidan’, ‘The Rifleman’ and ‘M-Squad’! Great era for TV!