Without a Clue

Author and sometime Rap Sheet contributor Gary Phillips passed along a link to The Huffington Post’s recent list of what it says are “Television’s Most Memorable Detectives of All Time.” In his note, Phillips adds: “Cool that Mannix and [Darren] McGavin’s Mike Hammer are there, as are other choices--though no Peter Gunn, no (Jack Lord) Steve McGarrett? But the bloodless television version of Shaft is [included]?” I share his bafflement.