History Series / SeventySevenSunsetStrip

One of the most popular and memorable {{Detective Drama}}s of the late '50's, ''77 Sunset Strip'' was a Creator/WarnerBros Television production for Creator/{{ABC}}, set in UsefulNotes/LosAngeles, created by Roy Huggins (who refused screen credit) and produced by William T. Orr.

%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

** "The Checkmate Caper" gets its name from the shout-out to the series ''Checkmate''. When Cuthbert Carmichael hires Stu to pull off a fake robbery, he mentions that one of the private eye's functions is to prevent crime, "like they do on that show ''Checkmate''".

** Frequent guest star John Dehner plays himself in "Leap, My Lovely". He offers to help Jeff nail a hypnotist who's extorting money from a young actress by doing some acting, as a psychiatrist.

* DolledUpUInstalment: The [[MultiPartEpisode five-parter]] "5" which opened the final season was based on Harry Essex's novel on the same name (adapted by the author).

** Jeff always talks about watching the Western series ''Bronco'' when he's depressed. No prizes for guessing what major TV studio produced that series.

** "The Checkmate Caper" gets its name from the shout-out to the series ''Checkmate''. When Cuthbert Carmichael hires Stu to pull off a fake robbery, he mentions that one of the private eye's functions is to prevent crime, 'like they do on that show Checkmate'.

** Suzanne, played by Miss France of 1954, Jacqueline Beer.
** In the final season, Hannah, played by Joan Staley.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: In "5 (Part Two)", Stu tells belligerent cop Lt. Butter, "I bet your mother had a loud bark!"
** Webb was obviously fond of that line, as he recycled it for an exchange between Sgt. Friday and a female suspect in the reboot of ''Franchise/{{Dragnet}}''.

** 'America's Newest Singing Sensation', Peter, Paul and Mary appear in the episode "Shadow On Your Shoulder". They had just been signed to Warner Bros. Records at that time.

* PoorlyDisguisedPilot: Two in the next-to-last season, "Nine to Five", a dramedy about the lives of New York professionals, and "Flight 307", about the lives of people who work at the airport, on and off the job.
* PutOnABus: Rex Randolph after one season (1960-61), though Richard Long appeared two more times over the remaining seasons in different roles.

* SexySecretary: Suzanne, played by Miss France of 1954, Jacqueline Beer.

* ShoutOut: Jeff always talks about watching the Western series ''Bronco'' when he's depressed. No prizes for guessing what major TV studio produced that series.