Banacek (1972–1974)The adventures of proud Polish-American detective Thomas Banacek. Creator:Anthony Wilson |
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Banacek (1972–1974)The adventures of proud Polish-American detective Thomas Banacek. Creator:Anthony Wilson |
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Thomas Banacek
(17 episodes, 1972-1974)
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Ralph Manza | ... |
Jay Drury
(17 episodes, 1972-1974)
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Murray Matheson | ... |
Felix Mulholland
(16 episodes, 1972-1974)
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Thomas Banacek is a clever and well-to-do insurance investigator living in Boston. He makes good money by solving the most intricate and unusual mysteries, and is very proud of his Polish heritage. His contacts include his street-smart chauffeur Jay and British bookstore owner Felix. Written by Marty McKee <mmckee@soltec.net>
"Banacek" has also been aired in polish TV during seventies. Polish people were partly proud, partly disappointed watching these series. People were laughing watching it and started to make jokes about this TV series. Main reason of jokes were "typical polish" proverbs often cited by investigator.
I can assure you - none of his proverbs really exist in Polish. All of them were invented by script writers. Many years later, when someone tried to "invent old tradition" saying something which sounded archaic but in fact was invented by him people used to say "Do not be such Banaczek".
Btw. proper polish spelling of his name is "Banaczek" and should be pronounced as "Bana-check"