Crazy Like a Fox

"Crazy Like a Fox" combined wit, adventure and good old fashioned common sense that always triumphs over established education. Jack Warden is ideal as "the bull in the china shop" investigator who has no awareness of proper social protocol and frankly does not care. His son,Harrison, played by John Rubenstein is the exasperated and at first unwilling partner to his father. But once he becomes th reluctant assistant, he is always fiercely loyal and is determined to always compensate for his father's madcap blunders and see the case through. Harry might be gauche and deliberately unpolished but in more than one episode , he empowers those around him,who are struggling and are at life's crossroads and gives them hope and an incentive to succeed. The family dynamic always is beautiful to behold and loving and nobody in the family is ever made to look foolish or ineffectual. And the best part is that the nuclear family is normal and free of dysfunction. There is the additional joy in the absence of profanity and some of the frantic chase scenes remind me of humorous escapades from 1960s Disney feature films. It is a great series which my wife and I see again and again with renewed enjoyment every time.

CRAZY LIKE A FOX 3 STARS

This show has a great cast and good storylines, but little plot in between, otherwise it is a nice happening, and the theme song is very good.

I loved this series , it should have run for longer .

And it was great to see it made in San Franciso, rather tha New York or Los Angeles . Just gave it a different feel .

Loved Jack Warden in it, what a character , and the family dynamics were great, not overly done , good to see the cute grandson getting in on the action !

Good humoured and entertaining , well worth a watch if you like 80's TV shows .

Loved the show and don't know why it didn't run longer. Wonderful guest stars and great writing. Jack Warden was a brilliant actor. I have binge-watched this at least twice, in addition to purchasing the "return" to CLAF. The mysteries always kept me at the edge of my seat, and I always tried to see if I could figure out "whodunnit." As a writer, I admire the twists to the plots, and the way that drama and comedy were intertwined. So sorry there aren't more than 2 seasons. I am a longtime resident of San Francisco and it was always fun to see if I could identify the neighborhoods where the actions were taking place.

I loved Jack Warden in this series. Sometimes instead of dialog, he would make a sort of grunting sound that would convey doubt or skepticism. It said so much more than words could. I would love to see this again for Warden's character. It made the series interesting and worth watching. He was so much smarter than his educated son. Also I loved when he would do something crazy like stealing a truck saying "What could go wrong?" Something always went wrong. He was attractive to women too. I would have dated him. Did anyone else love this show like I did? My other favorite of his is the character Tiresias in the Woody Allen film, Mighty Aphrodite. It was great hearing him make his pronouncements in everyman mode.