In the Heat of the Night (TV Series) When the Music Stopped (1992) User Reviews

" I Love My Truck"

[bkoganbing · 7/10 · 16 October 2020]

Robert Goulet guest stars in this In The Heat Of The Night episode as a country singer who's seen better days. But in the small towns of red state America Goulet still has his fans. Among them being one of Sparta's finest Bubba Skinner.

Alan Autry among the regulars carries this episode. He gets disappointed with his idol but in the end actually admires him when he steps up to the plate and takes my responsibility for a tragedy that occurs.

Gary Crosby plays Goulet's manager and total entourage at this point in his career. Joe Dorsey on whom tragedy befalls plays a former entourage member who's carrying a nasty grudge.

Although Goulet would be better suited for Broadway show tunes, he does all right with the songs written for the episode. Except I Love My Truck. Someone like Roger Miller should have done that.

Pretty Good Story, but

[barlowralph · 5/10 · 11 September 2015]

(Big Sigh) … "In the Heat of the Night" is a wonderful show, and "When the Music Stopped" is a pretty good story, BUT Robert Goulet as a country-western singer? No. It doesn't work. At all. He is simply not believable in the role! And the songs he sings are very amateurish.

Gary Crosby is his usual affable self as the manager/sound man (whatever he was) Mal Talbot, and Joe Dorsey was strong as the angry songwriter Ace McCabe. Alan Autry ("Bubba") gave a good performance as the number one fan who became disillusioned by the events.

All in all, it was a good story. It's just too bad it was severely damaged by the horrible miscasting of Bob Goulet. He was a fine talent, but not as a country singer. Now if Merle Haggard, or someone like that, had done the role, it would have made huge difference.

Cringeworthy

[robr-45544 · 3/10 · 24 October 2021]

I'm sure Carroll O'Conner had something to do with the casting of Robert Goulet. While Goulet has a strong, beautiful voice, Country Western music just doesn't suit him. The storyline of the episode was well written as usual, but Goulet's performance was as cringeworthy as Roseanne Barr's national anthem.

Robert Goulet's performance makes me cringe!

[pawzthought1 · 5/10 · 10 October 2018]

Every time I watch the reruns of this episode I feel sorry for Robert Goulet. How desperate he must have been to take this role. He sings off-key. The lyrics are ludicrous. The premise is barely believeable. How the mighty had fallen.