Joe Mannix was a private investigator, Kojak was a NYPD lieutenant. Different jobs, different incomes. The whole point is that police lieutenants are, sartorially, somewhere in between Kojak and Columbo.

Dang, you've provided a real challenge here, but fun!

The comment in question was too long to recopy here, with the intention of making the correction (noted by an asterisk) to credit the author of the suggestion made. Namely, a Private Detective and a Private Investigator. But what's really interesting is the dialogue in Mannix, to the point that every time Joe is asked "are you a cop" he replies with only the word "private."

Now that's always fascinated me, and made me research. Is it to imply that he's retired from the Police Force (yet there's nothing in the dialogue about that). Or that he's so in tune with Police practices that he thinks like one, but works for his clients.

Probably, since he works hand-in-hand with all those lieutenants, and some who are friends; well except for Kramer (Larry Linville) who pretty much can't stand him (there's a salute to Frank in MASH).

To clear up the nature (description) of the character of Joe Mannix, is offered in the Mannix (meaning the Show's) own wiki page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mannix

The contributions which build the character's profile have truly expanded the assumed background of the character. Which is usually accomplished by Ultra Fans who pay exceptional attention to the dialogue in each episode. And then are able to build the profile. No worries, those details are what enriches a Series and the depth of the storylines. Admitted, is that I do not know the true Canon of Mannix, which makes the Series what it intended to be, though Fans have taken it much further.

Helping to explain a Private Detective and a Private Investigator is this paper. Credit: https://www.goodwin.edu/enews/investigator-vs-detective/#:~:text=For%20this%20reason%2C%20private%20detectives,be%20handled%20by%20local%20officials.

The HIGHLIGHT taken from all that reading is:

“𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴, 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴. 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘮 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘭𝘢𝘸 𝘦𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺.”

And finally, I'd never heard the word Sartorially used as it is. So attached is an explanation. No worries, I think the idea is to point out the significant range of taste (or good sense) between Telly Savalas' extraordinary attention to male fashion. And Columbo (do we also blame Peter) for throwing any illusion to fashion sense, completely overboard. And with a wink of course, I point Fans to "Troubled Waters" of course.

Good call. There is a different standard -- at least there should be one -- between the informal comments section of an article and the article itself. If someone misspells a word in a comment, or (gasp!) makes a grammatical error, it's best to let it go. The article itself, I think, should be held to a more professional standard. If you're writing a story about a TV show, the writer's credibility is damaged if the show's name is misspelled.

In the original 1973 TV movie, "The Marcus-Nelson Murders," that spawned the series, the titles do spell it "Kojack"; in the TV SERIES, itself, for its entire run, as well as the Ving Rhames reboot, it's KOJAK.

True, justjeff! And Kojak is also spelled wrong.

I wonder if his baldness was natural, or did he shave his head?

He shaved the "monk's ring" of hair he had for a part - I think it might have been for "The Ten Commandments" and liked it, so he kept the look afterward. You can see him with what hair he did have in the Twilight Zone, Alfred Hitchcock Presents and The Untochables, to offer a few examples...

Well, you probably wear clothes more often than you watch Kojak. Or am I misjudging you?

There's too many wisecracks for me to use in one opportunity like this... so make up your own punchline here... LOL!

This is the METV staff writing this article, not The Wall Street Journal, but they should know better.

Nice reply there, no punch lines necessary.