I remember i read a post here about Bruno Heller stealing the idea of the Mentalist and RJ from a show called "Profiler"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profiler_(TV_series) ,

any way i think i found something similar:

i was recently watching  one of my favorite  1980's comedy shows called "Sledgehammer" and it just hit me to see where Bruno Heller stole the character of "Brett Partridge" 

first look at this clip from the mentalist " the mentalist pilot " the Ghoul clip"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k26u5EOWWTU#t=57

thenlook at this scene from "Sledge Hammer" 1988 show at second 3:15 of the video
am I wrong both characters even look alike and he used the exact same words " a Ghoul who enjoys his work"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuRYfdzZAhY#t=190

what do you guys think?