Say what you want about Jack Webb. He ran a very efficient production company that the studios liked. His productions always came in on time, and under budget.
I've read that he had a few scripts in the pipeline for the 1980s Dragnet he was going to produce with himself and Kent McCord. I wish those would have been filmed. Would love to have seen them.
I thought that the Kent McCord episodes would been in the mid 1970's, would have been an hour, and that McCord would have played his "Adam-12" character as Friday's new partner.
Friday always walked like he was carrying invisible suit cases. But I do love this show. Jack was an accomplished writer, actor, and producer. He also dabbled in , and loved jazz music. RIP Mr Webb 🙏
I like the suitcase line. :) Webb really seemed to like learning other people's trades for a part. A good triple feature would be "The D.I.," "Pete Kelly's Blues," and his lesser known newspaper movie, "30."
@@warrenlewis3977- that was unusual for the day and something I had known idea of as fact I was was thinking there was not one minority in this show as was the normal back then
Check-out Mr. Webb's film : "Pete Kelly's Blues" in which he portrays a Musician whom has issues with Women, bands, the Mob, and the Union. well written and Directed. 👍🤍🔥🧐😎🌞🌛🌟
Twenty-six minutes and 12 seconds of programming for a 30 minute show. Today you get about 21 minutes. They're probably charging 10 times the cost per minute for commercials today than they were back then, yet they still butcher the old shows to make more room for commercials. Burns me up. Glad we have some uncut versions like this one on YT.
TV shows generally only had one sponsor back then. You'd get three ads from them on a 30-minute program, one at the beginning, one mid-way through, and one at the end. I honestly wouldn't mind going back to that!
This was so cool to watch. Dragnet, Joe Friday and that theme song so iconic. I loved seeing an early version of the show, especially as a member of the NHRA seeing Wally Parks. How huge the NHRA became only a few years later. Thank you for this.
Dec 22, 2018 ~ used to watch this on a 10" TV screen with my parents back in the 50s. Badge 714 was my grandmothers phone #. Jack Web played that role a lot of years but died young. A great movie he made back in the 50s was named D.I. He was a marine drill Sgt. Loved the 50s. I'm 75 now!
I really don't want to be one of those guys, but the Corp doesn't have Drill Sargeant, they have Drill Instructors, and they are quick to "correct" you..lol.
They were usually pretty good about getting warrants on the show I just watched they mentioned that they didn't search a car for something until they had a warrant.
Throughout the series Joe's telephone calls always cracked me up. In 3 seconds he has a 3 minute conversation of details. Who, what, when, where, why all answered in a flash! Joe gets pumped and talks faster almost blending the words lol!
That’s James Olomos said when he played a bartender in the show Kojak, he mentioned that folks don’t just answer questions to a stranger just because he is a detective. You have to prove yourself.
I'm really liking these '50s Dragnet episodes. Can't help but notice how the chatty "witnesses" add light humor to the show. Every show title starts off with "The Big..." as in a certain hard boiled detective novel.
"Dragnet" began on radio as a summer replacement in June, 1949, and was considered a big risk for NBC Radio, as network executives weren't sure if listeners were ready for a realistic police drama. The show became an instant success, running on radio until 1957, and arrived on television in January, 1952. It had two successful runs on TV, from 1952-59 (7-1/2 seasons) and again from 1967-70 with new episodes (3-1/2 seasons).
I'm glad I grew up in the 50s, 60s, 70s. My oldest brother raced cars in the early 50s. My middle brother had a number of hot rods in the 60s. In 1967 & 68 I belonged to a street racing car club. In 69, I joined the Army. In 1971, I got out of the Army. I was a 19 year old disabled veteran. In 1972, I bought a 1965 Pontiac Catalina custom order car from a friend. It had a high performance motor & a heavy duty suspension with a manual 3 speed transmission. Of course, I raced it. Lol As the years rolled by, there were more hot cars, more races. I remember the Hot Rod magazines. Everybody had stacks of them. Those were the good old days. We could work on our own cars and there were no computers or other junk. Just pure machines. Friday & Saturday nights. Cruising the drive-ins, listening to Rock n roll looking for girls & races. Simple days.
Jules Dubobian (sp) was a regular at Fremont. 8 lug, Catalina "Swiss-cheese" 2+2. Dual quad, 4-gear, solid-lifter Super Duty 421. Ran B/S. That puppy would daylight the left front!
I don't know what you're #'s were in the Catalina (I always like Pontiacs) but when I came up in the 80s the GN's really laid a strip, mid 13's. So the guys with the mustangs had to do gear swaps, 2.93 to 3.55s, home-made ram air, cheater slicks, H pipes to eliminate the cats, hi flow exhaust and all that with a good launch and reaction time could get you in the mid 13s like a Buick GN.
Dad bought a 67 Olds Vista Cruiser. 330ci, 320hp, 10.25:1 w/ Turbo 400 trans. Black on black. Windows in the roof. She'd squall and put down 6' of rubber hitting second @ wot. Give an interesting chirp at half throttle. She'd pull the left front when you got on her. I got her in 76. Girl I went to school with hit it, pushed it into a cobra ll mustang, and pushed it into a country squire wagon in front of where I worked.
@@danmyers9372 I met Wally parks at the 35th US nationals in Indianapolis when I went to work for NHRA as a Tech Inspector. At least they didn't make up some name too.
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Parks can kiss my A$$. He DQed my car for a national record at Fremont. After checking cam lift, which was at spec, the venerable Wally P. said my cam didn't "look" stock. FWP
When she screamed at him wheels I couldn’t stop laughing and then when she tells him you’re gonna have your ears checked that was even funnier she says you should have your ears checked
I'd never seen one of the original Dragnet episodes until now. There was some nice film-noir camera work in this, and I like the way they call the cars by name instead of that absurd "black sedan" stuff they were forced to use on TV for a while. Thanks for posting.
The really bad thing is after that creep got out of jail after serving 5 years for killing a woman and her unborn child, when the womans husband caught up with him and killed him, he would probably get life, because it was premeditated murder
I have been a fan of Dragnet since the 1970's. I have heard of these Black and White episodes but I have never seen them. Jack Webb was a wanna be cop but he played his role as Sgt. Joe Friday well. R.I.P. Jack!
I grew up in the '40's and '50's with Dragnet every week, I believe I have seen every black and white episode, and most of the revived series colored episodes. By the way that picture of the tall building on the badge at the beginning of each episode was the real city hall in L.A., and it was also the building shown in the '50's tv series of "Superman" and it was supposed to be the "Daily Planet" newspaper building.
3.36 am Frank and I checked out and went home for the night. When I got home I took my shoes off near the front door and went to the kitchen for a glass of milk. I split a few drops of milk on the floor but decided I would clean it up in the morning. I went to the bedroom and put on a fresh pair of pajamas with a umbrella pattern on them. I tucked myself in and went to sleep. Next morning........
Michael Ansara! Great actor. Probably the best Klingon ever in the Star Trek franchise. Vehicular manslaughter never gets sufficient punishment. Even now the max is 6 yrs, with gross negligence. It is easier to charge second degree murder now if they are DUI and have DUI history, but that's it. Good episode. It shows the attitude of responsible hot rodders vs punk kids
The husband of the victim was played by Michael Ansara, Barbara Eden's 1st husband, the doctor was played by Vic Perrin, the serial killer in the movie,Dragnet 1967.
This episode is not among the compilation dvds that I've found. Glad you posted it. Back when hot rodding and the mechanics of it were simple and computer-free.
Actor Michael Ansara who played the hit and run victim's husband was married to Barbara Eden of I Dream of Jeannie. He definitely had nothing to cry about there.
I noticed that even though the hot rod club president gave an eloquent speech expressing their probably innocence, the cops still rounded up all the club members and checked them out individually and even "recruited" them into service as well! Gee thanks Mr. Friday.
Didn't matter if you got injured in Hollywood or Crenshaw - according to Webb you were going to Georgia Street Receiving Hospital until the late 60's; then you were headed to Rampart.
Jack Webb did more to portray police officers as decent folks through his many productions (Adam-12) than any other individual in show business. Anyone who derides him or his efforts is either ignorant or stupid.
@@allencrider One bad cop is one too many. Having said that, the vast majority of cops are honest and hard working. if you look at the total number of law enforcement officers in this country, a minuscule number are bad. A broad brush makes for a sloppy painting.
These episodes from the 50's are great and now and then they make you laugh the girl sucking down her coffee and mumbles to Frank you aught to get your ears checked and WHEELS!!! This part was pretty funny
Vic Perrin played the doctor. He did a lot of TV shows ….made good $$$$. The husband of the victim was the real husband of “I dream of Jeanne”Barbara Eden His name was Michael Ansara He also played on the same show as her.
Jay OLeary I’m retired from city of Los Angeles, long career. Dwp and many other depts. my first job was coin collection, parking meters. We counted the coins, under old city hall. The famous Los Angeles city hall.
First time I watched Dragnet,we had a 40 foot antenna on the roof of the house. Every house had them.the TV often has snw or blacklines scrolling down the screen.. damned 21 inch BW cost Dad $350 bux this was in 1956
three years and $1200? In today's economy he'd be living in a studio apartment and eating dry cereal and pizza after spending that much cash. Three years and $1200. Man I miss the 50s.
Dr. Hall is played by Vic Perrin, a Jack Webb regular. Miriam Hunter was played by Diane Jergens who married "Lawman" co-star Peter Brown. They divorced in 1959.
I'm in Love !! That beginning actress ( Diane Jergens ), she was such a Cutie !.. Love her voice, and her feisty attitude ........lol..(4:17--> something wrong with your Ears! LOL )
And this was from the period when it was easier for Jack Webb to adapt previous radio scripts, and not worry about a shortage of "new" scripts for television. When the radio series ended production in the summer of 1955, he eventually had to write original scripts for television.
Not just back then. When I worked as a radio tech in the 1990's my fellow techs would ask who made the coffee. If it was me, there were a lot of grimaces and calls for making a new pot that was not nearly as strong. ;)
Great show ! After losing his wife the husband was taken over by anger and depression and became "Commander Kang" in a couple of Star Trek episodes. After a bit of therapy he pulled out of it and married "I Dream of Genie" Barbara Eden . . . and completely forgot about his first wife.
One real name was used in this episode outside of law enforcement. Wally Parks who was big in the National Hot Rod Association and getting drag racing a real sport. I wish it had said in the credits if Parks was playing himself.
Yes he was still around when I belonged in the early '60s. I think he died around 2005 or so. Boy $1200 bucks in that rod, that injection downdraft system worth 4-5 k now. Like to have the '40 Ford the kid drove. I recognized Michael Ansara right away, played native American Indians in the day.He was also in some Star Trek shows or movies.
How does m ansara speak without unclenching his teeth? He never opens his mouth. Just lips. Teeth look like just white wall of teeth. No gaps, no nothing, just white.
Star of Tom Corbet TV series in the early '50s and The Rough Riders TV series in the late ;50s and then was rarely out of work again until her retired in 1992.
The bad guy on this one is played by Jan Merlin, Tom Corbett's wise guy sneering sidekick Roger Manning from "Tom Corbett's Space Cadets". He does a lot of sneering in this episode too, especially in the follow up at the end. He caused no end of trouble for clean cut Tom Corbett and the friendly Venutian cadet Astro in their outer space adventures.
Michael Ansara played the husband. He is most well known for playing Cochise in the series Broken Arrow and playing Commander Kang on the original Star Trek. He was married to Barbara Eden of "I Dream of Genie" fame.
Diana jergens who played her role brilliantly as Miss Hunter was exquisite in her exchange with detective Smith!
Say what you want about Jack Webb. He ran a very efficient production company that the studios liked. His productions always came in on time, and under budget.
I've read that he had a few scripts in the pipeline for the 1980s Dragnet he was going to produce with himself and Kent McCord. I wish those would have been filmed. Would love to have seen them.
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I thought that the Kent McCord episodes would been in the mid 1970's, would have been an hour, and that McCord would have played his "Adam-12" character as Friday's new partner.
Friday always walked like he was carrying invisible suit cases.
But I do love this show.
Jack was an accomplished writer, actor, and producer.
He also dabbled in , and loved jazz music.
RIP Mr Webb 🙏
I like the suitcase line. :) Webb really seemed to like learning other people's trades for a part. A good triple feature would be "The D.I.," "Pete Kelly's Blues," and his lesser known newspaper movie, "30."
He supported Civil Rights and was staunchly anti-bigot. He stuck his neck out for Black people when he could have made excuses and ignored it.
@@warrenlewis3977- that was unusual for the day and something I had known idea of as fact I was was thinking there was not one minority in this show as was the normal back then
It was good to grow up with drag net
Check-out Mr. Webb's film :
"Pete Kelly's Blues" in which he
portrays a Musician whom has issues with Women, bands, the
Mob, and the Union. well written
and Directed. 👍🤍🔥🧐😎🌞🌛🌟
Ms Hunter is adorable! She is a Betty Boop baby doll!
Twenty-six minutes and 12 seconds of programming for a 30 minute show.
Today you get about 21 minutes. They're probably charging 10 times the cost per minute for commercials today than they were back then, yet they still butcher the old shows to make more room for commercials. Burns me up. Glad we have some uncut versions like this one on YT.
TV shows generally only had one sponsor back then. You'd get three ads from them on a 30-minute program, one at the beginning, one mid-way through, and one at the end. I honestly wouldn't mind going back to that!
You also got 52 minutes out of an hour-long show instead of 42 or lately 40 minutes.
Hooray for Capitalism!
This was so cool to watch. Dragnet, Joe Friday and that theme song so iconic. I loved seeing an early version of the show, especially as a member of the NHRA seeing Wally Parks. How huge the NHRA became only a few years later. Thank you for this.
Oh, I am in awe how sparse the shot of L. A. is, especially compared to the skyline of Chicago where I came from.
I think the title of the song is Danger Ahead. I saw that in captioning on tv. But I can't find it in Google. The lyrics, I mean. If there are any.
Dec 22, 2018 ~ used to watch this on a 10" TV screen with my parents back in the 50s. Badge 714 was my grandmothers phone #. Jack Web played that role a lot of years but died young. A great movie he made back in the 50s was named D.I. He was a marine drill Sgt. Loved the 50s. I'm 75 now!
I really don't want to be one of those guys, but the Corp doesn't have Drill Sargeant, they have Drill Instructors, and they are quick to "correct" you..lol.
He lost a lawsuit to Arch Hall Sr for his movie, Last Time I Saw Archie.
Don't mess with the tv, we control the vertical, we control the horizontal.....
@Ithecastic Listen to Frank Zappa's IM THE SLIME.... it's a great song.
I remember that.
The Outer Limits!
Warrant? We don't have no warrant. We don't need no stinkin warrant!
LOL
They were usually pretty good about getting warrants on the show I just watched they mentioned that they didn't search a car for something until they had a warrant.
Throughout the series Joe's telephone calls always cracked me up. In 3 seconds he has a 3 minute conversation of details. Who, what, when, where, why all answered in a flash! Joe gets pumped and talks faster almost blending the words lol!
That’s James Olomos said when he played a bartender in the show Kojak, he mentioned that folks don’t just answer questions to a stranger just because he is a detective. You have to prove yourself.
I couldn't believe it! Friday smiled! right after taking the coffee cup from the young lady..
And when the hot rod club owner was rambling about cars.
I love this witness, she's a hoot, "WHEELS" to Frank.
I'm really liking these '50s Dragnet episodes. Can't help but notice how the chatty "witnesses" add light humor to the show. Every show title starts off with "The Big..." as in a certain hard boiled detective novel.
Yes, the talkative witnesses crack me up. I wondered why every episode started with "Big"
@@giraffesareselfish9563 Raymond Chandler wrote a 1939 hard boiled detective novel called, "The Big Sleep " I guess the writers used that.
@@gtgene Thank you
@@gtgene Chandler novels had a narrative Webb emulated.
Webb was a true TV pioneer. He convinced a studio that people would watch cops just doing routine police work
"Dragnet" began on radio as a summer replacement in June, 1949, and was considered a big risk for NBC Radio, as network executives weren't sure if listeners were ready for a realistic police drama.
The show became an instant success, running on radio until 1957, and arrived on television in January, 1952.
It had two successful runs on TV, from 1952-59 (7-1/2 seasons) and again from 1967-70 with new episodes (3-1/2 seasons).
He just wanted The Facts!
Well said
I have always loved that theme music for DRAGNET.
Ray Anthony did a swinging Bad Ass version of Dragnet.🤩🤩🤩
Brings back memories of my child hood 🤔👍
I'm glad I grew up in the 50s, 60s, 70s.
My oldest brother raced cars in the early 50s.
My middle brother had a number of hot rods in the 60s.
In 1967 & 68 I belonged to a street racing car club.
In 69, I joined the Army.
In 1971, I got out of the Army.
I was a 19 year old disabled veteran. In 1972, I bought a 1965 Pontiac Catalina custom order car from a friend. It had a high performance motor & a heavy duty suspension with a manual 3 speed transmission. Of course, I raced it. Lol
As the years rolled by, there were more hot cars, more races.
I remember the Hot Rod magazines. Everybody had stacks of them. Those were the good old days. We could work on our own cars and there were no computers or other junk.
Just pure machines.
Friday & Saturday nights.
Cruising the drive-ins, listening to Rock n roll looking for girls & races. Simple days.
Jules Dubobian (sp) was a regular at Fremont. 8 lug, Catalina "Swiss-cheese" 2+2. Dual quad, 4-gear, solid-lifter Super Duty 421. Ran B/S.
That puppy would daylight the left front!
I don't know what you're #'s were in the Catalina (I always like Pontiacs) but when I came up in the 80s the GN's really laid a strip, mid 13's. So the guys with the mustangs had to do gear swaps, 2.93 to 3.55s, home-made ram air, cheater slicks, H pipes to eliminate the cats, hi flow exhaust and all that with a good launch and reaction time could get you in the mid 13s like a Buick GN.
Dad bought a 67 Olds Vista Cruiser. 330ci, 320hp, 10.25:1 w/ Turbo 400 trans. Black on black. Windows in the roof. She'd squall and put down 6' of rubber hitting second @ wot. Give an interesting chirp at half throttle.
She'd pull the left front when you got on her.
I got her in 76. Girl I went to school with hit it, pushed it into a cobra ll mustang, and pushed it into a country squire wagon in front of where I worked.
@@bobpaulino4714 Great story bro...
Wally Parks=NHRA founder. Without him, there would probably be no NHRA. RIP, Wally.
Too bad they used an actor to portray Wally.
@@danmyers9372 I met Wally parks at the 35th US nationals in Indianapolis when I went to work for NHRA as a Tech Inspector. At least they didn't make up some name too.
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@Eli Edwin Instablaster ;)
Parks can kiss my A$$. He DQed my car for a national record at Fremont.
After checking cam lift, which was at spec, the venerable Wally P. said my cam didn't "look" stock.
FWP
Hot Rod Magazine actually did a great write-up on this particular episode. I have a copy of it
Not surprising NHRA founder Wally Parks was also an editor of Hot Rod magazine.
@@4thstooge75 And just like any good thing, petersen sold hotrod, car craft etc.. and it's nothing like it used to be and the N.H.R.A is a joke!!
@@4thstooge75 Wally was a brilliant PR man. His mission at first was to promote a clean image for Hot Rodders and this is one detail of that.
Please post issue number and date. That's one issue to look for.
Great episode! Michael Ansara was great at playing tough guys. He was also married to Barbara Eden!
The witness is hilarious
The often are in pretty much every episode
That was missing in the '60s version.
“I’m not real good at telling the year of cars...” says girl giving perfect description of black 1940 Ford.
When she screamed at him wheels I couldn’t stop laughing and then when she tells him you’re gonna have your ears checked that was even funnier she says you should have your ears checked
I'd never seen one of the original Dragnet episodes until now. There was some nice film-noir camera work in this, and I like the way they call the cars by name instead of that absurd "black sedan" stuff they were forced to use on TV for a while. Thanks for posting.
I just started watching in the last week or so, I'm hooked
Great episode! I love Dragnet!❤
Love the vintage stop light at 5:48.
Cool! The founder of the NHRA! Wish they would have shown more of the cars.
5 years isn't much. maybe her husband will be there waiting.
For killing my family I sure would have been waiting for him!
The really bad thing is after that creep got out of jail after serving 5 years for killing a woman and her unborn child, when the womans husband caught up with him and killed him, he would probably get life, because it was premeditated murder
I have been a fan of Dragnet since the 1970's. I have heard of these Black and White episodes but I have never seen them. Jack Webb was a wanna be cop but he played his role as Sgt. Joe Friday well. R.I.P. Jack!
I grew up in the '40's and '50's with Dragnet every week, I believe I have seen every black and white episode, and most of the revived series colored episodes. By the way that picture of the tall building on the badge at the beginning of each episode was the real city hall in L.A., and it was also the building shown in the '50's tv series of "Superman" and it was supposed to be the "Daily Planet" newspaper building.
jack webb was a radio news reporter in San Francisco for a time perhaps he developed his respect for leos then
These old episodes were way more quirky than the later ones. More gruesome and always with an offbeat character or two. Really great stuff.
Most of them were recycled scripts from the radio program, often using the same actors.
3.36 am Frank and I checked out and went home for the night. When I got home I took my shoes off near the front door and went to the kitchen for a glass of milk. I split a few drops of milk on the floor but decided I would clean it up in the morning. I went to the bedroom and put on a fresh pair of pajamas with a umbrella pattern on them. I tucked myself in and went to sleep. Next morning........
Very well put lol
DRAGNET IS THE BEST !
Yes it is
“Downtown” I guess police stations are never”uptown”😂
It's because the real crimes are uptown.
Another great episode!
Another great comment!
Michael Ansara! Great actor. Probably the best Klingon ever in the Star Trek franchise. Vehicular manslaughter never gets sufficient punishment. Even now the max is 6 yrs, with gross negligence. It is easier to charge second degree murder now if they are DUI and have DUI history, but that's it. Good episode. It shows the attitude of responsible hot rodders vs punk kids
He was on an episode of Lost In Space if I remember right. . . . . . .
With Kurt Russell. . . . . . .
I adored Michael Ansara. He often played Native American roles, but was Syrian. Wonderful actor and very handsome.
When I first saw him, I thought he was the actor who played Rigel XII lithium miner Ben Childress.
Also married to Barbara Eden (I Dream of Jeannie) from 1958 to 1974.
He was also in The Outer Limits episode, "Soldier" where he played "Quarlo."
The husband of the victim was played by Michael Ansara, Barbara Eden's 1st husband, the doctor was played by Vic Perrin, the serial killer in the movie,Dragnet 1967.
This is the first black&white episode I've ever seen of Dragnet. Awesome either way!!!
This episode is not among the compilation dvds that I've found. Glad you posted it. Back when hot rodding and the mechanics of it were simple and computer-free.
I hope that whoever holds the rights to the 1950's "Dragnet" series will release the entire series on DVD.
Actor Michael Ansara who played the hit and run victim's husband was married to Barbara Eden of I Dream of Jeannie. He definitely had nothing to cry about there.
Yes, he did. Their son died of a heroin overdose.
"Were there any skid marks?" "No, only in your Fruit of the Looms!"
Love Dragnet and this episode. Thanks for posting!
@Making America Great Again - TRUMP'S DUMPED! thanks so much! Will definitely check it out!
2:37 “Did you get a good look at the vehicle?”
“You mean the one that hit her?”
“Nooo, our vehicle... OF COURSE THE VEHICLE THAT HIT HER!!!”
I was thinking the same thing.
Right? What an odd girl.
The witnesses were often odd, asking or saying things that are just bizarre.
I noticed that even though the hot rod club president gave an eloquent speech expressing their probably innocence, the cops still rounded up all the club members and checked them out individually and even "recruited" them into service as well! Gee thanks Mr. Friday.
Proper procedure.
That first girl she made me laugh so hard LOL
Slap on the wrist sentence. With George Gascon as the current D.A. he wouldn’t have even been charged.
Didn't matter if you got injured in Hollywood or Crenshaw - according to Webb you were going to Georgia Street Receiving Hospital until the late 60's; then you were headed to Rampart.
Thank God its Friday
LOL! No kidding 😉
Jack Webb did more to portray police officers as decent folks through his many productions (Adam-12) than any other individual in show business. Anyone who derides him or his efforts is either ignorant or stupid.
Too bad the reality shows that there many dirty cops.
@@allencrider One bad cop is one too many. Having said that, the vast majority of cops are honest and hard working. if you look at the total number of law enforcement officers in this country, a minuscule number are bad. A broad brush makes for a sloppy painting.
@@cfm990 We have a terrible problem in America where black men and boys are being slaughtered by bad cops.
Jack Webb was very insistant in portraying the Police and the suspects as 'real people'...
@@cfm990 miniscule bullshit
I was a little kid and this was serious crime show back then, definitely times have changed.
"...yeah >'WHEELS!'
"it was cold in Los Angeles", lol, that's very relative. People here freeze at 50.
The episode of Star Trek Michael Ansara was in was " The day of the dove" .He played Klingon commander Kang.
The metabolism of people reaching 50 years of age deteriorates to the point of being more susceptible to hypothermia.
These episodes from the 50's are great and now and then they make you laugh the girl sucking down her coffee and mumbles to Frank you aught to get your ears checked and WHEELS!!! This part was pretty funny
Take a good look at the doctor. A few years later he became the "control voice" for The Outer Limits!
Vic Perrin played the doctor. He did a lot of TV shows ….made good $$$$. The husband of the victim was the real husband of “I dream of Jeanne”Barbara Eden His name was Michael Ansara He also played on the same show as her.
Vic Perrin. He was in a lot of Dragnet episodes and played a ADA on the Dragnet movie (1954). Was also on an episode of Star Trek:TOS (1966-9).
This woman's acting is hilarious
This is Los Angeles, I work here and, to be honest, I'm feeling a little melancholy.
Jay OLeary I’m retired from city of Los Angeles, long career. Dwp and many other depts. my first job was coin collection, parking meters. We counted the coins, under old city hall. The famous Los Angeles city hall.
The big Dress-Down at the end to the snotty punk…priceless
We watched the 1970’s series
I remember this tv show as a its still one of my favorite tv shows
God I love this tv show.
First time I watched Dragnet,we had a 40 foot antenna on the roof of the house. Every house had them.the TV often has snw or blacklines scrolling down the screen.. damned 21 inch BW cost Dad $350 bux this was in 1956
I love this Tv series, it still stands as one of the greatest Tv shows ever written!
I absolutely agree with you. Jack Webb was one of a kind
I wish they would’ve showed more cars Damn it. I wanna see Hot Rods
Jack Webb decided to like the Hot Rodders.
three years and $1200?
In today's economy he'd be living in a studio apartment and eating dry cereal and pizza after spending that much cash.
Three years and $1200. Man I miss the 50s.
Dr. Hall is played by Vic Perrin, a Jack Webb regular. Miriam Hunter was played by Diane Jergens who married "Lawman" co-star Peter Brown. They divorced in 1959.
Diane Jergens was also in High School Confidential (1959) with Russ Tamblyn and Jan Sterling.
And?
A yo yo or junkie . "yo yo" means the person goes in and out of drug use, like a yo yo going up and down. 60's slang.
The story you have just seem is true ...the acting you have just seen is a different matter all together
"Critics are legless men who teach running"--Channing Pollock
bravo
DAMN ! What a Killjoy ! LOL
Five years ain't much. The sooner he gets out the sooner the husband tracks him down.
Gregory Moore was given a 3 month suspended sentence since it was in California. When he left the police station he took a huge dump on the sidewalk.
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I'm in Love !! That beginning actress ( Diane Jergens ), she was such a Cutie !.. Love her voice, and her feisty attitude ........lol..(4:17--> something wrong with your Ears! LOL )
WHEELS!!!!!!!!!
LOL!!!!
Yup, she was fantastic.
Yes, but she should have switched to decaf!
She passed away in 2018. She was something!
Incidentally, Jack Webb wrote this under his "John Robinson" pseudonym...
In my opinion, in the final scene, he did his best acting. The anger felt real.
Origianlly telecast on December 30, 1954, and adapted from a March 16, 1954 radio episode.
And?
And this was from the period when it was easier for Jack Webb to adapt previous radio scripts, and not worry about a shortage of "new" scripts for television. When the radio series ended production in the summer of 1955, he eventually had to write original scripts for television.
Season 4, Episode 18......
They made coffee a LOT stronger back then.
Not just back then. When I worked as a radio tech in the 1990's my fellow techs would ask who made the coffee. If it was me, there were a lot of grimaces and calls for making a new pot that was not nearly as strong. ;)
@@Paddydhistorian Too strong is better than too weak; they could always water it down.
The actor who played the husband Michael Ansara, WAS IN REAL LIFE MARRIED TO BARBRA EDEN. They had one son who died of a drug overdose.
michael ansara! one of my favorite actors ...
Thanks so much for the upload, good episode.
Great episode! ( took 2 lives and only got 5 years for manslaughter? Crazy!)
Great show !
After losing his wife the husband was taken over by anger and depression and became "Commander Kang" in a couple of Star Trek episodes.
After a bit of therapy he pulled out of it and married "I Dream of Genie" Barbara Eden . . . and completely forgot about his first wife.
Bartender didn’t even have a phone! Lol
This episode dates back to when there actually were hot rods in the National Hot Rod Association.
Every time Friday says, "Yes m'am" everyone take a bong hit.
ROFL
No one likes drugs
i do vodka shots
Like the Bob Newhart game. Take a shot or drink every time some one says "Bob"!!!
16:44 I love how the guy was supposedly asleep in his bedroom but got to the door in 8 seconds.
I love the b/w episodes and the colors ones also
These Black and white episodes made the show legendary, the late 60's color ones are considered a Joke, watched for Laughs.
One real name was used in this episode outside of law enforcement. Wally Parks who was big in the National Hot Rod Association and getting drag racing a real sport. I wish it had said in the credits if Parks was playing himself.
Yes he was still around when I belonged in the early '60s. I think he died around 2005 or so.
Boy $1200 bucks in that rod, that injection downdraft system worth 4-5 k now.
Like to have the '40 Ford the kid drove.
I recognized Michael Ansara right away, played native American Indians in the day.He was also in some Star Trek shows or movies.
It was probably him. But since he didn't have a speaking part in this episode, he wasn't credited.
@@246spyder not only that, Michael Ansara was married to Barbara Eden - I dream of Genie
And Barbara Eden was Miss NHRA 1955.
That wasn't Wally Parks. Parks was much taller and quite a bit thinner.
So to this day the NHRA they present a Wally to the winner of each race that they hold. Now I know who they honor
love the background music
Cool episode with the NHRA in the plot!
The hit & run felony unit? LA has so many hits & runs that the LAPD
has an entire unit devoted to Hits & runs. DAMN!
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A young Michael Ansara From Western Movie "Broken Arrow" A.lso was Married to Barbara Eden Nay he RIP he was a good Actor etc
Yes, I'll up one you though GREAT ACTOR!!
The husband of the victim - the big tall guy? Yes, have seen him in a few old tv westerns playing the heavy usually.
Also Kang the Klingon in Star Trek.
How does m ansara speak without unclenching his teeth? He never opens his mouth. Just lips. Teeth look like just white wall of teeth. No gaps, no nothing, just white.
And john singingrock from the movie "the manitou".
As a kid i HATED him cause he was bangin jeanie...
Not the real Wally Parks but it's neat that he was depicted anyway :) Very long time head of the NHRA.
Webb frequently used real names of characters.
....... Michael Ansara was the grieving husband ....... later Mr. Barbara Eden.
4:52-"WHEELS!" lol
$1200 in the car, in 1955 minimal wage was 75 cents, equal to $7 in 2019.
today you would get 5 years just for fleeing the scene and up to 6 for the vehicular manslaughter
The Suspect is Actor A young Jan Merlin, At this Posting is age 93, God Bless And he is still going strong etc.
Star of Tom Corbet TV series in the early '50s and The Rough Riders TV series in the late ;50s and then was rarely out of work again until her retired in 1992.
Jan died last month.
Wally Parks was a founder of the NHRA.
Awesome TV
That coffee was really strong she gagged. Twice
The coffee didn't gag her, stupid! She's just a dummy, that's all.
That’s because it was really whiskey 😮
The bad guy on this one is played by Jan Merlin, Tom Corbett's wise guy sneering sidekick Roger Manning from "Tom Corbett's Space Cadets". He does a lot of sneering in this episode too, especially in the follow up at the end. He caused no end of trouble for clean cut Tom Corbett and the friendly Venutian cadet Astro in their outer space adventures.
She really sold the tea!
Michael Ansara, married to Barbara Eden for years, played Cochise on the television version of "Broken Arrow" a few years after this Dragnet episode .
Michael Ansara played the husband. He is most well known for playing Cochise in the series Broken Arrow and playing Commander Kang on the original Star Trek. He was married to Barbara Eden of "I Dream of Genie" fame.