The music on the jukebox is no surprise...Jack Webb was an avid fan and collector of jazz and blues records, and before Dragnet also starred on radio in a drama called Pete Kelley's Blues.
As a 76 year old technologist, I thought it was interesting to see period appropriate ambulances, radio control heads, and data processing techhology. ( I wonder how the selected matching hollerith cards were restored to the database card deck?)
Well done on this episode, could actually feel the tension of pursuit, sense of relief after announced suspect had been captured. Was that a very young Dennis Weaver as ballistics specialist?
A 1950 Ford only had 100 HP on a good day. High speed must be 40 MPH considering the poor handling of a 50 Ford. LOL! The average 6 cyl. minivan in 2023 has about 275 HP and weighs about the same as 50 Ford.
Ben Alexander actually spoke fluent Spanish. In the Los Angeles and San Diego TV markets, he did commercials in English and Spanish for his successful Ford Motors auto dealership.
He sure did. He gave work to some to make sure they qualified for their pensions. He had a group of very talented character actors . Virginia Gregg, Martin Milner Burt Mustin just to name a few .
8:22 A very young Dennis Weaver (at age 30) as forensic scientist Russ Camp. A year later, Weaver would portray Chester Goode, Matt Dillon’s sidekick on “Gunsmoke” from 1955-64. Then six years later, his most famous role would be New Mexico Deputy Marshal Sam McCloud on the long-running NBC Mystery Movie series “McCloud” from 1970 to 1977 (The first season, consisting of hour-long episodes were part of the short-lived Four in One series).
@@steveprestegard5151Captain Lorman of homicide bureau. Dennis Weaver was about 40 years old at the time. The TV series McCloud was based on a 1968 Clint Eastwood movie Coogan's Bluff about a lawman from the Southwestern United States going to New York City to pick up a fugitive .
Same here. When I listened to the old time radio episodes, I love it when they redo the episodes- The original 150 or so with Barton Yarbourogh, and then they redid them later with Ben Alexander. I have heard every radio episode, but LOVE the first black and white TV episodes. I am always looking for the unheard ones!
Interesting/informative/entertaining. Old fashioned gum shoe detective work-!!!😉. Enjoyed watching the old fashioned juke box in operation-!!!🤗. Wishing viewers a safe/healthy/prosperous (2024). 🌈🎉💵😉.
Actually, he was promoted to Lieutenant in the last episode of the 1950s series. When the show returned in 1967, he was back to being a sergeant because Lieutenants spend most of their time behind a desk, and that wouldn't fit the idea of the show.
I remember that Carolyn Jones was in the 1953 version of The House of Wax in 3D with Vincent Price. She was one of the victims. Wish I could see it again!
Bill Huber uh... No., there's no 70's Dragnet, it was Dragnet 1967, 1968. They were a huge hit on Nick at Nite, which brought Jack and his animosity towards the 60's counter-culture to a whole new audience, from 'Blue Boy', and all the terrific lines, like 'you got nice eyes... for a cop (girl blows smoke in Jack's face, then Jack says) 'and I bet your mother had a loud bark'.' Ouch!
That was also true of 8th grade students. They could end formal education, if they could pass their exams, which had more in it that 4 years of college, today.
“Blonde, tall, nice-looking, good figure…nothing out of the ordinary” - Been to Philly lately? 😂 Of course, if “she” turns out to be a “he”, situation normal…
These are brilliant but you're just waiting for the Naked Gun Line. I would love to see some of the outtakes from these shows, do they still exist I wonder.
The second story , , , the guy shoots a man and paralyzes him for life , , , yet the criminal spends a few years in prison , , , paroled , , , and lives his life out , , , some justice system , ,
The paralyzed guy appeared to be a detective in a previous episode. The captain in the show about the shooting of restaurants was in Seargeant York and Disneys Johnny Tremain as Paul Revere
The irony of the the episode of the big woman is that for a long time the military made a commercial as to why not to pick up somebody who looks like a female hitchhiker you see this tall shapely form with long blonde hair it's only when the car slows down play camera pulls in as if it's the person looking at what looks like a woman play whip their hair out of their face and you see it's a guy and then the narrator tells guys don't pick up a hitchhiker you never know what you're getting. Like I said the commercial above was specifically designed to be on military television in order to warn military guys not to pick up female looking hitchhikers or anyone else. In the commercial the commercial about that I mentioned came out in the 70s and I'm willing to bet that it was inspired by the episode of the big woman.
They don't ask her where she bought the gun or if she has a bill of sale for it? Because if she just bought it recently, then it could not have been used in crimes going back to before the gun was purchased.
Digitally enhanced? This is a blurred mess. Digital seems to be a magic word along with "remastered" for look out for the mess. Early enough to predate Jack Webb's using Dragnet for political propaganda.
The first show told about a murderer gettingthe death penalty. When I was growing up in The Great State of Texas - if A person murdered someone, Texas' Electric Chair, "Old Sparky" killed 'em back ! The Bible says,"if a person shed's man's blood by man shall their blood be shed". 😮
High Schools in those days expected a lot more from their Foreign Language students than they do now.
Wow, DENNIS WEAVER (CHESTER, McCLOUD) in DRAGNET!!!
I would love to have that juke box and those records.
11:30 They bring in the suspect WITH the gun in his belt??? TOO FUNNY!
Ben Alexander stared in the movies in 1920s. A very long and distinguished career. A San Francisco radio star on KGO am fm.
For someone who only speaks high school spanish he's pretty good.
Indubidubly 🙂
I took 6 years of the stuff and I couldn't hold a candle to how he was talking
@@Joeblow-ms3cv Indubitably? (You're not going to find words ending in 'ubly' in English, unless it's 'doubly.')
@@FigaroHey I think I spelled it wrong 😃
"Only" had high school Spanish? Do you think that high school teachers do not teach it right?
The music on the jukebox is no surprise...Jack Webb was an avid fan and collector of jazz and blues records, and before Dragnet also starred on radio in a drama called Pete Kelley's Blues.
Ruth Presti all he wanted in his divorce from gorgeous Julie London - his jazz records.
wasn't that also a movie?
Julie London sung a mean" Fever"
I don't understand why the woman guy wasn't charged with attempted murder on police officers!
And Carolyn Jones is playing the blonde with the concealed weapon...
Dennis Weaver... future star of McCloud
As a 76 year old technologist, I thought it was interesting to see period appropriate ambulances, radio control heads, and data processing techhology. ( I wonder how the selected matching hollerith cards were restored to the database card deck?)
I was also interested in the technology. We were still using those IBM punch cards during the 70s.
Well done on this episode, could actually feel the tension of pursuit, sense of relief after announced suspect had been captured. Was that a very young Dennis Weaver as ballistics specialist?
Yes. Dennis Weaver was mentioned at the end of that episode.
Dennis Weaver!
Don't ever pull something off my clipboard while I'm looking at it.
A 1950 Ford only had 100 HP on a good day. High speed must be 40 MPH considering the poor handling of a 50 Ford. LOL! The average 6 cyl. minivan in 2023 has about 275 HP and weighs about the same as 50 Ford.
Might hit 60 downhill or on flat ground provided she don't overheat😅😅😅!
He said penal!
yes, not penile
@@D45VRThat’s what she said!
Ben Alexander actually spoke fluent Spanish. In the Los Angeles and San Diego TV markets, he did commercials in English and Spanish for his successful Ford Motors auto dealership.
Good to know. I was going to mention that Frank's high school Spanish was much better than mine.
My Spanish was very awful .
I suspected he spoke much more than "high school Spanish" 😊.
He was also born and raised in Goldfield Nevada.
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Thanks for airing Dragnet
Jack Webb sure took care of people that were talented , in all his shows ! RIP ALL
He sure did. He gave work to some to make sure they qualified for their pensions. He had a group of very talented character actors . Virginia Gregg, Martin Milner Burt Mustin just to name a few .
@@billhowes7937Stacey Harris. Olan Soule.
No rest for Uncle Jack. He's currently chasing down the "Devil's Disciples😈.
All except himself. Jack Webb was a heavy smoker who died in 1982 at age 62.
Shouldnt they have dusted for prints the jute box before playing the song?
I had that thought too.
friday pushed the button with a pen
+John Kendricks: almost all episodes of Dragnet have 'big' in the title the title of this is The Big Woman - NOT 'large'.
So what?
8:22 A very young Dennis Weaver (at age 30) as forensic scientist Russ Camp. A year later, Weaver would portray Chester Goode, Matt Dillon’s sidekick on “Gunsmoke” from 1955-64. Then six years later, his most famous role would be New Mexico Deputy Marshal Sam McCloud on the long-running NBC Mystery Movie series “McCloud” from 1970 to 1977 (The first season, consisting of hour-long episodes were part of the short-lived Four in One series).
Weaver was also in the 1954 Dragnet movie.
@@steveprestegard5151Captain Lorman of homicide bureau. Dennis Weaver was about 40 years old at the time. The TV series McCloud was based on a 1968 Clint Eastwood movie Coogan's Bluff about a lawman from the Southwestern United States going to New York City to pick up a fugitive .
This show still holds up. I love it, when I find an episode I haven't seen.
Same here. When I listened to the old time radio episodes, I love it when they redo the episodes- The original 150 or so with Barton Yarbourogh, and then they redid them later with Ben Alexander. I have heard every radio episode, but LOVE the first black and white TV episodes. I am always looking for the unheard ones!
Interesting/informative/entertaining. Old fashioned gum shoe detective work-!!!😉. Enjoyed watching the old fashioned juke box in operation-!!!🤗. Wishing viewers a safe/healthy/prosperous (2024). 🌈🎉💵😉.
Caroline Jones (Mortician Addams) in second episode as mistaken suspect
Rich Radka Ms Jones was a Dragnet semi-regular.
A very young and good looking Carolyn Jones.🥰
Nice to see Weaver.Thanks for posting
He's really cute and young !!
Since 1954 sergeant Friday has been a sergeant till he retired in the 1970s. I know that things are tough but why couldn't the man get a promotion?
He wasn’t very good at his job. Plus, he wasn’t married and didn’t have any vices. He was probably happy with a Sergeant’s salary.
Actually, he was promoted to Lieutenant in the last episode of the 1950s series. When the show returned in 1967, he was back to being a sergeant because Lieutenants spend most of their time behind a desk, and that wouldn't fit the idea of the show.
Maybe Sgt Friday did not apply for a higher rank?
thank you from manhattan ©2024
we never had these shows in my part of Canada when I was growing up, great shows they are
I am in Canada, born 1967 and I cannot remember seeing any Dragnet shows on TV. But I did see "Emergency!" and "Adam-12".
When Carolyn Jones Stood up, I was Suprised at how tall She is !!❤
She was only 5'5 1/2"
@@AnnacolleenEttersit's her "assets "😮
I remember that Carolyn Jones was in the 1953 version of The House of Wax in 3D with Vincent Price. She was one of the victims.
Wish I could see it again!
1950s jukebox.... rad
Wurlitzer model 1400 1500 or so. Heaviest juke ever. Same basic design which soon were converted from 78 to the 45 rpm format.
I never saw the 50's episodes , I was a little kid . I. Am impressed . I always glued to the set with the 70'S dragnet .
Bill Huber uh... No., there's no 70's Dragnet, it was Dragnet 1967, 1968. They were a huge hit on Nick at Nite, which brought Jack and his animosity towards the 60's counter-culture to a whole new audience, from 'Blue Boy', and all the terrific lines, like 'you got nice eyes... for a cop (girl blows smoke in Jack's face, then Jack says) 'and I bet your mother had a loud bark'.' Ouch!
U.N. Owen they had dragnet starting in 1966
@@UNOwen1they had 1969
But not 1970
That's when Webb did Adam 12
They were on the radio before TV as well.
Such a Good show! I remember watching this when I was a kid. Thanks So much for uploading this.
You can actually trace the pursuit on Google Maps.
Dude must have been driving 200 mph. Ended up near Skid Row.
Should have taken print from jukebox button instead of playing it, killer was last to touch that selection until Friday.😂
Very very good Columbo would be proud!
He pushed the button was something besides his finger , maybe a pen
Yes, John Murray, good point.
How about that fancy new computer!
10th. Grade Students in 1880 had to learn more History, Algebra, Calculus and Physics than most modern students learn in College now.
That was also true of 8th grade students. They could end formal education, if they could pass their exams, which had more in it that 4 years of college, today.
Yes, but there is FAR more material to cover in each of those topics today.
@@AnnacolleenEtters you go to college?
And where did you learn how to make your typos?
“Blonde, tall, nice-looking, good figure…nothing out of the ordinary” - Been to Philly lately? 😂 Of course, if “she” turns out to be a “he”, situation normal…
This could have inspired Ed Wood to shoot Glenn or Glendora as a feature movie a couple of years later.
Wow ! these guys really lay on the blood, i wonder if it was controversial?, a lot of shows back then wouldn't show a drop,
I must say, the voice-over sound fidelity is amazing for 1954. Undistinguishable from today.
These are brilliant but you're just waiting for the Naked Gun Line. I would love to see some of the outtakes from these shows, do they still exist I wonder.
The second story , , , the guy shoots a man and paralyzes him for life , , , yet the criminal spends a few years in prison , , , paroled , , , and lives his life out , , , some justice system , ,
That's Chester Goode
Frank and Joe sit awfully close together in that car.
Like!
I seen a jukebox like that on American pickers.
You gotta wonder if the episode of the big woman gave them the idea for bosom buddies.
This episode is, "Dragnet - 4x8 The Big Bar"
This episode starring… the wax pencil!
The paralyzed guy appeared to be a detective in a previous episode. The captain in the show about the shooting of restaurants was in Seargeant York and Disneys Johnny Tremain as Paul Revere
That was a younger Dennis Weaver who played Russ Camp. I thought I recognized him.
Listed as 'Caroline' Jones. I wonder if she later changed the spelling or (most likely) they just got it wrong?
The irony of the the episode of the big woman is that for a long time the military made a commercial as to why not to pick up somebody who looks like a female hitchhiker you see this tall shapely form with long blonde hair it's only when the car slows down play camera pulls in as if it's the person looking at what looks like a woman play whip their hair out of their face and you see it's a guy and then the narrator tells guys don't pick up a hitchhiker you never know what you're getting. Like I said the commercial above was specifically designed to be on military television in order to warn military guys not to pick up female looking hitchhikers or anyone else. In the commercial the commercial about that I mentioned came out in the 70s and I'm willing to bet that it was inspired by the episode of the big woman.
Criminals didn’t stand a chance against the computer technology.
They don't ask her where she bought the gun or if she has a bill of sale for it? Because if she just bought it recently, then it could not have been used in crimes going back to before the gun was purchased.
that was then, this is now.....my how things have changed .
I thought that was Dennis Weaver
What is the name of the song?
The second bar owners say it is "funny man" at about 20 minutes in.
Carolyn Jones?
Digitally enhanced? This is a blurred mess. Digital seems to be a magic word along with "remastered" for look out for the mess.
Early enough to predate Jack Webb's using Dragnet for political propaganda.
When your budget can't afford to film an actual car chase....
fuck the dimwit shit dummy , these are real stories
The first show told about a murderer gettingthe death penalty. When I was growing up in The Great State of Texas - if A person murdered someone, Texas' Electric Chair, "Old Sparky" killed 'em back ! The Bible says,"if a person shed's man's blood by man shall their blood be shed". 😮
They sure believe in music in drama every time they say something music goes on !!🎸🤷♀️
I was one yr old at the time this episode.was aired. But I used to watch tbis series in the 70's.
Thank you for showing the complete episode. ;-)