Having been born in the late 1940s, my parents, siblings and I just loved watching Highway Patrol when it was fresh and new! We kids thought Broderick Crawford was so cooool, and adored him! As an elderly widow now, I still love watching these shows! Thank you for posting them!🤓
I watch these old shows for the memories, the decor, phones, office equipment, diners, dress/shoes, etiquette, prices and of course the cars! Men in hats, women in heels!
I just can't get past the thought that the older people in these shows from the 50's were born in the 1800's. Some of the older people in 1940's films were even alive in "old west" times.
In 1968, I worked in a restaurant and there was one guy there named "Pops" who was in his 90's. (Very spry - he scraped the dirty plates before giving them to the dishwasher. A makework job - The owner was a softy.) Anyway, if he was in his 90's in the 1960's, that means he was born in the 1870's - meaning he was already an adult before there were airplanes, cars on the roads, radio and television, antibiotics, skyscrapers, etc. I wish now I'd have talked to him more.
@@ROGER2095 That's cool. My great grandmother was born in 1878. She passed away in 1976. I was 9 when she passed. I recall her telling us kids stories about when she was a kid and the family traveling west. I was to young to really appreciate it at the time. Thinking about it now, she traveled by horse and wagon as a kid and lived long enough to see the moon landing and commercial jet travel. I really wish someone had of thought to record some of her stories.
Ditto. Also memories of watching these with my dad. This show was one of his favorites. He would always point out the name of the other actors. Like "thats ole so-n-so, he was the outlaw in "insert name of western"!
A very good episode. Had me in suspense. Actress Joyce Meadows has such beautiful looking eyes, they’re like the eyes of a big wild powerful cat. Little wonder she was voted Miss Hollywood of 1954, and then went on to have a very lucrative television career. She was born in Canada and is no relation to actress Audrey Meadows. Boy that ’41 Oldsmobile sure gets around. So far it has been shown in six episodes and counting. Almost makes it a T.V. star by itself!
Good episode. Dan Matthews saw the gas station attendent inside the decoy vehicle. Glad they solved the case [ they always did] and got Officer John {Sgt McDonald of Adam 12 William Boyett] out of the jam. Always loved this show.
Great cars in this episode, Triumph TR3 at 3:01and that Imperial!!! Also, when the guy steals the bottle jack out of the Imperial's trunk, he straight up "mugs" for the camera!!!
The car is an early '57 imperial because it was made PRIOR to the 4 headlights being legal. Chrysler and the other auto manufacturers had to go state to state with a, well, "$trong" "lobbying effort" to get 4 lights made legal. When they did, owners simply went back to their dealers and had the 4 headlights assemblies installed in the openings which were designed for 4 headlights. The '57 to 59 Imperials, especially the convertibles are still so cool at car shows and vintage car cruzes....and Highway patrol the series was always great timeless TV enjoyment. There was always the 15 second morality message at the conclusion. Imagine any TV show trying to get that by network "executives" today....
If you notice, in these episodes, of Highway Patrol, when a police officer calls out for help, on the C.B. radio, for instance, he never mentions out the name, nor the make of the car manufacturer. He will normally refer to it, as a dark gray coupe, or even a blue sport exterior sedan. Lol! In other words, i guess that during those days, they didn't want to advertise the vehicule brand, or the make of the car, during television shows, like saying Chrysler, Chevy, Ford, or even Studebaker, for commercial syndicated reasons.
Correct sir...1985 3rd (deck lite) tail mandatory,headlights now l.e.d.and are aimed properly toward roadway,5 decades totally overlooked,Europe has much more emphasis on safe front/rear headlights, 🍊 turn signals also improvement 👍
Judge people by their actions and not skin color. Oops. My ESG social credit score just went down. Seems I will have to flee to the evil Russians like Snowden. :)
I like the black top convertible in the opening sequence. It's a 54 Lincoln Capri. I saw one that was a lowered chop top convertible. It was totally badass.
Dangerous Dan says "u better start thinking or you'll be more alone! " they gave him some great lines...sure appreciate the upload one of my favorite from 50's use to watch as a kid 😎🔫
@@johnbockelie3899 Best I remember, cars of that era had bumper jacks as standard equipment. Even had slots in the bumpers to hook the jack into. Also, a combination lug wrench/jack handle. Those jack handles were the weapon of choice for some thugs back then, also gang fighters. This two bit thief stole a bottle jack, and a screw jack. Maybe they came at a premium back then. Who knows?
William Boyett played Officer Webb here and also Officer Johnson and Sgt. Williams in Highway Patrol. He was a hansome man with a mello voice. He is also known as Sgt. MacDonald in the TV series Adam-12. He seemed to be typecast as a police officer on many TV shows. Good actor!!! Views as of April 2020=121,947.
And Stanley Clements, in the service station, as Chuck Jackson. Promoted as a youthful musical performer in "Going My Way", starring Bing Crosby, and, later, assuming the role as "Duke Covaleski" in the last few editions of the "Bowery Boys" franchise, after Leo Gorcey (as "Slip") was eliminated when his drinking became uncontrollable, following the death of his father, Bernard Gorcey ("Louie", the proprietor of the sweet shop). Stanley Clements and his wife were one of the first couples to adopt a child from behind the Iron Curtain.
Yeah, Stanley Clements played a lot of shady characters. He actually played a mean guy in one Gunsmoke. He was a killer waiting for his brother to break him out. Took a shot at Matt with a gun his brother threw into his cell
Another excellent episode. That's what I call a petty thief - stealing a jack! Guess you could get a few bucks for it. Oh man Joyce Meadows was sure a beautiful actress. Casting was spot on. William Boyett really fits and plays his part well. I can't imagine ol' 2150 being any other than Broderick Crawford.
Are you talking about what is now the Lassens health food market? That is 2086. That building is set back from the street with parking out in front but not enough. This is the neighborhood I've lived in for 40 years just south of Griffitth Park a couple of blocks north on Hillhurst. I live right around the corner and shop at an Albertson's which would be directly across the street from where Mathews was staking out the gas station, but did not exist when they shot this episode in the late 50s. The 5/10/25 Variety store is a commercial building that is still there at 2060 Hillhurst next door to Lassens. The Hollywood wizards did some cuts to make it look like the gas station was a ways down from the Variety store, but they would have been right next door to each other when there was a gas station there. I got my hair cut in that Variety store space for 10 years between about 2010-2020. Interesting that the prior tenant when I moved into the neighborhood in 1984 was not the Variety store, or rather it was a different kind of Variety store - a Beauty Salon that offered prostitution in a back room. It was eventually busted but remained open as a beauty salon for women that provided only beauty salon services....and then as the barber shop where I got my haircuts when I still had some hair.
it's good that Matthews stands up for his officer, because he had a long career in law enforcement, need proof? Look at several episodes of Adam 12, and then CHiPs to see how he moved up in the ranks of his career!
GENE ROTH, the actor that portrayed the guy that died from a heart attack, was the smuggler in the Three Stooges short "DUNKED IN THE DEEP" 1949, & the remake "COMMOTION ON THE OCEAN" 1956. He was killed by a hit & run driver in 1976.
ROAD WARRIOR Yes, but she would not have understood what you meant, and if she did, she would be offended by your remark, and by the other vulgar remarks that agreed with you. However, in light of the fact that no air conditioning would have been available, and this was set in Southern California, she may actually have been hot.
@@jimlaguardia8185 I doubt if she understood what was said she would have considered that an insult she may have even liked it. Remember that show was made long before libs made women think anything a man says is vulgar.
Highway Patrol's original name was "State Patrol," but they changed it at the last minute. In the first episode the decals on the squad cars read State Patrol but by the 2nd episode they had been changed to Highway Patrol decals.
@ 7:38 That building is on 2066 Hillhurst, just south of Ambrose in the Los Feliz neighborhood near Hollywood. Most of the intown scenes were shot in and around Los Angeles, the rest in the nearby hills.
That episode was "Framed Cop". The character was Officer Ken Williams. Both Johnson and Williams were played by William Boyett, who would later play Sgt MacDonald in "Adam-12".
I caught that too. Got a bit confusing. Had to start doing some research to see what characters Boyett was playing. He was in 65 episodes of HP. He also has 217 credits in IMDB. He also played in both Dragnet shows and many others. Passed away in 2004, age 77.
The daughter didn't appreciate her father being called a liar, but was perfectly fine, with calling a man a thief, when he had a witness, to the fact that not a thing was in the glove compartment! What a hypocrite! Good grief, and then she tells the newspaper! That's outrageous behavior. She had no idea, where her father drove to. He might have stopped anywhere.
Interesting to hear how they used natural sound on most of the outdoor shots, although at one point you can hear cars going past the gas station when the road is empty.
Good episode. But, wasn't the whole point of the tow truck driver witnessing the officer examine the vehicle to avoid false accusations? That seemed to be dropped with this story.
or the likely half-hour or more between citizen seeing heart attack man - going to phone booth to call police - 10/20/30 minutes for the police to get there. A hundred different guys could have gone through that car.
Interesting/informative/entertaining. Realistically portrayed citizens/criminals/law enforcement officials. Although not a Walter Winchell/Art Gilmore did a great job as commentator for the series-!!!🤗. Enjoy viewing 👀 gas station fuel pumps/automobiles/police communications equipment of that era. Remember Uncle Broderick portraying other characters in movies.
Its a 1957 because it was BEFORE 4 headlights were made legal. The Auto manufacturers had to go state to state with a "$trong" lobbying effort to get quad lights made legal. That was done in mid '57 then you just went back to the dealer and got the lights the headlight housing area was really designed for.....
Woo Hoo! '56 Ford Customline Fordor (Yes they spelled it that way) with a 272 Y-Block V8 (front fender badge tells that story) 173 SAE Gross HP. If that was a Fordomatic, more sluggish, although three speeds...
Another great episode where Dan gets the bad guys by using his super cop thinking abilities and figuring things out faster than the bad guys can get away. Too bad things don't work that way now.
Broderick's mother was Helen Broderick who was a great comic actress. Broderick was his middle name. He showed his flair for comedy in Born Yesterday and he won an Oscar for All the King's Men The thief in this episode was played by Stanley Clements who starred in the long series of East Side Kids and the Bowery Boys Sid Roth played the professor who had the jewels stolen. His name may not be well known but he starred in many films and tv shows over a decades long career. He had larger parts in other HP shows
I instantly recognized the actor playing the professor gemmologist. When you've seen him once, you know him again! Gene Roth often played a bandit thanks to his distinctive features. He was a highly regarded actor, and something tells me he was a great person in real life. The professor's daughter is very classy. My wife is a little like this, the main difference being her hair is light brown. I've always prefered women who are well-read and well-educated.
Many later shows provided the autos for that show for free and only requested that the show list their name in the closing credits that vehicles were provided by Ford Motor Company /GM and others. United Air Lines flew the actors from Calif to Hawaii for free on Hawaii-50 just to get a closing message that transportation provided by United Air Lines.
Modern times. No Gas station attendants, serve yourself. A police officer get accused, he is suspended, investigated by Internal Affairs, and the City pays a million dollars compensation to the accuser.
If there is evidence of the accusation against him. and ONLY if there is evidence against him. In modern times he's wearing a body camera that records everyone's actions. You believe 100% of cops never abuse their authority. What a country!
Its actually a 1941 Oldsmobile and has been in six episodes that I have seen so far. It is in fact the same car that was featured in the initial pilot episode "Prison Break", but it got a paint job along the way to alter its appearance.
Mathews: Next weeks one will be an unusual one. Response: they were all just that, pleased he had made the arrest, as actions spoke more than just words. Mathews: “it’s not what you drive, it’s how you drive”.
Having been born in the late 1940s, my parents, siblings and I just loved watching Highway Patrol when it was fresh and new! We kids thought Broderick Crawford was so cooool, and adored him! As an elderly widow now, I still love watching these shows! Thank you for posting them!🤓
You and your parents were born in the late Forties?
@@HansDelbruck53 Yesss! my parents and siblings were all born in the late 1940s same time as me! Isn't that a kick! tee hee hee!
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@@jayonnaj18 Well, that's just weird. My mother and father were always older than me. And still are, if you can believe that.😵💫
@@HansDelbruck53 My parents are dead. Does that mean they're still older than me?
@@HansDelbruck53 Having fun, are you? You know what was meant, they all watched the Highway Patrol together.
I watch these old shows for the memories, the decor, phones, office equipment, diners, dress/shoes, etiquette, prices and of course the cars! Men in hats, women in heels!
Love all episodes. Simple, down to earth without any computer/special effects. The cars back then, oh my!
Oh yes the cars!!!! ❤️❤️❤️. Keeps me watching.
I love Hyeawy Patrol
I love Hyeawy Patrol
And they used real bug grinder sirens too!
No explosions either.
That gem thief once sold Beaver Cleaver the wrong size ice skates! Rotten through and through!
good memory LOL
Turned size "9" upside down as the Beav needed a size "6".
Dan Matthews was so cool and suave. Walking with so much swag at the end of this episode. Walking like he's a badass because he was..
Beautiful styles of cars. Beautifully dressed ladies.
I remember when I was a kid and some of the cars on this show were still on the roads then.
I just can't get past the thought that the older people in these shows from the 50's were born in the 1800's. Some of the older people in 1940's films were even alive in "old west" times.
Yes! Hugh Obrian played Wyatt Earp in the popular 1950's TV show. He met the author of the guy that wrote Earp's biography while during the series.
In 1968, I worked in a restaurant and there was one guy there named "Pops" who was in his 90's. (Very spry - he scraped the dirty plates before giving them to the dishwasher. A makework job - The owner was a softy.) Anyway, if he was in his 90's in the 1960's, that means he was born in the 1870's - meaning he was already an adult before there were airplanes, cars on the roads, radio and television, antibiotics, skyscrapers, etc. I wish now I'd have talked to him more.
@@ROGER2095 That's cool. My great grandmother was born in 1878. She passed away in 1976.
I was 9 when she passed. I recall her telling us kids stories about when she was a kid and the family traveling west. I was to young to really appreciate it at the time. Thinking about it now, she traveled by horse and wagon as a kid and lived long enough to see the moon landing and commercial jet travel. I really wish someone had of thought to record some of her stories.
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My paternal grandfather was born in the 1880s, grandmother in '99.
The man having a heart attack has played the crook in several different episodes.
he also played in the three stooges
Helen Kruse - THE CHARACTER ACTOR IN QUESTION, GENE ROTH, HAD A LONG AND MOST DISTINGUISHED PERFORMING CAREER IN FILMS AND TELEVISION.
@Brian Salomon and he dies in that one too, by lead poisoning.
@@claymarston8764 He was one of those actors whos name I didnt know, but he showed up all over the place.
yeah, was thinking did I see this episode already? nope.
That was slick the way Dan was watching the gas attendant through the mirror while acting like he was fixing his tie.😊
Dan has lots of tricks up his sleeve.
I love these old episodes as they take me back to my childhood growing up in the 50’s and 60’s.
Same with me, Donnie!!!
Ditto. Also memories of watching these with my dad. This show was one of his favorites. He would always point out the name of the other actors. Like "thats ole so-n-so, he was the outlaw in "insert name of western"!
They packed a lot into 25 minutes on HP!!
Haha....Fast moving...I like it"
@@jomon723 no time to smell the roses!...I want roadblocks here, here, and here. 🌹
A very good episode. Had me in suspense. Actress Joyce Meadows has such beautiful looking eyes, they’re like the eyes of a big wild powerful cat. Little wonder she was voted Miss Hollywood of 1954, and then went on to have a very lucrative television career. She was born in Canada and is no relation to actress Audrey Meadows. Boy that ’41 Oldsmobile sure gets around. So far it has been shown in six episodes and counting. Almost makes it a T.V. star by itself!
Thought I saw her on another episode answering the calls at the HPStation
TV & movies of that era - where the cars are the stars!
@ Silverino I'm pretty sure that was someone else that probably looked a lot like her.
@@8176morgan It has Joyce Meadows in the credits.
@JOHN ALLEN Why wouldn't it have Joyce Meadows listed in the credits? She was in that episode and had a fairly sizeable role in it.
Good episode. Dan Matthews saw the gas station attendent inside the decoy vehicle. Glad they solved the case [ they always did] and got Officer John {Sgt McDonald of Adam 12 William Boyett] out of the jam. Always loved this show.
And in half n hour.
Great cars in this episode, Triumph TR3 at 3:01and that Imperial!!! Also, when the guy steals the bottle jack out of the Imperial's trunk, he straight up "mugs" for the camera!!!
Interesting from start to finish. Thanks 🙏 for posting. Enjoyed an excellent episode from India. Never got tired of watching Highway Patrol
So the gas attendant is the original carjacking thief, swiping Jack's out of customers trunks
Didnt realize jacks were so valuable back then.
TATTLETALE😮
The car is an early '57 imperial because it was made PRIOR to the 4 headlights being legal. Chrysler and the other auto manufacturers had to go state to state with a, well, "$trong" "lobbying effort" to get 4 lights made legal. When they did, owners simply went back to their dealers and had the 4 headlights assemblies installed in the openings which were designed for 4 headlights. The '57 to 59 Imperials, especially the convertibles are still so cool at car shows and vintage car cruzes....and Highway patrol the series was always great timeless TV enjoyment. There was always the 15 second morality message at the conclusion. Imagine any TV show trying to get that by network "executives" today....
I watched an episode of Jay Leno's car garage one day. He had a 1957 imperial 2 Dr.
If you notice, in these episodes, of Highway Patrol, when a police officer calls out for help, on the C.B. radio, for instance, he never mentions out the name, nor the make of the car manufacturer. He will normally refer to it, as a dark gray coupe, or even a blue sport exterior sedan. Lol!
In other words, i guess that during those days, they didn't want to advertise the vehicule brand, or the make of the car, during television shows, like saying Chrysler, Chevy, Ford, or even Studebaker, for commercial syndicated reasons.
Correct sir...1985 3rd (deck lite) tail mandatory,headlights now l.e.d.and are aimed properly toward roadway,5 decades totally overlooked,Europe has much more emphasis on safe front/rear headlights, 🍊 turn signals also improvement 👍
Judge people by their actions and not skin color. Oops. My ESG social credit score just went down. Seems I will have to flee to the evil Russians like Snowden. :)
I like the black top convertible in the opening sequence. It's a 54 Lincoln Capri. I saw one that was a lowered chop top convertible. It was totally badass.
Dangerous Dan says "u better start thinking or you'll be more alone! " they gave him some great lines...sure appreciate the upload one of my favorite from 50's use to watch as a kid
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Dan thought of all those great lines all by himself.
I watched and loved HP as a kid though it was considered an adult program.
Why does he steal everybody's Jack for?. We're they in demand?.
Here's another great line: 25:25 until then remember. It's not the gun that kills. It's the shooter. See you next week.
@@johnbockelie3899 Best I remember, cars of that era had bumper jacks as standard equipment. Even had slots in the bumpers to hook the jack into. Also, a combination lug wrench/jack handle. Those jack handles were the weapon of choice for some thugs back then, also gang fighters.
This two bit thief stole a bottle jack, and a screw jack. Maybe they came at a premium back then. Who knows?
I know this is a crime show , but i like how they used real locations and you get a glimpse of life in the 50's seemed better than now !
not saying you're wrong, but better is debatable.
@Zebra 3 I didn't think it was better with all the smoking and racism of the day
@@michaelmerck7576 You prefer multi-omni-non-binary genders and reverse discrimination?
@@larrysmith6797 Why are you so concerned with other people's genitalia?
@@larrysmith6797 Fact is not "prefer". It's simply a FACT that both existed at that time
Really enjoyed this episode, very professional. Good sound and picture.
that '41 olds was used in another episode,it broke down with cool sound effects!
Yep, it was the Trailer Story episode and a few more to boot besides that one.
William Boyett played Officer Webb here and also Officer Johnson and Sgt. Williams in Highway Patrol. He was a hansome man with a mello voice. He is also known as Sgt. MacDonald in the TV series Adam-12. He seemed to be typecast as a police officer on many TV shows. Good actor!!! Views as of April 2020=121,947.
Ty 4 the ad-free upload! Take care, stay safe, God bless & may you have a good night. 😊
That's Gene Roth playing professor McKay. He acted in a few Stooges shorts.
Dunked in the deep for one
And Stanley Clements, in the service station, as Chuck Jackson. Promoted as a youthful musical performer in "Going My Way", starring Bing Crosby, and, later, assuming the role as "Duke Covaleski" in the last few editions of the "Bowery Boys" franchise, after Leo Gorcey (as "Slip") was eliminated when his drinking became uncontrollable, following the death of his father, Bernard Gorcey ("Louie", the proprietor of the sweet shop). Stanley Clements and his wife were one of the first couples to adopt a child from behind the Iron Curtain.
Yep, he was usually a crook in The Stooges. Hell of a big guy.
I heard somewhere that next weeks episode was an unusual one.
Perhaps not.
They used a full mix of makes of cars in this series.
I love Highway patrol. Wish Dan was still with us.I was a teenager in the 50's. Great time. What cars.
That crooked gas station attendant also sold Beaver Cleaver ice skates that were way too big.
Yeah, Stanley Clements played a lot of shady characters. He actually played a mean guy in one Gunsmoke. He was a killer waiting for his brother to break him out. Took a shot at Matt with a gun his brother threw into his cell
That Stanley Clements was a good actor I’ve always enjoyed watching him.
Stanley Clements was best known for replacing Leo Gorcey in the Bowery Boys films as Stanislaus “Duke” Coveleskie.
Once a crook, always a crook.
I remember him for "The More the Merrier" -- the smart-mouth, nosy Boy Scout who interferes in the romance between Joel McCrea and Jean Arthur.
Another excellent episode. That's what I call a petty thief - stealing a jack! Guess you could get a few bucks for it. Oh man Joyce Meadows was sure a beautiful actress. Casting was spot on. William Boyett really fits and plays his part well. I can't imagine ol' 2150 being any other than Broderick Crawford.
One thing I'll say about Dan...he will definitely go to bat for his men!
Such a great 50s show, love it!! ❤️
love the location shots
I like how Dan Matthews protects the policemen on his team unless their proven guilty!.
Unless they shoot a unarmed person.then cover ups being.
Not like today when everything is so political correct and a lot of idiots with attitude against the police
That gas jockey sure thought he was clever--but Dan Mathews sized him up. Now he is just another punk in jail.
o.K. Sgt. Friday.
You bet.
Love the plots in this show.
That's wild how he smirks at the camera at 2:45 when he steals the jack from the trunk.
Matthews always has something witty to say at the end.
Great television,great episode
Officer Johnson is sometimes referred to as ken Williams in other episodes.
If the gems are under $950, not a felony. Clemens walks free🙀
Officer Kent is Dan's right hand man, but does anyone notice in some series he's called Kent Johnson and in others he's called Kent Williams?
Boy oh boy. They were really into their old cars in those days. Everybody had one, even the highway patrol.
They was new cars then
Building at 23:39 still standing at 2086 Hillhurst Ave., Los Angeles.
Are you talking about what is now the Lassens health food market? That is 2086. That building is set back from the street with parking out in front but not enough.
This is the neighborhood I've lived in for 40 years just south of Griffitth Park a couple of blocks north on Hillhurst. I live right around the corner and shop at an Albertson's which would be directly across the street from where Mathews was staking out the gas station, but did not exist when they shot this episode in the late 50s.
The 5/10/25 Variety store is a commercial building that is still there at 2060 Hillhurst next door to Lassens. The Hollywood wizards did some cuts to make it look like the gas station was a ways down from the Variety store, but they would have been right next door to each other when there was a gas station there. I got my hair cut in that Variety store space for 10 years between about 2010-2020. Interesting that the prior tenant when I moved into the neighborhood in 1984 was not the Variety store, or rather it was a different kind of Variety store - a Beauty Salon that offered prostitution in a back room. It was eventually busted but remained open as a beauty salon for women that provided only beauty salon services....and then as the barber shop where I got my haircuts when I still had some hair.
it's good that Matthews stands up for his officer, because he had a long career in law enforcement, need proof? Look at several episodes of Adam 12, and then CHiPs to see how he moved up in the ranks of his career!
He even was a fire chief on emergency.
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GENE ROTH, the actor that portrayed the guy that died from a heart attack, was the smuggler in the Three Stooges short "DUNKED IN THE DEEP" 1949, & the remake "COMMOTION ON THE OCEAN" 1956. He was killed by a hit & run driver in 1976.
I never noticed it before, but the Buick Crawford drives has a 55 Chevy Bel Aire rear end on it!!!!
No it doesnt. Its a buick rearend
The profs daughter is a hottie!
ROAD WARRIOR Yes, but she would not have understood what you meant, and if she did, she would be offended by your remark, and by the other vulgar remarks that agreed with you. However, in light of the fact that no air conditioning would have been available, and this was set in Southern California, she may actually have been hot.
Everyone of these shows has a pretty girl .
Much more attractive than the women today on TV or movies.
Audrey meadows sister.
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I doubt if she understood what was said she would have considered that an insult she may have even liked it. Remember that show was made long before libs made women think anything a man says is vulgar.
I would have liked to see the daughter apologizing to the officer.
Yea, apologizing on here knees.
Karen's never say I'm sorry.
@@SOffenbach she wasn't a Karen.
and a massage.
Me too
Must've been a big market in those days for old bottle jacks.
Highway Patrol's original name was "State Patrol," but they changed it at the last minute. In the first episode the decals on the squad cars read State Patrol but by the 2nd episode they had been changed to Highway Patrol decals.
1:07 fill it up with that 27 cent highly leaded, clean burning, hi power, 105 octane ethyl gas bub!
@ 7:38 That building is on 2066 Hillhurst, just south of Ambrose in the Los Feliz neighborhood near Hollywood. Most of the intown scenes were shot in and around Los Angeles, the rest in the nearby hills.
Gimme 50 cents worth of regular and check the water and oil if you please!
Jeff Miller ...and clean the windshield...lol
That would get you about 4 gallons premium.
that wouldn't get you out of the gas station lot nowadays!
M the air in the tires, I'm clean my wind field, And check the Water and the battery, And iron my shirt, And Shine my Boots , And give her a wax job
@@axiomist1076 Nah, premium was around 30 cents a gallon in 1956.
Thanks for posting
Poor Mac got falsely accused twice in this series ( the other was a hit and run)
That episode was "Framed Cop". The character was Officer Ken Williams. Both Johnson and Williams were played by William Boyett, who would later play Sgt MacDonald in "Adam-12".
Interesting how Boyett's character "Officer Johnson" is mentioned at least eight times, but the reporter, Ed Borden, calls him "Officer Webb" ;-)
I caught that too. Got a bit confusing. Had to start doing some research to see what characters Boyett was playing. He was in 65 episodes of HP. He also has 217 credits in IMDB. He also played in both Dragnet shows and many others. Passed away in 2004, age 77.
Imagine that! A 1950's cop worried about being crusified by the press. Somethings never change.
The daughter didn't appreciate her father being called a liar, but was perfectly fine, with calling a man a thief, when he had a witness, to the fact that not a thing was in the glove compartment! What a hypocrite! Good grief, and then she tells the newspaper! That's outrageous behavior. She had no idea, where her father drove to. He might have stopped anywhere.
Boy, that gal is sure putting the evil eye on 'em @11:13.
Interesting to hear how they used natural sound on most of the outdoor shots, although at one point you can hear cars going past the gas station when the road is empty.
23:24 Two cops do rolling stops! Is there NO SHAME? lol
They also failed to signal!
@@NipkowDisk and there were no gloves in the glove compartment.
They never stop in this series.
Good episode. But, wasn't the whole point of the tow truck driver witnessing the officer examine the vehicle to avoid false accusations? That seemed to be dropped with this story.
or the likely half-hour or more between citizen seeing heart attack man - going to phone booth to call police - 10/20/30 minutes for the police to get there. A hundred different guys could have gone through that car.
Great point! Dan Matthews, the HWP investigative unit, the screenwriter, and the script supervisor all missed that one!
Boyett did make a statement to the effect that the tow truck driver was a witness. However, the daughter (Meadows) just pooh-poohed it.
Yeah, but who would trust a tow truck driver? In my neck of the woods they usually have criminal records, like their bosses.
@ 14:28, reporter dork calls Officer Johnson, "Officer Webb". He must have been thinking about Boyett's other boss.
Interesting/informative/entertaining. Realistically portrayed citizens/criminals/law enforcement officials. Although not a Walter Winchell/Art Gilmore did a great job as commentator for the series-!!!🤗. Enjoy viewing 👀 gas station fuel pumps/automobiles/police communications equipment of that era. Remember Uncle Broderick portraying other characters in movies.
Matthews must be an appointed civilian head such as a commissioner not coming up thru the ranks. Ergo, no title with rank. QED😺
Hillhurst variety store. Action must have been shot in the upscale (nice houses) Los Felix section of LA
Thanks. I was wondering where the professor's neighborhood was. Nice houses.
The series did TONS of filming around Los Felix. Also some just north of Hollywood Blvd.
Joyce Meadows played the daughter. She was married to Merrill Harrington. Long time actress. No relation to Audrey Meadows.
I would consider her to be an 'OHLB' - that stands for 'one hot looking babe'.
Still just a bitch.
So, if the attendant went to lunch and then the boss got in his car and drove off..the station was left unattended.
free gas! love the 1950s!
The professor had a nice Imperial. 57 or 58 I believe.
Its a 1957 because it was BEFORE 4 headlights were made legal. The Auto manufacturers had to go state to state with a "$trong" lobbying effort to get quad lights made legal. That was done in mid '57 then you just went back to the dealer and got the lights the headlight housing area was really designed for.....
@@phillipmiller2288 Definitely a 1957 Imperial with its rectangular front parking lights which were round the following year.
Woo Hoo! '56 Ford Customline Fordor (Yes they spelled it that way) with a 272 Y-Block V8 (front fender badge tells that story) 173 SAE Gross HP. If that was a Fordomatic, more sluggish, although three speeds...
@24:44 " You've got no evidence, no witnesses, your story won't HOAD up".
Another great episode where Dan gets the bad guys by using his super cop thinking abilities and figuring things out faster than the bad guys can get away. Too bad things don't work that way now.
Broderick's mother was Helen Broderick who was a great comic actress. Broderick was his middle name.
He showed his flair for comedy in Born Yesterday and he won an Oscar for All the King's Men
The thief in this episode was played by Stanley Clements who starred in the long series of East Side Kids and the Bowery Boys
Sid Roth played the professor who had the jewels stolen. His name may not be well known but he starred in many films and tv shows over a decades long career. He had larger parts in other HP shows
...this was his last film - he just died of a heart attack.
I instantly recognized the actor playing the professor gemmologist. When you've seen him once, you know him again! Gene Roth often played a bandit thanks to his distinctive features. He was a highly regarded actor, and something tells me he was a great person in real life.
The professor's daughter is very classy. My wife is a little like this, the main difference being her hair is light brown. I've always prefered women who are well-read and well-educated.
That actor looks a lot like Lee J. Cobb.
@@kathyflorcruz552 Yes, he does, doesn't he.
And well-heeled.
Gene Roth - instantly recognisable from his several appearances in the Lone Ranger, but never on the side of the law!
Remember...it isn't the ice cream.... that makes the banana split...
Many later shows provided the autos for that show for free and only requested that the show list their name in the closing credits that vehicles were provided by Ford Motor Company /GM and others. United Air Lines flew the actors from Calif to Hawaii for free on Hawaii-50 just to get a closing message that transportation provided by United Air Lines.
25:25 until then remember; it isn't the gun that kills. It's the shooter. I'll see you next week.
Notice at the end. The uniform police officer walked away with an empty gun holster at his side... Lol
The suspected cop was on Adam 12!
Sweet Imperial.
Crime doesn't pay. It was started back in the 50s I think. The saying.
Thanks for posting! I love em!
Great show being A police officer is like living in a fishbowl Thank You
Stanley Clemens I think. Where Satch and the rest of the Bowery Boys?
Chuck at the gas station is a compulsive thief. Anything that is not nailed down.
The suspected officer was played by the famous William Boyett, more famous for playing Sgt. "Mac" MacDonald, on Adam-12.
I dunno. Matthews talking about beef then runs out to see about some goats. Must have been close to lunchtime. What a ham.
His name was Williams on later shows.
One of the better episodes.
The daughter here, Joyce Meadows is a firecracker ! She is still alive today 3/2024 at 90 years old!
1:42 he was a crook in another episode. Probably In many episodes. I haven't watched but 6-7 episodes.
Looks like Roth pulls over at the entrance of Griffith park..😺
What happened to Mathew's hat?
Modern times. No Gas station attendants, serve yourself. A police officer get accused, he is suspended, investigated by Internal Affairs, and the City pays a million dollars compensation to the accuser.
If there is evidence of the accusation against him. and ONLY if there is evidence against him. In modern times he's wearing a body camera that records everyone's actions. You believe 100% of cops never abuse their authority. What a country!
@ 6:21 Same old 1946 Oldsmobile in two other episodes.
Its actually a 1941 Oldsmobile and has been in six episodes that I have seen so far. It is in fact the same car that was featured in the initial pilot episode "Prison Break", but it got a paint job along the way to alter its appearance.
@@8176morgan Doh!
The 50's ...some common sense. "It isn't the car that kills, its the driver".
Broderick Crawford walked like John Wayne. Lol
@Coogan a,always provide proof when you make a stupid accusation Puddin head.
Mathews: Next weeks one will be an unusual one.
Response: they were all just that, pleased he had made the arrest, as actions spoke more than just words.
Mathews: “it’s not what you drive, it’s how you drive”.