This is how I remember Dragnet as a kid born in 1950 on a Crosley TV set.

Almost 65 years and they still look great.

I'm so glad the original sound quality is on these episodes. Thanks for sharing them. 😊

Mrs. Griffin was a real pip!

Used to watch this as a kid, was hooked on it and L.A.

I love the Dragnet shows from the 1950's the best!❤

LA still had street car tracks in '55.

@bobtis

Ай бұрын

Were they still in use?

@michaelgreene4748

Ай бұрын

@@bobtis At that point, Broadway and 7th Street in DTLA still had streamlined streetcars, called PCCs, along with some older cars..The older cars last ran in 1958, while the streamlined cars last ran at the end of March, 1963.

Back in the days when crime was punished and not many corrupt judges.

@ccdt50

26 күн бұрын

I notice that the sentences were a lot shorter then. That explains why our jails are so filled we have one of the largest percentage of our people in jail than almost all nations. I don't think we are that worse as people.

When I was a kid dragnet was the rage. Thought all the cops talked that way. Four Christmas me and my brother got dragnet gun, badge and handcuffs. The gun shot suction cup darts. If we licked the and shot the to the ceiling they would stick for a bit and leave a perfect circle. By the time the grownups found out what we were doing the living room ceiling was full of little circles...

@theoregan4183

3 жыл бұрын

That brings back memories, lol

@davidlium9338

9 ай бұрын

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Man this print looks so great! I wish we’d get the complete Dragnet 1950s on DVD from the original prints. It’s a real shame it’s not available. Thanks so much for sharing this episode with us 👍

@colleenmiller2940

2 жыл бұрын

I mean did you check

@SuperIliad

2 жыл бұрын

I have 29 excllent episodes from a "Best of TV Detectives" box set.

@ChadQuick270W

2 жыл бұрын

@@SuperIliad thanks for that info. I really wish they’d remaster this series and put it on DVD but I doubt it’ll ever happen as they figure fewer and fewer people are alive who want to watch a show from the 1950s. Sadly, that’s how the companies think now.

@SuperIliad

2 жыл бұрын

@@ChadQuick270W Indeed, there are excellent box sets of Dragnet and I own one, plus a mix of programs in which Dragnet is included.

@jimhjortsberg2990

7 ай бұрын

@@ChadQuick270W Also high chance of the prints being destroyed by now. No one really cared about such things back in the 50s.

These are so much better than the colorized ones

@snewsan6645

8 ай бұрын

I think there's a lot more action.

@macmcleod1188

2 ай бұрын

I like the colorized ones over the last 12 months. They've gotten really good at normalizing frame rates and getting Vivid correct colors.

@michaelmohrle1773

Ай бұрын

Nah, I like Harry Morgan way better.

@bobtis

Ай бұрын

Dragnet 1967 was no were close to these. The 1950's were so much more interesting than the 1960's. Much better direction and actors.

@michaelmohrle1773

Ай бұрын

@@bobtis Totally disagree, they are really cool but the production is not nearly as good. The movie they did though in that era is fantastic and very similar to the quality of the 67-70 series.

Amazing picture quality for a 50's B&W episode - no BS, just the facts.

@teresas8173

2 жыл бұрын

It was digitally enhanced for a high def picture

I like the character whose actress is maybe younger (but no older than Friday) calling Friday "young man".

"Married to one for 12 years" [before he ran for his life from her saucy, sarcastic attitude].

@QuadMochaMatti

Жыл бұрын

And her pot of cheddar eatin' flatulence.

@snewsan6645

8 ай бұрын

😂

When I was a little girl I am guessing it may have been reruns I would watch this show with my grandmother.. I miss the good old day's.. Good family cop show...

Love this series

Notice how the first witness was so rude and the second so helpful. I like how they switched it up like that, shows that police have to deal with all types and kinds.

@thequokkahaslanded321

Жыл бұрын

Too bad we don't see all types of police, as reality is. But hey that's Hollywood

@Ubique2927

Ай бұрын

The First Lady wasn’t rude at all, assertive though. And quite a good looker.

Not just entertainment, but also an education on criminology.

Ate a whole pot of cheddar cheese watching a drama one night. Couldn't dookie for a month....

@christopherallen9580

Жыл бұрын

go terps

@shirtless6934

Жыл бұрын

She was "bound over" to superior court without need for a preliminary examination. 😁

@VictorSamuelson-nk5nw

Жыл бұрын

Couldn’t what dooki Laughing I couldn’t stop laughing Dookie dry pronouncing that word without laughing

@VictorSamuelson-nk5nw

Жыл бұрын

Try pronouncing that word without laughing took me a half hour

I feel sooooo sorry for her husband that she was married to fo 12 years. Would have been 11 years 11months and 30 days too long.

@DianeHasHopeInChrist

4 жыл бұрын

Lol....I agree. Ugh.....females aren't women, any more. They haven't been women or ladies for decades. I am a true woman, and ashamed of females of today. Disgusting.

@steeltowngirl4626

4 жыл бұрын

And such awful grammar

Miss Griffon needed a good slap to chill her attitude lol

"Type O blood, huh? I guess you're all right."

Thanks for posting these programs they are great 👍

Thanks for sharing these shows !! This is great !!

Thanks for sharing this Dragnet episode. I remember that hammer pounding that stamp and the sweaty arm holding it. Great way to end an episode.

@roberttaylor5047

4 жыл бұрын

4

@AndrewVelonis

3 жыл бұрын

It was a building contractor that Webb happened to know.

@davidbennett6912

Жыл бұрын

In real life that was Jack Webb's trademark look it up

The best Dragnet shows were from the 50 s.

@joesouza1147

7 жыл бұрын

Will do. Thanks.

@joesouza1147

7 жыл бұрын

Yes, it was great.

@rebeccawilliford7476

7 жыл бұрын

lol - I love the 60s ones. Especially the bunco/white collar crime ones.

@alanwilliams707

5 жыл бұрын

But can't beat Harry Morgan episodes either! 😊

@idiotwind2248

4 жыл бұрын

@Brian Salomon that's a hilarious bit.

In those days,the police men were treated with respect , miss those days .A very nice TV show.

@SafetySpooon

Жыл бұрын

You notice none of them are beating & killing people with impunity? Maybe that's the difference.

@tonybrunner673

Жыл бұрын

Because a lack of respect is the only issue and explains all issues we today have with the police...

@Ubique2927

Жыл бұрын

The police treated the public with respect and didn’t beat, taze, shoot people because they didn’t answer questions.

@JustAnotherMatt420

Жыл бұрын

@@tonybrunner673 police is only a part of the equation. It’s a sickness that’s infected everything we hold dear.

@macmcleod1188

2 ай бұрын

​@SafetySpooon yes this TV show is about what police officer should aspire to be like. But the reality is that police officers have been beating citizens since the 1800s. During the Great Depression the police would beat people and not arrest them to move the people on down the road. And in this very time period, police officers across the Nation were beading, setting dogs on, and killing minorities. Things only started to change when Network TV cameras started catching them in the act. And then they changed much faster starting in 2000 after the Advent of ubiquitous cameras everywhere catching them in the act. And I say this as a person who donates to the police officer survivors fund. All across the nation, police officers have frequently served the wealthy and the powerful. And that includes selective enforcement of the law and selective prosecution.

I often wear my pearls to watch the late show

@karlc8359

6 жыл бұрын

Pearl necklace. No under garments?

@arx754

5 жыл бұрын

Mrs. Cleaver (Beav's mom) had you beat. She wore pearls AND high heels to vacuum and clean the bathroom. : )

@JesseWright68

4 жыл бұрын

It was to hide her Adam's apple.

@larsv1377

4 жыл бұрын

evakatrina a I can supply you with a "Pearl Necklace "! 😘

@frankhann2240

4 жыл бұрын

@@karlc8359 q2

Nice looking woman!

Baron Leone could only be the pro wrestler Baron Michele Leone. EXTREMELY popular in L.A. in the 1950's.

@bovnycccoperalover3579

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the information.

That first woman is such a nice person....UGH.

@larsv1377

4 жыл бұрын

speed racer nice rack 🤗

I'm stuck in Folsom Prison And time keeps draggin' on

@michaelwertzy9808

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Johnny!

"You know, I like to kinda munch."

@beerdrinker6452

Ай бұрын

Got it also.

The weirdest thing is that I just listened to the audio version of this on old time radio a day or two ago. I recognize the part where she was saying she "likes to munch"

@bobbyslater1198

7 жыл бұрын

I have that episode on a cassette tape.

@fromthesidelines

6 жыл бұрын

May 11, 1954. "John Robinson" was Jack Webb.

@shirtless6934

Жыл бұрын

Maybe her poor disposition was on account of being constipated.

Originally telecast on October 13, 1955, and adapted from a May 11, 1954 radio episode.

@BigTrain175

4 жыл бұрын

I was only 13 days old.

@AndrewVelonis

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, we know. It was on the screen.

@QuadMochaMatti

Жыл бұрын

I was 18 years and eight days away from being born, at the time of the radio broadcast.

@ccdt50

26 күн бұрын

3 years after I was born

Frank is awesome

Ms Griffin is salty 😄

@Catquick1957

4 жыл бұрын

I think the word is "sour"

@nicholasplionis9604

4 жыл бұрын

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@nicholasplionis9604

4 жыл бұрын

@@Catquick1957 egg 0

@nicholasplionis9604

4 жыл бұрын

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She's Cranky!

I get such a kick how Webb's character rapid fires questions at suspects!!

@scottbruns2148

4 жыл бұрын

I like how the suspect always wises off to Friday!

@ApartmentKing66

4 жыл бұрын

@@scottbruns2148 Yeah, a lot of 'em seem to do that. But that kinda adds to the charm and realism...hoodlums aren't known for their deference and respect to authority.

@mikeburch2998

3 жыл бұрын

I know. It would take me about thirty seconds to digest the first question. :-)

i heard those immortal words "i want a lawyer"

The old ones are the best. The ones from the 70’s are mostly lectures about drugs and the nobility of police work.

@DianeHasHopeInChrist

4 жыл бұрын

Dragnet changed their tactic to address the increasing problem of drug addiction, and the violemt crimes druggies commit to support their addictions. It was a good idea...especially in Californication....they are nothing but stupid.

@kellylarue5344

4 жыл бұрын

@@DianeHasHopeInChrist I figured that was the reason but it makes for boring drama. I noticed they lightened up with time.

@OlegKostoglatov

4 жыл бұрын

The 1960s actually, but even so there were some good episodes even though Jack Webb had fattened up and slowed down a lot compared to these old ones.

@WorldwideJamal

4 жыл бұрын

Real police work.

@stephensafraniii3396

4 жыл бұрын

Police work is an endless, glamorless,thankless that's gotta be done.

I think Mrs. Griffin is kind of cute, actually. Not the character she portrays, of course. I can't find any info about her, though.

21:05, the dialogue goes back and forth in quick succession.

"They won't like you either" -- POW!

As soon as I heard him say, I don’t know what you’re talking about.”, he was GUILTY. Guilty people tend to say that I’ve discovered.

@macmcleod1188

2 ай бұрын

They never did reveal in any way how he knew the layout of the women's houses though. So that clue kind of went nowhere.

What a snob! 😄 "Type O, well I guess your alright"

I really like her long hair. It’s beautiful. 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

The neighbor doesn't mind answering Frank's stupid questions, just Joe's stupid questions

This was ten years before the Miranda Ruling.

@bovnycccoperalover3579

Жыл бұрын

The cautions were always there but Miranda forced police to tell the suspects their rights. I have read Nero Wolfe before Miranda and Archie stood mute and waited for their lawyer if he was arrested.

@davidlium9338

9 ай бұрын

In one of the Sherlock Holmes novels written in the 1890s (no typo) the detective uses the *exact same words * as the Miranda warning to tell the suspect his rights.

Oh wow! Look how young Joe Friday is! I thought I had seen almost all of the Dragnet shows but I've not seen these where Friday's so young. (and skinny!) It's just not the same without Detective Bill Gannon though. I love Harry Morgan! That first woman they were asking questions to was something else huh lol. "I know a man when I see one" & Calls Friday "young man" ... That's rich! Love it 😂 My husband used to tease me because I watch all the old black and white shows. Now he watches with me. I'm 32 and he's 36! We weren't even born when they made these. It's really the only TV we watch except like Animal Planet and Discovery. Everything else is junk! 👎🏼🙄🤤 Thanks for uploading y

@adamschwartz3449

Жыл бұрын

Kudos to you and your husband for thinking for yourselves and not following the crowd. Most TV today is indeed mediocre.

The hands and arms were those of Jack Webb himself. The number Mark VII was the name of his production company.

@jimfink2957

10 жыл бұрын

Not true. They belong to a man named James Drake.

@jimfink2957

10 жыл бұрын

Jim Fink I should add, however, that you are correct about "MARK VII" It was a takeoff on the trademark of a Chinese movie production company who featured a sounding gong as their trademark,

@Brace67

10 жыл бұрын

Jim Fink Sorry Jim, it's a well known fact that they were Webbs'. I heard Webb say so in an interview many years ago.

@Brace67

10 жыл бұрын

Jim Fink Nice of you to add that. It is course correct.

@Brace67

10 жыл бұрын

Mr. Fink: Please see Wikipedia page below on Jack Webb's production company Mark VII Limited to read that the hands and arms shown at the end of each Dragnet show were in fact Mr. Webb's and not whoever you said they were. This was a well know fact. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_VII_Limited

Never saw this in any of the other compilation dvd sets. Very few 1955-59 episodes have surfaced, it' s mostly the 1952-54s. FYI: $27 in 1955 is $254.06 today (Nov '19) some still don't take that much home in a week now. The dialogue in the interrogation is great & they don't write it like that anymore. No strong arm tactics, just trying to pry it out of him. Great job.

Joe shows dominance. He never breaks his stare at the bad guys.

The first woman was sure dressed up for watching the late show.

@lefuedebout

8 жыл бұрын

I suppose people did dress up to watch tv back then, just as they dressed up to take a flight. Unlike today when most people turn up for a flight looking like refugees!

@jerryshorts5172

7 жыл бұрын

Refugees today are sporting the best Walmart has to offer. It's the middle class of today that can only afford the good-will rack.

@bivio1

7 жыл бұрын

I remember when Ronald Reagan was lying in State numerous people passing his casket were dressed up like they were going to go to McDonalds to order a quarter pounder. And yet in the 50s people would dressed in tie and hat to go to an amusement park!!

@donaldduey6918

6 жыл бұрын

lll

@BigTrain175

4 жыл бұрын

Even the bad guy is wearing a suit and tie.

Pot of cheddar cheese??!!

@beerdrinker6452

Ай бұрын

Now we call it potato chip dip.

@kathyflorcruz552

Ай бұрын

Fondue and yes, little pots of cheese too.

@Ubique2927

Ай бұрын

@@kathyflorcruz552 Fondue should be made with real melted cheese, not non-cheese.

Jack Webb is A Savage!!!

Nobody likes him... except for his new cellmate, Big Bubba.

Who's the actress that played Mrs.griffin?

Big difference in how law enforcement was then from now.

@kelvintorrence5994

4 жыл бұрын

Yes it is now just kill them and plant a,gun or drugs on them.off to jail they go

@schmim1

4 жыл бұрын

Omen Nemo crooks are alot different then than they are now. People had manners. Not today

@schmim1

4 жыл бұрын

Kelvin Torrence yeah. Sure. It wouldn’t be the person had the gun or the drugs on them before they were arrested. The young people in this country don’t want to follow rules or laws and have no respect or manners. It’s everybody else’s fault and not the person being arrested

@ManInTheBigHat

4 жыл бұрын

How different women were, too.

@Heavenzvoice

4 жыл бұрын

randall2020 so you just generalized all cops from the LAPD? Yes corruption has been around and continues to be around but there was more respect for the law . With bad cops and people not caring who they hurt in their crime sprees things are worse.

Stella!!!!!!!!!

"Type "O" blood, huh, I guess you're alright".

2:00 Smart lady. I also check people's blood type to see if they're all right.

@preacherberry8901

3 жыл бұрын

Same here. I also ask people if they can roll their tongue.

Seriously, yes they were the hands and arms of the series star Jack Webb. He believed that the number 7 was his lucky number. That's why his production company was named "Mark VII Limited" and his badge number began with the number seven.

@karlc8359

6 жыл бұрын

They are also full of something else....themselves.

@dougmontgomery1868

6 жыл бұрын

His badge was 714 because that was the number of home runs Babe Ruth hit in his career.

@dougmontgomery4851

5 жыл бұрын

I think his mother's birthday was July 14; also, he commemorated Babe Ruth's career home run record. Also, 714 is the area code for Orange County, not Los Angeles. You can't fool me with this one--I come from a telephone-company family.

@Bigstooler0

5 жыл бұрын

I guess we were both mistaken according to his biographer everipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Friday/

@Holly1960-

5 жыл бұрын

7+(7+7) = {714} Badge Lucky 7's

Frank had type O blood in this show and in another it was Joe.

With every "yes, ma'm" take another shot.

I get the feeling that the crime commited was worse then just robbery and assualt. Some of these shows tone down certain aspects of the actual crime to make it more accessaible to the audience at the time.

A police Captain named Sam Brown. Great stuff.

What a caring husband, "My wife was attacked but I'd rather sleep late than get up and drive her to the police station."

@snewsan6645

Жыл бұрын

That was my thought. If he was a good husband he would care more about her and less about his sleep.

@thequokkahaslanded321

Жыл бұрын

Welcome to America dear. We wives are usually at the lower end of the " to do " list.... that's why men who show care are called names. By the "macho" ones😁👍🇺🇲

@alanrosenman4241

Жыл бұрын

​@@thequokkahaslanded321..

@michaelfleming40

Жыл бұрын

That so called "husband" is a dadgum MEATHEAD.

@randquadrozzi1280

9 ай бұрын

Sounds about right for about 30 percent of the husbands

$27. I guess that was pretty much, back then. Heard my grandpa salary was $500 as a Custom enforcer.

@edcellwarrior

7 жыл бұрын

In one episode they got two full breakfasts with drinks for $1 or so. $20+ was a lot back then

@AlexSDU

7 жыл бұрын

How I missed those good old days.

@roberteisenstein7069

7 жыл бұрын

Steven segal

@muffs55mercury61

4 жыл бұрын

$27 in 1955 is $254 in Nov 2019 (dollartimes.com) The minimum wage was raised from 75 cents an hour to $1 in 1955.

@muffs55mercury61

4 жыл бұрын

@socal rocks Towards the end of the year it was raised to $1 & it went a long ways.

How do I know.. ? Type "O" blood.. Well I guess he is alright LOL.... These 50s episodes are GREAT !!! Thanks for posting ....

Who thinks miss griffin is a bit over accessorized?

Thanks !

too bad these are not on tv, i would ewatvh tv then. now i only watch u tube

@lesterhall5145

4 жыл бұрын

KZread's got some good stuff.

Even the janitor wore a hat

If they ran his sentences consecutively, that would be a lot of time. Robbery was probably 5 to 10 per count, and the assault with intent was probably similar. Determinate sentencing (fixed term) did not become law until the mid 1960's

2917 Sarah St. is in Burbank.

In one of the other episodes, they talk about the door-to-door breadman coming by.

03:23 - Robert Fulton

Wow!

I think the boys were a bit intimidated by Ms. Griffin.

@bovnycccoperalover3579

Жыл бұрын

I thought they were amused.

A good instructional video on why you should never talk to cops

It just occurred to me (after watching this for the millionth time) that Mrs Hudson had to ask Friday what *Can you describe him?* meant.

30 minutes of morality

A couple of door to door salesman a day ? Bless the coming of on line shopping

@goldwinger5434

4 жыл бұрын

Door to door salesmen visits were social events. The Fuller Brush man would come around every few months. He'd come in, my mother would make a pot of coffee and they'd chat while he'd talk about new products and she'd go through the catalog. Then he'd go next door and repeat the process. I never thought about it before, but he must have been strung out on caffeine.

@idiotwind2248

4 жыл бұрын

@@goldwinger5434 I remember that also. My mother wasnt as friendly with them. Did you have a Charles Chips guy? He sold big tins of potato chips & pretzels. Around us in North Jersey we got rid of the milk box on the steps in the early 60s

@goldwinger5434

4 жыл бұрын

@@idiotwind2248We didn't get Charles' Chips but my wife's family did. Other door to door guys that wouldn't have been social events were the milk man and the "chicken & egg" guy. They were like the mailman, drop their stuff and run. An uncle was a milk man for a while and he said that women really would offer sex to not have to pay their bills. The problem was that the milkman would have to make up that shortage out of his own pocket.

Type O blood....I guess you're ok.. LOL

@stephensafraniii3396

4 жыл бұрын

A negative is better.

She calls Joe "young man"? C'mon! They both look about the same age!

@welshpete12

5 жыл бұрын

Women at the time would say that to a man , as a put down it was a little rude !

@mikeh.7499

5 жыл бұрын

@@welshpete12 you are right welshpete . akin to another female favorite "LISTEN MISTER".....!

He was so easy to identify by large eyebrows!

Dial "0" .pre curser to "911" .

@doctorlarry2273

5 жыл бұрын

O was for the Operator

@-oiiio-3993

3 жыл бұрын

@@doctorlarry2273 Operator: kzread.info/dash/bejne/hIhowcGHqpiuh7w.html

Friday has the personality of a post.

And nobody said anything about those weird ass eyebrows?

Robert Fulton

Broderick Crawford called no one "boss".

Type 0 blood, I guess you're alright,lol.

In this show, the EMTs wear police uniforms. I assume that's how it useta be.

@richardrice8076

10 ай бұрын

In this show there were no EMT's. There wouldn't be such a thing for nearly 20 years. The cops were just stretcher carriers with limited 1st aid experience.

🤔 @2:39 I wonder if she ever regretted that... 🧀💨☣️⚠️🙊🕯️💥

Dragnet has a lot of whacked out people on it and it's not just the crooks.same for the newer episodes.Must be a California thing.

🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼

Just subscribed. Thanks

When I worked for my uncle he would sometimes threaten to beat me about the head and shoulders.

They have an ‘oddity book’...