Dragnet started out as a radio program. When this episode aired in September 1955 it was STILL a "radio" program. I don't think Jack Webb ever learned how to be a TV actor, but he's just fine as a radio actor.

@braniganblue3460

8 күн бұрын

What?

"Come in, come in! Don't let the flies in!" My mother's exact words back in those days!

Old Joe dishing out a quarter for that pack of Chesterfields 🙃

The wacky people are half the fun of a Dragnet episode.

I’m 70 years old growing up ,This and Gunsmoke were my dad’s favorite shows

@claypartridge7553

Жыл бұрын

Add My Three Sons

@worthgiller510

Жыл бұрын

I’m 83. These were my favorite radio shows.

@carolutley6523

Жыл бұрын

My favorites, too! And Captian Kangaroo. I'm 72.

@claypartridge7553

Жыл бұрын

@@carolutley6523 Mr Greenjeans !

@JTRocks1

5 ай бұрын

@@claypartridge7553 Never heard of that show before! 🙂

that waiter and Anthony's wife were hilarious.

I've always loved the stripped down dialog of Dragnet.

Jack Webb ,good old fashioned TV movies. No swearing good dilagough good acting good entertainment..

@ministerbarrythomas6603

3 жыл бұрын

😑 dialogue my man.

@Nikolaii2571

Жыл бұрын

Golly, Gosh darn it, heck, dag nabbit,,dog gone it.

@nathandodge665

Жыл бұрын

Good acting??????

@raisingreendragonzmyself

Жыл бұрын

Dialogue.

@thegreatselkie6009

10 ай бұрын

@@nathandodge665yes.

Damn $1.35 for all that food, can't get nothing for that now.

@davidwolfhudson

2 жыл бұрын

Adjusted for inflation, it would be $14.27 in 2022 dollars. Still decent for LA these days, I guess.

@marks984

Жыл бұрын

Can’t even get coffee for $1.35

@mexxicokitty

8 ай бұрын

And smokes for a quarter!

@JTRocks1

5 ай бұрын

@@mexxicokitty You gotta mortgage your house to buy cigarettes.

25 cent lucky strikes from the machine 🤙🏻

@user-wy1dl2me2p

6 ай бұрын

Oh they tasted great smoked them for years .

@JAZZ4643indy

2 ай бұрын

Chesterfields too

@timmcquerry6068

26 күн бұрын

L.S.M.F.T.😊

@bobbyhamblen2338

12 күн бұрын

@@timmcquerry6068 loose straps make floppy tits.

I love the little sorta zingers “when he runs outa circles.”

@charleshetrick3152

2 жыл бұрын

@Jay Ferguson irony is now I gotta watch this episode over again cause I’ve completely forgotten why I made this comment.

@richrol58

Жыл бұрын

That's Joe "Leave 'em perplexed" Friday...!

@richrol58

Жыл бұрын

@@charleshetrick3152 6:58

I love Jack Webb, he was married to the beautiful Julie London, and boy could she sing!!

@calmheart1782

4 жыл бұрын

I think Julie London played on ‘Emergency’.

@guineapig4701

4 жыл бұрын

@@calmheart1782 Yes she did! If you have time google Julie London singing "Cry me a River", it is absolutely wow, just wow.

@rickhinojosa5455

3 жыл бұрын

Guinea Pig Hi. You aren't kidding! Julie London had an incredible voice. Seems like the actors of old had to have all kinds of talents. Singing, dancing, acting, riding horses!! I have to hear that one song by Julie London right now. Haven't heard it in a long time. 🙏

@guineapig4701

3 жыл бұрын

@@rickhinojosa5455 "Cry me a River" will knock your socks off, just beautiful.

@-oiiio-3993

3 жыл бұрын

@@calmheart1782 As Dixie McCall. She played alongside Bobby Troup, writer of the song 'Route 66'. Emergency!, of course, was a Jack Webb production.

$1.35 for a meal talk about your good old days.

@jayferguson8127

26 күн бұрын

That's for 2 breakfast Both

Now that's a sandwich that even Subway doesn't carry.

@josephmarkwhaley6164

Жыл бұрын

🤣

When property crimes were investagated , what an idea.😅

6:58 "When he runs out of circles." Oh Jack, you stand-up comedian! 😄😄😄

@richrol58

Жыл бұрын

The counterman is STILL nodding...(nobody said "CUT!") 😄

My favorite, non-western, TV show growing up in the 50's.

Notice this was before the Miranda Rights.

@timmcquerry6068

26 күн бұрын

Miranda V. Arizona, 1968

I love the machine "music". Like the music played whenever they show the city in shows.

Anthony - he's my husband! Gotta love Dragnet and the weird characters!

Anthony is her husband's name in case you forget..

@JDnFL

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂

Quality quality quality after all these years I still enjoy watching Dragnet

@JTRocks1

5 ай бұрын

No other cop show like it! 🙂

Who steals $47 in a loose change without taking the jar to keep the coins in?

@garyfrancis6193

2 жыл бұрын

Gonna hafta run that through R and I.

@tammygould2703

Жыл бұрын

They took the jar left the paper with the money amount

@richrol58

Жыл бұрын

Mr. Daniel Loomis...😂

@snewsan6645

Жыл бұрын

No kidding.

@curtcaudle5900

Жыл бұрын

Big Pockets, hopefully doesn't fall in a creek 😂

That was back in the day when crooks were actually caught and punished for their offences.

@macmcleod1188

2 ай бұрын

Well, keep in mind we only see the successful cases and keep in mind that the department has doubled in size while the population has tripled in size. Also I just about broke out laughing when I heard the entire crime spree was taking place in a two square mile area. And then on top of that they were able to put multiple officers and police cars on the case.

@pattyamato8758

23 күн бұрын

...on TV. A TV program is not the same as real life. Some criminals got away with their crimes, then as now

Frank just ordered the grand slam breakfast from Denny's. ;-)

@1blackcat513

2 жыл бұрын

Bet it was more than $1.35

@macmcleod1188

2 ай бұрын

​@@1blackcat513Dennis the sound pretty good in terms of the price. But I'm sure the eggs are lower quality than they were getting back then. You probably pay 6 to 8 dollars for a dozen eggs today like they had back then.

I can’t remember the actual episode was called but it was the one where the man’s wife had been kidnapped. The scene where the woman’s friend was trying to find a picture of her friend to show them was hilarious. My favorite parts of the movies are the dialogues and the way the clipped way the detectives talk. “Just the facts,ma’m, just the facts”.

@richrol58

Жыл бұрын

That happened in the one where they (this was with Gannon,) were looking for the woman who is stealing SS checks I think-- the woman takes it out of the frame and gives it to them...don't really remember it being funny, though...

@rogerallen3206

Жыл бұрын

The big Tar Baby

@larrynelson6656

Жыл бұрын

I don't believe they ever said just the facts ma'm but if you want a hoot look Johnny Carson with Jack web as a guest the clapper capper it's funny

@dunaiyoutubification

10 ай бұрын

I just watched that one ! great!

Like this side kick the best

The level of technology astounded me.

I'd hate to be the poor sap having to service that beast of a printer.

@muffs55mercury61

2 жыл бұрын

Same for the computers of the day.

@michaelshaffer8451

Жыл бұрын

@@muffs55mercury61 The same computer that filled up an entire room and took several minutes to spit out results on a punch card is but 1 of the thousands of functions available on our Apples and Androids today. Now, I understand that most features of the modern cellphone wouldn’t work back in the 50s, but from a strictly hypothetical perspective, can you imagine showing up on set between takes when Webb was outside having a smoke break and handing him an iPhone or Android, just to see his reaction? It would probably take you 15 minutes to get it back from him before he’d ask “Where can I get one of these for myself”?

@muffs55mercury61

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelshaffer8451 I remember seeing those big computers in offices in the 1970s. When they became obsolete there was the pain of hauling them away and disposing of them. At least it did free up an entire room in many cases.

@evemarie1605

Жыл бұрын

@@muffs55mercury61 What computers?:- those were purely electromechanical punched-card sorting machines going back to the 1890s.

Another One Of My Tv Shows Dragnet ! Nobody Could Not Duplicate Friday And Smith !

@glennso47

Жыл бұрын

Broderick Crawford and Highway Patrol was pretty good too.

@thegreatselkie6009

10 ай бұрын

@@glennso47he could talk 100 miles a minute.

Diner guy’s hat may have been squeezed the brain a bit

@charleshetrick3152

2 жыл бұрын

Practically I’d love to know what he was writing, it’s like a 00:04:00 scene and the character spends half of it writing down 2 stacks of pancakes one with sausage and an egg One with bacon Two coffees

Joe never ate in the color shows!-just coffee!!

@richrol58

3 жыл бұрын

Gannon a lot of times would happily accept the odd offered Danish...

@tammygould2703

Жыл бұрын

They didn't want to eat at the diner just smoke

That computer music at the beginning is awesome.

@heyoldman2003

4 жыл бұрын

Josh Fredman Intense 😲

@frankcabanski9409

3 жыл бұрын

In the old days, computers were people, usually women, who calculated things. When electronic machines took over, they used the name "computer" to link to what people were accustomed to - human people making computations.

@mercoid

3 жыл бұрын

@@frankcabanski9409 ....They used the name “computer” because doing computations is the function of the machine. Period!

@frankcabanski9409

3 жыл бұрын

@@mercoid The term is taken from the term used for people who computed things.

@booklover6753

2 жыл бұрын

@@mercoid Frank is correct. Check your facts stupoid. PERIOD!

Another Swell Episode featuring the cop Joe Friday catching the bad guys! Go get em Joe!

Wow. Julia-Louis Dreyfus is a lot older than I thought.

The best episode in Dragnet history.

I was certain the diner guy was going to be the burglar.

@chele-chele

Жыл бұрын

me too =)

Watched it back in the 50’s. Always thought it was so serious. Seems corny now but very enjoyable and often humorous. Always waited for the muscle man with the hammer at the end to strike the Mark VII Production symbol .

Joe Friday: mmhmm mmhmm mmhmm

@mercoid

3 жыл бұрын

More “mmhmm’s with a “yeah” thrown in just to break the monotony....

@garyfrancis6193

2 жыл бұрын

@@mercoid mmmmm

Wow,$1.30 for breakfast for two in the '50s. Their standard of living was better than ours. Inflation is a killer.

@JTRocks1

5 ай бұрын

Yep! 😯

@philrichards9761

2 ай бұрын

But do you really want to have 50's things, no personal computers, no technological improvements? Part of inflation is advancement. Ain't all bad.

@johnstuartsmith

Ай бұрын

In 1954, the average big city police patrolman's salary was $4,700 per year. They were grossing about $90 per week, or about $2.20 per hour. It wasn't until 1957 that the California minimum wage was raised to $1.00. So there's that...

One thing I noticed about this show: All the crooks seem to flip over so easily. "Alright here's my name, I did it and here's where to find all the evidence".

@LesterMoore

Жыл бұрын

Makes it easier for Hamilton Berger to convict. No way Perry Mason going to get them off.

@davidb2206

Жыл бұрын

Better parents back then. Many of them still had a conscience and had been exposed to the Ten Commandments in church. Unlike with today's sociopaths.

@thegreatselkie6009

10 ай бұрын

@@davidb2206religion has nothing to do with a person having a good character.

Today, all that data and info storage can be kept on an iPhone, along with handling communication.

@jeffc3381

2 жыл бұрын

and they still cant catch the bad guys

@benniebarrow348

Жыл бұрын

@@jeffc3381 and when they do catch them the corrupt DA’s let them go.

"Well, you can talk to his wife." Best Line of Show.

1:27 , this was high tech in the '50's!

On October 15th, 2022 trial was held in Department 96 of Superior Court of California. In a moment, results of that trial. Dajameous Jones was found guilty 6 counts of grand theft auto, illegal possession of a firearm by a felon, probation violation, fleeing an officer of the law, resisting arrest, and possession of a Schedule 1 controlled substance with intent to deliver. Jones was sentenced to not less than 6 months home monitoring to be followed by 6 months probation.

@davidb2206

Жыл бұрын

Today's California: Shanqueesha was released on her own recognizance.

why did they not eat breakfast if they just went back to the station to sign out?

Back when even criminals had more character and just stood there quietly and peacefully when you nailed them with the evidence -- rather than run and resist like today. Former L.A. police chief Gates wrote this very same observation.

@michaelbabbitt3837

Жыл бұрын

I have been saying that too. They had better manners than many non-criminals today.

@davidb2206

Жыл бұрын

Today they are so evil and full of sin that they have to be shot. And they deserve it.

@davidb2206

Жыл бұрын

Gates, in his own book, called them "a better class of criminals." He's right. He also would not DARE to get into the racial element of it and what happened to Los Angeles, beginning in the 1960's.

I had the biggest crush on Jack Webb when I was younger. I still do. Very good looking man.

@richrol58

Жыл бұрын

And that sexy gait...!! 😆

@snewsan6645

Жыл бұрын

@@richrol58 Don't really care about that. ☺️

@richrol58

Жыл бұрын

@@snewsan6645 Good for you! Just testing your commitment...You would agree though that he's not really handsome in a Robert Redford sense...??

@snewsan6645

Жыл бұрын

@@richrol58 No, I wouldn't agree with that. I think he was every bit as handsome.

@benrking7922

Ай бұрын

​@@snewsan6645😂lol nope you can't use jack webb and handsome in the same sentence 😂

3,000 hits and only two comments 🙁. These are great shows with plenty to comment on .. come on guys n gals

Seventy years since this episode was written. Do you think some of the technology shown here might have changed? Too bad the mom and pop coffee shops like this one aren't easy to find. I enjoyed pancakes and coffee in joints just like this.

@richardpodnar5039

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, but that one Joe and Frank chose wasn't exactly on the ball with fast service!😅

@davidb2206

Жыл бұрын

In California? They'd be dead.

Love these . Thanks.

Actually, back then law enforcement was more personal. More face-to-face while tracking the perp. Victims saw the officers as they actually were. The officers took on (at times) a long journey to success. But even with today's advancements, are things different? I thank the Heavenly Father for the officers that protect us and keep us safe. And some of us in check. Stay safe my protectors. And may God not only protect and keep you all safe. But also send the love you desire. 🙏

The man says he used to get a rash when he ate fresh peaches, but he doesn't anymore. Did he stop getting a rash or eating fresh peaches?

@evemarie1605

Жыл бұрын

ton-ta-ton-ton-taaaaaawn!

Originally telecast on September 22, 1955. Adapted from a September 8, 1953 radio episode. 2:44 - Smoke those Chesterfields, Joe! "They're made the MODERN way-- with 'AccuRay'."

@evemarie1605

Жыл бұрын

No problem cleaning off the yellow stains:- you wonder where the yellow went when you brush your teeth with Pepsodent!

1958 Burglary min sentence 5 yrs penitentiary 2023 slap on the wrist

.25 cents for unfiltered Chesterfields those were the days..

@mercoid

3 жыл бұрын

And they were much more delicious and pure back then. They’d still kill you, but at least you could truly enjoy them.

@kathyflorcruz552

3 жыл бұрын

25 cents a pack in 1969 too.

@scottandrews9453

3 жыл бұрын

Chesterfield was the sponsor for years both on radio and TV

@muffs55mercury61

2 жыл бұрын

Webb smoked them for many years.

When He runs out of ⭕😂👌

I’ll have some bacon and coffee too.

The big police station known as Parker Center wasn't completed until 1956 so that's why you don't see it during the first five seasons. It had a relatively short life as it was torn down in 2009.

@richrol58

Жыл бұрын

Fascinating, Captain...! (Where's a Spock emoji when you need one...??)

@starguy2718

Жыл бұрын

@@richrol58 Here ya go: 🖖

@richrol58

Жыл бұрын

@@starguy2718 That'll work...👌

My older sister had a beautiful double diamond 💍 ring which she planned to give to me when she died. She and her husband gave a supper party 🎉 for several couples and my sister took the ring 💍 off and laid it on the counter when she was preparing the meal and when everyone left she discovered that her ring was missing. Of course, she never 👎 recovered it. My husband gave his mother a diamond 💍 solitaire drop necklace. When she died she wanted it to be given to our oldest daughter. However, when she was in a nursing home someone stole it. I never could understand how people could steal things that belong to other people.🤔🤔🤔😱😱😱🥺🥺🥺💍💍💍

Just a few too many commercials. Hey don’t get greedy now 😬

@waterhead1029

4 жыл бұрын

This is too much. The car commercial nailed me. Impact! Bam! Bang! Avoid this channel unless you don’t mind waiting for jolts. Thumbs down. The money stops flowin’ when the viewers stop showin’.

In the hyper-macho 1950's it's always funny to see Jack Webb wearing a bracelet, and getting his glamor shot at the beginning of every episode.

@michaelcanty4940

Жыл бұрын

The ID bracelet was part of the uniform for soldiers in the Second World War along with the traditional tags. Al Pacino even wore one in the first scenes in the Godfather when in his Marine uniform.

12:28 --A "Mission Impossible" episode is trying to horn in...!!

@nunyabusiness863

Жыл бұрын

Now that's funny!

@richrol58

Жыл бұрын

@@nunyabusiness863 😍😍❤❤***

@richrol58

Жыл бұрын

I guess I just assumed ur a female--if not...? Oh whatever...

1:11 --Hubba, hubba!!

@kathyflorcruz552

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah. If you like that substitute teacher type.

" I wonder what this means" Lol.( 7:50 ).

Imagine carrying a bag of groceries down a city sidewalk. Pretty suspicious, don’t you think?

Why are you guys taking to the sheff ?!'

@JTRocks1

5 ай бұрын

He's their boss. 😯

A man in the 1950s buying groceries? Sure looks suspicious....

@richrol58

3 жыл бұрын

Probably taking them home to his (ahem...) FRIEND!

@JTRocks1

5 ай бұрын

@@richrol58 Perhaps his mistress! 😯

I hate advertising!

@evemarie1605

Жыл бұрын

Yes, but advertising loves you!

@JTRocks1

5 ай бұрын

@@evemarie1605 And everyones money! 😁

Jack Webb was an original Hollywodland Swinger, so was Bobby Troup and his wife, Julie London. They all smoked cigarettes and drank booze. Cigarettes and Booze drove Hollywood and early Television.

Does anyone know her husband's name,did she say😂

@oscar.gonzalez

4 жыл бұрын

Fred

@willisrice7844

3 жыл бұрын

Anthoney @8:35

I didn’t do it, ya see ! I was at church! I go there when I need a good alibi!

The comments in this episode are unlike many. Others have had complaints about almost everything. I’ve wanted to respond, but haven’t. But this is what I really want to say: “I knew this guy who quit smoking, started living a healthy life, worked out at a gym 5 days a week, walked everywhere, and became a healthy, happy person. One day on his way to the gym, he was crossing the street and was run over by a MILK TRUCK.” Damn! “Got milk?” certainly was NOT a good outcome for this dude! Not that he shouldn’t have stopped smoking, but it wasn’t the only hazard. Smile or frown?

@frankcabanski9409

3 жыл бұрын

The milk truck driver was smoking.

@curtcaudle5900

Жыл бұрын

Lots of words to say absolutely nothing 🤣

State of the art 1955. The ladies kept the records. Men could never do that. They had punch cards then I guess. Surprise to me.

The Big Lift featured Paul Douglas and Montgomery Clift in Postwar Berlin.

The little fish get caught and punished. The apex predators are too big to jail.

Wow. I like Dragnet, but these B&W episodes make the 60s Dragnets look like Masterpiece theater.

@andrewjoffe2871

Жыл бұрын

Except the 60's Dragnets were less procedurals and became sermons.

13:13 , this scene has a tilted camera angle.

So many ads make this channel unwatchable.

Commercials are bad in this, just cut right over the action, never just between scenes. Greed.

🍦🍦🍦Let’s go brandon 🍦🍦🍦

@booklover6753

2 жыл бұрын

"Let's go Richard!"

@LonesomeTroubadour

Жыл бұрын

Ah, found the idiot.

@starguy2718

Жыл бұрын

FJB

16:41 ---"Well, keep your distance, it might be catching...!"

@richrol58

Жыл бұрын

I am honored FD!

Only six counts? What happened to the other crimes?

@JTRocks1

5 ай бұрын

He took a deal. 😯

5:25 "refrigermint things"???

@michaelrutledge7048

3 жыл бұрын

D D Oh, you mean the plastic bags with the goop inside??

@kathyflorcruz552

3 жыл бұрын

@@michaelrutledge7048 breast implants?

Just finished gear show . But SIX COMMERCIALS ?? Get out a here . That’s way too many in a half hour show..

@McLKeith

4 жыл бұрын

Hey Old Man Zero commercials when you have premium.

@JesseWright68

4 жыл бұрын

@@McLKeith It's worth it.

@heyoldman2003

4 жыл бұрын

Hmmm . I’ll look I to that

@chele-chele

Жыл бұрын

Malware bytes pop-up blocker, free and 100% effective

@JTRocks1

5 ай бұрын

@@heyoldman2003 Whadja think?

$197.00 for two people to go to Vegas. $1.35 for two orders of breakfast.

@UQRXD

14 күн бұрын

Money was backed by gold at this time.

A breakfast like that for $1.25!

Switched on himself.

Does anyone know her husband name

@JTRocks1

5 ай бұрын

Anthony

@susanfaulkner2304

2 ай бұрын

​@@JTRocks1....that's her husband....

Her husband's name is Anthony

That woman talks TWO miles a minute!!!

Who is the Anthony 🙄🤔🤔🤣🤣

...but who's the dude behind the counter at the diner ?

@mercoid

3 жыл бұрын

An actor who over acts to absurdity

@jeramineferguson2352

2 жыл бұрын

I think he's funny

@richrol58

Жыл бұрын

A young "Mr. Daniel Loomis"...😆

Normal police procedure then, totally unconstitutional now.

What was the husband’s name?

@deepdrag8131

Ай бұрын

I was wondering the same thing. Man of mystery, I guess.

That ladies name is Karen no doubt 😅

This can’t really be LA. Where are the homeless tents? And I didn’t hear anyone ask about their pronouns. Ahh! The good old days.

@thegreatselkie6009

10 ай бұрын

GROW UP!

I had to laugh that Smith’s wife wanted him to be a mailman. Well she wouldn’t have liked his postal pay or pension compared to an LAPD pension. Not even under the old federal civil service system. There’s no shortage of letter carriers (the formal job title) who take the police and fire exams praying to get out of the USPS.

Case dismissed: Violation of 4th Amendment.

No comment @ 11:38