the two most-spoken words in the history of b/w television: Yes Maam 😁

Mrs. Griffin was a hoot. Dragnet is known for their quirky characters. Half of the fun of the show.

what could be more perfect than the homicide squad having a funeral home calendar in their office.

@lilajagears8317

Жыл бұрын

They had these calendars from different mortuarys throughout the run of the show.

@AFaceintheCrowd01

Күн бұрын

@@lilajagears8317All of which still exist. It’s one business that never falters. Mortuaries and shoe stores.

The lady that Webb is interviewing (Miss Griffin) is a CLASSY lady! Love the 1950's!

I have never once heard Friday say " just the facts ma'am"

@ricardocantoral7672

Ай бұрын

He never did. On a related subject, Captain Kirk never said, "Beam me up, Scottie".

Loved the dark haired lady witness at the start. So fiesty and funny. Kept telling Joe off. 👏👏🇬🇧 26:42

@HansDelbruck53

11 ай бұрын

f-e-i-s-t-y

@user-wy1dl2me2p

5 ай бұрын

She is a girl dog starts with a B

Hey I've been watching these for four or five months and I never stopped to thank you and tell you how much I appreciate seeing these old shows. You're doing good work

Jack Webb's attention to detail is impressive. As he leaves the final interrogation office, Friday turns off the light switch. Saving the taxpayers' money. Nice. Thanks.

These old Dragnets are hysterical, especially the way the public is portrayed. Also, the use of big wall calendars from the local mortuaries always bring a laugh. The writers must’ve been having a time!

Love the whole series ofDragnet.

I love dragnet best show on tv and radio

@daradams6843

3 жыл бұрын

Williams Palmer, I watched it every week as a kid. Thought Joe Friday was dreamy!

@snewsan6645

Жыл бұрын

@@daradams6843 That's because he was Very, Very, Very handsome. 🥰

"Yes ma'am" Probably the most used phrase in the show

@modelprisoner

2 жыл бұрын

What's That? The best phrase!

I loved Dragnet. Fedora hats, wallpaper, Mercury squad cars, day and night scenes. Friday is a sharp interegater, Smith's a circular one. Friday is questioning the victim, and Smith says"Yes, mam". When Harry Morgan played his partner, his role was basically the same.

@Tommy-76

2 жыл бұрын

The car they rode in was a Ford sedan…”Unit 1-K-80” or “80-K”

@janehellendrung2123

2 жыл бұрын

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@janehellendrung2123

2 жыл бұрын

Bv. N n n. N nn n n. , m.

@janehellendrung2123

2 жыл бұрын

G. B b b b. Nn. N. B b. B b.

@snewsan6645

2 жыл бұрын

When Fedora hats went by the way classiness left with them.

The woman at 2:21 reminds me of my wife 30+ years ago! She is a no nonsense kind of person and tells it like it is. Sometimes she makes folks mad though because she can't candy coat anything.

"That old harpy..." Classic!

All these years, I finally figured out the announcer was George fenneman

@markgarin6355

3 жыл бұрын

@Julius Ashcroft thanks. Often I'm just listening to the videos and it's amazing what you can hear in the background. Like match game episodes where you can hear the microphones picking up panel members when Gene is working with contestants.

@snewsan6645

Жыл бұрын

I was always trying to find the guys name and never could. I'm glad you did and thanks for saying.

@markgarin6355

Жыл бұрын

@@snewsan6645 was just listening...ha

@glennso47

11 ай бұрын

He’s also the announcer for Groucho Marx “You Bet Your Life “ game show from the early 50s

@glennso47

11 ай бұрын

The lady might have been watching DRAGNET on tv! 3:40

It's so nice to see that women covered their bodies...respectable...👍👍

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

@jubalcalif9100

4 жыл бұрын

Thanx for the background info ! I noticed that many of the TV episodes were based on the same stories as those featured in the radio version. Makes sense, since they already have the plots on the books !

@fromthesidelines

4 жыл бұрын

It also saved Jack Webb a lot of money by adapting the majority of the original radio scripts (which "GUNSMOKE" also did, during its first six seasons). By 1956, he and his staff were creating new ones as well.

@jubalcalif9100

4 жыл бұрын

@@fromthesidelines That certainly makes sense ! I noticed that Jack Benny repeated many skits on his TV show that he'd done on his long running radio program.

It's surprising that ultra-masculine Jack Webb wears a bracelet! In the '50's, no less!

@Xezlec

10 ай бұрын

You sure it's not a watch?

@polemius01

10 ай бұрын

@@Xezlec I suppose the watch face might not be on the top of the wrist. I prefer to think it's a bracelet.

@saran3214

10 күн бұрын

It's a WW2 army ID bracelet, as someone else commented. Webb enlisted in the army but had to be hardship discharged as he supported his mother and grandmother.

Great program. Thank you for loading them up!❤

"You are pretty sure it was a man though?" " Certainly, I guess I know know a man when I see one...I've been married to one for twelve years. " Twelve years of research and now she knows what a man looks like. I suppose if she was single she just wouldn't know for sure :)

@Glinkaism1

4 жыл бұрын

When she was single, her pocket would jingle.

@janehellendrung2123

2 жыл бұрын

Nnnn. Hh. H h h. B.

@A2D4

2 жыл бұрын

These days, who can tell. Especially if they’re in transition. 😳

Starring *JACK WEBB* as Detective *JOE FRIDAY* and *BEN ALEXANDER* as Detective *FRANK SMITH* . The NBC Network tried to get BEN ALEXANDER back to return as Det Frank Smith, for the late '60's /early '70's Dragnet shows , but he couldn't , because by then, he was already contracted to play in the 1966-69 ABC-TV series "FELONY SQUAD" with HOWARD DUFF and DENNIS COLE .

@cealharris9894

4 жыл бұрын

Just get to the end of it already

@allenjones3130

Жыл бұрын

"Felony Squad" was produced by 20th Century Fox Television, I believe.

This dialogue (21:16) goes back and forth in quick succession.

@fromthesidelines

2 жыл бұрын

Same as the radio version.

Of all Friday's partners, I liked Frank the best...especially in that wisdom tooth skit in the Big boys, I think...the one with Spock in it...

I don't think anybody today in a city would prefer to go next door to investigate screams and enter a dark house than call the police and let them check it out.

@rogergeyer9851

Жыл бұрын

K Kr: Yeah, I just couldn't believe my ears as she kept investigating instead of calling the cops. The last time I thought I saw the remnants of a possible crime -- a damaged car at a new car lot, I thought about checking it out, but it was at night and NOPE -- called the cops and told the dispatcher I decided not to check in case the vandals (if it was valdalism) were hanging around, and maybe cranky.

@mordechai-

11 ай бұрын

You would if you were a busybody whose nose is in everyone's business.

"This is the city..." 😁🤣🤣

16:08, "what do you do for a living?..I work, you know another way?"

Inglewood Park Cemetery must have been a sponsor, as many times as they showed its calendar! At least you don't have to suffer commercial breaks for it. 👏👍👍 This is the first time I've watched Dragnet since its heyday. Friday seems so relaxed and natural here, not the wooden, unsmiling cop who'd pop off insults now and then. Different partner too.

@fromthesidelines

4 жыл бұрын

Jack wanted Ben Alexander to return for the 1967 series, but he'd already signed up for "THE FELONY SQUAD" on ABC. So Webb chose another old acquaintance he'd previously worked with on radio, Harry Morgan.

@genkatqltr8517

4 жыл бұрын

@@fromthesidelines I liked Harry too. In fact I've liked Harry in every role I've ever seen him in. 😊👏👍👍

@sk8terboi10003

4 жыл бұрын

@@genkatqltr8517 Sherman T Potter

@genkatqltr8517

4 жыл бұрын

@@sk8terboi10003 Yes, a favorite of mine! 😊

@laurencelance586

4 жыл бұрын

I noticed that too Inglewood Park Cemetery is still very much around. Founded in 1905.

Ate a whole pot of cheddar cheese...cause she likes to snack during the late show... This lady has issues..🤣

@oklahomahank2378

Жыл бұрын

Substituting cheese for sex.

@starguy2718

Жыл бұрын

Watching late-night TV, and eating an entire plate of snacks.The only thing missing: cats and boxed wine. Hitting the wall, 1950's-style.

Somehow I never notice it before, but a lot of the characters speak in the same grammatically clipped way that Friday does: by omitting the grammatical first-person singular subject "I." For example, starting at 3:32, rather than "That did it. I knew there must be something wrong. I got my coat and went over there," she says, "That did it. Knew there must be something wrong. Got my coat and went over there." It's not every sentence, of course, but it's a lot more frequently than most people would do it. And I think it's a significant part of what gives the show its tone and flavor.

@Glinkaism1

4 жыл бұрын

Called "tight scripting" in the biz. Camera always or nearly always on who speaks. Maybe a few cutaway reaction shots.

@YouTubeallowedmynametobestolen

4 жыл бұрын

@@Glinkaism1 So, not unique to Dragnet? Thanks for that, Roger. "You learn something new every day if you're not careful!"

@JBuck1935

4 жыл бұрын

Heck, I talk and write that way and have to be careful to correct myself in print.

@richrol58

3 жыл бұрын

Then you haven't been watching Dragnet that long...

@YouTubeallowedmynametobestolen

3 жыл бұрын

@@richrol58 Well, let's say I've haven't watched ANY Dragnet for a long time. And in the intervening years, I've become much more attuned to certain aspects of linguistics.

Men in Fedora hats...that's classy.

4:47 Just ran straight through the frontdoor... opened it first of course :0) Yeah right lady, thanks a lot for clarifying that !

Friday always shows his ID care. I guess he don't need no stinking badge.

It's no good; no matter how hard I try....I make every effort.......but I can't get St. George and the Dragonet out of my mind!

No explanation of how this man knew who "George" was or that he didn't get home till 4 am. Or how he knew where everything was in the house.

@snewsan6645

2 жыл бұрын

I always wondered about that.

3 screams and the 4th she realized something must be wrong...

@patriciahayes7315

4 жыл бұрын

Slow poke. :)

@jimmyr54701

3 жыл бұрын

Very perceptive woman.

Incredible and double incredible!!!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

It shows to be 1956 in the beginning of the episode. MCMLVI is 1956.

Love the punch line... I'll make you a bet...

yes he was armed,,he had two

@jubalcalif9100

4 жыл бұрын

Ha ! :-)

@dariowiter3078

3 жыл бұрын

That's "he had too," Dean! Oh brother! 🙄

@1969atiq

3 жыл бұрын

@@dariowiter3078 no, as in he had "two" arms.

Jeanne Dean(Mrs. Milo Hudson) died in Malibu, California on August 30, 1993. She was 68.

Damn commercials

Friday thinks everyone is guilty.

At 14:44, I love the Southern Pacific Lines United States map in the background.

Witness: Guess I know a man when I see one. Modern day America: Well, about that, lady, how can I put this ….

like it very much thank you love

Dark hair with a curl. Could be Superman

19:20 Suspect Mr. Rudolph Mason has eyebrows that look like bath mats!

@Alaska-Jack

3 жыл бұрын

They are pretty furry.

"Can you describe the man?"/"How do you mean?/....Um, with words...?

@Alaska-Jack

3 жыл бұрын

Well he was good at long division and he had real short finger nails does that help detective?

2:30, this woman questioned by Friday & Smith doesn't liked to be doubted!

25:21- "Robbery in the first degree is punishable by imprisonment for a period of not less than five years. Assault with intent to do great bodily harm is punishable by a term of from one to twenty years in the state penitentiary." -terms of sentencing, as stated in the original radio episode

@baronedipiemonte3990

2 жыл бұрын

Burglary - the definition is "Jackin" When you're illegally armed it's called "Packin" Straight outta Compton 😜

excellent identification process before allowing anyone claiming to be police into your home you look at the photo ID because anyone can buy a badge but I got to bail there's way too much advertising

Just curious: Can anyone tell me the neon filled street shown in the opening?

Before 911 -also a lot of good dry humor

Hey! Maybe this thug was in stir just in time to see Johnny Cash when he made his great album "Johnny Cash Live in Folsom." 😎

Love the show. Hate the Ads!

@howardoller443

Жыл бұрын

Love the show AND the ads.

"I sure know what a man looks like. Was married to one for 12 years."

10.02.......".yes man, did you get a good look at the ma'm, man...we just wanna get at the facts ma'm?"

Snotty woman!

@johnminehan1148

4 жыл бұрын

"Young man" said by a woman his age or younger. Odd. Maybe because Friday is a cop? (Or the part was written for someone older . . . .

@tacoheadmakenzie9311

4 жыл бұрын

@@johnminehan1148 Yes, it was. I've got the radio version of this episode, and it's obvious that the actress who had this part was much older than the TV actress.

Type “O” blood, guess you are alright...

I think I know why Mr. Griffin left. Mrs. Griffin has the cork in pretty tight.

Lots of double negatives for such a sophisticated lady.

@oklahomahank2378

Жыл бұрын

Pretty blue collar girl snagged an executive.

14:00 to 14:20- while the victim goes through the mugshot books, there is a calendar sponsored by Inglewood Park Cemetery clearly visible on the wall behind her. Did the cops think it was a good idea for recently-traumatized victims to have a calendar advertising services for dead people right next to their heads while they struggled to identify their assailants?

@j.kaymetcalf-benton6600

4 жыл бұрын

Mackb909 I’m not trying to argue, but just explain. Back in the 50’s, even much later everyone, including mortuaries and cemeteries gave free calendars at Christmas. Nobody paid attention to the name on them, so I would guess they were just a plain old prop. “Politically correct” is relatively new for us today, but hadn’t even been thought of at that time. People were still civil, but different times, different culture, different era. I wouldn’t make something of it, just think of it as history. Have a good day and stay safe.

@oklahomahank2378

Жыл бұрын

Appropriate in a homicide squad. The detective can refer them to a funeral home easily.

I hate that there was no explanation of how the culprit knew the names of the husbands and knew where everything was located in the home. Why bring that point up then? Strange. Also, why is this episode called The Big Look?

Real

Every Now And Then I SEE A BUNCH Of COMPLAINTS ABOUT COMMERCIALS , ad's , ; What Are They Talking About ?? I Have Watched Everyone Of The Dragnet Episodes On THIS CHANNEL AND I HAVE NOT SEEN EVEN ONE COMMERCIAL ; Why Do THESE PEOPLE SEE AD"S And I DO NOT !! ?? !! I AM SERIOUS ; WHAT ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT ????? I AM SO CURIOUS WHAT IS THE DEAL ??

Bill was good too!

I've seen this before and does it seem odd that it took this woman too long to contact the police? How long does it take to figure that your next door neighbor is in trouble?

@gristmill1213

4 жыл бұрын

Right! How many times did the poor woman have to scream before she got up off her rear end?

@ceasedesist703

4 жыл бұрын

MIKECNW in my building? FOREVER!

@cealharris9894

4 жыл бұрын

Aaa

@daradams6843

3 жыл бұрын

Everything in the old dragnet was odd.

@MIKECNW

3 жыл бұрын

@@daradams6843 Shut up.

This actor (19:20) appeared in the episode "The Big Hit Run Killer"

Leslie Nielsen walk on!

Dragnet teaches how to waive rights.

P.S. Oops! Correction: "Morgan vs Webb."

Cool ass cop show

Actually, Webb was 5'-9'" or 5'-10."

Why a card and why not show the Badge?

7:40 How many people can say that?🤔

People in the 50's were weird. lol 😂

Poor Frank is always in trouble with his wife for working over. I would divorce her and room with Friday.

@JimLander

Жыл бұрын

So you say but the question is: Would Friday room with you? 😊

To gulag

The same 10 episodes that they show over and over again ad naseum on Folk Tv

oh my....is she annoying, or what?

you dialed o ? 😂

@JohnReitz-ps2ct

24 күн бұрын

O for "Operator"

@DavidHuber63

24 күн бұрын

@@JohnReitz-ps2ctGod bless you, brother

I wonder about Mrs Hudson's husband. He may like to sleep late but it seems to me that if he loved her he'd make sure to take her himself. Not lay around in bed and make the police responsible for his wife.

What a cynical, argumentative woman!

@Alaska-Jack

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah that guy should of smacked her around awhile too. I guess that’s why she lives alone.

@oklahomahank2378

Жыл бұрын

She is bored. That’s how some people express it.

Did anyone grant you permission to sell this movie at the price of ads? Minor theft.

Why don’t they ware a uniform to identify themselves as cops?

@1969atiq

3 жыл бұрын

because they have been promoted to detectives.

i love the series but the word mam gets on me nerves he says it all the blummin time

Can’t watch to many adds !

Alot of dingy Karens back then😊

@JohnReitz-ps2ct

24 күн бұрын

Just "Back then"?

FRIGID

Friday was right...I don't like that guy

Ridiculous amount of commercials for 26 min.show, it's as bad as television! Unsubscribing because of it.

@MIKECNW

4 жыл бұрын

If I were you I'd just be happy that we can watch these shows. After all, how often do we see the original Dragnet Episodes?

@gmadude1394

4 жыл бұрын

@@MIKECNW there's other channels that have dragnet episodes without soooo many ads!

@gristmill1213

4 жыл бұрын

Not as bad as Pluto TV. It seams like there's more commercial time than actual show time.

Another show fucked up by commercials greed fucks up another format of entertainment

@howardoller443

Жыл бұрын

What is wrong with you?! First, why do you feel it necessary to spew obscenities? Such language is completely unnecessary, immature, and offensive. Second, how can you myopically not see that commercials are necessary to generate money to pay all the people involved in the creation, dissemination, and broadcast of these TV shows. Capitalism is a system in which greedy people can do the least harm and good people have the freedom to do good works.

Was he a tall man, or short man? He looked like a man. LOL

Different Filipinas can be different. Different Americans can be different. Filipinas are a different breed than Whites but underneath, I think, similiar.

@JimLander

Жыл бұрын

We are all similar underneath. Or so I think. We are all brothers and sisters.

I can't stand these episodes where Colonel Potter isn't in them

@starguy2718

Жыл бұрын

In the 1950's, Col Potter was in the military, stationed in Korea.

So do the rich girl.