Amazing how Friday’s (Webb) last speech resonates more today.

@thenov1944

2 жыл бұрын

But where is his Smoke ? ?

@colleen4ever

3 ай бұрын

@@thenov1944 Benny probably didn;t allow it on set.

Old jack would pass in 11 months from this skit. A true entertainer.

@timsparks1858

Ай бұрын

The other Jack went 7 years later.

@marko7843

Ай бұрын

I was thinking the same thing. I remember that Jack Benny died in 1974, so this could have been his last appearance as well...

@docmalthus

Ай бұрын

Both Jacks were American icons.

@richardmorris7063

24 күн бұрын

Couple of real "crackerjacks" eh?

@marko7843

24 күн бұрын

@@richardmorris7063 Ooooohhh... Someone call the pun police!

Jack Benny - the absolute master of gestures & the slow burn. Timing perfection personified.

@willmorrison1022

2 жыл бұрын

No one could get a bigger laugh by just standing there, looking at an audience for what seemed like an eternity, just to bring the house down with a "Well!". Still one of the funniest men ever.

Three Hollywood Legends of television and radio

@lox_5017

2 жыл бұрын

We'll never see there likes....again.

Jack Webb.. no words needed .

@fifthbusiness1678

3 жыл бұрын

Actually, I could use some. Why are no words needed?

@navvet4518

3 жыл бұрын

@@fifthbusiness1678 He is self explanatory. Watch some of his work.

@markdaniele4539

3 жыл бұрын

@@navvet4518 Marine drill SGT was a great one.

@marie2274

3 жыл бұрын

@@markdaniele4539 - Great Actor, I forgot about that one. I'm going to watch it again if I find it.

@JeffDeWitt

2 жыл бұрын

There are very few Hollywood types, living or dead, who I would feel honored to meet. Jack Webb is one of them. In addition to the great shows he was responsible for there is no telling how many lives were saved because of his show "Emergency".

Crook: Your money or your life! Jack Benny: I'm thinking, I'm thinking!

That mustache stole the show.

@lynnpoint6395

9 күн бұрын

Harry Morgan was appearing at the time in Hec Ramsey, a western.

@DTD110865

8 күн бұрын

@@lynnpoint6395 He looked shorter than Benny.

“Are you sure you don’t carry a purse?” The deadpan stare afterwards was pure comedy genius!

@steztoyz

3 жыл бұрын

Back then, that was an innuendo. He was calling Benny a homosexual.

@inspiredwoodworks4131

3 жыл бұрын

@@steztoyz Yep, and I believe that in that brief moment, Harry Morgan actually “one-upped” Jack Webb.

@garryferrington811

2 жыл бұрын

Benny is considered the absolute master of comic timing.

@baronvonnembles

Ай бұрын

@@steztoyz No duh.

First class comedy. Impressive Jack Webb and Harry Morgan did it so well.

@Rick-mx5kh

3 жыл бұрын

Harry Morgan was a great comedic actor.

@marcstevens8576

Жыл бұрын

He had a lot of costars on the original Dragnet. When he revived it in '67, he chose the right actor, Harry, to be his partner. Watch it every weekday on METV.

@colleen4ever

3 ай бұрын

@@marcstevens8576 Me too!

@GREGWATSON-lc8cc

2 ай бұрын

Absolutely

Friday's lecture was on target and true.

This is an amazing clash of styles, because Webb loves the rapid-fire dialogue and Benny is all about the slow burn reaction.

I love Jack Webb!

My wife and I saw Jack Benny and Johnny Carson together in Las Vegas in 1969. They were unbelievably funny! I love Johnny but to see Jack Benny was the highlight of our trip. Oh, I forgot to mention, we also saw Elvis at the International Hotel on the same trip! Quite a trip!

@clayerkwiltee2315

2 жыл бұрын

You didn't really forget to mention Elvis. _You literally mentioned him_ . Trust me, you remembered to mention your encounter with Elvis.

@joeylawn36111

Ай бұрын

😎

@joeylawn36111

Ай бұрын

@@clayerkwiltee2315 So?

How Benny kept a straight face I'll never know.

@kansasjack8240

3 жыл бұрын

That’s one of the things that Jack was known for. That and his money, lol. I watched him break from character very few times.

@rudolphguarnacci197

2 жыл бұрын

Professional

@ronaldrobertson2332

2 жыл бұрын

How those two stayed in character was classic.

@dontaylor7315

2 жыл бұрын

@@ronaldrobertson2332 Watch Webb and Johnny Carson both struggling not to laugh in "Dragnet: The Copper Clapper Caper." kzread.info/dash/bejne/nJuNxNGgoJSukZM.html

@ronaldrobertson2332

2 жыл бұрын

@@dontaylor7315 I have! I saw it originally when it was first aired when I was a kid. Shows you how old I am!

Years back I saw a film of Jack Benny entertaining troops during the Second World War. As he was playing his violin soldiers would throw pennies onto the stage. After each one Mr. Benny would stop playing and pick up the penny. Absolutely hilarious 😂

They should’ve played the theme from DRAGNET when Jack Webb & Harry Morgan came on stage.

@hankkingsley2976

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah then licensing issues get involved

@maryhlad7501

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah-Jack Benny would’ve had to get permission from Jack Webb to have the DRAGNET theme played upon his and Harry Morgan’s entrance on stage.

@hankkingsley2976

2 жыл бұрын

@@maryhlad7501 probably other issues involved as well webb didn't compose the music. Much like when Ethel merman sang just the amount of words you could get away with without music in airplane

@beverlylawyer2286

2 жыл бұрын

yup

In a moment... the results of that trial.

@user-cn2jf8jj1v

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@jamesy4003

2 жыл бұрын

Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent

It amazes me that Jack Webb went from the late 1940s in radio and also later TV all the way to 1974 with out changing Friday's tone of voice not to mention never getting a promotion

@stevehoch9528

18 күн бұрын

Not true. In the original Dragnet series Friday was promoted to lieutenant. When the show was brought back in the late sixties, Jack Webb decided to go back to being a sergeant. It was his show.

@insulman100

17 күн бұрын

@@stevehoch9528 I know Webb said he didn't want the Friday character to be a desk jockey, but he still never changed his tone of voice

He's killing me with the, "whaddya want from me" hand gestures toward the end as Friday's sweating him. I played it back twelve times.

@carlcreed10

2 жыл бұрын

Love the classic guys

Too bad Gannon didn't have that supah stache on Dragnet! Awesome clip!

@Hobbes1025

3 жыл бұрын

With the moustache, when he said, "You're despicable", all I could think: Yosemite Sam.

@jadeblatz

3 жыл бұрын

Or as Col. Potter on M*A*S*H, he would have given Mike Farrell a run for his money!

@craigmiller8833

3 жыл бұрын

@@Hobbes1025 that’s funny I didn’t see know I can’t unsee it!!!

@deanstrand4260

2 жыл бұрын

I can't get over seeing

@deanstrand4260

2 жыл бұрын

I just can't get over seeing Gannon / Col. Potter with that mustache.

I love Jack Webb and Harry Morgan. I still watch Dragnet and the other two shows Jack produced and directed, Adam 12 and Emergency as well as Harry Morgan on MASH almost every day on the MeTV television network. Some may not realize Detectives Joe Friday and Frank Gannon wore the same suit on most episodes to help keep wardrobe cost down. They also used the same 20 or so actors on all the episodes including actors from Adam 12 and Emergency. RIP Jack and Harry and most of the cast

@colleen4ever

3 ай бұрын

Bill Gannon. And I always thought that was supposed to be the uniform. But yeah. I never miss any of those shows. I love all of them!

@bostonrailfan2427

21 күн бұрын

@@colleen4everhe was the quirky yet still competent sidekick to Webb’s hyper-focused straight man…just as his two predecessors had been in the 40s/50s

Absolutely Legendary Actors

Gannon had the Oakland A's look of the 1970's.

@nutaroo

3 жыл бұрын

He was appearing in a show set in the old west called Hec Ramsey, thus the look. although, Rollie Fingers would approve!

@user-dk4ir6hn9n

2 жыл бұрын

@@nutaroo watch out now, your showing your tru age. . .😁. Of course I knew exactly who you were talking about. 🙄

@bostonrailfan2427

21 күн бұрын

⁠@@nutarooor he was filming Apple Dumpling Gang at the time, Hec had already wrapped production but still airing

@nutaroo

20 күн бұрын

@@bostonrailfan2427 yes, that is indeed possible. Or he just never shaved it from Hec Ramsey to do the movie as well.

Harry Morgan was a supporting acting treasure, drama, comedy, whatever, Dragnet, MASH, Inherit The Wind, The Glenn Miller Story, etc.

@barrygrant2907

22 күн бұрын

The MASH episode where he toasted his former WWI buddies was hands down the best episode of the series.

This is too freaking hilarious!!!!!!

“What did the purse snatcher look like?” I thought he would say, “Well, he was carrying a purse!”

What an absolutely great skit. I was laughing my head off. You're right...this was when comedy was comedy.

Jack Benny's subtle reaction humor and Jack Webb's deadpan delivery work very well together.

I saw this original broadcast... had forgotten all about it till now.

Jack Webb's final on camera appearance on TV

@waynefletcher9884

3 жыл бұрын

How sad, I didn’t know that

@dflf

3 жыл бұрын

Heavy smoker died of cancer

@lesliebell4189

3 жыл бұрын

@@dflf No, heart attack on December 23, 1982 at age 62.

@Brace67

3 жыл бұрын

@@dflf No, he died of a sudden heart attack in 1982 while at home.

@cornstar1253

2 жыл бұрын

@@dflf my grandma was a heavy smoker. Died in her 90s from heart failure. So ... your point?

They should have put on the theme and "zinger music" after Sgt Friday's "I hope you sleep well tonight" tirade like they did on Dragnet!! Loved that show!

@susancummings3930

3 жыл бұрын

dyk iy dragbet is on Old Time Radio on youtbe!

Jack can say a million words without saying anything

They were the Real Entertainers. I listen to both Jack Benny and at least 10 Episodes of Dragnet 70+yrs later still & on.

That was actually the big 25th anniversary (to the year) of the first time he ever played Joe Friday which was on the radio in 1949.

impeccable comic timing from two dramatic actors (and a brilliant comic).

Jack Benny passed away of cancer in 1974. Another great legend lost.

@martym.6274

3 жыл бұрын

Christmas week 1974

@clayerkwiltee2315

2 жыл бұрын

You do realize, that he died almost 50 years ago?

@baronvonnembles

Ай бұрын

@@clayerkwiltee2315 1974. Christmas week. 50 years ago. Or near enough.

Awesome clip, I always enjoy watching Dragnet on MeTV

@cornstar1253

2 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately they keep repeating the 3 seasons for years now.

Sgt Friday never stood around with his hands in his pockets.

@bloodgrss

3 жыл бұрын

Webb's stiffness with his hands and arms (even when he walked) was a trademark. Easy to tell he was much more relaxed about it all, 4 years later than the show's end, in this sketch. It was, after all Bill, a comic parody-or did you miss that?

@Padraig1974

Ай бұрын

Well, he did at least once. At least that is what the video shows.

The Comedy you have just seen is True. The names were not changed. In a moment, the results of the trial. The Suspect was found guilty of killing it, which is punishable by lifetime sentence. *JACK BENNY Now remains in the memories of all*

Jack Benny will always be an original GENIUS! Side note: Now I see where Philip Baker Hall, aka "Mr Bookman" from the Seinfeld series got his character from...Jack Webb.

Wow, Gannon with a serious stash.

@FLStelth

3 жыл бұрын

Porn-stache.

@imlurking232

2 жыл бұрын

Wow should a had that stash on Mash

@jeffballard7632

2 жыл бұрын

I think he might have been filming "The Apple Dumpling Gang" (1975) at the time. He had a moustache like it in the film.

@bostonrailfan2427

21 күн бұрын

@@jeffballard7632he grew it for Hec Ramsey but kept it for Apple Dumpling Gang

Jack Benny was the greatest.

I have satellite radio,one particular channel has old time radio classics. It has dragnet and the Jack Benny show. It was way before my time but I enjoy listening to those shows and others

@cornstar1253

2 жыл бұрын

Dragnet and the real Gunsmoke with William Conrad are my favorites. Even though I've heard all of them by now

@toddepperson7465

2 жыл бұрын

@@cornstar1253 with Floyd the barber and the mayor from Andy Griffith show and John dehner from have gun will travel. And ft Laramie. 6 shooter,too

@turnthepaigebrooklyn2951

2 жыл бұрын

It’s so familiar from Tv and in some ways it’s better then the television broadcasts. Just turn it on and ever so slowly just do a slow burn soaking it all up until you’re 😴 nothing simpler

I like Jack Webb's voice he sounds serious

@rleary1

3 жыл бұрын

Was he ever not serious? Just the facts!

I love "The Jack Benny Program" and "Dragnet" so this is absolutely funny.

jack benny one of the greatest. jack webb, taught us just the facts mam. why is tv not good or funny anymore. just all kinds of jack ass stuff. thanks for posting.

Wonderful!

Comedy perfection!! LMAO!!!😂😂😂

Jack Webb was the king of the straight face. He could soooooo hold it together.

This was back when they put criminals in jail. Now we make heroes and statues of them.

@johnnybeanz1296

3 жыл бұрын

Who you talking about? Oh, wait a sec…

@deropol05

2 жыл бұрын

Amen to that

@cornstar1253

2 жыл бұрын

Eat drugs die a hero

@stephencarter7266

2 жыл бұрын

Back then we didn't have _cell phones_ to video an _obtuse cop_ , with his knee on some guy's neck for 8 minutes. Do you think Sgt.Joe Friday would've had his knee on a criminal's neck for 8 minutes ? _Do you think Jack Webb would've tolerated that?_ Quit your bellyaching.

@stephencarter7266

2 жыл бұрын

@@cornstar1253 Wasn't quite that simple. If it were, trailer parks would be filled with heroes. Floyd had a little help; from a stupid cop, who didn't care that he was being videoed with his knee on somebody's neck for 8 minutes.

Classic, love it . After all these years I still love it .

Jack was such a national treasure. Gone too soon. love you Jack Webb. Thanks for the rare clip.

I love Jack Webb and Harry Morgan and Dragnet

I wonder what you youngins that weren't around for this think of this bit. But as a person that was around for it, I thought it was great.. Three great entertainers at the top of their game.

It was not good cop - bad cop, but aggressive - passive aggressive

Wow! Fantastic!

Every morning at 5am on METV LOVE IT

We're interested in the 484 PS that snatched the 750. At 8:15.

Harry Morgan was rockin’ the ‘stache!

Ioved to watch them when I was a child.

Bravo....good entertainment for sure...😊

Diggin' Bill's awesome counterculture stache! I guess he wanted to try out for the Easy Rider sequel 😂

@nutaroo

2 жыл бұрын

He was appearing in a western detective series called Hec Ramsey at this time (set in the late 1800's) thus the stache. :D

@goldpet66

2 жыл бұрын

@@nutaroo Just a joke, sorry. :) I saw him with that mustad (mustache) in a Gunsmoke episode from around the same time frame.

@nutaroo

2 жыл бұрын

@@goldpet66 wasn't offended, no apology needed!

Class and elegance

Harry is rockin’ one helluva mustache.

@63DW89A

3 жыл бұрын

Harry had a large mustache in "The Shootist" , John Wayne's last movie. I wonder if they were in production of "The Shootist" at this time?

Brilliant sketch/skit.

Classic pure comedy and Joe Friday perfect combination

Dragnet still a favorite of mine Jack Webb and Harry Morgan

I heard Jack Webb turned down the role of Dean Wormer in Animal House. I loved John Vernon in the role but it would have been hilarious to see "Joe Friday" in that movie.

@TheBatugan77

3 жыл бұрын

@@Cha-y412 So Ricardo's FullofShit?

@tonyhemp

3 жыл бұрын

Jack Webb died in 1982, Animal House was released in 1978.

This was so good, I loved it. Thanks for the video.

I think Harry Morgan was gearing up for MASH at this time.

@frankgiaquinto1571

3 жыл бұрын

Rudy Juarez - I believe that MASH started in 1972...

@danstilley1934

3 жыл бұрын

@@frankgiaquinto1571 Yes, MASH did start in 1972, but Harry Morgan didn’t join the cast until 1975.

@KT72273

3 жыл бұрын

He was General Steele in an episode around the same time. He became Colonel Potter in season 4 in 1975 through the end of the run of the series. There's a clip of Alan Alda commenting about Harry Morgan talking about Jack Webb being so serious on the set of Dragnet and it's hilarious.

@rudyriccio634

3 жыл бұрын

It's a shame jack webb never guessed star on an episode of mash with harry morgan

@rmarantis2962

3 жыл бұрын

I believe Harry Morgan sported that look in "The Apple Dumpling Gang."

Harry Morgan/Jack Webb perfect routine! Class! Total Class!

Marines love Webbs the D.I. 1957 some joined because of it

This was months before Jack Benny’s ‘74 death.

@jmen4ever257

3 жыл бұрын

Going from memory, I believe he passed away in December of 74.

@stevezweig5337

3 жыл бұрын

The morning of December 26, IIRC.

That's a hell of a 'stache, Harry...

@l.salisbury1253

2 жыл бұрын

At the time Harry Morgan ("Col. Potter") was filming a Western (or a Civil War movie)- hence the 19th Century 'stache...

@RealmMan

2 жыл бұрын

@@l.salisbury1253 so I figured. Still, hell of a 'stache, Harry!

I’d love to see more of Jack Webb. I can only see bits of Drill Instructor. I wonder who would have done better between Webb and Ermy if Ermy had to cut back into TV censorship??

Brilliant.

This is too good!

Just saw Morgan on Gunsmoke as a real creepy killer. He was superb.

Just the facts Mr. Benny, just the facts.

I loved Harry Morgan's mustache

The golden age of television and comedy. I'm so glad I grew up watching these shows. Television today is too graphic and the comedy is not comedy.

Very hilarious

Harry has his Blazing Saddles mustache.

Of the three I like Joe Friday er Jack Webb. That was a cool skit. Loved Dragnet,Adam 12 & Rockford Files. Support the Blue,just the facts mam!

Jack Webb was an AMAZING person, Harry Morgan shouldn't wear a mustache 😁

Sgt. Joe Friday and Det. Bill Gannon- of course, Harry Morgan became Col. Sherman T. Potter on M*A*S*H, the following year and commanded the 4077th unit!!!

@desmondcastro3679

5 жыл бұрын

God bless these 3 fine men.

@fifthbusiness1678

3 жыл бұрын

Not quite. Dragnet ended in 1959 and MASH started in ‘77. Harry Morgan came on the show in 1980. Now I may be wrong about all this, but I googled it! Having said that, he doesn’t look 21 years older than he did in this clip. But then he always looked the same.

@Bill-hw1iq

3 жыл бұрын

The series came back on TV from 67-70.

@nala3038

3 жыл бұрын

@@fifthbusiness1678 MASH did NOT start in 77!

@JeffDeWitt

2 жыл бұрын

What really happened is after coming home from Korea Sherman Potter decided he'd had enough of medicine and wanted a serious life change. So he changed his name, moved to LA, and joined the LAPD eventually becoming a detective.

I like Harry Morgan with a mustache.

1 minute videos like this please

Who cares about the mustache? Jack Webb was fabulous in this. One of a kind.

What really made it funny was that each played his part absolutely straight. It was the timing and the incongruity that supplied the humor. Does anyone know the story behind Morgan's magnificent mustache? I have to assume he was playing in a Western at the time.

@colleen4ever

3 ай бұрын

He was.

The pointing the finger classic

Harry Morgan’s mustache is badass

Jack Webb is just great.

Thanks 😊 fer meemories

Benny the best deadpan!

When comedy was comedy lol

@martym.6274

3 жыл бұрын

So much better than the garbage they try to push as comedy today.

@nala3038

3 жыл бұрын

Then Robin Williams showed up

I loved Jack Webb. I was obsessed with Dragnet as a child watching the reruns in the 1970s. I thought it was just hilarious to make fun of the hippies (whom we now refer to as "Boomers"). My friends and I used to speak to one another in rapid fire staccato. I also really enjoyed two other shows Jack Webb created: Adam-12 and Emergency.

This must be around the time Morgan was doing "Heck Ramsey?"

@nutaroo

5 жыл бұрын

yes, exactly right.

@newstarcadefan

5 жыл бұрын

Right this must be a little before he went to MASH as Sherman T. Potter.

@DEP717

5 жыл бұрын

I wonder if that is why he had the mustache?

@lowellbailes3182

4 жыл бұрын

Yes before mash

@MayorMcCheeseStalker

3 жыл бұрын

@@DEP717 Morgan's mustache was possibly for "The Apple Dumpling Gang" (1975).

Love it

shame there was not a new dragnet series in the 80s

@newstarcadefan

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah Jack passed away in 82 before he could get a series to the ground. Though the movie with Tom Hanks is actually an affetionate homage to the TV show.

@johnmanier7968

5 жыл бұрын

Jack Webb was working to bring it back with Kent McCord from "Adam 12," who would've been the new partner (as Harry Morgan was unavailable). But Webb died unexpectedly of a heart attack just before Christmas in 1982.

@chillydawgg4354

3 жыл бұрын

Idk it might be better there wasn't, I can only imagine how Webb would looked & sounded by then. All them cigs & boozing aged him pretty poorly