Dragnet 1967 - The Big Explosion

Friday and Gannon investigate a burglary involving the theft of 400 pounds of high velocity gelatin dynamite from a consumer storage magazine. Friday and Gannon soon find out that the dynamite is used for something more sinister and deadly.
Originally aired January 19, 1967
Copyright (c) 1967 by Mark VII Limited and Universal City Studios, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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[@33moneyball]

1967...a bartender and a supermarket cashier got married and could afford a house.

[@rickyray2794]

in LA lol

[@jamesricker3997]

Reagan fixed that

[@demcadman]

@@jamesricker3997 u know nothing.

[@thereluctantgearhead4544]

My dad bought his first house working at a gas station with 4 kids and a wife. How times have changed.

[@thereluctantgearhead4544]

My dad also bought a brand new car working at a gas station along with his home purchase. He was 20yrs old at the time, back in the 1960s.

[@tiger.6509]

25 minutes sure goes fast when you watch a classic like Dragnet !

[@vernpascal1531]

They didn't waste time in those days. Making a show entertaining was no. 1. Not how clever or ironic we can be. That's why even the silliest Gilligan's Island,Gomer Pyle, Munsters are still pretty damn entertaining and a lot more enjoyable than stuff that's more intelligent and real, but who cares?

[@veramae4098]

Looking back, there must have been only about a dozen black people in L.A. -- according to the show. The Department Chief at the time was William Parker, widely respected. The FBI sent it's agents to LAPD for extra training. The Parker Center is the police dept headquarters now.

[@rufust.firefly4890]

@@veramae4098 OJ and Rafer Johnson appeared in one ep.

[@danieltossounian1962]

Don’t get cute ! 😅

[@pooryorick831]

The "This is the city" segments make me so nostalgic. I grew up in Southern California in the 1960s and 70s. Seeing LA as it looked in my childhood always brings back great memories of driving through on the 5. My grandparents lived north of Fresno and we would make the drive up at least once a year. The California I knew is gone. I like seeing it as it once was. Paradise. With Disneyland!

[@bovnycccoperalover3579]

I feel the same way about Brooklyn, NYC.

[@markdavid4897]

This is actually a TV show and can also listened to like a Radio show. Close your eyes and just listen to it. Brilliant.

[@Wailwulf]

Never realized that despite watching Dragnet as a kid and listening to radio shows with my uncle who worked at KXRX in San Jose, CA

[@meadster308]

It was a radio show before it became a TV show.

[@ricardocantoral7672]

Yes, the series didn't start too far from it's Radio origins.

[@Teebone211]

I do enjoy the radio versions on Sirius/XM as well

[@firefightergoggie]

Something I noticed about this old show. The story really flows. Keeps you in your seat. Keeps people highly intrigued. I like it.

[@allisonoconnor8055]

Writers and actors are not what they used to be! It's tragic!

[@timirish2563]

Many of the later TV episodes were adapted from the radio show or the 50's TV program. Webb and his writers has the advantage of going over the narration and dialogue numerous times. Webb also used a stock company of character actors with whom he enjoyed working. Beyond this, he packed a lot of plot into a half hour police drama. Most thirty-minute dramas disappeared when the FCC gave the 7:30 PM slot back to the local affiliates.

[@marydestefano9487]

Jack Webb was an absolutely minimalist and disciplined director.

[@busterhikney6936]

Those shows were written by people that went to school to learn writing skills, as opposed to today's reality shows.

[@anthonybanchero3072]

It would not work today, especially tge episodes that focused on behind the scenes police work.

[@gamerzero7735]

Keep your NCIS, CSI, and Law and Order. Give me Dragnet, any day.

[@9751asd]

you forgot Miami Vice And NYPD Blue

[@gamerzero7735]

Good point.

[@kurtkauffman4326]

You can do that to me too!,get it?

[@catholicseymour292]

Yeah, Nowadays they would send in the swat team and the whole of the militarized police.

[@nicolenewsome4863]

Catholic Seymour ikr.

[@lisa-el3db]

These 2 actors are just great together. Harry Morgan always keeps the story grounded, and allowed Jack Webb to steal the scenes, not realizing how truly great his acting just as he did was my fav. Always the secondary characters I love watching.

[@Mark-uh7cr]

Harry Morgan hated Jack Webb, he couldn't believe an actor would tell another actor how to act.

[@lilajagears8317]

@@Mark-uh7cr He never said anything negative about Jack Webb.

[@jessiejames7492]

yes. hes always good in anythng ! love his voice. morgan !

[@randybarnett2308]

@@jessiejames7492 he's the biggest reason why I watched M*A*S*H 😀

[@jessiejames7492]

@@randybarnett2308 yeah. Me too. And macLean stevenson before he left. !

[@yanuriroschev7270]

Great show! Grew up watching Dragnet, loved the flashback, the drama, the old cars, and the way Jack Webb spoke, sharp, direct and straight to the point. This was awesome! Thanks for the post!

[@m42037]

Love the cars too, unlike the bland car's today

[@yanuriroschev7270]

@@m42037 100%. I loved the 70's era of muscle cars like the Cuda, Charger, Malibu, Chevelle, Duster, Gran Torino, Roadrunner, and GTO. Classics!

[@m42037]

@@yanuriroschev7270 I love almost all cars from the 40s-60s, about 80% of the 70s, 20% of the 80s and just a few from the 90s like Jeep Grand Cherokee and early 90s Jaguar and of course RR and Bentley.

[@rogerrendzak8055]

All the laws they broke, too!!

[@74Spirit1]

A very good episode. One of Bobby Troup's many guest appearances and a very young Kent McCord as an LAPD officer pre-Jim Reed.

[@raymondhopwood9393]

I thought that was him! He and Martin Milner were an awesome team, too.

[@bostonrailfan2427]

under his legal name…

[@sludge8506]

Kent McWhirter played the officer. He later changed his name to Kent McCord.

[@bostonrailfan2427]

@@sludge8506 he didn’t change his name, it’s called a stage name…it’s common and frequently required dye to union regulations

[@gerrydooley951]

@@bostonrailfan2427 he may not have legally changed it but he's known as Kent McCord to all of his fans

[@deadfreightwest5956]

God, I loved how Jack Webb put his clipped manner of speech into everybody. No ums, ers, or sighs. Snap! Snap! Snap! Wonderful stuff.

[@Blap552]

Amen brother,"Psychos are a minority too!"😎

[@TheLochs]

Lol, when we were kids we tried to talk like him, it was difficult.

[@straytarnish9443]

And none of them fitted the description

[@barrysteinholtz3809]

@@TheLochs h

[@metatron448]

It's basically an old radio drama put on screen, which makes sense how Dragnet was originally a radio program.

[@benx6264]

God, those empty streets and free-flowing traffic

[@phyllisdicks9830]

This series was the "Law and Order" of its day. Love it.

[@SwordHMX]

Used to be a Law & Order fan. Dragnet is much better.

[@russellj.s.257]

That along with Starsky and Hutch,Miami Vice and CSI. The Dragnet movie with Dan Aykroyd and Tom Hanks from 1987 was awesome,one of my favorite 80s movies.

[@scarletmacaw]

Mannix was better than all of them put together. My other favorite was Hawaii 5-0 and then finally, an obscure cop series from the 1960s that many have never even heard of called N.Y.P.D. which was very gritty for it’s day.

[@phyllisdicks9830]

@@scarletmacaw Yeah, my mom was a Mannix fan. I never did get into that one. I usually had my nose in a book when the rest of the family was watching TV.

[@rufust.firefly4890]

You must b kidding.

[@nathancoffman6050]

Im 26 years old and just found out about this show. Ill be watching this on dwn time. :-) Gotta love the classics.

[@joannjohnson1798]

Nathan Coffman FIFTY YEARS AGO IN JOY THESE MOVIES. PLEASE KEEP PRAYING FOR FOR OUR PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP 😎📽🎬💻📀

[@Joe-pb3bm]

Get tight with your elders. They lived it, firsthand. NOTHING like learning real firsthand authentic history.

[@slotuck]

Welcome to our cult ;)

[@daleburrell6273]

Jo Ann Johnson AMEN.

[@Me-lb8nd]

@@joannjohnson1798 I pray that God takes Trump and sends him immediately to hell.

[@robertlombardo8437]

Please God, just bring back a cop show like this! Grounded in reality with true crime files and explanation of real police procedure. We NEED a show like this today.

[@squirrel_82]

Check out Joe Kinda Homicide Hunter

[@kellykerr5225]

They are so serious it’s hilarious. The best way ro have a show like this today would be with satire. This show has always deep down made me laugh. Spoofing old great shows are the best if they do it right.

[@kayzyr9442]

Where was their search warrant 🤔?

[@r3tr0actiongamer24]

Robert Lombardo Found the maga idiot

[@cheapme1850]

Sometimes exigent circumstances can preclude the need of a warrant, plus remember this was in 1967 - a lot of case law changes since then.

[@firecloud77]

It brings me great comfort to know that Joe Friday is on the job keeping the city safe.

[@evm6177]

Well what do you know, The entire Neo Nazi plot seems like Chris Nolan's big inspiration for the joker's plan in the Dark Knight movie. I was blown away with him asking the time so he can tell when and where shits gonna blow up. Chris you copy cat rip off filmmaker and that too even from a show like Dragnet! 😆 who would have ever thought.

[@Faygo2215]

@@evm6177 You gotta admit tho Heath is the best joker

[@wishgodgirl1903]

Always a great program, even after 50 years! More please...

[@marytheresejacksonlutz2533]

One of my favorite cop shows, it never grows old for me

[@evm6177]

The entire Neo Nazi plot seems like Chris Nolans big inspiration for Dark Knight. I was blown away with him asking the time so he can tell when and where shits gonna blow up. Chris you copy cat rip off filmmaker and that too even from a show like Dragnet! 😆 who would have ever thought.

[@Absaalookemensch]

"Walnut sized brain." Oh that killed me.

[@starguy2718]

Brandon: "C'mon, man!"

[@lawrencehawkins7198]

The 21st Century doesn't have a single, solitary cop show to equal Dragnet.

[@cphillips14]

Lawrence Hawkins law and order svu

[@lorifeltzer5989]

Adam12 was good to

[@charlesbaldo]

Lori Feltzer Adam 12 was a jack Webb production too. Kent McCord was a cop on Dragnet in one episode

[@mbp7060]

It's still early yet pal. We have 79 and a half years left.

[@mbp7060]

@@lorifeltzer5989 I don't recall them ever using the word "negro" on Adam 12 though. That's a deal breaker, I always did prefer being called negro.

[@thEannoyingE]

This being 1967 and WWII ending only 22 years earlier, WWII surplus was very common, and cheap, so it’s likely all the German stuff on that set was real.

[@Texasjim2007]

My old man had a Nazi flag he personally tore down from the German embassy in China after the Japanese surrender. He was one of the first Marines to see Nagasaki after the Bomb. He had a lot of WW2 souvenirs I used to play with in the back yard as a kid.

[@almishti]

@@Texasjim2007 my dad used to have a Japanese flag that Japanese soldiers used to take with them into battle, signed by their loved ones to remember them by. Think he found it in New Guinea, we never knew he had it until after he died. We wound up donating it to an organization that collects those flags and tries to send them back to the soldiers' families in Japan. We had quite a few family debates over what to do with it tbh. My dad was also stationed in Hiroshima as an MP shortly after VJ Day. He was Army.

[@Page-Hendryx]

@William Signs LAPD's SWAT team had two MP40's, in the early days.

[@muffs55mercury61]

Very Likely. Jack Webb was big on authenticity.

[@scroy]

If it was real I'd like to wipe my ass with it

[@hansmueller3029]

This was the golden age if household entertainment. Television shows were great, and news was information.

[@gustavefrankfurter6462]

Dragnet 67-70 was an awesome show! It dealt with the problems of that period in a straightforward, yet biased way which adds to its charm.

[@Kevinegan1]

It's funny how Harry Morgan looked like an old guy even way back then.

[@dehoedisc7247]

He was 52 "back then", how old did you expect him to look? (He lived to be 96.)

[@Scarletspeedster68]

And add to the fact that he was five years older than Jack Webb (born John Randolph Webb on 4/2/1920, died 12/23/1982).

[@alexcarter8807]

There's a black and white movie about Glenn Miller that has Henry Morgan in it and he even seems kind of old in it.

[@brianhowarth2112]

@@alexcarter8807 The film is in color and stars Jimmy Stewart and June Allyson. Harry had a big role in it. The Glenn Miller Story.

[@rickyray2794]

​@@dehoedisc7247 He looks old in everything hes in

[@jamesholmen9725]

Jack Webb: such a remarkably versatile actor, producer, director, writer, etc!

[@cessnaace]

When Jack Webb found an actor that he liked he used them in multiple productions. The year after this series aired, his series Adam-12 premiered (1968 to 1975). The rookie officer in that series was played by Kent McCord, billed in this episode as Kent McWhirter (his real name). The police station used in that series was the Rampart Police Station, built in 1967. If the name Rampart sounds familiar, that's because Webb's next series, Emergency! (1972-77, with an additional 6 made for TV movies) had all of the hospital scenes take place at the fictional Rampart General Hospital. One of the doctors on that series was played by Bobby Troup, who appeared in this episode (wearing dark glasses). The 1960s Dragnet, Adam-12, and Emergency! were all coproduced by Jack Webb's Production company Mark VII Limited, and Universal.

[@MrBsbotto]

VERY nice update, Cessna. Webb didn't understand hippies, at all, and there are some jaw-droppingly inane depictions of them in many of his series. Kent McCord as a far out biker must be seen to be believed!

[@patbrennan6572]

I think it was Martin Milner that became Kent McCords partner in Adam 12.

[@socraticgadfly]

I remember the "Mark VII" hammer and emboss at the end of, I think it was, Adam 12.

[@11UncleBooker22]

In my best Joe Friday voice: "O.K. wise guy, you got all the info and follow up but WHAT'S YOUR GAME!?!?!

[@wymple09]

Webbs ex wife Juli London played the nurse in Emergency, and Bobby Troup was her real life husband. Webb joked, perhaps seriously, that he hired them to keep from paying alimony...!

[@FIVEOFEVER]

That's not a canteen. It is a special clock that night watchmen used to wear while making their rounds. At each stop on his rounds there is a station with a special key that he would wind the clock with. Each wind would record what time he was at that particular station.

[@roberrplatt4214]

We still have those keys around our building, by the dumbwaiters.

[@andygranatelli8809]

Yes, they were manufactured by Detex.

[@nghtwtchmn129]

@@andygranatelli8809 You can still buy used Detex Watchclocks on Ebay.

[@princessunicorn669]

As a former Southern California Security Guard, I use to hate lugging around those Detex Clocks...I called it my ball and chain, they were heavy probably at least 30 or more pounds and felt like a a lead weight.

[@sludge8506]

@@princessunicorn669 The detex clock weighed no more than eight (8) pounds, grandma.

[@WDRowlett]

"Mister, you're a psycho and they're a minority, too!" Best line of the episode.

[@billpugh58]

6:19 the guy who sees the camera truck and looks into the camera:)

[@billpugh58]

Chapman would be a proud boy maga now.

[@jamesmullikin3045]

@@billpugh58 This guy would have loved BLM

[@TreeHead99]

I thought Friday's line of "Just one question, Where and When" was equally good. Could of come from "Police Squad"

[@BigBri550]

First name Donald, surname Chapman ... sounds like a psycho to me, mister (in Jack Webb's voice)

[@discernment8963]

To look at L.A. today compared is this heartbreaking.

[@ScottyKirk1]

Great episode. Love me some Dragnet. Just don't make great TV shows like this anymore. Such a simple formula, but it was done so well.

[@newstarcadefan]

Wow, the Timpani's and the snares made the music very tense. In fact that's something that's very much missing from these dramas. Thankfully Antenna TV shows this every day.

[@emt5330]

At that time, there was a musician's strike. That is why there is just the drums in this and the " The Interrogation" with Kent McCord

[@sordidsentinel]

@@emt5330 this show is long before my time, but do the episodes other than those 2 have the famous Dragnet horn stings during all those sections that're just drums with heavily emphasis on the timpani and snare in this?

[@emt5330]

@@sordidsentinel no, it was just those two with the tympani. All of the others have the regular music.

[@raymondfrye5017]

@@emt5330 The use of snares and tympani was to give a military march sound. In 1967, a lot of ex-vets and white guys were disturbed by the war and participating in protests and bombings.

[@nealsausen4651]

@@emt5330 : Wait a minute are you saying drummers are not musicians! I resemble that remark being a drummer myself!

[@mjc11a]

Mr. Bell: The more I watch, the more I like and truly appreciate your all your efforts! Keep up the good work and may God Bless you and your family.

[@SaleGuy]

You're welcome!

[@allenjones3130]

One of the series' most powerful and hard-hitting episodes. It benefits from a percussion-dominated musical score by Lyn Murray and fine performances by veteran Mark VII actors Don Dubbins, Bobby Troup, and Kent McCord, not to mention series stars Webb and Morgan.

[@rufust.firefly4890]

McCord's acing ability ran the gamut from A to B.

[@allenjones3130]

@@rufust.firefly4890 Mr. McCord was an actor who was at his best when he was more or less portraying himself.

[@hankkingsley9300]

pull your f****** guns out when you're on the sidewalk

[@sludge8506]

Kent McWhirter played the officer. He later changed his name to Kent McCord.

[@IMeMineWho]

@@rufust.firefly4890 As did most of the actors on this show with the exception of Harry Morgan. Just compare Dragnet with its antithesis The Fugitive!

[@davidwcooney]

Great to see Kent McCord as a police officer in this episode. It looks like this was a year before the premier of Adam-12.

[@truckerkevthepaidtourist]

Yes indeed And Bobby Troup as Al Avery

[@diapertommy]

- I don't know why I like these old episodes of Dragnet, but I do. I like seeing the old cars and Jack Webb is so dry, deadpan, it's fun to watch.

[@dillysgirl4ever]

This is one of my two favorite episodes of the 1960's version. The other is about the kid who stole crimson crusader related stuff that featured a younger Chet from Emergency!

[@AndrewVelonis]

I remember that episode.

[@daylewoolf8734]

Tim Donnely was in at least 3 episodes. So much better than most of the crap on tv now.

[@robertvitullo5526]

@@daylewoolf8734 yes was on the TV show Emergency

[@martindriver6026]

This is so awesome, I remember watching this episode as a kid and here I am at 54 watching it again. Only in KZbin.

[@ohioguy215]

If I didn't know better I'd say this is a 2021 five o'clock newscast.

[@fjccommish]

"We've got just one big question: where and when?" That's two questions.

[@OneWeirdDude]

No, it's not two questions unless it's "Where?" and "When?"

[@WitchmanDumb]

What's sad about the Chapman character is that he's not outdated and never will be.

[@daleburrell6273]

...UNTIL THE DEVIL IS CHAINED UP AND THROWN INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE- WE ARE GONNA HAVE EVIL IN THIS WORLD!!!

[@kennithchapman9689]

Hey, we're not all bad. The weird part is, my dog is named Ziggy😳

[@jamerv86]

Not really. It’s hyper inflated character. Especially mixing different German items that have nothing to do with each other. A Weimar Germany has nothing to do with Nazi Germany and same as West Germany (at the time) had nothing to do with either other than it’s history.

[@barneylinet6602]

What's sad is that so many Americans accept the Hollywood narrative as gospel

[@Name-ps9fx]

As long as there are Jews, there WILL be Nazis. They're the only ones that will save Gentiles from being "repaired" by the Jewish god's "chosen people."

[@tcpUtube1]

Dragnet and Highway Patrol. Two classics I grew up on.

[@katthefantastic]

So sad we slipped into Idiocracy. Love this show and this era.

[@l337pwnage]

The thing is, if you lived at that time, and saw this show, you'd think it was just as fake as the modern shows.

[@l337pwnage]

@Ithecastic At that time, or thereabouts, you could go to a university and listen to George Lincoln Rockwell. Although what is better is actual interviews of people back then. The weren't afraid to say the truth.

[@evm6177]

Well what do you know, The entire Neo Nazi plot seems like Chris Nolans big inspiration for Dark Knight movie. I was blown away with him asking the time so he can tell when and where shits gonna blow up. Chris you copy cat rip off filmmaker and that too even from a show like Dragnet! 😆 who would have ever thought.

[@l337pwnage]

@@evm6177 I guess I don't remember Dark Knight very well, but I believe it. Dragnet is based on real events, but, in this case, I think is was just a lone guy that did this. However, there were *massive* protests also at the time, and there were protests like that into the '80's.

[@silvereagle2061]

"Don't be cute" That's as far as Webb's sense of humor goes. lol

[@maryhlad7501]

Another Friday-ism: “UNLESS YOU’RE GROWIN’-SIT DOWN!”

[@WalterDWormack214]

That comes from watching "Three Stooges shorts. And jamming yourself in the stomach with a cattle prod, wherever you feel yourself wanting to laugh!

[@WalterDWormack214]

@17:40 Boy! That Kent McCord! He's got that look on his face that he had when he first met his LAPD training officer Pete Malloy! Fresh out of the Academy! And... Green! As! New-mown! Grass! He's fortunate to begin his career with a totally squared away LAPD Training officer! If 'cloning' humans were to become a thing, Pete Malloy, Jim Reed, John Nolan, Terry Webster, Mike Danko, Willie Gillis, would be among the "best templates", any police department could have to build a quality law enforcement unit.

[@sludge8506]

@@WalterDWormack214 Kent McWhirter played the officer. He later changed his name to Kent McCord.

[@bernhardwall6876]

You need to listen to a radio show Webb was in, called "Pat Novak for Hire."

[@james5460]

"One Adam 12, One Adam 12, we have a Nazi with dynamite in the closet."

[@jannabailey6800]

I liked Adam 12 and Dragnet

[@ryann8680]

alert Rampart for possible incoming casualties

[@bpdou]

Jack Webb was one of the co-creators of Adam 12

[@bpdou]

Kent McCord makes an appearance in this episode

[@ryann8680]

@@bpdou and Emergency!

[@JamesLeaveyConnections]

Great tv detective series that still stands up after all these years. The two main leads don't waste time flapping their lips. And it all moves at a fast pace. Excellent. 😎

[@susanadiasjohnson457]

My dad never missed an episode, so I grew up watching this show with him. I think it is why I respect law enforcement so much. It was a show with gravitas. Love these characters.

[@michaelpullen6812]

Same here! My Dad and I loved that show….and Adam 12 as well!

[@robb7398]

If you don't 'understand' Dragnet, just watch the series for a while and you'll probably get hooked. There's a reason it was a very popular series, on radio from 1949 to 1955, on TV from 1951 to 1959, then revived for four seasons in color in the 1960s.

[@scottscoville1118]

Had a way of pulling you in despite the absence of much action and hoo-haw.

[@edbrown4218]

It was sort of a precursor to CSI. Lots of police procedural information which interests a certain type of person who considers himself a detective.

[@raymondhopwood9393]

In the late 90s, ABC aired a one-hour version with Ed O'Neill (Married...With Children) as Friday. Didn't last long. O'Neill is a good actor, but he was no Jack Webb!

[@TheStevehuff]

Well this is obviously from the series that originally aired in the 1960’s. Because I don’t think Harry Morgan played in the original radio series or the original black and white series in the 1950’s

[@raymondhopwood9393]

@@TheStevehuff Friday's partner in the 50s series was Frank Smith, played by Ben Alexander. Harry Morgan played Pete Porter in the sitcom "December Bride" and it's spinoff "Pete and Gladys".

[@avenger2807]

Jack Webb hugely respected the military and police. He also despised racism.

[@kathyflorcruz552]

Avenger 280 Most of us do.

[@blackdogslivesmatter1568]

The downfall of Webb was his true to life dedication to the police...he wanted all the details perfect..then when tv changed he refused to and was left on the side and could not get the show he wanted to produce on the air..according to his wife after he died..so sad...he couldnt change with the times was his problem...I dont think thats a problem...changing to fit the times is the sad truth we face. Now look at the shit on tv and the billions of crappy channels.

[@ardoronro6677]

I always considered him to be the Rod Serling of cop dramas. "I carry a badge" have never sounded more familiar.

[@fje6902]

Jack Webb was a real liberal.

[@eastwestcoastkid]

Avenger 280 yes he did..one of the reasons I had so respect for him.

[@maryhlad5277]

I love it when Sgt. Friday gets sneaky. Sgt. Friday is both smart and sneaky-an unbeatable combination.

[@vasp99]

I forgot how magnificent this show was .

[@jesseccaparrella8627]

Wish we had more Joe Fridays and Bill Gannons these days....love this show!

[@inkyguy]

They would be too liberal for a large minority of voters.

[@musicman201047]

There WERE until China Joe and company forcefully fired them all over that unconstitutional vax mandate .

[@13thBear]

This was a great show that I used to watch when I was a kid. I didnt always understand everything about the law and why some folks went to prison, but still it was a cool program. Glad this was here on KZbin!

[@georgehewitt5543]

I've been watching this show for over 5o years dragnet since I was 7 in 1967

[@kevan4978]

Could you please explain the Nazi Flagg in America?

[@spiralseal1]

I love the “ no warrant kicking in the door”

[@Electricshadows]

Finding the car gave probable cause… that along with bond/probation

[@F40PH-2CAT]

More than enough PC

[@RayKinard]

~16:10... Straight into the camera: "Get 'em outta here." With a vengeance! Friday is no one's chump. 😆 Good stuff.

[@geomodelrailroader]

I would do that also four boxes of detonators is something you don't want in the open. detonators respond to radio signals if a radio is on the wrong frequency they will explode. Friday did the right thing.

[@ChollaBlossom]

5:55. "That's two questions, Chief."-Maxwell Smart.

[@robertanderson1986]

What fabulous show. I like how everything goes together.

[@brettwhitesides7595]

A blast from the past, watched it when it was new. Thank you very much

[@conigjo62]

"We got just one big question" Then states two... Where and When LOL.. I love this show and this was a great episode .. thanks for posting...

[@starguy2718]

Sgt Friday wasn't a Math major. 😄😄😄😄

[@Psycho9263]

The actor who played the Nazi was a good friend of Jack Webb. He was Don Dubbins of Brooklyn, N.Y. 1928 - 1991 He played many roles on Dragnet. He also worked with Buddy Ebsen and Rod Serling in The Twilight Zone. Regretfully, Don Dubbins had lost his battle with cancer. He was 63 years old.

[@jasonpp1973]

Psycho9263 Most of the meatier supporting roles on Dragnet were filled by friends of the late Jack Webb. Many of them appeared multiple times during the run of the show as different characters.

[@Psycho9263]

jasonpp1973 That was common in the Dragnet series/franchise one episode an actor may be a doctor and then in the next episode he may be a crook or a victim of a crime. But it was Jack Webb's unique directing is what made the show so appealing. He played a fair, no-nonsense knowledgeable detective. The funny thing is that in all the years in Dragnet, Joe Friday didn't advance above the rank of sergeant, like maybe lieutenant or captain. I guess if he had done that, he would be behind a desk all day with little field duty.

[@Adam-lj7et]

Don Dubbins played the lead role in another Jack Webb film, the D.I, My partner and I stopped Mr. Dubbins on Christmas Eve. We drove him home to his apartment in West Los Angeles. Had no idea who he was, just a chance to be a good guy on Christmas Eve.

[@blackdogslivesmatter1568]

It was common on many shows back then....All in the Family had many characters play alot of different people..Barney was one character the guy played..and the Italian neighbor was the neighbor on both sides of Archie at one time...and Starsky and Hutch had David Souls wife on there all the time playing different characters...and his girlfriend Lynne Marta played several. Nowadays with all the shitty actors and actresses they have thousands to choose from...and thats why Im watching this.

[@norellpolk1626]

14Adam27 he also played a cop on the rookies back in Dec 74

[@donaldholderdoc2910]

Thanks for having the conclusion. The last couple of scenes cut before the results! Still one of my favorite shows ever.

[@jeffdavad8297]

Nice appearance here by Bobby Troup. Of course Jack Webb used to be married to Julie London and she later went on to marry Bobby Troup after she and Webb divorced in 1954. Of course Webb cast them both in Emergency but it's nice to see Webb used Troup here in a pre-Emergency appearance. A few actors that were in Emergency appeared on Dragnet first.

[@billhuber2964]

watched this series when i was a kid .loved it then , love it now !!!!!!!

[@thespeez]

True! Troup's character on that show was Dr. Joe Early. Also, Kent McCord plays the officer here although here he's credited by his real surname 'McWhirter'. He was also featured in two other Dragnet episodes as well.

[@LesterMoore]

I've also seen the actor who portrays Sgt. Macdonald, William Boyett portraying a young policeman on Perry Mason and a CHP on the 1950s Highway Patrol TV series with Broderick Crawford.

[@jivepatrol6833]

What a great old show! I was just a boy when watching with my dad and I cannot believe how corny parts of the show are. LOL! But it is a classic overall and I love it! Friday and Gannon are the BEST!

[@strfltcmnd.9925]

"Mind if i smoke?" "Don't burst into flames."

[@davidekstrand8544]

This is the first “heavy” episode of Dragnet that I’ve seen.

[@maxheadrom3088]

The percursion soundtrack is amazing! The scene where Friday slams the door open is perfect!

[@searsmpulead]

Jack Webb was in a semi-documentary style crime drama, "He Walked By Night" (1948) w/ Richard Basehart. Webb became friendly w/ tech. adviser, a cop named Sgt. Marty Wynn. That friendship became instrumental in the development of Dragnet. The movie is an excellent noir thriller directed by Anthony Mann (uncredited). The story's narrated, similar to Dragnet. This movie was unquestionably the seminal jumping off point for Dragnet. The final scenes are very reminiscent of the 1949 classic, "The Third Man". Interesting to note, "He Walked By Night" was released prior to the better known "The Third Man'". Dragnet fans, "He Walked By Night", is a must see as the movie was Dragnet's inspiration - plus Webb gives a fine performance in it - as always!!

[@mattosullivan9687]

I have seen He Walked by Night you are spot on

[@brendonflannigan6451]

Dragnet is the best show ever to watch every day from brendon have a blessed day please keep me informed when dragnet on cable TV and KZbin TV and regular TV shows

[@CalebEatsaBullet]

I also enjoy all the classic cars on here that were part of the normal LA traffic in 1967 like the sweet 58 or 59 blue and white Lincoln at 1:49 or the cherry India Ivory over Gypsy Red 55 Chevy Bel Air at 12:39

[@paulpulce3182]

CaleatsaBullet

[@GOFLuvr]

CalebEatsaBullet Agreed. Cars nowdays are all about aerodynamics, and even today's luxury cars look too much alike. That's also the same reason why vintage NASCAR is so much more interesting compared to today.

[@allenschmitz9644]

sorry but thats a 56 Bel Air chevy.

[@dougankrum3328]

1968....I drove a cab...in LA....66 Ford....it was Yellow....Swing shift, Hollywood....5 PM to 2 AM.….I was 21...….Just the Facts.....

[@allenschmitz9644]

@@dougankrum3328 Book 'em Dan-o.....whoops, wrong cop comedy.

[@morbius109]

“You mind if I smoke?” “Don’t be cute.” LOL

[@orbonds3603]

And he kept smokin!

[@barneygilewitz1064]

Since when do they question a suspect with several military weapons all the while within easy reach of him? Or send in a bomb squad dressed in street clothes? Or go to a home with potential explosives without a SWAT team?

[@dougmontgomery1868]

I don't care if you burn!

[@joshuakolling4869]

Used to watch this on Nick at night. Forgot how good it was.

[@snewsan6645]

It's on MeTv now.

[@special7217]

Always loved watching Dragnet. Hoping for a DVD collection.

[@myweightloss11928]

go to critics choice video. They have collections of each season, sadly no boxed set though.

[@justsumguy2u]

Notice how much edgier Dragnet was as time went on, a reflection of the changing times.

[@superpan218]

The first episode concerned an LSD addict, which just goes to show how realistic this show can be.

[@l337pwnage]

I think the word you mean is "kosher"

[@detectivefiction3701]

The 1950s radio program was fairly edgy as well.

[@OverlandOne]

What an explosive episode. A classic.

[@perryrush6563]

I thougut it was rather charged myself.

[@matthintz9468]

I'm a fan of the original radio show that ran from the late 1940s through mid 1950s. The episodes that survive are in the public domain. Look them up sometime. They're a lot of fun! I download them as podcasts and listen to them on walks or trips.

[@aquillafleetwood8180]

I was 15 years old in 1967 and we watched this show some! Wished we would have watched it more!

[@RRaquello]

Chapman lived across the street from the Munsters! (7:36) If Spot would have let go with one of his fiery roars with that stuff in the house across the street, he would have blown up the whole neighborhood.

[@dougmontgomery1868]

If he had an ounce of sense he would have forgotten about Nazis and tried to seduce Lily!

[@hibob418]

That Universal backlot street is also used as Wysteria Lane for "Desperate Housewives."

[@stevenweitenbeck6412]

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[@mwbright]

What a terrifying prospect. Finally someone on KZbin talking sense. So refreshing.

[@thespeez]

..But that wasn't Chapman's 'home'.

[@codename617]

great show. really good episode. It's good to know that he'll be in a place surrounded by the kind of people he hates.

[@wright534]

Fascinating, the differences in writing and production between then and now. A pop culture snapshot of a different time.

[@pauls7863]

Hey thanks for this Mr. Bell......good episode

[@lindathrall5133]

I LOVE HOW SERGEANT JOE FRIDAY USES HIS SUPER SHARP TONGUE I ALSO LOVE HOW THEY USE REVERSE PSYCHOLOGY ON SUSPECTS

[@shredhappy101]

Wow, this show was actually pretty damn good.

[@gertraba4484]

just the facts, Manm

[@Del-Canada]

I remember watching these shows growing up. It's odd to hear the word "Negro" used now to describe a black person. Even when they said "Caucasian" it sounded a bit weird.

[@TheLochs]

I loved this show as a kid in the 70's and as an adult in the 80's.

[@timepoet77]

I give the 1960s version of Dragnet a lot of credit for tackling very grim and dark topics, like hate crime and the death of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

[@mavtilly]

Am an lifelong Dragnet fan..It's corny but I used to watch it with my Father as a kid in the 60's when this was on TV. Bobby Troup who played the bartender wrote the song" Route 66". He married Julie London who was Jack Webb's ex wife later he hired them both to play supporting roles in the action show "Emergency" which was popular at about the same time as "Adam-12". Just some trivia I thought I would share. I just watched this episode again. Did anyone notice what appears to be a hangmans noose over Joe Friday when he was interviewing the security guard at the place where the dynamite was stolen?

[@eliolopez3107]

I didn't notice the noose, but I recognized the uniform officer from Adam 12.

[@greenbeagle13]

mav tilly thank you...!! Now I hafta’ go look for that noose..

[@evoddubb]

Officer reed adam 12

[@craigdallas784]

@@eliolopez3107 I was raised in Los Angeles during the time these episodes were filled and had no idea that the LAPD used drafting tools to hang criminals. It is never mentioned in any of the shows.

[@eliolopez3107]

Craig: If you look at the episode again you can see that behind the man there's a decoration in the shape of a noose. What I notice now, that I didn't then were the inside jokes Webb wrote into his scripts.

[@stevevanvalkenburg5449]

Boy, how many episodes of Dragnet did I watch over 50 years ago??? Haven't seen one since, but I could recite the oening by Jack Webb by memory..... One of the greatest shows of all time.

[@alainarchambault2331]

Love these simple old time shows.

[@frankroberts9320]

17:43, officer Martin 1A29. played by Kent McCord in his first appearance on the series. He is credited under his real name, Kent McWhirter, even though he had previously used his stage name, McCord, in 44 episodes of "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" beginning in 1962. He appeared six more times on "Dragnet" as Kent McCord playing various roles. The last three appearances were as LAPD officer Jim Reed, the character he would play in the Jack Webb produced spinoff series "Adam-12", which ran for seven seasons, from 1968 to 1975.

[@MrAlumni72]

Thank you Wikipedia.

[@freuderickfrankenstein8417]

MrAlumni72 You mean IMDB.

[@Jim-ie6uf]

Frank Roberts very good .

[@michaelledford4751]

Just the facts ma'am !

[@joshuatichota5046]

I thought that was Kent McCord. :-D

[@Willam_J]

@2:21 - The device, slung over the guard’s left side, is called a “Watchman’s Clock”. These were used, to make sure that the guards made their rounds, and made them on time. Each checkpoint, along the guard’s path, had a unique key. When the guard got to each checkpoint, he would insert the key, into the clock. It would then record the checkpoint number and time, on a strip of paper. They were invented, to prevent ‘night watchmen’ from sleeping on the job.

[@charlesmurphy1510]

William J. Interesting. I assume the key was attached to a chain which could not be removed from the location.

[@451hist]

@@charlesmurphy1510You are correct; I worked security in a large manufacturing facility where those were still in use.

[@asmithers1502]

@@charlesmurphy1510 it had a circular paper punchcard inside to record the time and location of the patrol

[@asmithers1502]

@@charlesmurphy1510 yup it was chained to a small box on the Wall

[@raymonddowd3245]

Heavy as hell what was bad was when supervisor would forget to wind it.

[@HadToChangeMyName_YoutubeSucks]

Friday: We got just one big question, where, and when. Me: That's 2 questions Joe

[@winstoncoolidge1644]

I just LOVE the drums between action

[@rsattahip]

That 66-67 Fairlane was a really nice car, well ahead of its time.

[@classicsurvivor]

Robin Sattahip I believe it’s a 67 and it’s got 14x7 wheels.

[@56cadd]

I hadda yellow one, 1982-86.

[@unclejoshtruescarystories]

Love how the go into the closet the first time and nothing. A minute later Bill discovers the giant stack of blasting caps like they couldn't see them before. Love this show.

[@jimmartinez1470]

Yep. Also the case of hand grenades sitting in the middle of the floor. Joe should have tripped right over it, but he examines the bed spread first. Hahahaha.

[@dennisyoung4631]

“Tunnel Vision strikes again!”

[@thewatcher8758]

Nut has enough dynamite to blow up two city blocks and they only send two detectives after him???

[@madmextupapa]

I’m 63 and how I loved this show!! Just good old fashion great acting and writing!

[@donnamylife1981]

I could watch Dragnet all day

[@rickcoona]

interesting note: the partol officer played by Kent McWhirter, changed his name to Kent McCord for his role in another Jack Web series "ADAM 12" where he co-stared with Martin Milner. Also, Bobby Troop, a well known Jazz pianist who would go on to play Dr Joe Early in yet another Jack Web Series "EMERGANCY!" was married to Julie London, who played head nurse Dixie McCall. --Rick

[@johnwhite4810]

Julie London was Jack Webb's ex-wife!

[@TreeHead99]

Bobby troup also wrote "Route 66"

[@harperstacey9604]

@@TreeHead99 Bobby troup was the father of actress ronne Troup, who appeared on my Three sons. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

[@randalljamison5359]

"***damn Army!"

[@susanfaulkner2304]

He was also in an episode of Perry Mason.

[@darrellmayberry7784]

Leslie thanks for posting.A great show and sadly 50 years later is still relevant . I love the walnut sized brain line as it describes the tiki torch marchers in Charlottesville.

[@Page-Hendryx]

Ah, yes - the Tiki torches. That really upset ya didn't it?

[@sabinocorona2524]

And lying Trump on steroids. AMEN TO THAT

[@morenofranco9235]

YES! I remember this. I had just started high school. Now I am 69. Bingo! Thanks for the memories, Leslie. "Just the Facts, Ma'am!"

[@brentsutherland6385]

You would think a beer hall would be more Ziggy's style than the Jade Pagoda!