Dragnet - Season 5 - Episode 4 - The Big Lift

[@charlieyerrell9146]

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

[@ministerbarrythomas6603]

😑 dialogue my man.

[@Nikolaii2571]

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

[@nathandodge665]

Good acting??????

[@raisingreendragonzmyself]

Dialogue.

[@thegreatselkie6009]

@@nathandodge665yes.

[@mickz4601]

25 cent lucky strikes from the machine 🤙🏻

[@user-wy1dl2me2p]

Oh they tasted great smoked them for years .

[@JAZZ4643indy]

Chesterfields too

[@timmcquerry6068]

L.S.M.F.T.😊

[@bobbyhamblen2338]

@@timmcquerry6068 loose straps make floppy tits.

[@JenniMeer]

I bought a carton of Lucky Strikes and it cost me about $50. I love them. ❤️🚬

[@sirgeorge8522]

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

[@claypartridge7553]

Add My Three Sons

[@worthgiller510]

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

[@carolutley6523]

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

[@claypartridge7553]

@@carolutley6523 Mr Greenjeans !

[@JTRocks1]

@@claypartridge7553 Never heard of that show before! 🙂

[@susanfaulkner2304]

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

[@bovnycccoperalover3579]

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

[@garymckee8857]

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

[@nomadpi1]

At 80 yrs of age, my hope is to know my ending and have a package of unfiltered Chesterfields and a pot of black coffee on that day.

[@jimwile9313]

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

[@charleshetrick3152]

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

[@charleshetrick3152]

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

[@richrol58]

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

[@richrol58]

@@charleshetrick3152 6:58

[@nikmills]

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

[@TheHansoost]

that waiter and Anthony's wife were hilarious.

[@billybob9961]

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

[@JTRocks1]

No other cop show like it! 🙂

[@guineapig4701]

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

[@calmheart1782]

I think Julie London played on ‘Emergency’.

[@guineapig4701]

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

[@rickhinojosa5455]

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]

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

[@-oiiio-3993]

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

[@starguy2718]

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

[@richrol58]

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

[@garypaul1033]

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

[@1blackcat513]

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

[@davidwolfhudson]

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

[@marks984]

Can’t even get coffee for $1.35

[@mexxicokitty]

And smokes for a quarter!

[@JTRocks1]

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

[@donaldnelson8764]

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

[@michaelmorgan7893]

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

[@josephmarkwhaley6164]

🤣

[@garrettmills841]

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

[@JDnFL]

😂😂😂😂

[@kathyflorcruz552]

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

[@rbrucewilliams2924]

This is the best prologue of the series. A guide to us 70 years later for machines and the workforce police used then.

[@robertplatt643]

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

[@Pudentame]

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]

What?

[@LesterMoore]

Notice this was before the Miranda Rights.

[@timmcquerry6068]

Miranda V. Arizona, 1968

[@bovnycccoperalover3579]

Those rights always existed but Miranda forced the police to read their rights to every person they apprehend.

[@McIntyreBible]

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

[@tyronedoberson7546]

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

[@glennso47]

Broderick Crawford and Highway Patrol was pretty good too.

[@thegreatselkie6009]

@@glennso47he could talk 100 miles a minute.

[@michaelcolfin8464]

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

[@garyfrancis6193]

Gonna hafta run that through R and I.

[@tammygould2703]

They took the jar left the paper with the money amount

[@richrol58]

Mr. Daniel Loomis...😂

[@snewsan6645]

No kidding.

[@curtcaudle5900]

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

[@robertshapiro3733]

The best episode in Dragnet history.

[@frankkolton1780]

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]

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

[@Josh_Fredman]

That computer music at the beginning is awesome.

[@heyoldman2003]

Josh Fredman Intense 😲

[@frankcabanski9409]

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]

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

[@frankcabanski9409]

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

[@booklover6753]

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

[@winonamassingill7895]

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]

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]

The big Tar Baby

[@larrynelson6656]

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]

I just watched that one ! great!

[@TysonNeil]

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

[@muffs55mercury61]

Same for the computers of the day.

[@michaelshaffer8451]

@@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]

@@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]

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

[@RG-li5zq]

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

[@macmcleod1188]

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]

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

[@carltaylor5251]

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

[@jayferguson8127]

That's for 2 breakfast Both

[@snewsan6645]

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

[@richrol58]

And that sexy gait...!! 😆

[@snewsan6645]

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

[@richrol58]

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

[@snewsan6645]

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

[@benrking7922]

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

[@J4-kjtdr8775]

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

[@bovnycccoperalover3579]

In NYC, you can steal up to $950 without being arrested. Our country has gone crazy - at least certain big cities.

[@herbchilds1512]

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]

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

[@davidb2206]

In California? They'd be dead.

[@gulliver3644]

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 .

[@heyoldman2003]

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

[@pauldolan1493]

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

[@charleshetrick3152]

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

[@christopherwelch136]

The level of technology astounded me.

[@williamhoskins2300]

When property crimes were investagated , what an idea.😅

[@Tralala691]

Like this side kick the best

[@michaelrutledge7048]

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

[@jeffc3381]

and they still cant catch the bad guys

[@benniebarrow348]

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

[@patriciajrs46]

Love these . Thanks.

[@richrol58]

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

[@richrol58]

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

[@tammygould2703]

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

[@davidb2206]

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]

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

[@davidb2206]

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

[@davidb2206]

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.

[@fromthesidelines]

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]

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

[@Estabonbon]

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

[@michaelcolfin8464]

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

[@1blackcat513]

Bet it was more than $1.35

[@macmcleod1188]

​@@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.

[@robertwalton7307]

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

[@mercoid]

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

[@kathyflorcruz552]

25 cents a pack in 1969 too.

[@scottandrews9453]

Chesterfield was the sponsor for years both on radio and TV

[@muffs55mercury61]

Webb smoked them for many years.

[@geebee7529]

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]

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

[@davidb2206]

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]

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

[@nikmills]

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

[@TowGunner]

Joe Friday: mmhmm mmhmm mmhmm

[@mercoid]

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

[@garyfrancis6193]

@@mercoid mmmmm

[@theyarehere8919]

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. 🙏

[@heyoldman2003]

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

[@waterhead1029]

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’.

[@McIntyreBible]

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

[@muffs55mercury61]

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]

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

[@starguy2718]

@@richrol58 Here ya go: 🖖

[@richrol58]

@@starguy2718 That'll work...👌

[@Nomorewarsforisrael]

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

[@chele-chele]

me too =)

[@youdodat2]

I’ll have some bacon and coffee too.

[@HenryJames-q6t]

Dragnet always had wacky, slightly off kilter encounters with the general public who were often portrayed as a bit kooky. The back and forth with the diner owner is the best. The actor's name is Dan Barton.

[@cullen2106]

Why are you guys taking to the sheff ?!'

[@JTRocks1]

He's their boss. 😯

[@michaelcolfin8464]

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]

ton-ta-ton-ton-taaaaaawn!

[@winonamassingill7895]

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.🤔🤔🤔😱😱😱🥺🥺🥺💍💍💍

[@curtcaudle5900]

When He runs out of ⭕😂👌

[@richrol58]

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

[@nunyabusiness863]

Now that's funny!

[@richrol58]

@@nunyabusiness863 😍😍❤❤***

[@richrol58]

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

[@polemius01]

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]

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.

[@barrybarnard836]

I hate advertising!

[@evemarie1605]

Yes, but advertising loves you!

[@JTRocks1]

@@evemarie1605 And everyones money! 😁

[@jimstokes6742]

Radio voices! See them in person like Olan Soule and Vic Perrin. :)

[@geminijohnson4019]

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

[@oscar.gonzalez]

Fred

[@willisrice7844]

Anthoney @8:35

[@Henry-r2f]

Then: Two orders of pancakes, with bacon and sausage (add an egg) plus two coffees--$1.25. (And you can have a Chesterfield while you wait.) Today: Two orders of gluten-free, non GMO whole-grain pancakes, cage-free uncured bacon and plant-based sausage (add pasture-raised egg) with organic fair-trade coffee--$35-$40. Dragnet was known for having kooky supporting characters. The short-order cook played by Dan Barton is a classic example. They made 39 half-hour episodes per season in the 1950s., a lot of them shot on location. Webb directed as well as stared. That workload (plus the Chesterfields) may explain why died of a heart attack at 62. (Believe it or not, Jack Webb started out as a comedian.)

[@bovnycccoperalover3579]

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

[@JTRocks1]

Yep! 😯

[@philrichards9761]

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]

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...

[@bovnycccoperalover3579]

I don't know. Where people happier than or now?

[@unbridledaudacity9694]

So many ads make this channel unwatchable.

[@DD-d6d3]

5:25 "refrigermint things"???

[@michaelrutledge7048]

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

[@kathyflorcruz552]

@@michaelrutledge7048 breast implants?

[@jayferguson8127]

Does anyone know her husband name

[@JTRocks1]

Anthony

[@susanfaulkner2304]

​@@JTRocks1....that's her husband....

[@richrol58]

1:11--Hubba, hubba!!

[@kathyflorcruz552]

Yeah. If you like that substitute teacher type.

[@j.kaymetcalf-benton6600]

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]

The milk truck driver was smoking.

[@curtcaudle5900]

Lots of words to say absolutely nothing 🤣

[@richardtuholsky4028]

🍦🍦🍦Let’s go brandon 🍦🍦🍦

[@booklover6753]

"Let's go Richard!"

[@ThatCanadianGuy-e1p]

Ah, found the idiot.

[@starguy2718]

FJB

[@roberrplatt4214]

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

[@richrol58]

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

[@JTRocks1]

@@richrol58 Perhaps his mistress! 😯

[@allencampbell8322]

What was the husband’s name?

[@deepdrag8131]

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

[@RickJones222]

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

[@andrewjoffe2871]

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

[@williamburroughs9686]

Only six counts? What happened to the other crimes?

[@JTRocks1]

He took a deal. 😯

[@deepdrag8131]

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

[@mexicanspec]

Do these guys ever look to see if traffic is coming before they come shooting out of the police station?

[@richrol58]

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

[@richrol58]

I am honored FD!

[@ronwade2206]

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.

[@ModMokkaMatti]

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

[@heyoldman2003]

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

[@McLKeith]

Hey Old Man Zero commercials when you have premium.

[@JesseWright68]

@@McLKeith It's worth it.

[@heyoldman2003]

Hmmm . I’ll look I to that

[@chele-chele]

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

[@JTRocks1]

@@heyoldman2003 Whadja think?

[@Junk65]

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

[@mikeschmidt8990]

Who is the Anthony 🙄🤔🤔🤣🤣

[@davewitter6565]

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

[@JamesHigham]

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

[@bobtis]

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.

[@joinrocknation9618]

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

[@mercoid]

An actor who over acts to absurdity

[@jeramineferguson2352]

I think he's funny

[@richrol58]

A young "Mr. Daniel Loomis"...😆

[@kenbritton6782]

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

[@Robbi496]

That woman talks TWO miles a minute!!!

[@rudycampilii1621]

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

[@RodgerMudd]

Money was backed by gold at this time.

[@russellonearrow2154]

Normal police procedure then, totally unconstitutional now.

[@stephenwoodman6015]

Her husband's name is Anthony

[@lukecat3825]

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]

GROW UP!

[@davidcisco4036]

1:00 - No Fourth Amendment ?