Highway Patrol 20 in Counterfeit

[@josephcope7637]

I particularly liked Bill Boyett, who had a long, distinguished acting career in supporting TV roles ... such as Malloy's and Reed's watch commander, Sgt. MacDonald, on ADAM-12.

[@panheadcraig]

Alot of this episode was shot at Willoughby Ave. and Highland Ave. in Hollywood. You can see the old Bekins building in background. That building is still there today.

[@donhancock332]

I recognized that building right away. And one of the street signs said Melrose Ave.

[@coloradostrong]

🙄 Another one here folks. "Alot" is a town in India. "Allot" is to apportion something. "A lot" is more than one of something. Teach yourself homonyms and homophones.

[@sgranny8205]

Highway Patrol, Rin-Tin-Tin and Sgt. Preston! Fond memories of childhood in Michigan during the 50's!

[@kenlucas7025]

Yeah especially 1959!

[@tomcarpenter700]

Don't forget Sky king, And Lassie,,The Naked City,,, And dragnet,,,,,

[@BigLisaFan]

Did you get a trucking show called Cannonball?

[@sgranny8205]

@@BigLisaFan Yes! The leads were a veteran driver and his young partner. I think it was William Campbell (the young guy).

[@jayonnaj18]

I fondly remember watching Highway Patrol when I was a little girl with my parents and 2 sisters! I'm an elderly widow now, and I just love Broderick Crawford as Dan Matthews! I like the way he walks, talks, and no one on the show could say "10-4" quite the way he said it! I l like those old cars, too, with their fins, LOL!!!

[@keithammleter3824]

Jay, you do realise he's fat and prematurely aged?

[@Meinstein]

It's funny (strange) that I can identify almost every one of these cars from my childhood. Yet I can hardly tell one car from another today.

[@rhuephus]

99% of cars today all look the same .

[@Meinstein]

@@rhuephus I was beginning to think I was the only one who was blind to today's car models. Thanx!

[@stephentormey5361]

Made in China is all you need to know now !

[@Meinstein]

@@stephentormey5361 actually almost any asian country BUT China.

[@JackGordone]

Thank heavens these crooks never listen to the guy or gal who suggests they quit while they're ahead. If they did, the show would only be about 14 minutes long.

[@Buisness1]

Hahahaahaha! Right!

[@garyfrancis6193]

10 4

[@wilneal8015]

Leaving Plenty of Time for advert from Sponcer Ballentine Beer and Ale!!

[@wilsonflood4393]

These are great. Used to watch them as a kid in Scotland in the 50s and 10-4 became quite a catchphrase.

[@mickeybitsko1676]

Used to have a summer job building ups trucks. Had same vibe as those passers, black lunch bucket, water level pants, black red wing ripple sole shoes

[@johndashwood7671]

I used to watch these on the TV in the UK in the 1960s. Wonderful. We had crime TV at the time but it was all live and in the studio.

[@dennisharrington6055]

FINALLY a driver got out on the driver side!

[@donnienicholson6062]

And doesn't use the outside handle......2 things I never could figure out doing.

[@skydiverclassc2031]

He's obviously a crook!

[@davidhoogendyke2774]

Love those bench seats!

[@alanpeters4997]

I thought the exact same thing!!!

[@garypaul1033]

That's why I have a bench seat in my car!

[@briangriffin4937]

I loved watching this when I was a 7 year old kid. Our local TV station aired it in the afternoon before “Cartoon Carnival.” It brings back fond TV memories today.

[@lukedrifter1]

Hard to belive Crawford was 43 when this show started in 1955. He could've passed for 62 easily.

[@GTKJNow]

I guess all that booze had an effect?

[@muffs55mercury61]

Alcoholism will age someone faster.

[@danielpurcell7395]

@@muffs55mercury61 he lived a hard life. He was a boxer at one point in his life. I don’t think that helped along with drinking and chasing women. Lol

[@harryfelton]

​@@GTKJNow 5:51 5:51 #

[@GTKJNow]

@@harryfelton Huh, u think he was drunk at 5:51 ?

[@dontheriault5876]

It's nice to see a car made out of metal

[@Justice4all_001]

Metal? What’s that? lol 😂

[@townhall05446]

Those old cars were death traps in an accident and rusted out 824.9% faster than current ones. Neat at the old cars are, we're better off with the cars we have now.

[@juanmonge8]

That undercover cop stood out like a sore thumb.

[@mikeforney354]

He looked like one of the Blues Brothers

[@fred12848]

@@mikeforney354 with a pickle up his... 😚

[@michaelmerck7576]

Very obvious in that 1000 dollar tailored suit looking for working class hoodlums

[@geoffreybradford]

Dan solves all crimes in 26 minutes. He's just that good.

[@GTKJNow]

In TV time, this one actually took more than one day to solve :-)

[@wilneal8015]

They gotta leave in the Time to run the Sponsor's Ballentine Beer advert!! Myself, I prefer Natty-Bohemian!! Smooth!

[@tomandkaren157]

California is so safe Friday, Adam 12, Columbo Dan all solve crimes in at least 120 mins

[@George50809]

This episode is a keeper.

[@titodalessandro1909]

I’m a printer, so this one was fun to watch.

[@wilneal8015]

Me too, and I Agree!!!

[@denniscardinal1227]

Cool, understood trade.

[@scottledbetter7212]

That is awesome

[@parrotmom56]

The guy who played the counterfeit printer was good.

[@rjwalker4153]

I have an old Highway Patrol board game from 1958 with a picture of Crawford on the box lid. . The idea was to create a road block trapping in the crook, as was done in a number of episodes. For a syndicated show, it was very popular.

[@claudreindl7275]

Back in the old days, small town America, they had universal checks that you could use if you didn't have any cash, or checks with your name printed on them. I can remember my dad using one once, and even wrote it out to the local merchant, using a pencil! Of course it wouldn't work if they didn't know you.

[@christophercook723]

You referring to cheques or check ups. It's like route and rout are entirely different bbu you lot say rout when you mean route. You say Ought when you mean Nought .All to cater for masses of simple people.

[@purejoy1658]

My bank still gives me checks in 2023. They call them counter checks. I don't write many checks so, they give me 3 or 4 every now and then.

[@parrotmom56]

Crazy! Talk about easy to pass bad checks.

[@jln55]

Love it when the counterfeittter tells the printer, 'They all want something for nothing!'. What does he think HE'S doing??

[@parrotmom56]

🤣Ironic to say the least

[@JackGordone]

Dan shoots the gun out of the crook's hand....and he doesn't even aim, just points and shoots. What a guy! Should be on the US Olympic shooting team.

[@alphaomega8373]

Special.

[@GTKJNow]

Yeah and the crook couldn't even graze Dan.

[@Justice4all_001]

Dan even closes his eyes when he shoots just to show off! 😂 🔫

[@Buisness1]

Being in the printing business myself!I recall doing personal concert tickets back in the 90s. Paper stock was very important. In NY we didn't buy stock from Staples. Hahahaha. You could get any stock you wanted back in the day. All those prining places are gone now.

[@rjwalker4153]

I like the posts here by old car lovers. Every car you see is a classic, unrestored and with original paint. Even at auto shows you don't see that. You have to view old time shows to see it. This was a good show though. I enjoy the cars and the action.

[@javiergilvidal1558]

What do you think is the big ugly stain/discolouring on the roof of the crook's car? Very noticeable when viewed from above!

[@rayfox7018]

The rear gears grind, tranny clunks when put in gear and the engines rattle. 50 thousand miles was close to the limit but we liked them. Were roomy.

[@rjwalker4153]

​. Yeah, they didn't drive as well or last as long as today's cars, but they were beautiful cars. Very stylish. I'm 66, so I can remember when cars with tail fin's and flashy chrome were still on the road. They were still seen into the early 70's even. My family still had a 1959 Buick in 1972. But my mom sold it for $200 because it had problems and was becoming a junker.

[@oldefellah52]

"In my trade we call it samples". "In my trade we call it evidence." Gold

[@James_Bowie]

One of the joys of this series for me is finding the locations of the various buildings (houses, stores, banks, etc) used and comparing the location today via Google street view. Great to see some buildings still extant, although the businesses have usually long gone. One example is the Nonpareil Printing Company at 1117 N Las Palmas Ave LA -- building is still standing but no business evident there for many years.

[@81overon]

Thanks for the address. Please pass on anymore locations. Great show.

[@mickeybitsko1676]

Dan was awarded Pistol Expert rating in the Service

[@gregorymcleod1347]

Great show! Love watching it! Takes one back in time!

[@mobilechloroform807]

I am 70. They shot many scenes in the valley and Chatsworth. If they needed shacks they'd use the TV cowboy ranches. Crawford lost his Calif. License so some scenes on private roads.

[@sharonjohnson1702]

That funny Crawford had DUI and no License that y quit the show he was embarrass

[@George50809]

Mr. hound's tooth coat. Woo! It's almost a surprise Mathews could catch a man that smart. Way to go, Dan.

[@boblackey1]

I saw Burt Reynolds on the Tonight Show and he was trying to tell Johnny Carson a story but he began talking very slowly trying to recall a name. Then Burt laughed and said " Johnny I'm talking so slowly I make Lyndon Johnson sound like Broadrick Crawford!!"

[@rob0922718]

Leonard Nimoy was in 2 episodes of Highway Patrol. One in Season 3 & then in Season 4....

[@boblackey1]

Clint Eastwood was in an episode too. Back in the 1950's before Rawhide, most people in Hollywood doubted Clint would amount to anything and Universal Pictures didn't renew the contract Clint signed with them in 1955 telling Clint he was in the wrong profession and his Adams apple was too big to work in movies and TV shows. They suggested he give up acting and find something else. I wonder what they thought when Clint became as big as John Wayne and Gary Cooper??

[@rjwalker4153]

​ Hollywood is full of such stories and so is the music business. The writer of the song Rhinestone Cowboy first sent it to several singers who all rejected it. Then Glen Campbell found out about it and made it the number 1 hit of 1975.

[@conniewojahn6445]

FINALLY saw one of the "lab boys" Matthews is always talking about. About time! The "lab boys" eventually went on to make their own shows. CSI for one, and a BIG hit, too.

[@mexicanspec]

People forget a lot of the cars from that time were base model strippers. I loved that base model 1957 Plymouth 4 door sedan. If I found that car today, I would restore it to that exact spec.

[@kenlucas7025]

Base model strippers? That sounds like "Bambi" and "Thumper" at the old Boom Boom House.

[@garypaul1033]

Once again, that was Swell episode!! And remember, "...leave your blood at the Red Cross, not on the highway."

[@tomcarpenter700]

OK Dan,,,,

[@kenbredow8727]

10-4

[@Justice4all_001]

And remember ‘when you drive, … make sure it’s in a car’! 😂

[@annaweathers4614]

That lab guy's mustache has to be fake. The printer was talkative enough to give away the location of his shop. Duh. Sharp printer...had all his bases covered. gave Matthews all the right answers.Oops! So, giving Mattthews the book sample was not so sharp for the printer to do. The patrolman in civilian clothes acts like a robot.

[@miketutek3366]

The location filming adds to the realism and appeal of these episodes. Small towns in Southern California during the mid to late 1950's. Business districts, local traffic, neighborhood post offices, banks and drug stores. Cool.

[@philgibson4896]

Love these old show and the cars in them. At about 24:35 (and a second or two after), Matthews tries to duck an already fired bullet. You'd have to react quickly for that. No doubt, that a lot of shows wherein guns are fired, the actors do the same thing. Still, it's a great old show.

[@johnclark6571]

The cars, I know. This one has them all. The sloping rear fenders, the regular ones, like the '56 Ford, to the Plymouth with the big ole wings. I remember them all. But I grew up in a place where people bought one vehicle, and stuck with it for life. #Appalachian Area.

[@keithammleter3824]

@@murphynapoleon : What makes you think they used natural scene sound? They never did it that way, the location sound was always thrown away and a sound effects artist (known as "Foley artist" in USA) added sound after, back in the studio. You hear typical low budget TV sound artist mistakes continually in Highway Patrol episodes - such as car tire squealing on dirt roads, tie squealing without wheel spin. I don't think Foxeema was that devious.

[@keithammleter3824]

Perhaps we were meant to think that Mathews and his mate ducked in case the crim fired a second shot.

[@coolstang609]

GREAT Classic shows!

[@roadwarrior6810]

Love the Coke bottle classes on the guy cashing the check at 1:01

[@hudentdw2]

never mind the solves crimes just look at some beautiful cars and roads from the amazing 50's everything is just grand to me!

[@Justice4all_001]

I like your use of the word ‘grand’. It’s not used these days in general modern speech. You reminded me of the Grand Canyon.

[@countdown2xstacy]

8:13 I see Dan’s not too worried about curb rash on his cruiser’s front tires

[@carpe996]

Like Kruger.

[@paul2081ok]

When I was 10, we watched the re runs and every episode was epic!❤

[@caroltenge5147]

matthews is worth 20 modern cops.

[@jimlaguardia8185]

carol tenge I knew some cops like that. They were no one to mess with.

[@JackGordone]

@NPCs U Can’t Laugh _____ Bahahaha I think he's even better. That's a 2" snub you're looking at, probably a S&W or Colt.

[@fayeking5066]

Are you getting at , that you don’t like real life police?

[@caroltenge5147]

@@fayeking5066 are you nuts?

[@Justice4all_001]

That’s a lot of drunk cops

[@Mrgop]

I wonder how many times he flashed his badge and said "Mathews, Highway Patrol." during this series.

[@mickeybitsko1676]

Print shop looks like Huntington park rubber stamp company in Huntington park, ca. Hello Bobbie

[@holoholohaolenokaoi2299]

love it when Dan gets his man at the end ..."alright, come on, MOVE!"

[@DENIEL381]

MY GOAL IS TO BUY THE COMPLETE COLLECTION SO I CAN WATCH THEM ALL AT MY LEISURE ....HARD TO FIND THE COMPLETE SERIES.

[@CowSaysMooMoo]

Your caps lock is on...

[@jimstokes6742]

Good topic Great show.

[@TerryUniGeezerPeterson]

Hard to believe Broderick Crawford was only about 47 years old in this episode. He could easily pass for 60 or 65. I just turned 64 and he could be my son at 47. But the irony is that he looks 20 years older than me so people would think I was his son haha!

[@jamescalifornia2964]

🚬🍸 Smokes & booze does that ...

[@sw8282]

Heavy drinking will age you.

[@Elvis20101]

And Women, they'll age you.

[@willturner7162]

A part of America history

[@shizukamori6755]

8:14 How considerate for the print shop owner to have a nice, convenient parking spot right in front reserved for Matthew's Highway Patrol cruiser!

[@bffs4lifeliz]

Oh

[@wilsonflood4393]

Come on, standard in tv shows. Guy always finds the one parking spot in London.

[@jimcavalier1479]

I watch it for the cars. I look and drool.

[@8176morgan]

Me too, and there's lots to drool over in this episode both old and new.

[@9675775]

I'll probably be in the market for a new car soon. However, I just can't get excited about any of the cars these days. Those old cars had such style and beauty, and they all didn't look alike.

[@8176morgan]

The old cars are definitely nice looking but they are not nearly as safe as modern cars. You can purchase one quite cheap, but they do break down a lot and parts can often be quite expensive, which is probably why you don't see very many on the roads these days even out West.

[@lisamiller8174]

If we could get the safety features and gas mileage with the old ones, we would have it made.

[@dondressel4802]

popcorn8441 parts are not that expensive You can buy parts on a secondary market I’ve restored a couple of old Chevys

[@DavidDillon101]

Broderick Crawford was a fine actor and had a strong screen presence. It is rather hard to accept that, at the time of this production, he was only in his early forties. It should go without saying, however, that not all of us age gracefully, and Crawford should be commended - and remembered - for his considerable body of work as an actor.

[@pepperdog3761]

"my trade, we call it evidence"......SNAP!!!!

[@frisco21]

That Shermart Store was featured in at least two other HP episodes.

[@e.d.b.4697]

16:25 worst moustache in history

[@8176morgan]

I agree!

[@BigEightiesNewWave]

low budget.

[@javiergilvidal1558]

@@BigEightiesNewWave Yeah, but what was the need to have that character with a mustache? Did no-one take a look and see that he just looked terrible?

[@mickeybitsko1676]

Lab guy musta been shaving in the dark

[@davidmaslow399]

Dan's the man!

[@mickeybitsko1676]

Famous last words: one last job

[@jeffersonsmith1877]

This show is Soooo Cheesy that it's great!

[@AES3UZ]

Love this show on MeTV

[@davidallen2026]

What a town, only one crime per week and all of them solved in less than half an hour.

It was entertainment made In the 50s. 💥🔫

[@James_Bowie]

13:43 ... the mandatory question in just about every episode.

[@drcurv]

REALLY enjoyed this episode, particularly the first 10 minutes or so. Interesting to watch police procedure in dealing with 'questioned documents', and the way Dan comes to conclusions about how the criminals will behave in future. Yeah, I KNOW the show's been scripted, but it's a change from his usual cases. 'Well done' the scriptwriters. Just wondered if this REALLY is a job for the Highway Patrol, though. Shouldn't they be issuing parking tickets or going on chases?

[@Noitisnt-ns7mo]

Before the cops became political pawns.

[@donhancock332]

Wouldn't be a Highway Patrol without a " Allright move!" at the end.!

[@UkOutreach]

I’ve misunderstood the rolé of the Highway Patrol. I just thought it was about patrolling the highway and catching crooks driving on it.

[@AzarroFineArts]

This episode should be called. Bad Moustaches.

[@sheliapea1387]

16:28 mustache looks good.

[@alandehn8541]

No search warent in the print shop! those were the days!

[@dewanitheriault3372]

Real math... if we actually receive another 1400 stimulus , that will = 3200 stimulus total for approximately one year of Covid.. Divide the 3200 by 365 days = $ 8.77 per day for all American. Wow , a freee Starbucks coffee per day. You guys are lifesavers....

[@josephm.d.p.finnegan]

Euro 20 Saved. Wednesday, August 30 - 2023.

[@JeffDeWitt]

They never tell you what state this is, and the town names and highway numbers are bogus, but at 18:27 we get a glimpse of a mailbox that says "Los Angles Only".

[@bdcochran01]

FYI. The Beverly Hills Moving Van and Storage building is still there in the Hollywood area. When I say "Hollywood" I mean below the Sunset strip in Los Angeles.

[@drivin379]

They all in cali. Few actors are even in ADAM 12

[@sw8282]

Does California HP mean NY State to you?

[@SOffenbach]

I hope your joking.

[@ambulet]

In books chronicling the series they apparently used the Thousand Oaks-Simi Valley area a lot. All of those roads that have curbs but nothing built on them are all houses now.

[@kevin-bp8jn]

7:58 Funny to see Crawford driving on a main thoughfare in the city. His license was revoked for to many DUI's. That's why the majority of scenes of him driving were in isolated area's. CHP was alerted every time he was on location filming. Notice the curb strike at 8:12

[@NinjaKittyBonks]

"Hold it!" [shoots gun out of hand like old school gangster] ... classic!

[@charliemorris2338]

this episode ended as it came on ME_TV 5a.m.4-10-20!

[@raleighboyz5106]

fun old shows i like spotting mistakes like the cop driving a buick and same cop driving an olds a few seconds later on the same street.

[@KG-is6uh]

Great Shows

[@redwing1273]

Don't need color to watch colorful acting and dialog with Dan and the crew

[@TerryUniGeezerPeterson]

The guy in the white jacket with the mustache and glasses looks like Wally Cox.

[@Klng5hlt]

i wish everyone still wore suits & fedoras everywhere

[@sw8282]

Today the FBI and Tresury would be on it.

[@hounddog946]

I’m slated to wear one at my funeral.

[@steveward2394]

Said the same thing to my wife

[@CowSaysMooMoo]

You start......

[@muffs55mercury61]

The guys (and now many gals) in the police lab are unsung heroes in police work but in this episode the lab has screen time. This is the first episode with 1957 cars in it (the black Plymouths)

[@mickeybitsko1676]

I think the action takes place up in Glendale...Bekins bldg

[@davidcarroll1883]

I wish I had a pencil thin musthach, and I could solve some mysteries, too.

[@skydiverclassc2031]

A two toned, Ricky Ricardo jacket and an autographed picture of Andy Devine.

[@davidcarroll1883]

Does anybody remember the Myrts Hot Dog place on the corner at 2400? It says stand while eating.

[@johnturner642]

Don't remember it, but Myrts was at 7350 Melrose Ave.

[@ambulet]

Is that where it says "Parking only while eating hot dogs" ?

[@dr.skipkazarian5556]

The "pick-up spot" (alley)....near Pico and Crenshaw!

[@BarryWilkinson]

23:14 The printer lit the paper and dropped it into the can but made sure the match was out before dropping it in.

[@marks6663]

look how big the check is at 2:03 Looks like a novelty check from Publishers Clearing Warehouse.

[@jaminova_1969]

I saw a phone booth on Melrose Dr. .

[@parrotmom56]

The guy who played the printer really sounded like one!

[@loveanarchy8488]

3:37 That's the Sargent from Adam-12.

[@spockboy]

LOL It's almost always the same situation. The crooks think "Just ONE MORE job, then we'll leave the state"

[@davidmaslow399]

Broderick was an Oscar winner who Loved his booze and food!

[@thomasschreiber1028]

I read he was kind of drunk who got busted for drunk driving, unlike the safe driving message he gives at the end of the show

[@sandijohnson4630]

He was a raging alcoholic.

[@rodgerdodger856]

Very informative program

[@murraymims120]

24:40 get ready...Dan Matthews reminds me of "The Lone Ranger"

[@philsphan4414]

Although they moved between shots, the background for Crawford and Mack from Adam-12 is the same in the shots at 22:30 and 23:10.

[@Forensource]

That SHERMART was seen in another episode.

[@leecoffman2594]

Good story, but counterfeiting is a crime for the Secret Service, not the local or state police.

[@papillion-gs4tc]

Counterfeit money is Secret Service. Check forgery is local or state. Apparently the CHP does that and kidnapping, art theft, bank robbery, terrorism investigations, and everything else.

[@jidissafi7413]

Yeah, I've probably watched fifteen or so at this point, and still haven't seen one where they handle anything "highway related".

[@davidcarroll1883]

Dan could do anything!

[@michaelmerck7576]

@@jidissafi7413 they do lots of roadblocks

[@okiebrave1932]

How bout the mustache at 5.43?

[@Anonymous-ik5ew]

Crawford must have a photographic mind to speak his lines so quickly.

[@renhoek]

Why aren’t they patrolling the highways? This just looks like a regular cop show. I was even expecting Superman to turn up!

[@charlesmurray4013]

It is Kind Of Funny ,The UnderCover Cop Walks Like A Robot.

[@garyfrancis6193]

How times have changed.