Highway Patrol 62 in Hired Killer

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[@ggeorge4144]

The 50's, gorgeous cars, gorgeous women. What a time to live. Born in 42 I grew up in that fabulous era.

[@donarthiazi2443]

Whoa... 81 or 82. That's REALLY old!!

[@johnsewell6593]

Yea , but with age comes great responsibility.......just kidding - nothin' old about 80, Long may you Run Son.....!

[@imapaine-diaz4451]

I know it's only nostalgia, but I sure am glad I grew up in the valley in the 50's and 60's it's good to see the old neighborhood again!

[@9675775]

Highway Patrol was such a good series.We appreciate your showing it.

[@shellyweiers4247]

Yes we do good post 9675775

[@davisoregon1]

***It really was***

[@Hercules718]

9675775 yes we do.

[@bella_bella85]

Like everyone else iam enjoying all these episodes. I was in a car wreck last week and have been in recovery mode and these old shows are a great escape from these times. 😊

[@user-kn3qq4he7u]

@@bella_bella85 Very sorry about your vehicle accident. i hope you are doing better. Take care!

[@bella_bella85]

@@user-kn3qq4he7u Thank you so so much for your kindness. I am doing better ❤️❤️ 😊

[@EdwardEmmick]

I was burned. Watched all the episodes. Still do. Time heals things. Best of luck.

[@sarahshouse1890]

Love love love this show!!! This is a fantastic episode. Matthew's rocks like no other!!😍👍👍

[@daviddowns7552]

he is awesome

[@moto5513]

It's December 24, 2019, I live in Chatsworth and the Chatsworth Cleaners is still there and still operating!

[@litealite]

Seriously . wow that is really cool .

[@choppy249]

Moto55 . Amazing. Broderick Crawford was in there too all those years ago. I bet the town has changed a lot since then.

[@vleldaddio210]

So glad this biz is still going especially with all the lame no Pride franchises doing shoddy work these days !! This is a placethat needs to be advertised by city leaders !!

[@alphonsozorro7952]

But the pretty blond and dark-haired young women (both 27) have turned into old ladies.

[@rentslave]

21824 Devonshire Street.64 years later and 3,000 miles away from me,I just checked it out on google maps.

[@brianfuller7691]

Yeah, the cleaners is still open and that station is a museum now. The blond is character actress Eva Brent who had a long working career. Regina Gleason is a stunner. The actor playing the hit man nails it. And Dan Matthews is very smart here.

[@adrinathegreat3095]

Many of the younger female actresses who appeared in this show are still alive and in their 90s now

[@markr.devereux3385]

If all else fails the coppers get em at the ubiquitous roadblock.

[@litealite]

Foxeema thank you so much for posting . it's awesome to watch episodes without any ads . Don't knowhow you do it .

[@henryhorner3182]

Thanks to Ralph Nader, convertibles like in these great episodes are as rare as dinosaurs.

[@AyeCarumba221]

What are you talking about? Convertables are still made.

[@barefooboy17]

idiot

[@booklover6753]

@@AyeCarumba221 Henry is showing that he's not too sharp. Nader only tried to hold industry accountable for producing some really dangerous products.

[@washoe4827]

@@AyeCarumba221 ... so are dinosaurs - we call them birds.

[@LuckyBaldwin777]

Even the old buses were cool.

[@TAXCOLLECTOR-mx3mg]

Good eye. Tootsie toys were popular then. You can get them in cast resin now that are amazingly detailed.

[@JQ127-c4e]

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[@davidbrown-xk8zl]

Thanks for the great sound. On so many other sites with this kind of programming, you almost have to put your ear on the screen to hear anything.

[@jaymassengill3340]

9:34 Another thing you don't see anymore is the metal foil tape on the glass doors of the dry cleaners. That was the burglar alarm sensor that carried a current that would be broken if the glass was broken after hours. I remember as a kid every storefront had them on the doors and glass windows.

[@grantkruse1812]

Nowadays they just use a thin wire but there are many buildings in America that still have the metal tape...

[@TAXCOLLECTOR-mx3mg]

Plus the doors had a contact that pulled in magnetically.

[@bonniemoerdyk9809]

I had forgotten all about those...haven't seen one in years.

[@winonamassingill7895]

My married last name is Massingill spelled with an “I”. His folks were from east Texas. There’s some post cards with a picture of an old cabinet that a Massingill built that is still standing. 😊

[@donnienicholson6062]

Nowadays they don't use foil you could bypass with a chewing gum wrapper .

[@marclayne9261]

the cars were one of the main characters in this series...

[@rrrogster]

they certainly had more character and in most cases lasted longer too.

[@johnnymohler3381]

@marc layne Main reason I watch these old shows, the badAss cars

The gorgeous ladies too, yum, yum 👅❤👅

[@mrdiplomat9018]

That Plymouth convertible at the end had power windows ❗️🇺🇸

[@Greeley.d]

Seeing these old episodes brings back some memories. The old cars, some of the fashions etc. Somehow life seemed so much simpler.

[@andyharman3022]

That has to be one of Dan's slickest arrests. Gets the bad guy on a bus without firing a shot and avoiding a hostage situation in tight quarters.

[@ChinkapinOak]

Note to aspiring hitmen: f you want to be inconspicuous, don't go all over a small town inquiring about your next victim.

[@holoholohaolenokaoi2299]

@24:46 epic Mathews takedown

[@donnienicholson6062]

Don't be stupid and kill one guy so you have every cop in town looking for you while you look for the other guy.Wait until they're both at home but then we'd have no show.

[@lindacreesy3909]

as a former Army journalist, I was surprised but pleased Crawford served on American Forces Radio, AFN,. the lifeline for me when I was stationed in Germany

[@SW2799]

I live in the San Fernando Valley. It is great to see Chatsworth as it was in the 1950s. It's not like that anymore, although there is a Chatsworth station again now thanks to Metrolink and Amtrak.

[@AyeCarumba221]

Everything is sub divisions and strip malls. Humans just cant seem to stop wrecking the countryside

[@SW2799]

@@AyeCarumba221 So true, it is so very sad.

[@richardweiler6931]

​@@AyeCarumba221 cities are run like a business. Growth equals money. No growth and communities perish.

[@joep8787]

The brunette in the dry cleaner also acted in another episode of Highway Patrol where she played the accomplice of a vengeful escaped convict. She looks a little like Ava Gardner.

[@johnrogan9420]

In the movie LA Confidential the Sgt mistakes the real Ava Gardner as a lookalike...Of course Ava is played by a modern actress...lol

[@donnienicholson6062]

She was so helpful with information he could probably have talked her into shooting the 2nd guy.

[@jonathanchalk2507]

I love these fast-paced crime stories. More please

[@sablevision]

The park that 'everybody knows about' was only a tiny roadside pullover... XD. No wonder the killer took 'a half-hour' to drive 5-miles to actually find it. I love this series....

[@roysterfutrell8889]

When I was a boy rest stops were one or twn picknik tables on a small flat spot right next to the road, usually under some shady trees.

[@kevinkurtz9889]

I'm sure it's built up and over today.

[@63bplumb]

So as long as you have a Highway Patrol officer with you it's OK to pass on a corner!

[@jimclark6256]

No solid yellow line either.

[@TAXCOLLECTOR-mx3mg]

Those were the early days of population control in the media. The death of real journalism reduced to hyperbole and false premise. It's what they call Hyperbolised Rhetoric. It was a concept of Goebbels era Germany. Set the premise.

[@samuelluria4744]

Still not okay to call a curve a "corner"...😬

[@George50809]

That hired gun was creepy. Congratulations to Dan Mathews for nailing him.

[@matrox]

It was all in the script.

[@TAXCOLLECTOR-mx3mg]

Looked like FBI,

[@scoobycarr5558]

Murder never gets old in California, eh?

[@scoobycarr5558]

And right now he's still probably on California's death row. While he still gets to eat and sleep in the pen.

[@garyfrancis6193]

And in only half an hour.

[@rahkinrah1963]

Chatsworth! I lived on Lederer Ave. as a kid.

[@4thstooge75]

This seems to be one of the only episodes that they didn't make up a phony name for the town. (I guess Chatsworth sounded generic enough)

[@bdcochran01]

I remember the time that a kid escaped for juvenile hall, stole a horse and rode off to the hills of Chatsworth! Man, those were the days.

[@scotta8597]

I lived there too and we used to go to the Spahn ranch and ride ponies.How about that Manson family?

[@ajwilson605]

We lived in a condo on James Alan Circle, one of the first families to move in back in the early '70's. Hard to believe those condos are now 50 years old!

[@litealite]

Wow . so cool .

[@user-gu1jk4qn6b]

I like the way this show used real backdrops of small California towns. I'd have loved to see it, then, but I had the green of the Blue Ridge Mountains, and the beauty of Rio de Janeiro, and the mountains surrounding Guanabara Bay.

[@mickeybitsko1676]

On the way over to chatsworth Dan can swing by Granada hills and play 18 at knowllwood where one of the episodes was shot

[@edbruder9975]

I got right into this one for some reason. When Shirley told Crawford "KHE 461" i reached for a pen thinking "Crawford will never remember that!"

[@IrishStock3]

Lol... Mr Sidekick.

[@graymodeler]

And don’t call me Shirley!

[@albertdemarco9324]

I love Hiway Patrol TV show .

[@leonrigdon2788]

Don't bring a rake to a gunfight

[@randallloomis4756]

He had no choice. But he brought it on himself.

[@troy9477]

Even if his prints are not on file, he should not leave prints at scenes. If someone sees him or he is found near a scene, obviously his prints can be matched. He also should have gotten a train schedule wben he arrived, so he would know departure times. No sense having to hang around at or near the station for a long time after doing 2 murders.......

This is broderick Crawford, remember, leave your booze at home or my house and not on the highway. Burrrrp.🌟🍷⭐

[@JohnPMitten]

Don't make fun of Broderick. Don't watch the show. People who make fun of a person's weakness are, themselves weak people. It make's them feel bigger.

[@skydiverclassc2031]

@@JohnPMitten Thank you. This constant refrain of 'Broderick Crawford was an alcoholic' is so damn tiring.

[@SantaDanKeeney]

Highway Patrol: Season 2, Episode 37 Hired Killer (17 Jun. 1957)

[@locutusdborg126]

+Santa Dan Keeney Thanks for posting the episodes.

[@ocianaigh1]

+Locutus D'Borg I did not post these I just commented with the title and date of release.

[@locutusdborg126]

Dan Keeney That is what I meant.

[@eddieknox9874]

does this guy single handed catch every bad guy in every episode

[@George50809]

Sometimes, many times he has help.

[@jimdandy9671]

Yes!

[@roysterfutrell8889]

Pretty much.

[@sheliapea1387]

@Milton Holley I love him too. There's a good b/w movie he married to a pretty blond they argue all the time. If you haven't seen try to find it.

[@sheliapea1387]

@Milton Holley yes that might be it. There was a bodyguard if I remember correct fell in love with his wife.

[@mickeybitsko1676]

Grocery deliver an ahead of his time. Now works for amazon

[@nostalgia6578]

LOL!!!

[@alphonsozorro7952]

Grocery delivery is as old as cars themselves.

[@walkergillette3918]

if he does he must be in his mid 80's

[@pattimccraw6168]

the cars that are on these shows are more durable than the ones today.

[@booklover6753]

Chassis yes, engine no.

[@christiansanden8005]

Engine too!

[@redtobertshateshandles]

No. They were rust buckets.

[@jamesroberts2115]

Actually they rusted out pretty quickly and by the time you put 60,000 miles on it you started thinking trade in. Cars today are far, far superior to those. BTW, I'm 70 and remember those cars well.

[@davidhoekje7842]

It's neat to see Chatsworth as a rural backwater.

[@Trev0r98]

"Matthews. Highway patrol. See that bus? There's a guy on it. Can you pass it?" Driver: "Is it against the law for a guy to be on a bus?"

[@washoe4827]

... Matthews: "GO! GO! GO!"

[@josephgalarneau7177]

local bus service, pay phones don't see that anymore

[@mt-ye3wb]

And all the perps were white!

[@jaminova_1969]

When you lose your cell phone, you don't have coverage, or your battery dies, you wish you could find a working public pay telephone!

[@irgski]

..and where’s all the surveillance cameras??!

[@slimshine953]

@@irgski ~ They didn't exist... and that was a good thing. People weren't constantly being watched everywhere they went, as we are now. Big Brother is here. :~(

[@alphonsozorro7952]

@@irgski Criminality was low, hence no cameras.

[@annaweathers4614]

There are some loud birds on the ranch.The bro with the pitchfork should have struck out at the hired killer while he was standing close to him instead of walking away first. Duh? That's a good looking male dispatcher. Now a days you don't hand out any unnecessary info about folks like the dry cleaner lady did. It's best not to give unknown folks anything, just tell them that you'll take a message and try to get info from them instead.

[@srercrcr]

Never park an open convertible under trees full of birds. hahaha

[@alphonsozorro7952]

The dispatcher was 27, but looks like 32.

[@Gyatso5]

the cars are the stars!

[@TAXCOLLECTOR-mx3mg]

Yup

[@hectoresquivel7805]

Delta Deluxe Car Dreamers Delight, those big V8s were music to my ears. Real Cars NO plastic.

[@MDJ-wb1pn]

These were very good shows for their time.

[@alphonsozorro7952]

Nothing like that anymore.

[@jaboajump5271]

well done I could spend the night here looking that HWY Patrol.

[@sissytacsiat548]

Great Show 😄Thank You For Sharing 😄

[@A.Cheevers_Co.]

Love this series, especially the cars. They sound like battleships starting up.

[@cq7415]

Thanks for sharing these great oldies.

[@danielyoung6630]

CHATSWORTH! oh my how things have changed up there...:)

[@cliffwest5617]

Now the porn capital .

[@roysterfutrell8889]

What did Chatsworth used to be like and how has it changed?

[@cliffwest5617]

@@roysterfutrell8889 Chatsworth is the center hub for porn movie production.

[@dennisandry1632]

How come ?

[@flintdinkersnatch5297]

That rancher's gal is hot, smart, and comes complete with her own station wagon!

[@dontellgucci1117]

Flint Dinkersnatch Yea her coworker is fine as well.

[@jimervin387]

Yes, a '57 Dodge wagon, not bad.

[@rickdavis1030]

On the downside, it's a Dodge.

[@riverratranger1427]

@@rickdavis1030 I drove both a 57 and a 59. 59 wasJukebox drive, big block, it'd take anything light to light on the strip in 68

[@George50809]

Mathews didn't even waste a bullet on that hired killer. lol

[@lesliesawyer4640]

Fortunately I'm not old enough to remember rental cars from that era. Must have been very different from now. Highway Patrol is in '57 Mercurys, and here is a '54 Ford, a convertible with a Continental kit spare tire?? This is out in the sticks. That is no fleet car. Hertz did offer Shelby Mustangs in the mid '60s, and I remember in the '80s a company called Rent-a-Wreck offering a pretty motley fleet.

[@johnsewell6593]

Yep, "Rent-a-Wreck" was up here in Canada also. Rented all kinds of cars from them when my insurance doubled after my second impaired.

[@thomasthomas2418]

The girl at the laundromat, 11:15 was a knockout!

[@kevinkurtz9889]

Leave your blood at the red cross, not on the highway. Gotta love it.

[@LeopoldoNotarianni-rk9vv]

Cool cars

[@theaxis2000]

another episode, another pistolwhipping and another 3 or 4 road blocks!

[@lilajagears8317]

Chatsworth is still very rustic, that's probably why I see so many Hells Angel's in the area.

[@George50809]

That hired killer thought he was hot stuff. Just a bum. lol

[@solarsoltice9075]

They took the crook to the cleaners.

[@scoobycarr5558]

At the beginning is Amtrak's *Pacific Surfliner* on Union Pacific in Chatsworth. In today's modern era anyway

[@kennethlindsey8357]

CHATSWORTH CALIFORNIA was also used in an episode of COLUMBO.

[@tonynacelewicz4588]

Pretty crappy hitman! He gave his victims all kinds of opportunities to escape and left witnesses too!

[@jaminova_1969]

Hey look, the Amazon delivery guy!

[@nostalgia6578]

ha ha!

[@alphonsozorro7952]

Grocery delivery is as old as cars themselves.

[@daviddowns7552]

eve brent is in this episode. she was in so many movies. gun girls garmet jungle dragnet the veil. ect

[@boldtkent]

Sergeant said address was 475 Michigan, Mathews sent out teletype for 473 Michigan.

[@lcar4000]

Kent Boldt Plus there's a south and north Michigan avenue in Chicago, which evidently didn't matter to matthews

[@mendonlezine4600]

+SHICOFF1 They would not give a real address just like no real phone numbers.. every were is 555 plus number...

[@tenfourproductionsllc]

also 475 Michigan Street, on purpose they didn't say Michigan Avenue.

[@hubertsang7418]

Matthews: " Matthews, Highway Patrol, see that bus? There is a guy on it, can you pass it? " The driver: " you mean I can speed and not get caught? ".

[@JamesArkansas2386]

It was funny when Dan put the gun to the man's neck, and he said you don't even know me, taking a gun off him

[@garywilloughby6893]

I love that convertible

[@donnienicholson6062]

Nice clean picnic spot.Sad how she throws trash on the ground.

[@coolmoncur]

interesting how he straight up shoots one brother but procrastinates on th next and how Mathews 30 minutes behind catches right up?

[@alphonsozorro7952]

He hurriedly shot the first brother who lunged at him with his rake; his initial plan was to kill the two brothers at once.

[@tenfourproductionsllc]

@@alphonsozorro7952 he panicked. Should have just stayed around and waited for the brother.

[@KB6YAF]

Gotta love those old Flxible buses!

[@fargeeks]

KB6YAF that bus has no inside mirror

[@ajwilson605]

@@fargeeks No rear window either....

[@alphonsozorro7952]

@@fargeeks No rear window, so no inside mirror.

[@alphonsozorro7952]

@@ajwilson605 No inside mirror, no rear window.

[@ajwilson605]

@@alphonsozorro7952 Ah! But....most old buses did have mirrors inside the bus. The mirrors were to allow the driver to keep an eye on the passengers. In this case, the mirror was removed to avoid reflections appearing on camera.

[@tomcarpenter700]

Instead of stabbing the pitchfork through his stomach, He got 10' away, And then tried to hit him with it, Wow, Now that is using the old noodle

[@josephm.d.p.finnegan]

Euro 62 Saved . Wednesday, October 18 - 2023.

[@JohnSmith-bw8xv]

Nice. Thanks for posting.

[@johnrogan9420]

Ferndale Highway...cannot imagine the CHP of today getting involved....1950s police....family men...WW2 vets...a different breed...my father was a NYC policeman...16th Precinct Manhattan...send the troops ashore on D day..."one hour later the high tide brought the dead army servicemen past our LST"...guess police work was a snap after 4 years of wartime Navy service...born on 30 july 1920...died from a heart attack on 9 March 1979...58 years young...👮‍♂️rip dad!

[@johnrogan9420]

Edward John Rogan...passed away in Tampa Florida...the family brought the body back to New York...stayed in the morgue until May...ground is too frozen to dig into...👮‍♂️...Brodrick Crawford does a great acting job in this show...remember give blood to the Red Cross not on the highways...😭

[@evelynwaugh4053]

They still do all the time in smaller communities, it's called mutual aid.

[@alphonsozorro7952]

He had an worn-out heart; so much for "young". Unless congenital, rarely young men in their 20's or 30's die of heart failure. It's a typical middle-age (40's) or older age (50's) disease.

[@jamessmith5535]

This guy is good he always solves the cases in 30 minutes

[@nostalgia6578]

@Brian Salomon Dan Mathews had to wait one minute four times in that half-hour for cigarette or beer ads, so considering the interruptions, like a mountie, he always gets his man. ha ha

[@lamwen03]

Minus time for commercials.

[@bluesharp59]

Thumbs up for video and Happy Holidays to you and your subscribers.

[@FSSRKeyno]

5:47 How did anyone know he was murdered? Heart Attack? Didn't turn him over to see blood or bullet holes. Anyway great series. Love the way Mathews looks at the hired hitman at the end on bus.

[@alphonsozorro7952]

The bloodied shirt was away from the camera.

[@johnandrew1727]

The old muddy shoes gives it away!

[@sharegreats2157]

Even in 2020 helpful and instructive.

[@mr.majestic8713]

Just look at all that open land!

[@ElCid48]

The hit man is lacking. Lots of mistakes.

[@campervanelvisitoofonyou8720]

@@Rick-S-6063 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@irgski]

shoulda silenced the broad...she coulda “made him”....

[@bernardbrown5336]

Exactly! Showing up at too many places. Easy description of him. Sloppy work!

[@death2pc]

Elizabeth's Cafe.............. Always a great place to dine.

[@alphonsozorro7952]

Survived after all those years; nice!

[@mickeybitsko1676]

The hired killer looks like character actor John Vest

[@altonpitts5303]

The hired killer is Len Hendry.

[@michaelspikes1506]

This is another classic episode

[@slowcountryboy476]

The killer's rented car is missing the left rear wheel cover, an identifying mark for Chippie to look for. Come to think of it, many of the criminal's vehicles have only 3 wheel covers, is that a criminal M.O.??

[@lcar4000]

Ruben Martinez would it make sense for a hired killer to drive around in a convertible with the top down?

[@slowcountryboy476]

Good one...

[@rrrogster]

LOL! This was shoestring budget show. maybe they couldn't afford the 4th hub cap!

[@redtobertshateshandles]

​@RRROG they sold one. Lol

[@ericesterby2895]

That hit man must’ve rented that ‘52 Ford convertible from a high school kid. No rear wheel covers, Continental kit, and ‘55 Buick headlight bezels.

[@davidcarroll1883]

Passing a bus on a curve!! For shame, for shame!!!

[@walkergillette3918]

and he just got his license back

[@Vinnie101a]

Just got licence back … and then Dan sent him a pink ticket in the mail

[@auletjohnast03638]

🔵THIS EPISODES GO SO FAST LIKE RUNNING WATER.🔴

[@George50809]

I think the third slug was the one that got him. lol

[@mexicanspec]

Close range but no through and through. It was magic.

[@bunkelops]

Dude could have taken out the hitman with that rake, stupid.

[@aarongranda7825]

Worst assassin ever. Why didn't he whack the guy as soon as he reached the park? Was he trying to talk him to death? And when is a Customline ragtop with a continental kit a rental car? Get real.

[@alphonsozorro7952]

He sticked to his contract which said the two brothers, not anybody else; even refused, twice, a bigger offer to call off the killings. Being too professional and courteous didn't help. His ethics either.

[@asullivan4047]

Interesting /informative/entertaining. Realistically portrayed citizens/criminals/law enforcement officials... Enjoy store fronts/cars/police communications equipment of that era-!!!🤗. Remember Uncle Broderick from other acting performances.

[@vroom843]

Why would they lock the door on an open convertible

[@skydiverclassc2031]

I noticed that. I wonder if the crew set that up just to have a bit of fun with the actor.

[@roysterfutrell8889]

I think the cleaners lady was Dr Benels nurse in "Invasion of the body snatchers". Stacked!

[@altonpitts5303]

I believe you're referring to Jean Willes. Yes indeed, she was a beauty; also very talented.

[@walkergillette3918]

checked her bio, not in that movie, still alive at 91

[@grizzlycountry1030]

There isn't a Michigan Blvd in Chicago. There is only a Michigan Ave.

[@randyhutton9371]

Was the home of Chess Records.

[@annaweathers4614]

Wow! The girlfriend is tearing up that food in the bowl.Also, the couple are hyper like maybe too much caffeine.Nice big Plymouth family station wagon. Hire killers must have not conscience..cold-blooded.

[@alphonsozorro7952]

He sticked to his contract which said the two brothers, not anybody else; even refused, twice, a bigger offer to call off the killings. Being too professional and courteous didn't help. His ethics either.

[@djdon60]

Liking, the Mercurys used(apologies, to Ransom Olds).

[@8176morgan]

I guess it was common back then to be able to flag down a local bus without being at a scheduled bus stop, but its virtually unheard of now. Strange how that guy didn’t even look back right before he flagged down that bus, cause if he had he would have noticed big burly Dan Matthews standing beside his squad car and another ending would have had to have been written. Good episode however, only in real life the Chatsworth police and not the State HWP would have handled that case.

[@paulmentzer7658]

In Westmoreland county in Pennslyvania it is still the practice to flag down a bus. They have no regular stops.

[@matrox]

He wasn't standing he ducked behind it.

[@Swede5202]

....and why would Dan not have his gun out walking back to his car from the woods when he knew the guy was still there.

[@deecook8393]

They also forgot about the killer's car at the picnic area. It was gone when the bus passes.

[@hannibalheyes339]

Yay! Matthews does it again!

[@IrishStock3]

Right on Matthew's... good eye.