Hippies

[@HansDelbruck53]

Seems like Burt Mustin looked over 90 years old during his entire career. One of the most unforgettable character actors of his era.

[@tonyt8805]

He looked over 90 when played Gus the fireman on "Leave it to Beaver" 😂 😉 😂

[@jchapman8248]

I believe he was born looking elderly! Saw a photo of him in uniform when he was young lad attending a military academy (1900?). Even with a full head of hair, he looked mature even then!

[@MikeOToole-bn8on]

Gus and the net @@tonyt8805

[@vulcan2882]

didn't he live to be 100+ when he died ?

[@LTPottenger]

He came out of the womb complaining about hippies.

[@russs7574]

True artifact of the age. Notice the "curb feeler" mounted on the front of the police car. Little known fact about Burt Mustin. He was one of the very first professional announcers on radio....he joined the staff of KDKA in Pittsburgh in 1921. He also sang with the Pittsburgh Opera Company.

[@rustyaxelrod]

I did notice, kinda cool.

[@markkillion8980]

I did, too.@@rustyaxelrod

[@haroldreyes7549]

Not artifact. NORMAL FOR THAT YEAR. NOTHING STRANGE,RARE ABOUT IT!!! 2024 was not in existence in 1968,69,70,71.…..

[@johnschulenberg7560]

Burt also opened for Zeppelin's 1973 American tour.

[@goglowdaddy1686]

@@johnschulenberg7560 I was at that that concert. Mustin played a 6 minute bizarre riff with his dentures, sort of a tribute to Hendrix. I had swallowed 22 hits of window pane, so I don't recall much other than this. Thanx for the reminder.

[@silverwiskers7371]

i was a hippy back then, peace love and rock and roll, i look back and all i see was a kid of the times, but they were indeed good times

[@1deadhead]

I am still a kid of the times…..

[@kingboagart899]

The best of times, plenty of technology without the pesky security.

[@roberthensley8653]

Ah yes sure, I saw what hippies brought to California, dope, crime, stink, garbage, filth, queers, homelessness ...... Ah yes good times.

[@MilitaryTVgirl]

Loved Burt in The Ghost and Mr. Chicken with Don Knotts.

[@shiptj01]

So what's a normal person? A drone who's had the joy and creativity beaten out of him or her by a boring and soul-crushing industrial economic system that only cares about GDP?

[@nsr60ster85]

Pretty much. That's why few things are more overrated than being "normal."

[@SteveStalzle]

Great job, man! I LOVE Adam-12 and I LOVE Bert Mustin! Thanks for a funny ass video!

[@leoalex2344]

A hippie is someone who dresses like Tarzan has hair like Jane and smells like Cheetah.

[@drinkthekoolaidkids]

@David Vogeley had to troll didnt yah

[@bonanzatime]

Ronald Reagan said that. Because they called him a drugstore truck drivin man, the head of the Klu klux klan.

[@leoalex2344]

@David Vogeley No, I think you are talking about Democrats.

[@leoalex2344]

@David Vogeley I just don't like hippiecrits, so sue me.

[@leoalex2344]

@David Vogeley Jealous of dirty hippies? I dont think so.

[@terrydriggers5217]

Now they ride into CA on a rail and sleep on the streets.

[@johna.4334]

@David Vogeley David, you live in a fantasy land.

[@spockspock]

“I’m a hippie.” - G. Hayduke

[@edwinwise6751]

I only hope Burt knew how popular he was before he passed

[@GaryAa56]

Every since Old Gus faced forced retirement from the Mayfield Fire Department and couldn't see Beaver anymore, he became a grouchy fella!

[@joeswanson733]

well i can understand the old guy character in this clip. assuming he's 70 -80 he saw the most rapid change in this country that no one has seen before or since. and hat would scare the bejesus out of anyone.

[@guitarhole]

While fireman Gus was outside bitchin, Beaver, Larry, Whitey and Gilbert were inside burnin a fatty.

[@warsawpacked418]

To be honest, I don't want to live next door to hippies either.

[@ronwade2206]

Mr. Riordan was a real guy, he was short lived however in northern Arizona history charts, Mrs. Riordan was a great lady and out lived him by many years.

[@kolindunn6194]

sounds like dad !GD DIRTY HIPPIES

[@oldcop18]

I don’t have much use for Hippies either after they confronted me @ LAX on my way home from Nam in 1966 & several other times during my law enforcement career, all unprovoked.

[@scootdaws25]

Thank you for your service.

[@georgeb8701]

Old Cop>>> You realize of course that while you may have been professional, 99.9% of your colleagues were not then, and are not now. Because of my personal experience and because cops get away with cold blooded murder, I have zero sympathy, compassion, or respect for cops or anyone in so called "law enforcement "

[@johna.4334]

@@georgeb8701 Do as you're instructed, ditch the attitude and do not resist arrest. So where is the problem?

[@oldcop18]

@@georgeb8701Ninety nine percent? Better check your facts b/c your assertion is not even close to reality. Your problem w/the police is likely generated from your own behavior and interactions. Maybe try being polite & cooperative & stop believing what you read or hear in the MSM.

[@AlanEmmons-qw6bg]

Who is the man you can put your trust in? The name of the man is BURT MUSTIN!! You gotta love it!😍. And I do!! GIVE EM HELL BURT!!!

[@donaldphelps8626]

Were they volunteers for Vietnam?

[@jchapman8248]

Saw Burt Mustin on an episode of Sanford and Son as well!

[@jasonpp1973]

All in the Family too!

[@MrStrocube]

OMG, I actually like these cops. Very different from the militarized storm troopers we have to deal with these days.

[@brndesk]

Today the cops sound like old Mr Reardon

[@tubbers20]

The ADAM 12 boys would be shocked at current crimes committed with no consequences.

[@terryvlunsford1610]

If the old man could see California now, he would sheet a brick.

[@lwhitt9655]

Perfect picture and perfect sound

[@johnguilfoil7218]

I used to love this show...GUS!(leave it to beaver)

[@ORIGINALCRESTED]

I heard there's a new type of hippiescalled a DANGO BOBBY

[@annteve]

The squad car has _curb whiskers._ Wow! Those are the metal springs sticking out from the car body at curb level. They strike the curb and _boing_ , warning the driver that any closer and you will scuff the sidewalls of your tires. It was a concern if you had white sidewall tires.

[@whiteknightcat]

The PR was played by iconic character actor Burt Mustin. He must have appeared hundreds of times in television shows and films. He passed in 1977 at the age of 92.

[@death2pc]

Burt was right !

[@johnclark7633]

Wavy Gravy and Grandpa Woodstock

[@tomblah]

These cops aren’t behaving like modern day cops

[@mississippisnowplow]

You know, the old man has got a point. Not about long hair and looks (I used to be a long hair metalhead), but look what this movement has done to America (especially California). The hippie movement now are all the old politicians who’ve turned this country to shit. A good ol fashion woodshed asswhoopin’ may could’ve changed things. 😂

[@ryanmurray9619]

Another stupid take. You have obviously never been to California. Quit watching Fox News and far right idiots and you might learn what the real world is like! Anyone who lives in Mississippi criticizing anywhere else is comedy! Get a clue Skeeter!

[@WhocaresWhy44]

One of the last wobbly shops in Berkeley at the Shattuck Cinema which has been doom looped.

[@tukos7370]

i feel bad i agree with the older dude. He was a bit crass and unwelcoming. But truthfully. Why do the hippies want to congregate in the nicer neighborhood? There's a reason why the area is nice and attractive. People work really hard to keep it that way. A hippie has no interest in doing the work it takes to upkeep the area. Throw away trash, keep an appropriate noise level, don't park on your lawn or illegally on the street. They CAN be different. But the least they can do is leave the area as nice as they found it.

[@1deadhead]

Not all hippies are the same….

[@georgenicholai6089]

Hippies. Future Commies.

[@phillipnelson-j1j]

I hate hippies too

[@m42037]

Today the word Hippie is so drawn out to just a guy with long hair lol

[@koncretemang5049]

Where are these cops when I’m in trouble

[@len-zeplin480]

Pay Attention Dopers, MOST COPS are Still like this IF you don't start up with Them FIRST.

[@stevehamilton3181]

Mr Quigley!

[@BaronEvola123]

Mr. Reardan was correct.

[@jasonhsu4711]

Wow, Burt Mustin was born in the 1800s - 1884! He grew up in the horse-and-buggy era, yet lived long enough to see the Space Age!

[@EmilyTienne]

He was already a young man by the end of the 1800s, by the standards of that day.

[@CrowAndRedString]

Wow, I can't believe they went to space in the 1800s!

[@EugeneLorey]

And the rise & (thankfully) fall of those disgusting wobblies.

[@bigtexmacgonigle444]

Burt Mustin..one of the greatest TV character actors of all time.

[@jubalcalif9100]

You speak the truth, Kemo Sabe !!

[@paulgouge8506]

Adam 12th ❤️

[@TheBrooklynbodine]

He died at age 92 in January 1977, and it seemed he could've played that age long before he died.

[@smg910]

Fireman... leave it to beaver

[@scottcorkery7863]

@@smg910 Gus the fireman😍

[@Rocdog]

Adam-12 was a great show. Loved that one and Emergency!

[@JxT1957]

Dragnet was great too

[@iluvfirefighters5917]

all three were great

[@richardperlman1036]

Anything Jack Webb did made for a great TV show

[@michaelbauers8800]

Adam-12 is my favorite of all three, I think the two actors complemented each other well.

[@marycarson2923]

I agree and so was chips and dragnet all excellent shows.

[@terrydeere55]

Burt Mustin was a great actor. He died at 93 & appeared in more than 150 film & TV programs. He had a unique face that made him very much desired for specific roles.

[@lunarsabbatical7906]

Was he in the brady bunch episode where Jesse James killed his father when Bobby was glorifying him

[@ANDROLOMA]

Aged 92, according to Wikipedia.

[@MysticDonBlair]

@@ANDROLOMA fair enough, but I don’t trust what it says 100%

[@ANDROLOMA]

@@MysticDonBlair Have it your way. But try this on for size: Wikipedia contains over 6 million articles in English. Find me six material errors anywhere within its pages. Just six. Because if you do, you've established it has a one in a million error rate, which is better odds than you'll find anywhere else.

[@wilrobles9824]

The old guy would have a fit if he saw homeless encampments of today.

[@johna.4334]

"homeless"? more like bums, vagrants, hobos, transients etc. but not homeless. Make a mental note...please.

[@wilrobles9824]

@@johna.4334 I used the term homeless to keep it short.

[@johna.4334]

@@wilrobles9824 "bums" is short as well.

[@shaggybreeks]

@@johna.4334 And "Hooverville" is shorter than "homeless encampment".

[@wms7795]

I remember watching old Burt in many shows and movies when I was a kid... Brings back memories... Good memories...

[@stephenr3910]

My grandmother said about the hippies, "Those children came from good families. But then they went and got ideas."

[@1deadhead]

Little did she know, that those were good ideas…..

[@Letyourcolorsblendwithmine]

Those ideas are what makes our world what it is now.

[@1deadhead]

@@Letyourcolorsblendwithmine If the world fallowed the Hippie ways, it would be full of Love and peace….

[@mauricamcginnis4063]

@@Letyourcolorsblendwithmine I don't know why you are excusing your self .????!!Where you hatched.?????!!!!!You are just as much to blame .

[@Blunt_Man]

"Ideas" lol that's right, stop asking questions, join the military and don't be one of those free thinkers! That's not a jab at the military either, I've got nothing but the utmost respect for those brave men and women, more so poking fun at the fact people from that era seemed to think it was literally the only option, especially for men. I'm glad people decided to do different things with their lives, it's a large reason there's been such huge advancements made in just about every field that exists, some that unintentionally have even helped the U.S. military too so a win win.

[@kdwaynec]

Mustin, born in 1884, was 88 yo when this aired. He didn't start his TV & film career until he was 67 yo.

[@markbowman6655]

Burt Mustin was a great actor, I'm 46 and as a boy remember him as Gus the firefighter who Theodore "Beaver" Cleaver, would go visit at the fire station.

[@richardweiler6931]

Burt Mustin was one of the greatest character actors ever. Terrific. Always a favorite of Jack Webb who produced Adam-12.

[@Mike___Honcho]

burt mustin was in every episode of every TV show ever made. it was an FCC by law. he was in westerns, sit coms, dramas, you name it. i remeber him in " all in the family ", when he and an elderly female friend ran off to elope because they couldn't survive financially while single. archie's head exploded. last week i saw him on adam 12 complaining about hippies.

[@4862cjc]

He also played the checker-playing curmudgeon Judd Fletcher from the Andy Griffith show!

[@tomfields3682]

😂

[@gregruland1934]

This is classic - I feel 7 years old all over again.

[@sandieserrano2425]

We had a black and white cat back then we named adam 12 after their car...loved this show and Dragnet

[@ktnkbdle278]

Car 54 was always good too!!

[@JRotten]

I don't think there was a TV show in the 60's and 70's Bert wasn't on at least one time. He was so awesome at his craft.

[@ChadQuick270W]

Love that scene with Burt Mustin. He also had a line about hippies in Mayberry RFD 😂

[@robcharuk2351]

What he was trying to get across was, Pants Up! Don't Loot!!

[@reneauvray205]

Was Mr. Riordan around when the punkers showed up in the late 1970's?

[@eileenwright1742]

KKK cowards were all over then. Would he say they’re ruining the country?

[@cornucopiaofcool2144]

First time I ever heard the "Wobblies" mentioned in a TV show. They were anarchists labor movement IWW Cool to hear about them bravo Jack Webb and his writers

[@Elements_of_MA]

Insane the cops defended them lol. Didn't see that coming..

[@cowsagainstcapitalism347]

Hard same.

[@-oiiio-3993]

Weebles wobble but they don't fall down.

[@anonymoushuman8344]

They weren't all anarchists. And they still exist. Solidarity forever!

[@mikeisrael8519]

And we are the Industrial Workers of the World, not international

[@thejerseyj5479]

Burt Mustin with the Sonny Bono hair is classic!

[@seanmurphy3329]

You were a special man burt. I love ya lots and miss you even more.

[@kellyrayburn4093]

I've heard of police academies using this show to show how police officers are supposed to behave. And proper police procedure concerning how to cuff and arrest suspects. Jack Webb had a winner with this one; and with Dragnet and Emergency as well.

[@pattymccowan1109]

Emergency is my favorite!

[@Catlover2016]

Dragnet (the '60's version) made the country aware of Miranda rights.

[@Mr5150Sarge]

Burt Mustin was a great character actor in his day. Of course the gospel of Pete and Jim was just what the world needs

[@saramcmurtrie3955]

And still what the world needs

[@maryhlad5277]

I remember when Burt Mustin played Mr. Quigley on ALL IN THE FAMILY.

[@matthewjones4658]

Burt is a national treasure. They sure don't make them like him anymore.

[@Jiltedin2007]

I remembered Burt Mustin most as a Retired Detective on Dragnet trying to solve The Murder of Mary Jenkins.

[@jubalcalif9100]

I remember that episode !

[@josephosheavideos3992]

That was not his only Dragnet appearance. In another episode, he played "the world's oldest cat burglar." He was already in his mid-80's, and, yes, actually was as nimble as a cat.

[@Jiltedin2007]

@@josephosheavideos3992 I remembered that episode also.

[@waynek3366]

When I was a kid in the sixty's my little brother was about 5 he went up to a hippie man with long hair and asked him Is you a girl or is you a guy. Till this day I thought that was the funniest thing he ever said as a kid. RIP little brother I miss you ☹️

[@redwatch1100]

@@charleBerglund What?

[@dougbrowne9890]

May your brother rest in peace. He was a smart young man. Take care wayne.

[@donmaslanoz14]

The hippie killed him for that?

[@drsuessl]

What a great actor. The old man was everywhere growing up. Love it ✌🏽☮️

[@jubalcalif9100]

Indubitably ! A highly prolific character actor !!

[@mikehiers3332]

I was able to keep my sanity until the end when old Bert turned hippie on us. Back when this program came out I was in my late teens. I had a little length to my hair and wore the attire the other kids was wearing. One day I did something my dad didn't like and he piped up and said "I'm tired of all you hippies with all your free love". I replies, free love? Where? I ain't found none of that yet.

[@slowery43]

not a sole came here hoping to hear all about you and your dad... this isn't about you

[@danschneider9921]

​​@@slowery43 And nobody here came to listen to you pretend to be the KZbin comment police.

[@photomanwilliams4147]

Remember Bert as "Gus" the fireman on many Leave it to Beaver shows. At age 90 Bert was on the Johnny Carson show, He sang, told funny stories........his mind as sharp as a tack. His TV and movie career started at age 67, LOL when most people retire, he started a whole new successful career.

[@thehurricane218]

I'm going to go with...."something cops never said" for $50, chuck.

[@chrisj197438]

The Hurricane 😂😂

[@morskojvolk]

Love Adam-12, love Burt Mustin, and love the Space Hippies you flashed on the screen!

[@MOJO-xi3wf]

Hippies from Star Trek

[@allen480]

@@MOJO-xi3wf Too bad they were exposed to the warp field.

[@dougbrowne9890]

@@MOJO-xi3wf Yep. Could have added those hippies from Lost in Space, too. The guy from Hill Street Blues was one of them.

[@saticonthree5050]

I didn't recall them being so enlightened. The show was the main factor in my career choice, which I did for 34 years.

[@michaelbauers8800]

If you watch Dragnet, that show tended to portray hippies in a less complementary fashion than this episode did.

[@MrManueleh]

Wow, you were a professional hippie for 34 years.

[@saticonthree5050]

@@MrManueleh Yep!

[@davidmcmaster2083]

Who knew the Adam 12 cops were woke. Friday must be spinning in his grave.

[@Hawken54]

@@davidmcmaster2083 - Actually, Jack Webb (Friday) created Adam 12.

[@bowelsbarf854]

THEY HAD SOME REAL COLORFUL CHARACTERS BACK IN THE 70'S. WISH I WAS THERE NOW!

[@joeyrogers8193]

Me too

[@victorjeffers1993]

Adam 12 responding ! Used to watch this show when I was a youngster ! Those were the days !

[@BETTERWORLDSGT]

Me too, I used to love watching Adam 12, always thought Reed looked so cool talking on the Police Radio saying " One Adam 12, Roger"

[@saramcmurtrie3955]

I watch on me TV and a bought a disks

[@slickmic6113]

As a kid watching one Adam-12 and emergency I was glued to the TV!!!!! I really miss these shows!!!

[@shanewhitefeather6298]

Who would you rather live next to? Burt or a van full of dope heads? And, Burt's also right about I.W.W.!

[@reneauvray205]

Rest in peace Martin Milner and Burt Mustin.

[@z978ady]

That VW bus would be worth a fortune today.

[@jxbech1]

Mike and frank from American pickers would pay 25,000.00 for it

[@daleblake6613]

I rode to school in one in 1975. A neighbor drove me and other "hippies" to school.

[@douglasdixon524]

My Cub Scout leader back in the late 1970s had a VW van. We loved riding around in that van. Damn I miss the late 1970s and the 1980s those vans were still everywhere at that time.

[@SallySallySallySally]

Good old reliable Burt Mustin. He was one of the busiest character actors, appearing in hundreds of productions in his almost six-decade career. He had an appearance in almost every television show. He worked continuously right up to his death in 1977 at 92 years of age.

[@jchapman8248]

I saw Burt Mustin on Johnny Carson. Burt was quite an intelligent gent. He was classy and sharp as a tack and he was well into his 90s!

[@briane173]

When I was 13 watching this show I viewed Burt Mustin's character as an old coot out of touch with the present. Now, 53 years later, I'M the old coot and I'll be damned if I don't have the same attitude. All life's a circle....

[@comradeweedity1648]

And you are just as wrong as he was then 😊

[@donm2067]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/eHjVl5uprd2gmqcsi=p4uEMKZFaRgeUijn That's everyone lol

[@1deadhead]

Yep, when you’re young, your mind is broad and your hips are narrow, when most people get old they reverse…….

[@ronaldkonkoma4356]

That's why MTV is so important in the "get out the vote" effort

[@tedpeterson1156]

@@comradeweedity1648 Everybody learns at their own pace. It was a huge scam, just about like everything else.

[@MrSanteeclaus]

Even the cops were in on it! Damn Hippies

[@willdrucker4291]

hahaha the pic of Burt Mustin at the end was epic!!! damned Hippies!!! lol

[@phantomcollector1976]

ONE OF THE GREATEST TELEVISION SHOWS OF ALL TIME

[@CSmith-hq6wg]

Yes

[@jubalcalif9100]

It was no " "My Mother the Car", but "Adam-12" was indeed one fine series !

[@LIE11Bldg7]

Curb-feelers' on a cop car.. give em' hell Burt

[@tommymcweedface229]

Yep, before you know it, weed will be legal. Gotta watch those hippies! Heh heh... ha ha...bwahah!!! As I torch one up!!!!! Great show!

[@Whateva67]

Love the 70 GTO at the side of the road

[@sixtieskid062]

Good ole Burt Mustin.😄😄 He also played Gus,the fire department chief on "Leave It To Beaver".

[@charlesreid3482]

That’s Burt Mustin a great old character actor Hundreds of parts on tv and in movies ,started acting in his sixties

[@mcasteel2112]

Just happened to catch a Johnny Carson episode with Burt last night, woke up to see the algorithm loading me down with every appearance..lok He would be 135 years old this year.

[@CaesiusX]

Miss watching Adam 12 as a kid. Didn't realize it was so well written.

[@1999mikedunn]

Bert Mustin for Speaker of the House. Go Bert.

[@BrianKliewer]

Burt Mustin - played the naked old man who was proud of his body in episode, "Clear With A Civilian" in 1973. Part 2, air date January 17, 1973.

[@Ckom-Tunes]

The more things change…

[@keithpurduecroft]

I miss that series!

[@vision-gc4hy]

Burt Mustin was in every danged show for a good long stretch.

[@jubalcalif9100]

Indeed ! His career was amazingly prolific, appearing on countless TV shows and in many feature films.

[@sierragulf9783]

Two things. 1. Mr.Reardon needs some sun and 2. The hippies gotta go.

[@audiobook3837]

Oh yeah, thats a realistic portrayal of cops. Not!

[@focusnbw2009]

Maybe the policemen wanted him to stop calling 911 on parked "hippie" cars weekly.

[@ronpierpoint]

Burt Mustin appeared in every television show ever made.

[@jamespicklehead5610]

I can't stop looking at his straw hat. It's magnificent.

[@albertandrews130]

Technically not a straw hat, that is a Panama hat

[@brentcrude8153]

Damn hippy dippy ding dongs! All's you need is a haircut and a job, Boy!

[@eddieboggs8306]

At least the Hippies could cut there long hair, change into everyday look. No one the wiser. Today's generation of tattooed bodies and piercings can't do that. They're marked for life.

[@frylock1998]

You can remove tattoos and piercings -_-

[@johna.4334]

@@frylock1998 But there'll always be a scar left behind.

[@robcharuk2351]

@@frylock1998 go back to bed dummy

[@KittyyKhaos]

Ok boomer

[@eddieboggs8306]

@@KittyyKhaos Roll over and go back to sleep generation Zzzzzzzer.