Mind-Blowing Details You Never Noticed in Adam-12

Would you watch an Adam-12 reboot series if it were made? And who do you think would best play officers Reed and Malloy if a new series did materialize? Let us know in the comments.
▬Contents of this video▬
00:00 - Intro
00:32 - Adam Wasn't A Character
01:05 - Kent McCord Was A Perfect Casting Choice
01:51 - Jack Webb Used An Alias
02:30 - The Salamander Lady
03:02 - The Series Employed A Real-Life LAPD Dispatcher
03:52 - Another Layer of Authenticity
04:31 - One Thing That Wasn't Quite Authentic
05:03 - The Criminal Riding Shotgun In The Car Chase Was Actually A Legendary Florida Gators Sports Star
05:56 - How Close-Up Shots Were Filmed
06:21 - McCord's Blue Corvette Made Cameos In Other Shows
06:43 - What the Medallions On Reed And Malloy's Uniforms Represented
07:14 - Jim Reed Was Close Friends With His On-Screen Wife
07:36 - Guest Stars Galore
08:15 - Outro
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Join Facts Verse as we reveal several mind-blowing details you never noticed in Adam-12.
Adam-12 was an immensely popular procedural police drama that ran for seven sevens on NBC. It premiered on September 21, 1968, and concluded after airing 174 episodes on May 20, 1975. It was showered with praise by critics and audiences alike for being a fairly realistic depiction of police work.
Adam-12's plot followed LAPD officers Pete Malloy, played by Martin Milner, and Jim Reed, played by Kent McCord, as they hunted down bad guys and protected the citizens for LA from criminal activity.
Each episode of the series covered the events of one shift as Pete and Jim patrolled the streets of LA in their unit, 1-Adam-12.
The series was created by Dragnet's Jack Webb and Robert A. Cinadar, who would later help create Emergency! It's credited with introducing police procedures and vernacular to the American public.
If you consider yourself a fan of this groundbreaking series, this is one video you'll beat yourself up over if you miss it.
Mind-Blowing Details You Never Noticed in Adam-12

[@BarryH1701]

When Martin Milner passed away, the LAPD actually broadcast and End of Watch message across the police band. It was a touching tribute to a man whose portrayal of an LAPD officer had influenced many others to join the police force. That broadcast can be found here on KZbin.

[@johnLA1961]

Shaaron Claridge, A real life LAPD and Adam 12 dispatcher gave the end of watch eulogy.

[@ElmoUnk1953]

Not ashamed to say when they played Marty Milner’s EOW message I got seriously choked up. RIP Sir.

[@wetwriterrr]

I sure would like to know where to listen to that that broacast. Years ago I read he commited suicide and it put a big crack in my heart trying to understand the "why", which was never revealled.

[@ElmoUnk1953]

@@wetwriterrr Martin Milner LAPD End of Watch, on KZbin

[@BarryH1701]

@@wetwriterrr He actually died of heart failure in 2015

[@kathyconstance6551]

I loved Adam-12, it was probably one of my most favorite shows ever. As the wife of a retired deputy sheriff, I lived a lot of the situations at home. Listening on a home scanner, I heard some calls that my husband would probably have preferred that I didn’t hear. I am very proud of my husband and his 40 years of service, he is a wonderful man and a caring and loving husband and father.

[@FactsVerse]

We're happy to know that you love Adam-12 and relates to its story. Thank you so much for sharing your life. Also, we're very happy that you found the perfect one for you ❤

[@robertmcelderry1522]

Wow thank you sir for your service to law enforcement

[@anneglines47]

I still watch it.

[@jasonfrew2394]

Adam-12 is like it's own time capsule. If I had kids or grandchildren, I would have them watch it so they would know what the 'old normal' was all about.

[@goittoog7563]

"Normal" as in a totatlly fake fairy-tale.

[@jeffthornton6998]

I’m assuming that you are joking.

[@FactsVerse]

Well said, we agree! Thank you for sharing your thoughts. Which Adam-12 episode appealed to you the most?

[@guineapiglady2841]

That WAS REAL NORMAL!

[@jeffthornton6998]

If you ask any Black person who lived in LA during that time how realistic Adam-12 was; you’d be in for an earful.

[@alext8828]

It was impossible to turn the show off. It had 2 plotlines running at once. The personal connection between the main characters and the everyday police work they got involved with. I tried turning the show off a couple of times and it didn't work. My thumb kept going over to the on/off button and putting it back on again. I think it's because there was no dead air in that show. It was go, go, go the whole time. Jack Webb was a master of his craft. A maniac in a good way.

[@Valor_73737]

No to a re-do. I watched the series regularly when running, and now consistently watch the re-runs! Milner and McCord became real buddies in real life.

[@mgarrahan1]

Adam-12 also paid attention to the small details. In some scenes you can see that the grips on Malloy's revolver are custom made "Fuzzy" Farrant grips. Farrant was an LAPD officer, was on the pistol team and made custom grips which were very popular with many senior officers, that's why Malloy has the custom grips and Reed just has standard factory grips on his weapon. My dad worked LAPD for 30 years from 1946 to 1976. He had a set of "Fuzzy" Farrant grips on his S&W model 10.

[@bobbywoods684]

I had "monogrips" which were a plastic version of those. Very comfortable.

[@FactsVerse]

We agree, such attention to small details! Thank you for watching our content. Be on the lookout for our next video!

[@GoddessNeith]

that is so cool to know.

[@slamdancer1720]

also the events were based on real life calls.

[@hankbarr8892]

Really enjoyed this post! I was blessed to work On-Air promotions at NBC the final year of ADAM-12! The irony of working in promotions at NBC Burbank was that year, we also had Police Woman, ( Angie Dickinson ) , Joe Forester (Lloyd Bridges,) Police Story, helmed by (Joseph Wambaugh), Rockford Files (James Garner). These programs proved to be a foreshadowing of my career in Network television when I went onto filming the non-scripted real police of ..."COPS", ending as an associate producer...Then as a Police Chaplain with the local department...I spent 22 years filming COPS for Fox Broadcasting. Wonderful career! PTL!

[@toygiants8748]

Cops: A great show that helped make the Fox network. Killed by cancel culture.

[@toygiants8748]

This show should be on the air right now. Today. It's needed now more than ever.

[@hgr4255]

POLICE STORY was one of my favorite. I was a big Wambaugh fan, reading The Onion Field when it first came out, the Choir Boys, then The New Centurions. Maybe not in that order though, that was almost 1/2 a century ago.

[@gregggoss2210]

@@hgr4255, they were all great films too.

[@FactsVerse]

Thanks for watching! We're so glad you enjoyed this video and to learn that you had a chance to work with Adam-12 during their final year. What other types of videos would you like to see?

[@georgeadelsperger9729]

One actor not mentioned was William Boyett. He played the Sergeant on Adam 12. He played a cop in most of Jack Webb’s productions as well as others. If he kept a uniform from each role, that would take a very large closet. He was a regular on the original (black and white) Highway Patrol series with Broderick Crawford. Wikipedia shows long lists of films and TV shows.

[@spokanetomcat1]

Just watched him in a few early roles as a detective sergeant in Perry Mason. Seems he played a lot of cops in his career.

[@toygiants8748]

Look for him early on in Forbidden Planet. In the background aboard the ship.

[@spokanetomcat1]

@@toygiants8748 I forgot about that one.

[@hgr4255]

Don't forget the sargeant on HIGHWAY PATROL, William Boyett once again. HIGHWAY PATROL, starring 'Twinkle Toes" Crawford....21-50 By.

[@dahinsoncoj]

And Jack Webb and Bob Cinader's series Emergency about LACoFD fire station 51 and their boss Battalion Chief 8 played by Boyett.

[@jimvinespresents...8463]

You can't duplicate the "magic" that Milner and McCord had. In real life, they were very good friends, and the compatibility they shared off-screen transferred to well to the show. And yes, they tried to do a reboot back in the 1980s. Um...not so good. It just didn't have that...magic.

[@FactsVerse]

We definitely agree! Thank you for watching our content. Be on the lookout for our next video!

[@patrickperalta59]

@@FactsVerse Hollywood tried to reboot the series in the 1980's called the New Adam-12 staring Ethan Wayne (son of John Wayne) and Peter Perros who started in the last Season of Knight Rider as RC3. the new Adam-12 was not good and as others pointed out it didn't have the magic of the original series.

[@lloyd2032]

While I agree that Reed and Malloy (McCord and Milner) had just the stuff for a good show and the 1980s reboot was a bust, if the right people did it, it might work. Hawaii 5-O reboot worked with the right cast. But again, it was the right cast, direction and writers.

[@sudcciv6443]

The "re-boot" attempted in the 80's was all about "cultural diversity" and "dramatic highlights". NOT realistic enough. Its why "COPS" succeeded when the "New Adam 12" failed.

[@rowanaforrest9792]

@@lloyd2032 The reboot of Hawaii 5-O is the only reboot that I like (sampled a couple others, but didn't care for them). I really missed it when it rather abruptly ended, but considering what a societal mess began happening soon afterward, it's a good thing it ended when it did. I don't think anyone could make a good reboot of Adam-12 nowadays because of the current social climate. (Maybe it helps that I grew up in the 1960s and 1970s, so the differences between then and now are so glaring.)

[@Albendova666]

As the show progressed Maloy grew more fond of his new partner and their commadrie was the best and most authentic part of the show. Definitely NO to a redo.

[@anthonystike6034]

Starting out the way it did, it is kind of an expected outcome.

[@morlokkurak4763]

Seriously. What's with remakes, reboots and the like? Do they think they're going to make it better? It's the devil's work I tell you.

[@cnault3244]

@@morlokkurak4763 It's easier ( and less risk economically) for studios to do sequels, remakes, and reboots than it is to come up with something new and original. If they redid the show, I have no doubt one of them would be black and the other one would be a woman or transgendered individual.

[@leeweatherwax8401]

If people had been paying attention, they already attempted a re do which lasted less then a season. Sorry, but I forgot what year

[@umberct]

I wouldn’t want a redo of Adam-12; I think the “new” Hawaii 5-O was a mistake.

[@cliff8669]

As a kid, I grew up with Dragnet and Adam 12. My intent for enlisting in the Marines was to do my one tour and then become a LAPD Officer. The Marines became a full career. No regrets. I still watch both show, Emergency included when ever I see them on TV.

[@jesterflight8593]

I retired after 37 years as a metro senior corporal. I only worked patrol division, but I watched Adam 12 all 7 seasons & would have rather been a LAPD uniform officer than FBI, Secret Service, or CIA. My grandfather & father were retired veteran metro cops, as well as my brothers & cousins. It is my favorite show to this day. I wished young cops had honor & integrity like the cops on Adam 12.

[@echobase1648]

I can tell you Adam-12 is responsible for a lot of young boys in the 70's becoming cops in the 80's and 90's.

[@jesterflight8593]

@@echobase1648 I only worked patrol division senior corporal for a metro, but I wouldn’t have accepted Secret Service, or CIA, or any other agency than uniform patrol precisely like my father & grandfather & brothers & cousins. I was addicted to 1 Adam 12, and wished police work still had integrity, unfortunately I couldn’t handle seeing boots with facial hair, tattoos, taking video & photos of themselves while on duty?

[@eq1373]

They do. There was bad apples in your day just the same as mine.

[@infomwr]

What Department did you work for? LAPD doesn’t use Corporal as a rank.

[@harborprepper635]

One of my all-time favorites. I still tune in almost every afternoon on MeTV. As for guest stars, let us not forget Robert Conrad, Frank Sinatra, Jr, (who made several appearances), and Gary Crosby, a semi-regular as Officer Ed Wells. Another actor who I really liked was Fred Stromsoe. He played a few bad guys in the middle years of the series before winning a recurring role as Officer Jerry Woods during the last three seasons. He seemed to fit in nicely and naturally with Malloy and Reed and often proved an excellent comic foil.

[@ashleighburroughs3581]

I watch it on MeTV too I love it.

[@jwalach1650]

@@ashleighburroughs3581 Watch it on MeTV too every night at 5 and 5:30 EST. Does anyone know if MeTV has access to all of the entire shows of Adam-12 or just most of them? For some reason I can't remember some of the scenes from the video here like the car going in the water. Does anyone know too which episode and scene shows the camera crew's reflection in the window before they removed it? By the way, love the show as it brings back memories watching it as a kid.

[@ashleighburroughs3581]

@@jwalach1650 I have seen the episode where the car goes into the water, but I don't think I ever have seen anything with the reflection of the camera in the window. They show all the episode on MeTV but I wish you could buy like the whole series on DVD but you can't buy it all together you have to buy the seasons separately, unless you buy it on eBay for over $100. I also love watching Emergency.

[@reynard61]

Also Edd Byrnes and Mickey Dolenz -- in the same episode! (Byrnes plays a motorcycle gang leader who challenges Malloy to a dirt bike race and later helps to catch a pair of thieves. Dolenz played one of the gang members.)

[@jwalach1650]

@@ashleighburroughs3581 Thank you for the reply and love Emergency too. I actually have a few seasons on Emergency on dvd and watch it sometimes when I can on Cozi tv which I can get on my satellite and over the air antenna. If not for MeTV I would not be able to watch Adam-12 unless buying it on dvd. Be nice too if you could get the whole series of Adam-12 in one set. I also have a few Dragnet dvds. I got these in a store called Ollies where they sell you a few episodes for around 2 dollars so I could not resist.

[@labelashavoc]

My favorite episode is the one where the dispatcher had to do a Role call because there was a missing officer. She was so professional. I always wondered how that was done. She was my favorite non- main character on the show. I know she was in person in one episode, but she was very important to the series.

[@deanw8041]

"roll call" 😉

[@johnhiers9405]

They got that professionalism by using an actual dispatcher. Cool detail

[@jamesreaves7273]

Coincidently, I watched that episode last night. I also was interested in that procedure.

[@slamdancer1720]

It is a thing no dispatcher ever wants to do.

[@billjenkins687]

My friend Vic was a retired LAPD officer. He retired to a little town in Nevada that was popular with LAPD retirees. One of this neighbors was...wait for it..Shaaron Claridge. They were friends and he regularly interacted with her on the radio when he worked VTD (Valley Traffic Division). That's information you're not going to get anywhere else.

[@badbooking3221]

Adam-12 and Emergency were intertwined into a universe long before it became the norm in serialized dramas. I wish there were more crossovers between those two shows.

[@HariSeldon913]

It was still after Batman and Green Hornet did it.

[@apolloniaaskew9487]

Adam 12 was on NBC not CBS. Jack Webb and R.A. Cinader created the series. Sharron Claridge was NOT was the dispatcher on Emergency. The voice of Emergency was the late Sam Lanier, real dispatcher with the Los Angeles County Fire Department. He was selected by Battalion Chief Jim Page, who helped create the County Fire Department paramedic program.

[@nascarmadman]

He SAID NBC. As for a reboot, there WAS one that lasted 2 seasons from 1989-91. I TRIED to watch it. I TRIED to like it. And I just couldn't. If they tried again? Yeah, I'd, again, try to watch it. Missed that Kent was in Galactica 1980. Re the division. He IS correct that 1-Adam-12 is wrong since they were NOT part of Central Division (1). But there is a misconception that it was Rampart. Rampart is NEVER mentioned nor EVER seen. The only station that was depicted that showed which one it was was N Hollywood-this would correspond with the actual street location scenes shown in and around the Universal Studios lot where non-location scenes were shot. There was a Dragnet (at the end of its run) crossover with Adam-12. In THAT ep, they were part of Sunset division.

[@karltork6040]

He clearly states CBS, watch it again.

[@karltork6040]

@@nascarmadman He clearly states CBS, listen again.

[@johntabler349]

The success of using Claaridge inspired the hiring of Lanier both were great

[@ducewags]

@@karltork6040 NBC clear as the day is light. Listen again.

[@johncipriano3627]

One of my favorite shows to watch even. These days on nostalgic TV channels like ME-TV OR METV however you want it.

[@LoneLee2022]

I'll tell you how I want it!

[@debramurphy2790]

I sure would watch Adam 12 anytime it's on. I never miss an episode. 💘 Adam 12.

[@LoneLee2022]

It really seems funny when you watch it now.

[@FactsVerse]

Glad to see an Adam-12 fan! Which episode is your favorite?

[@daleblake6613]

I watch it M-F on ME TV.

[@keithbyrd-MysticRuby0117]

I have this series on DVD....it brings such fond Childhood memories....I lived in California when it first aired on TV...I remember I was playing outside when my mom looked out the Window and told me Adam-12 was about to start...I told my friends the baseball game we were playing on the street just ended...They also went inside as well ..We all talked about it the next morning walking to school..The first episode was when Pete Malloy was going to quit because his partner was,killed and Jim Reed was a Probationary Officer... I EVEN WATCH RERUNS ON ME-TV...Such a,Great Show

[@FactsVerse]

We're happy to know that you love the show. Thank you for sharing your thoughts. If we may ask, which episode did you like the best?

[@keithbyrd-MysticRuby0117]

@@FactsVerse I liked O'Brien Last Stand..Where Malloy's Landlord was picketing outside the Police Station... Elegy for a Pig...The episode taking of Pete Mallory's friends death...The First Episode...So many to remember....Liked LOG 122-- Christmas: The Yellow Dump Truck...from Season One Episode #13...I will watch it on DVD as part of my Christmas Tradition..this Episode first aired on 21 December 1968...this was the last year Christmas that I lived in California...So much of that shows reminds me where I once lived..and I recognize some of the landmarks when they're driving around.. Thank you for the Memories

[@TheNameisPlissken1981]

The late great Stephen J Cannell, creator of The Rockford Files, The Greatest American Hero and The A-Team (among so many others) pretty much started his career as Story Editor for Adam 12. It was his first steady job in the business and he only got it because he was able to turn in his freelance script within a three day deadline. Both Milner and McCord were so impressed with Cannell's dialogue that they both said so to the producer who was already thinking of hiring Stephen as story editor because of his talent and speed. Cannell stayed with the show for two or three seasons as such. Since Adam 12 didn't have a "writer's room", Cannell's job was to buy scripts from other freelance writers and to do any production rewrites necessary. He also wrote a bunch of episodes himself.

[@schizoidboy]

I remember it as a kid long long ago, and now when I watch it I get an appreciation for how it depicts police work. It isn't as gritty as it is believable, which makes it good. Just as often the two cops don't come across hardened criminals as much as they do regular people, and often the people they run into are just having an argument or are just plain batty. It shows how police officers can just as often be peacekeepers rather than just arrest suspects.

[@davidgleason3379]

Well you can thank Jack Webb for the authentic production of all three shows although he did not do much writing of emergency his production company still had significant influence. Even today watching episodes of dragnet it still is a program that holds up today..thank you Mr Webb

[@johntabler349]

Correct but he did write a good number of Emergency episodes under the pen name Preston Wood if my information is correct

[@mgarrahan1]

They used to get story ideas for Dragnet and Adam 12 directly from the officers in the field. My dad worked Narcotics for LAPD back in the 60's and 70's and he submitted the idea for the episode called The Pill Maker. My sister was taking typing class in high school in 1970 and she typed up the outline of the story that was submitted to Dragnet. They decided to make the episode and my dad got to spend a week on the set watching them film the episode. I still have the script with my dad listed as a technical adviser. He was paid $50 but he had to donate the money to the Narcotics division steak fry fund.

[@lynntempleton9640]

Jack with a cigarette. He was a heavy smoker, and the cigarettes killed him. I loved his "clapper caper" back and forth with Johnny Carson.

[@davidgleason3379]

@@mgarrahan1 I remember that episode infact it was just on couple of nights ago. I always liked dragnet it gave you an insight to actual police cases not like the typical so called police shows today. Where they have to bump up with music or some unbelievable content. Give me an episode of dragnet Adam 12 anytime.

[@CC-kk3zz]

Love all the Jack Webb shows, Dragnet, Adam 12 and Emergency. All were very realistic , felt authentic.Webb's former wife played the nurse Dixie in Emergency. Law and Order also seems realistic, it's a good show but a lot more dramatic not nearly as cut and dry as Webb's productions. Kent McCord is so clean cut like Ward Clever or Jim Anderson on Father Knows Best.

[@FactsVerse]

We agree! Thank you for watching our content. Be on the lookout for our next video!

[@jdhunter9727]

Dixie was Julie London. I think she was married to Bobby Troop who sang Route 66

[@impossibledrms]

@@jdhunter9727 they were both singers. She had her own albums, he had his.

[@esat189]

No! Dixie McCall/ Joan London wasarried to Webb and during emergency was married to dr Early sp?/ last name Troup also a musician. Joan recorded the famous song Cry me A River. I also noticed scenes in Emergency and Adam 12 and dragnet where the same blue patterned coffee cups were used.

[@slamdancer1720]

@@jdhunter9727 the doctor yes.

[@johnharris6655]

In the first season of Emergency, Officers Reed and Malloy can be seen taking a Prisoner into Rampart to be treated and are called Reed and Malloy. Then I think in Episode 3, Gage is trying to find out what happened at the end of Adam-12. So Adam-12 went from being in the Emergency Universe to being a tv show the guys at the station watch.

[@johntabler349]

My wife and I have drawn much amusement from this we have made it our joke that Reed and Malloy are real cops in universe that have a show about them mostly though I tip the hat to Webb for sneaking in a little promo that we still talk about!

[@geoffreynutt845]

Yes. True. Funny crossover. Did they not talk about it in the car?

[@danielwendlick784]

The funniest part about that was Dixie McCoy gently but firmly verbally slaming Malloy when he tried to ask her out. Ther was also an episode of Emergency! which centered around Mark Harmon playing an animal control officer, which appears to have been a back-door pilot for a fourth series in the Jack Webb Emergency Services Universe.

[@johnharris6655]

@@danielwendlick784 It was called 905-Wild. There was also another show called Sierra, which would have been an Emergency but with the Forrest Service. It actually starred James G Richardson, who would later play Craig Brice in Emergency.

[@GoddessNeith]

@@johnharris6655 and it's the absolute worst episode of Emergency ever produced. stupid in every possible way. I skip this one and cringe.

[@37view37]

Milner’s Malloy was a big influence on me as a kid watching it first-run. Although I never did become a cop as I hoped then, I was involved in literally thousands of arrests/surveillance situations in the retail security field. Malloy’s attitude and professional ethos was a partial guide to how I made moral choices in my life. It wasn’t perfect (unlike Jesus who later made the greatest changes in me) but his character was largely a beacon of integrity. And it’s still a fun watch. Very nostalgic. My one regret is that I never wrote a note to Milner to thank him for his portrayal of a good and honest person.

[@gregggoss2210]

Nice story. One of the things I liked about the show was that they were not afraid to tackle the subject of a bad cop. Several episodes depicted a bad cop being found out and fired or the officer quit.

[@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS]

Yeah, it's neat how imaginary characters can influence real life, like Malloy and Jesus

[@leesashriber5097]

Great show! Loved it when they popped up on Emergency! As far as a reboot, I think you don't fix what's not broken. Let us relive our memories with the original! 😊 You said "wonky!" One of my favorite fun words! Love it 😂

[@geoffreynutt845]

Would love too see a reboot. One of my favorite shows. I used too watch reruns everyday.

[@sammolloy1]

This was an excellent show.

[@AdamKNAC]

There was a sequel series that lasted one year split into to two seasons from 1990 to 1991 titled _The New Adam-12_ that starred Ethan Wayne as Matt Doyle and Peter Parros as Gus Grant. In the 1st season Martin Milner reprised his role as Captain Malloy and Kent McCord reprised his role as Lieutenant Reed, but both in separate episodes.

[@FactsVerse]

Well said and we agree, nothing beats the original! Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts. What other types of videos would you like to see on our channel?

[@BarryH1701]

I agree completely. They could not bring the same chemistry together that Martin Milner and Kent McCord had.

[@Volkswagen1967]

Grew up watching Adam 12 ,motivated me in becoming one of L A's finest. Respectfully retired with 35 years of Patrol service.

[@carolcanuso8636]

I loved Adam 12 still I watch the reruns 👮thank you for sharing your videos 👮

[@donaldhollums3278]

I watched Adam-12 when I was a young’in. Now some considerable years later I still catch the show on MeTV; and I work in Law Enforcement. I saw Malloy nonchalantly roll through a stop sign during one episode.

[@bbb462cid]

Pete's human. I like the one where he roughs up the pedo a bit and gets in trouble for it.

[@donaldhollums3278]

@@bbb462cid that’s what all pedophiles deserve! Actually the stop sign was in one of those background screens that is rolling to make appearances of Malloy driving. I saw the front of the stop sign over Malloy’s left shoulder at an intersection. But he was having a conversation with Reed while driving soooo….😅

[@georgewodicka4839]

One distinctive memory of this show was the fact that 25 minutes into the show, everything seemingly wrapped up, and they'd have ONE last call and plotline to explore. Never a second wasted.

[@GrinderCB]

Back in the 70's Universal Studios' theme park had an attraction that showed how they filmed the car-conversation scenes in Adam-12. They had a mock up of the car and some fans got to sit in the car and recite some lines as they were filmed.

[@carmelabozulich4037]

I remember that!

[@hgr4255]

Why be a tourist? We lived in North Hollywood as kids and not only snuck into the exterior sets wathcing some of the old great TV shows being filmed, but had our own special police car. It was North Hollywood Divisions sergeant Bobby Baker who would constantly patrol the area where we hopped the lot fence....and calling us out by name .. Gordon, Gene, it's me Bobby .... time to go to school. He would escort us back to Reed Junior High School in the back of his patrol unit. He was never annoyed nor authoritarian and actually a nice guy. Hat's off to Bobby Baker, the REAL LAPD.

[@deborahruthbarlow1695]

Don't even think about doing a reboot. Nothing can replace Reed and Malloy

[@Robert-ht7om]

What I love about this and just about all the old great TV shows from previous decades is that every now and then you get a glimpse of what life was like in those certain time frames, maybe a little exaggerated, but you get a pretty good idea of what people were like and that things are pretty much the same, in an episode where Malloy goes back to school only to get a lot of hate from the students looks like a scene that could play out today. Watching old TV shows I see every young generation thinking and acting the same way, hopefully in a few more years the present day know-it-alls will grow up and mature and get headaches of their own from the next generation.

[@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS]

Yep, The Rookie borrowed this plot for an episode too

[@Cheese-is-its-own-food-group]

I loved this show! Still do!

[@randallburgess46]

I have always been a big fan of this show and never missed an episode! I would love to watch all episodes again from the beginning in the order they were released.

[@tubularfrog]

Great video! Thanks for the revisit to this classic series.

[@FactsVerse]

Glad you enjoyed it! What other types of videos would you like to see?

[@marquezguerrero9162]

I absolutely love this show and I was so happy when I realized I could watch it again and relive some memories.

[@JeffFrmJoisey]

My Brother and I loved Adam-12. It lead both of us into Law Enforcement careers. I always laughed when the same guy played a Captain in one episode would appear a few episodes later as a different boss. Same with the victims, concerned citizens and bad guys. There seemed to be a "regular" cast of actors that played those parts. The same with Dragnet and Emergency! Same actors there too. They also kept the Police Cars current with what real life Police were using. The squarish late 60's Plymouths switched to the rounded early 70's Plymouths and then the AMC Matadors. Also, pay attention to some of the response scenes. Reed and Malloy would start out in one type of car then switch to a different car while enroute and back to the car they started in.

[@wayneantoniazzi2706]

Jack Webb did have a "stock company" of actors he used for his shows.

[@richardclifford003]

I know what you mean. As a kid, my father was a state Trooper in Ohio. His duty vehicle, originally, was a black Crown Vic. His assigned weapon was a S&W model 10. In the early 70s, he was permanently assigned a white Crown Vic which was kept at home. We lived in a small town (population 1,000) and Dad was well known. Many times he left during dinner to respond to traffic fatalities and felony crimes. Subsequently, my brother and I became federal agents furthering the family business.

[@kingboagart899]

I would often see Jack Webb with many of the actors that he worked with in restaurants and coffee shops around Sherman Oaks. William Conrad was always one of the guys that hung around with him. He was well recognized, but people pretty much let him be to go about his day. Always had a smoke in his hand, which may have attributed to his early demise. He was actually a pretty humorous guy!

[@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS]

@@richardclifford003 Hmmm, well since the original LTD Crown Vic wasn't introduced till 79, then became it's own modern Crown Vic, ur story is suspect!! Will you consent to a lie detector test?

[@richardclifford003]

@@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS I could be wrong about the make of the vehicle but I stand with everything else I posted.

[@titaniumdiveknife]

Really, really enjoyed this. Thanks for your; research, editing, and voice over.

[@FactsVerse]

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[@delfincruz6786]

One of my old time favorite series, very authentic and well put together, Thank you to all the actors, creator, And behind camera crew.❤

[@garymaillot9715]

I watch this show every day , I believe I’ve seen every episode, plus repeats😂

[@rhondafoster6122]

But they NEVER GET OLD ❤️❤️❤️

[@lynntempleton9640]

I love seeing the LA landscape of the 1970's. In one episode, there is a great aerial shot of Dodger Stadium.

[@benniebarrow348]

No tent cities was nice ……I remember Highway Patrol did a lot of rural filming where the future Dodger stadium was to be built . Cool to see all those places before LA become a cesspool

[@18661873]

Having lived in Los Angeles since 1960, I particularly enjoy that each episode of Adam-12 focuses on a different area of the greater Los Angeles area.

[@beachwalker2574]

Great video !! Nicely done.. I remember when the show start the first day ..

[@FactsVerse]

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[@n2jve1989]

One of my all time favorite shows along with Emergency. When I was 12 years old (now 61) I got a autographed Happy 12th Birthday Mike 8x10 pics of Reed and Malloy at car show in Albany N.Y. unfortunately after moving so many times, They got lost. If I remember right that the lady dispatcher was there along with them. I do catch the show from time to time I think on Retro TV

[@FrankiesFancy]

I knew most of these facts but a couple I didn't. You didn't mention the original Jean Reed. But thanks for this. I loved this show growing up, watching it with my dad.

[@bixfisher]

Wonderful video. I grew up watching the show. In 1972 I was a senior in high school. This show got me so interested in police work I eventually became a cop in the St. Louis Missouri area in 1976 and stayed with the job until late 1986 when I decided having weekends, Christmas, Thanksgiving and other dates off with my family were more important. Also I had two young children at the time and after being involved in a shooting (I won), I figured it was time to move on. I have abuut 160+ episodes recorded on my DVR and I am always going back to them. The main thing I remember about this show is how they were 'by the book' cops. William Boyette was the PERFECT sergeant. The casting was spectacular. That greatly influenced me to be the same. I can't imagine the cops today with all the BS they have to put up with. Adam-12 provided guidance and education to future cops like me who understood that there was and (IS) a right way and a wrong way to be a cop. God bless Martin Milner and best wishes to Kent McCord. Thank you again for this wonderful video.

[@retro161]

Favourite show of all times. Great video thanks so much 👍

[@FactsVerse]

We're happy to know that you love the show. Thank you for sharing your thoughts. If we may ask, which episode did you like the best?

[@countryredneckgal3]

Loved the show but don't know if a reboot would do it justice.

[@steveurbach3093]

I am with you. Most reboots fall flat unless there was a technology improvement reason (typically mo cap CGI needed)

[@phylissjohnson486]

Yes I would watch a reboot of Adam 12!!! I loved the show & both McCord &, Milner

[@harperstacey9604]

Kent McCord will be 80 years old on September 26, 2022. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

[@eq1373]

No, it will get screwed up

[@marilynwhite3837]

Took me back to memory lane...thank you.

[@broadwellstudios]

My wife and I started watching Adam-12 reruns a couple of weeks ago. It brings back memories for me as I watched the show when it first aired and have seen them a few times over the years. She had never seen them, and does enjoy them. Like several older TV shows...Perry Mason, Gunsmoke, among others...we get a glimpse into the past, and it's a blast!

[@FactsVerse]

We're glad to know that you and your wife love the show. Thank you for sharing your thoughts. If we may ask, which episode did you like the best?

[@MyDailyUpload]

A real interesting thing I discovered watching old reruns of Dragnet was that quite often when a place or address was mentioned, they actually filmed at that very location. I can't recall exactly what episode it was, but they were chasing a car near Toluca Lake and as Webb called out cross streets, I paused the video and pulled up Google Street View. Sure enough, the show matched the real streets.

[@FactsVerse]

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[@billraddatz7153]

The show used real street names, but they ran parallel to each other.

[@JeffDeWitt]

Webb was a REAL stickler. In an episode of the Dragnet radio show they had an officer walking across the floor in a specific room at a specific police station, and Webb had someone actually walking across that room and recorded the sound. There was another episode where Friday had to make a long distance call and we heard each step of the process... it was amazing all the steps necessary to make a long distance call in those days, and it wasn't until I heard that I realized why it used to be such a big deal to get a long distance call.

[@michaelfinney2160]

There was a reboot 1989-1991 called the new Adam-12. Starring Peter Parros and Ethan Wayne. Officers Gus Grant and Matt Doyle were the characters names instead of Reed and Malloy. Really wasn’t a bad reboot.

[@rhondafoster6122]

I hated that one😜

[@paxhumana2015]

@@rhondafoster6122 , I hate the fact that your parents met in the first place.

[@hgr4255]

It wasn't too bad. Didn't last long did it?

[@jamesk370]

@@hgr4255 it lasted for two-seasons (or 52 episodes).

[@bewarethedecks]

I didn't know of the reboot when it was on the air. From what I've read, Malloy & Reed did make individual appearances in two different episodes. By that time, Malloy was a Sargeant, and Reed was a Lieutenant.

[@chefpete12571]

My Father was LAPD for 36 years starting in the early 70's. He always referred to ADAM-12 as training films.

[@arthurbrumagem3844]

Wonder what he would think of LA today

[@jimvinespresents...8463]

GREAT show. Grew up watching it. Still watch it from time to time. Just love it!

[@FactsVerse]

Glad to know that you grew up watching Adam-12! Who is your favorite cast member?

[@jamesramsey1904]

I remember there was a reboot in 1990 called the new Adam 12. It was not too good as just about every episode had a sad ending. No way a production company would touch a remake today since the original showed just how hard being an officer is.

[@wwetnabamafan194]

Correct. The New Adam-12 was introduced in the early 90's. One of its stars was Peter Parros, aka RC3 in Knight Rider.

[@DeanG55]

I loved the show. I remember watching it as a kid and now on MeTV. Kent McCord is still alive. It would be interesting now to see who they would cast as the stars in a remake!! The narrator did not mention that in several episodes of Adam-12 the main characters went into an ER where the actors were all seen later in a new show called "Emergency!"? Wasn't the RN in the ER Webb's ex-wife? Mantooth was one of the firemen.

[@harperstacey9604]

Julie London who played nurse Dixie McCall on emergency was the ex-wife of Jack Webb. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

[@rhondafoster6122]

Emergency was my second favorite show, the characters used to cross over a bit back then. So much more realistic action packed into one show back then. Loved Emergency ❤️

[@bobbywoods684]

Interesting to see who they'd cast today? Not hard. One would be a black male homosexual with dreads who is a reformist snitch and the other a tatted Asian cross-dressing transexual cisgender lesbian female.

[@jamesslick4790]

@@bobbywoods684 👍😂👍

[@GoddessNeith]

Randy played an ambulance driver on Dragnet and Adam 12 I think. I know he was on Dragnet a few times, as was Marco. he was Jack Webbs stand in.

[@robertchilds5435]

I probably would watch ⌚ an Adam 12 reboot. Y'all be blessed.

[@FactsVerse]

Got it, thanks for letting us know! Who was your favorite cast member?

[@Geoduck.]

Clearly remembering this show as a teen.

[@ldchappell1]

After _Lost In Space_ was cancelled _Adam 12_ became my favorite show. There was quite a few cop shows during that era but they were either detectives (Dragnet) or undercover hippies, (The Mod Squad) I believe _Adam 12_ was the first television drama about police officers. I was ten at the time and _Adam 12_ was very exciting. I always liked Malloy. He was always the calm and cool experienced cop. Reed seemed a bit robotic. Almost like that cop in _Terminator 2._

[@robertwalker2052]

No, a rather strange show called "Car 54, where are you?" was an earlier cop show.

[@ldchappell1]

@@robertwalker2052 I _knew_ someone was going to bring up _Car 54, Where Are You?_ It's a hilarious show but its a comedy. Charlotte Rae of _The Facts Of Life_ was so funny in Car 54. I may be wrong but I still think Adam 12 is the first cop on patrol drama. Other cop dramas soon followed like _The Rookies_ and _S.W.A.T._

[@paxhumana2015]

@@ldchappell1 , The Rookie is also a pretty underrated cop show as well. Blue Bloods, I think, is one of the most underrated cop shows of all time as well.

[@wayneantoniazzi2706]

@@robertwalker2052 I remember "Car 54!" A police comedy, it wasn't meant to be authentic. But it WAS hilarious! Great comic characters and great comic acting!

[@wayneantoniazzi2706]

@@ldchappell1 Charlotte Rae as Sylvia Schnauzer! Stole every scene she was in! My God, that woman was FUNNY, God rest her soul! The next funniest woman on "Car 54?" Remember Pretzel Mary?

[@gregb6469]

One fact that wasn't mentioned is that in the early 80s Webb was going to do a third version of Dragnet, and Kent McCord was going to play Sergeant Friday's new partner [Reed getting promoted to detective], but Webb died of a heart attack before any episodes could be filmed.

[@robertkay9871]

I grew up watching Adam 12. It was why I wanted to be LAPD. Those were the best days and times. Thank you Jim and Pete for all you did!!.. 👮🇱🇷🚔

[@FactsVerse]

We're happy to know that you love the show. In your opinion, what is its best episode?

[@joseyeastwood]

Pretty cool great vlog.

[@pauld6967]

I grew up watching the show, along with _'Dragnet'_ and I have the box sets of the DVDs. So, yes. I would indeed watch a reboot if it was done with Webb's insistence on accuracy, pulled from the files of actual cases, not saddled with contrived romances between the officers and "dramatic conflict" between the officers as a constant theme. So, ignore the last reboot & conventional Hollywood's ideas of how to make a police show. :-)

[@bbb462cid]

But you know it wouldn't be done the same way. You'd have plot twists and turns for their own sake and Officer Jasmine Reed's on the bottle and Pete Malloy beats his girlfriends and is on the take...or is he? And is Reed just acting like that to trap Malloy? And is Reed really the shadowy Valley Vigilante? Sgt MacDonald is a woman of course, nothing susrprising about that and she does an excellent job. She happens to run a dominatrix parlor on the side is all, and wears leather underwear with her blues on top of that. Hilarity ensues when she sees Malloy bring in her best client...and former common-law husband, Derek Jeeter.

[@pauld6967]

@@bbb462cid It is likely they would ruin a resurrected series. Hence the reason I stated an adherence to the original show's core methods & foundation as necessary ingredients for me to be a fan of a revived show.

[@bbb462cid]

@@pauld6967 I read pretty darn well

[@kathygerber7605]

A reboot is out of the question. Dont mess with a good thing. Leave as is.

[@dondee5439]

At the 3:03 mark, real life police dispatcher Shaaron (yes there is a double a in her name) Claridge was the police dispatcher in 166 of 174 episodes of ADAM 12. She is only seen in one of those episodes strangely playing a different police clerical employee.

[@willielarimer7170]

Thanks for a great video! Adam 12 show brought back great memories of watching it with my parents. The one episode I'll always remember is when Malloy flipped the car in the park chasing a suspect

[@FactsVerse]

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[@willielarimer7170]

@@FactsVerse how about doing a video on emergency or black sheep squadron?

[@scotrobertson9094]

I absolutely love this show! Have every episode on my DVR. It did seem to go down hill the last season as Jim changed his look and attitude as a street cop.

[@FactsVerse]

We're happy to know that you love the show. Thank you for sharing your thoughts. If we may ask, which episode did you like the best?

[@scotrobertson9094]

@@FactsVerse I’d have to say The Search from season 4, but so many it’s hard to pick!

[@yannyburger]

Would rather watch the reruns than a reboot.

[@gmoney9068]

This was one of my favorite television shows as a kid and it STILL IS to this very day!

[@LoneLee2022]

But it's not very realistic. They did everything by the book. So Polite and never cursed.

[@gmoney9068]

@@LoneLee2022 Right. Then be involved in an OIS and go right back out onto the streets.

[@andyresnik9443]

During the fall, I DVR'd the entire series on MeTV and watched all the episodes. I had watched them all years ago when they were still on KZbin, but I wanted to see them again.

[@stevesmythe7215]

I would love a reboot of Adam-12, Dragnet and Emergency!

[@macwyll]

The way reboots are being done these days, I'm not sure I would watch one of Adam-12

[@krb5292]

They tried a reboot of Dragnet several years ago. I think it went only two seasons. Somehow, I think "they" would mess up both reboots of Adam-12 and Emergency!.

[@JohnPepp]

@@krb5292 - Chicago Fire gives me the vibe of Emergency!

[@dealmein2]

I loved the show and would definitely watch a reboot of it since unlike so many cop shows this one gave people a realistic view of their days as Police officers and also allowed viewers to experience them as people, as personalities as opposed to any of the stereotypes people maintain. I've no idea who would best portray the officers in a reboot but I can hardly wait for it.

[@davidwayne9982]

i LOVED that show-- watch the re-runs every time I can...

[@GB-go6gp]

Reboot series ? HECK YEAH ! Adma-12 will always have a special place in my heart. I was an 11 year-old boy, watching the episode "El Presidente", when my older sister came in the back door, to tell us that our father had died when he was murdered by an armed burglar.

[@JeffDeWitt]

There is a great episode where the officers pull over a suspected drunk driver, the guy got out of the car, obviously hammered, and it was none other than Hal Smith, the same actor (and pretty much the same character) who played Otis, the town drunk on the Andy Griffith show. I about died laughing over that one. Adam-12 is a great show and such a time capsule, and one of the many fun things about it is watching the cars in the background. A reboot that was a serious as something Jack Webb would do could be good, showing what life is actually like for police officers these days. But knowing Hollywood it would probably be all woke and bomb.

[@FactsVerse]

We remember that episode, thanks for bringing it back! Thank you so much for sharing this information. Would there be any other videos you would like to see on our channel?

[@user-co3cw9tb3g]

And he drove a nice Corvair convertible!

[@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS]

He's in several episodes as different cranky old guys! Hilarious scene where's he's complaining about the Hippy's!

[@paulferguson2574]

I would watch a remake, but only if WAS NOT politically correct. Keep it true to its fine heritage.

[@arthurbrumagem3844]

That will never happen. PC has destroyed much of quality TV

[@yada-yadadragon1947]

@@arthurbrumagem3844 So post the new episodes here on YT. A redo with current issues would give the young of today a new respect for the PD since they would see how and why things are done the way they are.

[@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS]

Adam 12 was politically correct, they covered many topics and ideas going on at the time, like when the older officer tries to return to working but can't jive with the modern rules like Miranda rights or illegal search and seizures and the episodes portraying Black Panther type militants and the struggle for seeing both sides.

[@edgarmullins9327]

This was on of my favorite cop shows. This and NYPD blue with Dennis Frantz. (Side note) LAPD loved this show and a lot of officers would go to watch it filmed. When Martin Milner died LAPD did an End of Watch over the radio for Martin Milner. And there was a lot of officers that attended his funeral.

[@KevinBrown-vm9zg]

Shaaron Claridge, retired, did the tribute "End of Watch" broadcast for Martin Milner.

[@edgarmullins9327]

@@KevinBrown-vm9zg Thanks I didn't know that. Very cool.

[@psa722]

@@edgarmullins9327 The broadcast is on KZbin. I listened to it more than once.

[@edgarmullins9327]

@@psa722 what do I have to type in on You Tube to view it?

[@psa722]

@@edgarmullins9327 In the search area, type in Martin Milner Adam 12- Last Radio Transmission End of Watch.

[@FSolo-Saenz]

I was one of those people who became a law enforcement officer influenced by Adam 12. I emulated Malloy's style many times in my police personality and the public would respond favorably in risky situations. Adam 12 is one of a kind, there can be no remake to ever match it.

[@dirtcop11]

I am old enough to remember the original run of Dragnet. I enjoyed Adam 12 and Emergency. Thank you for showing Marty's Corvette from Route 66. Fun fact: The original song "Route 66" that Nat King Cole sang was written by Bobby Troup, Dr. Early on Emergency.

[@FactsVerse]

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[@michaelhewitt258]

There was a syndicated Reboot of Adam 12 Awhile back It followed a team of a black and white Officer's Also at the Same time There was a remake of Dragnet

[@eliascrookshank]

Thanks for including Kent's role on seaQuest. Scott Keller was one of my favourite recurring characters.

[@darlenebagwell935]

I'm watching all the reruns now. Love it

[@grazzer1673]

Had the pleasure of being a kid when this show aired in the 70s, and still enjoy watching the reruns. As to the question of whether I'd fancy watching a re-make? Hell no! If recent "re-makes" are any indication, like Hawaii 5-0, the script would be horrible. Moreover, in today's age of absurd wokeism, the brainwashed diversity freaks (AKA anti-white Christian heterosexual man) would totally destroy this show, shoving every non-white, non-hetero, interracial couple, and indeed anti-police freak down our throats, like they do nowadays with every other show, which explains why Hollywood is only a shell of its former self, and the ratings for the Emmy's (etc.), where liberals drivel with anti-American political venom turn the would-be-viewers' stomachs. Sorry about the run-on sentence.

[@hatrock66]

Took the words right out of my mouth. Except you said it much better.

[@adamtarleton1537]

I loved this show. I thought it was made for me, as I was named Adam and 12 years old when it was on. But no to the reboot! I'd it were remade today, it would be just another cop show.

[@harperstacey9604]

Adam, I loved your comment about adam-12 . From Ms. Harper Stacey.

[@michaeleasterwood6558]

Art Gillmore, who played the Captain in many episodes was a longtime character actor who enjoyed many roles in Dragnet, Code 3, Decoy,and many other older cop shows

[@old300texan5]

I still watch this show when I can. I love spotting all the great classic cars. There is a brown 1967 Mustang that pops up in almost every episode.

[@cabarete2003]

I watched this video...and my mind remains fully in tact.

[@terrytye6497]

I watched back then and still watch reruns today. One of my all time favorites.

[@FactsVerse]

We're happy to know that you're a fan of the show. In your opinion, what is its best episode?

[@derrickewing99]

Great show

[@claytonclark6630]

Would love a reboot of Adam 12. The show inspired me to be a police officer for 35 years. Best job ever.

[@ronrobertson59]

I still watch reruns on Me TV. It helped me decide to become a police officer in the late 70's.

[@derekbruggemanwestprepes4110]

My Dad worked for the LAPD at that same time. He said he hated that show because it was like going to work. "Why would I watch that when I am off work." A very accurate depiction for that time period.

[@earlsearcy8041]

I don't believe a reboot series today would be as good. For now, I am contented with the reruns.

[@Sullystein]

I remember watching some episodes as a kid, but now it’s like a new series to me. Watching all episodes now! Love it!👮🏻

[@mrmac123]

Great content. I loved Adam 12

[@FactsVerse]

Thanks for watching! We're so glad you enjoyed this video. What other types of videos would you like to see?

[@mrmac123]

@@FactsVerse any of those older series are good. One I haven't heard of in a long time is Cannon. It used to be funny seeing him hold that .38 cal snubnose in his monster hand. Lol

[@DavidTaylor-ki2ir]

No no no to a reboot. I still watch the original show regularly and wouldn’t give a reboot the time of day. It takes me back in time. Love the fashion styles, cars, and storefronts as they actually were. Even a modern 2022 version couldn’t possibly be as good.

[@stevenhopkins1107]

I would watch a reboot of Adam-12, but it would never match the creativity and Perfection of the great Jack Webb!!

[@jons.6216]

Robert Donner was also a favorite recurring character on The Waltons as well playing Yancy Tucker!

[@johnbockelie3899]

Adam 12 was on NBC, not CBS.