Dragnet | Ep194 | "The Big Laugh"

[@vincentventra6891]

thanks for these wonderful shows.

[@deborah9984]

The “cattleman” side story was just terrific! Great to hear this familiar actor in this episode.

[@denisenoe3702]

it was funny!

[@wandahall4435]

Thanks for posting these programs!!!

[@heyoldman2003]

Boy lots of comments about cigarettes. Let’s face it folks . Everyone smoked in those days . I bet 90. % of people did . Sure it’s not a good plan .... but it was common and Acceptable ... my Mom smoked in the hospital when I was born !! Yes she did 😮 and I made it to 67 ! And so far , so good. Ps We’re chesterfields mild ? Hardly . No filters . Stained your fingers yellow . Good for you ? Never . Just shows how big money can make bad look good . Still going on today ...

[@nativeroscoe64]

I just watched "Unsolved Mysteries" later 1980's and early 1990's. Several episodes had men dating lonely women and ripping them off.

[@thewrestlingprofessor7536]

I'm dying for a Chesterfield and I've never even smoked.

[@sharonroller8849]

Lonely women still falling for the same line today, Dr. Phil has them on his show ,no to much changes

[@squizzums]

Bunco detail makes the best episodes.

[@canal_changeling]

I think the narcotics ones are more fun.

[@heyoldman2003]

room 42 Homicide. for me 😎

[@howardoller443]

@@heyoldman2003 Me too!

[@moxievintage1390]

Homicide all the way, for me! And sometimes people are just missing, and they bring homicide in- like in the Big Love!

[@mikeh.7499]

​@@moxievintage1390very good !

[@mrsenchilada776]

$100 in 1952 was equal to $1,060.94 in today's money. Seems like a roundabout way to make $1000.

[@frankblack7801]

Now in 2024 its about the equivalent of $7,500.00

[@teresas8173]

An illegal way to

[@leetakamiya2162]

So appropriate having a con game episode with tobacco advertisers (and I am including the actors.)

[@robertplatt643]

Thirty years after quitting, my father still grabbed his shirt pocket after dinner to get a smoke.

[@frankblack7801]

​@@robertplatt643 Quit smoking and take regular jogging exercise so we can deep breath all those diesel ⛽️ fumes in that the government's said were so much better for the environment about 10 yrs ago. The global con on the public continues 💉 Carbon dioxide bad. Mining lithium for battery's to "Save The Planet " good.

[@Cat-rc5bp]

I bet I could make Mr. Benton sing soprano for a few hours if I ran into him.😾

[@heyoldman2003]

you do that … you’ll have have the time 😂

[@frankblack7801]

All a criminal had to do to escape the cops was to exercise regularly and be a none smoker.

[@vincentventra6891]

preety cruel dude i wonder if anyone ever did that to him that would be something.

[@frankblack7801]

Yeh, this guy is a real good catch. How could any woman resist that immoral punk.

[@joncar13jonny15]

I’m positive they worked for the cigarette company. I still love to listen to these episodes . You most likely would have used them as a sponsor if you will be honest with yourself. It’s all about money. ( survival)

[@misskim2058]

Ya, they smoked nonstop through every episode, and they always make sure to have someone bum a smoke, and someone offer a smoke, someone smoke their own smoke, and usually someone light a smoke for someone else, maybe also mention matches or a lighter if they can, in every episode. It’s really a long smoking ad with a crime story woven in;)

[@schmim1]

Jonny Carroll Sr. Jello sponsored jack bennys radio shows. Johnson was sponsored fibber Magee and molly. These people have see cigarettes. I still remember cigarette commercials on tv. Dragnet is not unique. Today we still smoke and smoke marijuana. So we are even dumber. Listen to other old time radio shows. Do you say tv shows today who advertise a car or a drug work for ford or GM or big pharma? No. They didn’t work for the company the company gave money to sponsor the show. So what.

[@schmim1]

Jonny Carroll Sr. Watch Barney Miller reruns. They smoke in that. Jack Benny used jello for years and Phil Harris and Alec fay used rexall drug store. So what. That’s the way it was. I don’t know why this is such a big deal. People still smoke today knowing the risks. They didn’t. That makes us dumber

[@frankblack7801]

Of course they were paid by cigarette companies. So were the scientists saying smoking was a good thing. Same now with the covid jabs and carbon footprints are evil. All one big long con . . .

[@allencampbell8322]

Must be hard up for suspects

[@sanfernando2stories998]

Why don’t they ever lawyer up? LoL

[@LuckysMotorcycles]

A hundred bucks ! That’s it ? But he was making it on volume? Good thing he wasn’t robbing banks for a bag of nickels !

[@rmedley22]

In the 1950's a $100 is the equivalent to $1000 today. Still not a lot but if you have a dozen of these women going it will add up.

[@kaycoats8344]

Well a hundred dollars back then was a lot more. You could feed two people good all week for $10.

[@frankblack7801]

​@@rmedley22 So does the clap 👏 it gets louder & louder until you give up and sound off for grabbing a Chesterfield before you croke.

[@robinneher3262]

Really? No cancer? No emphasema? Wonder if so called doctor probably worked for the cigarette company.

[@misskim2058]

They’re still in someone’s pocket. It’s just different pockets as time goes on. Some pockets remain the same.

[@frankblack7801]

Smoke Fatima and get Emphasema 🚬

[@Baskerville22]

Where can I buy me some Chesterfields ?

[@leetakamiya2162]

I thought I saw a cigarette vending machine at the cemetery.

[@mikeh.7499]

When I started listening to Dragnet I almost bought a pack of Fatima cigarettes off of Ebay.!!!! Advertising works . P.s.i don't smoke.

[@WilmerCook]

I don't know but a carton of Marlboro reds will get you anything you want in Vietnam.

[@frankblack7801]

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[@frankblack7801]

​@@WilmerCook I like 👍 Marlboro reds. Fatima were Turkish. Fatima is the name of Muhammad's daughter in Islam ☪️ Its all there in plain sight if one looks into it . . . From 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇬🇧

[@lisajoyce6588]

At

[@allencampbell8322]

Was this in Germany or Russia

[@wandahall4435]

Jack Webb is A Savage!!!

[@howardoller443]

Why do you hate the police, Wanda?