#dragnet

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PROPHETIC: A powerful segment from a 1967 episode of Dragnet STILL perfectly dismantles the greatest lies sold to young Americans 🤔

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Detective/Crime TV tie-in board games (1950s to 1970s)

[oldshowbiz]

iconic

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The Fall, 1979.

[citizenscreen]

Ann Robinson (left) is learning to shoot from real policewomen Pat Wright and June Howard as instructor Sergeant Roy Bean gives direction. Robinson is preparing for her role in Jack Webb’s DRAGNET (1954).

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[theactioneer]

Tom Hanks & Dan Aykroyd, Dragnet (1987) 

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Dabney Coleman 1932-2024 RIP

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Phlox paniculata (garden phlox var: "Flame White Eye")

Dragnet 2023

"Just the phlox, ma'am. Just the phlox."

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"The Cop" starring Jack Webb (syndication version of Dragnet) (1953)

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[loretta-dont-you-oppress-me]

Dragnet & Drag Racing Today

The most Monty Python sketch that SNL ever did. Hosted by Eric Idle in Season 2, controversial at the time.

It was aired in 1976 and contained:

✔️ Men in drag

✔️ Absurdity

✔️ Switching from video to film and back

✔️ 4th Wall Breaking

✔️ Abrupt ending

In the DRAGNET sketch all the cops were in drag, notably Eric Idle and Dan Aykroyd, until John Belushi breaks the scene to point out that "drag doesn't work in America". They give up on the scene and cut to a short film, which picks up with a drag race between Idle and Aykroyd both running in drag.

Source Link to film: reddit archive

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the LAPD motorpool sometime around 1970:

[thegikitiki]

The Ad You're About to Read is True...

Chesterfield Cigarettes, 1954

Jack Webb, Dragnet

[undine66770]

You seem to like police characters. Who are your favorites?

Right you are! As mentioned in my pinned intro I really like the trope, especially the detective noir/P.I. noir type characters. But as for your question... *GRABS SCROLL* *STARTS UP POWERPOINT PROJECTION* *INHALES* I'm glad you asked, my dear friend! Here's a list of some favorites, in no particular order. Brace yourself, it might be a bit long...ish.

Johnny Staccato, portrayed by John Cassavetes (TV, "Johnny Staccato", 1959-1960)

Peter Gunn, portrayed by Craig Stevens (TV, "Peter Gunn", 1958-1961)

Richard Diamond, portrayed by David Janssen (TV, "Richard Diamond, Private Detective", 1957-1960)

Sgt. Joe Friday, portrayed by Jack Webb (TV, radio, "Dragnet", 1949-1957 radio, 1951-1959 TV, 1967 TV reboot, although I prefer the original to the reboot, myself)

Mike Kovac, portrayed by Charles Bronson (TV, "Man With a Camera", 1958-1960)

Lieutenant Frank Ballinger, portrayed by Lee Marvin (TV, "M Squad", 1957-1960)

Officer Casey Jones, portrayed by Beverly Garland (TV, "Decoy", 1957-1958)

Joe Mannix, portrayed by Mike Connors (TV, "Mannix", 1967-1975)

Sam Spade, portrayed by Humphrey Bogart (Film, "The Maltese Falcon", 1941)

Paul Drake, portrayed by William Hopper (TV, "Perry Mason", 1957-1966)

Lieutenant Columbo, portrayed by Peter Falk (TV, "Columbo")

Sherlock Holmes, portrayed by Ronald Howard (TV, "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes", 1954-1955)

Detective Danny Clover, portrayed by Anthony Ross, Larry Thor (Radio, "Broadway is my Beat", 1949-1954)

Pat Novak, portrayed by Jack Webb (Radio, "Pat Novak for Hire", 1946-1949)

Other mentions:

Officer Frank Smith, portrayed by Ben Alexander (TV, "Dragnet")

While not a police character per se, it's sort of in the same context in the sense that he worked with law enforcement. Forensics specialist Lee Whitey, portrayed by Jack Webb (Film, "He Walked By Night", 1948)

Sergeant Sully Sullivan, portrayed by Garry Walberg (TV, "Johnny Staccato")

There's probably some more that I can't remember if I'm being honest but that pretty much sums up the main ones I like a lot.

[citizenscreen]

Following a December 1951 preview, “Dragnet” premiered on NBC on January 3, 1952.