This one is a classic
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Let's all Watch Some Dragnet Maaaaannnnn !
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This one is a classic
i went on a crazy dragnet binge last year, saw all of the netflix ones and most of the radio plays ...jack webb fucking rules and there is a lot of dark humor that i kinda forgot about the radio episodes are actually a lot better than the tv show
Actually, the TV shows (at least for the 1950's run) were completely recycled radio scripts (for a while the show ran on primetime TV and radio). The 1960's series had original writing, and served as a spinoff for Adam 12, and later Emergency!
Webb's narration, especially on the radio shows, was kind of hypnotic -- all the shows are available on archive.org
some of the 60s one too , i know the episode "the phony police racket" was a radio episode first with some slight changes to tone down the TV version ( they remove references to heroin use from the radio play)
I love any cop shows where they go after hippies and exaggerate everything .
I loved listening to the old Dragnet's on Radio Classics.
I need to check those out
That would make a great avatar
The 50s shows are all in the public domain. They were showing them on one of the OTA channels for awhile (COZI TV, I believe).
I'd never seen them before and was used to Harry Morgan as Friday's/Webb's partner.
I watched all of them, and they were pretty damned good. The one ep about the burglar who killed parakeets stood out.
This is the city...
I'm not even sure if Radio Classic's is a Sirius channel anymore. It's been a while. The used to play Dragnet, The Shadow, The Whistler.. that old theater of the mind stuff.
You can still download Dragnet off of Itunes as a podcast though. They still have the original commercials. Who knew cigarettes were healthy?
They are all on youtube too
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