Dragnet S01E14 The Big Lamp
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Published 2012-08-12
All Comments (21)
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We need judges like that today...
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A Judge who actually spoke his mind to the jury that so many want to but don't! In your face jury!
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I love this episode! The judge shellacked the jury but good! "You're either innately dishonest or you're all morons." I'd sure like to hear a judge blast present day yoyos to a cinder like that! The boss Captain Wisdom. Now there's a man to work for! 😊
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That judge was Savage to that jury, but absolutely 100% correct
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Dragnet was the best Cop show of it's time! It STILL holds one's interest. Great stuff!
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"Butterfield & Kruschen" portrayed as a business burglarized by Buckley. Herb Butterfield and Jack Kruschen were part of Webb's stock company of actors. clever insert lol!
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22:15 "That Greek with the lamp had an idea, didn't he?" I assume Captain Wisdom is referring to Diogenes.
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Search warrant? We don’t need no stinkin’ search warrant. Instead, we “shake ‘em down.” Ah, the good old days . . . .
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this show was so intelligent. Presenting police/detective work as it usually was, hours/days of just plain deductive reasoning and 'pounding the beat'. Kept the theatrical violence to an absolute minimum, so different from modern era programs. One of the most obvious constants of this show, was in the episode titles... almost always, 'The Big___' was used. Also an idiosyncrasy of that era, but appropriate.
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Can you imagine the LAPD putting those kinds of resources into trying to catch a burglary suspect these days?
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Did anyone catch it? One of the places robbed was Butterfield & Kruschen. The actor who played the chemist, Lee Jones, was named Herb Butterfield and another Dragnet regular was Toronto born Jack Kruschen. A little inside joke by the writers. Very cute.
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Originally telecast on June 14, 1952, and adapted from an October 20, 1949 radio episode.
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Wow, that was a great episode. This earlier series was anything but formula, unlike so many other shows.
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In the intro, "I'm a Cop" was changed to "I Carry a Badge" for the late 1960s Dragnet because the ever defensive Jack Webb heard "cop" being constantly used by critics of the police, so he felt it had taken on a negative connotation.
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I love how everyone in the courtroom including the jury just throws their cigs on the floor.
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A really enjoyable episode, thanks.
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You go Judge
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Dang, the judge went in on the jurors!
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Parley Baer. WOW!! One of the busier character actors in TV, and had to be close to the busiEST actor in radio. And his radio and TV careers ran concurrent. Which says one thing to me; not only was he good at his craft, but he also enjoyed doing it. I heard an interview in the very late years of his life, and he was a lovely man. Thank you for these.
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Friday's partner for this episode, Barney Phillips, not only appeared as a Martian in the Twilight Zone series but as a TV repairman in " A Thing about Machines". Television sets were prone to breaking down due to their vacuum tubes. The sets were very large and heavy and it was easier for the repairman to come to the house than to take the set to the shop.
