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Post by Lucky Dan on Feb 28, 2023 15:56:34 GMT
The second radio episode of Dragnet, "The Nickel Plated Gun," broadcast on June 10, 1949. It was a Friday. Probably warm. For some maybe a little too warm.
Friday and Romero answer a hotshot call and roll to Doheny Street on the south end of town where two officers were shot. "Why not figure it this way? If these two guys would gun a couple of armed police officers, do you think they'd hesitate to shoot you, the unarmed citizen?"
Romero was voiced by Barton Yarborough, a Texan. And he sounded it. He was good. Dam good.
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Post by BingFan on Mar 1, 2023 2:47:27 GMT
I listened to this episode this afternoon and, like most Dragnet stories, really enjoyed it. I hadn’t heard it for a while, and had forgotten that they didn’t have the theme song yet or the piece at the end where the announcer describes the fate of the criminals. (Here, it was Jack Webb handling that in character.)
I used to listen to Dragnet more regularly — once a week during my train commute. During that same time, I happened to re-read On The Road. It struck me that Kerouac’s book was showing the flip side of the Dragnet world, focusing on people who weren’t always on the right side of the law and lived in cheap hotels — exactly the people that Joe Friday met as suspects. I could easily have imagined Joe Friday pulling in Dean Moriarty and Sal Paradise on a “vag” charge, or maybe car theft.
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Post by Lucky Dan on Mar 1, 2023 4:00:09 GMT
I could easily have imagined Joe Friday pulling in Dean Moriarty and Sal Paradise on a “vag” charge ...
I had not heard any radio Dragnet before last year, but I did see about 12 years ago some 50s TV Dragnet that was much sharper than the stodgy 60s version, which I also enjoyed for different reasons.
There is a great fan blog on the Dragnet 60s series called Everyone Nods a clever name, referring to script direction for how most scenes ended, which considers the look and style of the show.
Glad you enjoyed it, Bing. |
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