The Classic/Retro Pop Culture Thread

[The Old Mixer]

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50th Anniversary Catch-Up Viewing

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Dragnet 1969
"Juvenile (DR-35)"
Originally aired April 3, 1969

When a 4-day-old infant is found in a trash can, Friday and Gannon search for the mother.

This is the city: Los Angeles, California. It's a magnet that seems to attract the young. Outdoor restaurants along Sunset Boulevard all cater to would-be movie stars of the future at one time or another. Los Angeles is also the center of the pop music world. Thousands of youngsters come out here with guitars in hand to try to crack the shell of success. It's also a city in which to bury one's identity. Teenage runaways from all over the country end up here, on the Sunset Strip. A life free from parents, schools, responsibility. The hippie life--a world of pyschedelic posters and faddish outfits. To the hippies, the rest of the world is square. They're young people looking to change the future. Like others, sometimes they get a little over-anxious. When they do, I go to work. I carry a badge.

Monday, May 4 (1964?): Friday and Gannon are working the day watch out of Juvenile Division when they get the call about the abandoned child...and advise the caller to leave the baby in the trash can! Eventually she's taken to a hospital. The detectives check out the tenants in the apartment building where the can was located who are females young enough to have had a baby. One of them, a new tenant named Donna Halpern (Michele Grumet), is conspicuously nursing a cold and mentions a fiance who's serving in Vietnam. She asks questions about what will happen to the child.

Donna: Even if, God forbid, the baby dies, it's better this way, isn't it?
Friday: This way?
Donna: In a hospital, I mean. It'd be terrible to die in a trash can.
Friday: I can think of something worse.
Donna: Yes?
Friday: Being four days old and only having those two alternatives.​

Not picking up any obvious leads, they try a local soda shop, where a girl tips them off about a friend who sees a lot of guys and has been out of school, Sissy Tucker. They visit her home and talk to her mother (Peggy Webber), who meets their questions with defensive answers, which includes notifying them that Sissy has been on the pill for two years.

Back at the soda shop they question a young man who's reluctantly persuaded to fink on a friend, a serviceman who told him that he'd knocked up a girl before he left for Vietnam, whom the serviceman referred to as "Fat Donna". The detectives go back to the apartment building to follow up with Donna Halpern, opening with the customary reading of the rights. Under pointed, monotone questioning she breaks down in tears, telling of how she discovered that the father was marrying a Vietnamese girl shortly before she delivered, alone in the bathroom. She'd managed to hide her pregnancy because of her alleged weight. (The actress doesn't look very heavy, but wears large, loose-fitting clothes to perpetrate the illusion.) But her tears are all about her and/or getting caught, as she doesn't express any empathy for the baby, seeing it as his. Friday delivers a lecture about her responsibility to the child, ending with this zinger...

Donna: What's gonna happen to me?
Friday: That's up to the court, and your conscience...or did you throw that away, too, while you were at it?​

On July 6th, trial was held in Department 183, Superior Court of the State of California, for the County of Los Angeles....The suspect was found guilty of violating section 271a PC, child endangerment, which is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year, or the state prison for not more than ten years.

DONNA A. HALPERN
Now serving her term in the California Institution for Women, Frontera, California.

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And in happier baby news, The Old Mixer is the size of a grape.

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They mention Five-O a couple of times in passing, but that's it.

I thought I read that they also mentioned McGarrett by name.

I wish I could not notice it. Or not find it so annoying, one or the other.

Really, their episode descriptions don't need to be in quotes in the first place.

 

[RJDiogenes]

"The Big Kahuna"

Soon to be a minor motion picture.

He begins to receive visitations from what appears to be the goddess Pele, which cause his sanity to be questioned.

In the last two episodes, the bad guys have used IMF techniques.

When McGarrett arrives, Eleanor is startled, loses her balance, and falls off the cliff herself...apparently onto dry land, not into the drink.

No drink, just on the rocks.

the Ming Dynasty Crusaders

Sounds more like a baseball team.

"It was because of what's happened to Sondra that I decided to turn off, tune out, and drop back in." Friday and Gannon walk with him and Sondra to the courthouse in a supportive gesture.

Saved from the Hippie life!

And The Old Mixer is the size of a blueberry.

You can go Trick-or-Treating as Boo-Berry!

Intelligence...during the war...he did spy stuff.

Well, I suppose. This is the TV Universe.

But in this case, played by the same actor and appearing in the same season.

That is a bit weird.

Haven't seen the film (), but actually there was such a scene, with her hitting the repentant moll theme pretty heavy...all over a $40 fine.

Ah, that's another one you should see. No matter how many times you see it, you're never quite sure what he's going to do at the end-- sort of like Renault in Casablanca.

The ecological part, according to the song's Wiki page, was inspired by a visit to Hawaii, during which she viewed a spectacular vista from her hotel room but couldn't help noticing a sprawling parking lot below. As for the part about her old man leaving, it just occurred to me that the song might have been referencing her breakup with Graham Nash, given the timing. Its Wiki page suggests a more esoteric meaning...

That's interesting. I never would have guessed the possible connection to an arrest. There's still that contrast between personal crisis and global crisis, though, and the fact that she chose to take the title from the personal side.

The perfect response would be to post the video...but I can't bring myself to do it.

Thank you.

How so?

The Watergate break in didn't even occur for several years and it wasn't the release of a tape that brought it to light-- the tapes were about the cover up and were subpoenaed by the House. What did you mean when you posted it?

Also, they're not alternating single and double quotation marks.

It's worse than that. The capsule description is not even a quote, and the titles of shows should be italicized, not quoted.

It seems like this is more of an animal thing that would be handled by a department or division other than juvenile.

"I carry a badge-- but that's not my job."

so the detectives go to the CHP to try to run them down.

Good opportunity for a Broderick Crawford cameo. Can you imagine a meeting between Dan Matthews and Joe Friday?

With the clock ticking, Friday has trouble getting this information to the girl's doctor by phone, so he drives to the doctor in the nick of time.

Nice.

And The Old Mixer is the size of a kidney bean.

Now that will cause some morning sickness.

Friday and Gannon are working the day watch out of Juvenile Division when they get the call about the abandoned child...and advise the caller to leave the baby in the trash can!

It might be a bomb!

Friday: That's up to the court, and your conscience...or did you throw that away, too, while you were at it?

Friday's zingers hurt worse than the prison sentence.

And in happier baby news, The Old Mixer is the size of a grape.

Now we're talkin.'

 

[The Old Mixer]

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50th Anniversary Catch-Up Viewing

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Dragnet 1969
"Frauds (DR-36)"
Originally aired April 10, 1969

Friday and Gannon are called in to investigate after a department store chain is bilked of $100,000 in merchandise.

This is the city: Los Angeles, California. Like a young child, it's growing, always trying to flex its new muscles. Bunker Hill in downtown Los Angeles was the site of many stately Victorian mansions. They house the city's early society families. Now they're being torn down to make way for the Bunker Hill Development, a planned complex of modern skyscrapers and parks. Up until 1956, buildings in the city were not permitted to exceed thirteen stories. New construction methods enabled earthquake-prone Los Angeles to reach for new heights. Within the last ten years, over a hundred high-rise structures have been built, adding a new dimension to the city's skyline. The city and its people are a constant source of change. In my job, I try to keep up. I carry a badge.

Tuesday, July 22 (1969): Friday and Gannon, working the day watch out of Frauds Division, talk to David Williams (Bert Holland), credit manager for a department store chain, about how an audit has revealed the unpaid-for merchandise. He immediately surmises that it would have involved somebody working in the store having discarded the paper credit card slips, and follows up to discover that the operation also involves new credit cards being applied for with his own forged signature. The detectives narrow down some sales department employees to interview, including supervisors Fred Wayman (Anthony Eisley) and Helen Zimmerman (Chanin Hale again). Some of the suspicious activity involves one of Helen's accounts, so between that and her not turning up for work afterward, she becomes a suspect. When the detectives visit her apartment, they find that she hastily moved two weeks earlier...and her landlady describes one of Helen's boyfriends whom she'd met as Wayman, who had a younger blonde with him.

Helen turns herself in at the store, saying she'd been on her way to Mexico, and spills all without an attorney present. She was dating Fred when he let her in on his scheme in order to make use of her accounts. She moved after he showed up with the younger blonde, Barbara Henderson, and threatened Helen when she was unwilling to work with Henderson in the scheme.

The detectives go to Wayman's apartment and arrest him inside, allowing them to search the place. They find that Wayman has been furnishing a new apartment with Henderson, charging everything under her aliases. He proudly shows them the manuscript for a book he'd been writing titled Famous Swindlers at Large, which includes a chapter about himself.

On October 13th, trial was held in Department 184, Superior Court of the State of California, for the County of Los Angeles....The suspect was found guilty of forgery and grand theft, punishable by imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a period for a period of from one to fourteen years.

FREDERICK WAYMAN
Now serving his term in the State Penitentiary, San Quentin, California.

The suspect was found guilty of forgery and grand theft.

MARY ANDREWS
alias BARBARA HENDERSON and VIOLET MARTINSON
Now serving her term in the California Institution for Women, Frontera, California.

The suspect appeared as a witness for the state, against all defendants in this case.

Charges against Helen Zimmerman were dropped by the Office of the Los Angeles District Attorney.

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And The Old Mixer is the size of a kumquat. Now that's just fun to say. Kumquat!

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In the last two episodes, the bad guys have used IMF techniques.

Hmmm, true...

No drink, just on the rocks.

Ouch.

You can go Trick-or-Treating as Boo-Berry!

That cereal is four years younger than I!

Ah, that's another one you should see.

If it ever comes up on Movies!...

The Watergate break in didn't even occur for several years and it wasn't the release of a tape that brought it to light-- the tapes were about the cover up and were subpoenaed by the House. What did you mean when you posted it?

I was posting it strictly for the timeline issue...having a major event in the Watergate scandal happening nine years early, during Johnson's presidency! But the release of the "smoking gun" tape was a major turning point in the crisis...it shattered Nixon's story of not having been in on the break-in or cover-up, directly leading to his resignation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixon_White_House_tapes#The_"smoking_gun"_tape

It was effectively the climax of the Watergate scandal, which was an ongoing thing for two years following the break-in. Decades was accurate in saying that it "implicated President Nixon in the Watergate crime and its cover-up." Nobody was claiming that it brought the break-in itself to light.

"And I would've gotten away with it, too, if not for you meddlesome Washington Post reporters!"

Good opportunity for a Broderick Crawford cameo. Can you imagine a meeting between Dan Matthews and Joe Friday?

Never really watched that one...just had it on in the background.

 

[RJDiogenes]

about how an audit has revealed the unpaid-for merchandise.

Must have been a very profitable chain for that to go unnoticed. A hundred grand was a lot of money in those days.

They find that Wayman has been furnishing a new apartment with Henderson, charging everything under her aliases.

The names were changed to protect the guilty.

He proudly shows them the manuscript for a book he'd been writing titled Famous Swindlers at Large, which includes a chapter about himself.

Hopefully his agent ripped him off.

And The Old Mixer is the size of a kumquat. Now that's just fun to say. Kumquat!

But there's no kumquat-flavored cereal.

That cereal is four years younger than I!

I remember when they first came out. They seemed so cool. The only one I ever ate was Count Chocula, though.

Nobody was claiming that it brought the break-in itself to light.

No, but he was already implicated. The tape was just the final proof.

"And I would've gotten away with it, too, if not for you meddlesome Washington Post reporters!"

The ghost of Nixon is wishing he had social media to work with.

Never really watched that one...just had it on in the background.

It's absolutely awful. Very entertaining.

 

[The Old Mixer]

I remember when they first came out. They seemed so cool. The only one I ever ate was Count Chocula, though.

I ate that, but I was more of a Franken Berry guy myself.

No, but he was already implicated. The tape was just the final proof.

That's not how it actually went down, or how the law works. For two years Nixon maintained plausible deniability that he wasn't in the loop concerning the shady business going on in his administration. "How much did the President know, and when did he know it?" This tape was evidence that he was personally involved all along.

 

[RJDiogenes]

I ate that, but I was more of a Franken Berry guy myself.

I never cared for fruit-flavored cereals. Quisp was actually my favorite, and stuff similar to that.

That's not how it actually went down, or how the law works. For two years Nixon maintained plausible deniability that he wasn't in the loop concerning the shady business going on in his administration. "How much did the President know, and when did he know it?" This tape was evidence that he was personally involved all along.

Yeah, but everyone knew it all along. That's why it was a "smoking gun" tape and not a "shocking revelation" tape.

 

[The Old Mixer]

50th Anniversary Album Spotlight

Cosmo's Factory
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Released July 16, 1970
Chart debut: July 25, 1970
Chart peak: #1, August 22 through October 17, 1970
#265 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time

Cosmo's Factory is the fifth studio album by American rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival, released by Fantasy Records in July 1970, and released as Fantasy 8402 – the same month as the single release of "Lookin' Out My Back Door" with "Long as I Can See the Light" on the B-side.

The name of the album comes from the warehouse in Berkeley where the band rehearsed early in their career. It was dubbed "The Factory" by drummer Doug "Cosmo" Clifford, because bandleader John Fogerty made them practice there almost every day.

Perhaps more than any other Creedence album, Cosmo's Factory displays the wide range of musical ingredients that provided the foundation for their "swamp rock" sound: R&B ("Before You Accuse Me", "My Baby Left Me"), soul ("I Heard It Through the Grapevine", "Long As I Can See the Light"), country ("Lookin' Out My Back Door"), rockabilly and classic rock and roll ("Ooby Dooby", "Travelin' Band"), and psychedelia ("Ramble Tamble").

The album opens in a grittily groovy fashion with the seven-minute "Ramble Tamble".

Although CCR had dabbled with psychedelia on their debut single "Susie Q", the storming "Ramble Tamble" is more ambitious; the song begins with the band roaring through a rockabilly introduction before transitioning into a psychedelic wall of sound that lasts nearly four minutes. The song transitions back into the original rockabilly section at its conclusion.

Next the band goes back to bluesy basics with "Before You Accuse Me," their cover of a Bo Diddley B-side from 1958.

Following that is rock & rolling recent hit single "Travelin' Band" (charted Jan. 31, 1970; #2 US as double A-side w/ "Who'll Stop the Rain"; #8 UK).

"Travelin' Band" was inspired by 1950s rock 'n' roll songs, particularly those by Little Richard. In October 1972, the company that held the publishing rights to Richard's "Good Golly, Miss Molly" felt that "Travelin' Band" bore enough similarities to warrant a plagiarism lawsuit that was later settled out of court.

Then we get another '50s cover...this time of Roy Orbison's debut single, "Ooby Dooby".

After that we hear one side of the band's upcoming hit, the colorful "Lookin' Out My Back Door" (charts Aug. 8, 1970; #2 US as double A-side w/ "Long as I Can See the Light"):

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"Lookin' Out My Back Door" was a direct tribute to the Bakersfield Sound, a form of music that influenced John Fogerty and the Creedence sound. Buck Owens, one of the architects of the Bakersfield Sound, is even mentioned in the song's lyrics. The song is known for its upbeat tempo, its down-home feel, and a change in key and tempo towards the end. The song's lyrics, filled with colorful, dream-like imagery, led some to believe that the song was about drugs; according to the drug theory, the "flying spoon" in the song was a cocaine spoon, and the crazy animal images were an acid trip. Fogerty, however, has repeatedly stated in interviews that the song was actually written for his then three-year-old son, Josh. Fogerty has also said that the reference to a parade passing by was inspired by the Dr. Seuss book And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street.

The first side closes with half of CCR's most recent hit single, "Run Through the Jungle" (charted Apr. 25, 1970; #4 US as double A-side w/ "Up Around the Bend"), which is popularly believed to be about Vietnam, though John Fogerty says that it was actually about gun proliferation in America.

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Side two opens with the other side of that single, "Up Around the Bend" (charted Apr. 25, 1970; #4 US as double A-side w/ "Run Through the Jungle"; #3 UK):

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After that is still another '50s cover, Arthur Crudup's "My Baby Left Me"...perhaps best known as an early Elvis B-side.

And still another recent hit single side follows, "Who'll Stop the Rain" (charted Jan. 31, 1970; #2 US as double A-side w/ "Travelin' Band"):

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While CCR generally had a reputation for not indulging in psychedelic jams, they had their moments of exception...such as their sprawling, immersive 11-minute rendition of "I Heard It Through the Grapevine". A single edit of this number will be released in late 1975 to promote the hits compilation Chronicle, reaching #43 US.

The album closes with the other half of their upcoming hit, "Long as I Can See the Light" (charts Aug. 8, 1970; #2 US as double A-side w/ "Lookin' Out My Back Door"; #20 UK):

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With the release of Cosmo's Factory in July 1970, Creedence Clearwater Revival hit their commercial zenith. It was their fifth album in two years and became an international smash, topping the album charts in six countries.

Overall, another solid, enjoyable listen by CCR with a good number of recognizable tracks.

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Yeah, but everyone knew it all along. That's why it was a "smoking gun" tape and not a "shocking revelation" tape.

Well, I read All the President's Men some years back, and as I recall, W&B didn't proceed under the assumption that it went all the way up to Nixon himself.

 

[RJDiogenes]

Cosmo's Factory
Creedence Clearwater Revival

Here we go! So many beloved classics on this one.

After that we hear one side of the band's upcoming hit, the colorful "Lookin' Out My Back Door"

I never knew that this was written for his son, or about the Dr Seuss reference, but I never thought it was a drug song. I assumed it was just pure daydreaming. That's the kind of guys they seem like.

The first side closes with half of CCR's most recent hit single, "Run Through the Jungle"

I didn't know the genesis of this one, either, and I did assume it was about Vietnam.

Side two opens with the other side of that single, "Up Around the Bend"

Funny story with this one: There's a line that says, "You can ponder perpetual motion," which my Brother misheard as "Gods of Perpetual Motion," which he used as the name of a superhero team he created when he was young.

Overall, another solid, enjoyable listen by CCR with a good number of recognizable tracks.

Great band with a unique sound that is versatile enough to never get stale, and they made a lot of great songs.

Well, I read All the President's Men some years back, and as I recall, W&B didn't proceed under the assumption that it went all the way up to Nixon himself.

And that's proper caution for a couple of solidly professional journalists who correctly deal only in facts, but I'm sure they knew where it was going even more than the people who read the papers did.

 

[The Old Mixer]

55 Years Ago This Week

July 25 – Electric Dylan controversy: Bob Dylan elicits controversy among folk purists by "going electric" at the Newport Folk Festival.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Dylan_controversy

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I found that to be much more in-your-face than I'd imagined.

July 26 – The Maldives receive full independence from Great Britain.
July 27 – Edward Heath becomes Leader of the British Conservative Party.
July 28 – Vietnam War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson announces his order to increase the number of United States troops in South Vietnam from 75,000 to 125,000, and to more than double the number of men drafted per month - from 17,000 to 35,000.

July 29 – Premiere of Help!, second movie of The Beatles.

Piccadilly Circus in London is thrown into chaos again with the world royal charity premiere of the Help! film at the London Pavilion cinema.

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July 30 – War on Poverty: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Social Security Act of 1965 into law, establishing Medicare and Medicaid.

Selections from Billboard's Hot 100 for the week:

1. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction," The Rolling Stones
2. "I'm Henry VIII, I Am," Herman's Hermits
3. "What's New Pussycat?," Tom Jones
4. "Cara, Mia," Jay & The Americans
5. "Yes, I'm Ready," Barbara Mason
6. "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)," Four Tops
7. "What the World Needs Now Is Love," Jackie DeShannon
8. "Save Your Heart for Me," Gary Lewis & The Playboys
9. "I Like It Like That," The Dave Clark Five
10. "Seventh Son," Johnny Rivers
11. "(Such an) Easy Question," Elvis Presley
12. "I Want Candy," The Strangeloves
13. "Too Many Rivers," Brenda Lee
14. "Don't Just Stand There," Patty Duke

16. "Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows," Lesley Gore
17. "You Turn Me On (Turn On Song)," Ian Whitcomb & Bluesville
18. "Mr. Tambourine Man," The Byrds

22. "I Got You Babe," Sonny & Cher
23. "Baby, I'm Yours," Barbara Lewis
24. "Sitting in the Park," Billy Stewart
25. "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me," Mel Carter
26. "Take Me Back," Little Anthony & The Imperials
27. "Down in the Boondocks," Billy Joe Royal
28. "I'm a Fool," Dino, Desi & Billy
29. "To Know You Is to Love You," Peter & Gordon
30. "Pretty Little Baby," Marvin Gaye
31. "You'd Better Come Home," Petula Clark
32. "Ride Your Pony," Lee Dorsey
33. "Here Comes the Night," Them
34. "Set Me Free," The Kinks

36. "Wooly Bully," Sam the Sham & The Pharoahs
37. "Tonight's the Night," Solomon Burke
38. "Unchained Melody," The Righteous Brothers
39. "For Your Love," The Yardbirds
40. "A World of Our Own," The Seekers

42. "All I Really Want to Do," Cher

44. "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag, Part I," James Brown & The Famous Flames
45. "All I Really Want to Do," The Byrds

48. "Wonderful World," Herman's Hermits

51. "The Tracks of My Tears," The Miracles
52. "California Girls," The Beach Boys
53. "Since I Lost My Baby," The Temptations
54. "It's the Same Old Song," Four Tops
55. "Girl Come Running," The Four Seasons
56. "Oo Wee Baby, I Love You," Fred Hughes
57. "You Were on My Mind," We Five

62. "In the Midnight Hour," Wilson Pickett

76. "Like a Rolling Stone," Bob Dylan

80. "Ju Ju Hand," Sam the Sham & The Pharaohs
81. "Shake and Fingerpop," Jr. Walker & The All Stars

86. "Heart Full of Soul," The Yardbirds

88. "Nothing but Heartaches," The Supremes

100. "The 'In' Crowd," The Ramsey Lewis Trio

Leaving the chart:

• "Crying in the Chapel," Elvis Presley (14 weeks)
• "I've Been Loving You Too Long (to Stop Now)," Otis Redding (11 weeks)

New on the chart:

"Heart Full of Soul," The Yardbirds

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(#9 US; #2 UK)

"The 'In' Crowd," The Ramsey Lewis Trio

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(#5 US; #2 R&B)

"It's the Same Old Song," Four Tops

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(#5 US; #2 R&B; #34 UK)

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50th Anniversary Catch-Up Viewing

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Dragnet 1969
"Intelligence (DR-34)"
Originally aired April 17, 1969 (season finale)

Friday plays along with a superpatriotic group and uncovers a large cache of stolen weapons.

This is the city: Los Angeles, California. I work here. I carry a badge.

Tuesday, February 4 (1969): Friday and Gannon are working the day watch out of Intelligence Division when Friday gets an invitation to attend an alumni association party for a night school that he used to go to. At the party, which Friday reluctantly attends, the host, Paul Reed (Peter Duryea), introduces Friday to Frank Baker (Stacy Harris), a bigwig in an organization called the Fielder Militia. Baker considers himself to be on the side of law and order, but Friday sees him and his compatriots as neo-Nazis. Baker nevertheless tries to butter Friday up to help him obtain a firearms license, despite having a felony on his record, so that he can sell a stash of firearms.

Working with his Captain of the Week and Jack Courtney (Len Wayland), a man from the Treasury Department, Friday strings Baker along to determine where the guns, which are believed to have been stolen from the military, are stored. Baker offers Friday a deal on a rifle purchase in an attempt to sweeten their arrangement. But while Friday is visiting Baker, Baker gets a call from the head of the militia and abruptly calls the whole deal off.

Some time later, Baker shows up at Friday's apartment, having obviously been drinking. Gannon was already there and hides in the kitchen. Baker relates how he was demoted in the militia, and Friday has little trouble getting him to spill the location of the arms stash in an improbably detailed set of directions. Gannon and Courtney come out and Baker is arrested. (There's no explanation of how Courtney got in there. I assume Friday's supposed to have a back door through his kitchen.)

On March 19, trial was held in Department 184, Superior Court of the State of California, for the County of Los Angeles....The suspect was found guilty on both federal and local charges relating to illegal sale and storage of explosives, illegal possession and sale of automatic weapons, and possession of stolen government property.

FRANK T. BAKER
Now serving his term in the State Penitentiary, San Quentin, California.

The suspect was found guilty on federal charges relating to illegal sale and storage of explosives, illegal possession and sale of automatic weapons, and possession of stolen government property.

KENNETH J. FIELDER
Now serving his sentence in the Federal Penitentiary, Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas.

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And The Old Mixer is the size of a fig.

The following week, he'll be the size of a lime.

And the week after that, he'll be the size of a peapod, which is where I started keeping track last year. Definitely starting to look all 2001-ish at this point.

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Here we go! So many beloved classics on this one.

Enjoy...it's the last of three CCR albums on the list.

Funny story with this one: There's a line that says, "You can ponder perpetual motion," which my Brother misheard as "Gods of Perpetual Motion," which he used as the name of a superhero team he created when he was young.

 

[RJDiogenes]

I found that to be much more in-your-face than I'd imagined.

Dylan: Plugged.

"Heart Full of Soul," The Yardbirds

Didn't recognize this by the name, but yeah, good one.

"The 'In' Crowd," The Ramsey Lewis Trio

I kept waiting and waiting....

"It's the Same Old Song," Four Tops

Another good one.

Tuesday, February 4 (1969): Friday and Gannon are working the day watch out of Intelligence Division when Friday gets an invitation to attend an alumni association party for a night school that he used to go to.

So the plot is kicked off by a personal event that coincidentally relates to the division that Friday is working out of this week?

Baker relates how he was demoted in the militia, and Friday has little trouble getting him to spill the location of the arms stash in an improbably detailed set of directions.

And is resolved because the bad guy is randomly demoted and turns on his non-patriot compatriots? Come on, I want to hear some anti-militia zingers from Friday!

(There's no explanation of how Courtney got in there. I assume Friday's supposed to have a back door through his kitchen.)

He was keeping him in the breadbox for when he was needed.

And The Old Mixer is the size of a fig.

Watch out for Newtons.

The following week, he'll be the size of a lime.

Watch out for coconuts.

And the week after that, he'll be the size of a peapod

Peapod is actually pretty big during the Coronapocalypse.

Enjoy...it's the last of three CCR albums on the list.

Indeed. They created an amazing body of work in quite a short period of time.

 

[The Old Mixer]

50 Years Ago This Week

July 27 – Attending the opening performance of Oh! Calcutta at the Roundhouse Theatre, London, for which John has written a short item, Pattie Harrison sits with Eric Clapton. Their relationship begins soon afterwards.

Spoiler: November

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July 30 – Damages totalling £485,528 are awarded to 28 Thalidomide victims.
July 31 – NBC anchor Chet Huntley retires from full-time broadcasting.

Selections from Billboard's Hot 100 for the week:

1. "(They Long to Be) Close to You," Carpenters
2. "Make It with You," Bread
3. "Mama Told Me (Not to Come)," Three Dog Night
4. "Band of Gold," Freda Payne
5. "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours," Stevie Wonder
6. "The Love You Save" / "I Found That Girl", The Jackson 5
7. "Spill the Wine," Eric Burdon & War
8. "Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)," The Temptations
9. "Tighter, Tighter," Alive and Kicking
10. "O-o-h Child" / "Dear Prudence", The Five Stairsteps
11. "Ride Captain Ride," Blues Image
12. "War," Edwin Starr
13. "Hitchin' a Ride," Vanity Fare
14. "Are You Ready?," Pacific Gas & Electric
15. "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)," Melanie
16. "Teach Your Children," Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
17. "Ohio," Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
18. "I Just Can't Help Believing," B. J. Thomas
19. "Lay a Little Lovin' on Me," Robin McNamara
20. "A Song of Joy (Himno a La Alegria)," Miguel Rios
21. "(If You Let Me Make Love to You Then) Why Can't I Touch You?," Ronnie Dyson
22. "In the Summertime," Mungo Jerry
23. "Gimme Dat Ding," The Pipkins
24. "The Wonder of You" / "Mama Liked the Roses", Elvis Presley
25. "Silver Bird," Mark Lindsay
26. "Westbound #9," The Flaming Ember
27. "Tell It All Brother," Kenny Rogers & The First Edition
28. "Overture from Tommy (A Rock Opera)," The Assembled Multitude
29. "Patches," Clarence Carter
30. "Get Up (I Feel Like Being Like a) Sex Machine (Part 1)," James Brown
31. "Mississippi Queen," Mountain
32. "Love Land," Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
33. "Summertime Blues," The Who
34. "The Sly, Slick, and the Wicked," The Lost Generation
35. "Maybe," The Three Degrees

37. "Everybody's Got the Right to Love," The Supremes
38. "25 or 6 to 4," Chicago

40. "Check Out Your Mind," The Impressions
41. "Save the Country," The 5th Dimension
42. "Big Yellow Taxi," The Neighborhood

49. "Hand Me Down World," The Guess Who

55. "Cinnamon Girl," Neil Young & Crazy Horse

60. "Solitary Man," Neil Diamond
61. "(I Know) I'm Losing You," Rare Earth
62. "Groovy Situation," Gene Chandler

69. "Snowbird," Anne Murray

71. "Julie, Do Ya Love Me," Bobby Sherman
72. "Hi-De-Ho," Blood, Sweat & Tears

76. "It's a Shame," The Spinners

87. "Yellow River," Christie
88. "Candida," Dawn

91. "Big Yellow Taxi," Joni Mitchell

Leaving the chart:

• "Get Ready," Rare Earth (20 weeks)
• "The Long and Winding Road" / "For You Blue", The Beatles (10 weeks)
• "My Baby Loves Lovin'," White Plains (15 weeks)
• "United We Stand," The Brotherhood of Man (15 weeks)

New on the chart:

"Hi-De-Ho," Blood, Sweat & Tears

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(#14 US; #14 AC)

"(I Know) I'm Losing You," Rare Earth

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(#7 US; #20 R&B)

"Julie, Do Ya Love Me," Bobby Sherman

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(#5 US; #2 AC; #28 UK)

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Dylan: Plugged.

The times they did a-change. I have to share the first comment on the YouTube page:

At the time, this was the most gangster move anyone has done in the music business

Didn't recognize this by the name, but yeah, good one.

Another step toward the psychedelic era.

I kept waiting and waiting....

You've heard the words, feel free to bring 'em!

Another good one.

The Tops' streak of stone-cold classics continues.

So the plot is kicked off by a personal event that coincidentally relates to the division that Friday is working out of this week?

Yep. And once again forces us to suspend our disbelief that anyone would get the impression Friday can be bought, bribed, or corrupted...

And is resolved because the bad guy is randomly demoted and turns on his non-patriot compatriots? Come on, I want to hear some anti-militia zingers from Friday!

He was demoted because they learned about Friday, and he didn't so much turn on them as indulge in loose lips, apparently thinking he was just commiserating with Friday. And Friday did get in some anti-militia zingers earlier on when he first met Baker. I remember one comment about how he wears a badge, not a swastika.

Peapod is actually pretty big during the Coronapocalypse.

I'm a triweekly customer myself.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Watch out for Newtons.

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My wife, who is only three years younger doesn't remember this commercial. But it's burned in my brain.

 

[RJDiogenes]

Spoiler: November

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Spoiler

Also Sprach Clapton.

"Hi-De-Ho," Blood, Sweat & Tears

It sounds nice.

"(I Know) I'm Losing You," Rare Earth

This is a goodie.

"Julie, Do Ya Love Me," Bobby Sherman

I don't care.

The times they did a-change. I have to share the first comment on the YouTube page:

That's one way of putting it, I guess. But shouldn't that be "Gangsta?"

You've heard the words, feel free to bring 'em!

The neighbors complained.

And Friday did get in some anti-militia zingers earlier on when he first met Baker. I remember one comment about how he wears a badge, not a swastika.

That's a good one.

I'm a triweekly customer myself.

Excellent.

My wife, who is only three years younger doesn't remember this commercial. But it's burned in my brain.

I remember it well. In fact, the "ooey gooey rich and chewey" bit makes its way into my conversation fairly often.

 

[The Old Mixer]

50th Anniversary Catch-Up Cinematic Special

The Wild Bunch
Directed by Sam Peckinpah
Starring William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan, Edmond O'Brien, and Warren Oates
Released June 19, 1969
1970 Academy Award nominee for Best Writing, Story and Screenplay Based on Material Not Previously Published or Produced (Walon Green, Roy N. Sickner, and Sam Peckinpah); and Best Music, Original Score for a Motion Picture (not a Musical) (Jerry Fielding)

The Wild Bunch is a 1969 American revisionist Western film directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring William Holden, Robert Ryan, Ernest Borgnine, Edmond O'Brien, Ben Johnson and Warren Oates. The plot concerns an aging outlaw gang on the Mexico–United States border trying to adapt to the changing modern world of 1913. The film was controversial because of its graphic violence and its portrayal of crude men attempting to survive by any available means.

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This film shares its overall theme with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid...a Western set in the early 20th century, with outlaw main characters facing changing times (This one's even got some of them newfangled horseless carriages!) and ultimately going out in a blaze of glory. Like Bonnie and Clyde, The Wild Bunch was noteworthy in its time for its level of violence, as demonstrated in the opening bank heist, which involves lots of bloody civilian deaths (which are more the fault of the railroad types who set the trap for the Bunch than the outlaws themselves):

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The violence that was much criticized in 1969 remains controversial. Peckinpah noted it was allegoric of the American war in Vietnam, the violence of which was nightly televised to American homes at supper time. He tried showing the gun violence commonplace to the historic western frontier period, rebelling against sanitized, bloodless television Westerns and films glamorizing gunfights and murder: "The point of the film is to take this façade of movie violence and open it up, get people involved in it so that they are starting to go in the Hollywood television predictable reaction syndrome, and then twist it so that it's not fun anymore, just a wave of sickness in the gut ... it's ugly, brutalizing, and bloody awful; it's not fun and games and cowboys and Indians. It's a terrible, ugly thing, and yet there's a certain response that you get from it, an excitement, because we're all violent people." Peckinpah used violence as a catharsis, believing his audience would be purged of violence by witnessing it explicitly on screen. He later admitted to being mistaken, observing that the audience came to enjoy rather than be horrified by his films' violence, which troubled him.

The film also had bits of female breast nudity...blurred out by Movies!, along with any language describing it.

The leader of the Bunch, Pike Bishop (Holden), struggles to maintain a code of honor, proclaiming, "When you side with a man, you stay with him, and if you can't do that, you're like some animal!" This plays heavily into the film's climax. But in the aftermath of the bank job, he puts down a man who's too injured to ride. And the most likeable character in the cast is the Bunch's chief antagonist, Deke Thornton (Ryan)...a former partner of Bishop's who's being strong-armed into leading the posse pursuing Bishop's gang for the railroad. Thornton finds himself at odds with their orders, despises the "gutter trash" that they've hired to work under him, and at one point openly wishes that he was riding with Bishop. Notably, Thornton survives to the end of the story, unlike Bishop's gang.

The Bunch find themselves working for a Mexican general, Mapache (Emilio Fernández)--who's engaged in ongoing conflict with the revolutionary forces of Pancho Villa--in an uneasy arrangement that involves little trust. Mapache hires them to undertake the film's central heist, robbing a shipment of US Army munitions from a train. The following clip is the climax of that sequence:

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But the Bunch's Mexican member, Angel (Jaime Sánchez), sympathizes with Villa, so he arranges with Bishop to slip one crate of arms to the rebels as his payment. When Mapache learns of this, Bishop's right-hand man, Dutch Engstrom (Borgnine), lets the general have Angel to save his own skin. The rest of the gang initially follows suit, attempting to find solace in booze and women. But when Bishop goes to the remaining members of the Bunch and tells them simply, "Let's go," they know exactly what he means, and join him without objection:

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When they confront Mapache to persuade him to let them have Angel--now half-dead from being dragged around behind a horse--the general spitefully cuts his prisoner's throat...and Bishop, in turn, shoots Mapache while surrounded by the general's men...who, at first, are dumbstruck by this bold action:

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But while the Bunch acquit themselves admirably against the odds, they're ultimately overwhelmed...as foreshadowed by the image of children feeding live scorpions to an army of ants in the film's opening.

In 1999, the U.S. National Film Registry selected The Wild Bunch for preservation in the Library of Congress as “culturally, historically, and aesthetically significant”. The film was ranked 80th in the American Film Institute's 100 best American films and the 69th most thrilling film. In 2008, the AFI listed 10 best films in 10 genres and ranked The Wild Bunch as the sixth-best Western.

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My wife, who is only three years younger doesn't remember this commercial. But it's burned in my brain.

Definitely wasn't burned into my brain, other than the phrase "big Fig Newton," but I generally remember the mascot and series of commercials.

It sounds nice.

Decent but not particularly noteworthy. Alas, BS&T is on the downswing at this point...

This is a goodie.

Talk about formula and soundalike sequel singles...here they once again do a long, jammy cover of a Temptations hit (in this case, nearly 11 minutes), then release an edited version as a single.

I don't care.

Well, it's on my playlist for the next three months at least. Wish me strength.

 

[RJDiogenes]

The Wild Bunch
Directed by Sam Peckinpah

I was only vaguely aware of this. Westerns weren't really my thing, nor was graphic violence. Learning more about it here, I'm a bit befuddled at the status its acquired. I don't see a lot of substance here.

The film also had bits of female breast nudity...blurred out by Movies!

Blood-spurting mayhem is art, but beauty is obscene.

Well, it's on my playlist for the next three months at least. Wish me strength.

I wish you extra-strength Excedrin.

 

[The Old Mixer]

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50th Anniversary Catch-Up Viewing

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Dragnet 1970
"Personnel – The Shooting"
Originally aired September 18, 1969 (season premiere)

Friday and Gannon try to make things easier for the wives of two officers shot in the line of duty.

This is the city: Los Angeles, California. I work here. I carry a badge.

Friday, October 9 (1970?): Friday and Gannon, working the day watch out of Personnel Division, Medical Section, are ready to leave for the weekend when they get the call about the two shot officers and go to Central Receiving. William Boyett is there as Sgt. MacDonald, and describes how the officers got into a firefight with a couple of suspects exiting from a liquor store robbery. The officers, Miller and Stevens, are alive but in bad shape. In the corridor, the suspect who was apprehended, Lawrence Shafner (John Sebastian), is in good enough shape to boast about how he came up on top.

Friday and Gannon talk to the officers' wives. Mrs. Miller (Virginia Gregg), a veteran police spouse, is calm, composed, and understanding; the young Mrs. Stevens (Veronica Cartwright) is a lot more visibly upset and takes her issues with her husband's line of work out on the detectives. Friday and Gannon then see Dr. Linsley (Harry Bartell), a surgeon with long experience operating on wounded officers, to get briefed on the X-ray results. Stevens has two slugs in him, one of which may have damaged his spinal cord, which would mean permanent paralysis. Miller has five entrance wounds; his trachea and right lung have been damaged, and one bullet is close to his heart. Linsley isn't optimistic about either's prospects, saying that these two cases are as bad as he's seen. When Friday and Gannon go back to the wives to break the news, Mrs. Miller tries to prepare Mrs. Stevens by talking about how important their husbands' jobs are, but Stevens is still resentful.

After surgery, Linsley informs Mrs. Stevens that her husband will be fine. Officer Miller isn't in such good shape, and Mrs. Miller prays at his bedside with a priest. Outside the room, Mrs. Stevens is apologizing to Friday and Gannon for her earlier behavior when Mrs. Miller comes out and informs them that Frank is dead. Then her son, also a police officer, arrives, and she embraces him, crying.

On November 20th, trial was held in Department 50, Superior Court of the State of California, for the County of Los Angeles....The suspect was found guilty of murder in the first degree, which is punishable by death or confinement in the state prison for life. Lawrence Shafner refused to disclose the identity of the second suspect, who is still at large.

LAWRENCE SHAFNER
Now awaiting execution in the State Prison, San Quentin, California.

The Los Angeles Police Department posthumously awarded its highest honor, the Medal of Valor, to Officer Frank Miller for distinguished and conspicuous bravery. The award was presented to his widow.

It sounds like they have a new Announcer this season.

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Adam-12
"Log 15: Exactly One Hundred Yards"
Originally aired September 20, 1969 (Season 2 premiere)

Malloy isn't thrilled about having to do community relations police work with school children as part of the LAPD's "Policeman Bill" program while at the same time helping Reed train for the Police Olympics. While most of the kids at the school they're visiting are enthusiastic about the program, there's one kid (played by guest-star Butch Patrick) who seems to have a bad attitude.

Remember how a recording mishap cost me the first couple of Season 2 episodes last year? Now they can be covered!

Reed and Malloy use talking to the kids as an opportunity to give the audience some infodumps about procedural matters like how the radio works and the radio codes for different types of calls...aided by an A student named Jennifer (Stephanie Taylor, whose only acting credit is this episode), who expresses support for the police in spite of the bad word of mouth that they're getting these days from older members of the younger generation. Malloy's attention is drawn to a surly kid with a pocket knife named Tony Niccola (the aforementioned former Munster). When the officers are ready to leave, they find the tires slashed on one side of the squad car. Tony is the obvious suspect, though he denies having done it and the knife isn't found in his pocket. Malloy gives him a Fridayesque mini-lecture listing the costs to the taxpayers.

The next day several of the kids come to watch the officers work out for the Police Olympics, which Reed is very invested in, though Malloy is less enthusiastic. Even Tony is there, watching from a distance. Jim reaches out and tries to enlist him to man the stopwatch for them, which involves sending him to Pete's car to retrieve it. The officers become concerned several minutes later when he hasn't returned, which is when his father shows up looking for him (Al Checco, not Fred Gwynne). Mr. Niccola defends his boy against the tire-slashing incident. When he mentions Principal Wesley (Larry McCormick), a descriptive word is obviously silenced out...I didn't see anything about it on IMDb, but given the father's belligerent demeanor, I have to wonder if it was a racial epithet. Tony waits for his father to leave before showing up with the pocket watch.

After the workout and ice cream for the kids, Jennifer tells the officers that Mr. Niccola found Tony, and that she spotted a gun tucked in Tony's waistband. The off-duty officers find the Niccolas walking home and confront Tony, who tries to make a break for it. When they catch him and reveal the revolver, which he'd stolen from his father, he explains how he took it out of concern about his parents fighting, then admits to having slashed the tires. All three adults express relief that, under the circumstances, only the tires were harmed.

In the coda, which takes place after the Olympics, Tony pays Jim and Pete a visit while Jim is working out...and Pete is lying on the ground with a paper over his face. Tony asks to see the medal that Reed won, but when Malloy asks him to drop by the station some time, he rebuffs the offer. "Whaddya want me to do, ruin my reputation?"

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I was only vaguely aware of this. Westerns weren't really my thing, nor was graphic violence. Learning more about it here, I'm a bit befuddled at the status its acquired. I don't see a lot of substance here.

I wasn't sure what to make of it myself while watching, but grew some appreciation for it upon reflection. It perhaps didn't need two and a half hours to tell the story it had to tell.

I wish you extra-strength Excedrin.

Don't wish it, send it.

 

[gblews]

"Heart Full of Soul," The Yardbirds

Who didn’t love the Yardbirds back then? I had no idea at the time, the level of guitar talent that flowed through this band. All I knew was they sounded wild and untamed compared to the Beatles and Stones and I loved it.

"The 'In' Crowd," The Ramsey Lewis Trio

One of these days maybe in the not too distant future, another pure jazz instrumental will cross over to the pop charts the way this tune did. This song was HUGE at my high school. They played it at school dances and people danced to it.

Ramsey Lewis followed this record with a string of not quite as successful hits, but big enough. If I remember correctly, one of his subsequent albums was a collab with Earth, Wind, and Fire.

This wasn’t the only straight up jazz tune that became a pop hit in the mid sixties, there was Listen Here, El Watusi, and some others. These days it seems, everyone needs lyrics, but I think the right tune just hasn’t come along. It will, eventually. Just a matter of time.

The Wild Bunch is a 1969 American revisionist Western film directed by Sam Peckinpah

Such exquisite violence. At the time, USC had a great team with a really talented defensive line.The D line got the nickname, The Wild Bunch, because of their marauding ways. Very cool.[/quote]

 

[RJDiogenes]

Dragnet 1970
"Personnel – The Shooting"

Looks like a new title format this year.

William Boyett is there as Sgt. MacDonald

Crossover! Good thing Reed and Malloy weren't part of it.

In the corridor, the suspect who was apprehended, Lawrence Shafner (John Sebastian), is in good enough shape to boast about how he came up on top.

Unwise.

After surgery, Linsley informs Mrs. Stevens that her husband will be fine. Officer Miller isn't in such good shape, and Mrs. Miller prays at his bedside with a priest. Outside the room, Mrs. Stevens is apologizing to Friday and Gannon for her earlier behavior when Mrs. Miller comes out and informs them that Frank is dead. Then her son, also a police officer, arrives, and she embraces him, crying.

I remember this episode, too. A very graphic and heartbreaking window into the lives of cops and their families. I'm surprised they let the other shooter get away.

Remember how a recording mishap cost me the first couple of Season 2 episodes last year? Now they can be covered!

They can run but they can't hide.

procedural matters like how the radio works and the radio codes for different types of calls...

And how Code Seven is a scam!

(Al Checco, not Fred Gwynne)

Now that would have been an amazing crossover.

When he mentions Principal Wesley (Larry McCormick), a descriptive word is obviously silenced out...I didn't see anything about it on IMDb, but given the father's belligerent demeanor, I have to wonder if it was a racial epithet.

Thereby robbing the scene of its power. Censorship has always been stupid, but, like everything else, has gotten even stupider over the years.

All three adults express relief that, under the circumstances, only the tires were harmed.

But no concern that the kid fears for his mother's life?

Don't wish it, send it.

I'll add you to my ever-growing Amazon address book.

 

[The Old Mixer]

Who didn’t love the Yardbirds back then? I had no idea at the time, the level of guitar talent that flowed through this band. All I knew was they sounded wild and untamed compared to the Beatles and Stones and I loved it.

I like their singles better than their albums on the Rolling Stone list, though I'll be getting back to those in 55th anniversary business.

These days it seems, everyone needs lyrics

I know someone like that!

Looks like a new title format this year.

Last season's format was pretty wonky, with the repeated use of the same division names followed by different numbers.

Crossover! Good thing Reed and Malloy weren't part of it.

The younger wife definitely seemed like a de facto Jean Reed.

They can

mysteriously switch over to Days of Our Lives

but they can't hide.

And how Code Seven is a scam!

Thereby robbing the scene of its power. Censorship has always been stupid, but, like everything else, has gotten even stupider over the years.

I can see why syndication wouldn't wanna go there...if that's what it was, it was an angle that didn't go anywhere in the larger story.

But no concern that the kid fears for his mother's life?

I think we were supposed to get the impression that the father had the fear of God put into him.

 

[RJDiogenes]

I know someone like that!

I need the lyrics. I'm a Wordmeister.

The younger wife definitely seemed like a de facto Jean Reed.

I was thinking that.

I think we were supposed to get the impression that the father had the fear of God put into him.

The fear of Friday!