I was a rookie cop in 1968 when Adam 12 first hit the airways. I was tall and skinny and my training officer was shorter and blond. We became "Reed and Malloy" to some of the wise guys on the watch. Except for all the action, the show was pretty accurate. I had made Detective by the time Barney Miller came around, loved that show! I've still got the K frame Smith I carried as a Detective, I've owned it for 40 years. Still shoots straight and true.
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mod57
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Hey Al,
What was the name of the show and what character did you voice?
regards,
Ralph
What was the name of the show and what character did you voice?
regards,
Ralph
Allen-frame
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Ralph, the cartoon was called ,Christmas is. I played the part of Tommy the second shepherd.
Don't even know if they still show it at Christmastime anymore.
Regards ,,,AL
Don't even know if they still show it at Christmastime anymore.
Regards ,,,AL
Eirerogue
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Hats off to Mas for the first rendition of the Car 54 theme song. And I thought I was the only one with such trivia in my head!
I recognized the name Vic Perrin from the credits but couldn't picture him.
"Attorney with eyepatch" on the "Night School" episode of Dragnet? Him I remember!
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0674775/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0565614/
"Attorney with eyepatch" on the "Night School" episode of Dragnet? Him I remember!
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0674775/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0565614/
Pioneer461
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Both Dragnet & Adam 12 helped inspire me to become a police officer. When in LA, testing for LAPD, I was waiting at Union Station for the next train to take me back to San Diego. I heard gunshots and went to see what was going on, and discoverd an Adam-12 scene being shot. I stayed to watch for a couple of hours, missing my train, but being a big fan, I just couldn't tear myself away. When it was later broadcast, the whole shoot-out scene took about 15 seconds.
There are episodes of both shows that can be seen online, for free, at http://www.fancast.com/
There are episodes of both shows that can be seen online, for free, at http://www.fancast.com/
I too was influenced by Adam 12 and Dragnet, much to my dismay, the last department I was on was more like The Dukes of Hazzard.
I liked Hill Street Blues about as much as General Hospital and couldn't stand to even hear people talk about it.
And speaking of nicknames, I worked as a union security guard at a steel mill for 15 years, before I got us all fired then rehired in other jobs at a higher wage. Anyway, we had a labor dispute one year and were working seven 12 hour shifts. The two supervisors on the night turn were both heavy drinkers and the older, larger one happened to go by the name "Bud". We referred to them as "Bud" and "Bud Light".
I liked Hill Street Blues about as much as General Hospital and couldn't stand to even hear people talk about it.
And speaking of nicknames, I worked as a union security guard at a steel mill for 15 years, before I got us all fired then rehired in other jobs at a higher wage. Anyway, we had a labor dispute one year and were working seven 12 hour shifts. The two supervisors on the night turn were both heavy drinkers and the older, larger one happened to go by the name "Bud". We referred to them as "Bud" and "Bud Light".
...but Hill Street Blues was entertaining and the politics were pretty realistic, like when the trigger-happy SWAT team commander (Lt Howard Hunter) received the department's "Mental Health Award" (selected by the equally-psychotic Chief).
RobO
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As a child, I watched Adam-12, and I even had the metal lunchbox! (Man I wish I still had it!) I also watched Emergency! ("We're on our way, Rampart!
) And CHiPs. Those studs sure had the social life! I was too young to appreciate HillStreet Blues or Barney Miller. I watched alot of NYPD Blue, Third Watch, and I enjoyed Turks, the short lived series about the family of Chicago cops. There was another short lived cop show that I can't remember, David Keith was in it, it was LAPD-esque. Anybody remember what it was called? Nevermind, I found it. "High Incident" Only 2 seasons, but I liked it.
RobO
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or "See the man..."
What I usually heard was "See THE MAN", which meant the chief wants to blame everything that went wrong on me. Like the 4th of July that went to H... in a hurry with riots breaking out in several areas. He said everything was my fault because I was the road officer that day. Then I set the department regulations in front of him that clearly stated the highest ranking officer at a scene was in charge, and told him that would have been him. The look on his face was priceless, probably a lot like the one on my face four months later when he told me I was being laid off, permanently.
Allen-frame - I remember your uncle well! It seemed like he was on every other episode of Dragnet, and always played an SOB! There was one episode where Webb is looking for two missing little girls and he was a suspect. Another episode where he was a degenerate gambler stealing from the company, and probably a lot more I'm forgetting. But I didn't know that he was the voice of The Outer Limits!
BillCa
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I always liked Adam-12. For a half-hour police drama they couldn't get too gritty. But it did encourage a whole bunch of us young-un's to start down that path.
The show that got us fired up, though, was Joe Wambaugh's Police Story. Usually a lot more realistic and had a lot more interesting characters.
A similar show that took us inside police departments across America might be interesting. One week you're in pursuit through San Francisco and the next week it's about some New Mexico deputy Sheriff and so on. All scripted in the "Police Story" style and doing stories loosely based on real cases.
The show that got us fired up, though, was Joe Wambaugh's Police Story. Usually a lot more realistic and had a lot more interesting characters.
A similar show that took us inside police departments across America might be interesting. One week you're in pursuit through San Francisco and the next week it's about some New Mexico deputy Sheriff and so on. All scripted in the "Police Story" style and doing stories loosely based on real cases.
I enjoyed Police Story and wish it was in syndication. IMO, Wambaugh's stuff is golden... how many shopowners didn't get shot over the years because of that scene in "The New Centurions"? How many patrol officers worked out the "What if?" with their partners thanks to "The Onion Field"? While Wambaugh's fictional stories have been entertaining, there have been lessons incorporated therein.
sw44spl
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I grew up with Adam 12 great show .does anyone know what guns charlies angels carried? and remember the the streets of san francisco what did they carry? oh another show I watched was cannon and kojack and maccloud what did they carry?
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