tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432892204045467262.post709687995682169057..comments2024-02-12T21:42:14.199-05:00Comments on Lincoln X-ray Ida: My blog about Adam-12: Log 73: I'm Still a Cop (Episode 20, Season 1)Keely Schultzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05811146192656170372noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432892204045467262.post-65615156307680844002022-06-03T17:27:56.117-04:002022-06-03T17:27:56.117-04:00the apt bldg across from where Petes car was vanda...the apt bldg across from where Petes car was vandalized was used in Emergency where they had to rescue the retired nurse from Rampart Hospital. & the College is on Circle Drive at Universal Lot, used many times on Adam 12.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432892204045467262.post-30217941757218235882020-05-21T15:31:05.861-04:002020-05-21T15:31:05.861-04:00Almost a complete miss in my view; the episode mel...Almost a complete miss in my view; the episode melds into a bad Dragnet-Room 222 crossover where Malloy is suppose to fish-out-of-water it and solve the grand issue of the day (bombs in old fire extinguishers). Ol' Stacy Harris, the good Canadian, is off his heroin and now the 'dean' of some micro-college (see the screencap of the protesters w/ cops outside) and can't see a simple solution (obviously burn Malloy's velor! I had a velor top in the 70s w an equally ugly pattern; i still remember how it felt to wear it and almost miss it!). Your theory that maybe McCord was sick could be true; I'm also thinking the producers and maybe Milner were itching to stretch his chops -- afterall, before he pulled on the dark blues he went man-o-a-man-o with Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis in Sweet Smell of Success (and shared some big moments on screen with Jay North and a zebra in his kitchen!). This is credited as a Cinader and Webb written episode. Jack Webb could be gratingly one dimensional in his writing at times, and talky. Seems like he has his fingerprints all over this and should be hauled into Mac's office for a talking too! And thanks for pointing out Jerry Quarry -- i remember him during his last years of boxing, he hung on much longer than he should have and ended up looking like a beefy Stacy Harris!dandy danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18063678192378244547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432892204045467262.post-78831450888398324132016-05-18T00:35:25.613-04:002016-05-18T00:35:25.613-04:00I was immediately post-college age during the time...I was immediately post-college age during the time of hippies, protests, and general unrest. During that time, 3 major issues (racism, women's rights, and the Viet Nam war) came together to create major upheaval. The military draft lottery was in effect, and many young men hated the thought of being forced to risk their lives for a war they didn't believe in. Protests were a way of getting "the establishment" to pay attention to citizens' concerns about all 3 issues. Some truly terrible things happened during that time, but it's generally accepted that progress was made in all 3 areas as a result of the protests. It always interested me that many of the "hippies" of that time ended up being "normal" citizens in adulthood. I was never involved in any actual protests, but no one could help being aware of what was going on, especially when there were urban and university fires, shootings, and arrests happening in many parts of the country. The funniest, most benign activity of the time was streaking, and I always regretted that I never saw a streaker. I think Adam-12 did a reasonable job of presenting some of the activities of the time. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432892204045467262.post-5299953647690245112015-02-01T10:49:38.131-05:002015-02-01T10:49:38.131-05:00Oh, and Gary Crosby was reference in the episode o...Oh, and Gary Crosby was reference in the episode of MST3K I watched last night (Danger Death Ray) so it's been a Gary Crosby kind of weekend. Bryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03477477791424705464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432892204045467262.post-60818856694021769372015-02-01T09:57:27.715-05:002015-02-01T09:57:27.715-05:00Don't forget he also spent time as a firefight...Don't forget he also spent time as a firefighter for LA county. But, he was a jerk at that job, too, and probably also got kicked out of there.Keely Schultzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05811146192656170372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432892204045467262.post-35615933660238881042015-01-31T18:00:38.809-05:002015-01-31T18:00:38.809-05:00I saw Gary "Officer Wells" Crosby playin...I saw Gary "Officer Wells" Crosby playing a corrupt beauty pageant producer in an episode of The Bionic Woman last night. I like to think that Wells got kicked off the force for being a jackass and started smuggling secrets to the Reds with Bert Parks using the "Miss United States" pageant as a front. Bryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03477477791424705464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432892204045467262.post-73954166084989303052015-01-29T21:56:56.772-05:002015-01-29T21:56:56.772-05:00Brittany! Good to hear from you! Thanks for checki...Brittany! Good to hear from you! Thanks for checking out the blog, hope you are doing well!Keely Schultzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05811146192656170372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432892204045467262.post-21194373956770460142015-01-29T16:33:13.792-05:002015-01-29T16:33:13.792-05:00Love this blog! Very well written. I really enjoy ...Love this blog! Very well written. I really enjoy the visuals with the captions - helps me to re-live all the small details that I appreciated about the episode.<br /><br />Keep up the good work, Rita!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14416304283604794053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432892204045467262.post-48589773794715336602015-01-28T07:20:09.447-05:002015-01-28T07:20:09.447-05:00"The Big Prophet" also gave us an awesom..."The Big Prophet" also gave us an awesome 90's techno song. <br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2x1y8RZ_xwBryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03477477791424705464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432892204045467262.post-91326672491504114422015-01-26T21:17:05.053-05:002015-01-26T21:17:05.053-05:00Glad you enjoy the blog, Jill! Glad you enjoy the blog, Jill! Keely Schultzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05811146192656170372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432892204045467262.post-68183503031928128012015-01-26T21:04:49.137-05:002015-01-26T21:04:49.137-05:00I was born in 1973, so everything I know about 196...I was born in 1973, so everything I know about 1960's youth protests, hippies, etc. I learned from television and Jerry Rubin's book "Do It!"Keely Schultzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05811146192656170372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432892204045467262.post-24756725779446831452015-01-26T21:01:54.778-05:002015-01-26T21:01:54.778-05:00Of all the "talk-y" parts in this ep, th...Of all the "talk-y" parts in this ep, the one on the bench is the one I like the most. Thank goodness, they were able to turn things around. A world with only one season of Adam-12?!? That would be too awful to imagine! I do see a slight resemblance between Yvonne Craig and Ann Helm, but there is<br />something about Ann Helm's nose that bugs me.Keely Schultzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05811146192656170372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432892204045467262.post-9716953542492937032015-01-26T07:42:31.067-05:002015-01-26T07:42:31.067-05:00Hey Bryan i do the same thing " you're th...Hey Bryan i do the same thing " you're the phony Forrest Ranger guy" i loved that poor soul. This episode was not a fave for me either not enough Jim and Mac. And ugh, who buys Petes clothes? He needs a lady and not Peggy her views are to liberal to be a cops girl. That velour turtleneck no words really, no words. I enjoy your synopses every week. Keep em comming. And can we talk about those large freckled hands? YumJill Monroehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10663315378189329979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432892204045467262.post-48199664775973043802015-01-25T17:05:46.173-05:002015-01-25T17:05:46.173-05:00While this was a rather 'blah' ep I think ...While this was a rather 'blah' ep I think the highlight was Pete's dialogue with Peggy on the park bench. Prosaic but fairly eloquent, Milner - arguably one of our country's underrated but dependable TV actors - delivers as usual. (And it was refreshing to see a reasonable counterpoint to the routinely pro-hippie/protest stance.) <br /><br />We have to wonder if the production was running out of money at the end of the season that this was yet another episode shot completely in the studio / backlot. (I do remember Milner stating in A&E's 'Jack Webb' Biography special that the first season was so low-rated that there was a real threat of cancelation.)<br /><br />I think Ann Helm resembles Yvonne Craig ('Batgirl') from that same time period.<br /><br />Scott<br />"Switch to Tac-2"Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04117862080336382288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432892204045467262.post-85244787701715552462015-01-25T15:45:53.278-05:002015-01-25T15:45:53.278-05:00I like this episode much better than you do, gener...I like this episode much better than you do, generally for the reasons -- except the silliness of the protesters' ill-defined unrest. I love "the mix as usual," of course, but it also makes episodes like this one so enjoyable to me, a chance to see Molloy out of uniform and off duty. It's fun to see him, like Joe Friday, continuing his education.<br /><br />I'm never sure, when I watch old '60s-'70s stuff dealing with hippies and youth-protest movements, how much the producers just <i>didn't understand</i> what they were angry about, and how much they just wanted to discredit them. I'm also not sure, though, that the youth-protest groups were actually better-organized than Mark VII portrayed them.<br /><br />I was born in 1961, so I wasn't politically savvy enough to understand much of what was going on. I know that there was a desire to end the war in Viet Nam. I know that there was a desire to combat racism. But I don't know to what extent campus movements were actually aimed at changing school policies and curricula. So it's hard for me to judge whether this episode was fair or unfair to the protesting students.Jonathan Andrew Sheenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13533106584138186704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432892204045467262.post-87551525853335744322015-01-25T11:20:25.598-05:002015-01-25T11:20:25.598-05:00Oh my God, "The Big Prophet"! Trust me, ...Oh my God, "The Big Prophet"! Trust me, that did cross my mind when I was complaining about the talking in this one. I thought, "Well, at least it's not the Big Prophet". But the "Prophet" does contain Friday's awesome line about heroin being the bomb. You really must read Suzy's post on "Prophet" if you haven't already.<br />I wish we did see more of Pete's private life. I would have loved to have seen his apartment at least once. We did get to see Friday's apartment a couple of times on Dragnet. <br />I also wonder what happened in the real case. Was there a bomb, did they really paint "pig" on the officer's car? At which university did this take place?Keely Schultzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05811146192656170372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432892204045467262.post-83019979541340281332015-01-25T11:10:51.390-05:002015-01-25T11:10:51.390-05:00I didn't think if was THAT bad, but I just wat...I didn't think if was THAT bad, but I just watched the Dragnet episode "The Big Prophet." Now that was painful. So much talking! <br /><br />I did enjoy getting a little peak into Pete's off-duty life. Even though it never comes up before of after this episode, I really liked that he was taking some college courses. What else does this guy do? <br /><br />I wish we knew more about the specific case that inspired this episode. Now that would be interesting!Okay Sevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12063875018895304778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432892204045467262.post-18354832608056835892015-01-25T11:00:28.736-05:002015-01-25T11:00:28.736-05:00When I first saw Stacy Harris in this, I thought, ...When I first saw Stacy Harris in this, I thought, "Didn't we just see you as a heroin addict a few episodes ago? Good job cleaning up your act and becoming the president of a college". <br />This episode does remind me a lot of the Dragnet "Night School" ep. , but I like that much better. The Dragnet episode cracks me up because it takes place over several weeks, but the men in the class NEVER change their clothes and wardrobe just adds jackets and jewelry to the women's costumes to make them different. It must have been some sort of Mark VII requirement that an episode about college contain a red cardigan. Friday wears one throughout the "Night School" ep. and Peggy Tompkins has one draped over her shoulders in this.<br />Ultimately, this episode had too much talking, not enough Adam-12-ing for me. Keely Schultzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05811146192656170372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432892204045467262.post-70834533862408016642015-01-25T08:20:09.188-05:002015-01-25T08:20:09.188-05:00Aw, any episode with Stacy Harris in it gets at le...Aw, any episode with Stacy Harris in it gets at least a Wells in my book. Every time I see Stacy Harris in anything I shout, "HEY YOU'RE THAT PHONY PARK RANGER!"<br /><br />This episode is good companion piece with the Dragnet episode "Night School" where Friday has to deal with hippies in the class room and get defended by Moshe Dayan. Bryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03477477791424705464noreply@blogger.com