After I watched this my immediate reaction was, "Adam-12, where have you been all my life?" Here are some caps from the first scene in the locker room where we meet Officer Peter J. Malloy and Lt. Val Wangsgard. We learn that Malloy has been on the job seven years and that he wants to quit the force. Wangsgard tells Malloy, "You've been assigned a new man tonight. Name's Reed, Jim Reed, 23 year-old probationer."
The Locker Room scene
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| Take a good look, you'll never see the locker room looking like this again. |
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| You'll never see the Lieutenant getting dressed with patrolmen again, either. |
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| Art Gilmore as Lt. Val Wangsgard. Where did that name come from? |
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| Our first glimpse of Reed. Unfortunately, ladies, he is already dressed. That's Kent McCord as Officer Jim Reed, in case you didn't know. |
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| Martin Milner as Officer Pete Malloy. Also, already dressed. What a waste of a locker room scene. |
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| Lt. Wangsgard tells Pete that Reed "looks good on paper". Malloy answers, "they all do". He still wants to quit. Tomorrow: "Roll Call" and "Reed & Malloy Meet Cute" |
Make a blog about the Adam-12 episode sunburn! That would be a good blog everyone would read it. And also in my opinion Reed is cuter than Malloy. ☺
ReplyDeleteI am guessing that Wangsgard was a real LAPD officer…Webb used a lot of real LAPD character names in his productions..e.g. Thad Brown, Chief of D’s, Jack Donaho, and R.H. Lohrmam, both were Captains of Robbery/Homicide, Pierce Brooks, Danny Bowser, etc.
ReplyDelete[How could I not have commented on the very first (episode) blog post my first time around?? Good thing I decided to reread all of the blog posts again, perfect opportunity to comment while I sift through and look for my favorite Keely adlibs!]
ReplyDeleteWow, Pete's been a cop for seven years now! What a long time! And I'm sure the A-12 writers will never forget that number so as not to mess up the timeline of the show!
Aw look at widdle Jim, all nervous-looking as he buttons up his collar. Don't worry kid, the next seven years'll be a cake walk! Well, except for the time you get shot. And the other time you get held hostage. And the slowly increasing strain the job puts on your home life. But other than that these'll be the best years of your life!
Wonder why they changed the layout of the locker room, I sort of like it like this!