Comments on: 4 More things to know about Jack Webb (Part Deux in a series)

By: PartiallyDeflected

PartiallyDeflected — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 04:09:19 +0000

The reason you would hear the dispatcher call out “1-Adam-12″ is that the shift is part of the unit designation. Shift 1, Area 12. The guys that relieved them would be 2A12.

By: Brian Utterback

Brian Utterback — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:44:00 +0000

Growing up in Los Angeles, I often saw them shoot episodes of Adam-12. It was not at all unusual to see the modified patrol car cruising around, but it was difficult to see inside. But watching a street scene being shot in the neighborhood was a treat that brought everyone out to watch.

By: Lemuel

Lemuel — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:36:24 +0000

I watched Dragnet, Adam-12 and Emergency growing up as a kid and liked them all. Watching them more recently, though, Adam-12 is the only one that holds up. Dragnet has some entertainment value but is is largely a propaganda piece for the LA Police Department. Emergency is bad because of the acting. Adam-12 has both good writing and good acting and is still a pleasure to watch today.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:37:57 +0000

Love the post!
I watched Dragnet & Adam-12 quite a bit.
When Marty and Kent were on Laugh-In
they always cracked me up…they wrote skits for them to do in the patrol car…wish I could see some clips of those again!

By: Sandy

Sandy — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:17:47 +0000

I had those Matchbox trucks too, Roger. I used them in combination with a train set for train/car crashes where Roy and Johnny would come and save the day. I was five or six at the time, I think.

I wasn’t as big a fan of the cartoon series “Emergency Plus Four.” Remember that?

By: Roger

Roger — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:46:34 +0000

Great post again, Kara! There’s also the Dragnet ep with Reed and Malloy doing cameos as patrol car officers – I think Adam 12 was already going at that point.

I had a Matchbox set of the vehicles from Emergency! when I was a kid…

By: beth

beth — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:24:22 +0000

There were also Adam 12/Emergency Cross Overs. One Emergency episode revolves around an Adam 12 episode that the Emergency crew miss due to calls.