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tv pd a blog about old cop and pi shows skip to primary content skip to secondary content tv pd a blog about old cop and pi shows search main menu home about happy birthday jack webb posted on april 2 2026 by toby 1 john randolph webb april 2 1920 december 23 1982 jack webb one of my all time favorite humans and a huge influence on this blog s very existence was born 106 years ago today the image up top is from the dragnet 1967 episode the shooting sgt joe friday jack webb flinch and you ll be chasing your head down fifth street mr webb was probably the greatest cheerleader law enforcement ever had boy do we need him now posted in dragnet jack webb 1 reply neil diamond on mannix 1967 posted on february 4 2026 by toby 4 i m not a big fan of the first season of mannix the retooled second season guided in part by lucille ball works so much better setting the tone for the rest of the show but the first season s fourth episode the many deaths of saint christopher has neil diamond as himself singing solitary man and other songs posted in mannix 1967 4 replies mannix a sleep in the deep s3 e7 november 8 1969 posted on january 27 2026 by toby 1 directed by gerald mayer written by john meredyth lucas director of photography gert andersen film editor john a fegan jr cast mike connors joe mannix gail fisher peggy fair skip homeier agent gordon paul stewart andre korvak milton selzer dave wright mariana hill ellen barton jonathan lippe thomas clayton hewitt angel tompkins barbara stoner sivi aberg carla renata david chow yoshi byron morrow robert stoner a young widow mariana hill below hires mannix to look into her husband s suspicious drowning he was an expert swimmer this leads to a government agent skip homeier a wealthy crook paul stewart and stolen plans for a new type of aqualung that can extract oxygen from sea water director gerald mayer did 13 episodes of mannix the nephew of mgm owner louis b mayer and son of the studio s manager jerry mayer gerald directed lots of tv shows perry mason michael shayne the defenders the fugitive gunsmoke the virginian voyage to the bottom of the sea dan august the six million dollar man and many many more the great character actor paul stewart appeared on three episodes of mannix skip homeier in his only episode wears a pair of converse jack purcell sneakers purcell was a canadian badminton player stock broker and athletic shoe designer by the way mannix was the last show put together by desilu studios further reading here s a nice piece on mannix my friend stephen bowie wrote for the av club posted in mannix 1969 chuck connors skip homeier gail fisher paul stewart gerald mayer desilu paramount 1 reply hawaii five o by the ventures posted on september 24 2025 by toby 2 the legendary instrumental group the ventures had a big hit with morton stevens theme for hawaii five o their version is not what you hear in the show you ll find that one on the capitol soundtrack lp this is the sheet music for the title song since this was 1968 the ventures are sporting some pretty hip threads and don t appear all that comfortable in them they re still playing mosrite guitars or at least being photographed with them guitarist nokie edwards had recently quit his replacement gerry mcgee is seated posted in hawaii five o music 2 replies the art of the j turn posted on september 22 2025 by toby 1 from the art of manliness website here s something from the rockford files i d really love to do someday the j turn seemed to be in all the best episodes thanks to dan conway for the link posted in james garner the rockford files 1 reply blu ray review emergency the complete series 1972 1979 posted on september 12 2025 by toby 1 the complete emergency series the pilot six standard seasons a seventh comprised of tv movies and a crossover episode of adam 12 is now available on blu ray from universal sound the alarm for seven seasons on nbc emergency followed firemen turned paramedics john roderick johnny gage randolph mantooth and roy desoto kevin tighe of the los angeles county fire department station 51 to be exact station 51 worked closely with the er folks at rampart general hospital played by robert fuller julie london and bobby troup one of the series creators was tv overachiever jack webb credited as executive producer who saw this as a logical next step after dragnet and adam 12 the idea was to depict the day to day life at a fire station a similar approach to webb s cop shows in fact jack webb directed the emergency pilot which features martin milner and kent mccord of adam 12 it kicks off disc 1 of season 1 nbc bought the show before the pilot was even cast there wasn t time to find a director so webb did it himself above once you get past webb s pilot movie emergency doesn t have the no nonsense rigid say your lines and move on pacing of dragnet and adam 12 but it does go from event to event the way adam 12 does illustrating the random hurry up and wait life of first responders emergency is an hour per episode where dragnet and adam 12 are just half an hour where dragnet and adam 12 focus on their two leads emergency boasts a true ensemble cast centered around gage and desoto robert fuller is dr kelly brackett a noted emergency medicine guy julie london webb s ex wife as dixie mccall rn an er nurse and bobby troup london s next husband as joe early m d there are plenty of firefighters nurses cops and doctors that turn up from time to time some of the rescues we see are quite intense a sequence in the plot with a car on the edge of a cliff and julie london tending to a patient inside plays like the end of a chapter of a republic serial and there are plenty of other throughout if you know what you re looking for you ll see lots of la locations along the way with carson s fire station 127 standing in for la station 51 but a great deal of the series was shot on the universal backlot such as the psycho house the switch back and forth can be obvious and jarring at times but it s all part of the package and that package it s really something on blu ray over 111 hours and every minute of it looks terrific even the sd adam 12 those red trucks look beautiful in the 70s version of technicolor the cinematography is typical for something from jack webb artfully artless from pros like jack marta bud thackery and william margulies universal has polished these shows up so they shine like a station 51 truck and i recommend this very very highly so now that this one s been knocked out of the park when can we expect dragnet and adam 12 posted in adam 12 dragnet dvd blu ray 4k reviews emergency jack webb 1 reply tonight s episode who is hank simms posted on august 11 2025 by toby 3 a quinn martin production if you heard that coming out of your tv set you were hearing the voice of mr hank simms henry hank simms was a very prolific announcer on all sorts of tv programs but his work on over a dozen different quinn martin shows is what we know him for today after attending the university of oklahoma he enlisted in the army air corps in 1942 he served with the 456th b 24 bomber group in italy after the war he went back to oklahoma university and tulsa university before getting into radio announcing in tulsa wichita dallas la and finally hawaii the air force recalled him during the korean war and after returning to hawaii he and his new wife moe moved to la so hank could focus on radio and television announcing he was an announcer for the johnny carson show the academy awards the emmys and the golden globes along with quinn martin productions like the fbi the fugitive dan august the streets of san francisco and barnaby jones he has a bit part in martin s the invaders as a tv reporter simms also did the voice work for qm s cannon starring william conrad and he later replaced conrad as the announcer for buck rogers in the 25th century plus he spoofed himself by providing very qm ish narration for police squad in 1982 it s intriguing that hank simms voice is so iconic yet no one knows who he is posted in quinn martin 3 replies chips toy motorcycle 1980 posted on august 10 2025 by toby 1 this chips motorcycle toy made in japan by vtg i think was just one of several motorbike toys put out during the show s run it d be easy to look at this thing and figure that must be john but it s too generic for that posted in chips toys 1 reply blu ray news emergency the complete series 1972 79 posted on august 8 2025 by toby 1 calling all cars universal is bringing all six seasons of jack webb s emergency series to blu ray later this month yeah i know they re not cops along with the show you get the adam 12 crossover episode lost and found i m so stoked about this hope this means it ll be followed by dragnet and adam 12 posted in adam 12 dvd blu ray 4k emergency jack webb 1 reply pilot episode posted on august 1 2025 by toby 4 welcome to tv pd what s it all about pretty simple a blog about old cop and pi tv shows from the 50s through the 70s it s a salute to friday gannon dan matthews reed malloy pepper ponch john rockford mannix mcgarrett dan august kojak and all the rest the idea for this thing has been sitting in the back of my brain for years as i tried to sort out the best way to approach it and never forget this blog is dedicated to mr jack webb posted in misc 4 replies archives april 2026 february 2026 january 2026 september 2025 august 2025 meta create account log in create a free website or blog at wordpress com subscribe subscribed tv pd sign me up already have a wordpress com account log in now privacy tv pd subscribe subscribed sign up log in report this content view site in reader manage subscriptions collapse this bar loading comments write a comment email required name required website design a site like this with wordpress com get started