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Nostalgic Mystery Radio

Ep.149 Dragnet: The Big Tomato

Nostalgic Mystery Radio

Stevie K.

Detective, Fiction, Crime, Arts, Radio Show, Mystery, Tv & Film, Performing Arts, Drama, Old Time Radio

4.8588 Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2022

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Dragnet ran from June 3rd,1949 to February 26th,1957 on NBC at various times and days and starred Jack Webb as Detective Sergeant Joe Friday. Various partners throughout the show's run were Sergeant Ben Romero (Barton Yarborough), Ed Jacobs (Barney Phillips), and Officer Frank Smith (Ben Alexander). Webb was the creator/Director of the series and wanted everything to be as authentic as possible, down to the last sound effect. The stories were based on actual police files and "the names were c...

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0:00.0

Hello, and welcome to another episode of Nostalgia Mystery Radio.

0:21.7

I'm your host, Stevie K, and it's my honor to bring you the radio shows of yesteryear.

0:26.7

For this episode, I bring you Dragnet, episode titled The Big Tomato, originally aired January 25th, 1951, where a high school boy is killed in an auto accident while he had been using marijuana.

0:41.8

Now the cops must track down the big tomato.

0:45.1

So sit back and relax, and I hope you enjoy this nostalgic mystery radio.

0:50.9

Thank you for listening.

1:08.2

Music Radio. Thank you for listening. The story you were about to hear is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent. Batima cigarettes. Best of all long cigarettes brings you dragnet.

1:18.3

You're a detective sergeant.

1:24.5

You're assigned to narcotics detail.

1:27.2

A band of dope peddlers launches a full-scale

1:29.5

operation in your city. Their merchandise, marijuana, their victims, high school students.

1:37.5

Your job. Get them. You'll be amazed when you compare Fatima with other long cigarettes.

1:47.6

You'll find they now cost the same.

1:50.2

But in Fatima, the difference is quality.

1:53.2

You see, Fatima is the quality king-size cigarette,

1:56.7

because it contains the finest Turkish and domestic tobaccos superbly blended.

2:02.0

And Fatima is extra mild,

2:04.4

with a much different, much better flavor and aroma than any other long cigarette.

2:09.5

So compare Fatima yourself.

2:12.1

Fatima's now cost the same as other long cigarettes,

2:15.0

but your first puff will tell you...

2:17.7

Ah, that's different.

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