Ep.201 Dragnet: The Big Gun Pt.1

Nostalgic Mystery Radio

Stevie K.

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

4.8 • 588 Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

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...

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Hello and welcome to another episode of nostalgic mystery radio.
0:22.4	I'm your host Stevie Kay, and it's my honor to bring you the radio shows of yesterday year.
0:27.6	For this episode, I bring you Dragnet, episode titled The Big Gun,
0:33.5	originally aired May 29, 1956.
0:41.5	Her Detective Sergeant Friday gets a call from a truck rental service.
0:46.6	One of their trucks has disappeared, and there's no sign of the man who rented it.
0:49.2	This will be a two-part series.
0:55.2	So sit back and relax, and I hope you enjoy this nostalgic mystery radio.
0:56.7	Thank you for listening.
1:06.1	Found off for Chesterfield.
1:13.2	Chesterfield, first with premium quality and best for you.
1:15.7	Chesterfield brings you dragmen.
1:27.4	Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. The names have been changed to protect the innocent.
1:34.4	You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to auto theft detail. You get a call from a truck rental service.
1:45.3	One of their trucks has disappeared.
1:47.3	There's no sign of the man who rented it.
1:49.8	Your job? Find him.
1:56.5	Years ahead of the mall.
1:58.7	Chesterfield is years ahead of the mall.
2:01.6	The quality contrast between Chesterfield and other leading brands is a revealing story.
2:07.5	Recent chemical analyses give an index of good quality for the country's six leading
2:12.4	cigarette brands.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Stevie K., and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Stevie K. and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.