I believe he was born looking elderly! Saw a photo of him in uniform when he was young lad attending a military academy (1900?). Even with a full head of hair, he looked mature even then!
Burt Mustin was a great actor. He died at 93 & appeared in more than 150 film & TV programs. He had a unique face that made him very much desired for specific roles.
@@MysticDonBlair Have it your way. But try this on for size: Wikipedia contains over 6 million articles in English. Find me six material errors anywhere within its pages. Just six. Because if you do, you've established it has a one in a million error rate, which is better odds than you'll find anywhere else.
Burt Mustin was a great actor, I'm 46 and as a boy remember him as Gus the firefighter who Theodore "Beaver" Cleaver, would go visit at the fire station.
"Ideas" lol that's right, stop asking questions, join the military and don't be one of those free thinkers! That's not a jab at the military either, I've got nothing but the utmost respect for those brave men and women, more so poking fun at the fact people from that era seemed to think it was literally the only option, especially for men. I'm glad people decided to do different things with their lives, it's a large reason there's been such huge advancements made in just about every field that exists, some that unintentionally have even helped the U.S. military too so a win win.
burt mustin was in every episode of every TV show ever made. it was an FCC by law. he was in westerns, sit coms, dramas, you name it. i remeber him in " all in the family ", when he and an elderly female friend ran off to elope because they couldn't survive financially while single. archie's head exploded. last week i saw him on adam 12 complaining about hippies.
First time I ever heard the "Wobblies" mentioned in a TV show. They were anarchists labor movement IWW Cool to hear about them bravo Jack Webb and his writers
I was able to keep my sanity until the end when old Bert turned hippie on us. Back when this program came out I was in my late teens. I had a little length to my hair and wore the attire the other kids was wearing. One day I did something my dad didn't like and he piped up and said "I'm tired of all you hippies with all your free love". I replies, free love? Where? I ain't found none of that yet.
I've heard of police academies using this show to show how police officers are supposed to behave. And proper police procedure concerning how to cuff and arrest suspects. Jack Webb had a winner with this one; and with Dragnet and Emergency as well.
True artifact of the age. Notice the "curb feeler" mounted on the front of the police car. Little known fact about Burt Mustin. He was one of the very first professional announcers on radio....he joined the staff of KDKA in Pittsburgh in 1921. He also sang with the Pittsburgh Opera Company.
@@johnschulenberg7560 I was at that that concert. Mustin played a 6 minute bizarre riff with his dentures, sort of a tribute to Hendrix. I had swallowed 22 hits of window pane, so I don't recall much other than this. Thanx for the reminder.
When I was a kid in the sixty's my little brother was about 5 he went up to a hippie man with long hair and asked him Is you a girl or is you a guy. Till this day I thought that was the funniest thing he ever said as a kid. RIP little brother I miss you ☹️
That was not his only Dragnet appearance. In another episode, he played "the world's oldest cat burglar." He was already in his mid-80's, and, yes, actually was as nimble as a cat.
Remember Bert as "Gus" the fireman on many Leave it to Beaver shows. At age 90 Bert was on the Johnny Carson show, He sang, told funny stories........his mind as sharp as a tack. His TV and movie career started at age 67, LOL when most people retire, he started a whole new successful career.
Good old reliable Burt Mustin. He was one of the busiest character actors, appearing in hundreds of productions in his almost six-decade career. He had an appearance in almost every television show. He worked continuously right up to his death in 1977 at 92 years of age.
My Cub Scout leader back in the late 1970s had a VW van. We loved riding around in that van. Damn I miss the late 1970s and the 1980s those vans were still everywhere at that time.
So what's a normal person? A drone who's had the joy and creativity beaten out of him or her by a boring and soul-crushing industrial economic system that only cares about GDP?
I love Adam 12. When it was on TV I watched it every chance I got. Now that it is on TH-cam, I have watched the ntire series all the way through a couple of times now.
When I was 13 watching this show I viewed Burt Mustin's character as an old coot out of touch with the present. Now, 53 years later, I'M the old coot and I'll be damned if I don't have the same attitude. All life's a circle....
Just happened to catch a Johnny Carson episode with Burt last night, woke up to see the algorithm loading me down with every appearance..lok He would be 135 years old this year.
My grandpa had those on his car in the 1970's. He also would tie a red piece of material around the antenna of the car so he knew which car was his in a big parking lot. Those were some good days back then.
I was a hippie, A freak and smoked dope. Now I have short hair, haven't smoked dope in thirty years plus. I'm fat old and my wife's cat hisses at me. But she calls me freak still.
Seems like Burt Mustin looked over 90 years old during his entire career. One of the most unforgettable character actors of his era.
He looked over 90 when played Gus the fireman on
"Leave it to Beaver" 😂 😉 😂
I believe he was born looking elderly! Saw a photo of him in uniform when he was young lad attending a military academy (1900?). Even with a full head of hair, he looked mature even then!
Gus and the net @@tonyt8805
didn't he live to be 100+ when he died ?
He came out of the womb complaining about hippies.
Burt Mustin..one of the greatest TV character actors of all time.
You speak the truth, Kemo Sabe !!
Adam 12th ❤️
He died at age 92 in January 1977, and it seemed he could've played that age long before he died.
Fireman... leave it to beaver
@@smg910 Gus the fireman😍
Wow, Burt Mustin was born in the 1800s - 1884! He grew up in the horse-and-buggy era, yet lived long enough to see the Space Age!
He was already a young man by the end of the 1800s, by the standards of that day.
Wow, I can't believe they went to space in the 1800s!
And the rise & (thankfully) fall of those disgusting wobblies.
Adam-12 was a great show. Loved that one and Emergency!
Dragnet was great too
all three were great
Anything Jack Webb did made for a great TV show
Adam-12 is my favorite of all three, I think the two actors complemented each other well.
I agree and so was chips and dragnet all excellent shows.
Burt Mustin was a great actor. He died at 93 & appeared in more than 150 film & TV programs. He had a unique face that made him very much desired for specific roles.
Was he in the brady bunch episode where Jesse James killed his father when Bobby was glorifying him
Aged 92, according to Wikipedia.
@@ANDROLOMA fair enough, but I don’t trust what it says 100%
@@MysticDonBlair Have it your way. But try this on for size:
Wikipedia contains over 6 million articles in English. Find me six material errors anywhere within its pages. Just six. Because if you do, you've established it has a one in a million error rate, which is better odds than you'll find anywhere else.
Burt Mustin was a great actor, I'm 46 and as a boy remember him as Gus the firefighter who Theodore "Beaver" Cleaver, would go visit at the fire station.
My grandmother said about the hippies, "Those children came from good families. But then they went and got ideas."
Little did she know, that those were good ideas…..
Those ideas are what makes our world what it is now.
@@Letyourcolorsblendwithmine If the world fallowed the Hippie ways, it would be full of Love and peace….
@@Letyourcolorsblendwithmine I don't know why you are excusing your self .????!!Where you hatched.?????!!!!!You are just as much to blame .
"Ideas" lol that's right, stop asking questions, join the military and don't be one of those free thinkers! That's not a jab at the military either, I've got nothing but the utmost respect for those brave men and women, more so poking fun at the fact people from that era seemed to think it was literally the only option, especially for men. I'm glad people decided to do different things with their lives, it's a large reason there's been such huge advancements made in just about every field that exists, some that unintentionally have even helped the U.S. military too so a win win.
Mustin, born in 1884, was 88 yo when this aired. He didn't start his TV & film career until he was 67 yo.
Good ole Burt Mustin.😄😄 He also played Gus,the fire department chief on "Leave It To Beaver".
Burt Mustin was one of the greatest character actors ever. Terrific. Always a favorite of Jack Webb who produced Adam-12.
We had a black and white cat back then we named adam 12 after their car...loved this show and Dragnet
Car 54 was always good too!!
This is classic - I feel 7 years old all over again.
Miss watching Adam 12 as a kid. Didn't realize it was so well written.
burt mustin was in every episode of every TV show ever made. it was an FCC by law. he was in westerns, sit coms, dramas, you name it. i remeber him in " all in the family ", when he and an elderly female friend ran off to elope because they couldn't survive financially while single. archie's head exploded. last week i saw him on adam 12 complaining about hippies.
He also played the checker-playing curmudgeon Judd Fletcher from the Andy Griffith show!
😂
I don't think there was a TV show in the 60's and 70's Bert wasn't on at least one time.
He was so awesome at his craft.
The old guy would have a fit if he saw homeless encampments of today.
"homeless"? more like bums, vagrants, hobos, transients etc. but not homeless. Make a mental note...please.
@@johna.4334 I used the term homeless to keep it short.
@@wilrobles9824
"bums" is short as well.
@@johna.4334 And "Hooverville" is shorter than "homeless encampment".
I remember watching old Burt in many shows and movies when I was a kid... Brings back memories... Good memories...
Love that scene with Burt Mustin. He also had a line about hippies in Mayberry RFD 😂
As a kid watching one Adam-12 and emergency I was glued to the TV!!!!! I really miss these shows!!!
What a great actor. The old man was everywhere growing up. Love it ✌🏽☮️
Indubitably ! A highly prolific character actor !!
Burt is a national treasure. They sure don't make them like him anymore.
Burt Mustin with the Sonny Bono hair is classic!
First time I ever heard the "Wobblies" mentioned in a TV show. They were anarchists labor movement IWW Cool to hear about them bravo Jack Webb and his writers
Insane the cops defended them lol. Didn't see that coming..
Hard same.
Weebles wobble but they don't fall down.
They weren't all anarchists. And they still exist. Solidarity forever!
And we are the Industrial Workers of the World, not international
I didn't recall them being so enlightened. The show was the main factor in my career choice, which I did for 34 years.
If you watch Dragnet, that show tended to portray hippies in a less complementary fashion than this episode did.
Wow, you were a professional hippie for 34 years.
@@MrManueleh Yep!
Who knew the Adam 12 cops were woke. Friday must be spinning in his grave.
@@davidmcmaster2083 - Actually, Jack Webb (Friday) created Adam 12.
Burt Mustin was a great character actor in his day. Of course the gospel of Pete and Jim was just what the world needs
And still what the world needs
I was able to keep my sanity until the end when old Bert turned hippie on us. Back when this program came out I was in my late teens. I had a little length to my hair and wore the attire the other kids was wearing. One day I did something my dad didn't like and he piped up and said "I'm tired of all you hippies with all your free love". I replies, free love? Where? I ain't found none of that yet.
not a sole came here hoping to hear all about you and your dad... this isn't about you
@@slowery43 And nobody here came to listen to you pretend to be the TH-cam comment police.
What he was trying to get across was, Pants Up! Don't Loot!!
Was Mr. Riordan around when the punkers showed up in the late 1970's?
KKK cowards were all over then. Would he say they’re ruining the country?
I've heard of police academies using this show to show how police officers are supposed to behave. And proper police procedure concerning how to cuff and arrest suspects. Jack Webb had a winner with this one; and with Dragnet and Emergency as well.
Emergency is my favorite!
Dragnet (the '60's version) made the country aware of Miranda rights.
True artifact of the age. Notice the "curb feeler" mounted on the front of the police car.
Little known fact about Burt Mustin. He was one of the very first professional announcers on radio....he joined the staff of KDKA in Pittsburgh in 1921. He also sang with the Pittsburgh Opera Company.
I did notice, kinda cool.
I did, too.@@rustyaxelrod
Not artifact. NORMAL FOR THAT YEAR. NOTHING STRANGE,RARE ABOUT IT!!! 2024 was not in existence in 1968,69,70,71.…..
Burt also opened for Zeppelin's 1973 American tour.
@@johnschulenberg7560 I was at that that concert. Mustin played a 6 minute bizarre riff with his dentures, sort of a tribute to Hendrix. I had swallowed 22 hits of window pane, so I don't recall much other than this. Thanx for the reminder.
I remember when Burt Mustin played Mr. Quigley on ALL IN THE FAMILY.
You were a special man burt. I love ya lots and miss you even more.
When I was a kid in the sixty's my little brother was about 5 he went up to a hippie man with long hair and asked him Is you a girl or is you a guy.
Till this day I thought that was the funniest thing he ever said as a kid. RIP little brother I miss you ☹️
May your brother rest in peace. He was a smart young man. Take care wayne.
The hippie killed him for that?
Love Adam-12, love Burt Mustin, and love the Space Hippies you flashed on the screen!
Hippies from Star Trek
@@MOJO-xi3wf Too bad they were exposed to the warp field.
@@MOJO-xi3wf Yep. Could have added those hippies from Lost in Space, too. The guy from Hill Street Blues was one of them.
Burt Mustin appeared in every television show ever made.
ONE OF THE GREATEST TELEVISION SHOWS OF ALL TIME
Yes
It was no " "My Mother the Car", but "Adam-12" was indeed one fine series !
I remembered Burt Mustin most as a Retired Detective on Dragnet trying to solve The Murder of Mary Jenkins.
I remember that episode !
That was not his only Dragnet appearance. In another episode, he played "the world's oldest cat burglar." He was already in his mid-80's, and, yes, actually was as nimble as a cat.
@@josephosheavideos3992
I remembered that episode also.
Adam 12 would showcase how nice and pretty L.A. neighborhoods were back in the 1970s. Prime landscapes.
Remember Bert as "Gus" the fireman on many Leave it to Beaver shows. At age 90 Bert was on the Johnny Carson show, He sang, told funny stories........his mind as sharp as a tack. His TV and movie career started at age 67, LOL when most people retire, he started a whole new successful career.
Good old reliable Burt Mustin. He was one of the busiest character actors, appearing in hundreds of productions in his almost six-decade career. He had an appearance in almost every television show. He worked continuously right up to his death in 1977 at 92 years of age.
I saw Burt Mustin on Johnny Carson. Burt was quite an intelligent gent. He was classy and sharp as a tack and he was well into his 90s!
I love that reference to the IWW. Big Bill Heywood.
I can't stop looking at his straw hat. It's magnificent.
Technically not a straw hat, that is a Panama hat
Old man was right. Look at the mess cities are now.
Two things. 1. Mr.Reardon needs some sun and 2. The hippies gotta go.
The old man was right about those dam hippies.
Look at the country now.
Adam 12 responding ! Used to watch this show when I was a youngster ! Those were the days !
Me too, I used to love watching Adam 12, always thought Reed looked so cool talking on the Police Radio saying " One Adam 12, Roger"
I watch on me TV and a bought a disks
I'm still waiting on my $20 from William Burroughs. That good-for-nothing TRAMP!!!
I remember that old guy, I swear he was a 100 yrs old for 100yrs.
The representation of younger generation in these vintage tv shows CRACKS ME UP!! (especially living room dance scenes!)
Always the same stock music too. Definitely a product of the age.
Burt was a winner. Kent is a winner. I had long hair and smoked Columbia Red. No mas!
THEY HAD SOME REAL COLORFUL CHARACTERS BACK IN THE 70'S. WISH I WAS THERE NOW!
Me too
Burt Mustin - played the naked old man who was proud of his body in episode, "Clear With A Civilian" in 1973. Part 2, air date January 17, 1973.
That VW bus would be worth a fortune today.
Mike and frank from American pickers would pay 25,000.00 for it
I rode to school in one in 1975. A neighbor drove me and other "hippies" to school.
My Cub Scout leader back in the late 1970s had a VW van. We loved riding around in that van. Damn I miss the late 1970s and the 1980s those vans were still everywhere at that time.
So what's a normal person? A drone who's had the joy and creativity beaten out of him or her by a boring and soul-crushing industrial economic system that only cares about GDP?
Pretty much. That's why few things are more overrated than being "normal."
I like hippies Janis Joplin was a beatnik and I love beatniks
Look at Los Angeles now 🤔😳. Great show, thanks for sharing.
I love Adam 12. When it was on TV I watched it every chance I got.
Now that it is on TH-cam, I have watched the ntire series all the way through a couple of times now.
The cut-aways had me shreiking with laughter so hard i thought i'd have to call Emergency ! One Adam Twelve !😂😅😂
i was a hippy back then, peace love and rock and roll, i look back and all i see was a kid of the times, but they were indeed good times
I am still a kid of the times…..
The best of times, plenty of technology without the pesky security.
Ah yes sure, I saw what hippies brought to California, dope, crime, stink, garbage, filth, queers, homelessness
...... Ah yes good times.
"full of hippies" made me laugh somehow
Great episode.
Burt: They poop on the sidewalk.
Cop: Well everybody poops. Don't you poop sir?
When I was 13 watching this show I viewed Burt Mustin's character as an old coot out of touch with the present. Now, 53 years later, I'M the old coot and I'll be damned if I don't have the same attitude. All life's a circle....
And you are just as wrong as he was then 😊
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That's everyone lol
Yep, when you’re young, your mind is broad and your hips are narrow, when most people get old they reverse…….
That's why MTV is so important in the "get out the vote" effort
@@comradeweedity1648 Everybody learns at their own pace. It was a huge scam, just about like everything else.
Those are remarkable comments from the cops considering ADAM-12
was a Jack Webb show. Burt Mustin is the workin’ man’s Ian Wolfe.
That VW bus would be worth a fortune today with all the original 60s hand painted hippy art.
A hippie is someone who dresses like Tarzan has hair like Jane and smells like Cheetah.
@David Vogeley had to troll didnt yah
Ronald Reagan said that. Because they called him a drugstore truck drivin man, the head of the Klu klux klan.
@David Vogeley No, I think you are talking about Democrats.
@David Vogeley I just don't like hippiecrits, so sue me.
@David Vogeley Jealous of dirty hippies? I dont think so.
I'm going to go with...."something cops never said" for $50, chuck.
The Hurricane
😂😂
Boy, if the old guy could see the world today, he be flipping over in his grave.
hahaha the pic of Burt Mustin at the end was epic!!! damned Hippies!!! lol
Love the 70 GTO at the side of the road
Glad to see Gus the Fireman (from Leave it to Beaver) looking snazzy in his suit and chapeau!
Had forgotten about Gus 'til u mentioned it
Holy Smokes! That;s Gus? I never recognized him!
Who would you rather live next to? Burt or a van full of dope heads? And, Burt's also right about I.W.W.!
Rest in peace Martin Milner and Burt Mustin.
Were they volunteers for Vietnam?
i feel the same way about hippies!!! 😂🤣
I miss that series!
He was correct about the damn hippies.
Look at california now
Great writing and acting. Bringing in the IWW paranoid is a bonus.
Love the Rudy Vallee closing 😂
As soon as the Matador pulled up on the VW Microbus, I could see was going to be fun
While fireman Gus was outside bitchin, Beaver, Larry, Whitey and Gilbert were inside burnin a fatty.
When Burt Mustin was born the doctor said "Congratulations mam, it's an old man." 😂😂
Even the cops were in on it! Damn Hippies
We should have followed the old guy's advice.
Bert Mustin for Speaker of the House. Go Bert.
That’s Burt Mustin a great old character actor Hundreds of parts on tv and in movies ,started acting in his sixties
Just happened to catch a Johnny Carson episode with Burt last night, woke up to see the algorithm loading me down with every appearance..lok
He would be 135 years old this year.
Burt Mustin was in every danged show for a good long stretch.
Indeed ! His career was amazingly prolific, appearing on countless TV shows and in many feature films.
Notice the curb feelers on the squad car at the beginning.
Haven't seen those in 50 years.........
My grandpa had those on his car in the 1970's. He also would tie a red piece of material around the antenna of the car so he knew which car was his in a big parking lot. Those were some good days back then.
I thought I saw those but wasn’t sure.
Great job, man! I LOVE Adam-12 and I LOVE Bert Mustin! Thanks for a funny ass video!
Loved Burt in The Ghost and Mr. Chicken with Don Knotts.
Adam 12, originating from the same guy who did DragNet, seem to be more supportive of hippies :)
See what tolerance of hippies has done in '24?
Yup. The old guy was speaking the truth, but two goody goodies like Mallory and Reed just didn't want to hear it.
..."Everybody's doin' it and doin' it..."
..."He's The Bear!"...
It's Fireman Gus!!
Old guy wearing a pink shirt complaining about hippies 🤣
“I’m a hippie.” - G. Hayduke
If you took a shot every time they said hippie, you’d be plastered
Burt invented the curmudgeon old man role.
I was a hippie, A freak and smoked dope. Now I have short hair, haven't smoked dope in thirty years plus. I'm fat old and my wife's cat hisses at me. But she calls me freak still.
Ha, you should have never changed…..
I would really like to see full shows I will just need to buy the whole series like MASH
It's on Metv weekdays 4pm central time.
I watch Adam 12 almost every weekday, if I can.
Hey , It’s Gus The Fireman on Leave it to Beaver !!!
Good Thing Hey didn't raise his voice, Barney Would have got him for disturbing The peace,
Q: What ever happened to all the Hippies?
A: They became stockbrokers!
And they still go to Dead shows……….