Hey Dave, thanks for doing this work. I’m a 64 year old Fire Protection Engineer who worked in the nuclear field. In March of 2019 I had hernia surgery and that caused me to be placed in a medically induced coma. That coma damaged my memory. I find that watching your videos helps to kick in my long term memories. I wanted to say, thanks for your help. Regards, Paul
I met him and i was in jr high band at a game and he was there i had a big crush on him he looked over at me and drowned at me with my big smile star struck and he knew all of us were big fans it was very exciting to meet stars
Born in '66 and this was the first TV show I ever remember watching .. those two were my original on screen heroes and remain to this day ... thanks so much for the memories
Thank you, DS, for that surprise at the end!! A very long time has passed since I last saw THAT SHASTA ad!! Loved it as a kid!! Thank you very much once again!! 😉
Adam-12 ( along with “Dragnet” ) helped inspire me to choose a career in law enforcement ( 1974-2008 ). Looking back now, on many of those episodes, with Reed and Malloy, I, too, can easily relate to some of the calls they responded to and the situations ( and persons ) they encountered while on patrol 👮♀️🚔🚨🇨🇱💙
... And family disturbance calls ( many of which were featured in episodes of “Adam-12” ) were among the least desirable. They were volatile, unpredictable, emotionally-charged, and often extremely dangerous ! No two were ever alike and you never knew what you were walking into !!! In my 34 years of police work, I don’t know of any officer ( myself included ), who liked responding to “A Family Dispute” call 👮♀️🚔🚨😮😡 ( but, of course, they were unavoidable ) 👮♀️🚔🙁 ...
I used to watch those every week when they came on, I am 66 and can remember the opening tune and the banter they would have, one episode was were the radio in the car was not working properly and Martin was in a crash and had to wait for Kent to show up.
Thanks Dave, love the new intro! I was born in '64, and grew up on Dragnet, Adam-12, and Emergency. God bless Jack Webb for giving us such wonderful advice and memories.
I might be biased when I say this, but to hell with it even if I am, because it's still the truth; This is truly one of the most important channels on TH-cam. Because not only does Dave do an extremely effective job in terms of ensuring proper preservation of those treasured times, but he does so with an amazing amount of heart. You, Mr. Sundstrom are a treasure.Thank-you for all you do.Salute.
The brilliant thing about Dave Sunstrom's posts is that they aren't just great chronicles about the good stuff. They're also a caring tribute to the lives our treasured artists have lived, their triumphs, and their tragedies, as well as the whimsical and fun tales like Kent's fateful ball game. Keep doing what you do, Dave!
Oh, man! I forgot ALL about that commercial. What I can't get over is I remember when I was fed up with all the same commercials showing over and over, at the time. Now, I watch them and just get a massive injection of nostalgia. Adam 12 was one of my must-watch shows as it seemed to be the only drama that had wonderful humor and genuine warm chemistry with the partners. My most recurring memory was one of them desperately looking for the other, who crashed and couldn't get out of the wreck. It's one of the examples that got me so heavily in disaster assistance and rescue operations. While Scotty may have been my hero, I saw how just a little knowledge of how things work could save lives. It's also why I've spent so long volunteering as a tutor, that I do online now, to this day. Thank you for making my day, Dave! I hope you have a wonderful one!!!
I like videos like this. I keep Adam-12 and Emergency alive in my heart through one of my stories. My sanity projects help me to cope with my not so wonderful life. Pete Malloy and Johnny Gage treat my 17-year-old character like a kid sister and tease her that the squads would be watching out for her if she every went on a date and Johnny teased they could follow her with the engine. I can see it all in my head and it makes me laugh every time I'm reading it through it to make changes. Keep up the good work.
Huge fan of Adam-12! Loved that opening theme. McCord had a stoic personality that lent itself well to the authority figures he played. Saw him recently on Predator 2 where he played the police chief. Thanks, Dave!
@@jdsundstrom You're welcome, Dave! Loved that story of McCord and Ricky Nelson and Elvis. After watching your video, I watched an episode of Adam 12 and did a bit of a dive into the show and the cast. Tomorrow (September 6) is the anniversary of Martin Milner's passing in 2015. RIP, Martin. Thanks, Dave!
@@Rometiklan Sorry to hear of Martin's passing, I enjoyed watching his shows and when he was in old movies in the 40's. With Bells on their Toes was one, taken from a good book. Another series was Swiss Family Robinson with a young Helen Hunt and Cameron Mithcel.
Really enjoyed your coverage of Kent McCord. I did 30 years as a Police Officer all because of Adam 12. I still have the adam-12 lunch pail and thermos along with the adam-12 Cox fuel race car along with various TV guide magazines with the actors of adam-12 on the cover. Good times thank you.
No discussion about Kent McCord is complete without mentioning his portrayal of John Crichton's father "Jack" on the MUCH loved Sci-Fi series Farscape.
@@jdsundstrom The whole series is awesome and should be watched just on it's own merit. Kent fits right in as John's dad, although he only appears in a handful of episodes... including the first (pilot).
Dave, You always make my day! Adam -12 was such a great show and being a kid in the 70’s watching TV had some controversy, but you knew there were good guys and bad guys. It somehow was a simpler time. Maybe it’s just nostalgia, but now days I’ll take it. You sir are a ray of sunshine in a darkened world. Great video! Keep up the good work and you know “the good stuff”
My first memory of the Adam-12 tv show was when my cousins from Ct was visiting around early '70s and my cousin told me how he was really into watching the Adam-12 program. I love watching the reruns now. Thank you for bringing this about this show.
Dave, I have to say that's yours is the type of channel I would have created if I were to do it again I love nostalgia TV. I just rewatched this video as I just recently finished a months-long binge of all 7 seasons of Adam-12. It really is one of my all time favorites. Keep up the great work!
Kent was also the president of the screen actors guild. Very down to earth actor. Glad he's still with us. Thanks for the commercial. Never saw that one. But back in the day, our family loved Shasta Orange.
@@jdsundstrom You're welcome. I was saddened to hear that Milner had passed. Another fine actor. Really liked his performance on Columbo with Jack Cassidy. Miss those days when there was only a few channels. Gave family time. We may have only had a small choice on TV but most shows were memorable to this day!
I love watching Adam 12, Kent McCord is a great actor, and on the TV show Adam 12 he runs down and takes and runs the bad guy down literally, very athletic man. enjoyed the article. heck I still watch Adam 12 a couple times a week. thanks for the story.
Hey Dave I am Mark and thank you for sharing and I watched the series when it premiered and I still watch the reruns of Adam 12 along with Dragnet and Emergency
Kent McCord will always be special to me. Adam-12 is one of the first shows I remember watching in first run. I was very young, and my dad was at sea during the Vietnam War. My dad kind of looked like Kent McCord, certainly to my three year old mind. Now Dad has passed away, and I still think of him when watching reruns on MeTV.
Such a great show, Adam 12. I was too young to watch the show when it originally aired. My Mom didn't watch many cop shows. She was in charge of the TV most of the time. I did watch the reruns though. I liked both actors, but Martin Milner was my fav. A very talented man. Thank you for this video.
Good evening to you Dave I still watch Adam 12 everyday on me tv I loved Martin milner and Kent mccord they were both great actors I truly miss all of the ones we have lost they can never be replaced thank you for bringing us these wonderful videos and memories
Thanks *Dave!* This was fantastic! And that commercial, with *Barry* _and_ *Casey Kasem* no less! *Kent McCord* was a childhood favorite of mine too. I used to play _Adam 12_ when not playing _STAR TREK._ *Kent's* appearance on one of my favorite sci fi TV shows, *Farscape,* was such a treat. And he was in it more than I expected. Take care!
I came across Ken McCord in Miami in 1984 and I told him that it was a famous tv series in central and South America under the name of Area 12, he was very surprised yet he was very cordial and talkative
Glad to say I’ve been around long enough to have watched this show when it was new, still watch the reruns today. Would really like to see all of these original prime time shows in complete form before scenes were edited out to fit in more commercials.
Yep, they run 2 episodes of Adam 12 on METV, mon-fri 5pm my time, I watch at least 3 days at least. Kent and Martin really complimented each other in this crime show, this was a great series.
I’ve been a police officer over 42 years. When I started, excerpts of the show were used in our training classes (which was very little except at the police academy) and the academy. We had heard that Jack Webb was adamant about making sure the shows were accurate according to LAPD policies which helped us in other departments learn new ways of doing things. My favorite show of all time. (On my TH-cam channel, TCAPDMike, I did take offs on ADAM-12 in the video “APD 1998” with different scenes in between videos about PD employees. We really did have Officers Reed and Molloy (his spelling). I produced and edited videos when I was an officer at Arlington, TX Police Dept). Thanks for your channel!
Adam 12 and Dragnet were the shows i watched as a kid that made me want to become a peace officer. I am retired now after 28 years of LE service. I actually used a scene when Joe Friday was speaking to the press and it worked when I held a presser on a double homicide!
Did you see the dragnet episode where McCord played the teenage hoodlum. That was probably his first experience with Jack Webb and led to his role in Adam 12
They remade the show in the 90s and John Wayne’s youngest son, Ethan played on it as one of the officer in Adam 12. My parents loved Jack Webb and we watched Dragnet and Adam 12.
@@vickiebastian3051 I remember watching the remake. I didn't realize it was John Wayne's son in it. At the same time there was a Dragnet remake that was pretty good. The movie with Dan Aykroyd. and Tom Hank's was pretty good too. I really liked how Hank's was rapping during the credits. And think it'd be funny as hell if he did it in all his movies. Forrest Gump Philadelphia. Castaway or A League Of Their Own and Saving Private Ryan.
Being 68,I grew up watching most of these great "modern" tv shows, as well as so many of those fabulous older b&w tv shows & movies shown on tv! Being 12 in '65 & addicted to the tv,I got to experience the best of the old & the new!❤😎👍
I grew up watching Adam-12 during it's initial incarnation. A decade ago, I rediscovered it on TH-cam and Hulu, this time sharing it with my oldest daughter, who adored it. Over the years, we would sit and watch the patchwork collection of episodes that were available. Earlier this year, in anticipation of her leaving for college this Fall, I purchased the entire DVD collection. I also got the Emergency! collection. We've spent the intervening time going through both series chronologically, and are now alternating Adam-12 with Emergency! It's been a great revisit of two shows that were firmly in my zeitgeist.
The re-runs for Adam 12 appear on the ME-TV network, which may or may not be on your cable or satelite provider, depending on where you live. Not sure if the DVD versions of these shows differ from the syndicated versions that appear on ME-TV or other cable networks.
@@jdsundstrom About 10 years ago we were out at Legoland in California. Turns out Martin Milner was listed in the directory. My daughters drew him a picture in crayons and they dropped it off at his front door. He lived in a regular neighborhood. Like a regular guy. He used to do a fishing show before he passed.
I still watch Adam 12 each day on metv at 5pm Eastern. I also worked with him on one tv appearance that he appeared as a guest. The lunchbox is on display in my home.
Dave, I too consider myself a pop culture historian. Having said that, Kent McCord's portrayal of Captain Troy on Galactica 1980 was one of the few things I liked about that short lived series. He played the part with a serious and down to earth demeanor. Thank you for realizing that ABC did turn it into a kid's show by bringing on those super scouts. That show could have gone places if the network had stayed with the original premise of Troy and Dillon pursuing Xavier through pivotal moments in Earth's history.
Galactica 1980 was a clusterfrak from the get-go. ABC was being inundated by letters from fans asking for the show to be revived. They wanted to shut them up by bringing back a show so hamstrung they'd hate it. Glen had already decided that if the show were to be revived, it would have to start with an event. Finding Earth would be that event. Glen couldn't pick up with his scripts he pitched the network in the spring of 79 (bringing back the Pegasus with the crew, including Cain, replaced by humanoid Cylons, Sheba dying in combat and Apollo retreating into a bottle to lick his wounds and Starbuck stepping up and being a father figure to Boxey/Troy, etc), especially since both the studio and the network slashed the show's budget in half as compared to the original series. He comissioned a script from Isaac Asimov, only parts of wich ended up in "Galactica Discovers Earth" as dictated by ABC (they didn't want to pay Asimov ongoing back-end). So a pilot was greenlit and McCord was cast as Boxey/Troy and Barry Van Dyke as Dillon (a kind of consolation prize as he was up for the role of Starbuck; the network wanted him, but Glen wanted Dirk Benedict and he won out). Setting the series in a modern-day Earth would cut production costs and give them more locations to film at ("A rock is a rock, a tree is a tree, go shoot it in Griffith Park"). So "Galactica Discivers Earth" aired as a three-part miniseries and was relatively successful. The network greenlit a weekly series, but... They didn't want the time-travel motif. Enter the Super Scouts. Besides, the show was airing an hour ahead of the original series' timeslot, which was mandated as having to contain educational content. Glen kind of detached himself from the studio around this time, accusing them of not paying him what he was owed (a legal battle that played out right up until he passed). He wrote scripts from his condo in Hawaii, overnighted them to the mainland, and hired two writers, Allen Cole and Chris Bunch, to write educational script beats and insert them into the script. Other than that, the scripts were to go straight into mimeo unchanged and distributed to the cast. The show was rushed during production due to the network's demands to meet airdates. The production ended up breaking the bank each episode, so it ended up costing $1M per episode in union overtime pay for the cast and crew. SIDEBAR: One Sunday, Larson was on the mainland and on the Universal lot. He was wandering around and saw a Colonial Warrior walking toward him. He thought that the Battle For Galactica attraction on the studio tour was raiding the G80 wardrobe. He confronted the young man who informed Glen he wasn't part of the studio tour, they were filming the series on weekends. Glen had NO idea. That's how detached he was. So, as the series ratings tanked, Glen decided to buck the network and give the show a shot of epinephrine as it were. He wrote "Starbuck's Great Journey" and contracted Dirk Benedict to reprise his role. (The title would be changed to "The Return of Starbuck.") Dirk was paid the equivalent of his entire original series salary for this and one other episode (more later). Kent and Barry felt put out that they weren't in the episode. They returned to work and were filming "The Day They Kidnapped Cleopatra" when the cancellation order came down. Larson was returning to time travel despite the network's mandate. The next script on the sked was "The Wheel of Fire," which would have Starbuck being revealed to have become a translated being with his own Ship of Lights. Sorry for writing a novel.
@@nortondumont9711 Glen pitched a stripped-down Galactica in the spring of 79. It would have jettisoned most of the recurring cast and recast Maren Jensen, whom a lot of people felt was miscast in the first place. (I was at an event held at the [San Fernando] Valley Relics Museum and talked with Morgan Brittany. [A birthday party for Johnny Whittaker, may he rest in peace.] She told me Glen wanted her for Athena, but she was committed to a feature film.) The pitch included things like Dr. Wilker being killed and Boomer taking his place as the Big G's tech wizard. The whole spiel can be found on Battlestar Wiki.
Adam-12 was a great show. Loved Dragnet too. Jack Webb was awesome. Malloy and Reed were a great combo. I always thought the opening theme was anxiety-inducing. It was tension-filled like Ironside's was. Adam-12 to this day is probably still my favorite police drama.
Enjoyed this very much Dave. I knew Ricky Nelson and Kent were friends, but didn't know they met because of a football game played with Elvis Presley on the opposing team. Great commercial at the end too.
Dave you never disappoint! I loved Adam-12 and I enjoyed learning more about Kent McCord's life and how he got started. What a great story. I am headed out to my last road trip of the summer and I hope I can make it to your home state Utah-which also happens to be the best state!
We loved watching Adam-12 and Emergency back in the day. As a school project, I sent a fan letter to Kent McCord. I remember being so happy when I received an autographed photo of Kent McCord in action on the show. Your story of how he met Ricky Nelson and Elvis was really cool too. Thanks!
@@harperstacey9604 We are talking 40+ years ago! I cannot honestly say how long it took to get a reply. I do recall it was a 5X7 autographed picture. So cool!
@@mrkeiths48 I was a letter writer to many celebrities a long time ago. I had written over 100 celebrities and only gotten about 20 responses. Sometimes it took months for them to respond. I think some celebrities are too busy to read their fan mail.
The U.S. may not make commercials like Barry Williams’ for Shasta any longer, but I see a fair number of like ads here in Japan. Lots of laughs and eye rolls to heaven.
I’m here in Sakai, Japan I’m smiling to know I’m not the only one that’s always kind of in my neck of the woods enjoys these videos videos. Just had a curiosity you haven’t happened to have lived in Arkansas, Oklahoma, New Orleans, and North Carolina before immigrating across the Pacific have you?
That TV Guide cover with Kent McCord and Martin Milner is the first one I remember. (I also remember that Barry Williams Shasta ad like it was yesterday).
Glad that one of my direct tv channels shows episodes. Because of this show I tried out for my local Pd. Scored well but there were only 4 openings and there was over 200 applicants so I got hired in private security which I did for 27 years.Cannot say it was a bad job.
Never watched Adam 12 Dave never ever I've heard of it the show but never got too watch it thanks for sharing all the info that I never knew about looks like a awesome show I need to check it out man love cop shows the merchandise would have been great to collect that vintage lunch box is awesome thanks for sharing great video Dave 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍loved Ricky Nelson music Ricky and Elvis awesome entertainers Dave
I grew up in Studio City which is very close to Universal Studios. Can't even remember the number of times I'd be walking home from Jr High School (Walter Reed) and come upon a crew filming on episode of Adam-12. My neighborhood is shown in just about every episode at some point.
that was before my time don't know this show, I'm more in mid 70s & 80s guy ,born in 67 .I'm just VERY HAPPY Pluto brought Matlock & Hunter to there lined up , watching it all day , lovin those shows
Another great one Dave! Kent was my favorite one on Adam-12 back then. You and I must be of the same age. Great video. I enjoyed Barry Williams Shasta Commercial. Haven't seen that in decades! Thanks man.
As a youngster I grew up watching ADAM -12 and it influenced me to become a Police Officer. I also have met both Kent McCord and the late Martin Milner. Marty and I were good friends.
I remember watching Adam-12 right after Dragnet. I also remember a few episodes of Dragnet featuring Martin Milner and Kent McCord. I also enjoyed Kent's appearing in Predator 2 as Captain Pilgrim. He would be great in Star Trek Picard.
Im from australia and i just love adam 12. I started watching the last couple of seasons when i was young but have caught the earlier seasons on replay. Its still one of my favourite shows. The best part was the great relationship between the 2 characters and kent and martin milner. They were so believable and i think thats because kent and marty really liked each other off screen and were great friends.
I was aware that he had been offered a spot on the team. I wasn't sure if he played or not. Thanks for clarifying. Only semi-related, I am a graduate of the U of U myself.
"One-Adam 12" is my old CB radio handle. I've had it ever since CB radio was in existence. I have loved Adam-12 for a long time. It is a dual love with my other favorite show "Emergency" with Randolf Mantooth and Kevin Tighe. Emergency is a show that hardly anyone talks about nowadays. I believe that the show was useful in recruiting future 'Paramedics'. Adam-12 put the LAPD in a positive light, a very clean cut show.
Great story and funny commercial! When I as 4 I was in the hospital. I was in a room with other kids who were sick and we were all sharing the same TV. And we all had a remote. Well, being 4 and not knowing anything about the world, I started pressing buttons on the remote and changing the channel. All the other kids were started yelling at me. My mom quickly got the remote from me and changed it back. Back to what? Adam 12!
I know this show was always on the little black and white TV set we had in the kitchen, while Mom was making dinner. I was never much of a fan back then, but I guess 10 years ago I saw it on METV, and it's become my favorite. I like it because it puts our law enforcement in a good light, unlike the news of the day. Sure, there are bad eggs from time to time, but this show focused on the stories of true life heroics, and I'd much rather that be what we see, because these people are heroes, and they deserve our respect for what they do for us.
I grew up watching Adam 12 and Emergency!. Both great shows from Jack Webb. I had the Emergency! lunch box in grade school. I wish now that I'd taken better care of it, some of those old tv show lunch boxes and thermoses are worth money now.
I grew up in Quebec city which is french, so we did not have cable so I watched adam12 in French then w cable was offered to everyone in the 70s I started to watch the last seasons and watched it in repeat but in English loved the show
Hey Dave, I was pleased you showed yourself in the previous video. In the past I had heard your voice, enjoyed your videos, and the content of them. They are great, as well as informative, and entertaining. The story on Kent McCord, of Adam 12 👍👍👌. I remember the series very well, as I was usually watching it daily then. You see by your admission, and my assumptions that we are pretty close too the same age? Oh well keep the "Good Stuff" coming, and keep on Doing IT, HEY, as the Fonz would say. WR,🇨🇦🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇸🤳🤳🌈🌈🤔🤔👍👍
Still can't picture Elvis playing football. tackle or touch. Kent had the look of a quarterback. Adam-12 was a great show on NBC. Back in 1968 we only got NBC in Hartsville, MA back then. In 1970 my father bought a mobile TV antenna of course it didn't turn on when you moved the dial so being the oldest my job was to go on the roof and move teh antenna by hand and stop when my father told me to stop. A fuzzy CBS show was a welcome sight, we didn't get an ABC channel until 1978 when I got out of teh Army. On Easter Day 1976 about thirty guys in my company were glued to see teh Wizard of OZ, it was the first time any of us saw it in color and had a Keg party while watching. Until we got in the Army most of us lived on Black and white TVs.
Before cable TV became widespread across the country, it was an "event" when the networks ran "Gone with the Wind" and "The Wizard of Oz" in prime time. I remember when the Peanuts specials would run for Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas, and the title sponsor was Dolly Madison snacks. They always looked so good, but they weren't available here in the Northeast, which was dominated by Drake's and Hostess. It was only until I became older and started to travel when I could find Dolly Madison bakery snacks!
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Hey Dave, thanks for doing this work. I’m a 64 year old Fire Protection Engineer who worked in the nuclear field. In March of 2019 I had hernia surgery and that caused me to be placed in a medically induced coma. That coma damaged my memory.
I find that watching your videos helps to kick in my long term memories. I wanted to say, thanks for your help.
Regards,
Paul
Paul - Your comment above all others has really made my day. Thank you for sharing!
@@jdsundstrom excellent job 🍩
@@jdsundstrom no doubt like Fans of Adam-12... Kent McCord misses his co-star Martin Milner who passed away in 2015.
I met him and i was in jr high band at a game and he was there i had a big crush on him he looked over at me and drowned at me with my big smile star struck and he knew all of us were big fans it was very exciting to meet stars
Wow, Paul, I hope you are able to recover all your best memories.
Born in '66 and this was the first TV show I ever remember watching .. those two were my original on screen heroes and remain to this day ... thanks so much for the memories
You are most welcome. Thanks for the comment!
Thank you, DS, for that surprise at the end!! A very long time has passed since I last saw THAT SHASTA ad!! Loved it as a kid!! Thank you very much once again!! 😉
Glad you enjoyed it!
Adam-12 is still one of the most realistic cop shows. My 20 years as a police officer saw many similarities of the day to day life on patrol.
Adam-12 ( along with “Dragnet” ) helped inspire me to choose a career in law enforcement ( 1974-2008 ). Looking back now, on many of those episodes, with Reed and Malloy, I, too, can easily relate to some of the calls they responded to and the situations ( and persons ) they encountered while on patrol 👮♀️🚔🚨🇨🇱💙
... And family disturbance calls ( many of which were featured in episodes of “Adam-12” ) were among the least desirable. They were volatile, unpredictable, emotionally-charged, and often extremely dangerous ! No two were ever alike and you never knew what you were walking into !!! In my 34 years of police work, I don’t know of any officer ( myself included ), who liked responding to “A Family Dispute” call 👮♀️🚔🚨😮😡 ( but, of course, they were unavoidable ) 👮♀️🚔🙁 ...
I feel for police officers in today's political climate. Seems like today
they're fighting against criminals and politicians.
I used to watch those every week when they came on, I am 66 and can remember the opening tune and the banter they would have, one episode was were the radio in the car was not working properly and Martin was in a crash and had to wait for Kent to show up.
Isaac Allerton “The Search” ( Season Four- Oct.20,1971 )👮♀️👮♀️🚔💙 ( First broadcast almost 50 years ago ) 👮♀️😮💙
1:35 Ah, my school lunchbox. I carried it proudly. Loved Adam-12!
Thanks Dave, love the new intro! I was born in '64, and grew up on Dragnet, Adam-12, and Emergency. God bless Jack Webb for giving us such wonderful advice and memories.
What month and day was you born on
@@julianneremley4430 Sorry, but I respectfully decline giving out such personal details to someone I do not know
I love Adam 12 . I whatch it on Me TV every week day at 5 : 00 pm. It's just such an awsome show‼️😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
I might be biased when I say this, but to hell with it even if I am, because it's still the truth; This is truly one of the most important channels on TH-cam. Because not only does Dave do an extremely effective job in terms of ensuring proper preservation of those treasured times, but he does so with an amazing amount of heart.
You, Mr. Sundstrom are a treasure.Thank-you for all you do.Salute.
OMG…I remember that Shasta commercial!!! Thanks for the cool memories.👍
Thanks that was great 👍 and happy I love. Kent on Adam 12 , again thanks
Glad you enjoyed it
This show and Emergency! Were my shows. ♥️
The brilliant thing about Dave Sunstrom's posts is that they aren't just great chronicles about the good stuff. They're also a caring tribute to the lives our treasured artists have lived, their triumphs, and their tragedies, as well as the whimsical and fun tales like Kent's fateful ball game. Keep doing what you do, Dave!
Oh, man! I forgot ALL about that commercial. What I can't get over is I remember when I was fed up with all the same commercials showing over and over, at the time. Now, I watch them and just get a massive injection of nostalgia.
Adam 12 was one of my must-watch shows as it seemed to be the only drama that had wonderful humor and genuine warm chemistry with the partners. My most recurring memory was one of them desperately looking for the other, who crashed and couldn't get out of the wreck. It's one of the examples that got me so heavily in disaster assistance and rescue operations. While Scotty may have been my hero, I saw how just a little knowledge of how things work could save lives. It's also why I've spent so long volunteering as a tutor, that I do online now, to this day.
Thank you for making my day, Dave! I hope you have a wonderful one!!!
You and me both. Watching vintage commercials is one of my favorite things to do on YT! Thanks for sharing, my friend!
@jaspr 1999
Count me as a retro commercial viewer as well and thanks for another inspiring comment!
I like videos like this. I keep Adam-12 and Emergency alive in my heart through one of my stories. My sanity projects help me to cope with my not so wonderful life. Pete Malloy and Johnny Gage treat my 17-year-old character like a kid sister and tease her that the squads would be watching out for her if she every went on a date and Johnny teased they could follow her with the engine. I can see it all in my head and it makes me laugh every time I'm reading it through it to make changes. Keep up the good work.
I'm glad you enjoyed the video, Vicki. 🙂
No one could have portrayed Jim Reed better than Kent McCord. No one.
I like Adam 12. I whatch it on Me TV every chance I get‼️🙏🙏🙏
Huge fan of Adam-12! Loved that opening theme. McCord had a stoic personality that lent itself well to the authority figures he played. Saw him recently on Predator 2 where he played the police chief. Thanks, Dave!
Thanks for sharing, Rometiklan!
@@jdsundstrom You're welcome, Dave! Loved that story of McCord and Ricky Nelson and Elvis. After watching your video, I watched an episode of Adam 12 and did a bit of a dive into the show and the cast. Tomorrow (September 6) is the anniversary of Martin Milner's passing in 2015. RIP, Martin. Thanks, Dave!
@@Rometiklan Sorry to hear of Martin's passing, I enjoyed watching his shows and when he was in old movies in the 40's. With Bells on their Toes was one, taken from a good book. Another series was Swiss Family Robinson with a young Helen Hunt and Cameron Mithcel.
Adam 12 was one of my favorites as a kid. Thanks Dave!
You're welcome, gragrn!
Aww Dave I absolutely LOVE Adam-12!! Thanks and keep up the great work!!
Thanks! Will do!
Really enjoyed your coverage of Kent McCord. I did 30 years as a Police Officer all because of Adam 12. I still have the adam-12 lunch pail and thermos along with the adam-12 Cox fuel race car along with various TV guide magazines with the actors of adam-12 on the cover. Good times thank you.
Thank you for your service, Officer Lyons!
Adam - 12 is one of my favorite shows. God Bless ME TV for keeping it alive! ☺
I forgot just how handsome Kent was and still is.
Thanks for the memories Dave. You’re awesome.
You're most welcome, tuutts39!
I love his chiseled looks. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
No discussion about Kent McCord is complete without mentioning his portrayal of John Crichton's father "Jack" on the MUCH loved Sci-Fi series Farscape.
I haven't seen any episodes of "Farscape". It sounds like I should.
@@jdsundstrom, I recommend it highly.
2 different characters yet the same.😉 His Dad and an alien.
@@jdsundstrom The whole series is awesome and should be watched just on it's own merit. Kent fits right in as John's dad, although he only appears in a handful of episodes... including the first (pilot).
@@jdsundstrom One of the best, if not the best, scifi show ever. If you do watch it, watch it from the beginning.
Dave,
You always make my day! Adam -12 was such a great show and being a kid in the 70’s watching TV had some controversy, but you knew there were good guys and bad guys. It somehow was a simpler time. Maybe it’s just nostalgia, but now days I’ll take it. You sir are a ray of sunshine in a darkened world. Great video!
Keep up the good work and you know “the good stuff”
Thanks for the kind words, Recon Ty!
My first memory of the Adam-12 tv show was when my cousins from Ct was visiting around early '70s and my cousin told me how he was really into watching the Adam-12 program. I love watching the reruns now. Thank you for bringing this about this show.
Thanks for sharing your memories, Donna. 🙂
Christopher Knight aka Peter Brady was one of my favorite bank customers! Very nice guy!
Dave, I have to say that's yours is the type of channel I would have created if I were to do it again
I love nostalgia TV. I just rewatched this video as I just recently finished a months-long binge of all 7 seasons of Adam-12. It really is one of my all time favorites. Keep up the great work!
Thanks for the kind words!
Thanks for doing this one. I LOVED Adam 12 as a fan and I still watch them regularly on dvd.
You're welcome, Tom!
God...I remember that commercial! Adam-12 was a good show. Interesting back story. Thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it, SinCity Jim!
Kent was also the president of the screen actors guild. Very down to earth actor. Glad he's still with us.
Thanks for the commercial.
Never saw that one. But back in the day, our family loved Shasta Orange.
Thanks for the comment, Jason.
@@jdsundstrom You're welcome. I was saddened to hear that Milner had passed.
Another fine actor. Really liked his performance on Columbo with Jack Cassidy.
Miss those days when there was only a few channels. Gave family time. We may have only had a small choice on TV but most shows were memorable to this day!
I love watching Adam 12, Kent McCord is a great actor, and on the TV show Adam 12 he runs down and takes and runs the bad guy down literally, very athletic man. enjoyed the article. heck I still watch Adam 12 a couple times a week. thanks for the story.
Hey Dave I am Mark and thank you for sharing and I watched the series when it premiered and I still watch the reruns of Adam 12 along with Dragnet and Emergency
I'm glad you enjoyed the video Mark.
I just got into watching the reruns Kent McCord is a great actor great story Dave Thanx 🤗😎💞
Glad you enjoyed it, SRM!
Absolutely one of the BEST shows EVER!! I watched it as a child and still love the reruns!
I watched Adam-12 for years and I loved it! Thanks for the info.
My pleasure, brentz3. 🙂
Kent McCord will always be special to me. Adam-12 is one of the first shows I remember watching in first run. I was very young, and my dad was at sea during the Vietnam War. My dad kind of looked like Kent McCord, certainly to my three year old mind. Now Dad has passed away, and I still think of him when watching reruns on MeTV.
Such a great show, Adam 12. I was too young to watch the show when it originally aired. My Mom didn't watch many cop shows. She was in charge of the TV most of the time. I did watch the reruns though. I liked both actors, but Martin Milner was my fav. A very talented man. Thank you for this video.
I'm glad you enjoyed the video, monica joy. 🙂
Good evening to you Dave I still watch Adam 12 everyday on me tv I loved Martin milner and Kent mccord they were both great actors I truly miss all of the ones we have lost they can never be replaced thank you for bringing us these wonderful videos and memories
You're so welcome, Bessie. Thanks for the comment. 🙂
kent mcCORD i was watching battlestar galactica 1980 only a few hours ago here in the uk you were one of my favourite actors on there
Thanks *Dave!* This was fantastic! And that commercial, with *Barry* _and_ *Casey Kasem* no less!
*Kent McCord* was a childhood favorite of mine too. I used to play _Adam 12_ when not playing _STAR TREK._
*Kent's* appearance on one of my favorite sci fi TV shows, *Farscape,* was such a treat. And he was in it more than I expected.
Take care!
Thanks for the great comments, Thomas!
Watching now
I remember that Shasta commercial. Used to sing parts of that song often. Thank you for playing it!
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
I came across Ken McCord in Miami in 1984 and I told him that it was a famous tv series in central and South America under the name of Area 12, he was very surprised yet he was very cordial and talkative
The voice in the commercial at the end was Casey Kasem! I loved the Show Emergency! and Adam-12 I found your channel by accident and yes I subscribed!
Thanks for subscribing!
Glad to say I’ve been around long enough to have watched this show when it was new, still watch the reruns today. Would really like to see all of these original prime time shows in complete form before scenes were edited out to fit in more commercials.
Yep. The uncut versions are, without question, the way to go!
Yep, they run 2 episodes of Adam 12 on METV, mon-fri 5pm my time, I watch at least 3 days at least. Kent and Martin really complimented each other in this crime show, this was a great series.
I’ve been a police officer over 42 years. When I started, excerpts of the show were used in our training classes (which was very little except at the police academy) and the academy. We had heard that Jack Webb was adamant about making sure the shows were accurate according to LAPD policies which helped us in other departments learn new ways of doing things. My favorite show of all time. (On my TH-cam channel, TCAPDMike, I did take offs on ADAM-12 in the video “APD 1998” with different scenes in between videos about PD employees. We really did have Officers Reed and Molloy (his spelling). I produced and edited videos when I was an officer at Arlington, TX Police Dept). Thanks for your channel!
I'm glad you enjoy the channel, TCAPDMike. Thank you for your service!
Adam 12 and Dragnet were the shows i watched as a kid that made me want to become a peace officer. I am retired now after 28 years of LE service. I actually used a scene when Joe Friday was speaking to the press and it worked when I held a presser on a double homicide!
Thank you for your service, Mike!
Did you see the dragnet episode where McCord played the teenage hoodlum.
That was probably his first experience with Jack Webb and led to his role in Adam 12
Me too. Retired after 25 years of service.
They remade the show in the 90s and John Wayne’s youngest son, Ethan played on it as one of the officer in Adam 12. My parents loved Jack Webb and we watched Dragnet and Adam 12.
@@vickiebastian3051
I remember watching the remake. I didn't realize it was John Wayne's son in it. At the same time there was a Dragnet remake that was pretty good.
The movie with Dan Aykroyd. and Tom Hank's was pretty good too. I really liked how Hank's was rapping during the credits. And think it'd be funny as hell if he did it in all his movies. Forrest Gump
Philadelphia. Castaway or A League Of Their Own and Saving Private Ryan.
I never knew all this about Kent. Thanks!
Kent McCord played a judge in a couple of episodes in the TV show, jag.
Being 68,I grew up watching most of these great "modern" tv shows, as well as so many of those fabulous older b&w tv shows & movies shown on tv! Being 12 in '65 & addicted to the tv,I got to experience the best of the old & the new!❤😎👍
Damn Dave!! ...We really had a great childhood didn't we!!!
The best, Pete. The absolute best!
It was great, growing up in the 60s&70s!!!
You are the best!!
I grew up watching Adam-12 during it's initial incarnation. A decade ago, I rediscovered it on TH-cam and Hulu, this time sharing it with my oldest daughter, who adored it. Over the years, we would sit and watch the patchwork collection of episodes that were available. Earlier this year, in anticipation of her leaving for college this Fall, I purchased the entire DVD collection. I also got the Emergency! collection. We've spent the intervening time going through both series chronologically, and are now alternating Adam-12 with Emergency! It's been a great revisit of two shows that were firmly in my zeitgeist.
What an awesome thing to do! Thanks for sharing, jazzbo13.
The re-runs for Adam 12 appear on the ME-TV network, which may or may not be on your cable or satelite provider, depending on where you live. Not sure if the DVD versions of these shows differ from the syndicated versions that appear on ME-TV or other cable networks.
@@jdsundstrom About 10 years ago we were out at Legoland in California. Turns out Martin Milner was listed in the directory. My daughters drew him a picture in crayons and they dropped it off at his front door. He lived in a regular neighborhood. Like a regular guy. He used to do a fishing show before he passed.
Now there's something I didn't know. Great story!
Glad you enjoyed it, Spike!
I love the photo of the 😺. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
I still watch Adam 12 each day on metv at 5pm Eastern. I also worked with him on one tv appearance that he appeared as a guest. The lunchbox is on display in my home.
love this!
Dave, I too consider myself a pop culture historian. Having said that, Kent McCord's portrayal of Captain Troy on Galactica 1980 was one of the few things I liked about that short lived series. He played the part with a serious and down to earth demeanor. Thank you for realizing that ABC did turn it into a kid's show by bringing on those super scouts. That show could have gone places if the network had stayed with the original premise of Troy and Dillon pursuing Xavier through pivotal moments in Earth's history.
I consider you a pop culture historian as well, Raymond. And yes, those darn "super scouts"!
Galactica 1980 was a clusterfrak from the get-go. ABC was being inundated by letters from fans asking for the show to be revived. They wanted to shut them up by bringing back a show so hamstrung they'd hate it.
Glen had already decided that if the show were to be revived, it would have to start with an event. Finding Earth would be that event. Glen couldn't pick up with his scripts he pitched the network in the spring of 79 (bringing back the Pegasus with the crew, including Cain, replaced by humanoid Cylons, Sheba dying in combat and Apollo retreating into a bottle to lick his wounds and Starbuck stepping up and being a father figure to Boxey/Troy, etc), especially since both the studio and the network slashed the show's budget in half as compared to the original series. He comissioned a script from Isaac Asimov, only parts of wich ended up in "Galactica Discovers Earth" as dictated by ABC (they didn't want to pay Asimov ongoing back-end). So a pilot was greenlit and McCord was cast as Boxey/Troy and Barry Van Dyke as Dillon (a kind of consolation prize as he was up for the role of Starbuck; the network wanted him, but Glen wanted Dirk Benedict and he won out). Setting the series in a modern-day Earth would cut production costs and give them more locations to film at ("A rock is a rock, a tree is a tree, go shoot it in Griffith Park"). So "Galactica Discivers Earth" aired as a three-part miniseries and was relatively successful. The network greenlit a weekly series, but...
They didn't want the time-travel motif. Enter the Super Scouts. Besides, the show was airing an hour ahead of the original series' timeslot, which was mandated as having to contain educational content. Glen kind of detached himself from the studio around this time, accusing them of not paying him what he was owed (a legal battle that played out right up until he passed). He wrote scripts from his condo in Hawaii, overnighted them to the mainland, and hired two writers, Allen Cole and Chris Bunch, to write educational script beats and insert them into the script. Other than that, the scripts were to go straight into mimeo unchanged and distributed to the cast.
The show was rushed during production due to the network's demands to meet airdates. The production ended up breaking the bank each episode, so it ended up costing $1M per episode in union overtime pay for the cast and crew.
SIDEBAR:
One Sunday, Larson was on the mainland and on the Universal lot. He was wandering around and saw a Colonial Warrior walking toward him. He thought that the Battle For Galactica attraction on the studio tour was raiding the G80 wardrobe. He confronted the young man who informed Glen he wasn't part of the studio tour, they were filming the series on weekends. Glen had NO idea. That's how detached he was.
So, as the series ratings tanked, Glen decided to buck the network and give the show a shot of epinephrine as it were. He wrote "Starbuck's Great Journey" and contracted Dirk Benedict to reprise his role. (The title would be changed to "The Return of Starbuck.") Dirk was paid the equivalent of his entire original series salary for this and one other episode (more later). Kent and Barry felt put out that they weren't in the episode. They returned to work and were filming "The Day They Kidnapped Cleopatra" when the cancellation order came down. Larson was returning to time travel despite the network's mandate. The next script on the sked was "The Wheel of Fire," which would have Starbuck being revealed to have become a translated being with his own Ship of Lights.
Sorry for writing a novel.
@Dale Thelander
It just would have been a lot easier to bring back “BG” as it was for another season! Great info, thanks for commenting!
@@nortondumont9711 Glen pitched a stripped-down Galactica in the spring of 79. It would have jettisoned most of the recurring cast and recast Maren Jensen, whom a lot of people felt was miscast in the first place. (I was at an event held at the [San Fernando] Valley Relics Museum and talked with Morgan Brittany. [A birthday party for Johnny Whittaker, may he rest in peace.] She told me Glen wanted her for Athena, but she was committed to a feature film.)
The pitch included things like Dr. Wilker being killed and Boomer taking his place as the Big G's tech wizard. The whole spiel can be found on Battlestar Wiki.
@Dale Thelander
Thanks, I’ll have to go there and check it out.
Great trivia! Yup I remember that Shasta commercial from 50 years ago. Trouble is I can't remember my wife's birthday!
Lol😄
I'm a little too young for Adam-12, but OMG, I lived for the spin-off Emergency!
Randolph mantooth who played Gage on emergency! Was really cute back then. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
Adam-12 was a great show. Loved Dragnet too. Jack Webb was awesome. Malloy and Reed were a great combo. I always thought the opening theme was anxiety-inducing. It was tension-filled like Ironside's was. Adam-12 to this day is probably still my favorite police drama.
Great comment, Scott. Thanks for sharing.
I still watch Adam 12 on METV. It's on late afternoon.
@@Hawken54
MeTV too
Enjoyed this very much Dave. I knew Ricky Nelson and Kent were friends, but didn't know they met because of a football game played with Elvis Presley on the opposing team. Great commercial at the end too.
Dave you never disappoint! I loved Adam-12 and I enjoyed learning more about Kent McCord's life and how he got started. What a great story. I am headed out to my last road trip of the summer and I hope I can make it to your home state Utah-which also happens to be the best state!
Safe travels, Mac!
We loved watching Adam-12 and Emergency back in the day. As a school project, I sent a fan letter to Kent McCord. I remember being so happy when I received an autographed photo of Kent McCord in action on the show. Your story of how he met Ricky Nelson and Elvis was really cool too. Thanks!
How long did it take you to get a response from Kent McCord?
@@harperstacey9604 We are talking 40+ years ago! I cannot honestly say how long it took to get a reply. I do recall it was a 5X7 autographed picture. So cool!
@@mrkeiths48 I was a letter writer to many celebrities a long time ago. I had written over 100 celebrities and only gotten about 20 responses. Sometimes it took months for them to respond. I think some celebrities are too busy to read their fan mail.
The U.S. may not make commercials like Barry Williams’ for Shasta any longer, but I see a fair number of like ads here in Japan.
Lots of laughs and eye rolls to heaven.
Thanks for sharing, Mnogojazyk!
A lot of celebrities made commercials in Japan.
@@jdsundstrom, ありがとうございます /arigatou gozaimasu/ = You’re welcome!
I’m here in Sakai, Japan I’m smiling to know I’m not the only one that’s always kind of in my neck of the woods enjoys these videos videos. Just had a curiosity you haven’t happened to have lived in Arkansas, Oklahoma, New Orleans, and North Carolina before immigrating across the Pacific have you?
Sorry I should add 10 ants or Ari Ga to
Always got a kick out of how many times Adam-12 made use of "Ocean-Ida-Victor" as license plate number combos when calling in to headquarters!
When I was a kid there was nothing cooler than seeing Officer Reed talking on the Police Radio!
Awesome Dave, I have great memories of Adam-12. And don't forget, It Hasta Be Shasta!
Love Adam 12 great work 👍🙏
Thank you 👍
This was one of my favorite episodes of yours, Dave. I liked the surprise at the end.
I'm glad you enjoyed it, William!
That TV Guide cover with Kent McCord and Martin Milner is the first one I remember. (I also remember that Barry Williams Shasta ad like it was yesterday).
Yah. That Shasta commercial doesn't seem all that old to me either!
Glad that one of my direct tv channels shows episodes. Because of this show I tried out for my local Pd. Scored well but there were only 4 openings and there was over 200 applicants so I got hired in private security which I did for 27 years.Cannot say it was a bad job.
I love Adam-12, and loved him as the father in Farscape.
Wow
This is cool. Adam 12 was my favorite show when I was a little girl! I subscribed!
Thanks for subscribing, DJ Trish!
When I was little around 5 or 6 years old I would watch Adam-12 with my older brother I loved it.
Never watched Adam 12 Dave never ever I've heard of it the show but never got too watch it thanks for sharing all the info that I never knew about looks like a awesome show I need to check it out man love cop shows the merchandise would have been great to collect that vintage lunch box is awesome thanks for sharing great video Dave 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍loved Ricky Nelson music Ricky and Elvis awesome entertainers Dave
Glad you enjoyed it, Cade!
always do buddy always
Adam 12 is awesome I still watch it every day just like I did in the 70,s. Thank God for reruns
I grew up in Studio City which is very close to Universal Studios. Can't even remember the number of times I'd be walking home from Jr High School (Walter Reed) and come upon a crew filming on episode of Adam-12. My neighborhood is shown in just about every episode at some point.
Wow! That's cool. Thanks for sharing!
that was before my time don't know this show, I'm more in mid 70s & 80s guy ,born in 67 .I'm just VERY HAPPY Pluto brought Matlock & Hunter to there lined up , watching it all day , lovin those shows
Another great one Dave! Kent was my favorite one on Adam-12 back then. You and I must be of the same age. Great video. I enjoyed Barry Williams Shasta Commercial. Haven't seen that in decades! Thanks man.
Glad you enjoyed it, Lordcron!
Kent looked like my big brother so we tuned in Everytime it was on tv
As a youngster I grew up watching ADAM -12 and it influenced me to become a Police Officer. I also have met both Kent McCord and the late Martin Milner. Marty and I were good friends.
Did Martin milner die of cancer?
Of course brother, you always get a thumbs-up on your videos. You put a lot of time and effort into them and do a wonderful job, thank you
I appreciate that! Thanks for the kind words. 🙂
I remember watching Adam-12 right after Dragnet. I also remember a few episodes of Dragnet featuring Martin Milner and Kent McCord. I also enjoyed Kent's appearing in Predator 2 as Captain Pilgrim. He would be great in Star Trek Picard.
4:00 Adam -12,4:30 Emergency.
Great shows both.
Im from australia and i just love adam 12. I started watching the last couple of seasons when i was young but have caught the earlier seasons on replay. Its still one of my favourite shows. The best part was the great relationship between the 2 characters and kent and martin milner. They were so believable and i think thats because kent and marty really liked each other off screen and were great friends.
Thanks for sharing, Tracey!
Kent played football at the University of Utah with my friends uncle. Adam 12, Emergency!, and Dragnet were my favorites as a kid.
I was aware that he had been offered a spot on the team. I wasn't sure if he played or not. Thanks for clarifying. Only semi-related, I am a graduate of the U of U myself.
@@jdsundstrom And like you, I am also from Utah.
"One-Adam 12" is my old CB radio handle. I've had it ever since CB radio was in existence. I have loved Adam-12 for a long time. It is a dual love with my other favorite show "Emergency" with Randolf Mantooth and Kevin Tighe. Emergency is a show that hardly anyone talks about nowadays. I believe that the show was useful in recruiting future 'Paramedics'. Adam-12 put the LAPD in a positive light, a very clean cut show.
It still comes on on METV every day and I still watch it.
Thank heavens for MeTV!
Great story and funny commercial! When I as 4 I was in the hospital. I was in a room with other kids who were sick and we were all sharing the same TV. And we all had a remote. Well, being 4 and not knowing anything about the world, I started pressing buttons on the remote and changing the channel. All the other kids were started yelling at me. My mom quickly got the remote from me and changed it back. Back to what? Adam 12!
Awesome story, ENC! Thanks for sharing. 🙂
One of my best friends is Martin Milner’s son, I met Kent at my friends wedding, he is a very nice guy.
I know it's been a while back, (seems like yesterday to me) but when I saw Kent on Predator 2, I remember thinking, "that dude has hardly aged".
I know this show was always on the little black and white TV set we had in the kitchen, while Mom was making dinner. I was never much of a fan back then, but I guess 10 years ago I saw it on METV, and it's become my favorite. I like it because it puts our law enforcement in a good light, unlike the news of the day. Sure, there are bad eggs from time to time, but this show focused on the stories of true life heroics, and I'd much rather that be what we see, because these people are heroes, and they deserve our respect for what they do for us.
Great comments, Darren. Thanks for sharing your memories!
Love this program I watch it every day & I even Owen some of series just can't find all so it's incomplete but I'll keep looking.👍
Just great! I needed to let you know your videos are great. Simply great! tHanks
Glad you like them! Thanks for the kind words of support. 🙂
I grew up watching Adam 12 and Emergency!. Both great shows from Jack Webb. I had the Emergency! lunch box in grade school. I wish now that I'd taken better care of it, some of those old tv show lunch boxes and thermoses are worth money now.
We loved Adam-12! Martin Milner and Kent McCord were awesome!
They were a great team.
I grew up in Quebec city which is french, so we did not have cable so I watched adam12 in French then w cable was offered to everyone in the 70s I started to watch the last seasons and watched it in repeat but in English loved the show
Met him a few years ago at a convention in NJ. He was a really cool, down to earth guy.
What kind of convention did you meet him at? From Ms. Harper Stacey.
@@harperstacey9604 Chiller Theatre
@@13bbryan16 what is chiller theater?
Hey Dave, I was pleased you showed yourself in the previous video. In the past I had heard your voice, enjoyed your videos, and the content of them. They are great, as well as informative, and entertaining. The story on Kent McCord, of Adam 12 👍👍👌. I remember the series very well, as I was usually watching it daily then. You see by your admission, and my assumptions that we are pretty close too the same age? Oh well keep the "Good Stuff" coming, and keep on Doing IT, HEY, as the Fonz would say. WR,🇨🇦🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇸🤳🤳🌈🌈🤔🤔👍👍
Thanks Robert!
This was a very rare half-hour drama show. Webb really respected the professions he showed. You should do more shows on the Jack Webb series.
Still can't picture Elvis playing football. tackle or touch. Kent had the look of a quarterback.
Adam-12 was a great show on NBC. Back in 1968 we only got NBC in Hartsville, MA back then. In 1970 my father bought a mobile TV antenna of course it didn't turn on when you moved the dial so being the oldest my job was to go on the roof and move teh antenna by hand and stop when my father told me to stop. A fuzzy CBS show was a welcome sight, we didn't get an ABC channel until 1978 when I got out of teh Army.
On Easter Day 1976 about thirty guys in my company were glued to see teh Wizard of OZ, it was the first time any of us saw it in color and had a Keg party while watching. Until we got in the Army most of us lived on Black and white TVs.
Before cable TV became widespread across the country, it was an "event" when the networks ran "Gone with the Wind" and "The Wizard of Oz" in prime time. I remember when the Peanuts specials would run for Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas, and the title sponsor was Dolly Madison snacks. They always looked so good, but they weren't available here in the Northeast, which was dominated by Drake's and Hostess. It was only until I became older and started to travel when I could find Dolly Madison bakery snacks!