I love this comment, that right was still right,and wrong was punishable. This reminds me of the oriental saying, that 2 wongs don’t make a white. 😂😂😂🤣🤣😲😲😲🙄🙄🙄🤔🤔🤔
Yeah, that's funny. I remember when my sister, brother, and I pooled our money and bought Mom and Dad a color TV for their 25th wedding anniversary in 1974. They were horrified by the extravagance of it and were almost afraid to use the TV because they didn't want to "wear it out".
I had a small B/W with a wire coat hangar for an aerial (original broke!). I never saw a TV till I got married in Dec 1975! I thunk my Mom had,one - just don’t remember!
@@blockcl In the 1960s, my parents were concerned about color television emitting radiation. Whenever I visited a friend who had a color television, they insisted I sit at least six feet away from it.
When I see people starring in shows like this that also did voice work in TV animation of the period, I can't help visualizing them behind a studio mic doing voices. Vic Perrin played the villain in the Scooby-Doo episode "Backstage Rage".
Good observation! Quite true! In fact, ALL of the actors use exaggerated hand gestures, nodding, etc. when there's a voice over - virtual "dumb show." They were surely instructed by Webb (the Director) to do so.
@@alexmuenster2102 agree…..must have been the directing. In watching these actors on other shows most are quite good . Not the stiff , monotone performance as in this show. Guess ya follow the orders of who’s paying at the time …..lol.
Henry Pendleton used to come into the 7-11 I where I worked and rub scratch off tickets until 1 am every night. They left out that he stole a generator from Sunray too so he could have electricity after thr power company turned him off for not paying the bill.
Except that: Born in Harrisburg, Illinois, she was the daughter of musician Dewey Alphaleta (née Todd) and businessman Edward William Gregg.[1] She had a stepsister, Mary.[2] When Gregg was 5,[3] she and her family moved to Pasadena, California.[4] She attended Jefferson High School,[2] Pasadena Junior College and Pacific Academy of Dramatic Art.[3]
@@toddsterben6647 Oh, I didn't mean Virginia Gregg (the wife), I meant the blonde haired lady with the glasses who worked in the office. She was also on a lot of Dragnet episodes, like when she found the baby in the garbage can or was married to Mr. Lumis. She's the one with the accent. New York, but not Manhattan or Brooklyn. More like Queens, or suburban, like Long Island or Westchester. You can't mistake it.
@@rogerpeed7920 Now that you mention, I do remember that. I guess Harry Bartell must have been working on another show that day so they had to get Vic.
Monday night tradition at my house was Gunsmoke... Tuesday night tradition Red Skelton... Thursday night tradition Dragnet... Friday night tradition The Wild Wild West
22:30 Friday and Gannon are certainly lucky that Pendleton confessed. With an unobservant business owner unaware that $100,000 has walked out the door, and clueless auditors who can determine that $100,000 has disappeared, but have no idea how or by whom, the prosecutor would have had a very difficult time getting a conviction.
Unfortunately, 2 weeks into serving his sentence, Henry Pendleton was shived to death by a member of Los gatos fresca gang over his inability to pay (One and a half cartons of cigarettes) after losing multiple rounds of a dice game.
And to think Vic Perrin was also Don Negler in the Dragnet 60's pilot film- Sgt. Friday and Det. Gannon brought him down in the L.A. torrential rain. Joe, as a last resort, had to use his fists, while Bill, along with the other officers kept Negler at bay!!!
@@james-p That's Dell, the bartender talked about her 2 scenes later. She the woman with a cash register for a heart. But if he gets to hit that it might be worth it.
I think I may have figured out why the episode is so sketchy on the details of the crime. Back then "good broadcasting standards" forbade the depiction of crime in too much detail so as not to give viewers ideas on how to copy it. Describing a phony invoice scheme would be way too much information.
In real life his confession would have been suppressed. At the time of his arrest they had no idea who committed a crime or how. No probable cause to arrest and everything that followed was the fruit of an unlawful arrest.
This was real life. Sure, it's been dramatized, but all of Dragnet's episodes were from real LAPD cases. Jack Webb was a stickler for accuracy as well. At the beginning and end of each episode, the announcer reminds you that the story is true.
Why didn't the auditors figure out how the $100K was embezzled and who embezzled the funds? How can a purchasing agent embezzle $100K without leaving a paper trial?
The purchasing agent and the receivables clerk may have been in cahoots. A possible tipoff: the first comment made by the purchasing agent was a stirring defense of the receivables clerk. Why would she need one? On the other hand, a common method of fraud by purchasing agents is to generate false invoices and have the payments routed into a bank account the purchasing agent controls. It is hard to imagine how the receivables clerk, who received the checks, would not know, or have some reason to suspect, that sort of irregularity. In a business with proper internal controls and separation of functions, the purchasing agent would have nothing to do with the writing of checks, the receipt of payment, or the deposit of funds. How did the checks received in payment of the bogus invoices get to the purchasing agent so that he could steal money from the company? Answer that question, and the case is solved. Another method of purchasing agent fraud is the receipt of kickbacks from vendors, but that would not appear in the books. Instead, the company might have shoddy goods.
Why were the California Angels not mentioned along with the Dodgers around the 0:14 mark? Isn't Anaheim considered part of the greater Los Angeles area despite being in Orange county? And had the Lakers not moved into the Forum by 1967... at 0:23 🤔?
This episode is a classic example on why a person should invoke the right to remain silent and request a lawyer. The mere fact he had a gambling problem does not prove he was the embezzler, any more than it would prove he was responsible for any bank robbery that might have occurred in the relevant time period. Neither Friday, Gannon, the company, nor the bonehead auditors had any idea how $100,000 disappeared. He should have insisted that the state bear its burden of proving how the crime was committed and that he was the guilty party. If he had kept silent and insisted on a lawyer, I think the state would have had a hard time proving its case.
They make him think that if he just tells the truth they will take pity on him and give him him a break, then he tells the truth and they throw the book at him.
When right was still right, and wrong was punished. Love it
I love this comment, that right was still right,and wrong was punishable. This reminds me of the oriental saying, that 2 wongs don’t make a white. 😂😂😂🤣🤣😲😲😲🙄🙄🙄🤔🤔🤔
I miss reality too.
@@winonamassingill7895 but too many rights can make a wrong?
Who else remembers when getting a COLOR TV was a big deal?
Our family did not have a color TV until 1975.
Yeah, that's funny. I remember when my sister, brother, and I pooled our money and bought Mom and Dad a color TV for their 25th wedding anniversary in 1974. They were horrified by the extravagance of it and were almost afraid to use the TV because they didn't want to "wear it out".
I had a small B/W with a wire coat hangar for an aerial (original broke!). I never saw a TV till I got married in Dec 1975! I thunk my Mom had,one - just don’t remember!
@@blockcl In the 1960s, my parents were concerned about color television emitting radiation. Whenever I visited a friend who had a color television, they insisted I sit at least six feet away from it.
When I was growing up, I always thought it snowed on every show
I enjoyed watching these old police shows. Wish they where still on national TV.
Love these episodes of Dragnet!❤So good!
He wouldn't have had to gamble had he become a Dollarwise Prospector... working for Bonnie Bates
Free money! Free money! Free money!!!
And the Woman who played Bonnie Bates was Virginia Gregg, who played Pembleton's wife in this episode.
@@Karlketola Virginia Gregg really should be in the opening credits for as many episodes as she is in....
*aggressive tamborine noises(
When I see people starring in shows like this that also did voice work in TV animation of the period, I can't help visualizing them behind a studio mic doing voices. Vic Perrin played the villain in the Scooby-Doo episode "Backstage Rage".
This show ALWAYS ended with the criminals getting theirs (even if the ending was abhorrently tragic)
Out side of the factory, Henry is parked in the red! That proves it.
love how when the narrator is speaking Joe uses a lot of hand gestures, but when he's actually speaking he uses no hand gestures.......lol
Joe is the narrator.
@@tompinkerton8099 correct……my wording should have been that when Joe is speaking as the narrator his character uses a lot of hand gestures.
Good observation! Quite true! In fact, ALL of the actors use exaggerated hand gestures, nodding, etc. when there's a voice over - virtual "dumb show." They were surely instructed by Webb (the Director) to do so.
@@alexmuenster2102 agree…..must have been the directing. In watching these actors on other shows most are quite good . Not the stiff , monotone performance as in this show. Guess ya follow the orders of who’s paying at the time …..lol.
@@benniebarrow348 That's just the way Jack Webb did things, and it was very successful.
Henry Pendleton used to come into the 7-11 I where I worked and rub scratch off tickets until 1 am every night. They left out that he stole a generator from Sunray too so he could have electricity after thr power company turned him off for not paying the bill.
The guy that ran Sunray also sucked as an assistant principal in another episode.
Did he ever win anything over $1.00?
@02chevyguy probably but used his winnings to buy more tickets. 😀
"They got cash registers for hearts"
You have quoted a line from the episode.
As soon as Vic Perrin walks on the set, you know he's the guilty one. Virginia Vincent has a New York accent that just won't quit.
Except that:
Born in Harrisburg, Illinois, she was the daughter of musician Dewey Alphaleta (née Todd) and businessman Edward William Gregg.[1] She had a stepsister, Mary.[2]
When Gregg was 5,[3] she and her family moved to Pasadena, California.[4] She attended Jefferson High School,[2] Pasadena Junior College and Pacific Academy of Dramatic Art.[3]
@@toddsterben6647 Oh, I didn't mean Virginia Gregg (the wife), I meant the blonde haired lady with the glasses who worked in the office. She was also on a lot of Dragnet episodes, like when she found the baby in the garbage can or was married to Mr. Lumis. She's the one with the accent. New York, but not Manhattan or Brooklyn. More like Queens, or suburban, like Long Island or Westchester. You can't mistake it.
This, was only the 2nd show where she wasn't going off to jail.
To best of my knowledge, he played a Doctor in an episode
@@rogerpeed7920 Now that you mention, I do remember that. I guess Harry Bartell must have been working on another show that day so they had to get Vic.
The gambling was done in "Clover." This appears to be a thinly veiled reference to Culver City.
There is no city of Clover in California. However Culver City is only 58 minutes away. Joe Friday was very accurate
Vic Perrin (RIP) was The Control Voice on the original "Outer Limits."
Really......
Vic was another member of Jack Webb's acting troupe.
Vic Perrin was also the serial killer in the 1965 prequel movie!
Monday night tradition at my house was Gunsmoke... Tuesday night tradition Red Skelton... Thursday night tradition Dragnet... Friday night tradition The Wild Wild West
Thanks for the great quality Neil Martin. Subbed.
You have me addicted to these episodes. Love it!
That is a good one! The old pyramid scheme!
No. This was embezzlement. Pyramid scheme is something else.
22:30 Friday and Gannon are certainly lucky that Pendleton confessed. With an unobservant business owner unaware that $100,000 has walked out the door, and clueless auditors who can determine that $100,000 has disappeared, but have no idea how or by whom, the prosecutor would have had a very difficult time getting a conviction.
Pendleton was a real bad egg, he was the murderer in the pilot show also.
@@Jay-vr9ir - "They said they'd rather be dead than be with me." He just gave them what they wanted.
@@Jay-vr9ir Raymond Burr was in the first episode too.
15:27 Wheel Alignment is spelled wrong on the sign in the background.
Unfortunately, 2 weeks into serving his sentence, Henry Pendleton was shived to death by a member of Los gatos fresca gang over his inability to pay (One and a half cartons of cigarettes) after losing multiple rounds of a dice game.
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I used to sit and watch these episodes with my dad and I was a kid I didn't know I'd grow up to be a cop.
And to think Vic Perrin was also Don Negler in the Dragnet 60's pilot film- Sgt. Friday and Det. Gannon brought him down in the L.A. torrential rain. Joe, as a last resort, had to use his fists, while Bill, along with the other officers kept Negler at bay!!!
Webb used Vic Perrin a lot. He pops in a number of scenes throughout the series
Why'd you kill them?
They asked me to
They asked you to?
Yes they said they would rather die than be with me
@@Paul-tn3sc He was a member of Jack Webb's acting troupe.
Vic Perrin was a long time member of the troupe, going back to the early 1950s.
"Wheel alinement" on a sign 15:26. Oops.
No spellcheckers back then!
There was a company in Lakeland, Florida, that spelled it that way.
People spelled it that way it didn't stick the way" lite" did for light. Advertising, ruining the English language one word at a time...
Really enjoyed that, thanks. Subscribed. Good video quality too.
I still can't believe the Los Angeles Sports Arena is gone.
Like an alcoholic who thinks they're not one because they only drink at night!
The actress @7:33 is a real stunner. Her name is Sharon Harvey and it looks like her career was short lived with only ten bit parts.
7:24 Hells yeah!
lol like a dish like her would date that lug! haha
@@james-p That's Dell, the bartender talked about her 2 scenes later. She the woman with a cash register for a heart. But if he gets to hit that it might be worth it.
15:45 guy walks by
Fried chicken talk
Same guy walks the same way again
very observant. I learn all sorts of things in the comments...
And of course..... Gannon doing his usual whining about working long hours.
I noticed that also. The bartender...did it look like one of his eyes was messed up?
Henry!
Ole Georgie Boy moved from the bottle to Delores.
Might be more of a problem. Look how it turned out for Henry. His wife rambles on and on to Friday and Gannon... landing him in a world of pain.
Clovis is not a hour drive from Los Angeles. It's in Fresno County. It's at least a 5 to 6 hour drive.
I thought that was Henry Gibson.
I think I may have figured out why the episode is so sketchy on the details of the crime. Back then "good broadcasting standards" forbade the depiction of crime in too much detail so as not to give viewers ideas on how to copy it. Describing a phony invoice scheme would be way too much information.
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In real life his confession would have been suppressed. At the time of his arrest they had no idea who committed a crime or how. No probable cause to arrest and everything that followed was the fruit of an unlawful arrest.
This was real life. Sure, it's been dramatized, but all of Dragnet's episodes were from real LAPD cases. Jack Webb was a stickler for accuracy as well. At the beginning and end of each episode, the announcer reminds you that the story is true.
They were probably composites In real life auditors would know how the money disappeared.
Henry was sentenced to a frontal lobotomy at the Los Angeles County Sanatorium.
22:57 They talk about him getting help, but he was sent to prison for up to 10 years. Does Gambler's Anonymous have a chapter at the prisoñ?
Why didn't the auditors figure out how the $100K was embezzled and who embezzled the funds? How can a purchasing agent embezzle $100K without leaving a paper trial?
Almost as bad as "Kruger's Industrial Smoothing" (Seinfeld)
Loring didn't exactly run the tightest of ships at Sun-Ray. He sucked as a vice principal in another episode as well.
@@Paul-tn3scYou dont know where something is until you've been there.
In detective stories convenient confessions always make up for weak cases.
@@chrismetafora6565 What are you talking about?
@16:00 Pendleton should have been cited for blocking a fire lane. He was parked right alongside the red kerbing.
It would’ve been up to the Clover PD to give Pendleton the parking citation-not Sgt. Friday & Officer Gannon.
The purchasing agent and the receivables clerk may have been in cahoots. A possible tipoff: the first comment made by the purchasing agent was a stirring defense of the receivables clerk. Why would she need one? On the other hand, a common method of fraud by purchasing agents is to generate false invoices and have the payments routed into a bank account the purchasing agent controls. It is hard to imagine how the receivables clerk, who received the checks, would not know, or have some reason to suspect, that sort of irregularity. In a business with proper internal controls and separation of functions, the purchasing agent would have nothing to do with the writing of checks, the receipt of payment, or the deposit of funds. How did the checks received in payment of the bogus invoices get to the purchasing agent so that he could steal money from the company? Answer that question, and the case is solved.
Another method of purchasing agent fraud is the receipt of kickbacks from vendors, but that would not appear in the books. Instead, the company might have shoddy goods.
Why were the California Angels not mentioned along with the Dodgers around the 0:14 mark? Isn't Anaheim considered part of the greater Los Angeles area despite being in Orange county?
And had the Lakers not moved into the Forum by 1967... at 0:23 🤔?
Electric supply and Mr Zack and your welcome sir and check what I got 😊
12:30 He needed a divorce to marry her and she did not know for 3 or 4 years he was married before?
They explained that. He kept it a secret.
@@andrewvelonis5940 How could he keep that secret?
Embezzlement isn’t the same as Grand Theft?
This episode is a classic example on why a person should invoke the right to remain silent and request a lawyer. The mere fact he had a gambling problem does not prove he was the embezzler, any more than it would prove he was responsible for any bank robbery that might have occurred in the relevant time period. Neither Friday, Gannon, the company, nor the bonehead auditors had any idea how $100,000 disappeared. He should have insisted that the state bear its burden of proving how the crime was committed and that he was the guilty party. If he had kept silent and insisted on a lawyer, I think the state would have had a hard time proving its case.
They make him think that if he just tells the truth they will take pity on him and give him him a break, then he tells the truth and they throw the book at him.
@@nataliep.9047 exactly
@@nataliep.9047 they also led him on, letting him think he would get help from Gambler's Anonymous, but he went to prison for three years.