I'm 81 years old and I know for a fact that the 50's was the greatest decade in US history. We had it all, good jobs, affordable houses, great movies and TV, and good family life. Today is like living in some weird zoo.
George The 50s were great for you dude because you were white I take it no problems right, Nice job nice home wore nice clothes and didn't want for much
When I was a kid growing about 8 or 9 years old I never missed Highway Patrol ! I would stay up late even on school nights to watch the adventures of Broderick Crawford and his crime fighting. I really loved the show and think it influenced me to go into law enforcement after leaving the military in the early 70's. I retired after 35 years as a Deputy Sheriff and enjoyed most of it LOL Retirement is much better
I am 72 years old and remember when the cops had revolvers, no bullet-proof vests, no AR-15s, no dashcams, no computers, and no bodycams. These guys now look like they are in the military, and they have to have all of this stuff. What a different and toxic world we live in today.
Looks like you were about 8 years old when the ArmaLite sold the patent and trademarks for both to Colt's Manufacturing Company in 1959 after the military rejected the design in favor of the M14. After most of the patents for the Colt AR-15 expired in 1977, many firearm manufacturers began to produce copies of the rifle under various names. While the patents have expired, Colt has retained the trademark to the AR-15 name and is the sole manufacturer able to label their firearms as such.
In Britain and British Commonwealth countries, the police don't even carry firearms unless under special circumstances. I once traveled to both American Samoa and West Samoa (which was under New Zealand rule before independence). The two islands are separated by 70 miles of ocean. The populations are exactly the same ethnically. Yet, the police in American Samoa are armed like they are in any American city in full police uniforms like you see in this Highway Patrol episode, while the police on West Samoa carry no firearms, and if they have a weapon at all, it's usually a bamboo bungee stick. And they wear a uniform top, a pith helmet, and a lava lava (sort of like a Polynesian kilt).
Hello, this is the first time I have even heard of Highway Patrol! I’m 60 yo. Odd that Sweden didn’t get this show where I grew up. We Got the FBI and Twighlight Zone and I love Lucy, Mc Hales Navy, and my favourite, The Streets of San Francisco ! I love this this series! This episode is the first one I’ve ever seen! I will watch the entire series! lol I’m hooked after only one episode! 😂
These bring back so many memories; I used to watch this series sitting on my now late WWII vet father's lap. Even that old-style motel brings back memories of the 1950s-1960s Florida vacations we used to take as a family. What a different and wonderful place America was back then. RIP Pop, sure miss you.
It may have been wonderful to you, but probably not so wonderful to minorities living under Jim Crow laws, lynchings and blatant discrimination. Or to those draftees who fought and died in the Korean War. Or to women who were shut out of careers or who suffered publicly tolerated domestic abuse. But cheers to you!
@@kenbob1071 Drear bleeding heart liberal, I know you can't see me, but I am a Black man, and my comment stands! So sorry you are a bitter person looking to be a victim. Your comment is null and void.
When we first had commercial TV in England back in the 50s there were lots of American TV shows like this, as a boy I loved 'em. Plus shows like Dragnet, I Love Lucy, Wagon Train, Gun Law, Sugarfoot, Maverick, Bonanza, etc.
When there is an outdoor scene of any type, I notice how much bird singing and chirping is going on, especially compared to how it is today. I'm elderly and remember the 1950s and how much of just about every state was open area, with towns and farms here and there. The birds and other wildlife must have had a much better quality of life before so many people and all our motors began to interfere with their peacefulness.
@@PS-js9oh Many years ago I used to sing the chorus of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer when the names are sung "Cupid, Dancer and Vixen" as Haldeman, Ehrlichman and Nixon.😅
Gloria, be aware of how movies and TV shows were made back then. Good directional microphones were not available, nor were small mikes you could hide in clothing. What they did was shoot the film and the actors acted and spoke their lines. Because the mikes had to be kept out of the camera field of view, the voice pickup was usually poor, and with a lot of echo/reverb and extraneous noise. Later, back at the studio, the actors were shown the film and they re-recorded their lines synchronising themselves to the film. The re-recorded studio voice track was then added to the film along with sound effects produced by a sound effects artist. In low budget TV films like this one, you can, if you are alert, pick up that the sounds you hear are not genuine - tires squealing on gravel, sound of motors starting not synchronised with the video, etc etc. In this particular TV show, sound levels are all over the place - they didn't take much care. In other words, you heard birds because the sound artist thought there should be birds, or the director wanted to reinforce that the scene was in a farming area, not because there were actual birds at the location.
Really nice to see the old movies again, and Highway Patrol was a joy to find. I think of my late father who loved such series, including this one. Then you should be quiet if you wanted to be there to watch with him.
I used to watch this show every week as a kid. Loved it. Thanks for posting this. To borrow a quote: "What a different and wonderful place America was back then".
I agree and when a place is all white it's much better everyone knows that but is afraid to say it lol. If you were poor then it was because you were lazy. A working man back then could afford a house and his wife could stay home and raise the kids and keep house yes much better times and its proving to be true.
@@williamjackson5942 we were poor and did not know it. I grew up neat Tatumvill. Black and white kids got along fine. Yea there was That 1 percent. You are always going to have that. Blacks and white folks Get along with each other . How many years is it going to take to get over it. Get an education that's the way out.
I used to Watch this show Faithfully when I was a little girl. I don't know why, but I really liked this show watching it on TV. I am So Glad to read the Very informative information the ViewerS have that I read that the ViewerS know. THAT FOR THE INFORMATION YOU HAVE ABOUT THE ACTORS AND ACTRESSES!☺😊😜😛🤓
I am 73, but I don't remember this show. Perhaps there was another show at the same time that we watched. We had 3 tv stations back then. Fortunately, I have been able to watch almost the whole series here on YT.
Normally I'd disagree, but man, it actually would be refreshing to get away from all of today's technologies. And yeah, I know I'm saying this while typing on RUclips. Still. Ppl actually watched TV together back then, on ONE TV set.
Don't ya just love all these cool 50's cars even the ones in the back ground. Best looking cars ever. Dangerous Dan & the rest ain't bad neither. Thanks for the post. Use to watch these with my old man. One of the top 50's shows 😎🔫
30 years ago I bought and restored a 1956 Chrysler Windsor Hardtop and it is still in my carport ready to take me everywhere. I got it cheap because the previous owner, a foreign diplomat, committed suicide inside.
@@BobChippewa Maybe. But it's straightforward and to the point. Viewed in its proper context, it is a great police show. As good as Dragnet (sometimes better).
@@UkOutreach and I suspect a lefty loon who comes on social media and plays dumb on the meaning of “woke” is being facetious . I have no doubt you live and promote the woke agenda everyday. Spare us the fake need for an explanation.
At 16:23 The elderly woman with the bandage on her head is the same actress who was the cleaning lady at the doctor's office in the original movie "The Blob"
I was born in 75, but I absolutely LOVE old black-and-white TV shows and movies from "Have Gun Will Travel" to the first season of "Gomer Pyle"!! TV shows nowadays are absolute crap...
Saturday Night Live did a parody of this show back in the 70s when Broderick Crawford was host that week and of course reprising his role as Dan Matthews in the skit. Dan Ackroyd was the narrator: "Whenever the laws of any state are broken, a duly authorised organisation swings into action. It may be called the State Police, the Bulls, the Pigs, the Fuzz, the Klingons... or the Highway Patrol."
I remember this show as a kid . I didn’t know Broderick Crawford was such an alcoholic . He had his drivers license taken away and had to shoot scenes on dirt roads and non major highways
I grew up in the 50’s and 60’s. The best time in the history of the world. Everyone had jobs, everyone could afford a house, gas was cheap, morales were high, and plenty of wide open spaces, then population exploded and everything went to sh*t.
Hi from Finland. That was really nice to see the Highway Patrol again. I watched every single episodes aired here in the beginning of 60’s. This was a really good picture quality too, so it was a pleasure to watch. Thanks.
That Dan Matthews could do it all...instead of calling in a lie detector expert, he administered the tests...must have taken a night or correspondent course...graduated with honors..
Watch those Buick cruisers bounce around. "Uncle" Tom McCahill's description in the day of a '50s era Buick's handling: "Like a fat matron trying to get out of a slippery bathtub".
That was when cops didn't pummel you into the ground when you pull a gun on them. They'd even leave it on the ground after they fat man kick it out of your hsnd
Remember this as a favourite as a kid in the fifties in the UK. ITV had arrived and thankfully we now had many US shows. This show was one of the first and loved seeing the cars. 10/4 became a catch phrase.
@Jerry Nielsen I love Hwy Patrol .i also watch Andy Griffin. But Hwy Patrol episodes take place at different locations and I really enjoy The old gas stations, Restaurants, the old diesel trucks,And all the old cars And the 10-4 10-4. And the Prices on the grocery store windows.
@Jerry Nielsen me to.iam 75 in poor health and I enjoy listening to the 50s and 60s Music also. Especially sence I Figured out how to use my new phone. I really enjoy Google.
.........And after Highway Patrol, I watched "The Whirlybirds ", with Kenneth Tobey.....and then maybe Seahunt, with Lloyd Bridges . What a lineup in those days !!
That reminded me of this guy I use to work With, Robbed his own self of $600 dollars from a cash p/u for the company, bashed his own head in & claimed someone else robbed him! What an idiot! Next thing we knew was, "he no longer worked there"! Of course the police was called & I think after questioning him, they advised the company that he was lying! He was just pure stupid! SMH...
Thanks for sharing these classic gems! OMG, this was my favorite show as a kid! It's just nuts to see old rural San Fernando Valley where most those episodes were filmed full of farms ranches road motels and some begins of the development to come, and it came fast, 😩. Actually to me, a local SoCal boy here all my life, it's sorta sad to see what San Fernando and Simi Valley have become today - it's just overkill. All that land you see in HP is now developed one way or the other. 😔 Here's a little trivia about those classic behemoth HP cars 👇 The 1955 Buick Century two-door sedans seen were built especially for the CHP and were never offered for sale to the public. Two-door sedans were adequate, because the real CHP rarely arrested anyone at that time, being involved more with accident investigations, enforcement, and auto thefts. However even if they did arrest those big girls had AMPLE room in the back! They're like floating livingrooms. LOL. But you kids that weren't around you missed out because those old American made cars were the most comfortable ever cars and actually a lot of fun to drive with big powerful V8 engines. Another triv about Buicks from that era (55-60) to start the engine you turned the ignition on then stepped all the way down on accelerator pedal that started the engine. Weird but true. 😁
My dad had a 1953 Buick straight 8 that was started like that. You would turn the ignition on and push the accelerator to the floor to start the engine.
Hello, this is the first time I have even heard of Highway Patrol! I’m 60 yo. Odd that Sweden didn’t get this show where I grew up. We Got the FBI and Twighlight Zone and I love Lucy, Mc Hales Navy, and my favourite, The Streets of San Francisco ! I love this series! This episode is the first one I’ve ever seen! I will watch the entire series! lol I’m hooked after only one episode! 😂
The evil nephew "Henry" is played by Gene Reynolds before he became the mega producer-director on shows like M*A*S*H, Lou Grant, Hogan's Heroes and many others.
MeTV has been airing this at 5 am for awhile. I never saw it until recently. It's very good. This has to be were Jack Webb got his ideas for dragnet. Documentary style police show. Jack then worked on his ideas for Adam 12 and Emergency. This show was definitely innovative.
Interesting that only the 1955 episodes credit "Bernard R. Caldwell and the California Highway Patrol" in the opening. The rest of the series 1956-59, the opening credits more generically thank "Highway Patrols throughout the nation"
John A. Not unusual. Most long-running shows deteriorate as they go along. That is why Gleason did only 39 Honeymooners. He quit while he was ahead, which is what all successful gamblers do.
@@melrose9252 They couldn't continue unless they had replaced the actor for Dan Mathews. Broderick Crawford was a serious alcoholic and wasn't permitted to drive more than about 100 feet in any episode because of drunk driving convictions. He often showed up for filming while under the influence. If you watch carefully, you can see when those occurred, when he just isn't "with it." Sometimes you can see his forehead with a big bruise on it.
I was born in 1951, and not sure if I'd go back again if I could; life is hard, no matter when one is born; I do, however, miss the Roy Rogers cowboy boots I received every Christmas from Granny and Grandpa St. Pierre!
Hopefully you're not a minority or a woman because warping back to the 50s would suck for you. Oh, and if you do, make sure you're either too young or too old to be drafted into the Korean War.
My uncle lived on a dirt road like the ones in this video, and the township use to take big tanker trucks with used motor oil and spray it on the dirt road to keep the dust down, it would last about 1/2 year
It's proven every day in depositions and any courtroom, the same. Try to remember everything truthfully on the witness chair for 90 mins. You'll be amazed by how the prosecutor and or DA"S can break you down and confuse you into your self dought! Especially when you're in front of the jury and a full courtroom. Wear a diaper is my advice. REALLY!
They sure are. My oldest brother "robbed" a bus depot 150 miles from where he lived. Three eye witnesses. Problem was is that he was on vacation with all of our family three states away!!! We all said we would testify as well as that resort owner and his wife. Case closed. Lol
Yeah, they are, but lie detectors are fallible too. There's a good reason their results are not admissible. Several Forensic Files have suspects who fail lie detector tests who later turn out to be innocent.
I heard Dan say in an episode "over a million cars in thos state and 200K in this city" and yet when they're on the lookout for a culprit they always say "suspect driving a blue sedan" and BOOM, they catch the guy in 3 minutes! PRICELESS!!
I look at the dirt roads and farmland and think how valuable that real estate is today. Also, the nephew was played by Gene Reynolds, one of driving forces behind MASH and Lou Grant.
Yeah the 50s were great. Signs all over coffee shops and hotels in the south - Whites Only. Cars with horrible breaks and no seat belts that broke down all the time. I'm 100% sure you are white.
I saw Broderick Crawford in a Federico Fellini movie , made about '55 or '56. I forget which Fellini movie. Maybe Broderick happened to be vacationing in Italy at the time. It wasn't a starring role. I think he played a priest. Fellini movies are very "artsy." Definitely no car chasing haha.
Marie Stoddard always plays the part of the bickering, nagging wife, the gossiping neighbor, and snatky aunt. She does it so well she was cast in Hitchcock film Suspect.
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I'm 81 years old and I know for a fact that the 50's was the greatest decade in US history. We had it all, good jobs, affordable houses, great movies and TV, and good family life. Today is like living in some weird zoo.
1950 s and 60 s were indeed the time in history to be a kid growing up feeling free and safe
And No Joe Biden
I totally agree
It was indeed the best decade
George The 50s were great for you dude because you were white I take it no problems right, Nice job nice home wore nice clothes and didn't want for much
When I was a kid growing about 8 or 9 years old I never missed Highway Patrol ! I would stay up late even on school nights to watch the adventures of Broderick Crawford and his crime fighting. I really loved the show and think it influenced me to go into law enforcement after leaving the military in the early 70's. I retired after 35 years as a Deputy Sheriff and enjoyed most of it LOL Retirement is much better
Me too, Richard... Me too.
And today, almost every movie or TV show is excactly opposite I think it's why crime is so high.
@@kevinbodman1011 I agree, everywhere is violence
Richard , Thank you for your Service !
@@marksommers6764 Thanks so much !
I am 72 years old and remember when the cops had revolvers, no bullet-proof vests, no AR-15s, no dashcams, no computers, and no bodycams. These guys now look like they are in the military, and they have to have all of this stuff. What a different and toxic world we live in today.
Because criminals are now babied by the Democrats
Looks like you were about 8 years old when the ArmaLite sold the patent and trademarks for both to Colt's Manufacturing Company in 1959 after the military rejected the design in favor of the M14. After most of the patents for the Colt AR-15 expired in 1977, many firearm manufacturers began to produce copies of the rifle under various names. While the patents have expired, Colt has retained the trademark to the AR-15 name and is the sole manufacturer able to label their firearms as such.
In Britain and British Commonwealth countries, the police don't even carry firearms unless under special circumstances. I once traveled to both American Samoa and West Samoa (which was under New Zealand rule before independence). The two islands are separated by 70 miles of ocean. The populations are exactly the same ethnically. Yet, the police in American Samoa are armed like they are in any American city in full police uniforms like you see in this Highway Patrol episode, while the police on West Samoa carry no firearms, and if they have a weapon at all, it's usually a bamboo bungee stick. And they wear a uniform top, a pith helmet, and a lava lava (sort of like a Polynesian kilt).
Also, a time when people were thankful for the police rather than spitting on them.
Endtimes! Repent! Jesus saves sinners! God bless you
Thankyou for uploading Highway patrol on u tube, they were the days, you must of made a few million people very happy to see this again, thankyou.
Hello, this is the first time I have even heard of Highway Patrol! I’m 60 yo. Odd that Sweden didn’t get this show where I grew up. We Got the FBI and Twighlight Zone and I love Lucy, Mc Hales Navy, and my favourite, The Streets of San Francisco ! I love this this series! This episode is the first one I’ve ever seen! I will watch the entire series! lol I’m hooked after only one episode! 😂
That wen we had good stov on the tv note like today aload of sh..
Must’ve made - Conditional Present Perfect.
These bring back so many memories; I used to watch this series sitting on my now late WWII vet father's lap. Even that old-style motel brings back memories of the 1950s-1960s Florida vacations we used to take as a family. What a different and wonderful place America was back then. RIP Pop, sure miss you.
My dad was a WW2 vet also, we had a wonderful childhood, walking to school age 6, playing along the way. My dog even followed me to church.
@@marilynwillett804 Was your dog a protestant or catholic? (This is just humour).
It may have been wonderful to you, but probably not so wonderful to minorities living under Jim Crow laws, lynchings and blatant discrimination. Or to those draftees who fought and died in the Korean War. Or to women who were shut out of careers or who suffered publicly tolerated domestic abuse. But cheers to you!
@@kenbob1071 cry me a river.
@@kenbob1071 Drear bleeding heart liberal, I know you can't see me, but I am a Black man, and my comment stands! So sorry you are a bitter person looking to be a victim. Your comment is null and void.
When we first had commercial TV in England back in the 50s there were lots of American TV shows like this, as a boy I loved 'em.
Plus shows like Dragnet, I Love Lucy, Wagon Train, Gun Law, Sugarfoot, Maverick, Bonanza, etc.
the andy griffith show; walt disney presents; etc
Record and watch all the time. Such a cool classic show and the cars are awesome.
Suspect is always in a black sedan.
When there is an outdoor scene of any type, I notice how much bird singing and chirping is going on, especially compared to how it is today. I'm elderly and remember the 1950s and how much of just about every state was open area, with towns and farms here and there. The birds and other wildlife must have had a much better quality of life before so many people and all our motors began to interfere with their peacefulness.
Betcha all that open land is now covered with roof tops, strip malls, and Starbucks stores.
@@PS-js9oh To each his own.😎 Hey! A bird left his calling card on your car hood while you were getting your whipped, honeyed and cinnamon latte.😱
@@PS-js9oh Many years ago I used to sing the chorus of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer when the names are sung "Cupid, Dancer and Vixen" as Haldeman, Ehrlichman and Nixon.😅
@@PS-js9oh Many years ago, during the Watergate hearings instead of "Cupid, Donner and Vixen" I sang "Haldeman, Ehrlichman and Nixon."😄
Gloria, be aware of how movies and TV shows were made back then. Good directional microphones were not available, nor were small mikes you could hide in clothing. What they did was shoot the film and the actors acted and spoke their lines. Because the mikes had to be kept out of the camera field of view, the voice pickup was usually poor, and with a lot of echo/reverb and extraneous noise. Later, back at the studio, the actors were shown the film and they re-recorded their lines synchronising themselves to the film. The re-recorded studio voice track was then added to the film along with sound effects produced by a sound effects artist.
In low budget TV films like this one, you can, if you are alert, pick up that the sounds you hear are not genuine - tires squealing on gravel, sound of motors starting not synchronised with the video, etc etc. In this particular TV show, sound levels are all over the place - they didn't take much care.
In other words, you heard birds because the sound artist thought there should be birds, or the director wanted to reinforce that the scene was in a farming area, not because there were actual birds at the location.
I used to watch this show on TV now I can watch it on my phone and my tablet as well. A very interesting show, I enjoy watching all the episodes.
I dont believe it. I found this. Used to watch it when I was 12. 60 years ago. MARVELOUS. THANK YOU..
It was 70 years ago for me, just like yesterday.
Really nice to see the old movies again, and Highway Patrol was a joy to find. I think of my late father who loved such series, including this one. Then you should be quiet if you wanted to be there to watch with him.
I used to watch this show every week as a kid. Loved it. Thanks for posting this. To borrow a quote: "What a different and wonderful place America was back then".
white
White men.
@@ronaldmayle1823 If you were poor or not white it wasn't so wonderful!
I agree and when a place is all white it's much better everyone knows that but is afraid to say it lol. If you were poor then it was because you were lazy. A working man back then could afford a house and his wife could stay home and raise the kids and keep house yes much better times and its proving to be true.
@@williamjackson5942 we were poor and did not know it.
I grew up neat Tatumvill.
Black and white kids got along fine. Yea there was
That 1 percent. You are always going to have that.
Blacks and white folks
Get along with each other .
How many years is it going to take to get over it.
Get an education that's the way out.
I'm only 51 but the shows from this era is all I watch now
52 here and I do the same thing
myself too....todays stuff is just PC crap@@paulday6875
I'm 65 I watch it every morning on channel 82 6am til 8am 4 eposodes
God bless you! Jesus saves sinners!
@@gregsimmons694 God bless u to and he do save sinners
I was born in 1952 and watched this show as a child. It brings back so many good memories. A coke cost 5 cents.
I used to Watch this show Faithfully when I was a little girl. I don't know why, but I really liked this show watching it on TV. I am So Glad to read the Very informative information the ViewerS have that I read that the ViewerS know. THAT FOR THE INFORMATION YOU HAVE ABOUT THE ACTORS AND ACTRESSES!☺😊😜😛🤓
I’m in my 20s and I just randomly stumbled upon something my dad probably watched when he was little. i miss him
God bless you! Jesus saves sinners!
Great watching these old shows no nonsense special effects just good story good acting get rid these reality shows get back to basics
I am 73, but I don't remember this show. Perhaps there was another show at the same time that we watched. We had 3 tv stations back then. Fortunately, I have been able to watch almost the whole series here on YT.
“I didn’t trap you, kid. The truth did.” Television policing at its best!
Good one! Crawford plays such a great part on this show!
What a man, big Dan is. Casually disarms the bad guy with a lightening fast, sweeping leg kick. James Bond didn't do it any better a decade later.
Agree!!👍
Good one! Crawford plays such a great part on this show!. Always loved Highway Patrol tv series starring Broderick Crawford .
It was sad that Broderick Crawford had DUIs 😮 and His Driver's License was revoked or suspended and He needed others to Drive for Him.
One of my favorite t.v. shows growing up
Watched these wonderful programmes on our black and white TV, then with schoolfriend we would play Highway Patrol with our Dinky toys. Great days!!
Same here with the Dinkeys.
Who ever posted this great classic series,thank you again. Great quality for it's time
The thanks goes to Foxeema 2. I simply arranged the order of the playlist .
Nothing from today compares to these old shows.
Normally I'd disagree, but man, it actually would be refreshing to get away from all of today's technologies. And yeah, I know I'm saying this while typing on RUclips. Still. Ppl actually watched TV together back then, on ONE TV set.
Pizza 🍕
I'm 79 and remenber this show. Great entertainment not like the stuff today.
The 4 hole Buicks are awsome. Thank you.
1956 Buick Special awesome car my dad had one
Great show I love it thank you very much from Sydney Australia
One of the most favorite TV series.
Don't ya just love all these cool 50's cars even the ones in the back ground. Best looking cars ever. Dangerous Dan & the rest ain't bad neither. Thanks for the post. Use to watch these with my old man. One of the top 50's shows
😎🔫
You could identify a car by its looks back then.
@@roysterfutrell8889 still can if you know what you're looking for
I sure miss real cars.
30 years ago I bought and restored a 1956 Chrysler Windsor Hardtop and it is still in my carport ready to take me everywhere. I got it cheap because the previous owner, a foreign diplomat, committed suicide inside.
An absolute classic by the veteran actor Broadrick Crawford. The old hard boiled detective of the Highway Patrol.
The acting is terrible it is like high school acting
@@BobChippewa Maybe. But it's straightforward and to the point. Viewed in its proper context, it is a great police show.
As good as Dragnet (sometimes better).
Beats watching the "woke" crap that Hollywood pukes out today.@@BobChippewa
@@benniebarrow348what the heck is ‘woke’ crap meant to mean? As woke means something is good I suspect a righty loon speaks!
@@UkOutreach and I suspect a lefty loon who comes on social media and plays dumb on the meaning of “woke” is being facetious . I have no doubt you live and promote the woke agenda everyday. Spare us the fake need for an explanation.
The other residents following them around is hilarious!
The men were wearing trousers under their bathrobes.
At 16:23 The elderly woman with the bandage on her head is the same actress who was the cleaning lady at the doctor's office in the original movie "The Blob"
I was born in 75, but I absolutely LOVE old black-and-white TV shows and movies from "Have Gun Will Travel" to the first season of "Gomer Pyle"!! TV shows nowadays are absolute crap...
Saturday Night Live did a parody of this show back in the 70s when Broderick Crawford was host that week and of course reprising his role as Dan Matthews in the skit. Dan Ackroyd was the narrator: "Whenever the laws of any state are broken, a duly authorised organisation swings into action. It may be called the State Police, the Bulls, the Pigs, the Fuzz, the Klingons... or the Highway Patrol."
That was a pretty good leg sweep by Matthews.
Matthews apparently didnt have a problem with sweeping the leg.
@@7mtex300 no mercy
@@chrismc410 Didn't Mr. Miagi say not to sweep the leg ?
Love those other people at the motel hanging around outside and gawking at what was going on!
...and all of them in their pure white, motel bathrobes!!
@@bonniemoerdyk9809 And, they're all following Mathews.
In. Bathrobes. Johnny. Holmes. Motel
Two nice Betty's..................
And without cell phones !
Another GREAT episode
Wish they could make them like that today.
I remember this show as a kid . I didn’t know Broderick Crawford was such an alcoholic . He had his drivers license taken away and had to shoot scenes on dirt roads and non major highways
Ironically his major sponsor was a beer company.
I grew up in the 50’s and 60’s. The best time in the history of the world. Everyone had jobs, everyone could afford a house, gas was cheap, morales were high, and plenty of wide open spaces, then population exploded and everything went to sh*t.
Hi from Finland. That was really nice to see the Highway Patrol again. I watched every single episodes aired here in the beginning of 60’s. This was a really good picture quality too, so it was a pleasure to watch. Thanks.
That Dan Matthews could do it all...instead of calling in a lie detector expert, he administered the tests...must have taken a night or correspondent course...graduated with honors..
Indeed, Dan Mathews always graduated with honors.
I'm sure its admissible evidence!
Plus the box only measured galvanic response and no printout. Four hours and five questions.
@@George50809 Dan graduated every school he ever went to in a little over a week.
At the 'patrol academy'
This program was great at showing true story about These kind of events and what the highway patrol did
Watch those Buick cruisers bounce around. "Uncle" Tom McCahill's description in the day of a '50s era Buick's handling: "Like a fat matron trying to get out of a slippery bathtub".
He had some good ones! Toyota Corona: It's got slanted headlights, but it's going to give the boys in Wolfsburg ulcers (VW)
LoL
I remember him in "Popular Mechanics" magazine...wore a tweed jacket and could really turn a phrase!
That was when cops didn't pummel you into the ground when you pull a gun on them. They'd even leave it on the ground after they fat man kick it out of your hsnd
Seeing all these old timer comments really makes me question myself because I am only 22 years old and I actually love old stuff like this
Great show, loved Broderick Crawford....
I loved Dan's karate kick to disarm the perp! Broderick carried that off very well.
Yeah he did do that kick pretty good look like he was a little bit better shape in these old ones sound like he had a cold tho
Agree, that came out of the blue and was pretty impressive!😊👍😀
And then they walked out and left the perp's gun on the motel office floor.
Remember this as a favourite as a kid in the fifties in the UK. ITV had arrived and thankfully we now had many US shows. This show was one of the first and loved seeing the cars. 10/4 became a catch phrase.
Love dem big old Buicks
Great 1955 Buick Century patrol cars used in the first yr of the show here...what tanks they were....wow...
We has a 54 Buick Special. Big car.
In 1958, they used '58 Buicks; they were beautiful tanks.
Matthews kicked the gun out of his hand like Chuck Norris! Awesome!
That was kool!
And then he gets a tune-up in the cells.
@Jerry Nielsen
I love Hwy Patrol .i also watch Andy
Griffin. But Hwy Patrol episodes take place at different locations and I really enjoy The old gas stations,
Restaurants, the old diesel trucks,And all the old cars
And the 10-4 10-4. And the
Prices on the grocery store windows.
@Jerry Nielsen me to.iam 75 in poor health and I enjoy listening to the 50s and 60s
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Thanks for uploading this terrific series. Brings back some good memories !
I love these old shows from the fifties it brings back great memories of my childhood. My dad had a car just like the police car they were driving.
You're Dad was a Highway Patrolman?
@@jonnychingas5757 No I meant the 60 Chevy. My dad was a deputy sheriff for a few years.
@@Greeley.d that car was a Buick special.
I am 60 and love these type of shows. Integrity style respect and epic work ethic. God's Blessings 🙏
Back then and I'm 74 were the best tv shows, I watched them all
Mrs. Carey recognized Taylor's hat and coat, never saw his face, LOL!
.........And after Highway Patrol, I watched "The Whirlybirds ", with Kenneth Tobey.....and then maybe Seahunt, with Lloyd Bridges . What a lineup in those days !!
"Whack the back of my head with that gun butt,and make it look good!" I guess brain damage wasn't a consideration.
Not when you know it's fake.
That reminded me of this guy I use to work With, Robbed his own self of $600 dollars from a cash p/u for the company, bashed his own head in & claimed someone else robbed him! What an idiot! Next thing we knew was, "he no longer worked there"! Of course the police was called & I think after questioning him, they advised the company that he was lying! He was just pure stupid! SMH...
@@t.c.3027 Was his name Jussie Smollett by any chance?
Harry .. err, Henry Carey sure trusted his partner. Guy could've really knocked his lights out permanently and taken all the money for himself.
@@axiomist1076 What 'd you mean fake?
I am 67. I grew up in Chicago. We did not have Highway Patrol that I remember. I wish we did. I love this show.
I watched this show religiously when I was a kid. Loved Broderick crawfard
I remember Broderick from this series and from Born Yesterday with Judy Holiday!❤️
Wow- Dan kicks the gun out of the perp's hand. Too funny!
I remember his saying at the end of the show, went something like, if your going to give blood dont leave it on the highway.
Just look at all the empty open fields in this episode.
For a big fat guy, that kick out the gun thing was good.
Cat like reflexes!
Zinc Chameleon He thought it was a diet.
Dan's not that big.
Where do you think Walker learned all he knows?
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Thanks for sharing these classic gems! OMG, this was my favorite show as a kid! It's just nuts to see old rural San Fernando Valley where most those episodes were filmed full of farms ranches road motels and some begins of the development to come, and it came fast, 😩. Actually to me, a local SoCal boy here all my life, it's sorta sad to see what San Fernando and Simi Valley have become today - it's just overkill. All that land you see in HP is now developed one way or the other. 😔
Here's a little trivia about those classic behemoth HP cars 👇
The 1955 Buick Century two-door sedans seen were built especially for the CHP and were never offered for sale to the public. Two-door sedans were adequate, because the real CHP rarely arrested anyone at that time, being involved more with accident investigations, enforcement, and auto thefts.
However even if they did arrest those big girls had AMPLE room in the back! They're like floating livingrooms. LOL. But you kids that weren't around you missed out because those old American made cars were the most comfortable ever cars and actually a lot of fun to drive with big powerful V8 engines. Another triv about Buicks from that era (55-60) to start the engine you turned the ignition on then stepped all the way down on accelerator pedal that started the engine. Weird but true. 😁
My dad had a 1953 Buick straight 8 that was started like that. You would turn the ignition on and push the accelerator to the floor to start the engine.
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Hello, this is the first time I have even heard of Highway Patrol! I’m 60 yo. Odd that Sweden didn’t get this show where I grew up. We Got the FBI and Twighlight Zone and I love Lucy, Mc Hales Navy, and my favourite, The Streets of San Francisco ! I love this series! This episode is the first one I’ve ever seen! I will watch the entire series! lol I’m hooked after only one episode! 😂
I just love this stuff: ten-four, over and out.
No such thing OVER n OUT.
In correct radio call. It's over or out.
This is Jay Santos and the Citizen Auxiliary Police's theme song. Does YOUR police agency have a theme song?!
Amazing how the HIghway Patrol orchestra performs right on cue with these assults!!
Great fun. I’m a Broderick Crawford fan. A great actor.
Always loved Highway Patrol tv series starring Broderick Crawford 😊❤😊
The evil nephew "Henry" is played by Gene Reynolds before he became the mega producer-director on shows like M*A*S*H, Lou Grant, Hogan's Heroes and many others.
Dang, SSSS, what a stickler for trivia! You win!
Thanks for the info. I had to check him out to find he did a little bit of everything.
Glad he was able to turn his life around and become a solid citizen. ;)
@@LeeBlaske haha!
I knew he was the perp..little jerk.
Thanks For Sharing A Classic Tv Show
MeTV has been airing this at 5 am for awhile. I never saw it until recently. It's very good. This has to be were Jack Webb got his ideas for dragnet. Documentary style police show. Jack then worked on his ideas for Adam 12 and Emergency. This show was definitely innovative.
THESE SHOWS ARE REALLY INTERESTING I LIKE THE BIG GUY HE IS A GOOD ACTOR
Such a simplistic yet....wonderfully written tv cop show, Broderick Crawford was/is a underrated actor....still watch the re-runs.😊
I had a 58' Buick Century in 1969.
One of the Greatest Shows Ever!…
Interesting that only the 1955 episodes credit "Bernard R. Caldwell and the California Highway Patrol" in the opening.
The rest of the series 1956-59, the opening credits more generically thank "Highway Patrols throughout the nation"
The CHIP stopped supporting the show at some point, because of Crawford's drinking and DUI arrests.
Thanks for sharing this episode. I grew up watching these!
For some reason the 1955 episodes are really good, the first year of the show.
John A. Not unusual. Most long-running shows deteriorate as they go along. That is why Gleason did only 39 Honeymooners. He quit while he was ahead, which is what all successful gamblers do.
Highway Patrol got better and should have ran for 10 more years.
@@melrose9252 They couldn't continue unless they had replaced the actor for Dan Mathews. Broderick Crawford was a serious alcoholic and wasn't permitted to drive more than about 100 feet in any episode because of drunk driving convictions. He often showed up for filming while under the influence. If you watch carefully, you can see when those occurred, when he just isn't "with it." Sometimes you can see his forehead with a big bruise on it.
Absolutely love watching these.
If I could time warp back to the 50's, I'd do it in a heartbeat.
I was born in 1951, and not sure if I'd go back again if I could; life is hard, no matter when one is born; I do, however, miss the Roy Rogers cowboy boots I received every Christmas from Granny and Grandpa St. Pierre!
You probably can't do that
However, if trump or desantis get elected in2025, you might get warped back to Italy circa 1930's
@@johnharrison3425 if it's in Sardinia,count me in.
Hopefully you're not a minority or a woman because warping back to the 50s would suck for you. Oh, and if you do, make sure you're either too young or too old to be drafted into the Korean War.
YES!
My uncle lived on a dirt road like the ones in this video, and the township use to take big tanker trucks with used motor oil and spray it on the dirt road to keep the dust down, it would last about 1/2 year
The lie detector was still fairly new back then but already they knew it could not be relied enough to be used in court. Interesting.
THANK YOU FOR THE ORIGINAL BROADCAST QUALITY. GREAT VIEWING, SHARP PICTURE !!
Eye witness accounts are so fallable.
It's proven every day in depositions and any courtroom, the same. Try to remember everything truthfully on the witness chair for 90 mins. You'll be amazed by how the prosecutor and or DA"S can break you down and confuse you into your self dought! Especially when you're in front of the jury and a full courtroom. Wear a diaper is my advice. REALLY!
They sure are. My oldest brother "robbed" a bus depot 150 miles from where he lived. Three eye witnesses. Problem was is that he was on vacation with all of our family three states away!!! We all said we would testify as well as that resort owner and his wife. Case closed. Lol
Yep, like all of them in the bible.
@@TerryUniGeezerPeterson God still loves you Terry, even though you despise him. I pray you change your mind.
Yeah, they are, but lie detectors are fallible too. There's a good reason their results are not admissible. Several Forensic Files have suspects who fail lie detector tests who later turn out to be innocent.
I heard Dan say in an episode "over a million cars in thos state and 200K in this city" and yet when they're on the lookout for a culprit they always say "suspect driving a blue sedan" and BOOM, they catch the guy in 3 minutes! PRICELESS!!
When Dan arrests the guilty man - all of the residents must be sleeping. No busybodies at the end of episode. Good one!
I look at the dirt roads and farmland and think how valuable that real estate is today.
Also, the nephew was played by Gene Reynolds, one of driving forces behind MASH and Lou Grant.
i'd love to be in the 1950's, a much simpler time.
No you wouldn't. I remember 1959. Everybody was nervous and anxious about something.
Yeah the 50s were great. Signs all over coffee shops and hotels in the south - Whites Only. Cars with horrible breaks and no seat belts that broke down all the time. I'm 100% sure you are white.
Until you got sick with something serious. Medical care is sooo much better and the drugs they have.
I guess you're neither black nor a woman.
No. Just as complicated as today, merely different issues.
If your never seen Mr Crawford in All The Kingsmen it's a must watch.
I saw Broderick Crawford in a Federico Fellini movie , made about '55 or '56. I forget which Fellini movie. Maybe Broderick happened to be vacationing in Italy at the time. It wasn't a starring role. I think he played a priest. Fellini movies are very "artsy." Definitely no car chasing haha.
A good one. For sure. Love these old episodes. 💓
First broadcast date of this episode: Monday 23 January 1956.
20:32 Wow that broke down car started like a new one! Coincidence hun?
Robert S. Hun ? We haven’t even been introduced yet.
Question from cops: Why did you stop the car here in the middle of nowhere?
Famous last words, “It’ll be a cinch."
Or Dan saying, "Hold my bourbon."
one of my top 3 shows to watch when i was a kid in the 60/70's.
Marie Stoddard always plays the part of the bickering, nagging wife, the gossiping neighbor, and snatky aunt. She does it so well she was cast in Hitchcock film Suspect.