Dragnet - "Big Blast" (05-17-51)

The Big Blast (Aired May 17, 1951)

INTRO: Bob Plays The Penguins "Earth Angel" (Will You Be Mine) 1954

Dragnet was a long running radio and television police procedural drama, about the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners. The show takes its name from an actual police term, a Dragnet, meaning a system of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals or suspects. Dragnet was perhaps the most famous and influential police procedural drama in American media history. The series gave millions of Americans a feel for the boredom and drudgery, as well as the danger and heroism, of real life police work. Dragnet earned praise for improving the public opinion of police officers. Actor and producer Jack Webb's aims in Dragnet were for realism and unpretentious acting. He achieved both goals and Dragnet remains a key influence on subsequent police dramas in many media.

THIS EPISODE:
 
May 17, 1951. Program #101. NBC network. "The Big Blast". Sponsored by: Fatima. The program begins "Fatima is proud to present its Academy Award winning radio show" (the motion picture "Academy" never gave awards for radio programs!). Josephine Stevens has been murdered with a shotgun, as her seven-year-old boy watched! A well written, good show! Jack Webb, Barton Yarborough. 28:56. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.