ADAM-12 🌟 THEN AND NOW 2020

you [Music] adam-12 was a popular police drama that ran for seven years it was hailed as a realistic depiction of Los Angeles Police Department officers Pete Malloy Martin Milner and Jim Reed can't record as they protected and served the residents of Los Angeles each episode concentrated on the events of one shift and included hot warming moments as well as sprinkling of humor here watching how they changed and let's explore together behind the scenes facts and more about the actors and people who made the show so popular before creating adam-12 or a senator and Jack Webb conceived and produced one of TV's most famous cop shows dragnet Webb also played the most imitated police character in history search enjoy Friday on dragnet which aired on NBC from 1951 to 1959 and again from 1967 to 1970 when it was revived Adam isn't actually a character the one in one Adam 12 represented the area of the division they were stationed in Adam was cop slang for a two-man patrol car and 12 stood for the area they patrolled since the unit was shown working in Rampur division the actual callsign should have been T Adam 12 1 was the code for the Central Division in downtown LA one thing that was actually fake the police cars in adam-12 were not actual LAPD cruisers the vehicles were purchased by Universal from Chrysler Corporation and American Motors the prop crew tricked out the cars to look just like LAPD cruisers the fake cop cars included three plymouth belvedere at Plymouth Satellite and T AMC Matadors real-life Rails for a realistic show Sheeran Claridge a professional la dispatcher provided the dispatchers voice on adam-12 web insisted the real words would make the show seem more realistic when web launched his new show emergency in 1972 a real-life emergency dispatcher was again hired to play the voice role to add realism to the scenes he played the row all too well probationary officer Jim Reed is portrayed on adam-12 as a new police academy graduate when his partnered with veteran officer people alloy he must have had more than a few - even moments since Kent McCord played the same character on several episodes of dragnet almost a year before adam-12 premiere authenticity at its finest Malloy's LAPD beige number was seven four four and Reed's was two for three Oh since pages are reassured when a police officer retires permanent numbers are called serial numbers just in case anyone was watching closely the directors and producers ensured Reed serial number was one three nine eight five which would actually coincide with Academy graduates from 1968 the year Reed's character join the LAPD how they found close-up shots Reed and Mallory had a lot of close-up shots in their car when the camera and crew in the car that was tau in them reflected in the windshield the windshield was crapped but that caused Reed and Molly's hair to blow in the wind so a transparent shield was built to enclose the front of the car and the camera real plates can't and in I in the midst of shooting the adam-12 series the California DMV started issuing six-digit vehicle license plates in Valletta number four the final letter was never I or key so letters could not be confused with numbers the civilian vehicles on adam-12 typically had the letter I as the final letter signifying they were movie TV prop plates cops keep up with trans when adam-12 was a couple seasons into its seven year on Edward M Davis became LAPD chief one of the first things he did was update police uniforms he chose round hats and take silver buttons and Eisenhower type jackets to replace the eight-point hats brass buttons and wool mountain jackets adam-12 police officers were soon dressed in the new style the show wasn't that accurate while the series used one adam-12 LAPD units used odd numbers for vids so in reality the numbers would have been one adam-11 Adam 14 Adam 15 etc even numbers like 10 20 etcetera were reserved for ranking police officers such as surgeons say one Adam 12 would never have been assigned to read and Malloy taking a shot according to LAPD training authorities the small medallions that read and Molly were on their uniforms represented their shooting skills Mallory's gold medallion with two bars manty was rated as a distinguished expert shot reads silver medallion with one bar is awarded to sharpshooters actual LAPD police officers shooting skills are tested every two years [Music] cruising through many shows good taste knows no limits the metallic blue curve at Kent McCord drove in several episodes of Adam 12 was the same hot car that Martin Milner drew while he starred in route 66 Martin Milner is youngest son Andrew Milner drove a minibike as journey Whittaker stunt driver in the episode Adam 12 North East Division when they weren't in the patrol car in several episodes in the later seasons Mallard grumbles about his personal car an AMC Matador coupe a that needs to go into the shop for repairs the cars problems are actually a big part of one episodes plot what's a little odd is that AMC provided vehicles to the show and the character's comments reflected badly on their brand how realistic was the show the writers and producers were remarkably successful in keeping things real on adam-12 their approaches to special situations and community outreach efforts and portrayal of how cops are perceived on the street and by the public in general were so accurate that certain episodes were used as part of instructional training film programs in some police academies on the show a wife just fans in real life during adam-12 final season Jim Reed's wife appeared in several episodes Christine Harmon played the role of Reed's wife Jean in real life Harmon was actually married to popular singer actor Ricky Nelson who was also one of Kent McCord's best friends Harmon was built as Kristen Nelson in the show's credits how realistic can these characters get although adam-12 was well known for its realistic portrayal of suspects criminals and victims there's rules were all played by professional actors not real lawbreakers and sufferers but during the first couple of seasons of adam-12 readin Malloy often relied on an informant named TJ played by Robert Donner who was actually a recovering heroin addict not even cops are faithful in the final season of adam-12 Mallory had a girlfriend called Judy who he frequently mentioned in conversation Judy was actually featured in a couple of episodes the role was played by an addict or sort we its character wears a wedding ring in the first few seasons of the show but it disappears in later seasons furthermore Reid plays the game although the personal lives of mallow and Reid were only discussed in conjunction with their jobs it was clear that malar was a bachelor who had at least two girlfriends during the course of the show's run the last being Judi Reid is married to a woman named Jean who was played by several actresses before Christine arson and later becomes a father so what happened to the wedding ring a car you might have caught maybe it was an inside joke but a blue Ford Maverick is parked somewhere in almost every episode of adam-12 not as prevalent but still intriguing was a god Mustang with a white top seen in many weekly segments merito is honored adam-12 in 1999 by introducing a diecast toy police car based on the show is part of their star car series and that's all for now don't forget to leave a like subscribe and share this video with fans take care

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Length: 10min 3sec (603 seconds)

Published: Fri May 22 2020