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JACK WEBB COLLECTION

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ABOUT THIS OLD TIME RADIO SHOW:

This collection contains episodes starring Jack Webb (Dragnet) in his lesser known series titled:
JACK WEBB SHOW (2 episodes) JEFF REGAN, INVESTIGATOR (24 episodes) JOHNNY MADERO (2 episodes) ONE OUT OF SEVEN (4 episodes) PAT NOVAK FOR HIRE (19 episodes)	PETE KELLEY BLUES (6 episodes) SUSPENSE (4 episodes) ESCAPE (8 episodes) DRAGNET (10 episodes) THE WHISTLER (10 episodes) ... and more!

Jack Webb was born April 2, 1920 to a working class family in Santa Monica, California. His father left his family soon after he was born and his single mom raised him in a rooming house in Bunker Hill slum section of Los Angeles. In the rooming house in which his family lived, a musician gave the young Webb a jazz album. This impressed Jack Webb and begun his life long love of jazz music (over 6,000 jazz albums in his private collection) and a dedicated stance against racial bigotry.

Jack Webb Dragnet After serving in the Air Force in WWII, Jack Webb started his career in classic old time radio as a disc jockey in a comedy radio show called The Jack Webb Show written by Dick Breen. When Breen scripted a new detective show, Pat Novak for Hire Jack Webb landed the gig on the radio show.

In 1948, Jack Webb starred in the film 'He Walked by Night' based on the real-life murder of a California Highway Patrolman. The film was greatly assisted by the technical advice/assistance provided by Detective Sergeant Marty Wynn of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). It was this film that inspired Webb with the idea for Dragnet and he worked with Detective Sergeant Marty Wynn in the development of the show. The investigation of the horrifying Black Dalia murder also inspired Jack Webb to do a documentary style of police dramatic programming based on true crimes.

Dragnet's success fueled Webb's career as a producer and director of both television and feature films. Webb's Mark VII Limited production company produced Dragnet throughout its run on television as well as other shows included a UFO show called Project UFO.

His career was developed as a smart talking detective and a buzz haircut. His performance of Joe Friday has greatly affected popular culture and has been parodied on television and film. He greatly admired police officers for their service to the community. The admiration was mutual, as the LAPD used Dragnet videos for training new hires and named an auditorium after the actor. A life long smoker, Jack Webb died of a heart attack December 23, 1982 at the untimely age of 62. As an homage to Jack Webb dedication to the police, Joe Friday's fictional badge "714" was retired by the LAPD when he died.

Jack Webb Show (1946) a madcap comedy-variety show. It was one of Jack Webb's earliest efforts. The routines were packed with absurd one-liners and nonstop silliness as well as traditional jazz in roaring Dixieland backup by Phil Bovero and "eight retards known as the Raggedaires."

Pat Novak: For Hire (1946-47) written by Dick Breen who also wrote the scripts for the Jack Webb Show. It Jack Webb's first significant radio crime drama. It was also the vanguard of radio hard-edge, hard-boiled as to be high camp in its own time. The show was rich with hilarious pessimism, rippling with ridiculous metaphors. "The street was as deserted as a warm bottle of beer," Novak would say. "The car started up down the street and the old man couldn't have made it with a pocketful of aces. I caught a glimpse of the license plate in a dull, surprised way, the way you grab a feather out of an angel's wing." * Please note after spring 1949, Ben Morris took over the roll of "Pat Novak". For more Pat Novak, see also Pat Novack for Hire.

Jeff Regan, Investigator (1948-1950) followed Pat Novak: For Hire and by this time, Jack Webb had almost a cult following, and Regan was the transition show away from Novak and into Dragnet. It lacked the originality and flavor of Novak and also the humor. * Please note the last 5 episodes (in 1949), Jack Webb was replaced by Frank Graham who played the part of Regan.

One Out of Seven (1946), documentary drama, is one of Jack Webb's earliest series which took an uncompromising stand against racial prejudice. Aired from San Francisco, the stories were often tough attacks against bigotry and hate.

Pete Kelley Blues (1951) arrived on radio almost two years after Jack Webb reached stardom in Dragnet. All the Webb trademarks were here: the quips, the snappy comebacks, the short-tempered realism. Much of the show's appeal was in the music: Webb was a lifelong fan of hot jazz. This is one of Webb's best shows and the basis of his 1955 film of the same name.

Other episodes are from guest appearances in the series Escape, Suspense and appearances on the Bob Hope Show and Martin and Lewis. This collection also contains a number of episodes of the legendary crime series, Dragnet. See also Johnny Modero.

SOURCE: The Encyclopedia of Old Time Radio, John Dunning

See also: Hardboiled Detectives.

MP3 DISK CONTENTS: [Help]

88 shows - total playtime 41 hours 26 minutes

Dragnet (a few)
Dragnet 501221
Dragnet 510104
Dragnet 510111
Dragnet 510118
Dragnet 510125
Dragnet 510201
Dragnet 510208
Dragnet 510222
Dragnet 510405
Dragnet 561225

Escape
Escape 002 470714 Operation Fleur De Lys
Escape 006 470811 Ring Of Thoth
Escape 028 480131 Three Good Witnesses(Eastcoast)
Escape 029 480131 Three Good Witnesses(Westcoast)
Escape 055 480606 Beau Geste
Escape 093 491022 Night In Havana
Escape 101 491213 Bordertown

Jack Webb Show
Jack Webb Show 460410 Razor Master Detective
Jack Webb Show 460417 Story Of Howdyville

Jeff Regan
Jeff Regan 480717 The Prodigal Daughter
Jeff Regan 480724 The Lonesome Lady
Jeff Regan 480731 The Lady with the Golden Hair
Jeff Regan 480807 The Man Who Liked the Mountains
Jeff Regan 480814 The Diamond Quartette
Jeff Regan 480821 The Man Who Came Back
Jeff Regan 480828 The Man in the Door
Jeff Regan 480904 The House by the Sea
Jeff Regan 480911 Cain and Able and the Santa Maria
Jeff Regan 480925 The Lady with No Name
Jeff Regan 481002 The Man with the Key
Jeff Regan 481009 Too Many Mrs Rogers
Jeff Regan 481016 The Lost Lady
Jeff Regan 481106 The Lady with Too Much Hair
Jeff Regan 481113 The Guy from Gower Gulch
Jeff Regan 481120 The Pilgrim s Progress
Jeff Regan 481127 The Man Who Fought Back
Jeff Regan 481204 The Lawyer and the Lady
Jeff Regan 481211 The Gambler and His Lady
Jeff Regan 491019 The Lady from Brazil
Jeff Regan 491026 The Lady Who Wanted to Live
Jeff Regan 491102 The Man in Black
Jeff Regan 491109 The Little Man s Lament
Jeff Regan 491116 The Two Little Sisters
Jeff Regan 481218 Man Who Lived by the Sea

Johnny Modero
Johnny Madero 470623 Pete Sutro
Johnny Madero 470626 Fatal Auction

Misc
Bob Hope Show with Jack Webb
Jack Webb Intro KGO mid-40 s
Martin & Lewis with Jack Webb
Three for Adventure 49 Round House Rosie & Siamese Cat

One Out of Seven
One Out Of Seven 460206 Senator Bilbo
One Out Of Seven 460227 Brotherhood Week
One Out Of Seven 460313 Third World War
One Out Of Seven 460320 AntiNegro South

Pat Novak
Pat Novak 461124 009 Dixie Gilian [w Jack Webb]
Pat Novak 490220 002 Jack Of Clubs [w Jack Webb]
Pat Novak 490227 003 Dont Tell Hilda Akamarcia Halpern
Pat Novak 490306 004 Fleet Lady
Pat Novak 490313 005 Rubin Calloways Pictures
Pat Novak 490320 006 Rory Malone
Pat Novak 490327 007 Joe Candono Blackmail
Pat Novak 490402 008 Father Lahey [Escape From Prison]
Pat Novak 490409 009 Sam Tolliver
Pat Novak 490416 010 Go Away Dixie Gillian
Pat Novak 490423 011 Rita Malloy [pats Boat Missing
Pat Novak 490430 012 Wendy Morris [afrs]
Pat Novak 490507 013 Shirt Mix Up At Laundry
Pat Novak 490514 014 Geranium Plant
Pat Novak 490521 015 Give Envelope to John St John
Pat Novak 490604 017 Agnes Bolton
Pat Novak 490611 018 George Lampson
Pat Novak 490618 019 Only Way To Make Friends Is To Die
Pat Novak 490625 020 Little Jake Siegel [poor]

Pete Kelley Blues
Pete Kelley Blues 510822 Gus Trudeau
Pete Kelley Blues 510829 Zelda
Pete Kelley Blues 510905 Veda Brandt
Pete Kelley Blues 510912 June Gould
Pete Kelley Blues 510919 Dr.Jonathan Budd
Pete Kelley Blues 51xxxx Little Jake

Suspense
Spns236 470313 You Take Ballistics Jack Webb
Spns255 470724 Murder By An Expert
Spns275 471212 The Man Who Couldn't Lose

Whistler
Whistler 481205 e343 Hired Alibi
Whistler 490508 e365 Danger Is A Beautiful Blonde
Whistler 490612 e370 Perfect Alibi
Whistler 490828 e381 Eager Pigeon

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