Adam-12: Anyone else remember watching 1-Adam-12?

bmoshier
[1]Oct 16, 2006
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I remember watching Adam-12 first on Dragnet and then in their own series. As a kid, I'd watch each episode with excitement and curiosity. How about you?
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Jen51124077
[2]Oct 20, 2006
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I remember watching Adam-12 and wondering if their going to get in to a situation that they can't get out of. I loved it so much.
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bmoshier
[3]Oct 24, 2006
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Jen51124077 wrote:

I remember watching Adam-12 and wondering if their going to get in to a situation that they can't get out of. I loved it so much.
Honestly, I didn't think that but I can understand your wondering it.
I was watching it for the action, adventure, and honestly I thought the two cops were hot looking.
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skizz624
[4]Mar 17, 2007
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Adam-12 was one of my favorites right after Batman. always kept me glued to the tube.
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Doug4422
[5]May 14, 2007
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I can remember watching Adam-12 as a kid, and the one episode that sticks out in my mind as one of the better ones was when Malloy fell asleep at the wheel of his car, and ended up driving it off the side of a small cliff in Griffith Park . . . it took something in the neighborhod of two watch shifts to find him, and it was finally his partner, Reed that did so.
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sandyk67
[6]May 22, 2007
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I remember that one, I sure wish that they would put more seasons of this show on DVD, I love it.
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SgtStryker
[7]Jul 5, 2007
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I liked this show a lot, also Emergency. Adam-12, Dragnet and Emergency were all from Jack Webb's production company, I believe.
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ladybritcomfan
[8]Jan 24, 2009
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In the summer of '76, I remember watching the reruns and having a huge crush on Officer Malloy.
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Sshort75
[9]Feb 6, 2009
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I was always a nut for the cop and medical shows, but "Adam-12" was my all-time favorite. I was not quite 11 years old when it started, and I watched it faithfully each and every week that it was on. I remember being worried that my high school graduation would be scheduled on the same evening as the series finale! Even earlier than that I had remembered seeing Marty Milner in "Route 66" so it was cool seeing him as a cop. I thought Pete and Jim were the best partners ever, with Marty and Kent having such wonderful on screen chemistry that it made the camaraderie between the two patrol officers even more believable. I'll forever and always be a fan of "Adam-12."
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Sshort75
[10]Feb 6, 2009
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As I recall, Pete didn't fall asleep at the wheel, but rather he lost control of the black and white while taking a curve at a high rate of speed while in pursuit of a second suspect.
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tvking1
[11]Feb 13, 2009
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I remember it a little from it's days on NBC when it aired first-run, and a little more clearly in syndication. I was tempted to buy the first season on DVD, but there were no special features, something I insist on having unless it's sold at a bargain basement price, which it wasn't. If there were, maybe it would have sold better, creating demand for more seasons. It's been a few years now.
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tvking1
[12]Feb 13, 2009
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Another Jack Webb Mark VII production was Project UFO, a short lived series from the late 70s.
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Elinnar
[13]Jun 8, 2009
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The episode you are referring to is from Season 4 called "The Search." Malloy did not fall asleep at the wheel. He was chasing a robbery subject through Griffith Park when he lost control of the squad car and crashed.
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CosetteFaulkner
[14]Jul 16, 2009
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I watch it Mon-Fri on retro tv here in tennessee
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tvking1
[15]Aug 12, 2009
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I don't remember the episode, but I thought it sounded strange having him fall asleep at the wheel, especially in a series associated with Jack Webb. A police officer doing that would set a poor example, something Malloy wouldn't do.
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ladybritcomfan
[16]Sep 3, 2009
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CosetteFaulkner wrote:

I watch it Mon-Fri on retro tv here in tennessee

They have on Mon-Fri on a local station here too.

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vicbjones
[17]Oct 22, 2009
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I think I remember it being on Tuesdays at 8:30. My impression of the show was that Reed and Malloy just spent the half-hour on patrol encountering several minor situations (Malloy being trapped in the squad car in the park being a rare exception). I only recently found out that Stephen Cannell was a writer on the show, and Adam-12 may be the Jack Webb show that's aged the best over the years.
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phill50
[18]Nov 24, 2009
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i remember . was my fave show . in fact in 3rd grade marten's son Andy & i got in trouble when we put some powder hand soap in the class fish tank . after that i got to meet marten & his wife that was cool. : )-
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reynolds1415
[19]May 27, 2011
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There is probably no one still reading this forum but I watched Adam 12, Dragnet, and Emergency.

My parents would not let me watch till I had my home work done.

There showing Adam 12 on a local channel in Salt lake City.
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