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Adam 12 and the cars of the day
Been watching a fairly new channel called MeTV. They show old tv shows from back in the day. Been watching Adam 12 and have really enjoyed seeing the various cars on the road as the guys do their patrols on the streets of LA. Lots of GTOs, Catalinas, Firebirds, Camaros and of course all of the other brands during that 68 to 73 era. I find myself paying a whole lot more attention to the traffic than the plot!
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We have a similar TV station called Antenna TV. It carried the Adam 12 for about 6 months plus Dragnet and a lot of the stations that you would have viewed on your "antenna" TV.
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Hulu does the same. Yes, amazing cars. There are even some stories in car mags about this and some of the cars that were seen in scenes. There was a thread or two here regarding the Two Lane Blacktop GTO (Judge) and this discussion might have been part of that too....
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These originate in Chicago. We have MeTv, MeTOO, THIS, Antenna, HUB, and others that are all free. They even come in crystal clear with....eegads....an antenna!
They've been showing classics like The Honeymooners, Dick Van Dyke, Andy Griffith, Gilligan, Get Smart, Hawaii Five-O, Rockford Files, All In The Family, MTM, etc. for years now. Unfortunately, they chop up the episodes to get more commercials in, but still cool to watch anyway. And some more rarely seen ones, like Kojak, Rhoda, The Flying Nun, Night Gallery, Adam-12, Barnaby Jones, etc. The days before a glorified talent shows featuring karaoke took over the tube, back before people became obsessed with reality shows, back in the days when families used to watch TV together.
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You mean back in the days when TV was worth watching and didn't give people the idea to go out and shoot or blow up things.
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We stream all of these via Netflix. Enjoy these shows like: Streets of San Francisco, Kojack, Dragnet, Rockford Files, etc. for scanning the cars on the background.
Great stuff! |
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I caught an awesome episode of Adam 12 on Antennae TV and it was about illegal street drag racing and they got them to race at the track instead and the cops had drags cars too and they all raced! Lots of awesome muscle in this best car guy episode I have seen yet !
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Interesting side topic of Cali Dragstrips history http://www.hotrod.com/thehistoryof/h...l/viewall.html http://www.scpr.org/news/2012/03/23/...trip-closures/ Dig the "Pisano" Firebird Flopper! http://theoddduck.net/hobbies/degar-...e-60s-70s-80s/ |
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I love watching Highway Patrol.
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Along the same lines I have been watching RFDtv with my daughters. We have had so much fun watching Mr Magoo, Fat Albert, Waldo Kitty, Hercules, Roger Ramjet and Skippy the bush kangaroo. The best part is they have no commercials!
I also enjoy 60-70's programming to see all the old cars.
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I love Adam-12. On one episode Reed and Malloy were on a call and parked on the street. Behind them was the big Pontiac Indian dealership sign, and across the street in the background was a line of half a dozen brand new 1971 Firebirds! Thanks Me-TV!
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Adam-12_episodes Edit: this list may be more useful for location http://www.tv.com/shows/adam-12/episodes/ |
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Last edited by 70RAFormula; 09-29-2013 at 08:08 PM. |
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Thank you for the episode and season...will make it easier to find. Actually - Watching it now on Netflix!
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Besides the old cars what's amazing to me is the care people showed to one another back then. Not much of that going around these days.
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