December 23, 2003
Jack Webb, Hippie Skullthumper
- Jack Webb, the star of Dragnet, died this day in 1982 of a heart attack. But did you know in his early days he hated hippies and communists? I mean this entirely in a good way.
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Hm. What is this site? Why does Tommy Lee show up in both the Jack Webb and Joan/John Cusack articles? Didn't Jack Webb make an LP? Did Al Capp ever find true love? Jocularity!
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Wouldn't you like to know...
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"Drugs are bad, because if you do drugs, you're a hippie. And hippies suck."
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Anybody who actually watched one or more episodes of Dragnet - the 1960's version - would react to this topic with: "Did Jack Webb hate hippies and communists?" "Is the Pope Polish?" "Do Bears Use Charmin In the Woods?" "Are earthquakes as bad for quaint California small towns as 9-11 was for New York City?" "Do hippies suck?" (Actually, I have no first-hand evidence for that last one... must get a research grant...)
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I can still sing the march that opened Dragnet. duh-duh-DUUUUHHHH, duh-duh-Duh-duh-DUUUUHHHH
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So, you've hired a hippie...
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He was great in The Men.
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He was great in The Men.
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So good I posted it twice.