Relationships, and the Proper Management of Intoxicated Women
The first season of Adam-12, one of the early “cop shows” was aired in 1968. Officers Pete Malloy (the experienced one, carrying badge number 744) and Jim Reed (the rookie, with badge number 2430) took all sorts of calls on their beat, and many of them provided situations that served as object lessons in life for young viewers. Especially the young boys who primarily watched the show while their sisters played with Barbie dolls.
In this clip, two intoxicated women are managed very skilfully by the officers, who exhibit the outstanding skill of knowing when to get out of Dodge. They are pleased and amused by the situation, which gives the young viewers an indication of what it looks like when all’s well that ends well.
Tags: Adam-12, feminism, How We Got This Way, Old TV Shows, sexism
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May 6th, 2010 at 11:16 am
This was actually evidence of progress: Ten years earlier Ricky would have spanked Lucy for embarrassing him in front of the cops. ‘Course we don’t know what hard hat did once the cops left. How did he make the ladies clean up the house?
May 6th, 2010 at 12:50 pm
Plus, was that the Maytag repair man?
May 6th, 2010 at 1:37 pm
Backscatter comments over here: http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/05/what_i_had_for_breakfast.php
May 7th, 2010 at 4:57 am
Why was the guy, who apparently had a harem now going, the put upon one?
May 15th, 2010 at 6:09 am
All these lovely videos cannot be viewed outside the USA. If there are any youtube links as well that would be great
Cheers
K