Both real local motels and real diners were iconic Americana and I've spent a great deal of time in both. Sadly, both were already disappearing in the 70s. And it sucks.
The Motel was my old high school in Van Nuys Ca. called Montclair Prep. The school Director converted the Motel into a 7-12 school in late 50s. Sadly it went out of business two years ago. When I saw this old building I knew right away it was Montclair Prep. Funny!
Which motel became Montclair Prep? The Monticello? I grew up near that area of the San Fernando Valley in The mid to late 1960s. I suppose The Monticello was long gone by then and Montclair prep was in. I do remember the panorama Motel though, I think that was on Sepulveda Boulevard somewhere wasn’t it? If I’m not mistaking Didn’t it become Ron Perranoski stadium club? Or at least the hotel next to it From my preteen years into my early 20s, like about 1970 to 1980, my parents and I would go that way along Sepulveda Boulevard from about Plummer St. To just past Montclair prep when we were going to shop at Fedco in Van Nuys. Sorry out of town people who have absolutely no idea what I am saying, but anyone who has lived in this area will probably understand lol!
Better than most mainstream garbage doing the rounds these days. Produced back when there wasn’t loads of wonky distractions & a man knew where he stood. RIP to all those old ways that have been lost! ✌️😇
9675775 I'm hooked too. I started watching because one of the episodes had an early screen appearance, perhaps the first on TV, of a young Leonard Nimoy.
Just like so many roadside or small town diners where people knew they were gonna eat some good shtuff! "Greasy spoons " was just a term for Truckers that there was a good chow spot.
Sad,but true....they are now being torn down,bought up by foreign investors or even worse, used by drug dealers/prostitutes. I remember staying in these "Mom and Pop" motels growing up while on summer family vacations. Super clean rooms, large swimming pools, and "air conditioning". They were always well maintained with good food in the restaurants next to them. Owners would always check with guests to make sure everything was satisfactory..... Definitely a bygone era...
@@sonoranrain2330 Used to go to Barts in Colorado, for breakfast. Run by a family who served champagne. Couldn't do better. Now we have corporations that are aware of what a million times a penny means.
If little sister had the gun, we'd be having a bloodbath in this episode. Her '56 Dodge is one of the most beautiful cars Dodge ever made with great lines, spinner hub caps and big chrome fins. Bart's '56 Plymouth convertible was not too common even when new (6735 built) Love these episodes with street traffic and more cars. Motels were a big thing after the war and with better highways they popped up everywhere. I'm sure they were good robbery targets.
girlfriend was Marilyn Buferd - Wikipedia Marilyn Buferd (January 30, 1925 - March 27, 1990) was an American film and television actress as well as the winner of both the Miss California and Miss America pageants of 1946. During the latter half of the 1940s and throughout the 1950s, she performed in nearly two dozen American, Italian, and French films, including Touchez pas au grisbi opposite Jean Gabin (1954).
Motel owner is at death's door, but there's no ambulance. Only thing Dan is interested in is the slug the doctor dug out of the guy's stomach. Dan's all cop.
That classic line, " 364 keep your position, I'm three miles north of the eagle motel route 30." That robber Rhodes Reason I'd have to say had a neat jacket and a switchblade sharp lid, I gotta go out and get me one of those for the spring!!!
Thanx for posting these videos...I grew up as a kid in the 50's/60's and 70's and these bring back lots of memories...great shows, I never saw them as a kid but I certainly appreciate them now.
A big fan of the series, but couldn't help picking out the bloopers. 6:15 Broderick and his Sgt. leave in a Mercury and at 6:25 arrive at the motel in a Buick
No, no, no! Dan switched cars enroute to confuse the bad guys ;-) Inconsistencies run rampant in this series. You can usually spot one in every episode .... that said, I love HP!
It really is the best show for so many reasons.The acting is true to life.All the cars that they used to make are great and powerful too.I watch it everyday and i have to have my fix.Most of the women are really hot.
Wow. LOVE this episode of Highway Patrol. Rhodes Reason is a sexy scoundrel. His girlfriend and the younger sister are great. That young sister has some nerve and lots of GALL in her relationship with her older sister & her sister's boyfriend. 😁😁 Love this episode !!
Police procedures were a tad shaky back then, but ‘fifties LA’ looked really quaint. This show was a huge ‘get’ for car companies early product placement. I like how all the villains drive BRAND NEW CARS! Audio supervisor QUINN MARTIN?!
A good friend of mine has a great 56 Dodge just like the one in this episode, his collection includes a 57 Chevrolet 2 door. Love car spotting in these episodes.
Highway Patrol: Special 5 of 41. Season 2. Episode 11. "Motel Robbery". Gold Episode 4. Bad Women: Marilyn Buferd and Lynette Bernay. Thursday - December 1 - 2022.
*Rhodes Reason, the actor who played the bad guy, went on to guest star in the 2nd season Star Trek episode, "Bread & Circuses", playing the (parallel Roman world) gladiator, "Flavius".*
most comments miss the point of Highway Patrol the episodes are no less than an true slice of American history:Eisenhower years low budgets ensured authenticity; no sets no special effects; we can see what highways, motels, banks, homes, supermarkets etc really used to look like and what about those magnificent cars: Buicks, Chryslers, Mercurys etc ? it was a touch of genius to get an Oscar winner like Broderick Crawford as star other police shows had forgettable second raters like Jack Webb or Roger Smith
What about the cars? They were piles of junk. Full of heavy metal. rusted out quickly. Plus they broke down regularly. Give me a 2018 model car any day!
@@bernardbrown5336 I can get those old cars running without getting a headache. The newer cars, I have to buy a bunch of new tools every few years and grab a class from the manufacture about as often. No thanks, I stopped repairing my own car about 25 years ago.
@@bernardbrown5336 They didnt break down that often. I owned many of them after they were worn out and rarely had trouble. More importantly they were easy for anybody with a knack for mechanics to fix themselves. Impossible to do now.
This Panorama Motel was at 8209 Sepulveda, "just south of Roscoe... around the corner from Busch Gardens" as it says on a vintage postcard that shows the sign from the opening scene. I just compared Google Earth to the postcard and the motel is still there though the sign is not. The central grassy area had formerly been a pool.
There's an episode where Crawford has a shootout with a guy from a distance. He's got his snub nose 38 vs a sniper with a rifle. Crawford takes a harmless fleshwound but of course takes the sniper down from 50 yards away with his .38. Dorsey drives up, Crawford says get a medic for me and the coroner for him LOL.
Binge watching in 2020 Staying at home because of the Coronavirus. It'll be nice when things return to normal and it's safe to go outside again. Anyone remember all the smog back then?
14:26 "yeah....excuse me officer...where is the ice machine? and can we get some fresh towels in room 209?" ...I gotta hand it to the doctor for setting up a mobile triage/ER in room 111....Back in the day doctors really earned their $
At 24:44-25:00 Budweiser Brewery is seen in the background, built new in 1954, still currently located at Haskell Ave. and Roscoe Blvd in Van Nuys, Ca. Was the home of Busch Gardens from 1966-mid 1970's.
It may be called the bulls, the fuzz, the PO-po, the heat, donut eaters, flat-foots, pigs, Broadfreak Crawlturds, Uvalde lot loungers ... better yet, don't call 'em. They don't like being called.
When I was growing up, there wasn’t Maranda rights. The cops said “Stop or I’ll shoot” and you stopped and followed the police orders. Those two door police cars sure wouldn’t work today. This was a great series. If you watch the last few minutes of this one, Dan Mathew’s is in three different police cars for the same trip a 56 Olds, 56 Merc and I think about a 56 or 57 Buick.
Marilyn Buferd Miss America 1946 who played Joan moved to Europe in the early 1950s and appeared in that great French noir Touchez Pas Au Grisbi (Don't Touch The Loot). one of Jean Gabin's best films.
Like the way Dan Mathews jumped out of the way to avoid the bullet from the bad guy, then ( of course ) took care of Business ! YEAH ..... another case closed -- Thanks very much !
Rhodes Reason, was the brother of Rex Reason, Rex, best known for his role in the 1955 film "This Island Earth" as Dr. Cal Mechem. To me, the two brothers, were difficult to tell apart, Rhodes, also appeared in the "The Time Tunnel" episode, "The Alamo", although, I believed him to be Rex. They were, in my opinion, very good actors, and at ease with their various roles and believable, this episode, being a good example .........