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...story of criminal investigation could be factual, instructive and entertaining. Webb has apparently achieved one of these objectives, that of entertainment in a low key (dum du dum dum...
...show's top rating, however, is an inadequate gauge of the spell which Webb has cast over the U.S. people, both young and old. There is hardly a child above the age of four who does not know and constantly voice the brassy notes (dum du dum dum) of Dragnet's theme music. Phonograph records (St. George & the Dragonet, Little Blue Riding Hood, Christmas Dragnet) which parody Dragnet's terse, low-keyed dialogue have sold 1,326,000 copies, and Sergeant Friday's calm "All we want are the facts, ma'am" has become...
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...flunking grade for your writer who characterized the musical theme of Dragnet as "DUM-da-da-DUM" [TIME, Jan. 25] ... I'm certain all my music students would have passed with honors by providing the correct solution, "DUM-da-DUM-DUM . . ." CALDWELL TITCOMB Brandeis University Waltham, Mass...
...brave hero, Sergeant Joe Friday (played by Jack Webb), have passed into U.S. folklore. Across the country, children shout: "Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday!" When asked what happened to Friday, they scream: "He's out on a case!" An orchestration of Dragnet's ponderous musical theme (DUM-da-da-DUM) became No. 7 on the Hit Parade, and the show's deadpan characters have been parodied on such bestselling records as St. George and the Dragonet and Little Blue Riding Hood...