Don Stockbauer
2020-09-25 00:10:26 UTC
From MAD comics #3 1953 (pre MAD Magazine) based upon the original
Dragnet Radio Show.
(That's why Joe Friday doesn't look like Jack Webb.) Drawings by the
incredible Bill Elder.
The catch phrase was a spoof on the small talk formula of the Dragnet series.
They visited Dragnet again in later issues based uopn the TV version. A
new gag was the consumption of cartons of cigarettes by the cast.
(The original sponsor was Fatima cigarettes, later switching to Chesterfield)
It's WISE to smoke FATIMA!
So there, Mr. Smartypants.
Dragnet Radio Show.
(That's why Joe Friday doesn't look like Jack Webb.) Drawings by the
incredible Bill Elder.
The catch phrase was a spoof on the small talk formula of the Dragnet series.
They visited Dragnet again in later issues based uopn the TV version. A
new gag was the consumption of cartons of cigarettes by the cast.
(The original sponsor was Fatima cigarettes, later switching to Chesterfield)
It's WISE to smoke FATIMA!
So there, Mr. Smartypants.