One of my favorite movies of all time is 1987’s Dragnet. Now for you movie elitist dick wads out there it’s guaranteed to not be in your top 500. I’m fine with that. My other favorite movie of all time is Airheads, so you see where my level of sophistication lies when it comes to film.
Moving on.
So what makes Dragnet a great movie is, well, all aspects of it. You have a classic TV series, the 1980s, Tom Hanks, Dan Akroyd, drugs, the brown derby, Jack O’Halloran, good cop/bad cop, and the LAPD. What does all of this mean? Well, not much unless your name is Joe Fearnley.
I came across this video the other day and damn near fell out of my chair. Partly because of laughter and partly because of how ridiculous this is. It reminded me of that microsoft office promotional video from the early nighties where the white scientist guy raps. Its like everyone wanted to get in on the action. Even goldie hawn.