Dragnet: The Big Tooth
Dragnet · February 15, 1953 · 29 min · 5,809 words
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The transcript of “The Big Tooth”, an episode of Dragnet first broadcast February 15, 1953. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Search inside this transcript.
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Sound off for Chesterfield. Chesterfield, the first and only cigarette in America to give you premium quality in both regular and king size, brings you dragment. Ladies and gentlemen, the story you were about to hear is true. The names have been changed to protect the innocent.
You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned the homicide detail. A young woman tells you that her mother has disappeared. There's no trace of her whereabouts. Foul play is suspected. Your job, investigate. First, we read you the six months report.
Then the eight months report. Now here is ten full months of scientific evidence on smoking Chesterfields. Our medical specialist is making regular pie monthly examinations of a group of people from various walks of life.
45% of this group have smoked Chesterfield for an average of over ten years. After ten full months, almost a year now, the specialist reports he observed no adverse effects on the nose, throat, and sinuses of the group from smoking Chesterfield.
That's the report. And Chesterfield is the first and only cigarette with premium quality throughout, in both regular and king size. tobacco's the world's best, costly moistening agents to keep them always tasty, always fresh, and the finest cigarette paper money can buy.
Yes, everything that goes into your Chesterfield makes it the premium quality cigarette, and it's the only cigarette that gives you the scientific evidence of real smoking pleasure. Try much milder Chesterfield today. They're best for you.
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