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Twenty-Two Rifle For Christmas

Song · Jack Webb · December 22, 1949 · 29 min · 4,065 words

The transcript of “Twenty-Two Rifle For Christmas”, an episode of Jack Webb first broadcast December 22, 1949. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Santa's North Pole Radio plays Jack Webb free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.

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Ladies and gentlemen, the story you're about to hear is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent. Fatima cigarettes, best of all long cigarettes, brings you dragnet. You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned a homicide detail.

A small boy is reported missing from his home. His age, nine years. How play is suspected. Your job, find him. If you want a long cigarette, smoke the best of long cigarettes. Smoke Fatima. Fatima is the long cigarette, which contains the finest Turkish and domestic tobaccos, superbly blended to make Fatima extra mild.

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Dragnets, the document of drama of an actual crime. For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, We will travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case from official police files.

From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force in action. It was 30 December 22nd, it was cold in Los Angeles. We were working the night watch out of homicide.

My partner's Ben Romero. The boss is Fat Brown, Chief of Detectives. My name's Friday. I was on the way into work and it was 3.55 p.m. and I got to room 42. I'm assigned. Hi, Jones.

Man, what's doing? Oh, pretty cool. How's your mother? I'm at Colesdale hanging on Badcoff. Doc says nothing serious. My kids got the same thing. There must be some kind of a virus going around. Yeah.

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