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My Most Unforgettable Dragnet Character

posted 10 years ago by jamesbwill
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Mondo Mabamba.

For the beginning of his great speech, as well as I can remember it:

"I'm Mondo Mabamba. I'm president of the Black Widow Party and I been there, Man! I been there. All you honkeys are just like the nahzees only you don't dress as sharp!"

Outstanding public speaker, that Mondo.

[–] MrBuzzcut 10 years ago

Good choice.

I love that guy coz he's been there, man.

He's been there.

Fat Donna and Mr. Daniel Lumis are a couple of my faves.

Also that old guy that kept randomly throwing the word "there" into his utterances.

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[–] TVadic73 10 years ago

Gannon's lunch/tackle box. I laugh when I see it. I laugh when I think of it.

"My Uncle still has MY nose...."

[–] Wrongway_Feldman 10 years ago

Stanley Stover AKA The Crimson Crusader.

[–] Cuneo 10 years ago

Yes to Stanley, with Blue Boy second.

"Walked five miles to school and back, uphill both ways. No, really, I have pictures." MC Escher

[–] BenjiCarver 10 years ago

Benji Carver aka Blueboy.

[–] ChargersFan63 10 years ago

Also that old guy that kept randomly throwing the word "there" into his utterances.

His wife was a hoot too...
"I'm puffing pigeon proud of my pies!"

And in response to being told to repaint the fence:

"Fiddle faddle why??"

If Mama Cass had handed that ham sandwich to Karen Carpenter two lives might have been saved

[–] hack-stone 10 years ago

Chargers Fan, your signature tag is awesome! May I use it?

[–] lorenzb-2 10 years ago

Clayton Fillmore. He would drive his Lincoln drunk and kill people, with no remorse whatsoever. Just as long as he wasn't inconvenienced. He finally end up getting his own legs chopped off. After that he had to get one of those dolly like platforms with the wheels in order to get around. Also the Shipleys. The potheads who let their daughter drown in the bathtub.

[–] montgomerydou55 9 years ago

Clayton Fillmore? Wasn't he on a mission from Jake and Elwood?

[–] Price_RZ 10 years ago

"I've been there man, I've been there."

http://youtu.be/kOdHkGPuKZc

Some people count sheep. Doesn't work with Bryan, just gets him excited ~ John-Redcorn

[–] rerunwatcher 10 years ago

Mister Loomis

[–] holbrookp 10 years ago

Mister Loomis here too. That's the only episode I have for keeps on my DVR. Too bad he couldn't have slipped out of their grasp and turned up in other episodes, like Sherlock chasing Moriarity.

I also like the glib gangster they spent the rainy evening interviewing before they played the audio tape that proved he was lying. There were only those three actors in the episode and one set. I guess I like unshakeable, arrogant bad guys.

"All necessary truth is its own evidence." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

[–] BJSmith81 10 years ago

For me, it would probably be either Virginia Gregg's character "Horton Bonnie Bates", the lady with the pyramid scheme or Burt Mustin's character "Charles Smith", the senior citizen burglar.

[–] PenTheater 8 years ago

Hey! Those are my two too!
(Tambourine shakes!!!!!!!)

Ephemeron.

[–] rhs6358 10 years ago

Mondo Mabamba, Calvin Lampey and Stanley Stover were classic. And any time Jill Banner was on.

[–] jamesbwill 10 years ago

Black Ten

The code name for the sunglasses wearing hipster dufus who gave Joe and Bill the lead on burglar Al Baylor.

[–] jamesbwill 10 years ago

Charley Feeny

The part time wino.

[–] lorenzb-2 9 years ago

How about the dope fiend hippies that let their kids live in pig sty conditions? When the Hispanic officer balked at the condition of the house a dude that looked a lot like Charlie Manson says: "Hey man, it's the maids day off." Very glib of someone on their way to prison.