The 'Dragnet' / Cinemasparagus Convergence

From Jack Webb's Dragnet. Episode 42: "The Big Departure" [1968]. (Transcript via Badge714.com.) —

FRIDAY: "Yeah, well, [the Pilgrims] had a few things going for them that you don't. They knew how to hunt. How to use an axe. How to build a house. Start a fire without matches and bank it at night so it wouldn't go out. You know how to do all that, of course. And you're going to grow this."

[Friday holds up a packet of asparagus seeds, which the kid claims he bought.]

MOBLEY: "Oh, yeah, I really dig fresh asparagus."

FRIDAY: "When do you think you'll eat it?"

MOBLEY: "This summer."

FRIDAY: "Asparagus takes two years. The Pilgrims could raise their own food — which you can't. And even so, half of them died the first year. But you prepared for that too, didn't you?"

MOBLEY: "I don't know what you mean."

FRIDAY: "You've got shovels."

MOBLEY: "Alright. Big deal. We're not the frontiersmen of all time. But Dennis and Paul are very bright people — mature, intelligent — "

FRIDAY: "And high-principled."

MOBLEY: "That's right."

FRIDAY: "What was that one about materialism?"

MOBLEY: "We've rejected material values."

FRIDAY: "Oh, yeah. Well, what are you going to do when the batteries run down?"

MOBLEY: "We've got a generator."

FRIDAY: "And when there's no more gas?"

MOBLEY: "Okay. So we won't listen to the radios."

WAGNER: "That's not vital!"

GANNON: "But food is. And you'll run out of it sooner than you think. Then you figure you'll start eating wild goat. Well, it's not prime rib. But maybe you'll acquire a taste for it. You'd better — three times a day."



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