Penguins Matt Murray Fact Check
“Just the facts ma’am“, I can still hear that monotone, deadpan voice of Sgt Joe Friday, aka Jack Webb, from the TV series Dragnet echo those words. Well, actually, apparently that memory is a culturally induced auditory illusion, a memory implant. Although I never back checked this assertion there are those who say that quote is one of those misquotes propagated over the years ala the child’s game telephone with the altered quote becoming ingrained in our collective memory, similar to Rick Blaine/Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca saying “Play it again Sam“.
Bogart‘s character actually simply says “Play it Sam“, that is all. (I am a Bogart fan so I have been well aware of this misquote)
Although I did watch Dragnet, I was very young when it was first on and the reruns have ran far less frequently than I Love Lucy, so I can’t know for sure if this is a misquote. I do remember and verified that Friday did once say “All we know are the facts, ma’am“.
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