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Posted by Bill West on Wed Oct 9 13:35:21 2019, in response to Re: PHOTOS: SMS 25th Anniversary, posted by kp5308 on Wed Oct 9 06:33:21 2019. You're welcome. Double whammy, the 412 number also hit the funny bone. For the young'uns a popular cop show in the 50's was Dragnet. Actor Jack Webb played the star, Sgt. Joe Friday, as an absolutely stone faced emotionless persona. In later years it became a light joke. Stan Freburg who was known for funny songs on pop radio did a satire on Dragnet, having Friday investigating the old "St George slaying the maiden devouring dragon" fable. After arresting the the dragon he does his usual citing of the charge, a 502, devouring maidens out of season. The dragon goes into a big emotional protest and Friday charges him again, this time with a 412. The dragon goes into a bigger burst of emotion screaming "412 what's a 412" to which cold voiced Friday replies "overacting".When I refreshed my memory of Freburg's song I found that the older railfans on RailPages.AU had also taken up up the dragon's chant just as we did out west here. So in the 60's putting up your B&O shot would have brought a loud, protesting "412? what's a 412?" from the audience. Good memories, Bill |
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