Subject: Re: ALBERT seemed OK to me...
From: tneff@bfmny0.BFM.COM (Tom Neff)
Date: 1990-12-04, 02:24
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

In article <12271@milton.u.washington.edu> mork@blake.u.washington.edu (David Mork) writes:
> >   1.  I have always found too much of a similarity between Albert and
> >   Jack Webb's character on Dragnet.  The style of speaking, inflection,
> >   and facial characteristics are far too similar (IMHO).  I think the
> >   character was Joe Friday.  His style during the case seemed the 
> >   same--long lines of cynicism and lists and adjectives.  But, after
> >   the case, he always looked over and said something to the effect
> >   of:  "Oh well, you can't change the world, Frank..."   

Miguel Ferrer's voice and delivery are reminiscent of Jack Webb.  (So is
Dan Ackroyd's.)  I don't think it's Ferrer's fault.  Albert Rosenfield
is really nothing like Joe Friday.  Find DRAGNET somewhere on cable and
watch an episode again.

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