I accidentally noted Burt’s name on an episode of Dragnet and now watch for it every day. Today’s was on child abuse and how hard it is to truly save a child from a lunatic parent. Working in healthcare for many years I can tell you that is 100% correct. Many of the episodes he wrote told the gritty truth of attempts at law enforcement.
Burt had the ability to think about many things at the same time. I loved his articles, have all his books and search for other things he had a hand in, like Dragnet. What a loss we have to manage but thanks to Loud Mime we aren’t alone!
Out of all the conversations I had with Burt, one of my favorites is when he started talking about Jack Webb. Jack was very tight about money and time. Burt never showed me one of his scripts, and didn’t answer when I asked him how many “nods“ he put in each half hour show. he just said “enough,” and laughed.