I watched this Dragnet episode when it first aired in 1969. Being an overweight comic book fan and collector, it made me squirm.
The pitiful fan taking his cosplay too far was Tim Donnelly, who has passed away. He is best known as a regular on another Jack Webb production, Emergency!.
Just watched him on Dragnet as a dognapper.
Dragnet’s “Blue Boy” shows his solidarity with Ukraine! 😉
https://youtu.be/2eBPWwxOKwQ?t=519
One of my favorite Dragnet episodes! I also had the Emergency! lunchbox! Ate many an elementary school lunch with that thing!