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2:28p, 8/13/24
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Not the movie but the original show.

It's absolutely a must watch. The stunts, the late 70s early 80s culture, the ridiculousness of it all are so incredibly unintentionally funny.

I bet in today's dollars each show cost $5mm to make.

The movie is hilarious too. But the show….

Today I watched an episode with Jim Brown in a gang of thieves, who steal things on roller skates in Santa Monica/Venice Beach. Leif Garret played a teen pop icon who was burned out, and Larry Linville (Major Burns) played a guy who had a neck brace because of an accident with tailgaters. He put a device on his car that created sparks to stop tailgaters.

Add in Ponch was hosting a celebrity skate disco, and the kid on skates who was on the highway on skates holding onto the back of a car.

And this was part 1!


There are literally like 4-5 plots/subplots per episode.

Chips and Dukes were my favorite shows as a kid, but this show is amazing.
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2:43p, 8/13/24
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In reply to Rudyjax • 3:20p, 8/13/24
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Chips and Dukes were my favorite shows as a kid.

Same for me!
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3:24p, 8/13/24
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Yeah, but did they have Ringer's lactate?

(okay, they did in one crossover episode)
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4:10p, 8/13/24
I was definitely a watched back in elementary school.

It's not high quality, like Simon and Simon, but entertaining. Was in an Airbnb last year that had limited channels, just the weird over the air digital channels that run old shows and infomercials. I must have watched 3 CHiPs episodes, great nostalgia.
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In reply to Rudyjax • 4:16p, 8/13/24
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One day I was thinking about the ChiPs toys we had, and realized that both Chris Pine and his father have had action figures modeled after them.

I wonder how many other Hollywood fathers & sons can say that.

Do you think they ever have their action figures fight each other or team up?
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8:02p, 8/13/24
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Roller Derby Part 2 is on tomorrow at 8am on charge.
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9:00p, 8/13/24
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Going to LA in May brought back memories from living in an LA suburb in the late 1970s and of ChiPs.

I remember seeing the actual California Highway Patrol and thought they were filming Chips.
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9:12p, 8/13/24
Episode where Jon and Ponch go after a rogue casino run out of a motorhome that would drive around LA.

Also Ponch's Angels Part 1 & 2/
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In reply to Rudyjax • 9:28p, 8/13/24
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Loved chips
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In reply to Matsui • 9:35p, 8/13/24
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Matsui said:
Loved chips
2 episodes every day from 8-10.
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9:49p, 8/13/24
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Because of CHiPs, I was convinced as a child that swerving to miss a pothole always resulted in massive 18-car pileups, which included cars jumping over the pile of cars & through an 18-wheeler as they all exploded.
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In reply to et98 • 9:51p, 8/13/24
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et98 said:
Because of CHiPs, I was convinced as a child that swerving to miss a pothole always resulted in massive 18-car pileups, which included cars jumping over the pile of cars & through an 18-wheeler as they all exploded.
I mean, they did film in LA.
Just sayin'.

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10:18p, 8/13/24
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I definitely enjoyed the hell of out CHiPs as a kid in the 80s when TBS would run afternoon reruns.
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10:23p, 8/13/24
Fun fact - in all of the episodes of CHiPs, neither Ponch nor Jon ever drew their weapon.
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In reply to Ghost91 • 10:29p, 8/13/24
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Fun fact - in all of the episodes of CHiPs, neither Ponch nor Jon ever drew their weapon.
Thats NOT what she said

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In reply to Ghost91 • 11:24p, 8/13/24
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Ghost91 said:
Fun fact - in all of the episodes of CHiPs, neither Ponch nor Jon ever drew their weapon.


Which is probably more realistic than most shows. I've known guys who spent 20 years in uniform who never had to pull theirs. Other guys in different jobs did have to on occasion.
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11:41p, 8/13/24
What was the target age for CHIPS? I liked it, but looking back, there weren't any super powers, bionics, or magical fantasy (island) aspects or big green angry monsters. No costume that gave them superpowers, no aliens. It seems like it should have been for adults, but we all watched it as kids.
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In reply to Philo B 93 • 5:21a, 8/14/24
Philo B 93 said:
What was the target age for CHIPS? I liked it, but looking back, there weren't any super powers, bionics, or magical fantasy (island) aspects or big green angry monsters. No costume that gave them superpowers, no aliens. It seems like it should have been for adults, but we all watched it as kids.


Good question. Keep in mind this was back in a time where families didn't have a 80-inch high-def flatscreen TV in every room of the house, and kids didn't basically live a separate life in their bedroom with their own TV, laptop, phone and video game console.

So families did this weird thing where they all sat in the living room TOGETHER (gasp!) and watched shows like CHiPs, Fantasy Island, Little House on the Prairie and Love Boat.
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In reply to Philo B 93 • 6:08a, 8/14/24
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Philo B 93 said:
What was the target age for CHIPS? I liked it, but looking back, there weren't any super powers, bionics, or magical fantasy (island) aspects or big green angry monsters. No costume that gave them superpowers, no aliens. It seems like it should have been for adults, but we all watched it as kids.


Definitely the entire family watched in our house.

Lots of girls in Bikinis. Cool stunts.
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A quick wikipedia review of the show gave me the following insights:

*The actor formally known as Bruce Jenner starred on the show in the later seasons.
*The dude who played Lt. Worf on Star Trek The Next Generation was on the show for a few years.
*The dude who played opposite Chuck Norris in Walker Texas Ranger was on the show for a season.
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7:46a, 8/14/24
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This show made me think all Nike cops were absolute badasses when I was a kid.
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I had one of these when I was a kid. Still have a scar on my chin from when I endo'd it doing a stunt, resulting in me going over the handlebars and chin first into the sidewalk. I think I was 4, so would have been 1978
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In reply to Rudyjax • 7:56a, 8/14/24
Rudyjax said:
Not the movie but the original show.

It's absolutely a must watch. The stunts, the late 70s early 80s culture, the ridiculousness of it all are so incredibly unintentionally funny.

I bet in today's dollars each show cost $5mm to make.

The movie is hilarious too. But the show….

Today I watched an episode with Jim Brown in a gang of thieves, who steal things on roller skates in Santa Monica/Venice Beach. Leif Garret played a teen pop icon who was burned out, and Larry Linville (Major Burns) played a guy who had a neck brace because of an accident with tailgaters. He put a device on his car that created sparks to stop tailgaters.

Add in Ponch was hosting a celebrity skate disco, and the kid on skates who was on the highway on skates holding onto the back of a car.

And this was part 1!


There are literally like 4-5 plots/subplots per episode.

Chips and Dukes were my favorite shows as a kid, but this show is amazing.
AIRWOLF

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About a year ago I went to a small comic con in Dallas called Retro Expo and I got to meet Ponch and Jon from "CHiPs" aka Erik Estrada and Larry Wilcox because they were a couple of my childhood heroes. They were both so super nice and it's always fun for me to get to see someone I've grown up enjoying through movies or tv and still do. Why do I do something like that? It's not for an autograph or anything like that, even though I usually get one, but it gives me an opportunity to share with that individual how grateful I am for their work that's given ME so much enjoyment over the years. And just like I really appreciate when people tell me my work has helped them (yes that does happen occasionally lol), these actors enjoy those types of stories from fans too.

I was able to share with them about my Dad being a Highway Patrolman and how we used to watch CHiPs together and they both were very understanding and appreciative of that fact. And it's funny, their real life personas are pretty much like the show. Larry Wilcox was quiet and reserved and humble and Erik Estrada was loud, fun, brash in a a good way and, well WAS Ponch lol. It was really awesome.
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In reply to Vince Blake • 8:59a, 8/14/24
Vince Blake said:
Rudyjax said:
Chips and Dukes were my favorite shows as a kid.

Same for me!

CHiPS
Love Boat
Muppets
A Team
Airwolf
Family Ties
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Courtesy of a recent hotel stay:

I always ask for a pic of Big E.

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11:56a, 8/14/24
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This just reminds me of how strange it was to hear Estrada voice a character on Sealab 2021.
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In reply to Gomer95 • 12:05p, 8/14/24
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About a year ago I went to a small comic con in Dallas called Retro Expo and I got to meet Ponch and Jon from "CHiPs" aka Erik Estrada and Larry Wilcox because they were a couple of my childhood heroes. They were both so super nice and it's always fun for me to get to see someone I've grown up enjoying through movies or tv and still do. Why do I do something like that? It's not for an autograph or anything like that, even though I usually get one, but it gives me an opportunity to share with that individual how grateful I am for their work that's given ME so much enjoyment over the years. And just like I really appreciate when people tell me my work has helped them (yes that does happen occasionally lol), these actors enjoy those types of stories from fans too.

I was able to share with them about my Dad being a Highway Patrolman and how we used to watch CHiPs together and they both were very understanding and appreciative of that fact. And it's funny, their real life personas are pretty much like the show. Larry Wilcox was quiet and reserved and humble and Erik Estrada was loud, fun, brash in a a good way and, well WAS Ponch lol. It was really awesome.


That's both a great story and a great perspective!
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12:10p, 8/14/24
'Member the CHiPs reunion show they did probably over 10+ years ago now? In it, Ponch and Jon reunited and Jon was retired, living in the suburbs with a wife & kids, living the good life while Ponch was still a hot mess.

The thing I remember most is how they made it as if Ponch had just awoken from a 30-year coma or something - didn't understand computers, the current dating scene or basically anything that happened after 1981.
Basically, the same as Cobra Kai did with Johnny. I guess shows do that for the nostalgia factor.
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In reply to Rudyjax • 1:16p, 8/14/24
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The other one from that same era that I love to watch reruns of is Emergency.

Great show similar thing with 2-3 subplots and some ridiculous scenario causing a rescue. Always a great little 45 minute escape.

Starred the great Randolph Mantooth and Kevin Tighe.
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LMCane said:
Rudyjax said:
Not the movie but the original show.

It's absolutely a must watch. The stunts, the late 70s early 80s culture, the ridiculousness of it all are so incredibly unintentionally funny.

I bet in today's dollars each show cost $5mm to make.

The movie is hilarious too. But the show….

Today I watched an episode with Jim Brown in a gang of thieves, who steal things on roller skates in Santa Monica/Venice Beach. Leif Garret played a teen pop icon who was burned out, and Larry Linville (Major Burns) played a guy who had a neck brace because of an accident with tailgaters. He put a device on his car that created sparks to stop tailgaters.

Add in Ponch was hosting a celebrity skate disco, and the kid on skates who was on the highway on skates holding onto the back of a car.

And this was part 1!


There are literally like 4-5 plots/subplots per episode.

Chips and Dukes were my favorite shows as a kid, but this show is amazing.
AIRWOLF

Airwolf had the best theme song, was much more bad-ass than Blue Thunder, and had a plot that made zero sense from one episode to the next. I LOVED IT
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