CHiPs

[Richard1978]

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Chips has not had a retrospective revival like many other 1970s cop shows, the last time I saw it on TV was in France in 1993, with some amusing dubbing.

I can last remember it on TV here around 1984-5.

[memoman]

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Chips has not had a retrospective revival like many other 1970s cop shows, the last time I saw it on TV was in France in 1993, with some amusing dubbing.

I can last remember it on TV here around 1984-5.

Been a couple of series released on dvd.Better than nothing i suppose?

[Richard1978]

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Been a couple of series released on dvd.Better than nothing i suppose?

I suppose, I'm surprised it hasn't turned up on ITV3 or 4 yet.

[darren]

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I remember CHIPS. Larry Wilcox always wore the tan gloves and Eric Estrada black ones. Things I remember was in one episode one of the bike cops head got smashed through a plate glass patio window and the other had to carefully pull it out, his bike went crashing into the room I think and thats how it happened...Then there was the time the fat guy put some shiny stuff on his boots on parade and the Captain made him walk up and down the line to show them off and they just cracked to bits as the shine made things solid....But the weirdest episode that scared the poo out of me as a child was when a young girl was had to break into jewellers to get hold of diamonds....an ALIEN had landed with ship problems near her home and began controlling her to get the diamonds as he needed them to repair his craft....The ship had the sound of helicopter engines (how convienient....lol) and he then wanted to take her with him!!!! I can remember Eric Estrada holding onto her arm on the ground as the power of the alien was trying to drag her away into the night...! Perhaps that was the point the show jumped the proverbial shark....

if im right did larry leave after one series.
im certain rhey did both start in it frim start to end.

[darren]

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Aw I loved this! Me and my sister loved Erik Estrada....but then again we loved Romano from Tj Hooker too(..we werent' long going off him when we saw him in Grease 2..)

romano would be horrified that u both went off him because he was in grease.
where u both not fans of grease then.

[Richard1978]

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But the weirdest episode that scared the poo out of me as a child was when a young girl was had to break into jewellers to get hold of diamonds....an ALIEN had landed with ship problems near her home and began controlling her to get the diamonds as he needed them to repair his craft....The ship had the sound of helicopter engines (how convienient....lol) and he then wanted to take her with him!!!! I can remember Eric Estrada holding onto her arm on the ground as the power of the alien was trying to drag her away into the night...! Perhaps that was the point the show jumped the proverbial shark....

Didn't the Dukes Of Hazzard also have an episode like this, it rings a bell of sorts?

[sf1378]

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Dunno, but after a Google I found out I was right, the episode was called 'The Space Man Made Me Do It', first shown in 1982 in the USA so it must have been on UK TV in 83 or 84 when I saw it, the ending was ambiguous, Bobby thinks its a helicopter, Ponch said it was 'whatever you want it to be'...oooooh!!! ALL the bits I remember were correct! What a memory!

[Austin Maxi]

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CHiPs was a great show. I've fairly recently bought the first two series on DVD (the only ones available at the moment) and I could watch the shows over and over again, especially for the traffic scenes on the freeways - so many (now) classic cars - Mustangs, Camaros, Pontiac Trans Ams, Chevy Novas, Dodge Monacos, and quite a lot of European and Japanese tin as well.

Incidently, there was a similar Alien/helicopter/bank raid/abduction-style plot to the one mentioned earlier in one of the episodes of 'The Fall Guy' from the second series.