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Season: 1

Episode: 1

Pilot

Air Date:15/09/1977

Jon and Ponch are chasing thieves who steal luxury cars. Ponch has problems with Sgt. Getraer and can't do anything right by him. The thieves are using moving vans with stolen licence plates, so the chippies can't get them first. Nice scene: Ponch and his sticky ticket.

Crew

Name: Paul Playdon

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

Name: Paul Krasny

Role: Director

Department: Directing

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Guest Stars

Name: Eric Server

Character: Greg

Department: Acting

Name: Brooke Bundy

Character: Mrs. Hendricks

Department: Acting

Name: Paul Mantee

Character: Eddie

Department: Acting

Name: Hoke Howell

Character: Tex

Department: Acting

Name: Michael Christian

Character: Jerry

Department: Acting

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Episode: 2

Undertow

Air Date:22/09/1977

A woman gets robbed by a tow truck driver and then he causes an accident. A chemical substance is spilled on the highway. Ponch gets intoxicated by the stuff. Jon has to get him to a hospital but Ponch is not very cooperative

Crew

Name: Christian I. Nyby II

Role: Director

Department: Directing

Name: Larry Alexander

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

Name: Joyce Webb

Role: Script Supervisor

Department: Directing

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Guest Stars

Name: Jim Backus

Character: Weitzman

Department: Acting

Name: William Gray Espy

Character: Vinnie

Department: Acting

Name: Doreen Lang

Character: Nurse Kremen

Department: Acting

Name: Reb Brown

Character: Officer Brouillette

Department: Acting

Name: Bettye Ackerman

Character: Mrs. Burgess

Department: Acting

Name: Paul Brinegar

Character: Old Surfer

Department: Acting

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Episode: 3

Dog Gone

Air Date:29/09/1977

Ponch and Jon are chasing a dog which causes an accident. They bring it to Central and hide it in a truck. Some guys do sabotage on Jon's motorbike, but they wanted Ponch's. Jon and Ponch stop a motorbike driver who has frozen up. After they stop him he wanders off muttering how he never wants to ride it again. Jon and Ponch chase down a speeding car with a heart attack victim. They help to save him before an ambulance arrives. One of the boys who did sabotage to Jon's bike tells Getrear what they have done. The Sarge tries to warn Ponch , but Ponch realizes that they have done it to Jons motorbike. Jon falls off his bike but lukyliy he 's not even bruised. Finally the dog's owner shows up at CHP Central looking for his dog. Ponch gets him out of a truck and the dog proceeds to relieve itself on Sarge's motorbike. This synopsis was given from CHiPs Online

Crew

Name: Rick Mittleman

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

Name: Michael Caffey

Role: Director

Department: Directing

Name: Joyce Webb

Role: Script Supervisor

Department: Directing

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Guest Stars

Name: Joanne Linville

Character: Mrs. Hirsh

Department: Acting

Name: Bill Adler

Character: Boots

Department: Acting

Name: William Lanteau

Character: Rogovia

Department: Acting

Name: Ron Prince

Character: Barnes

Department: Acting

Name: James Crittenden

Character: Little John

Department: Acting

Name: Jeffrey Druce

Character: Zero

Department: Acting

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Episode: 4

Moving Violation

Air Date:13/10/1977

When Jon and Ponch stop a speeding car on the freeway, a very large man emerges from the vehicle. The raging driver proceeds to take his car apart and wouldn't mind doing the same to Ponch who has made the mistake of laughing during the demolition. Later, Ponch himself gets a ticket, and to keep his driving record clean, enrolls in a driving safety course. There he meets people he's given tickets. The Sarge calls Jon to go to a woman whose husband died by an accident on this morning. Jon is nearly crying when the little son takes him for his daddy.

Crew

Name: Edward M. Abroms

Role: Director

Department: Directing

Name: Charles Sailor

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

Name: Joyce Webb

Role: Script Supervisor

Department: Directing

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Guest Stars

Name: Rosey Grier

Character: Car Killer

Department: Acting

Name: Catherine Ferrar

Character: Brenda

Department: Acting

Name: Fawne Harriman

Character: Mrs. Karantz

Department: Acting

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Episode: 5

Career Day

Air Date:20/10/1977

Ponch is giving a ticket to his old high school principal who asked him to tell about the CHP in his old school on career day. Jon and Ponch respond to a call about a traffic jam, they find that everyone's gawking at models nearby. Since Ponch's motorcycle needs repairs, Getraer sticks him on the front desk. When the helicopter pilot comes, Ponch jumps at the chance to leave. In the helicopter he helps Jon to find a lost boy and two elusive burglars. Later that afternoon as then Ponch gives his speech, he freezes up and Jon helps him by telling about saving the kid. Then Ponch wakes up and starts telling exaggerated stories without help.

Crew

Name: Bruce Shelly

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

Name: Ric Rondell

Role: Director

Department: Directing

Name: Joyce Webb

Role: Script Supervisor

Department: Directing

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Guest Stars

Name: Richard Deacon

Character: Mr. Singleton

Department: Acting

Name: Cynthia Harrison

Character: Ginger

Department: Acting

Name: David Man

Character: Randolph

Department: Acting

Name: Ari Sorko-Ram

Character: Officer Shain

Department: Acting

Name: Charles Cooper

Character: Trucker

Department: Acting

Name: Jerry Ayres

Character: Wells / Burglar

Department: Acting

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Episode: 6

Baby Food

Air Date:27/10/1977

A truck loses toxic baby food on the highway. A tramp pair with a baby finds two boxes. Ponch and Jon try to find the lost boxes. Ponch is interested in his neighbor Melinda, but Melinda falls in a love with Jon. On the highway Jon and Ponch save a dog out of a burning car. When they find the tramp family they save the baby by taking it on their motorbikes.

Crew

Name: Paul Krasny

Role: Director

Department: Directing

Name: Simon Muntner

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

Name: Joyce Webb

Role: Script Supervisor

Department: Directing

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Guest Stars

Name: Harvey J. Goldenberg

Character:

Department: Acting

Name: Marjorie Bennett

Character: Mrs. Downey

Department: Acting

Name: Barbara Brownell

Character:

Department: Acting

Name: Reb Brown

Character: Officer Brouillette

Department: Acting

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Episode: 7

Taking Its Toll

Air Date:03/11/1977

When two thieves escape from Jon after a successful robbery at a toll booth, it is the start of a crime wave and a massive manhunt. Jon and Ponch later encounter a crashed limo with a time bomb on its back seat - and a man trapped beneath the car. Jon is writing a book about Ponch's funny accidents. When Ponch finds that out, Jon changes and depicts him as a heroic, modern day warrior.

Crew

Name: Georg Fenady

Role: Director

Department: Directing

Name: Bill Taub

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

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Guest Stars

Name: Louis Guss

Character:

Department: Acting

Name: Marjorie Bennett

Character: Mrs. Downey

Department: Acting

Name: Ari Sorko-Ram

Character: Officer Shain

Department: Acting

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Episode: 8

Green Thumb Burglar

Air Date:10/11/1977

Jon and Ponch learn that Sgt. Getraer love plants very much. He is very angry about thieves who steal plants from public places. Ponch meets twins who give him a short look in his future this day. It's not looking good for him.

Crew

Name: Christian I. Nyby II

Role: Director

Department: Directing

Name: Skip Webster

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

Name: Jock MacKelvie

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

Name: Joyce Webb

Role: Script Supervisor

Department: Directing

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Guest Stars

Name: Lennie Weinrib

Character: H.R. Pufnstuf (voice)

Department: Acting

Name: Jackie Vernon

Character: Park Employee

Department: Acting

Name: Rosalyn Borden

Character: Paulette Tidwell

Department: Acting

Name: Marilyn Borden

Character: Lottie Tidwell

Department: Acting

Name: Ari Sorko-Ram

Character: Officer Shain

Department: Acting

Name: Bill Zuckert

Character: Attila

Department: Acting

Name: Jim B. Smith

Character: Fireman

Department: Acting

Name: Dana Baker

Character: Georgia

Department: Acting

Name: Joe Lo Presti

Character: Louie

Department: Acting

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Episode: 9

Hustle

Air Date:24/11/1977

Always looking for opportunities to make money, Ponch discovers that Jon once worked as an instructor in a bowling alley and still is a great bowler. Keeping Jon's secret from the other CHiPs, Ponch places a series of bets that his partner will defeat all favorites in an upcoming police bowling tournament. As the officers approach a car that went through a stop sign, they get a surprise. The driver is actor Broderick Crawford, who starred as Dan Mathews in Highway Patrol, the hit 1950s series that could be called the ancestor of CHiPs.

Crew

Name: Georg Fenady

Role: Director

Department: Directing

Name: John Groves

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

Name: Joyce Webb

Role: Script Supervisor

Department: Directing

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Guest Stars

Name: Broderick Crawford

Character:

Department: Acting

Name: Marty Ingels

Character:

Department: Acting

Name: Yuki Shimoda

Character:

Department: Acting

Name: Ari Sorko-Ram

Character: Officer Shain

Department: Acting

Name: Reb Brown

Character: Officer Brouillette

Department: Acting

Name: Michael Masters

Character:

Department: Acting

Name: Hubert Noël

Character: Citroen Driver

Department: Acting

Name: Kay Peters

Character: Judge

Department: Acting

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Episode: 10

Highway Robbery

Air Date:01/12/1977

Jon and Ponch arrest a thief who uses a motorcycle to rob drivers in traffic jams. When Jon recognizes the prisoner as a high-school classmate, a former football hero, he offers him help. Ponch has a crush on the beautiful model for a sun lotion ad campaign. Mesmerized by her pictures on highway billboards, he's determined to date the girl. Learning that Sgt. Getraer knows the model and her family, Ponch attempts to convince Getraer to arrange a date with his dream girl. He really gets an abrupt surprise when he meets Janey.

Crew

Name: Paul Robert Coyle

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

Name: Nicholas Colasanto

Role: Director

Department: Directing

Name: Joyce Webb

Role: Script Supervisor

Department: Directing

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Guest Stars

Name: Lorna Thayer

Character:

Department: Acting

Name: David Wilson

Character:

Department: Acting

Name: Vito Scotti

Character:

Department: Acting

Name: Florence Halop

Character:

Department: Acting

Name: Hoke Howell

Character: Tex

Department: Acting

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Episode: 11

Name Your Price

Air Date:08/12/1977

Rolls-Royces are being stolen. Grossie, Baricza, Jon and Ponch are catching chickens which have escaped out of a crashed truck. Ponch is a contestant on the game show 'Name Your Price'. A car is run off the road by a Porsche, inside a man is trapped who happens to be diabetic...

Crew

Name: Bruce Shelly

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

Name: Ric Rondell

Role: Director

Department: Directing

Name: Joyce Webb

Role: Script Supervisor

Department: Directing

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Guest Stars

Name: Ruth Kobart

Character: Millie

Department: Acting

Name: Jaime Lyn Bauer

Character: Carey

Department: Acting

Name: Jack Knight

Character: Emcee

Department: Acting

Name: Tom Hallick

Character: Bob

Department: Acting

Name: Rhonda Hopkins

Character: Tracy

Department: Acting

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Episode: 12

Aweigh We Go

Air Date:22/12/1977

A car pulling a trailer with a boat swerves to avoid an oncoming car and smashes into a hair salon. Ponch has his mind set on buying the boat together with Jon. Being short on personnel, Jon and Ponch are assigned to the weigh station A car has gone over a cliff with a woman and her little girl inside.

Crew

Name: Ivan Nagy

Role: Director

Department: Directing

Name: Christian I. Nyby II

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

Name: Joyce Webb

Role: Script Supervisor

Department: Directing

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Guest Stars

Name: Tony Russel

Character: Eduardo

Department: Acting

Name: Zina Bethune

Character: Mother

Department: Acting

Name: Bruce Glover

Character: Sgt. Vogt

Department: Acting

Name: Ric Mancini

Character: Vince

Department: Acting

Name: Gerald McRaney

Character: Demick

Department: Acting

Name: Janet Brandt

Character: Sylvia

Department: Acting

Name: Sean Morgan

Character: Sven

Department: Acting

Name: Marie Reynolds

Character: Lucy

Department: Acting

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Episode: 13

One Two Many

Air Date:05/01/1978

CHP officers usually ride in pairs, but this day Ponch leaves Jon to handle an emergency. While Jon is alone, an officer pulls up to a car and acts improperly, so frightening the female driver that she causes a traffic accident as she speeds away. As the Highway Patrol searches for for the unknown officer, Jon learns that the mystery man is apparently his double - and that his career is in jeopardy as long as the phony remains at large.

Crew

Name: Burton Armus

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

Name: Robert F. Sparks

Role: Director of Photography

Department: Camera

Name: Joseph M. Altadonna

Role: Art Direction

Department: Art

Name: Ric Rondell

Role: Associate Producer

Department: Production

Name: Roland Wolpert

Role: Story

Department: Writing

Name: Paul Krasny

Role: Director

Department: Directing

Name: Philip D. Fehrle

Role: Associate Producer

Department: Production

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Guest Stars

Name: Trish Stewart

Character: Jobina

Department: Acting

Name: Ari Sorko-Ram

Character: Officer Shain

Department: Acting

Name: Tom Williams

Character: Gilmore

Department: Acting

Name: Terence Goodman

Character: Groom

Department: Acting

Name: Sandie Newton

Character: Dana

Department: Acting

Name: Randy Stumpf

Character: Ric

Department: Acting

Name: M.G. Kelly

Character: Policeman

Department: Acting

Name: William Whitaker

Character: CHP Look-Alike

Department: Acting

Name: Virginia Paris

Character: Carmen

Department: Acting

Name: Rick Garcia

Character: Ned

Department: Acting

Name: Thomas A. Geas

Character: Mike

Department: Acting

Name: Robert Hoff

Character: Paramedic

Department: Acting

Name: Diane Lander

Character: Bride (uncredited)

Department: Acting

Name: George Brenlin

Character: Shorty

Department: Acting

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Episode: 14

Rustling

Air Date:12/01/1978

Thinking that it is Jon's birthday soon, Ponch plans a surprise birthday party for him. A cattle owner is stealing his own cattle in order to rip off the assurance agency. A magician is showing some tricks when he and his daughter are pulled over for running through a red light. A young girl is trapped in her car when a drunk driver runs her off the road.

Crew

Name: Phil Bondelli

Role: Director

Department: Directing

Name: Robert F. Sparks

Role: Director of Photography

Department: Camera

Name: Cy Chermak

Role: Executive Producer

Department: Production

Name: Frank Telford

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

Name: Skip Webster

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

Name: William O. Cairncross

Role: Associate Producer

Department: Production

Name: Jock MacKelvie

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

Name: John Carl Parker

Role: Music

Department: Sound

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Guest Stars

Name: Carl Ballantine

Character: Marvello the Great

Department: Acting

Name: L.Q. Jones

Character: Hoskins

Department: Acting

Name: Alice Ghostley

Character: Mamie

Department: Acting

Name: Pamelyn Ferdin

Character: Susie

Department: Acting

Name: Mills Watson

Character: Ambrose

Department: Acting

Name: Fred Beir

Character: Farrell

Department: Acting

Name: Paul Tuerpe

Character: Buck

Department: Acting

Name: G.W. Bailey

Character: Drunk Driver

Department: Acting

Name: Kay Peters

Character: Judge

Department: Acting

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Episode: 15

Surf's Up

Air Date:19/01/1978

A speeding 3 wheeler motorbike goes past Jon and Ponch, who give chase. Jon and Ponch get sent to Malibu when they ask for a change of scenery. 3 men are car stripping in Malibu. Ponch and Jon go to the beach while they take time off work.

Crew

Name: Bruce Shelly

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

Name: Georg Fenady

Role: Director

Department: Directing

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Guest Stars

Name: Harvey Lembeck

Character:

Department: Acting

Name: Leslie Ackerman

Character:

Department: Acting

Name: Michael Swan

Character:

Department: Acting

Name: Nancy Morgan

Character:

Department: Acting

Name: Fran Ryan

Character: Nancy

Department: Acting

Name: Nancy Stephens

Character:

Department: Acting

Name: Kelly Ward

Character:

Department: Acting

Name: Panchito Gómez

Character: Robert

Department: Acting

Name: Sondra Theodore

Character: Marsha

Department: Acting

Name: Lynn Theel

Character: Kathy

Department: Acting

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Episode: 16

Vintage '54

Air Date:26/01/1978

A baby is left behind in a parking area. A female sky diver nearly lands on the highway when her parachute is stuck on the bridge above. Mrs. Downey's car has been stolen. A dumpster gets unhitched from its garbage van and runs freely down the freeway

Crew

Name: Barry Crane

Role: Director

Department: Directing

Name: Mort Thaw

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

Name: Ed Robak

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

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Guest Stars

Name: Pepe Serna

Character:

Department: Acting

Name: Marc Alaimo

Character: Zager

Department: Acting

Name: Ellen Geer

Character: Julie Barris

Department: Acting

Name: Laurence Haddon

Character:

Department: Acting

Name: Jim Goodwin

Character:

Department: Acting

Name: Nick Pellegrino

Character: Zino / Kevin

Department: Acting

Name: Jed Allan

Character: Jason

Department: Acting

Name: Tom Pedi

Character: Bruno

Department: Acting

Name: Marjorie Bennett

Character: Margaret Downey

Department: Acting

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Episode: 17

Hitch-Hiking Hitch

Air Date:09/02/1978

Two girls are found by Jon and Ponch while hitch-hiking. One blames the other for being there and doing this, but Ponch and Jon learn that this is not true. Later they have to save them out of a dangerous situation.

Crew

Name: Bruce Shelly

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

Name: Karl Tunberg

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

Name: Phil Bondelli

Role: Director

Department: Directing

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Guest Stars

Name: Ben Davidson

Character:

Department: Acting

Name: Stacey Nelkin

Character: Marge

Department: Acting

Name: Joseph V. Perry

Character:

Department: Acting

Name: Katherine Cannon

Character: Robbie Davis

Department: Acting

Name: Linda Dano

Character:

Department: Acting

Name: George Chandler

Character:

Department: Acting

Name: Bridget Hanley

Character:

Department: Acting

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Episode: 18

Cry Wolf

Air Date:16/02/1978

A rash of false alarms ties up CHP, fire engines, and ambulances. A young man who is living by his sister does this.

Crew

Name: Jim Carlson

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

Name: Terrence McDonnell

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

Name: John Florea

Role: Director

Department: Directing

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Guest Stars

Name: Ellen Travolta

Character:

Department: Acting

Name: Gregg Palmer

Character:

Department: Acting

Name: Melinda O. Fee

Character: Sarah

Department: Acting

Name: Robbie Rist

Character: Jeff

Department: Acting

Name: Kathryn Holcomb

Character: Karen Rayburn

Department: Acting

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Episode: 19

Crash Diet

Air Date:23/02/1978

Jon and Ponch gently try to coax a disturbed veteran out of throwing dirt at passing autos. Also, Getraer orders his officers to peel off excess pounds.

Crew

Name: Rudolph Borchert

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

Name: Cy Chermak

Role: Executive Producer

Department: Production

Name: Don McDougall

Role: Director

Department: Directing

Name: William O. Cairncross

Role: Associate Producer

Department: Production

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Guest Stars

Name: Nita Talbot

Character: Driving Instructor

Department: Acting

Name: John Milford

Character: Doctor

Department: Acting

Name: Don 'Red' Barry

Character: Truck Driver

Department: Acting

Name: Herman Poppe

Character: Leonard

Department: Acting

Name: Deborah Pratt

Character: Carol

Department: Acting

Name: Steve Franken

Character: Student Driver

Department: Acting

Name: Robert Lussier

Character: Coach

Department: Acting

Name: Crystin Sinclaire

Character: Linda

Department: Acting

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Episode: 20

Rainy Day

Air Date:02/03/1978

Jon and Ponch are to patrol in a police cruiser as it's raining hard. A man gets thrown out of a gambling camper. Another man is driving down the highway, holding an umbrella out the window. A schoolteacher is allowed to take her little students to Central where they'll be given a tour by Ponch.

Crew

Name: Gordon Hessler

Role: Director

Department: Directing

Name: James Doherty

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

Name: William D. Gordon

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

Name: Rod Baker

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

Name: Glen Olson

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

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Guest Stars

Name: Cliff Emmich

Character:

Department: Acting

Name: Herb Edelman

Character: Sanders

Department: Acting

Name: Julie Cobb

Character:

Department: Acting

Name: Johnny Seven

Character: Rascoe / Brooks / Dawson

Department: Acting

Name: Ava Lazar

Character:

Department: Acting

Name: Jacqueline Scott

Character:

Department: Acting

Name: David Spielberg

Character:

Department: Acting

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Episode: 21

Crack-Up

Air Date:09/03/1978

Jon and Grossie are hurt giving chase to a speeding Trans Am. They both end up in the hospital. Ponch is teamed up with Getraer untill Jon is fully recovered and out of the hospital.

Crew

Name: Phil Bondelli

Role: Director

Department: Directing

Name: Rudolph Borchert

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

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Guest Stars

Name: Phyllis Diller

Character: Wanda

Department: Acting

Name: Danny Goldman

Character: Doctor Bosca

Department: Acting

Name: Marc Lawrence

Character: Co-Driver

Department: Acting

Name: Linda Thompson

Character: Chrissy

Department: Acting

Name: Gary Sandy

Character: Ray

Department: Acting

Name: Phillip Pine

Character: Dr. Ansgar

Department: Acting

Name: Hari Rhodes

Character: Father (as Harry Rhodes)

Department: Acting

Name: Joey Aresco

Character: Husband

Department: Acting

Name: Huntz Hall

Character: Driver

Department: Acting

Name: Pamela Sye

Character: Little Girl

Department: Acting

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Episode: 22

Flashback!

Air Date:01/04/1978

A rookie, Brent Delaney, fresh out of motorschool is not very liked by his fellow patrolmen. 2 men are stealing police motorbikes. A man being pulled over with a dangerous hitch-hiker. 2 young girls accidentally drive into a swimming pool.