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CHiPs -
Acronym for the California Highway Patrol and
the title of the police drama CHiPs/NBC/1977-83
starring Larry Wilcox and Erik Estrada as police
officers Jonathan "Jon" Baker and Francis "Ponch"
Poncherello who cruised the Los Angeles highways
and byways on Kawasaki 1000's motorcycles
looking for motorists in need and chasing law
breakers.
Other CHiPs officers included:
- Robert Pine as
their commanding officer, Sergeant Joe Getraer
- Paul Linke as Officer Grossman
- Lew Saunders as
Officer Gene Fritz
- Brodie Greer as Officer
Baricza
- Brianne Leary as Officer Sindy Cahill
- Randi Oakes as Officer Bonnie Clark
- Michael
Dorn as Officer Turner
- Bruce Jenner as Officer
Steve McLeish
- Tom Reilly as Officer Bobby "Hot
Dog" Nelson
- Bruce Penhall as Cadet Bruce
Nelson
- Tina Gayle as Officer Kathy Linahan
- Clarence Gilyard, Jr. as Officer Webster
- Lou Wagner as Harlan, the police mechanic who
services the CHiPs vehicles.
In 1998, the Turner
Cable Network TNT broadcast a made-for-TV CHiPs
reunion movie with Larry Wilcox and Erik Estrada
reprising their roles as officers Poncherello
and Baker (now riding supped-up BMW
motorcycles).
TRIVIA NOTE:
In 2009, Wilmer Valderrama (of THAT 70s SHOW)
portrays Officer Francis "Ponch" Poncherello in
the series remake.
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