Dragnet, Adam-12, Emergency! and then CHiPs - all great in their own way, with Dragnet one of the greatest series of all time; incredible season to season QC.
But the reason I love CHiPs the most is that UNLIKE the other 3, it's silliness factor is nearly always off the charts, and it skews the...
Completely insane, right?
The really crazy thing is that some of the stunts were incredible - and quite dangerous - so you have this parallel thing where the show is super-cheesy and implausible, but also genuinely thrilling at times from an execution standpoint; breathtaking.
Part of its fun...
This was me before I got hooked!
I've only seen it in reruns, but was immediately taken with its kookiness.
Whatever you do, DON'T ever watch an episode, or you could end up a hardcore CHiPophile like me! :o
That's what my last line alluded to! :)
But you mean fantastic and then MORE fantastic; the pre-disco score was amazeballs, but the disco redo?
Ambrosia!!!
In searching out CHiPs threads here, I see many a "Season this or that" hard media release discussion, but no pure appreciation thread.
In some 20+ years of this forum's existence, HOW is this possible???
Easily the dumbest, coolest, most exciting and purely fun series EVER, it's unequaled in...