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Original Airdate: 20-Oct-1977
Plot: Ponch and Jon chase after a speeding hearse that dropped a coffin in the middle of the road. Baricza investigates the coffin and finds a fraternity member inside (alive). After the hearse gets severe tire damage, Ponch and Jon arrest the frat brothers inside. After the theme, Ponch makes his old high school principal, Mr. Singleton, pull over for driving the wrong way down a one way street. After the briefing, Ponch and Jon respond to a call about a freeway traffic jam, they find that everyone's gawking at models nearby. Jon can't convince the models to leave until he mentions jail. As they're about to leave, Baricza tells Ponch he got a 10-21. It turns out Mr. Singleton wants to see him to have him be a guest speaker on career day. Since Ponch's motorcycle needs repairs, Getraer sticks him at the front desk. When the helicopter pilot comes in, Ponch jumps at the chance to leave. In Helicopter 5, Ponch assists Jon on the ground. They find a lost boy and give him a helicopter ride home. Later, Ponch notices a stopped van and nobody claims to have tagged it. After the suspects drive off in it, Jon and Baricza chase it on the ground. They only manage to catch the van because of Ponch's observations. That afternoon, Ponch is called to the stage to give his career day speech. He freezes up and Jon runs on stage to help. Jon tells how Ponch saved a kids life and Ponch starts telling exaggerated stories without help. As the credits roll, Ponch tells stories and the audience looks at their watches.
Briefing: Getraer's slide show and a freeway burglar
Great Quote: "Go easy on the chopper. We don't have that many." -Getraer to Ponch
Guest Stars: R.B. Sorko-Ram (as Shain), Richard Deacon (from The Dick Van Dyke Show as Singleton), David Man (as Rudolph), Jerry Ayres (as Burglar), Bebe Kelly (as Ms. Burglar), Philip Boyer (as Mikie), Charles Cooper (as Trucker), Cynthia Harrison (as Ginger), Victoria Peters (as Clara)
Written by: Bruce Shelly
Directed by: Ric Rondell
Fun Fact:
- The scene where the coffin comes out of the hearse is seen in the Space Ghost: Coast to Coast episode titled "CHiPs".
- Ponch jumps at the chance to go up in the chopper. In a later episode, he doesn't like flying.
- Ponch is sitting in the pilot seat of Helicopter 5...but he's not the pilot.
- Either the helicopter has something wrong with it or the inside sound effect is looped over and over.
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