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	Meet the New Guy
Episode #	601
Air Date	Oct 10, 1982
Briefing	The health club thieves

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Brief Plot

Ponch becomes the training officer of a new rookie, Bobby Nelson, as they try to catch a pair of health-club thieves and find a runaway teenage mother who has stolen back the baby she sold. Tommy Lasorda, Richard Simmons, and Keenan Ivory Wayans guest stars.

Plot

Ponch (now a training officer known as "Mary 6") is out cruising westbound on the Santa Monica Freeway as "The Lone Ranger" when Getraer radios him and tells him that his new partner is coming to meet him. Ponch is upset and reminds Getraer that he said he'd never get another probationer. As he does, Ponch's new partner, Bobby Nelson rides up.

Within minutes, Bobby spots trouble. A woman is distracted by her baby and accidentally rams another car. The car she hit takes off speeding and Bobby goes after them against Ponch's wishes. While Bobby chases the speeder, the car with the baby swerves and the baby slides out the door onto the road. As cars drive by it and swerve to avoid it, Ponch rides by and saves the baby. Behind him, cars launch into the air in a spectacular accident. Kathy Linahan arrives and calls in the resulting accident on the San Diego Freeway, north of Nashville. Unfortunately, Bobby lost the speeder. Ponch isn't happy with Bobby for chasing the speeder alone.

Soon, they notice that there's nobody in one of the cars, neither Grossman nor Ben saw the driver, and nobody claims the baby. After dropping the baby off at Valley General Hospital, Bobby pulls a wheelie on his motor. Poncherello scolds him before he and "Hot Dog" go back to Central.

At Central, Ponch makes Bobby fill out the report because his old partner used to enjoy it. After Ponch introduces Bobby to some girls, Getraer puts up a postcard on the bulletin from Jon. He says he's thinking of them while he's working his father's ranch in Wyoming. As Bobby leaves to fill out reports, Getraer asks how he's doing. Ponch says he's "hungry for action, but going to be great." Getraer asks if it reminds him of anyone from about five years ago. "Yeah, I told you he was going to turn out great!"

At the hospital, the baby's mother looks in on her baby and tells her friend that she's going to get him back.

Out in Harlan's garage, Bobby takes off by peeling out. Ponch and Bobby head over to see the owners of the car Bobby had been chasing earlier. They claim they didn't even know it was gone and that they don't know who the baby belongs to. Ponch is suspicious.

The next morning, Richard Simmons is leading a workout that Ponch is attending. Richard gives Ponch special attention, but knows that Ponch is really there for the women. It isn't long before some thieves rush in and make Richard give them everyone's belongings. Ponch runs out after them as Richard faints. Ponch gets on his motorcycle without his shirt and chases after them. An LAPD patrol car chases the half-naked Ponch. When the thieves are cornered, they make a run for it. When Ponch tries to chase them, LAPD cuffs him. They don't believe he's a CHP officer. Luckily for Ponch, Bobby arrives and identifies him4.

At the briefing, there's a picture of Ponch on Getraer's podium that reads "WANTED - Impersonating an Officer". When Ponch walks in, he gets quite a ribbing from his fellow officers. After the briefing, Sarge tells Ponch and Bobby the identity of the unknown woman from the accident, Amy Kent.

Meanwhile, the Amy Kent disguises herself as a nurse and steals the baby. A call comes in that there was a kidnapping at the hospital and Ponch and Bobby respond. They're greeted by reporters and Ponch goes on live TV urging people to turn in Amy Kent by calling the CHP at 555-7374. Amy sees it on TV.

Later that day, Ponch and Bobby spot a speeder and pull him over. It turns out to be Tommy Lasorda of the LA Dodgers. He says he's late for the World Series. Bobby gives him a hard time but Ponch eventually identifies him and they let him go.

They respond to a call telling them where to find the thieves who terrorized Richard Simmons. The thieves split up on foot and Ponch and Bobby split up to go get them. Bobby almost runs over the thief he's after. When the other one falls in a pool, Ponch arrests him.

Back at Central, Getraer says he got a call congratulating him on his health club bandit bust. He says he gave them some credit too. Bobby bitches at Ponch that he's not Jon and wants to be treated differently.

Kathy looks up data for the baby on a computer. They learn that the baby belongs to the couple who claimed not to know their car was missing. When Ponch and Bobby confront the couple, they eventually confess and we learn that they bought the baby from Amy for the $2000 that was in the car then she stole the baby back. They tell Ponch and Bobby that Amy talked about a "utopia" in Oregon.

While Ponch and Bobby are out looking for Amy, she hitches a ride with a person drinking beer. Amy's friend tells Ponch and Bobby what car she got into. Down the road, they spot the car and chase it. It swerves to avoid construction equipment and jumps off a hill into quicksand. Ponch and Bobby get a ride in a backhoe and rescue Amy and the baby. Ponch tells Bobby he did a good job and they both celebrate by doing wheelies.

Great Quote

"Quality merchandise!"

-Bobby, commenting on Ponch's girlfriends

Crew

Executive Producer: Cy Chermak
Supervising Producer: Paul Mason
Written By: Joseph Gunn and Paul Mason
Directed By: John Astin
Executive Consultant: Rick Rosner
Executive Story Consultant: Joseph Gunn
Creative Consultant: Larry Mollin
Story Consultant: Gerald Sanford
Associate Producer: Randall Torno
Developed for television by: Paul Playdon
Music by: Alan Silvestri
Theme by: John Parker
Music Supervisor: Harry V. Lojewski
Director of Photography: Robert F. Sparks
Art Director: Stephen Myles Berger
Editor: William Neel
Unit Production Manager: Donald Gold
First Assistant Director: Steven P. Saeta
Second Assistant Director: Mary Ellen Canniff
Script Supervisor: Suzi Alter
Set Decorator: W. Joseph Kroesser
Production Consultant: Bill Udell
Stunt Co-ordinator: Paul Nuckles
Rerecorded at: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios
Sound: Harlan Riggs, M. Curtis Price, C.A.S.
Wardrobe Supervisor: Shelly Levine
Makeup: Richard Cobos, S.M.A., Jane Aull
Hair Stylist: Don Lynch
Casting: Al Onorato / Jerry Franks
With Appreciation to Glen B. Craig, Commissioner California Highway Patrol
Motorcycles Furnished by: Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A.
Automobiles furnished by: Ford Motor Company
Filmed in METROCOLOR / Titles and Opticals MGM
Rosner Television in association with MGM Television

Fun Facts

This is the first episode to open with the title sequence instead of the regular cold open.
Jon went to Wyoming to work on his father's farm. Once, Baricza went to work crop-dusting for his father. (He's not in this season so we could assume he's back at it.) What is it with the CHP and quitting the force to work for their fathers?

Mistakes

The mother didn't strap her baby in with a seatbelt! Did nobody care for the safety of babies back then? Even Ponch points out the baby should had a seatbelt on, but this isn't the first time we've seen this happen. A baby was also unsecured in the front seat way back in "Hustle".
Tommy Lasorda says he's on his way to the World Series. The 1982 World Series started two days after this episode aired, but it featured the St. Louis Cardinals and the Milwaukee Brewers. By this time, the season was over for his team, the Los Angeles Dodgers, and no games were played in California. However, Tommy was an announcer for ABC during the National League Championship Series between the Atlanta Braves and St. Louis Cardinals. Again, none of those games took place in California.
Bobby says his full name is "Robert Bobby Torvald Nelson". Robert Bobby? Isn't that redundant?
While Ponch and Bobby help get Amy and the baby out, the car hardly sinks. After the backhoe moves out of the way, the car sinks very fast.

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Preceded by:
"Force Seven"

Meet the New Guy
601

Followed by:
"Tight Fit"

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 ==Plot==
-[[Ponch]] (now a training officer known as "Mary 6") is out cruising the roads as "The Lone Ranger" when [[Getraer]] radios him and tells him that his new partner is coming to meet him. Within minutes, [[Bobby]] spots trouble. While Bobby chases the speeder, Ponch saves a baby and [[Kathy Linahan]] calls in the resulting accident. Unfortunately, Bobby lost the speeder. Ponch isn't happy with Bobby for chasing the speeder alone.
+[[Ponch]] (now a training officer known as "Mary 6") is out cruising westbound on the [[Santa Monica Freeway]] as "The Lone Ranger" when [[Getraer]] radios him and tells him that his new partner is coming to meet him.  Ponch is upset and reminds Getraer that he said he'd never get another probationer.  As he does, Ponch's new partner, [[Bobby Nelson]] rides up.
-Soon, they notice that there's nobody in one of the cars and nobody claims the baby. After dropping the baby off at Valley General Hospital, Ponch and "Hot Dog" go back to [[Central]]. Getraer puts up a post card on the bulletin from [[Jon]]. He says he's thinking of them while he's working his father's ranch in [[Wyoming]].
+Within minutes, [[Bobby]] spots trouble.  A woman is distracted by her baby and accidentally rams another car.  The car she hit takes off speeding and Bobby goes after them against Ponch's wishes.  While Bobby chases the speeder, the car with the baby swerves and the baby slides out the door onto the road.  As cars drive by it and swerve to avoid it, Ponch rides by and saves the baby.  Behind him, cars launch into the air in a spectacular accident.  [[Kathy Linahan]] arrives and calls in the resulting accident on the [[San Diego Freeway]], north of Nashville.  Unfortunately, Bobby lost the speeder.  Ponch isn't happy with Bobby for chasing the speeder alone.
-Out in [[Harlan]]'s garage, Bobby takes off by peeling out. Ponch and Bobby head over to see the owners of the car. They claim they didn't even know it was gone and that they don't know who the baby belongs to. Ponch is suspicious.
+Soon, they notice that there's nobody in one of the cars, neither [[Grossman]] nor [[Benjamin Webster|Ben]] saw the driver, and nobody claims the baby.  After dropping the baby off at [[Valley General Hospital]], Bobby pulls a wheelie on his motor.  Poncherello scolds him before he and "Hot Dog" go back to [[Central]].
-The next morning, [[Richard Simmons]] is leading a workout that Ponch is attending. Richard gives Ponch special attention. It isn't long before some thieves rush in and make Richard give them everyone's belongings. Ponch runs out after them as Richard faints. Ponch gets on his [[motorcycle]] without his shirt. An [[LAPD]] patrol car chases the half-naked Ponch. When the thieves are cornered, they make a run for it. When Ponch tries to chase them, LAPD cuffs him. They don't believe he's a [[CHP]]. Lucky for Ponch, Bobby arrives and identifies him.
+At Central, Ponch makes Bobby fill out the report because his old partner used to enjoy it.  After Ponch introduces Bobby to some girls, Getraer puts up a postcard on the bulletin from [[Jon]].  He says he's thinking of them while he's working his father's ranch in [[Wyoming]].  As Bobby leaves to fill out reports, Getraer asks how he's doing.  Ponch says he's "hungry for action, but going to be great."  Getraer asks if it reminds him of anyone from about five years ago.  "Yeah, I told you he was going to turn out great!"
-At the briefing, there's a picture of Ponch on Getraer's podium that reads "WANTED - Impersonating an Officer". After the briefing, Sarge tells Ponch and Bobby the identity of the unknown woman from the accident.
+At the hospital, the baby's mother looks in on her baby and tells her friend that she's going to get him back.
-Meanwhile, the woman (Amy Kent) disguises herself as a nurse and steals the baby. Ponch goes live on TV urging people to turn in Amy Kent by calling the CHP at 555-4374.
+Out in [[Harlan]]'s garage, Bobby takes off by peeling out.  Ponch and Bobby head over to see the owners of the car Bobby had been chasing earlier.  They claim they didn't even know it was gone and that they don't know who the baby belongs to.  Ponch is suspicious.
-Later that day, Ponch and Bobby pull over [[Tommy Lasorda]]. He says he's late for the World Series. Bobby gives him a hard time but Ponch identifies him and they let him go.
+The next morning, [[Richard Simmons]] is leading a workout that Ponch is attending.  Richard gives Ponch special attention, but knows that Ponch is really there for the women.  It isn't long before some thieves rush in and make Richard give them everyone's belongings.  Ponch runs out after them as Richard faints.  Ponch gets on his [[motorcycle]] without his shirt and chases after them.  An [[LAPD]] patrol car chases the half-naked Ponch.  When the thieves are cornered, they make a run for it.  When Ponch tries to chase them, LAPD cuffs him.  They don't believe he's a [[CHP]] officer.  Luckily for Ponch, Bobby arrives and identifies him4.
-They respond to a call telling them where to find the thieves who terrorized Richard Simmons. The thieves split up on foot and Ponch and Bobby split up to go get them. Bobby almost runs over the thief he's after. When the other one falls in a pool, Ponch arrests him.
+At the briefing, there's a picture of Ponch on Getraer's podium that reads "WANTED - Impersonating an Officer".  When Ponch walks in, he gets quite a ribbing from his fellow officers.  After the briefing, Sarge tells Ponch and Bobby the identity of the unknown woman from the accident, Amy Kent.
-Back at Central, Bobby bitches at Ponch that he's not Jon and wants to be treated differently. Ponch and Bobby also find out that the baby belongs to the couple who claimed not to know their car was missing. They confess and we learn that they bought the baby from Amy for the $2000 that was in the car then she stole the baby back.
+Meanwhile, the Amy Kent disguises herself as a nurse and steals the baby.  A call comes in that there was a kidnapping at the hospital and Ponch and Bobby respond.  They're greeted by reporters and Ponch goes on live TV urging people to turn in Amy Kent by calling the CHP at 555-7374.  Amy sees it on TV.
-While Ponch and Bobby are out looking for Amy, she hitches a ride with a person drinking beer. Ponch and Bobby spot the car and chase it. It swerves to avoid construction equipment and jumps off a hill into quicksand. Ponch and Bobby get a ride in a backhoe and rescue Amy and the baby. Ponch tells Bobby he did a good job and they both celebrate by doing wheelies.
+Later that day, Ponch and Bobby spot a speeder and pull him over.  It turns out to be [[Tommy Lasorda]] of the LA Dodgers.  He says he's late for the World Series.  Bobby gives him a hard time but Ponch eventually identifies him and they let him go.
+They respond to a call telling them where to find the thieves who terrorized Richard Simmons.  The thieves split up on foot and Ponch and Bobby split up to go get them.  Bobby almost runs over the thief he's after.  When the other one falls in a pool, Ponch arrests him.
+Back at Central, Getraer says he got a call congratulating him on his health club bandit bust.  He says he gave them some credit too.  Bobby bitches at Ponch that he's not Jon and wants to be treated differently.
+Kathy looks up data for the baby on a computer.  They learn that the baby belongs to the couple who claimed not to know their car was missing.  When Ponch and Bobby confront the couple, they eventually confess and we learn that they bought the baby from Amy for the $2000 that was in the car then she stole the baby back.  They tell Ponch and Bobby that Amy talked about a "utopia" in Oregon.
+While Ponch and Bobby are out looking for Amy, she hitches a ride with a person drinking beer.  Amy's friend tells Ponch and Bobby what car she got into.  Down the road, they spot the car and chase it.  It swerves to avoid construction equipment and jumps off a hill into quicksand.  Ponch and Bobby get a ride in a backhoe and rescue Amy and the baby.  Ponch tells Bobby he did a good job and they both celebrate by doing wheelies.
 ==Great Quote==
-"Quality merchandise!" -Bobby commenting on Ponch's girlfriends
+:"Quality merchandise!"
+:-Bobby, commenting on Ponch's girlfriends
 ==Guest Stars==
-* Dominique Dunne (as Amy Kent)
+* [[Dominique Dunne]] as Amy Kent
-* Claire Malis (as Mrs. Russell)
+* [[Claire Malis]] as Mrs. Russell
-* [[Tommy Lasorda|Tom Lasorda]] (L.A. Dodgers Manager)
+* [[Tommy Lasorda|Tom Lasorda]]
-* [[Richard Simmons]] (fitness "expert" and frequent Letterman guest)
+* [[Richard Simmons]]
-* Thomas Havens (as Phil)
+* [[Tina Gayle]] as [[Kathy Linahan]]
-* Michael Catlin (as Horvath)
+* Co-Starring
-* Andrea Evans Massey (as Julie)
+* [[Thomas Havens]] as Phil
-* Jim McKrell (as Russell)
+* [[Clarence Gilyard, Jr.]] as [[Webster]]
-* Karmin Murcelo (as Nurse Burke)
+* [[Michael Catlin]] as Horvath
-* Michele Russell (as Heather)
+* [[Andrea Evans Massey]] as Julie
-* Joel Zurlo (as Al)
+* [[Jim McKrell]] as Russell
-* Debbie Bishop (as Paula)
+* [[Karmín Murcelo]] as Nurse Burke
-* Susannah Darrow (as Exerciser)
+* [[Michele Russell]] as Heather
-* Kristi Ferrell (as Jenny)
+* [[Joel Zurlo]] as Al
-* Rawn Hutchinson (as Cantrell)
+* Featuring
-* Jade McCall (as Lineman)
+* [[Debbie Bishop]] as Paula
-* Rocky Savage (as Hitchhiker)
+* [[Susannah Darrow]] as Exerciser
-* [[Keenen Ivory Wayans]] (as Roberts)
+* [[Kristi Ferrell]] as Jenny
+* [[Rawn Hutchinson]] as Cantrell
+* [[Jade McCall]] as Lineman
+* [[Rocky Savage]] as Hitchhiker
+* [[Keenen Ivory Wayans]] as Roberts
 ==Crew==
-*Written by: [[Joseph Gunn]] and [[Paul Mason]]
+*Executive Producer: [[Cy Chermak]]
-*Directed by: [[John Astin]]
+*Supervising Producer: [[Paul Mason]]
+*Written By: [[Joseph Gunn]] and [[Paul Mason]]
+*Directed By: [[John Astin]]
+*Executive Consultant: [[Rick Rosner]]
+*Executive Story Consultant: [[Joseph Gunn]]
+*Creative Consultant: [[Larry Mollin]]
+*Story Consultant: [[Gerald Sanford]]
+*Associate Producer: [[Randall Torno]]
+*Developed for television by: [[Paul Playdon]]
+*Music by: [[Alan Silvestri]]
+*Theme by: [[John Parker]]
+*Music Supervisor: [[Harry V. Lojewski]]
+*Director of Photography: [[Robert F. Sparks]]
+*Art Director: [[Stephen Myles Berger]]
+*Editor: [[William Neel]]
+*Unit Production Manager: [[Donald Gold]]
+*First Assistant Director: [[Steven P. Saeta]]
+*Second Assistant Director: [[Mary Ellen Canniff]]
+*Script Supervisor: [[Suzi Alter]]
+*Set Decorator: [[W. Joseph Kroesser]]
+*Production Consultant: [[Bill Udell]]
+*Stunt Co-ordinator: [[Paul Nuckles]]
+*Rerecorded at: [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios]]
+*Sound: [[Harlan Riggs]], [[M. Curtis Price, C.A.S.]]
+*Wardrobe Supervisor: [[Shelly Levine]]
+*Makeup: [[Richard Cobos, S.M.A.]], [[Jane Aull]]
+*Hair Stylist: [[Don Lynch]]
+*Casting: [[Al Onorato]] / [[Jerry Franks]]
+*With Appreciation to [[Glen B. Craig]], [[Commissioner]] [[California Highway Patrol]]
+*Motorcycles Furnished by: [[Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A.]]
+*Automobiles furnished by: [[Ford Motor Company]]
+*Filmed in [[METROCOLOR]] / Titles and Opticals [[MGM]]
+*[[Rosner Television]] in association with MGM Television
 ==Fun Facts==
-* Jon went to Wyoming to work on his father's farm. Once, [[Baricza]] went to work crop-dusting for his father. (He's not in this season so we could assume he's back at it.) What is it with the CHP and quitting the force to work for their fathers?
+* This is the first episode to open with the title sequence instead of the regular cold open.
+* Jon went to Wyoming to work on his father's farm.  Once, [[Baricza]] went to work crop-dusting for his father.  (He's not in this season so we could assume he's back at it.)  What is it with the CHP and quitting the force to work for their fathers?
 ==Mistakes==
-* Bobby says his full name is "Robert Bobby Torvald Nelson". Robert Bobby? Isn't that redundant?
+* The mother didn't strap her baby in with a seatbelt!  Did nobody care for the safety of babies back then?  Even Ponch points out the baby should had a seatbelt on, but this isn't the first time we've seen this happen.  A baby was also unsecured in the front seat way back in "[[Hustle]]".
-* As Ponch and Bobby pull Amy and the baby from the sinking car, Kathy and Grossie mysteriously appear to watch.
+* Tommy Lasorda says he's on his way to the World Series.  The 1982 World Series started two days after this episode aired, but it featured the St. Louis Cardinals and the Milwaukee Brewers.  By this time, the season was over for his team, the Los Angeles Dodgers, and no games were played in California.  However, Tommy was an announcer for ABC during the National League Championship Series between the Atlanta Braves and St. Louis Cardinals.  Again, none of those games took place in California.
-* While Ponch and Bobby help get Amy and the baby out, the car hardly sinks. When everyone's safe and the weight inside the car is reduced, the car plunges down below the surface.  Shouldn't the car be less likely to sink after everyone's out?
+* Bobby says his full name is "Robert Bobby Torvald Nelson".  Robert Bobby?  Isn't that redundant?
-* Kathy Linahan is a motor officer...but in one of the final scenes, she gives Amy a ride in a cruiser.
+* While Ponch and Bobby help get Amy and the baby out, the car hardly sinks.  After the backhoe moves out of the way, the car sinks very fast.
 ==Buy this episode==
+* This episode is currently not available for purchase.
 * [http://video.aol.com/video/tv-chips-meet-the-new-guy/1848591 Watch this episode for free on AOL Video]
+{{Succession box|
+preceded =Force Seven|
+number =601|
+followed =Tight Fit}}

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Contents

Brief Plot

Plot

Great Quote

Guest Stars

Crew

Fun Facts

Mistakes

Buy this episode

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Great Quote

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Fun Facts

Mistakes

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