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May 27, 2015 - 5:01 PM
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Jim Phelps
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The show went into the crapper quickly in the '80s, thanks to Estrada's contractual disputes and other problems (probably mostly due to Erik). When Wilcox left, that was it. And when you thought it couldn't get any worse, the final season had a completely revamped cast, with no explanation as to why the other officers were absent. ("Just go with it!")
They also used several episodes for back door pilot attempts, which failed miserably, like Fred Hunter's ninja cop team, called Force Seven. Thank God that never happened, and he went on to Hunter, instead.
Thanks for the detailed reply. I vaguely remember the interchangeable blonde dudes who replaced Larry Wilcox after his departure but I stopped watching CHiPs by the end of 1979. I always thought that the show's lone saving grace was Robert Pine, who was a "poor man's" Harrison Ford imo.
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Cheez, the Hollywood Regurg-o-matic is really working overtime.
Thank goodness for other forms of entertainment.
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Why tongue-in-cheek? Outside of the antics with the dog, the series was pretty serious. Especially for a 1960's cartoon, prime-time series or not. I'll take a good, rollicking adventure based on the series. Ben Stiller as Race Bannon? No thanks.
Because it was corny (and racist) as hell. Trying to be serious would only come off as self-parody.
So was King Kong. Over time. But not when it was made. That's why you update the concept, but keep it true to the spirit of the original.
It can absolutely be done straight and not come of ridiculous.
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