The wrong show?
I am of the age where I vaguely remember the 1970s TV show, and even then all I remember is a bunch of cops dressed in dark blue with rifles. Apparently there was a need for a movie entitled "S.W.A.T." but the demographic it is targeted to, which is at least 10 years younger than me, would be hard pressed to remember a show from before they were born, much less one that has spent very little time in syndication.
If you want to put bad cop shows on the big screen, one could do no better than "ChiPs," that was a pure classic. Erik Estrada should even reprise his role as Ponch. Verbal Jazz doubts Larry Wilcox would consent to appearing as John. Seriously, in college, I used to watch "ChiPs" daily with my roommates. My favorite episode had to deal with punks, as in kids who like punk rock being bad for society. I can recall Erik Estrada delivering an impassioned speech to the kid he was trying to save from being a pun: it was over written and over acted. Truly awful.
The writing and acting were so bad that they were good (his phenomenon also occurs on "7th Heaven" on the WB, which will be analyzed in full once the season is set to start). Perhaps the best part of any "ChiPs" episode was what we referred to as the "'ChiPs' Laugh": after an hour of intense drama (and Erik Estrada thinking, "he's god's gift to women," according to my grandmother) the members of the California Highway Patrol would have a lighthearted moment in which their moment of laughter would be frozen mid-laugh. Once, we were treated to a triple "'ChiPs' Laugh" moment and we almost cried.
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I am of the age where I vaguely remember the 1970s TV show, and even then all I remember is a bunch of cops dressed in dark blue with rifles. Apparently there was a need for a movie entitled "S.W.A.T." but the demographic it is targeted to, which is at least 10 years younger than me, would be hard pressed to remember a show from before they were born, much less one that has spent very little time in syndication.
If you want to put bad cop shows on the big screen, one could do no better than "ChiPs," that was a pure classic. Erik Estrada should even reprise his role as Ponch. Verbal Jazz doubts Larry Wilcox would consent to appearing as John. Seriously, in college, I used to watch "ChiPs" daily with my roommates. My favorite episode had to deal with punks, as in kids who like punk rock being bad for society. I can recall Erik Estrada delivering an impassioned speech to the kid he was trying to save from being a pun: it was over written and over acted. Truly awful.
The writing and acting were so bad that they were good (his phenomenon also occurs on "7th Heaven" on the WB, which will be analyzed in full once the season is set to start). Perhaps the best part of any "ChiPs" episode was what we referred to as the "'ChiPs' Laugh": after an hour of intense drama (and Erik Estrada thinking, "he's god's gift to women," according to my grandmother) the members of the California Highway Patrol would have a lighthearted moment in which their moment of laughter would be frozen mid-laugh. Once, we were treated to a triple "'ChiPs' Laugh" moment and we almost cried.
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