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   episode_title = Anything But The Truth|
   episode_title = Anything But The Truth|
   episode_num  = 506|
   episode_num  = 506|
   air_date      = Nov 8, 1981|
   air_date      = November 8, 1981|
   briefing      = Unknown (we only saw everyone leave)}}
   briefing      = Unknown (we only saw everyone leave)}}
[[Image:S5Ep6Title.jpg|thumb|Title screen]]
==Brief Plot==
A guy is stealing cars and using them to cause minor accidents with female drivers so that he can rob them. One of the attacks is witnessed by a hitch-hiker, who turns out to be Jon's girlfriend. The only problem is that she's a compulsive liar.


==Plot==
==Plot==
[[Image:anythingbutthetruth.jpg|200px|Anything But The Truth]]
While [[Jon]] and [[Steve McLeish|Steve]] are out on (now illegal) 3-wheel ATCs, a woman hitches a ride and witnesses a robbery/assault. She runs off and hitches another ride, giving the driver a different story.


While [[Jon]] and [[Steve McLeish|Steve]] are out on (now illegal) 3-wheel ATC's, a woman hitches a ride and witnesses a robbery/rape.
Later, [[Baricza]] finds the witness out on the highway looking for another ride. She gives him another different story.


Later, [[Baricza]] finds the witness out on the highway looking for another ride. She gives him a different story than everyone else.
Out on the streets, the guy who terrorized the woman earlier rams a car and is about to do the same thing to another woman when [[Turner]] shows up. He manages to get away by driving under a parked tractor trailer, chopping the top off of his car.


Out on the streets, the guy who terrorized the woman earlier rams a car and is about to do the same thing to another woman when [[Turner]] shows up. He manages to get away by driving under a parked tractor trailer, chopping the top off of his car.
[[Image:Crash.jpg|200px|crashing]]
[[Image:wally.jpg|200px|Dennis Lipscomb as Wally]]


That night, Jon picks up his date, Marcie, who was the hitch-hiking liar. (Plot point!)
That night, Jon picks up his date, who turns out to be Marcie, the hitch-hiking liar.


[[Image:Jon_and_marcie.jpg|200px|Jon and Marcie]]
[[Image:Jon_and_marcie.jpg|200px|Jon and Marcie]]


The next day, Marcie has to go to a self defense class to get out of the ticket and she makes up some lame story to cancel a date with Jon.
The next day, Marcie has to go to a self defense class to get out of the ticket, and she makes up some lame story to cancel a date with Jon.


That night, Jon assists [[Bonnie]] and Steve in the self-defense class. When Jon spots her, she says she was caught speeding...but Bonnie then scolds her on hitch-hiking within earshot of Jon. Doh! Then she shows Jon the picture of the guy she drew. She says she was bumped and a victim. When she tells the story to [[Getraer]], everything is contradicting everything else.
That night, Jon assists [[Bonnie]] and Steve in the self-defense class. When Jon spots Marcie, she says she was caught speeding, but Bonnie then scolds her on hitch-hiking within earshot of Jon. Marcie then shows Jon the picture of the guy she drew. She says she was bumped and a victim. When she tells the story to [[Getraer]], she contradicts everything she told Jon.


Later, Jon and Steve double-date on ATC's. Marcie says she's an expert but she loses control of her ATC and it flies off a cliff after Jon pulls her off.
Later, Jon and Steve double-date on ATCs. Marcie says she's an expert but she loses control of her ATC and it flies off a cliff after Jon pulls her off.


Back on duty, Getraer tells Jon that Marcie is a compulsive liar.
Back on duty, Getraer tells Jon that Marcie is a compulsive liar.
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[[Image:Liar.jpg|200px|]]
[[Image:Liar.jpg|200px|]]


Out on the streets, the nut who rams cars hits a woman a little too hard and she gets knocked out and a truck hits her car. The nut drives off and steals another car while being chased by Jon and Steve. The guy looks just like Marcie's drawing. Jon gets Marcie to come in and tell the whole story. When Jon and Steve go to arrest the guy, he tries to kill them with a forklift! Steve manages to stop it before it crushes Jon and then they arrest him.
Out on the streets, the nut who rams cars hits a woman a little too hard and she gets knocked out and a truck hits her car. The nut drives off, chased by Jon and Steve. While temporarily out of their sight he dumps the stolen car and transfers to his own vehicle. Jon and Steve continue the chase until their target crashes his car. The guy looks just like Marcie's drawing, but he claims he wasn't driving the stolen car.


[[Image:Crash.jpg|200px|crashing]]
[[Image:wally.jpg|200px|Dennis Lipscomb as Wally]]
[[Image:Arrested.jpg|200px|Arrested]]
[[Image:Arrested.jpg|200px|Arrested]]
Jon gets Marcie to come in and tell the whole story. When Jon and Steve go to arrest the guy, he tries to kill them with a forklift! Steve manages to stop it before it crushes Jon and then they arrest him.


That afternoon, Jon stops by Marcie's and finds out she's moving away for a fresh start. Back on ATC's, Jon and Steve have been stood up and have to ride alone.
That afternoon, Jon stops by Marcie's and finds out she's moving away for a fresh start. Back on ATC's, Jon and Steve have been stood up and have to ride alone.


==Guest Stars==
==Guest Stars==
*Tara Buckman (as Marcie)
* [[Tara Buckman]] as Marcie
*Dennis Lipscomb (as Wally)
* [[Dennis Lipscomb]] as Wally
*[[Bruce Jenner]] (as [[Steve McLeish]])
* [[Paul Linke]] as Grossman
*Ken Sansom (as Clerk)
* [[Lou Wagner]] as Harlan
*Cynthia Leake (as Barbara)
 
*Kim Joseph (as Mrs. Williams)
==Special Guest Star==
*Mark Cassela (as Chuck)
* [[Bruce Jenner]] as Steve McLeish
*David Clover (as Investigator)
 
==Co-Starring==
* [[Brodie Greer]] as Baricza
* [[Michael Dorn]] as Turner
* [[Ken Sansom]] as Clerk
* [[Cynthia Leake]] as Barbara
* [[Kim Joseph]] as Mrs. Williams
* [[Mark Cassella]] as Chuck
* [[David Clover]] as Investigator
* [[Randi Oakes]] as Bonnie Clark


==Crew==
==Crew==
*Written by: [[Dick Nelson]]
* Executive Producer: [[Cy Chermak]]
*Directed by: [[Michael Caffey]]
* Produced by: [[Paul Rabwin]]
* Story Supervisor: [[William D. Gordon]]
* Written by: [[Dick Nelson]]
* Directed by: [[Michael Caffey]]
* Executive Consultant: [[Rick Rosner]]
* Story Editors: [[L. Ford Neale]] & [[John Huff]]
* 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: [[Joe Morrisey]]
* Unit Production Manager: [[Donald Gold]]
* First Assistant Director: [[Steven P. Saeta]]
* Second Assistant Director: [[Leslie Jackson]]
* Script Supervisor: [[Jack Gannon]]
* Set Decorator: [[W. Joseph Kroesser]]
* Production Consultant: [[Dave McDannel]]
* Stunt Co-ordinator: [[Paul Nuckles]]
* Recorded at: [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios]]
* Sound: [[Harlan Riggs]], [[M. Curtis Price]] C.A.S.
* Wardrobe Supervisor: [[Shelly Levine]]
* Makeup: [[Richard Cobos]] S.M.A., [[Walter Schenck]]
* Hairdresser: [[Don Lynch]]
* Casting: [[Cathy Henderson]]
* With Appreciation to [[Glen B. Craig]], [[Commissioner]] [[California Highway Patrol]]
* Motorcycles Furnished by: [[Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A.]]
* Filmed in [[METROCOLOR]] / Titles and Opticals [[MGM]]
* [[Rosner Television]] in association with MGM Television
 
==Fun Facts==
* Tara Buckman (Marcie) played Jill, the blonde half of the cleavage-flashing black Lamborghini team in ''The Cannonball Run'' (1980). On that ocassion her co-driver, Adrienne Barbeau, played a character called Marcie.
 
==Mistakes==
 
 
{{Succession box|
preceded =Weed Wars|
number =506|
followed =Bomb Run}}

Revision as of 15:13, 21 June 2013

Anything But The Truth
Episode # 506
Air Date November 8, 1981
Briefing Unknown (we only saw everyone leave)
Title screen

Brief Plot

A guy is stealing cars and using them to cause minor accidents with female drivers so that he can rob them. One of the attacks is witnessed by a hitch-hiker, who turns out to be Jon's girlfriend. The only problem is that she's a compulsive liar.

Plot

While Jon and Steve are out on (now illegal) 3-wheel ATCs, a woman hitches a ride and witnesses a robbery/assault. She runs off and hitches another ride, giving the driver a different story.

Later, Baricza finds the witness out on the highway looking for another ride. She gives him another different story.

Out on the streets, the guy who terrorized the woman earlier rams a car and is about to do the same thing to another woman when Turner shows up. He manages to get away by driving under a parked tractor trailer, chopping the top off of his car.

crashing Dennis Lipscomb as Wally

That night, Jon picks up his date, who turns out to be Marcie, the hitch-hiking liar.

Jon and Marcie

The next day, Marcie has to go to a self defense class to get out of the ticket, and she makes up some lame story to cancel a date with Jon.

That night, Jon assists Bonnie and Steve in the self-defense class. When Jon spots Marcie, she says she was caught speeding, but Bonnie then scolds her on hitch-hiking within earshot of Jon. Marcie then shows Jon the picture of the guy she drew. She says she was bumped and a victim. When she tells the story to Getraer, she contradicts everything she told Jon.

Later, Jon and Steve double-date on ATCs. Marcie says she's an expert but she loses control of her ATC and it flies off a cliff after Jon pulls her off.

Back on duty, Getraer tells Jon that Marcie is a compulsive liar.

Liar.jpg

Out on the streets, the nut who rams cars hits a woman a little too hard and she gets knocked out and a truck hits her car. The nut drives off, chased by Jon and Steve. While temporarily out of their sight he dumps the stolen car and transfers to his own vehicle. Jon and Steve continue the chase until their target crashes his car. The guy looks just like Marcie's drawing, but he claims he wasn't driving the stolen car.

Arrested

Jon gets Marcie to come in and tell the whole story. When Jon and Steve go to arrest the guy, he tries to kill them with a forklift! Steve manages to stop it before it crushes Jon and then they arrest him.

That afternoon, Jon stops by Marcie's and finds out she's moving away for a fresh start. Back on ATC's, Jon and Steve have been stood up and have to ride alone.

Guest Stars

Special Guest Star

Co-Starring

Crew

Fun Facts

  • Tara Buckman (Marcie) played Jill, the blonde half of the cleavage-flashing black Lamborghini team in The Cannonball Run (1980). On that ocassion her co-driver, Adrienne Barbeau, played a character called Marcie.

Mistakes


Preceded by:
"Weed Wars" 		Anything But The Truth
506 		Followed by:
"Bomb Run"
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