Thrill Show

Thrill Show
Episode #	322
Air Date	February 23, 1980
Briefing	?

Plot

In the morning as Ponch and [Jon] pull in on their bikes, and Bonnie pulls in all depressed in her crusier to Central. Bonnie now waves at Ponch and Jon over the snack machine. Bonnie all of a sudden sees a brand new 1979 Pontiac Trans Am which is actually silver pulls out ready fast out of the middle nowhere. Bonnie is now surprised when her eyes get really big, and it turns out to be her new boyfriend Crazy Ray Conner the actual stunt driver. Ray now gets out of the car, and wants to greet Bonnie by grabbing her and picking her up. Bonnie now gets very sassy, and Ponch and Jon now walk over. Ray now puts Bonnie as Ponch and Jon walk over. Ray now compliments Bonnie on her uniform. Bonnie now introduces Ray to Ponch and Jon. Jon knows who Ray is. Ray now reassures Jon about showing off for Bonnie. Ponch now disaplines about not being smart. Ray now apolizges for his actions. Bonnie now wants things to be cool. Ray now speech about driving by the book. Ray now gives Ponch and Jon a compliment about meeting them, and walks away with Bonnie. Ponch and Jon now decide to go inside the building.

Baricza now pulls in his crusier to Central, and sees Bonnie and Ray are goofing off. Bonnie and Ray now decide to talk. Ray now wants to take Bonnie out for dinner, and puts it the other way around which her makes her start to laugh. Baricza is now inside the building talking to Grossie about her new heart throb. Turner now gives information about some dude hear to see her. Ponch now starts talking about Bonnie meeting him out back. Jon now mentions the name Ray Conner. Grossie now gets all exicited, and mentions Ray Conner the stunt driver from the Joy Chill Stunt Show the one that's coming to town. Turner knows that the show is coming to town.

Their is now a big skyscraper building where cars are driving by, and Ponch and Jon now on their bikes taking ten minute break, and the bus is now turning on the on ramp. Ponch starts talking to Jon about a high speed chase on a motorcycle. Jon just doesn't get what Ponch's is talking about. Ponch now talking about endangered now about 70-80 mph, and what the Sergant tells them to do is slow down. Jon now admits Ponch is right. Ponch now starts talking about being the worst but not no more. Jon now wants Ponch to be Mr. Careful. Ponch now wants to be Mr. Cool.

A bus now passes by with a group of robbers which are three young men aboard talking about the next street is ours. One of the robbers say's stuff it now, and wants everybody's money. The bus now stops behind a stolen yellow 1973 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale. The robber now makes a serious threat while the other guys collect the money from peoples wallets and purses. Ponch and Jon are now still talking, and decide to take off on their bikes. The robbers now get off the bus, and hop into stolen car, and drive off. The bus driver and the passengers now get off the bus, and managed to get the license plate number on the car, and see them turn left, and drive off. The bus driver and the passengers now whistle, and managed to flag down Ponch and Jon. Ponch and Jon now turn their bikes around after seeing the bus driver and the passengers. Ponch and Jon now pull up, and the bus driver and the passengers back up. The bus driver now tells Ponch and Jon about the three men in a robbery, and in a Oldsmobile going that way.

Ponch and Jon now tell the bus driver and the passengers to wait here, and now turning on their sirens and taking off. The three robbers are driving in stolen car removing their disquises now talking about the robbery, and their smiling and laughing about it. Ponch later returns on his bike to the exact same spot, and Jon comes in the other direction. Ponch now asks the bus driver for the license plate number on the car. The bus driver now gives the car's license plate number which is 835 DOR. Ponch and Jon are now talking to the bus driver. Bonnie now arrives on the spot, and offers to help. Ponch and Jon now turn down Bonnie's help. Bonnie now really depressed decides to drive off.

The three robbers now decide to abandon the stolen car into a parking lot. The three robbers now decide get out of the car, and run into their brown 1961 Dodge D-100 Van, and take off. The three robbers are driving with band equipment, and their real happy about getting over a one hundred dollars, and talking about the risk, and getting a record deal to record a demo. The one robbers is holding his acoustic guitar, and they start talking about it robbing more buses, and they start singing about it.

Now in the evening where Getraer is now at home examing his beautiful polished rock collection until he hears someone knocking at the door. Getraer now decides to get out of his easy chair, and answers it. Getraer is now really happy when the female stranger knocking at the door turns out to be Bonnie all dressed up in purple wearing a pair of stiletto heels. Bonnie now tells Getraer about her not coming in next week. Getraer now invites Bonnie inside then starts talking about Betty and her art class, and offers to get Bonnie anything. Bonnie now mentions Coffee just fine. Getraer now gives Bonnie a cup of coffee. Bonnie now talking a quitting at the end of the year. Getraer now talking to Bonnie about calling him, and about hearing voices. Bonnie now starts talking about being madly in love. Getraer knows about the dirt track racer. Getraer now starts giving advice, and talking about being a geocitites.

The next morning people are walking on the hollywood walk of fame. The van full of the three robbers is driving by on that exact same street. One of the robbers notices a bus to rob today. Now on the bus where the female tour guide is talking about the hollywood walk of fame. The men now decide to hold up the bus, and rob it. The bus now runs over a motorcycle. Turner now tells Jon about a hit and run hollywood tour bus. Ponch and Jon arrive with an upset female tour guide. Ponch and Jon now find a stolen Oldsmobile abandon in the parking lot. The three robbers are now laughing.

Now back at central where Getraer is now giving a briefing about the robbery on the burglars. Getraer now wants survilance training for the officers. Grossie now starts talking about Crazy Ray which makes Bonnie pretty upset at them. Getraer now gives advices about staying out the way.

Guest Stars

• Paul Nicholas as Malcolm
• John Lisbon Wood as Dave
• John McCook as Crazy Ray Conner

Crew

• Produced by: Cy Chermak
• Written by: John Huff and L. Ford Neale
• Directed by: Gordon Hessler
• Executive Consultant: Rick Rosner
• Locations by: Cinemobile Systems
• 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

There actually is a Marion County in Iowa. The county seat is Knoxville, where there is a short track race track. Other cities in Marion Country are Pella, and Melcher-Dallas.

Marion County is in the central part of Iowa, about 38 miles from Des Moines.

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Preceded by: "The Strippers"

Thrill Show 322

Followed by: "Nightingale"