Ice Cream Man

Ice Cream Man
Episode #	524
Air Date	April 18, 1982
Briefing	?

Title screen

Brief Plot

Tom, an ex-CHP officer who's just got out of jail, helps Bonnie when her cruiser is rammed by a stolen truck. He's working as an ice cream man as a way to see his son, who thinks he's dead. Jon and Ponch suspect he may be back in touch with his old criminal friends. Harlan has a problem with a skunk in his workshop.

Guest Stars

• Robert Walker as Tom
• Karen Jennings as Rachel
• James Wainwright as Reno Hale
• Paul Linke as Grossman
• Lou Wagner as Harlan

Co-Starring

• Brodie Greer as Baricza
• Michael Dorn as Turner
• Noah Hathaway as Tommy
• Eddy C. Dyer as Foreman
• Burke Byrnes as Vin
• Hunter Von Leer as Marv Speller

Featuring

• Vanna Bonta as Secretary
• David Friedman as Butchy
• Randi Oakes as Bonnie Clark

Crew

• Executive Producer: Cy Chermak
• Producer: Paul Rabwin
• Story Supervisor: William D. Gordon
• Written By: William Douglas Lansford
• Directed By: Leslie H. Martinson
• Executive Consultant: Rick Rosner
• Story Editors: L. Ford Neale & John Huff
• Executive 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: Denny Salvaryn
• Second Assistant Director: Leslie L. Jackson
• Script Supervisor: Bob Gary
• Set Decorator: W. Joseph Kroesser
• Production Consultant: Dave McDannel
• 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., Walter T. Schenck
• Hair Stylist: Don Lynch
• Assistant Editor: Darrell Dean Upshaw
• Sound Editor: Mark Dennis
• Music Editor: Jan Gershkoff
• Casting: Cathy Henderson, Barbara Hanley
• 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

• The opening crash was filmed on South Avalon Boulevard. View in Google Maps
• When the VW was hit by the crooks' car it was parked outside 1403 West 17th Street. View in Google Maps

Mistakes

• Harlan's workshop has been transformed into a much larger garage that looks nothing like his usual one, but no explanation is given.
• The runaway VW starts on West 17th Street, and passes Jon and Ponch at South Patton Avenue. It then jumps back to the top of the hill on West 19th Street. Just before Ponch climbs aboard, it jumps about 100 yards back up the hill. Ponch finally stops the VW just before South Walker Avenue, but the shot where he's hanging off the door was filmed on a flat street with a large brick building behind - there's no building like that in the area.

Preceded by: "Trained for Trouble"

Ice Cream Man 524

Followed by: "Overload"