Trained for Trouble
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| Trained for Trouble | |
| Episode # | 523 |
| Air Date | April 4, 1982 |
| Briefing | ? |
Brief Plot
A guy teaches his animals to rob banks. A new stripper at Chippendales, who performs as a CHP motorcycle cop, bears a striking resemblance to Ponch, and just about every woman in LA seems to think that Ponch is the mystery stripper. A guy called Herzog keeps claiming he committed robberies that he reads about in newspapers.
Plot
Guest Stars
- Don Stroud as Lou Poole
- Belinda Montgomery as Elaine Price
- Dan Hedeya as Herzog
- Frank Aletter as Dr. Johnson
- Nita Talbot as Nita
- Paul Linke as Grossman
- Lou Wagner as Harlan
Co-Starring
- Brodie Greer as Baricza
- Michael Dorn as Turner
- Jo Anna Lehmann as Nurse
- Carole Wyand as Sharon
- John Macchia as Farren
- Terri Hanauer as Cynthia
- Richard Reicheg as Bank Manager
Featuring
- Angelo Bernardi as Officer Richard
- Richard Charles Barsh as Emcee
- Chrissy Kellogg as Blonde
- Marty Davis as Wino
- Scott Dimalante as Doorman
- Debbie Anthony as Bank Teller
- Randi Oakes as Bonnie Clark
Crew
- Executive Producer: Cy Chermak
- Producer: Paul Rabwin
- Story Supervisor: William D. Gordon
- Written By: Larry Alexander
- Directed By: Barry Crane
- 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: Albert P. Wilson A.C.E.
- Unit Production Manager: Donald Gold
- First Assistant Director: Steven P. saeta
- Second Assistant Director: Leslie L. Jackson
- Script Supervisor: Jack Gannon
- 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: Bill L. Theobald
- Sound Editor: Edward M. Osborne
- 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 Pervis armored car was last seen in the episode In the Best of Families.
- Don Stroud (Lou Poole) previously appeared as Sonny Matson in Crash Course in season 4.
- Belinda Montgomery (Elaine Price) is probably best known as the mother of Doogie Howser M.D.. She also played Sonny Crockett's ex-wife in Miami Vice.
- Dan Hedeya (Herzog) played Carla's sleazy ex-husband Nick Tortelli in Cheers and its spin-off The Tortellis.
- When Bonnie visited Chippendales in Alarmed, she described the female mud wrestling as "vulgar, demeaning and debasing". Apparently seeing men strip off at the same venue is different, as she tells Grossman when he questions her about the show she's going to: "... because the striptease dancers are men? Big deal Grossie. Welcome to the 1980s."
- Chippendales opened in 1979 at a club that had been a disco called Destiny II. Originally it was a nightclub with female mud wrestling before becoming synonymous with male strippers. Located at 3739 Overland Avenue, the building is now an adult daycare center.
Mistakes
- The guy with the dog on the motorbike rides up and down the same bits of Griffith Park Drive, but it's shot from different angles to make it look like a continuous road.
- The scene where Lou Poole crashes his pickup was filmed in daylight, but the part where he's pulled out of the flaming wreck was obviously filmed at night.
| Preceded by: "A Threat of War" |
Trained for Trouble 523 |
Followed by: "Ice Cream Man" |