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* Just like the first race in [[Destruction Derby]] (also at Ascot Park),  Ponch's name gets mentioned by the commentator far more during the Sprint car race than any other competitor.
* Just like the first race in [[Destruction Derby]] (also at Ascot Park),  Ponch's name gets mentioned by the commentator far more during the Sprint car race than any other competitor.
* George Lindsey (Wayne Cato) is probably best known for playing Goober Pyle in ''The Andy Griffith Show'' and its spin-off, ''Mayberry R.F.D.''
* George Lindsey (Wayne Cato) is probably best known for playing Goober Pyle in ''The Andy Griffith Show'' and its spin-off, ''Mayberry R.F.D.''
* The park that Jon follows the thieves through during the final chase is MacArthur Park. They enter at the eastern corner at South Alvarado and 6th, go around south of the lake, and come out onto South Park View Street at Wilshire where Jon halts the chase. [http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=34.060068,-118.279248&spn=0.001354,0.004128&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=34.059973,-118.27931&panoid=UulbDaZeOabV4UXgjMNaFg&cbp=12,218.16,,0,-0.47 View in Google Maps]


==Mistakes==
==Mistakes==

Revision as of 08:21, 1 July 2013

Bright Flashes
Episode # 515
Air Date January 17, 1982
Briefing Lasers (by Scotty)
Title screen

Brief Plot

A pair of thieves use a laser to blind their victims before committing robberies. One of the witnesses is Wayne Cato, a cowboy actor and boyhood hero of Jon, but he's reluctant to come forward with information.

Plot

Guest Stars

Co-Starring

Featuring

Crew

Fun Facts

  • Just like the first race in Destruction Derby (also at Ascot Park), Ponch's name gets mentioned by the commentator far more during the Sprint car race than any other competitor.
  • George Lindsey (Wayne Cato) is probably best known for playing Goober Pyle in The Andy Griffith Show and its spin-off, Mayberry R.F.D.
  • The park that Jon follows the thieves through during the final chase is MacArthur Park. They enter at the eastern corner at South Alvarado and 6th, go around south of the lake, and come out onto South Park View Street at Wilshire where Jon halts the chase. View in Google Maps

Mistakes

  • When Bonnie and the DMV cashier are robbed, the laser beams come from an angle that's too low to be from a van across the street.



Preceded by:
"Tiger in the Streets"
Bright Flashes
515
Followed by:
"Battle of the Bands"