the roller disco episodes have always been, hands-down, my favorite episodes of CHiPs. somehow i thought it was just one long episode – i had forgotten it was a two-parter. i love that they are doing the Soul Train style line in that clip.
wasn’t this the same episode where the little kid stole something and in order to escape he hitched onto the back bumper of some old lady’s station wagon, and Ponch & John had to go rescue him when the lady pulled onto the highway with him in tow?
and also, i think this is the one where some hip lady was also stealing from people, and for her getaways she had skates where the wheels popped out of the heels of her thick 70s clogs. i swear like the week this aired, some girl in our class showed up at school with those same shoes, and we thought she was the coolest person in the school.
EDIT: in reading the plot, i think this IS all in the same episode – part 1, even. and what isn’t even mentioned in the original post is that this episode also includes (of course!) Leif Garrett!
