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CHiPs (1977)

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Hitch-Hiking Hitch

CHiPs

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Continuity

When Ponch and Jon are at roll call near the end of the episode, their helmets are on the tabletop in front of them, yet when they go out to their motorcycles, their helmets are resting on the handlebars of their motorcycles.
When the land-sail is running down the freeway you can see a small lawn-mower type of engine attached at the right rear is what is keeping the sail going, but when the sail stops it's gone or not visible.
When Baker is explaining the plan to the patrol officer on the radio, he is speaking into his microphone but when the patrol officer replies, the shot changes to the speaker on the bike with the microphone clipped along side it.

Factual errors

While it's possible that a man might be able to move a Volkswagen Beetle the way the deliveryman does, it's definitely not possible that he could lift the motorcycles so easily. Even without fuel, a Kawasaki Z1-P weighs more than 500 pounds.

Revealing mistakes

When Jon is talking to Baricza on the radio during the runaway truck scene the camera scrolls down and you can see the mic still attached to the side of the radio even though Jon still has the mic in his hand.
In the land sailing scene, there is no wind in the vehicle's sail, so it is not being powered by the wind, it is merely rolling downhill or it has been pushed or pulled.

Character error

Outside of the restaurant Getraer tells the big man to move Jon and Ponch's motorcycles back to where he had moved them from. A real police Sergeant would not have done this since the man could have injured himself and then the Dept. would have been subject to a lawsuit. And on top of that, Getraer, Ponch, and Jon all seemed to be oblivious to the fact that the cars in front of the restaurant were parked illegally in a no parking zone.
When Getraer arrives at the diner where Ponch and Jon are eating, he is wearing his motorcycle helmet even though he's driving a CHP cruiser. It was recommended by the department on rainy days for officers to wear their helmet (Motor or riot) because they would stay dry.

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