Product Details

• Actors: Robert Pine, Larry Wilcox
• Directors: Charles Bail, Phil Bondelli, Nicholas Colasanto, Richard A. Colla, John Florea
• Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Subtitled, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 1.0)
• Subtitles: Spanish, Portuguese
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 6
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Turner Home Ent
• DVD Release Date: June 5, 2007
• Run Time: 1056 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (112 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005JO3Z
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #13,326 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• Learn more about "CHiPs: The Complete First Season" on IMDb

Editorial Reviews

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Country boy Larry Wilcox got first billing, but Erik Estrada was the breakaway star of CHiPs, the popular late 1970s show about California highway patrolmen. With his blindingly white teeth, tight shirts, tighter pants, and exquisite '70s hair (which always emerged from under his helmet perfectly coifed), Estrada transformed his struggling career of playing hoodlums into becoming one of television's first Latino heroes--Frank "Ponch" Poncharello--and a skyrocketing sex symbol as well. CHiPs is basically Adam-12 on motorcycles. Ponch may have been a hothead, but there's not a hint that these cops are anything but perfectly upright and earnest in their duties--a far cry from The Shield or The Wire! Ponch and Jon Baker (Wilcox) cruise all over the southern California freeway system, grappling with car thieves, clearing away overturned trucks, and pulling beautiful girls out of car accidents. Every episode has at least one high-speed chase and just about every episode features Ponch hitting on a woman with gloriously feathered hair; watching episode after episode may feel a bit repetitive, but there's no denying that the stories are efficiently laid out and crisply executed. Foiling crime and rescuing lost dogs was the show's meat and potatoes, but the dessert was preposterousness like Ponch competing with a squad of middle-aged housewives on a game show or chasing after spilled chickens. The extras on CHiPs: The Complete First Season are meager, but many episodes feature introductions by Estrada, who's gained some weight but lost none of his cocksure charm. --Bret Fetzer

Product Description

Where the rubber meets the road and the bad guys meet the badge -- that's where you'll find California Highway Patrol motorcycle officers Jon (Larry Wilcox) and Ponch (Erik Estrada). Set in the sun-drenched sprawl of Los Angeles, CHiPs combines action, heroics and fun in 22 Season One episodes whose event-packed storylines range from freeway gridlock (let's use a circus elephant to tow that broken-axled truck!) to wild roadway pursuits (who's that beautiful woman lead-footing a Rolls Royce?), from spilled onions (crying time, fellas) to pure venom (an overturned van loaded with...sssnakes!). Attention all units: Report now for arresting entertainment!

DVD Features:
Introduction:Introduction and Trivai Tidbits with Erik Estrada on select episodes.
Introduction:Introduction and Trivia Facts on select episodes by Erik Estrada.
Introduction:Introduction and Trivia Facts on select episodes by Erik Estrada.
Introduction:Introduction and Trivia Facts on select episodes by Erik Estrada.
Introduction:Introduction and Trivia Facts on select episodes by Erik Estrada.
Featurette:The Ride Out of Spanish Harlem: A Retrospective Featurette with Erik Estrada
Introduction:Introduction and Trivia Facts on select episodes by Erik Estrada.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

65 of 71 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars One of My Favorite Shows, 5 Stars for a very Exciting Show May 31, 2005

By Metch

Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase

I really love this show, it is one of my favorite Police Drama Shows.
Fisrt telecasted on September 15th, 1977 until July 17th, 1983 for a total of 6 seasons which I hope will be released very shortly.
"CHiPs" was one of the best 30 TV shows by audience size reaching 18th on the Sept/1979 - April/1980 season with a percentage of 21.5% of all homes that had a TV were tuned to this show, and for your information the # 1 TV show was "60 Minutes" which had a percentage of 28.4%, only 6.9% difference.

The cast were:
*Officer Jon Baker(1977-1982).........Larry Wilcox
*Officer Frank "Ponch" Poncherello....Erik Estrada
*Sgt. Joe Getraer.....................Robert Pine
*Officer Gene Fritz(1977-1981)........Lew Saunders
*Officer Baricza(1977-1982)...........Brodie Greer
*Officer Sindy Cahill(1978-1979)......Brianne Leary
*Harlan(1978-1983)....................Lou Wagner
*Officer Grossman.....................Paul Linke
*Officer Bonnie Clark(1979-1982)......Randi Oakes
*Officer Turner(1980-1982)............Michael Dorn
*Officer Bobby Nelson(1982-1983)......Tom Reilly
*Officer Kathy Linahan(1982-1983).....Tina Gayle
*Cadet Bruce Nelson(1982-1983)........Bruce Penhall
*Officer Webster(1982-1983)...........Clarence Gilyard,Jr.

The First season consisted of 22 episodes and they are as follows:

01- Pilot 9/15/1977
02- Undertow 9/22/1977
03- Dog Gone 9/29/1977
04- Moving Violation 10/13/1977
05- Career Day 10/20/1977
06- Baby Food 10/27/1977
07- Taking Its Toll 11/3/1977
08- Green Thumb Burglar 11/10/1977
09- Hustle 11/24/1977
10- Highway Robbery 12/1/1977
11- Name Your Price 12/8/1977
12- Aweigh We Go 12/22/1977
13- One Two Many 1/5/1978
14- Rustling 1/12/1978
15- Surf's Up 1/19/1978
16- Vintage '54 1/26/1978
17- Hitch-Hiking Hitch 2/9/1978
18- Cry Wolf 2/16/1978
19- Crash Diet 2/23/1978
20- Rainy Day 3/2/1978
21- Crack-Up 3/9/1978
22- Flashback! 4/1/1978

I think this show deserve to be released season wise do to the fact that it is better than many shows being released.

As the first season is being released soon I hope that all the following 5 seasons will be released shortly after. THANKS :)

34 of 40 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Can't wait for this to hit dvd May 3, 2005

By Nightwing's Fan VINE™ VOICE

Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase

CHips was one of the coolest shows on tv from the 70's = it featured, the in vogue chemistry of the time, two good-looking guys=one blond, one brunette, (for reference-look to dukes of hazzard & starskey & hutch) who worked together as cops on motorcycles catching the bad guys and featured another kool thing in 70's tv shows= awesome car chases!! the stories were good and was fun too watch (can't say that about the tv that's on today=where we are saturated with no-shame "reality" tv with no story or originality to back it up to be considered a quality visual artform). With having charlies angels, dukes, wonder woman, the hulk and Starskey & Hutch on dvd==Chips is the final great 70's tv show to make it to DVD!!!

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars One of my all time favorites! August 13, 2005

By Dan M.

Format:DVD

I am really really hoping that this series comes out on dvd because I enjoyed watching this show because of all the stunts and older cars.The stunts which in my mind,do rival the stunts in Dukes of Hazzard, my other all time favorite. I cannot stress enough that they need to put this series out on dvd! If they can put 4 seasons of the dukes of hazzard out then they should definetly sell this series! After all it was already said that CHiPs was a very popular show!