The Roller Disco Karate Kaper Season 2 Episode 14, was an episode of The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo that aired on Apr 28, 1981. Lobo was a spin-off of B.J. and the Bear on NBC and ran from September 18, 1979 to May 5, 1981.
Summary[edit]
Season 02, Episode 14: Perkins stumbles into a kidnap-blackmail plot while picking up the Chinese take-out. The head of a corrupt charity is holding hostage the brother of its former bookkeeper who has proof of embezzlement. Freeing the prisoner won't be easy with a karate-chopping bodyguard in the way.
Appearances[edit]
We are interested in this episode because it features a number of our Japanfornia All-Stars, including:
- Helen Funai as Miss Cummings
- Pat Morita as Cummings' Assistant
- Ed Parker as Tanaka
- James Saito as Steven Chiu
- Harold Sakata as Ku Long
The other show on air that night were:
- [CBS 8:00] It's Magic, Charlie Brown [special]
W: Charles M. Schulz D: Phil Roman
With Michael Mandy, Rocky Reilly, Brent Hauer, Casey Carlson, Christopher Donohoe, Shannon Cohn, Sydney Penny, Cindi Reilly.
Snoopy bills himself as "The Great Houndini" and puts on a magic show for the Peanuts gang, in which he manages to rearrange Peppermint Patty, destroy Linus' security blanket and make Charlie Brown invisible.
- [ABC 8:00] Happy Days [Reg]: Dreams Can Come True
Season 8, episode 3; W: Ria Nepus D: Jerry Paris
With Lyle Waggoner (Bobby Burns), Michael Prince (Mr. Korrigan), Jean Byron (Mrs. Korrigan), Brad Blaisdell (Lou), Patricia Lentz (Emily Sitts), Kathryn Fuller (Helen Hanley).
Richie, now in the Army and stationed in Greenland, sends a letter asking Lori Beth to marry him. Marion appears on the game show "Queen For a Day" to win the money for the travel costs. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/25/1980)
- [NBC 8:00] The Misadventures Of Sheriff Lobo [Reg]: The Roller Disco Karate Kaper
Season 2, episode 14; W: Frank Lupo, Mark Jones D: Sidney Hayers
With Harold Sakata (Ku Long), James Saito (Steven Chiu), Pat Morita (Assistant), Helen Funai (Miss Cummings), Rosalind Chao (Leslie Chiu), Alvin Young (Soo), Ed Parker (Tanaka), Dudley Knight (George), Nathan Jung (Kahuna).
Lobo and his men face karate-trained killers when they investigate a fraudulent charity operation.
- [CBS 8:30] Puff The Magic Dragon [special]
W: Romeo Muller D: Charles Swenson, Fred Wolf
With Burgess Meredith, Philip Tanzini, Regis Cordic, Frank Nelson, Peter Yarrow, Robert Ridgely, Maitzi Morgan, Charles Woolf.
Based on Peter Yarrow's popular 1963 song, a magic dragon helps a young boy face the trials and tribulations of growing up. (Repeat program)
- [ABC 8:30] Laverne & Shirley [Reg]: The Road To Burbank
Season 6, episode 8; W: Jeff Franklin D: Frank Alesia
With Becky Gonzalez (Rosita), Larry Gelman (Chuck Malone), Ed Marinaro (Sonny St. Jacques).
A hotel in Nevada is suing for damages caused by Laverne and Shirley and the boys while en route to California, and everyone has a different version of what actually happened. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/13/1981)