Editing Roller Disco Karate Kaper (The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo)

'''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==

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==

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)



[[Category: Television]]
[[Category: TV Episodes]]
[[Category: The 1980s]]
[[Category: 1981.04]]
[[Category: All Asians Know Martial Arts]]