![]() and ‘holographic cop’ Chuck Wagner, who, as a computer program, can assume the form of anything from a car to a helicopter, and you’ve got what really ought to have been a hit. Take the basic idea behind TRON, flip it a bit, add a healthy dose of Dezi Arnaz, Jr. The finale in ’83 is largely considered to be the most watched TV program in American History. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire… The A-Team.”Īn allegory about the Vietnam War as much as it was about the Korean Conflict, M*A*S*H was based on many true exploits of military surgeons and doctors told to the crew during production of both the ’68 movie classic and this popular TV series. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune. These men promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. (1980-1988)ĭogs named Zeus and Apollo, an Ex-British Army Sergeant Major named Higgins, T.C., Rick, a kick-ass Ferrari, and a ton of smokin’ hot chicks? Damn, was there any room for a Helicopter? Yep, and for Captain Mustache: Tom Selleck, too!Īside from the fact that helicopters made frequent appearances on the show, this is all you need to know: “(Ten years ago / In 1972), a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn’t commit. Strangely, this is the only one on the list I couldn’t drum up an opening theme for, so this was the best I could do. Oh, and Rio is the calm, cool, and collected Lorenzo Lamas. Working directly with the State Department, they fly around righting wrongs, helping those in need, and doing good deeds. Rio and Wiley: Two undercover agents operating all hush-hush for Latin America’s secret flying division, ‘Air America’. ![]() But for the most part, each of these past TV shows (nearly all 70’s and 80’s) were all about the Heli’s, whirlybirds, Huey’s, and choppers. And yes, I managed to scrape together quite the collection of shows where helicopters play major rolls. There, I took the liberty of un-confusing the lot of you by asking likely the same questions you’re all asking. Helicopters? Seriously? There were enough TV shows revolving around or pertaining to the use of helicopters to make a ‘list’ of them? Whatever you say, Mr. So we must be talking about guys wielding knives, right? Oh cool! Then we can have the Iron Chef guys, maybe Dexter… What? Still not right. Well that’s easy, you’ve got American Chopper, um, CHiPs, uh…help me out here.
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