CHiPs Are Back – Sorta
The twin Kawasaki 1000’s are back patrolling the California Highway system with the recent announcement that a new feature film version of the “classic” late 1970s television series “CHiPs” is getting the revival treatment from Hollywood. Originally starring Erik Estrada as Francis “Ponch” Poncherello and Larry Wilcox as Jonathan “Jon” Baker, two California Highway Patrol motorcycle officers who would cruise the California highways for criminals and emergencies and sometimes, babes, the new film version will be more hard-edged and star Michael Pena in the Wilcox role as Baker with Estrada’s role to be filled by Dax Shepard.
“CHiPs” originally aired from 1977-83 and the film version is expected to release in 2016.