Frank Poncherello's Disco Dance Extravaganza! - CHiPs

Legendary California Highway Patrol officer Frank "Ponch" Poncherello holds court as he burns up the disco dance floor with the sexiest moves available in 1978. Plenty of worm-eye crotch-centered camera angles to make you drool! From Season 2 Episode 1 - "Peaks And Valleys". Plot point: The pregnant woman at 0:31 goes into labor. [Not featured in this clip.] Ponch subdues his disco madness and he and Jon deliver the baby in record time. It's a boy, of course...
One of the commenters on the video, PolskaRezystans, believes that this was filmed at a discoteque called Osko's on La Cienega Blvd in Los Angeles.
This blog has some info on the various incarnations of the joint:
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[@DJBL1Ss]

The DJ, on the right, is my Dad!! The resident DJ at Chippendale's, circa 1970's-1981.

[@LiamTheGreat]

I love how the crowd are "oohing" and "aahing" at Ponch's moves, while Larry Wilcox sits at the sidelines like "You son of a bitch!"

[@theeyeinthesky3854]

Real TV series,real people,real locations,real actors.can't get enough of 70s and 80s TV series.the best.

[@DERedhead65]

God he was Beautifull... still looks the same just "older" of course... and this gal in the purple was his real life "then" girlfriend, Cathy something... I forget. ~~ never missed and episode of CHiPs and Ponch aka Erik Estrada covered my bedroom walls... ** memories of an adolescent girl... I'm 45 now lol.

[@PolskaRezystans]

Yeah, this was a real disco in Los Angeles called "Osko's". It was on La Cienega Boulevard.

[@AmanCreatesArt]

Werk! Ponch is serving so much face and living for all of it!!!

[@cinderellaman7x]

Poor John...forced to wear his college sweater in that hot club, while Ponch gets full open shirt treatment. At first it looked like John maybe took off with that chick but no...he is just sitting there glumly watching Ponch have all the fun.

[@dawnstone205]

Like the way John is watching him dance.

[@mikemurphy3820]

Has this MAN appeared on Dancing with the Stars? If not I have one question...why in the HELL not?!

[@gregoryagogo]

OMG, that couch and that carpet...

[@daveth121864]

That is so awesome. We all have so much to learn from Ponch. He's like a disco dancing guru for the ages. The best part is that the music will never go out of style. Because it was never in style.

[@Aleowiciuos]

You fail to show the best part where Ponch delivers the baby and the DJ then gives him a big hand.

[@ZRATAN69]

Poor Jon, always left behind....

[@stoeger40]

This is great! Still love this show!

[@jhcLaurie]

As cheesey as this could be, it's actually not - it's smokin' hot! Lol - love it! x x

[@hobdecj]

Look at Larry Wilcox at 1:25 you can almost tell waht he's thinking "Estrada you goddam premadonna!"

[@johnnyrockstar7092]

looks so funny to see this but got to real .i dont remember much i was just a kid but i have an uncle who could dance like this a i remember him holding me before he would go to clubs omg the storys he has told me must have been a magic time to be alive and in your 20s.

[@rpasampaio]

Poncherello burning the disco out!!!!!

[@toservemen]

Ponch owns that club.

[@kittyfleas]

the expressions he gets are hilarious

[@johnrenteria75]

that's the same disco club used in Thank God its Friday and an episode of Wonder Woman ..

[@cindyschnackel9133]

Burned into my mind forever!

[@capriscutecreations]

He stole Travola's moves LOL

[@angryscowl]

the late 70s early 80s.......the best....whats up with Johns sweater ?

[@jennicase]

I like how the lady had her baby smack dab in the middle of the dance floor.

[@CC927]

Latino men are the best dancers.

[@musicmusic65]

That's the Disco from the movie "Thank God It's Friday"

[@BasqueNYC]

Jeez pretty odd couches for a club it's like going to some old fuckers house,but it was the 70s and funny thing is my parents had furniture similar to that in the late 70s lol

[@KatherineKramer]

Disco--sanitized for the masses.

[@DavisM6512]

Awesome....plain and simple.

[@Attmay]

0:06: At first I thought that was Charlotte Rae.

[@dvader4731]

Lol my boy getting down lol

[@daniellugo6113]

Ponch el mejorrr

[@GREGDISCO]

Filmed at THE ZOO - the disco where they made THANK GOD IT'S FRIDAY!!!

[@89DrFunk]

I bet Ponch had to go everywhere in Hollywood with a baseball bat to keep the ladies away from him. I bet he has some great off camera stories. Ponch look like a cool dude to hang out with.

[@TheMashwatcher585]

Donnie and Marie should be in there somewhere

[@YDesdevises]

I'll do that next time I go clubbing...see if it works.

[@jfryza]

Good luck!

[@eao24]

How hard do Estrada's people pitch Dancing With the Stars every season?

[@GamesGeek-qv7zq]

the wink and the gun will always be cool

[@erinmsomers]

where is the cocaine at?? I know in a disco joint in the late 70's there would have been a mound of it some place

[@RoninDave]

John Travo-who?

[@JENDALL714]

He looks like Fez from That 70's show.

[@4841253]

Ponch is hot!!!!!!!!!

[@clipobserver]

He's got the moves like Jagger, He's got the moves like Jagger.

[@sledzeppelin]

Poor awkward Jon.

[@jfryza]

He does have the hotter chick though.

[@TheWendolGuild]

dancing with the stars aint got shit on ponch

[@earlorr69]

same disco in thank god its friday

[@sierria64]

@DavisM6512 but i will say that estrada was fine ass hell

[@CelestialStarBoom]

omg

[@Subatomic1000]

Let's hear it for cocaine!

[@calabrisella122]

Badge Bunnies

[@mws755]

John eat your heart out. I don't mean Jon Baker either hahaha

[@sierria64]

@russofamerica ERIC WAS FINE BROWN BROTHER ... I LOVED HIM AS A 13 YEAR OLD

[@Tamilyn313]

Baahaahaa!!!!!

[@cfx5000]

Hahaaahhaaaaaajaa!

[@BasqueNYC]

This is cringe worthy but still makes me laff so hard

[@ZyllAvatar]

This is the same disco set from the movie 'Thank God its Friday' with Donna Summer

[@CC927]

From which episode is this scene?

[@russofamerica]

Please see the video description.

[@CC927]

Thanks.

[@sierria64]

Man brown bro man u Eric..um roll that shit

[@MichaelHansenFUN]

i remember a woman collapses on the floor...

[@BigScriv]

WHO MAD THAT SONG??????

[@russofamerica]

Alan Silvestri composed the music for the series.

[@BigScriv]

***** cool thanks

[@sierria64]

Cocaine is a hell of a drug...

[@Ziebenator63-jj9ej]

REALLY????

[@mic187x2]

To russofamerica. You'd have to know about theGMS Israelites and a leader was to have said travolta is an Israelite. Which is absurd . Also u know that Wilcox left the show due to his jealousy and hatred for Estrada. Larry should've said I hate that a brown man is more popular than I. That would've been correct and honest.

[@sierria64]

he just needs to stop ... dam he cant dance