All CHiPs Intros (1977-1998) - Remastered

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These are the intros from CHiPs Seasons 1-6 (1977-1983) and CHiPs '99. This video is a re-upload of one of my videos because the quality of the old one was not high enough. I hope you enjoy this version with higher quality and remastered audio.

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

Timestamps: Season 1, episode 1: 0:00 Season 1, episode 2: 2:07 Season 2, episode 1: 3:17 Season 6, episode 1: 4:32 Season 6, episode 16: 5:41 CHiPS '99: 6:50

[@nataliefells7031]

I. The. Ones. With, ponch. And. Bobby. Nelson. Jon is. Okay

[@InFltSvc]

I want to go back and do it all over ....The 70’s and 80’s were my decades and they were the best years of my life. America was absolutely a different place back then. It was still a treat then to get 30 cents from mom and walk uptown to the gas station to get a Coca-Cola or Pepsi or to the ice cream shop and get a CMP ice cream. We truly did not lock our doors and stayed out till after dark with our bikes and on Halloween we all went trick-or-treating without our parents at night in the cold and it was great fun.. In the summer we played outside all day and all night, The only way my mom got us home to eat was a big brass bell she had outside the sliding glass doors that she would ring to get out attention to come home for dinner. I remember wonderful 4th of July celebrations when mom took us to the ball park and we laid on blankets to watch the fireworks. And of course Christmas and even though it was tuff for my mom raising us she always made sure we had a great holiday . Even Easter was special in America back then... as we get older we started to go see the movies and we really did have the best movies. ( Jaws, Close Encounters, , Raiders of the lost Ark, James bond, Star Wars, Star Trek, Aliens, Predator, planet of the apes, E.T, The terminator, The goonies, Friday the 13th, Batman, Back to the future . ...To name a few.....The TV show line up on the networks were fabulous ( this was before you got 500 channels like you do today and still nothing on is good) we had Dallas, knots Landing, Falcon crest, laverne and Shirley, happy days, WKRP in Cincinnati, cheers, mash, The Waltons, Little house on the prairie, Star Trek, Lost in space and many more. And every night of the week a network would compete and have for example, Monday night at the movies! Tuesday night at the movies and they would show a major movie release. we had real holidays were we all got together and enjoyed each other’s company. We had great stores that are all but gone now in 2023 and great movie theaters and of course the MALLS! It was not the 80’s without a Mall. My very first few jobs were at the mall. First Macdonald’s and then The Gap!. Yes sir those days were GREAT! and I am very lucky to have lived them .... today I don’t even see kids outside and everyone is in fear for saftey from crazy people.... I do not recognize America anymore. God Bless us all ! (If you can even say that anymore)

[@VictoriaBenitez-i4r]

❤😂🎉😢😮😅❤😂🎉😢😮😅❤😂🎉😢😮😅❤😂🎉😢😮😅​@@InFltSvc

[@spaced4448]

Exactly the same here in England. Great Times.

[@cinsationalcinema1776]

Season 2 had the best music. That bass line is on fire. Better call the guys from Emergency to put it out.

[@grey_thegeek673]

True

[@code3wnc944]

Uh 10-4, engine 51 kmg 365 (dispatcher in the background noise) 10-4 engine 51 LA clear kme 896

[@dh6893]

You just made my day with that comment.

[@MrCraigblaze]

@@code3wnc944 How many times did Bobby it wrong during the last season of the show ?? XD

[@jbass831]

That bass player is none other than the great Abraham Laboriel. Look him up he is truly the best in my opinion.

[@Mattblaze1477]

Watching the intro to CHiPS is like having 1977 directly injected into your veins.

[@Dragnmastralex]

every time I rode my bike as a kid... I would hum this theme... even when I was an adult and got my first motorcycle... yup you guessed it... theme.

[@sh2362]

It's a great theme song. I didn't realize there were multiple inrtros. I like the third intro. This played when I was in the 7th grade!

[@DF-rx5mg]

Lol!!! Same here!!!

[@Anth230]

Haha....too funny.

[@emteebee1872]

I taped a card so it makes a “motor” sound when the spokes hit it. I was in kindergarten in 1978.

[@MrRjnr]

😁

[@PetethePackman]

Season 2's intro will always be the one I remember most!

[@Simon-fr4ts]

Yes, nothing beats it. Goosebumps still at 51!

[@rstyeast73]

I agree. That's the version of the theme that I'm familiar with. I don't think that I got to see the first season episodes until I saw them on TBS when I was in high school back in 1988.

[@dalebachman2892]

For me it was season one. Not just for opening tiltle music but for the show ender (with the small pauses in the action) music as well.

[@3847CAK]

Watching this show as kid totally inspired me to become a Highwat Patrol officer. Thank you CHIPs!

[@brianreardon7700]

I think we had the greatest tv shows of all time when we were kids.. i don’t think I ever missed an episode of chips

[@wandmayeslupik6302]

Jazz, funk, slap bass. Disco, big band, synthesizer All in one......the best theme songs from 1980s..late 70s shows....

[@porscheoscar]

Chips, Dukes of Hazzard, Love Boat, Fantasy Island. This was the Netflix binge of the 1970s.

[@mgrella63]

3:16 Best Version!!! Love it Im a car nut I love watching these old shows for the cars in the background!!!

[@nickrenzo6285]

Same here man!!!

[@jediknightjairinaiki560]

Speaking of which, look how few cars were on the road during rush hour. Those were the days.

[@rickmontgomery3037]

I just noticed that car hauler at 1:15 ....my guess is those could be new cars from the Ford factory, great ones there! I see a sweet looking Lincoln Town Car (a.k.a. Continental Town Car), possibly with a Country Squire station wagon in front of it, then behind it looks like possibly a Ford Grenada, and in the front it looks like an Econoline van...can't really make out what the ones on the bottom are though except for possibly a Ford LTD...but what's strange is it looks like those cars don't have hub caps, so maybe they're not new, hard to tell (unless back then those were kept inside the car and added on later after they got to their dealerships)...

[@jackpow2004]

@@jediknightjairinaiki560 how do you know it’s rush hour.

[@jediknightjairinaiki560]

@@jackpow2004 Have you ever been to L A? It's ALWAYS rush hour in Los Angeles.

[@tichu7]

Ahhh, the days when LA traffic actually moved.

[@uflstallions_dynasty]

Back when it was actually a freeway

[@diapertommy]

- My favorite "Chips" intro theme starts at 3:16 . Very Disco-ish but I like it.!

[@LesiureBoy]

These bikes have aged well. Loved this show as a kid. Greatest memories! I'm 45 now.

[@marilynsgirl01]

I remember being little on vacation at the beach and having to race back to the room so I could watch. I loved Ponch 😂

[@RachJCullen]

Superb! Rewatching this now on Forces TV. Still as good as I remember and the BEST theme of any 70s show.

[@kevinvicedomini8745]

Me as well on episode 10 of season 5

[@TomO-jv7jb]

I love how they're able to have a casual conversation while riding motorcycles on the freeway. 1:33

[@erniewinn2415]

Back than the speed limit on the CA hwy was 55 mph but you drove 45 when you see a cop.

[@itsjemmabond]

My favourite episode is when Ponch's former high school principal recognised him after the latter pulled him over for speeding. He was surprised to see Ponch working as a highway patrol officer because he had held a reputation for causing trouble during his high school days, and the principal had wrongly predicted Ponch would never amount to anything. Ponch still gave him a speeding ticket, but the principal thought he was doing it out of spite.

[@The1SilverShadow]

yes iremember that one..one of my favourite episodes

[@-MPM-]

@itsjemmabond: - That pull-over was not for speeding. It was for wrong way-driving in an oneway street.

[@itsjemmabond]

@@-MPM- I stand corrected. But it's been years!

[@jamesculbertson1746]

Mr. Singleton! Didn’t he call Frank by his actual name? I think it was something like Francis Llewelyn Poncharello.

[@marilynsgirl01]

He kept calling him “Francis” and didn’t he have to go give a speech at the school?

[@lifeindarknessyt7573]

In fact, I love this version of the theme song so much that I had it as a ringtone on my phone at one point.

[@Tommy1977777]

First aired the exact day, month, and year of my birth!

[@sneakyquick]

I'm assuming being Erik Estrada in the seventies didn't suck.

[@floydjohnson7888]

Well, one of the most interesting "gotchas" of the years that followed was Estrada becoming a telenovela star. You could hear about a quarter of my high-school graduating class (late 1980s Northwest Indiana; they had at least one Spanish-speaking grandparent) smirking.

[@Biffo1262]

Suck!!! That's funny. Prior to CHiPs he was a porn star!

[@sbgoldma]

Brilliant 👍👍 Been watching this weekdays on Charge TV. Love the older ones

[@lobecosc]

I'm now addicted to the show.

[@Peter-tf7sr]

Me too Steve Goldman

[@paullane2481]

I'm watching the dvd box sets of chips and remembering my dream when I heard the theme of chips and thinking one day that be me and yes it came true . Poncho and Jon

[@marypluff3720]

Paul lane are you a police officer?

[@The1baddman]

Rest In Peace Mr Cy Chermak (Producer of CHiPs).

[@FIGNAS83]

Watching this gave me flashbacks

[@topofidahotravel]

Once you heard the disco music, it was gonna go down.

[@rgfotofilms212]

Tengo 59 años y fue mi serie favorita de los 70s, todos queríamos ser Poncherello o Baker, saludos desde Tucuman Argentina 2024

[@mrDmastr19]

1:45 today in 2020 that smile would of been filmed, put on KZbin, deemed sexual harassment, loss of a job, and a lawsuit.

[@SmallPersonRoo]

You're not wrong.

[@The1SilverShadow]

i would have said in court "Oh when Erik Estrada did it was chips but when i do it its lumpy potatoes "

[@74Spirit1]

Loved how they showed the different ways they controlled their motorcycles.

[@BlackAbe007]

At four years old, this, and the six million dollar Man defined me...

[@DurkMcGerk]

I loved this show as a kid. They did a great job suggesting that police weren't just road pirates. Times sure have changed now that everybody has a TV studio in their pocket and we can see how it really is.

[@floydjohnson7888]

It was only from a "Tonight Show" episode that I learned that Chris Pine of the J. J. Abrams "Star Trek" is the son of the guy who played Sgt. Gertraer in "CHiPs"

[@nadagoogoo4634]

I dont know why I needed to see this today, but thanks for having them all available in 1 place.

[@aidanamson8568]

Great show of the 70s. I grew up on CHiPs

[@amyholley4331]

Same here

[@pampatrader241]

Nice restauration! Well done audio and resolution

[@rdl4530]

Back when LA and California were awesome

[@jorgezarco9269]

The fresh smell of Robert Pine.

[@MrRjnr]

😆

[@SammyB562]

Magic Tree smelled like his boots.

[@joshuakline1435]

Downtown LA look revatively small with not many skyscrapers in 1977...then it expanded and became really really big by the 1990's

[@livhonestly]

I like the old chips better than the new chips but that bass is surely rockin!

[@Richard74205]

Not only with Season 6 they added Getraer, but on the opening credits, you finally got to see Grossy and Harlan's name on there. They were my favorites because they were the comic relief on that show.

[@josephtittle55]

What I like about the theme song is the skyscrapers of downtown Los Angeles. I went to Los Angeles in 2015.It is a beautiful city,and even got to see the Hollywood sign.

[@robertcarlosllenarizas6827]

The 80's still kicks up... guys...

[@ChrisXperince]

I have these guys inspired blanks and Copeland in police academy movies in the 80s

[@chrisabella624]

This show was my jam I loved chips, airwolf, fall guy these were the days

[@heidisierra1250]

I would still put out for Ponch

[@blablablabla4236]

The best intro to any sitcom

[@kiljoy3254]

Judging by their smiles I’d say they off to see that cool Star Wars movie they’ve heard so much about... gotta be

[@LegatusMortis]

Season 1 ep 2 is my favorite theme but I do love the strong bass on season 2 intro.

[@musicandfiction]

Abraham Laboriel. One of the best session bassists in the industry at the time.

[@allans7281]

The modern theme for chips was just so bad ass

[@Shooting-Journey-Guy-Mike]

My Road Glide's sound system is Bluetooth compatible and will play anything I have in my cell phone's library. Whenever I encounter a motorcycle cop, like at a stop light or whatever, I'll take a moment to call up a recording of the Season 1 intro and hit play as the light turns green, blasting it out on the bike's stereo system as I ride next to the guy for a couple of minutes. 100% giant ear-to-ear grin from every single motorcycle cop I've done this to. Every motorcycle cop loves CHiPs.

[@nickrenzo6285]

Weekdays on Charge TV!!!

[@DavidR-f6z]

And so began my love of motorcycles. I could hear this theme music every time I started my bike.

[@markcooper5595]

This program inspired me to join a neighbour hood watch scheme back in my home town when I was living in Leicester ….I’m pleased to say when I left, I left the organisation in very safe hands …great intro tune 👌🇬🇧

[@josephD32]

I was born in 77, so my early childhood, this was always a part of what we were watching on TV. Even after the show went off NBC, watched plenty of reruns on LA channel 5.

[@gac4477]

77 was a good year, I prefer Season 1's theme!

[@snoopypeanuts5364]

Aww man my childhood right there man. Great memories never missed n episode. Best music 🎶 bad azz intro!

[@TheTerryTunes]

The opening to season 2 is CHiPs to me. Whenever I heard those 6 1/2 beats just seconds before the theme begins I always knew CHiPs was on.

[@incredibleadventures1027]

I remember in 7th grade I had a huge disagreement with my friend because he didn't believe that there were different CHiPs theme songs! lol

[@frozenbeverage]

Absolutely love it!

[@jorgezarco9269]

A Toda Maquina 1977! The first season theme music sounds like "Me the Peaceful Heart". Alan Silvestri added the disco music to the season two theme.

[@simposayerman]

The very first theme tune reminded me of ‘Dynasty’ lol

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

The one used on the 2-hour pilot is even longer.

[@-MPM-]

- “CHiPs” was my favourite afternoon TV show in my teenage years! But my favourite intro is missing here in this video, because it was the theme of Season 3-5 with that great deep DRUMM-DRUMM-DRUMM-DRUMM-DRUMM-DRUMM-DRUMM-DRUMMTS at the beginning! I've really loved it!❤️😍🥰 And the original intros of Season 6 (A & B versions) are still missing here, because what we can hear is just the inpaste of Season 2's theme, not the original. Even the Season 3-5's theme of the show are just similar, BUT NOT THE SAME(!) like the Season 2's you put here in! The difference of S2's and S3-5' are the drums at the beginning (S2 higher sounded drum, S3-5 deep drum) & the main music instrument during the main starring are not so "space styled" as in S2. The origonal S6 intro is 100% the same as the S3-5's, but at the beginning the deep drums are cutted out, and instead of them was inserted a short summary (short scene cuts of the coming episode) with another background soundtrack before the S6 intro was begun. Listen the differences! ☝🏼👀 Season 3-5 intro (ORIGINAL): kzbin.info/www/bejne/hnfFinuXg7uZa6M Season 6 intro (with summary): S6/A-version: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZbOh6WhjayMfNk S6/B-version: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rH2cY6p_d6xmm8U

[@wandmayeslupik6302]

Watched this as a tiny child..born in 1975........obsessed with motorcycles.. ... and whitewall tires ever since......got my class M license in 2001.......

[@whherron]

Part of the fun of each episode was waiting to hear that drum line.

[@wandmayeslupik6302]

Season 6 my favorite....fast loud, passionate.....

[@Westsoid2009]

Loved this show for most of existence. Unfortunately, the departure of John, the introduction of Tom Reilly with Bruce Penhall becoming the de facto "Cousin Oliver" and increasingly hokey and ridiculous plot lines, made anything after season four unwatchable for me.

[@demetriusdillard2863]

I agree. Tom Reilly's off-camera arrest in December of '82 (for possession of and driving under the influence of Quaaludes) was indeed an embarrassment as well as the final straw for "CHiPs," though Bruce Penhall did add some much-needed youthful energy and enthusiasm to the ailing crime drama (Reilly wasn't fired from "CHiPs," but his role as CHP motorcycle officer Bobby "Hot Dog" Nelson was significantly reduced as a result of his well-publicized arrest, thus allowing Penhall's recurring role as aspiring CHP rookie Bruce Nelson--Bobby's younger brother--to be expanded considerably). Despite Penhall's best efforts, NBC canceled "CHiPs" in the spring of '83 after six seasons and 139 episodes due to declining ratings as well as the fallout that had generated from the negative publicity surrounding Reilly's embarrassing arrest.

[@ChrisXperince]

I used to watch after i got back from nursery school and kindergarten in 1983-84 it used to come on exactly around 12:00p in syndication on channel 8, local station

[@jasonpinson8755]

My grandmother used to watch this show.thanks.peace.

[@phoenixblack1220]

Season 1 for the win!!

[@正弥中西-c1j]

当時、ヤマハのRX50Specialにサイドボックス付けて、さらに風防も付けてChips気分でした。今から見直すとダサいスタイルなのかも知れませんが、憧れでしたねえ。今では大型二輪の免許も無事取得して1100ccに乗ってます。って、後半かっこいい映像が出てきてびっくり、ありがとうごさいます。もう一度見よっと。

[@the-finn]

I was just a kid when this premiered, I don't hardly remember the show but I remember having the biggest crush on Larry Wilcox 🤣. My 1st crush.

[@MrChristian331]

Yeah, second season intro is definitely better! More disco like. It's more energetic. Real 'groovy''! 👌

[@floydjohnson7888]

Seemed fitting for the time in which it aired. Some would have said, "Que esperaste de un show de los Setentas?"

[@BrokenKanuck]

Oh man.. I had such a crush on Bonnie Clark as a kid..

[@dedyhermawan5725]

Thank you for upload 👍👍👍

[@teggsr13]

Goodness gracious season 2 was full of funk and groovin it’s ass off. Whoever was on bass was holding the foundation strong!

[@jessyleppert2]

NBC is the place to be

[@demetriusdillard2863]

It sure as hell wasn't during the late seventies and early eighties (thanks to the numerous screw-ups--such as the lavish but pricey stinkbomb "Supertrain" and, of course, the infamous "Hello, Larry"--all perpetrated by NBC's then head honcho, the late Fred Silverman). Along with "Real People" and "Diff'rent Strokes," "CHiPs" was one of NBC's very few successes during that otherwise tumultuous (not to mention uncertain) period in NBC's history.

[@alphacharlie6092]

Season 2-5, that screaming trumpet line!! 🤙🏼🤙🏼🤙🏼

[@SusianaBongso]

This is my favorite music, I like this song.

[@nicodiaz5161]

Una de las mejores bandas sonoras de la TV de la época. Me parece que la 2da temporada tenía una música más dinámica.

[@florianpilon]

The first musical arrangement (pilot & season 1) is great but still very 60s early 70s. The second one (seasons 2 to 6) is the best, much more mid to late 70s. Damn, the brass riff is so powerful and catchy, and the disco beat fits the era and the images better.

[@garyreid2178]

The first season theme is my all-time favorite mainly because of the almost military sound, yet it had a flow that was humorous,as well. Especially at the ending theme. The second season theme was perfect for the time because disco was still alive and still thumping. Erik Estrada was the face of the show.

[@TheTech660]

The Best Show when I was a Kid!

[@chrissanchez9015]

I Used to see my favorite Cops . Show I never missed them.

[@juancarlossernaespinoza4873]

Excelente. bass forever

[@TrevzTv]

That’s a hot horn section.

[@rahsonorahsono8303]

Ingat masa kecilku.....ak mengidolakan film ini....😊

[@rolytnz]

Opener for Seasons 2=5 is my fave - the funk bass is on point.

[@lifeindarknessyt7573]

Chips is an awesome show and I like this version of this theme song as well

[@spacetimecontinuum]

Of course the theme, as with most themes, never really gets good until they add some fat bass! :-)

[@sherry6997]

Why couldn't they show Ponch and Jon dating black women for a change.

[@sharoneasley7857]

@@sherry6997 Ponch came close, Jane Kennedy appeared in an episode as a cop. Keep in mind it was still racial stuff in the air at the time, when it came to interracial dating. Hollywood had to make sure they weren't jeopardizing their business.

[@sherry6997]

@@sharoneasley7857 Yes I know and I remember that episode it was Mitchel and Woods Jayne was Paula Woods I have it on dvd.

[@sherry6997]

@BJ Sully Yes I know.

[@maundamartin59]

The Disco theme. Jammmzzz! That bass 🎸

[@ephraimfink9010]

Season 2 when it got discofied!!!

[@williamhaggard451]

Gotta love Michael Dorn before Worf on CHIPS great

[@ACoustaDC]

you really brought up the bass!

[@djroach3237]

Season 2 some straight funk & disco

[@78Sista]

The Season 2-6 was my jam. #MyChildhood 😁

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

I think there is one season 6 intro missing (and perhaps, a few from seasons 2-5 as well): those that use the standard-length version of the theme tune from season 1.

[@SmallPersonRoo]

No. This is every intro ever used. I have watched every episode of the show and made sure that I included every intro. The season 1 music was made by various composers while seasons 2-6 were done by Alan Silvestri.

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

@@SmallPersonRoo Then I wonder if what I saw may have been a syndication/cable rerun-related error?

[@-MPM-]

@@SmallPersonRoo : - Sorry Dude, it is really nice from you that you make a video like this, BUT you're wrong, and @ClassicTVMan1981X has right: Season 6 intros (A)(B) in this video are just the inpaste of Season 2 here, and not the original, even the Season 3-5 Intros of the show are (!)just similar, but not the same(!) like Season 2's, you've put here in! The difference of S2's and S3-5' are the drums at the beginning (S2 higher sounded drum, S3-5 deep drum) & the main music instrument during the main starring are not so "space styled" as in S2. The origonal S6 intro is 100% the same as the S3-5's, but at the beginning the deep drums are cutted out, and instead of them was inserted a short summary (short scene cuts of the coming episode) with another background soundtrack before the S6 intro was begun. These are the ORIGINAL Intros of the show what we both miss from your video. Listen the differences! Season 3-5 intro (the Original): kzbin.info/www/bejne/hnfFinuXg7uZa6M Season 6 intro (with summary): S6/A version: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZbOh6WhjayMfNk S6/B version: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rH2cY6p_d6xmm8U

[@thephantomarse8525]

Never watched the show but the disco theme is ace

[@moretoknowshow1887]

s2 and beyond theme song was the actual level of groove the series needed. Less jazzy horns, more disco funk..

[@willcusterjr2519]

the tv series was actually used as training films unlike the REBOOT movie that clearly says that it wasn't used for training purposes

[@pauld6967]

I had stopped watching by Season 6, so I don't know who this new guy, Nelson, is. I see that when they "introduce" they ahow his name plate but Jon's badge. They probably figured no-one would pause their VHS recording of the episodes and notice.

[@johnnastrom9400]

I loved Chips but Season 6 is definitely when it jumped the shark.

[@turbotime1964]

Downtown Los Angeles had a lot less high rise buildings then.

[@SusianaBongso]

This my favorit movie i love this movie ❤❤❤❤❤

[@HappyQuailsLC]

The first double-time version is practically Salsa!

[@LA_Commander]

The disco version is the best, that's the one I remember as a kid lol