Hooker Knows It's Cocaine

I spent many Saturday evenings during the 1980s watching T.J. HOOKER. It wasn't a good show then, and it isn't a good show now, but it is frequently a funny show and certainly well-packed with action. You have to love that most episodes either had Heather Locklear wearing a bikini or going undercover as a stripper or a prostitute. There was publicity at the time that William Shatner did his own stunts, but judging from the opening titles, that would make him just about the greatest stuntman in Hollywood. Really, if you were doing a parody of a TV cop show opening title sequence, it would look a lot like T.J. HOOKER's actual titles.

I still think Heather knocking that guy on his ass with that wimpy baton toss is one of the funniest things I've ever seen.

EDIT: Thanks to Jim for reminding me that this version of the credits (from Season 2, I think) doesn't include the amazing Heather baton toss. So here is the titles from Season 3, which does. As well as Heather in a bikini. And showing off how bad a dancer she is. Accompanied by a shitty "synthy" version of Mark Snow's theme.


Something else that was funny about this show. You could always predict whether you were going to see a car chase or a foot chase by whomever was driving the squad car. If Zmed was driving, then you knew Shatner was going to jump out and chase somebody (and probably end up diving on the guy's car hood). If Shatner was behind the wheel, then you knew there was going to be a car chase. And then a scene were Shatner's boss chewed him out for destroying property and endangering lives, and Shatner came back with, "Who are you to put a price on getting scumbags off the streets?" or something similar.