The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo

5.1
1979

Production

Logo for Universal Television

Seasons

22 Episodes • Premiered 1979

Still image for The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo season 1 episode 1: Dean Martin and the Moonshiners

1. Dean Martin and the Moonshiners

Sheriff Lobo faces a challenge in the upcoming election from Harry Cunningham's sleazy attorney Waverly and so he schemes to get Dean Martin to perform at a re-elect Lobo rally. Meanwhile, and despite Perkins' bungling, Birdie and the deputized Mary Ellen attempt to bust the Beauregards' moonshine-running operation.

Still image for The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo season 1 episode 2: The Big Game (aka The Panhandle Pussycats Come to Orly)

2. The Big Game (aka The Panhandle Pussycats Come to Orly)

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3. Disco Fever Comes to Orly

Sheriff Lobo, always looking to make money, partners with a strip joint only to discover the strippers are male.

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4. The Mob Comes to Orly

Lobo and Perkins see an opportunity to unload some swampland on a group of land speculators coming to town, but unbeknownst to them the men are really leaders of a crime syndicate planning to bump off their Godfather at the Orly Hot Springs.

Still image for The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo season 1 episode 5: Run for the Money: Part 2 [began on B.J. and the Bear]

5. Run for the Money: Part 2 [began on B.J. and the Bear]

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6. Run for the Money: Part 3

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7. Buttercup, Birdie, and Buried Bucks

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8. The Senator Votes Absentee

Senator Flowers dies on election day and his widow and a corrupt aide plot to seize his political power, but to do so they must keep his death a secret until after the polls close. Will Lobo and Perkins play along in return for a contribution to the Re-elect Lobo war chest?

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9. The Boom Boom Lady

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10. First to Finish, Last to Show

Lobo foils a nefarious plot to destroy a triple crown-winning thoroughbred by rescuing the horse. But then he loses the animal, and his plan to make a million with no one the wiser falls apart.

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11. Hail! Hail! the Gang's All Here

Sheriff Lobo is delighted when a gang of lawless motorcyclists turns Orly upside down, as it will help him qualify for a state grant on the basis of a crime wave.

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12. The Luck of the Irish

Perkins is holding what may be a winning Irish Sweepstakes ticket, and if that indeed is the case, Sheriff Lobo has definite plans for the deputy's winnings.

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13. Double Take, Double Take

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14. Police Escort

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15. Who's the Sexiest Girl in the World?

The Orly Hot Springs Spa becomes a hotbed of misunderstandings, mistaken identities and murderous intrigue as Lobo, Perkins and Birdie attempt to protect the governor's beautiful mistress from a homicidal stalker. The episode features Candy Loving, Playboy's 25th Anniversary Playmate from January 1979.

Still image for The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo season 1 episode 16: The Martians Are Coming, the Martians Are Coming

16. The Martians Are Coming, the Martians Are Coming

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17. The Treasure of Nature Beach

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18. Perkins Bombs Out

A trio of sophisticated criminals strap a bomb to Sheriff Lobo's chest and order him to rob the Orly Bank. An attempt to trick the criminals backfires when they decide to take the bomb off Lobo and strap it onto Perkins. One false move and Orly will be a smoking crater.

Still image for The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo season 1 episode 19: Birdie's Hot Wheels

19. Birdie's Hot Wheels

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20. The Haunting of Orly Manor

It was a dark and stormy night at Orly Manor. The bridge back to town has washed out. Trapped in the haunted house are Lobo, Perkins and Birdie overseeing the sale by auction of the labyrinthine mansion, a couple suspicious would-be purchasers and a class of parapsychology students conducting a séance. Strange things begin to happen.

Still image for The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo season 1 episode 21: Mystery on the Orly Express

21. Mystery on the Orly Express

Still image for The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo season 1 episode 22: Orly's Hot Skates

22. Orly's Hot Skates

A series of unsolved armed robberies follows the circuit of the Miami Marauders women's roller derby team. Perkins, Birdie and Margaret Ellen go undercover to infiltrate the team and reveal and rout the robber, but to win the roller derby they will have to recruit out of retirement Orly County's rollerskating champion of 20 years ago.

Cast

Photo of Claude Akins

Claude Akins

Sheriff Elroy P. Lobo

Photo of Brian Kerwin

Brian Kerwin

Deputy Birdwell "Birdie" Hawkins

Photo of Mills Watson

Mills Watson

Deputy Perkins

Photo of Leann Hunley

Leann Hunley

Sarah Cumberland

Photo of Nell Carter

Nell Carter

Sgt. Hildy Jones

Photo of Nicolas Coster

Nicolas Coster

Chief J.C. Carson

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Reviews

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scott550

A criminally underrated comedy. One of the best opening sequences ever. Theme song belted out by the legendary Frankie Laine. The comedic portrayal of Deputy Perkins played by Mills Watson is priceless.

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