The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo

- Season 1

(1979)

Lobo schemes to make money off the giant bass in the Orly County lagoon by holding a $200 entry fee fishing contest. Meanwhile, an escaped convict and his moll looking to fetch their stashed loot attempt to scare off the public by releasing a great white shark into the lagoon.

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.

Sheriff Lobo challenges Bishop County's Commander Cain to a grudge match football game after the two lawmen's bungling allowed con man Slick Willy to escape. Lobo rounds up the town's burliest men to bulk up his dream team. Do Cain's straitlaced players stand a chance against Lobo's unorthodox antics that include Perkins playing quarterback, a 'shine-spiked water cooler and strippers for cheerleaders?

Lobo's old flame Dixie comes to Orly and opens a "very classy strip disco," the fallout from which sparks Rose to lead a a Lysistrata-style strike of the town's women against its men.

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.

B.J. McKay is the prime suspect in a casino heist and his adversaries Lobo, Perkins, Cain, Wiley and the Fox are each trailing him hoping he will net them a big cash reward and the "Lawman of the Year Award" at the Sheriffs Convention. (Part II of a three-episode epic that began on B.J. and the Bear.)

It's a mad, mad, mad dash by truck, taxi, jeep, motorcycle and jet ski by B.J., Lobo, Perkins, Wiley, Fox, Cain and company to capture the casino heist haul and the criminal back of it. (The action-packed conclusion to the three-part epic.)

An armored car is robbed and the money falls into the hands of Junior Beauregard, who won't tell where he hid the loot. To solve the case, Lobo, Perkins and Birdie must compete with the three hoods who heisted the truck as well as Junior's hillbilly family, who have commandeered a tank to spring their kin from the clink.

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?

There's a mad bomber terrorizing Orly, seeking revenge for the unjust taking of her land for a lucrative development deal. Can Lobo, Birdie and Perkins get to her before she detonates again and before interested parties put the kibosh on her 'kabooming' for good?

After selling their prize-winning racehorse Top Purse for $7 million, why would his former owner, vet and trainer conspire to kill him? And more importantly, can Lobo and Perkins turn a profit on the situation before Birdie cracks the case?

The Marauders motorcycle gang holds its convention at the Orly Hot Springs, which is only a cover for a planned jewel heist caper. Birdie and Perkins go undercover as bikers to infiltrate the gang, but a knock to the head leaves Perkins convinced he truly is The Skull, the bad attitude, boozing and babe-magnet biker he pretended to be.

After Lobo is doped and duped by sleazy gambler Eddie Rico, Lobo and Birdie set to work turning the tables on him. Perkins lives large believing he holds a winning Irish Sweepstakes ticket.

Perkins plucks the plum assignment of escorting a key witness back to Los Angeles and helps the big city police protect the reluctant witness from a gangster's gunmen. But is Perkins seeing double or is there more to Miss Brooks (or simply more Misses Brooks) than meets the eye?

Released from prison, Harry Cunningham returns to Orly and establishes a high-priced escort service for government officials, with Sheriff Lobo hired to serve as chaperone and chauffeur. Lobo needs the money, having learned the doctor gave his mother a grim prognosis. Rose misunderstands and believes it's her Perky being called to the big posse in the sky.

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.

It's a close encounter of the third kind for Lobo and the three strippers he's escorting to the county line. After being rescued by Perkins and Birdie, they return to find Orly utterly deserted except for a platoon of white uniformed beings armed with phasers.

Private investigators Heather Fern and Caroline Capote come to Orly to seek Lobo's help in recovering hidden treasure before a pair of criminals get to it. When Lobo needs him most, Birdie resigns and turns to the bottle after an old flame informs him she's carrying his baby.

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.

Birdie's hot wheels belong to his souped-up race car, the "Bye Bye Birdie," which has been linked to a bank robbery in neighboring Marion County. While Birdie cools his heels in Sheriff Lockwood's jail, the real crooks are burning up the track at the big race in Orly.

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. A fun, fright-filled whodunnit directed by Daniel "Dunwich Horror" Haller.

The Orly Express is the Amtrak train carrying the contestants of the 1980 Orly Magnolia Festival Beauty Contest from St. Louis to Orly. Among the passengers is movie star Nicole Russo, whose precious Dorado Diamond is stolen. Lobo and Perkins set to work finding the stolen gem in hopes of netting a $20,000 finder's fee, but to do so they have to throw Birdie off the track. Hampering Lobo's efforts is his beloved but matchmaking mother. A well-done jewel heist caper and whodunit abounding with likely suspects.

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.