It's Only a Game
The one where the guys take a road trip to Vegas.
The last of the Jerry the Coroner episodes. He gets the guys mixed up in a plot to sell an "ultra large scale integration" chip. Will it go to the "reds?!" The bad guys go after our heroes in the airport, bed, a casino, and Hoover Dam. To escape Rick, A.J. and Jerry hide out in a bordello. OK, Jerry does, but Rick and A.J. pick him up at the Appaloosa Ranch. Well, not really a ranch, just three mobile homes behind a big fence.
Gigi's favorite scene was the one with the ventriloquist and his dummy with a built in hidden machine gun Yeah, Jay Johnson was obviously the go-to guy when a ventriloquist was needed.
In the end A.J. rescues Rick from the bad guys and kisses the girl. We never see Jerry again. "Tough Guy" Logan Clarke will return though.
Look for Hollywood legend Peggy Ryan as the telephone operator Gina. She had retired to Las Vegas. What a crazy place to do that.
What has happened to Marlowe? We haven't seen Rick's dog lately. Or Myron and Janet.
Quotes:
A.J. "We need a small clerical favor."
Gina: "I don't any priests"
Gina; (on the Appaloosa Ranch) "The guests spend more time in the bunk house than out on the range"
Arnie: "The most dazzling effects from this show come from a different breed of solid state."
Johnny: "What do you want from plywood?. Richard Pryor?"
Trivia:
Jerry contact was "Fred Haller."
While testing the new tools the stereo is playing "In the Midnight Hour" is on the radio Rick is obviously singing something else
Jerry's room at the Sahara is 5136. The second room is 5138
Rick and A.J. grab name tags from a table: Rick's is Sister Mary Grace Cattalane He tells the man from West Virginia the Sister has a name tag for "George Hammon"
The 50 dollar bill Rick gives the operator : B11692583* series 1977 "Blumenthal"
Rick must be a Yankees fan. He suggests to the bad guys they remember when they were kids and would trade baseball cards. He tells them they're sitting on Whitey Ford and A.J. and Jerry are looking at Mickey Mantle.
The license for the old station wagon Jerry and Laura use: ikg914
Rick calls to head bad guy (who is never named during the episode) "Come on, 'Tough Guy'"
Original air date: February 3, 1983 - Production Code: 57522
Writer: Richard Chapman
Director: Vincent McEveety
Guest Stars:
Jerry Reiner.......................Robert Ginty
Laura Reynolds.................Tricia O'Neil
"Tough Guy"......................Logan Clarke
and
Jay Johnson
as Johnny Donald
Co-Starring: (closing credits)
Arnie..........................Robert O'Donnell
Gina...........................Peggy Ryan
Ethel..........................Betty Bunch
Dawson....................Tony Brubaker
With:
Detective......................Greg Norberg (Lt. Fielding - Homicide)
Man...............................Eddie Baker
Clerk.............................Red McIlvaine
Security Man................John Leonelli
Kelley...........................Jack Decker
Airport Police................Fred S. Ronnow
Special Credit
Production Assistance furnished by Saraha Hotel