ViceFanMan Posted February 5, 2023 Report Share Posted February 5, 2023 (edited) I’ve been watching episodes of CHiPs (1977-1983) lately, and I realized in Season 1’s finale episode “Flashback”, Edward James Olmos guest starred as Ponch’s friend Henry! In one scene EJO is wearing a very 80s style hat...much like the one, one of the punks (Ace) wore in the MV episode “Nobody Lives Forever”. Now, this CHiPs episode was spring of 1978, so the hat seems a little ahead of its time, to me...but maybe Castillo started the trend? Lol...not really, but, found the hat thing kind of cool! Couple photos & captions below: Edward James Olmos as ‘Henry’, with his cool hat (and illegal open can of beer ) on CHiPs episode “Flashback” (April 1978) Frank Military as ‘Ace’ on MV episode “Nobody Lives Forever” (1985). His hat was cool, too...but the owner needed serious hygiene lessons! Edited February 5, 2023 by ViceFanMan 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyfarragut Posted April 18, 2023 Report Share Posted April 18, 2023 (edited) His fashion statement in Vice is something that will not be easily forgotten. I swear David Hasselhof got the idea for Baywatch from this scene right here Edited April 18, 2023 by johnnyfarragut 2 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViceFanMan Posted April 21, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2023 On 4/18/2023 at 2:08 AM, johnnyfarragut said: His fashion statement in Vice is something that will not be easily forgotten. I swear David Hasselhof got the idea for Baywatch from this scene right here Hey...if you've got the body & can pull it off, 38 or not (although in the show I think his character was said to supposedly be 42 when he joined OCB) go for it, LOL! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king77 Posted April 21, 2023 Report Share Posted April 21, 2023 On 2/4/2023 at 7:49 PM, ViceFanMan said: I’ve been watching episodes of CHiPs (1977-1983) lately, and I realized in Season 1’s finale episode “Flashback”, Edward James Olmos guest starred as Ponch’s friend Henry! In one scene EJO is wearing a very 80s style hat...much like the one, one of the punks (Ace) wore in the MV episode “Nobody Lives Forever”. Now, this CHiPs episode was spring of 1978, so the hat seems a little ahead of its time, to me...but maybe Castillo started the trend? Lol...not really, but, found the hat thing kind of cool! Couple photos & captions below: Edward James Olmos as ‘Henry’, with his cool hat (and illegal open can of beer ) on CHiPs episode “Flashback” (April 1978) Frank Military as ‘Ace’ on MV episode “Nobody Lives Forever” (1985). His hat was cool, too...but the owner needed serious hygiene lessons! Castillo's Pimp/Zoot Suit Hat was all the rage with the gangbangers and wannabee's in Los Angeles in the late 70's after Godfather 2 was released. If you wore a feather it meant you apparently took a life of a rival gang member. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViceFanMan Posted April 22, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2023 6 hours ago, king77 said: Castillo's Pimp/Zoot Suit Hat was all the rage with the gangbangers and wannabee's in Los Angeles in the late 70's after Godfather 2 was released. If you wore a feather it meant you apparently took a life of a rival gang member. Cool! Although the hat from Godfather 2 in that photo looks more 40s-60s style (Fedora-?) than the 80s "cool" punk-rocker look. But, maybe it was closer to the same thing. I have the "Godfather" movies, but it's been a while since I went through them. I just don't remember that many hats (like the 80s ones) in older shows, from the 70s and older...unless they were more of the professional/dress hats, like business men used to wear. I just found EJO in that CHiPs episode somewhat interesting, if not humorous, considering how serious he was as Castillo in MV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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