The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo

The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo

The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo is an American action/adventure situation. Claude Akins stars in the title role in this wacky new NBC one-hour comedy series about the exploits of a rural county sheriff and his two deputies, played by Mills Watson and Brian Kerwin.

Comedy

Seasons

1. Dean Martin and the Moonshiners

Air Date: 1979-09-25

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.

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

Air Date: 1979-10-09

3. Disco Fever Comes to Orly

Air Date: 1979-10-16

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

4. The Mob Comes to Orly

Air Date: 1979-10-23

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.

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

Air Date: 1979-11-06

6. Run for the Money: Part 3

Air Date: 1979-11-13

7. Buttercup, Birdie, and Buried Bucks

Air Date: 1979-11-27

8. The Senator Votes Absentee

Air Date: 1979-12-04

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?

9. The Boom Boom Lady

Air Date: 1979-12-11

10. First to Finish, Last to Show

Air Date: 1980-01-08

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.

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

Air Date: 1980-01-15

12. The Luck of the Irish

Air Date: 1980-01-22

13. Double Take, Double Take

Air Date: 1980-01-29

14. Police Escort

Air Date: 1980-02-05

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

Air Date: 1980-02-19

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.

16. The Martians Are Coming, the Martians Are Coming

Air Date: 1980-02-26

17. The Treasure of Nature Beach

Air Date: 1980-03-05

18. Perkins Bombs Out

Air Date: 1980-03-10

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.

19. Birdie's Hot Wheels

Air Date: 1980-03-11

20. The Haunting of Orly Manor

Air Date: 1980-03-18

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.

21. Mystery on the Orly Express

Air Date: 1980-03-25

22. Orly's Hot Skates

Air Date: 1980-05-06

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.

1. The Dirtiest Girls in Town

Air Date: 1980-12-30

Lobo, Perkins and Birdie are tapped to serve on the governor's special task force in Atlanta, where the boys try to win the respect of their skeptical new colleagues by cracking the department's most difficult case: a credit card rip-off racket operating out of a nightclub featuring lady mud wrestlers.

2. The Girls with the Stolen Bodies

Air Date: 1981-01-06

3. The Fastest Women Around

Air Date: 1981-01-20

4. Macho Man

Air Date: 1981-01-20

5. Airsick--1981

Air Date: 1981-02-03

6. Coeds with Sticky Fingers

Air Date: 1981-02-10

7. Sex and the Single Cop

Air Date: 1981-02-17

8. Another Day, Another Bomb

Air Date: 1981-02-24

The French Follies Caper

9. The French Follies Caper

Air Date: 1981-03-03

10. Bang Bang, You're Dead

Air Date: 1981-03-24

11. The Cowboy Connection

Air Date: 1981-03-31

12. What're Girls Like You Doing in a Bank Like This?

Air Date: 1981-04-07

13. Lobo and the Pirates

Air Date: 1981-04-21

14. The Roller Disco Karate Kaper

Air Date: 1981-04-28

15. Keep on Buckin'

Air Date: 1981-05-05

A rodeo clown's drug dealing threatens the lives and the love between a group of Orly-native rodeo riders and their wives. A paternal Lobo intervenes personally and professionally, with an able assist from Perkins and Birdie.

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Rating

5.1/10

Release Date

1979-09-25

Episodes

37 (2 seasons)

Status

Ended

Cast

Production Companies

Universal Television

Universal Television

Glen A. Larson Productions