"Chips" TV show (1977-1983) - Erik Estrada played Officer 'Ponch', Robert Pine played Sgt. Joseph Getraer, and Ponch's straitlaced partner was Officer Jonathan "Jon" Baker, played by Larry Wilcox. CHiPs followed the lives of two motorcycle police officers of the California Highway Patrol. CHiPs was a lightweight action crime drama, which included elements of comedy in every episode.