Riptide (1984-86) - TV action series created by Stephen J. Cannell and Frank
Lupo, this is about two Vietnam buddies who become private investigators. The show
co-starred Joe Penny as Nick, the pilot of "Screaming Mimi," and old Sikorsky
S-58T helicopter. Painted pink with a garish mouth on front, it was shabby, unreliable
US Army surplus.
In the TV movie, the chopper's engine fails while flying over a local mobster's estate,
so it crash-lands in a backyard. In 1st season episode Raiders Of The Lost Sub,
while the heroes help search for sunken Nazi U-boat, Mimi sees off some bad guys that
repeatedly attack treasure hunters. Mimi gets damaged in 3rd season episode 36 Hours
Till Dawn when the chopper is shot down, but it manages an emergency landing in
the Mexican hills.
- RIPTIDE screen shots and text by Jason Firestorm,
TV Tome
N698 Screaming Mimi, from RIPTIDE, down and out in LA.
Thanks to Trevor Rose for finding these two pictures.
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