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seventies_sitcoms · 07-26-2005, 09:39 PM

Who else saw this movie with Valerie Bertinelli in it? I think it was from around '79 or '80. I saw it years ago as a kid, and I haven't seen it since. I think was a no-brainer comedy about a Benji type dog that was really a robot police dog? Wesley Eure, the brother from the 70's Land of the Lost dinosaur kids show was also in it.

Brian Damage · 07-27-2005, 12:19 AM

Never seen it, never even heard of it.

seventies_sitcoms · 07-27-2005, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Brian Damage

Never seen it, never even heard of it.

Consider yourself lucky!!

seventies_sitcoms · 07-27-2005, 01:37 PM

Here is a link to the movie. Hope it works.

www.imdb.com/title/tt0078924

tv star collector · 10-23-2005, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by seventies_sitcoms

Who else saw this movie with Valerie Bertinelli in it? I think it was from around '79 or '80. I saw it years ago as a kid, and I haven't seen it since. I think was a no-brainer comedy about a Benji type dog that was really a robot police dog? Wesley Eure, the brother from the 70's Land of the Lost dinosaur kids show was also in it.

Hanna-Barbera (of cartoon fame) produced this live-action Disneyesque theatrical motion picture. I thought it was pretty good myself. I have the
video and the paperback novelization. The dog is cute, Valerie Bertinelli is
cute (as always!), Red Buttons and Chuck McCann and Jim Backus provide
some laughs, and Wesley Eure (later of LAND OF THE LOST) is there for the
girls in the audience. Who could ask for more?

opus · 07-19-2015, 08:43 PM

I'm crazy enough that I would love to see the movie again. Just for the title alone.

Bonniegirl · 07-19-2015, 10:39 PM

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Originally Posted by opus

I'm crazy enough that I would love to see the movie again. Just for the title alone.

Well, I know you would like to see anything with Valerie in it!

She is quite a good actress ! She's been in a lot of things, a lot of Lifetime TV movies. Check around! OMG she even played a true life story of a mentally ill woman who went and shot up a grade school. It was SO out of character for Valerie, but she did a really good job! I mean WOW!!!! Playing a true story of a very mentally ill woman isn't that easy! Google it, I don't remember the name. It was like from the late 90's I'm thinking, on Lifetime TV!!!

Bonniegirl · 07-19-2015, 10:57 PM

Opus!! I researched and the movie is called Murder of Innocence! Valerie really showed he acting ability, but I admit I was disturbed because she wasn't ever associated before with playing a character like that!

opus · 07-19-2015, 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Bonniegirl

Well, I know you would like to see anything with Valerie in it!

She is quite a good actress !

Can anyone be good co-starring with a robot dog? A robot dog run by 1970's special effects, no less.

opus · 11-16-2015, 01:34 PM

I finally picked it up for a bank breaking $3.86. So we won't eat for a week, but I'm sure you all will say it's worth it.

Torgo · 11-16-2015, 03:28 PM

I own it on DVD, it's a fun cheesy kids flick. Used to be one of my favorite movies when I was a kid, but I liked a lot of crap back then, heck, I lot a lot of crap now.

opus · 11-19-2015, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Torgo

I own it on DVD, it's a fun cheesy kids flick.

Finally got a chance to rewatch it after all these years, and I'll go with Torgo's assessment. Plus I see good things in store in the future for the lead actress.

For a One Day at a Time note, Chuck McCann, one of the Beerbellys, is in it.

For a sitcom note, Conrad Bain(Maude, Different Strokes) is her father, and Mr. Howell from G's Island pops up for a few minutes.

opus · 11-23-2015, 06:56 PM

Turns out the movie had some minor notoriety back in the day. From Wikipedia:

>>> A PG-rated version of C.H.O.M.P.S. was shown for a short time during the summer of 1979. The stricter rating was due to some salty language employed by a dog—not the title character. It was edited, with the canine profanity overdubbed, in order to receive a G-rating and released during the Christmas season.This version was released in the United States on December 21, 1979, opening in Los Angeles<<<

I don't know if both versions were released for home consumption, but the version we got on Ebay was PG

Anna Karenina · 07-08-2017, 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by seventies_sitcoms

Consider yourself lucky!!

07-26-2005, 09:39 PM	#1
seventies_sitcoms * Senior Member Join Date: Jan 09, 2005 Posts: 2,244	C.H.O.M.P.S. Who else saw this movie with Valerie Bertinelli in it? I think it was from around '79 or '80. I saw it years ago as a kid, and I haven't seen it since. I think was a no-brainer comedy about a Benji type dog that was really a robot police dog? Wesley Eure, the brother from the 70's Land of the Lost dinosaur kids show was also in it.

11-16-2015, 03:28 PM	#11
Torgo Omaha & Fritz Forum Star Join Date: Mar 06, 2004 Location: Oregon Posts: 19,033	I own it on DVD, it's a fun cheesy kids flick. Used to be one of my favorite movies when I was a kid, but I liked a lot of crap back then, heck, I lot a lot of crap now.
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07-27-2005, 12:19 AM	#2
Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,107	Never seen it, never even heard of it.

07-27-2005, 01:37 PM	#4
seventies_sitcoms * Senior Member Join Date: Jan 09, 2005 Posts: 2,244	Here is a link to the movie. Hope it works. www.imdb.com/title/tt0078924

07-19-2015, 08:43 PM	#6
opus VB Forum Superstar Join Date: May 16, 2015 Location: VB Galaxy Posts: 32,495	I'm crazy enough that I would love to see the movie again. Just for the title alone.

07-19-2015, 10:57 PM	#8
Bonniegirl AKA Hazel Horvath Forum Addict Join Date: Jul 10, 2014 Posts: 65,779	Opus!! I researched and the movie is called Murder of Innocence! Valerie really showed he acting ability, but I admit I was disturbed because she wasn't ever associated before with playing a character like that!

11-16-2015, 01:34 PM	#10
opus VB Forum Superstar Join Date: May 16, 2015 Location: VB Galaxy Posts: 32,495	I finally picked it up for a bank breaking $3.86. So we won't eat for a week, but I'm sure you all will say it's worth it.

11-23-2015, 06:56 PM	#13
opus VB Forum Superstar Join Date: May 16, 2015 Location: VB Galaxy Posts: 32,495	Turns out the movie had some minor notoriety back in the day. From Wikipedia: >>> A PG-rated version of C.H.O.M.P.S. was shown for a short time during the summer of 1979. The stricter rating was due to some salty language employed by a dog—not the title character. It was edited, with the canine profanity overdubbed, in order to receive a G-rating and released during the Christmas season.This version was released in the United States on December 21, 1979, opening in Los Angeles<<< I don't know if both versions were released for home consumption, but the version we got on Ebay was PG