Back in the 1970s, Citizens Band Radios (CB radios) were very popular...and they even had a brief popularity in movies and TV shows of the time. So, it's not surprising that "Barnaby Jones" would have an episode that uses them extensively....and Barnaby tries his hand at sounding hip and with-it!
The episode begins with an innocent man accidentally driving up as males of pot are being dropped from an airplane. The crooks see the man and give chase...killing him in the process. However, the man was using his CB radio...and the girl on the other end contacts Barnaby with her concerns about his safety.
This is a pretty funny episode...unintentionally so as Buddy Ebsen and the rest try out their CB skills. But despite this silliness, it's an otherwise interesting show...made more so by Andrew Robinson's excellent performance as the sociopathic leader of the pot smugglers. If you remember, he also played the bigger than life psychopath in "Dirty Harry" and was also a regular on "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine".
The episode begins with an innocent man accidentally driving up as males of pot are being dropped from an airplane. The crooks see the man and give chase...killing him in the process. However, the man was using his CB radio...and the girl on the other end contacts Barnaby with her concerns about his safety.
This is a pretty funny episode...unintentionally so as Buddy Ebsen and the rest try out their CB skills. But despite this silliness, it's an otherwise interesting show...made more so by Andrew Robinson's excellent performance as the sociopathic leader of the pot smugglers. If you remember, he also played the bigger than life psychopath in "Dirty Harry" and was also a regular on "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine".