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BLUE THUNDER: THE T.V. SERIES 80's Facts
The Blue Thunder the movie had a spin-off TV series.  The central characters of the movie were completely re-casted and some renamed.  'Frank Murphy' became 'Frank Chaney' and Richard Lymangood had another new name, Clinton Wonderlove who was played by Dana Carvey  Bubba Smith, who appeared in the POLICE ACADEMY movies, became part of a ground-based cop team with Dick Butkis, who played Richard Butowski.The group from the series were nicknamed THE B-TEAM by critics, after their resemblance to the other 80s  action series THE A-TEAM.  The original creators of Blue Thunder only wrote one episode which was called 'Arms Race'.  

  6 Jan 84  Second Thunder
13 Jan 84  A Clear and Present Danger
20 Jan 84  Arms Race
27 Jan 84  Revenge in the Sky
  3 Feb 84  Trojan Horse
24 Feb 84  Skydiver
  2 Mar 84  Clipped Wings
  9 Mar 84  Payload
16 Mar 84  The Long Flight
23 Mar 84  Godchild
16 Apr 84   The Island

Blue Thunder DVD
The air above Los Angeles has become a battle ground in this explosive action thriller. Roy Scheider (JAWS) stars as Frank Murphy a courageous and honorable Los Angeles police officer who is chosen to test run Blue Thunder a high-tech experimental attack helicopter that comes complete with listening devices camera lenses and computer files. While flying Blue Thunder Murphy and his partner Lymangood (Daniel Stern) discover that the government intends on using the helicopter for corrupt crowd control and surveillance. The top-secret operation is being run by a sinister colonel (Malcolm McDowell) who will stop at nothing to keep the devious military conspiracy a secret. In an effort to expose the covert military operation Murphy decides to borrow Blue Thunder flying against military and police aircrafts on a death-defying flight. Superb special effects and daredevil stunts combine with breathtaking cinematography to create a dizzying battle for justice.