When the Whistle Blows

5.0

1980•1h

Short-lived comedy about construction workers enjoying themselves. The crew was all male except for Lucy – Randy the college grad; Buzz the extrovert; Martin the hunk; Norm, an older man married to Dottie; Bulldog the foreman; Hanrahan; and Darlene, who runs the bar that's "their place."

Seasons

11 Episodes • Premiered 1980

1. Rodeo Blues (Pilot)

2. Love Is a Four-Letter Word (1)

Accidentally Hunk hits a young woman with his car. Striven and fretful he takes her to a hospital for a medical checkup. Soon afterwards Hunk finds that he has fallen for her, but he also finds that she is in trouble with the law.

3. Macho Man

4. The Inheritance (aka The Wildcatters)

Hunk is bequeathed a heritage from a distant relative and this turns out to be a well of oil. Using the savings of relatives and friends he decides to explode the well, but an oil baron accuses him of robbing the oil that belongs to him.

5. God's Country

Hunk, Randy, Buzz and Norman travel to Reno where they stay at a luxurious hotel-casino. There, they meet to a beautiful woman, a friend of Hunk's, who proceeds to involve them in a scheme.

6. Beauty Pageant (aka Miss Hard Hat USA)

Hunk courts a beautiful participant in a beauty pageant. The only obstacle that prevents a romance is the girl's ex-boyfriend, who resorts to abduct her to force a wedding.