The third season of The Rockford Files got underway on 24 September, 1976, with The Fourth Man written by Juanita Bartlett. The phone gag features someone calling him about his found address book, not to worry, it’s in the mail, but one of the girls he has in it, he should be careful about….
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The Rockford Files (1976) – Foul on the First Play & A Bad Deal in the Valley
Season 2 of the Rockford Files comes to an end this week with these two episodes. First up is Foul on the First Play, written by Cannell from a story by Chas. Floyd Johnson and Dorothy J. Bailey. It’s original airdate was 12 March 1976… things worked differently back then I guess, because March…
The Rockford Files (1976) – The Italian Bird Fiasco & Where’s Houston?
Private investigator Jim Rockford (James Garner) tackles a couple of interesting cases in this week’s installment of The Rockford Files. First up we have The Italian Bird Fiasco, which originally aired 13, February 1976, and was directed by film legend Jackie Cooper. It was written by Edward J. Lasko. The phone gag this time…
The Rockford Files (1976) – The No-Cut Contract & A Portrait of Elizabeth
This week private investigator Jim Rockford (James Garner) is in trouble again. The first episode, written by Cannell, himself is a lot of fun. It originally aired 16 January, 1976, and features Wayne Tippit, back as Agent Shore, Becker (Joe Santos), Angel (Stuart Margolin) and Beth (Gretchen Corbett). The phone gag is all in Spanish,…
The Rockford Files (1975) – Pastoria Prime Pick & The Reincarnation of Angie
Poor Jim Rockford (James Garner), he really gets into it in this week’s installment of The Rockford Files, which puts us about midway through season 2. The first episode, Pastoria Prime Pick aired 28 November, 1975, and was written by Gordon T. Dawson. The phone gag features Becker (Joe Santos) calling to thank Jim for…
The Rockford Files (1975) The Deep Blue Sleep & The Great Blue Lake Land and Development Company
Private Eye Jim Rockford (James Garner) has his hands full in this week’s installment of The Rockford Files. The first episode, The Deep Blue Sleep was written by Juanita Bartlett from a story by Roy Huggins, and aired 10 October, 1975. It has a great phone gag with a young lady calling to agree to…
The Rockford Files (1975) – Gearjammers Part I & II
This two-parter, written by Don Carlos Dunaway from a story by Cannell, originally aired 26 September, and 3 October, 1975, and sees Rocky (Noah Beery Jr.) in some serious trouble. The phone gag features someone calling to talk to Jim about the state of the car he borrowed, yes he kept the battery charged…
The Rockford Files (1975) – The Aaron Ironwood School of Success & The Farnsworth Stratagem
Season 2 of The Rockford Files gets underway with private investigator, Jim Rockford (James Garner), caught up in an episode that focuses on family, so it makes sense that Rocky (Noah Beery Jr.), Beth (Gretchen Corbett) and Becker (Joe Santos) – who just took his lieutenant’s exam, are all present. Angel (Stuart Margolin), sadly,…
The Rockford Files (1975) – The Four Pound Brick, Just By Accident & Roundabout
The first season of Jim Rockford’s (James Garner) private investigations comes to a close with these three episodes. The first, The Four Pound Brick, was penned by Leigh Brackett(who had her pen in Rio Bravo and The Empire Strikes Back) and Juanita Bartlett and aired 21 February, 1975. The phone gag features a call from…
The Rockford Files (1975) – Say Goodbye to Jennifer & Charlie Harris at Large
Private Investigator Jim Rockford (James Garner) gets into it again with this week’s two episode installment. Up first is Say Goodbye to Jennifer, which aired 7 February, 1975, was directed by acting legend Jackie Cooper, and penned by Juanita Bartlett and Rudolph Borchert from a story by Roy Huggins.It guest stars Hector Elizondo as ex-war…
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