Oh man, part 2 moves quickly.
'Hi Vern, getting any?'
Steve informs me that is the sam dispatcher as in Adam 12!
I still chuckle at Trapper John playing BJ.
The thing of it is is, that's a wilco.
'Do you have a 38 automatic?'
We saw the actor who played Sgt. Coopersmith like two episodes ago!
The title card at the end, wow.
Don't point.
This episode might be the most prescient of the series.
RICHIE!
Some people don't like Richie. I don't understand these people.
That's a wilco.
The thing of it is is.
I love how Richie sees Jim as a hero, but he's not above bullshitting him.
We've got to microspool and degauss as often as possible.
That's a wilco.
Is Richie Pete Campbell? A thing like that.
JACKIE COOPER!
PERNELL ROBERTS!
Also, that's Trapper John playing a guy named BJ.
We'll finish this one up next week!
Ooh, ooh, Rockford goes to College!
Steve and I were not profs in the 70s, but we know more about universities than most people...
Lady, telling your dead boyfriend's mom 'at least he found love' is not the flex you think it is.
Some general late 70s anti Arab paranoia played for laughs in this one. That said, the laughs are eventually at the expense of the bozo security people.
I hate fraternities.
Steve hates fraternities.
Irrational telephonic call/
I don't know what Jon thinks of them, but it seems to me if he's anything like his father...
How often are my titles non lame?
This is the sort of almost trope that One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest got going.
Nurse Ratchet is three people...
I have some expertise here, well, I'm not *that* kind of psychologist, but, I know some stuff through osmosis from my colleagues. No seriously, I do know some things.
A couple of great Star Trek actors this week.
Pop culture in Australia stopped in the 70s.
Steve tells us about North by Northwest.
This is a sort of odd episode.
I like the 70s angle of corrupt but also inept federal agencies, Watergate break in anyone?
Jim has some good lines.
The goons, hired goons, are great this week.
I think our main character hangs out with Joy and the rest of those jet setters at the Hotel California. (Yes I can always find a Mad Men reference, much like Steve can always find Columbo reference and Jon just knows plane crashes).
We don't say many of the main characters this week.
A bit of behind the scenes this week, I didn't edit out our pre show banter!
Great guest star week.
Oh I wish that I had Jesse's girl.
BUS CHASE!
These people are like the jet setters in that Mad Men episode.
The difference is that the people in that Mad Men episode had some class. These people just have some crass. Thank you.
I feel bad for J's parents, and his dog.
By the way, that was some good dog acting.
I get the idea J's parents would be Holocaust survivors. It's subtle, but I think it's there.
PIZZA HOUSE!
We get more David Chase and the mob.
Time for one of our season wrap-up episodes. This of course makes sense as we just finished season 4. Hey, I buried the lede, it's Jeff ...
