Episode 98 - Special Episode - Christmas in Retro TV Land

It's between seasons.

It's the Christmas season.

We're doing a Christmas show, if you don't like it, well, first off, bah humbug, secondly, what did you pay for the podcast?

Steve, Jon and I welcome some guests this episode:

Those guests are, in no particular order: 

Anthony Marco from Best Episode Ever.

Jeff Andrews from the 70s TV Detectives.

Chris Cooling from the Forgotten TV podcast.

Chris now joins Jeff and Anth as official friends of the show.  That list oddly includes Carlos the Jackal.

We heated up a Swanson TV dinner, gathered around the 7 foot long cabinet tv, that Pete Campbell will tell you, is a beautiful piece of furniture that Wilt Chamberlain could lie down in (As Kenny Cosgrove reminds us, why would he?) and talked about a time before Jon was born.

Thanks to Anth, Jeff and Chris!

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Episode 96 - The Thing of It Is Is

 

Oooh, we're going off the board for 50 Jack.

After season 4 of the Rockford Files wrapped, Richie Brockelman, Private Eye, premiered.  It lasted only 5 episodes sadly.

Many people believe that Richie was introduced in 'The House on Willis Avenue' but that's not true!  Indeed, on October 27, 1976, NBC aired the made for TV movie pilot 'Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours' and we are here to bring the excitement to you!

Suzanne Pleshette basically is Emily Hartley, but with amnesia.

That's not actually how amnesia tends to work Richie.

You get an early idea that Richie is smart.

Wait, Normal Fell!

We get one 'what they hey' and no 'the thing of it is is' from Richie.  That came with his series and of course his Rockford guest spots.

If this was a regular 48 minute episode it would be really good.  They had to do back story which slows it down.

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