Episode 12 - In Pursuit of Steve and Dave

OK, this title was easier to come up with than the last few weeks.

Carol Thorne looks like someone we both know, someone Steve often podcasts with.  To me anyway.

Jim hasn't paid the bill for his answering machine.

There's a car chase in this one, and Rockford's awesome driving.

Jim scamming the scammers and the scammers scamming Jim is always fun.

We see some classic Rockford sarcasm.

There's lots of Stephanie Tyler content this week, let's say that.

This one, more than most of them, could be a Maverick episoes.

Stealing the USMC payroll is likely not a great idea.

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Episode 11 - Dave and Steve Can Find You

These titles are still more difficult to come up with than they were in our other podcast.

This one has some great guest stars, just before they became a big deal.  Paul Michael Glaser and Joan Van Ark.  To me, at least, Van Ark does an excellent job with the role.  I have no idea what Steve thinks because, well, I write these things before we record....

This is classic Rockford, taking the form and flipping it on its heels.

Some great giant cars in this one.

'Feds still wear narrow ties' is one of my favourite Rockford things.  He figures out these are goons, and, he's a bit of a smartass about it.

Not much in the news this week, but there's a reggae gem hitting number one in the UK.

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Episode 10 - Steve and Dave Assure You This Podcast is Not a Big Ripoff

Yup, I took a long trip to get to that title.

Yes, we've been away for a bit.  Life gets in the way.  What did you pay for this anyway?

Early on in this episode you see some really cool directorial choices being made.

Is that Monaco?  Switzerland?

Wait, Suzanne Summers in a cameo and Jill Clayburgh throughout?

Music charts were not awesome, though not horrible, on this day.

Flights, and airport security, have changed in 50 years.

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Episode 9 - That Closed Case? Steve and Dave Are Still On It

Look, I'm committed to the title bit.

So on to part 2 of this extra long episode that is split up in syndication.

If you are watching this in syndication, which you are, you probably have this as a two parter, and you probably noticed a hell of a lot of driving where nobody goes anywhere.  That's called 'padding' kids.

Indeed, much of the driving you see in part 2 is actually from a 1977 episode.  Check out how the headlights change scene to scene.

Anyway, we get Jimbo getting tacos.  We've got Sharon Gless and Joseph Cotten again, we've got Rocky, and we've got a case!

When Jim puts on his seatbelt, you know it is serious.

Also, a trattoria is not a steak house.

Prop fence.

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Episode 8 - This Case is Closed But Steve and Dave Still Talk About The First Part of It

Look, I started the clever title putting our names into it doing SCDS and it's not going to change.

This is split up as a two parter in syndication, so we're doing part 1 here, stay tuned next week for part 2.

Some pretty great guest actors this week.  Joseph Cotten and Sharon Gless are both really good.  It is a tad off putting seeing Gless as a bit more, I dunno, helpless isn't the right word, but it'll do.  I'm used to seeing her on Cagney and Lacey being tough.

Back to a little music this week in 'what was going on in 1974'.

Jimbo's being chased by the mob, the feds, basically the whole world.

One wonders if that was an early version of the Soprano crew.

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Episode 7 - Steve Is Not a Tall Woman and Dave Does Not Have a Red Wagon

Gee, the 'clever titles' are not that clever, look, it's a work in progress ok?

Jim works for a woman who works at a newspaper.  Seems a lot of crimes happen that have to do with newspeople.

We see the portable printing press Jim carries in the Firebird for the first time.

Also, she is super thin, it's a 70s thing.

Man they tease us with potential car chases in this one.

He says out title again, that's seven.

More trains in this episode than you might expect.

Jimbo plays at least three different characters in this one.

This week, it's a UK election!

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Episode 6 - Enter Dave and Steve

Still working on the clever title thing, not unhappy with this one.

Sometimes Steve does Pete Barbutti deep dives.

Prentiss Carr, I wonder if he's any relation to Jimmy Carrr or Emily Carr or, umm, someone else with that last name.

We've got more bad cops in this one.  Seems a running theme, makes sense.  That said, it is sort of gutsy for a show in 1974.

It's also another blackmail episode.  It seems like this was an epidemic in the mid 70s.

'Stay our of Bay City' is something that should have been said to the Rollers.

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