Also, you might recognize her apartment, as it was used in last week's episode.
Any episode with Angel is aces to me.
I got a real laugh out of Jim in the drawing class.
There's a porn theatre in this one. Happily, one of the things the internet did was basically get rid of porn theatres, so we have that going for us.
Angel playing a role in a scam is always so funny.
This one is based on the novel 'Thin Air' as was a 1982 Simon and Simon episode. Hey wait, Gerald McRaney was in both!
It's nice seeing Jim as a sort of family man, with the kid. I found that very sweet. Garner played it super convincingly.
Indeed, Garner's performance in general in this one is really strong.
Hey, the guy who played Abe Mencken in Mad Men is in this one!
This one could easily have been feature length or a two parter.
Hey, it's Lindsay Wagner! I wonder if this would have become a more permanent gig for her if she had not started to play the Bionic Woman.
Happy New Year 1975! It's the International Year of the Woman!
Lots of flounder jokes, oddly.
Jackie Cooper directed this one. He shows up a few times in the show as an actor (in a couple of episodes from now actually) and a director.
Of course this week there's a Steve's Spotlight.
Hey this one has Robert Webber. Another common 70s and 80s actor. Hell, he was in Midway! Why does this excite me? I just watched it again the other day.
Jim doesn't like art made by a guy that played Sara's brother in another episode. Look, it would creep me out too ok.
Lots of electric piano this week.
Lotsa padding early on.
Some really good Rocky moments too.
'Damned suspension'.
One of my favourite things in this episode is watching Jim watch other people drive. He likes it and it's like he's taking notes.
There are some real 1970s gems in this one!
They loved the two parters in the 70s.
This one has Ned Beatty!
It's also quite prescient, what with the computerized trading and the behind the scenes stuff that is at best shady.
Some good guest stars in this one generally.
There's a Steve's Spotlight this week, not sure what it is yet, because I write these basically generic posts before we record....
Shelley Fabares!
Stuart Margolin (though not as an actor, he directed this one).
Lots of classic 70s actors in this outing.
Jim Rockford, the only honest man in California.
I still can't figure out what that sheriff is doing in California considering his accent is pretty much, I dunno, Alabama or something. I guess maybe he moved there and won an election.
I knew they were his chickens!
Nice twist at the end.
Hey, first off, nice shout out from the Official James Garner Fan Page on facebook, thanks!
Here's another episode where someone guest stars just before their big break. In this case it is Linda Kelsey. Three years later she stars in Lou Grant as Billie Newman.
Here's another Vegas episode. It's like the show worked for the Vegas tourism board. My parents went to Vegas in '74, maybe you'll see them in the background. My Dad had a horrible moustache...
At times this one feels disjointed a bit. They were still finding their sea legs, or Rockford legs, at this point I think.
Also, reciprocity of influence.
We have decided that Rockford is part of the Mad Men extended universe.
There's a car chase in this one.
Fonzie, the boy king. Again, remember, best episode ever. Webber's Coombs gets increasingly unhinged because the gang do that to him. AN...
