Episode 102 - Jon, Steve and Dave Got Yer Jersey Bounce Right Here

Toughest title to come up with in a long time.

David Chase doing Soprano things.

Indeed, I wonder if these guys know Carmella and Tony.

It's always good when horrible people do bad things and then you get to watch their fall.

They are hilariously stupid (just like a crime family David Chase invented years later...)

There's eventual talk of a spinoff!

Plus, you get Jacques Renault from Twin Peaks being killed and Coop as one of the investigators.  I wonder if David Lynch was a Rockford fan...

The Carpenters joke landed for me.

That was indeed a weird pager noise.

Oh we get the introduction of John Cooper in this episode.  Wait, Jon Cooper (no h) is the coach of the Canadian Olympic team.  Wait, also, we have our own Jon no h.  Wait, also, 'Jersey' is mentioned in this episode.   Canada Gold Medal confirmed. 

Oh yeah the reboot, they've got their Jim!

Boogie Woogie music up around your ears.

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Episode 101 - StevNDave and Jonathan are Alive

I didn't want to use dead here, just so as not to scare my Mom...

ABE VIGODA.

ROBERT LOGGIA.

RITA MORENO!

Hell of a cast this week.

Also, the title is a pretty nice joke.

Hey, in one scene Steve and my expertise could both be brought to bear.

Herb Tarlek?

Dennis gets a lovely necklace as does Rocky.

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Episode 100 (!) - Steve Dave and Jon's Hearts Don't Ache, But They Are Fools

Tough title for the opener of season 5.

Wait, 100 episodes?

Ahh the rise of country music in the late 70s.

Willie Nelson started to get some mainstream radio play, as did quite a few other country artists at this time.  It was disco and country for a time.

Obvious Jimmy Dean parody is obvious.

Rocky trucking!

No Angel, no Dennis...

Some solid hijinks this week as well.

A couple of genuinely funny moments as well.

We're happy to be back!

It's cold out, Jon should put some pants on.

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Episode 99 - Jon, Steve and Dave Are Now Played by Both Dick York and Dick Sargent

Oh and Katie Sackhoff is there rather than Dirk Benedict.

Yup, there is a pilot order for a reboot of our show.

By our show I don't mean the podcast, though Jon has kind of weaseled his way in...

We discuss our thoughts on the reboot.

Is it a good idea?

Should it happen?

Will it happen?

Who are some actors who could play Jimbo, Angel, Rocky, Beth etc?

Oh, Happy New Year, and back to the regular next week.

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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 97 - Special Episode, 1978 in Television

It's between seasons 4 and 5 of Rockford.

It's between seasons 1 and 2 of Baa Baa Black Sheep.

That means it's 1978!

We decided to invite a couple of our friends on to tap about 1978 in tv, including Best Episode Ever's Anthony Marco and the 70s Detectives' Jeff Andrews.

Boy NBC sucked then.

Lots of stuff sucked then.

Jon reminds us that WKRP did start then!

Habs won the cup, so there's that.

Mostly we just hope you liked our little trip down memory lane.  Might be another soon, before moving on to Season 5 of Rockford and Season 2 of Black Sheep.

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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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