Also, if you've been listening, you realize that James Garner was pretty 'woke'.
Jim Rockford is not much into MAGA.
Jim Rockford supports gun control.
Jim Rockford can outdrive a right wing shitbag better than anyone.
Be like Jim Rockford.
Even Lt. Diehl isn't much on MAGA.
When you lose Lt. Diehl you are nuts.
Many of these characters likely would have listened to Joe Rogan...
This one is super political, and pretty much in line with Steve and me, so we like it.
They're making fun of Marabel Morgan quite directly here, and I love it.
T'Pring is in this one!
We get some good ol' Rocky too. He says some rather sexist things and I think Jim almost pulled a muscle he rolled his eyes back so far...
How dare women want to be equal?
Today we would call our main character a 'trad wife' I suppose. No matter what you call her, I call her disgusting.
I feel bad for Bud, he's basically an accessory.
I could not pass up the title though.
Hey it's James Whitmore Jr! Our friend from the other show.
Beamer is a bad driver.
Beamer is a bad detective.
Beamer is even a bad friend.
He might not be that bad a guy, though he might also be a bit, oh let's go with 'off'.
Kenny's answering the phone in the bar and his subsequent improv work when Rocky hangs up is actually pretty reminiscent of Jim.
It's not the last we will see of Freddie!
Pay phones are basically wifi hotspots but the 1970s version.
Rocky after dark.
Whenever we do these, Steve and I like to have a guest on.
This time is no exception, Dan Brodbeck of 'We Have the Technology' (and, well, of my family I suppose) is with us this time around.
What did we talk about? Look, I have no idea, I'm writing this the morning before we record.
I suppose we will talk about how the show touched on real events of the 1970s.
I suppose we will talk about how the Montreal Canadiens were unbeatable at the time.
I suppose I will mention Mad Men, Steve will mention Columbo and Dan will mention guitars probably.
Thanks for coming on Dan!
This one is the season finale for season three, and it is really good.
Directed by Stuart Margolin.
'Rockford, that's R O C K F O R D'.
We've got Beth, Dennis, Rocky, hey, grand slam!
All Jimbo had to do was call McGarret.
Shout out to the Taylor Swift fans in this one...
The unnamed speaker as a character is a cool trope that you don't see much of any more.
Rocky met someone on the plane.
The Martin Cove Goons have a new album coming out soon!
LA running backs, hard to trust them.
Gretchen Corbett is really really great in this one.
Too bad there's no Angel.
We do get Rocky and Jim and Beth and Dennis though.
We get Jon giving us a plane crash update. Probably his dream job.
The idea of harassment was a new one at the time, it's handled pretty well considering that.
'They've got a good ball club at San Quentin' and 'I don't just fish, I also watch football' are a couple of good Jimbo lines this week.
Another case of part 2 being better than part 1!
Lianne is not a good person.
Whereas we see that Lt. Chapman is, more or less.
Just like with TT freaking Flowers, part 2 is better than part 1. I swear, some of the 'previously on the Rockford Files' bit I missed because I was so annoyed by the Lianne character.
Jimbo is of course a good person, but we knew that already.
As Steve has pointed out a few times, someone died because of Lianne.
Biggest news this week is actual pop culture news.
Lianne is annoying. I hate her.
Man that was a long trip for not much payoff, title wise. Jim finally snaps at Angel this week, as you can see in the accompanying pic. Russ...
