"The Rockford Files" on Peacock

[Gil Bang 26229]

Just discovered this.  I watched all these shows as a kid, and it's been fun re-watching them.  

One thing I've noticed:  every time Rockford gets on a plane, it's a 747.   LAX-SFO?  747.  LAX-SEA?  747.  LAX-JFK?  747.

[Gil Bang 26229]

Oh...and I would jam my tongue right up Beth Davenport's arse. 

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10 hours ago, Gil Bang said:

Oh...and I would jam my tongue right up Beth Davenport's arse. 

[Jive Turkey 12993]

nice find.  i'll watch an episode or two just for the memories.  that theme song kicked ass.

[Beau Vine 55859]

[Nice Guy Eddie 13725]

3 hours ago, Jive Turkey said:

nice find.  i'll watch an episode or two just for the memories.  that theme song kicked ass.

I find it hard to believe that a show today would spend over a minute with the theme song. Back then, the theme song was an countdown to get out of the bathroom or kitchen because the show starts soon. Nowadays, you are most likely watching from your DVR anyway.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1zYNrsx9Pw

We need to start a thread with the best theme songs & opening, regardless if the show was good or not. For the the 80s, Hardcastle & McCormick was one of my opening faves. Airwolf was top notch too.

Edited February 10, 2021 by Nice Guy Eddie

[VirginiaLonghorn 4902]

1 hour ago, Beau Vine said:

Barely pubescent Lindsay Wagner?

[RPM 26614]

I love the pilot episode where he sucker punched famous roid muscle freak William Smith with a roll of quarters in his fist after calling him a fag (don't hate me it was the 1970's) in the men's room. 

Edited Friday at 04:49 PM by RPM

[Beau Vine 55859]

16 minutes ago, VirginiaLonghorn said:

Barely pubescent Lindsay Wagner?

Apparently that was LW.

[WBT 20965]

James Garner was the only good thing to ever come out of Norman

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10 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

Apparently that was LW.

She did not have bionic tits.

[Beau Vine 55859]

31 minutes ago, RPM said:

She did not have bionic tits.

She had bionic nips, though.

Edited February 10, 2021 by Beau Vine

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56 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

She had bionic nips, though.

and a Porsche

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Youtube TV started recording this for me. It's fucking perfect. I love old LA. I live the old cars. I love the j turns. I love the parking lot in Malibu. The voice-mail to start every episode. Every car chase in the hills behind Santa barbara. It's fucking great. 

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37 minutes ago, pops said:

j turns

Rockford is the preferred nomenclature.

[notre dame joe 205]

Remember when Tom Selleck played a PI?

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Lance White

[Gil Bang 26229]

watching one now.  Jim is alone, in bed with a book, in fucking pajamas like Ozzie Nelson. 

I haven't worn pajamas since I was 8, and haven't worn anything at all since I was 16 or so, and I'm not nearly as cool as Rockford. 

Fucking PJs like a little kid on Christmas morning.   Fuck that . 

[Gil Bang 26229]

and I would still jam by tongue up Beth Davenport's butthole.

[Beau Vine 55859]

2 hours ago, Gil Bang said:

and I would still jam by tongue up Beth Davenport's butthole.

[Gil Bang 26229]

Every single time Rockford gets on a plane, we see footage of a 747 landing.  LAX-LAS or LAX-SFO?  747.

[Brandywine 1330]

On 6/13/2023 at 2:03 AM, notre dame joe said:

Remember when Tom Selleck played a PI?

I was thinking the same thing. I think he was on 2 episodes as a PI. And they were hilarious, both 2 of my favorites.

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1 hour ago, Gil Bang said:

Every single time Rockford gets on a plane, we see footage of a 747 landing.  LAX-LAS or LAX-SFO?  747.

I think it's so funny. He can hop a puddle jumper from Burbank to psp. 747. 

[atomheartbevo 90636]

1 hour ago, Brandywine said:

I was thinking the same thing. I think he was on 2 episodes as a PI. And they were hilarious, both 2 of my favorites.

It's like when you're watching Kate and Allie and Kelsey Grammer or Ben Stiller or William H. Macy pop up.

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On 2/9/2021 at 10:39 PM, Gil Bang said:

Oh...and I would jam my tongue right up Beth Davenport's arse. 

some of her non-Rockford work

[Gil Bang 26229]

On 6/13/2023 at 12:03 AM, notre dame joe said:

Remember when Tom Selleck played a PI?

Lance White, Private Eye. 

 

[Gil Bang 26229]

Jim famously drives the Firebird (853 OKG), but, in every car chase, the guy chasing him is driving a very large, heavy, Detroit 4 door.  At minimum an LTD, but often a Caddy or a Continental.