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Originally posted by WOM View Post
I concur. The shady character in '70s cop shows - Angel, Huggy Bear, Rooster - was a welcome addition to the episode. A gritty Deus Ex Machina who could find shit out and get shit done.
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Originally posted by elguapo4 View Post
From what I've noticed on US sitcoms, liking the Rockford Files is another way of saying " old " .
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The joke when we were kids was that he got coshed in the back of the head all the time. Even our English teacher, who never showed the slightest hint of personality or sense of humour, mentioned it.
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Originally posted by WOM View Post
This amazes me.
1) sci-fi or fantastical elements, such as a talking car
2) animation
3) kids dealing with "relatable" problems
4) Broad comedy
5) Fonzie
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Originally posted by WOM View Post
I am a huge fan of "Previously...." because I have trouble following multiple story threads, and the recap is invaluable in reminding me who did what to whom so that I don't spend half the episode asking L who that person is and why they're trying to kill so and so, or where they've been for the past 4 episodes.
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Originally posted by Levin View PostDid the Adam West Batman actually resolve the cliffhanger from the episode before? As a child I only ever saw occasional ones and never in order. I came to imagine that one of the "bits" of the series was that it always started by resolving a non existent cliffhanger before ending with a cliffhanger which would never be resolved.
That seems unlikely though.
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Originally posted by Stumpy Pepys View PostThe Rockford Files for me is synonymous with bedtime as a child. The theme and opening credits are burned into my psyche, but I'm not sure I've ever actually watched an episode.
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I loved The Rockford Files. The answerphone bits are the start just set the tone.
Jim, It's Norma at the market. It bounced. You want us to tear it up, send it back, or put it with the others?
Hey Jim, this is Louie down at the fish market. You going to pick up these halibut or what?
Hey Rockford, very funny. I ain't laughing. You're gonna' get yours.
It's Morrie. Got a call from Davis at the IRS. You were right. They bounced your return. Call me.
It's Laurie at the trailer park. A space opened up. Do you want me to save it or are the cops going to let you stay where you are?
Really want Shimbu in the seventh? C'mon, that nag couldn't go a mile in the back of a pickup truck. Call me.
It's Aundra. Remember last summer at Pat's? I've got a twelve hour layover before I go to Chicago. How about it?
This is the blood bank. If you don't have malaria, hepatitis, or TB, we'd like to have a pint of your blood.
This is the message phone company. I see you're using our unit, now how about paying for it?
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I watched Roy Scheider helicopter flick Blue Thunder last weekend and Dennis from The Rockford Files (actor Joe Santos) turned up in that. He's one of those familiar character actors who isn't famous enough that you'll know he features in something until he appears. But when he does, "It's Dennis from The Rockford Files!", always.
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Originally posted by Benjm View PostI watched Roy Scheider helicopter flick Blue Thunder last weekend
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Originally posted by Stumpy Pepys View PostThe Rockford Files for me is synonymous with bedtime as a child. The theme and opening credits are burned into my psyche, but I'm not sure I've ever actually watched an episode.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VI9mUyG_f0
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Originally posted by Benjm View PostI always thought that the "This week on..." bit at the start of some US series where they showed a precis of the episode that you were about to watch was peculiar.
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Originally posted by That Night In Barcelona View Post
I'm pretty sure murder mystery shows revealed the killers in this segment, bizarrely. Or maybe I'm just thinking of Colombo where everyone sees the killer do the murder before he gets involved.
Early memory was our first colour TV, it came on a Saturday, and one of the first programmes I remember seeing was Colombo, seeing it in colour was amazing.
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Originally posted by Stumpy Pepys View PostWas the Rockford Files on after Mach of the Day in the late 70s/early 80s? That would explain it.
I certainly remember it being a late night midweek thing but much later than that. Mucking around with the search, it was on around midweeks 11.30pm in 1989 which is probably about the time I got into it.
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