The Rockford Files

[Number Six]

I've been watching the various seasons of "The Rockford Files" on Amazon Prime. Rockford in his series was literally threatened by all types of fraud as a private eye, would make a lot of people cynical. He did his own stunts which turned out being a mistake in the long run with persistent physical injuries. Here is an episode where tax enforcers figured strongly: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0688078/

[Burnaby49]

Loved the show and watched the whole series during its original TV run from 1974 to 1980, back in the day when you had to actually schedule shows in. I now have the whole series on DVD and can watch whenever the hell I want.

[Frater I*I]

back in the day when you had to actually schedule shows in

Bet ya had to walk to school in the snow....

Uphill....

Both ways....

[Dark Optimist]

Without shoes...

[Burnaby49]

back in the day when you had to actually schedule shows in

Bet ya had to walk to school in the snow....

Uphill....

Both ways....

Yes and no. It was a long uphill slope to school but i got the downhill home.

[The Observer]

back in the day when you had to actually schedule shows in

Bet ya had to walk to school in the snow....

Uphill....

Both ways....

Yes and no. It was a long uphill slope to school but i got the downhill home.

But at least you were barefoot, right?

[Burnaby49]

Don't you people pay any attention? Look at the description I've given for my location since I joined Quatloos almost a decade ago.

The Evergreen Playground

Shoes? Who needs shoes in a playground? Back in those halcyon days it was always summer and always sunny.

[The Observer]

Shoes? Who needs shoes in a playground? Back in those halcyon days it was always summer and always sunny.

But with snow on the ground.

[NYGman]

Does this need a repost?

[AnOwlCalledSage]

If you are going to post it, at least post the original.

[The Observer]

If you are going to post it, at least post the original.

Wow, you had access to the video - we dreamed of being able to have video. We had to be happy with photos of the skit pasted onto cardboard and then flipping them to simulate a moving picture.

[rogfulton]

Wow, you had access to the video - we dreamed of being able to have video. We had to be happy with photos of the skit pasted onto cardboard and then flipping them to simulate a moving picture.

Photos?

You're lucky. We had to wait for the tot next door to draw stick figures on the backs of envelopes for us to flip through. And he was blind in one eye.

[Burnaby49]

You have cardboard? You lucky, lucky bastard!

[AnOwlCalledSage]

You have cardboard? You lucky, lucky bastard!

We are veering into "What Have Yorkshiremen Ever Done For Us?" territory here!

[Burnaby49]

You have cardboard? You lucky, lucky bastard!

We are veering into "What Have Yorkshiremen Ever Done For Us?" territory here!

And legitimately. My mother was born and grew up in Hull and I've been there at least a dozen times, first time in 1950. I've had a beer in almost every pub in downtown Hull and Hessle and every pub on Hessle Road. Including, in one of my most fraught pubbing experiences, the Criterion, the low point in my British pubbing adventures.

[AnOwlCalledSage]

And legitimately. My mother was born and grew up in Hull and I've been there at least a dozen times, first time in 1950. I've had a beer in almost every pub in downtown Hull and Hessle and every pub on Hessle Road. Including, in one of my most fraught pubbing experiences, the Criterion, the low point in my British pubbing adventures.

So, you've been to Hull and back!

[Burnaby49]

I've been to the Criterion on karaoke night, that's close enough for me.

[Number Six]

Of course "Rockford Files" is entertainment and James Garner was a superb actor in most roles he played.

So regrets on his insisting doing stunt scenes when a stand in probably would have been smarter. He fell down some stairs in one scene, not sure in which season and he was partially handicapped after that requiring rest that the studio did not want to give him. He later talked about how cannabis helped him over the years, no one could begrudge him that especially for the pain. Most episodes are far fetched, but insurance fraud is a common area for PIs.

Probably too violent in retrospect, I can see criminals using lingo learned in his episodes and methods to throw fear into their targets and victims. "Law and Order" was also judged too violent by one AG angering Michael Moriarty who quit and moved to Canada after that.

[JamesVincent]

Always liked his attitude and his car.

[bmxninja357]

i think my favourite thing in jimmy's arsenal was the business card printer in his glove box. loved that trick.

but investigators the best has to be....

banacek

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykuGCT2uixk

peace,
ninj