“This is Jim Rockford. At the tone leave your name and message. I’ll get back to you.” “Jim, it’s Norma at the market. It bounced. You want us to tear it up, send it back, or put it with the…
ROCKFORD FILES: “The Kirkoff Case” S1 E1
Month: July 2013
Hello, COZI-TV! Muchas Gracias for Bringing Steve and Oscar Back Into My Life
There’s a new channel on my television, and it couldn’t have come sooner. It seems like every time I put on MeTV these days, Raymond Burr is there, interrogating people in black and white or wheeling around in color. A…
The Rockford Files Pilot Episode Revisited
“Backlash of the Hunter” is the movie-length pilot for the TV serial, “The Rockford Files,” which ran for six seasons beginning in 1974. The pilot aired on Mar. 27 of that year, while the first season didn’t kick off until…
Jack Tripper: Was He Good for the Gays?
As the legend goes, aspiring chef Jack Tripper awoke one morning passed out in the bathtub of Janet and Chrissy’s apartment after crashing the sendoff party for their third roommate, Eleanor, who was leaving to have her baby. Turns out…