Posted on 04/07/2022 12:00:08 PM PDT by Kaslin
Glad one of the Roku channel apps had all the Rockford Files shows for free.
Angel was a hoot.
And when I saw the remade Maverick show from the 80s, I watched that too.
Angel morphed into Philo Sandeen for that tv show..
Short run. Had Ed Bruce.
Still shifty in that tv show..
“The entire Rockford Files series is streamed on Peacock at no charge. I’ve been watching an episode here and there for the last few months. Still on season 2.”
We will check that out, thanks.
Yes a great theme song as well.
You can’t tell me the current actors are worth squat compared to the endless list of past greats.
J Wayne, J Stewart, R Mitchum, K Douglas, Bogart, B Lancaster, Eastwood, Garner, G Hackman, S Connery, R Burton, it’s really endless.
I like his character, Ames Jainchill, in Death Wish. “But this is gun country. Muggers operating out here, they just plain get their asses blown off.”
“He was a really devoted lib...”
I found the box set of DVDs at the thrift store for $6. In one episode he is trying to help some girl out (finding a brother?? Something) Anyway, the girl is this real liberal feel good whiney type.
At one point Rockford takes her to task during a lunch he has bought for her. Something like “Oh sure - you’re all peace and love but it is all about you. You hide behind your animal rights but will still eat a free hamburger even though it “offends” you - and complain about it the entire time. It’s time you grew up and stop expecting everyone else to take care of you.”
I don’t recall exactly, but I think at the end of the case she thanks Jim for the help and for getting her to see that she needs to take responsibility, etc.
But then the last scene of the show shows Jim walking down the street and being approached by the same girl all dressed up as a Moonie.
“Excuse me sir - do you know the Love and Power of the true prophet - read this....” (She didn’t even recognize him!)
Loved the Rockford Files. There are a lot of great old shows. Let me pitch the 9 years of Perry Mason that we’re watching lately.
oh geez...I’ll look forward to getting to that episode. I’m only in season 2, ep 10.
The rifleman is available all over roku. Timeless. Bestc22 minutes you will spend
And Lalo Schifrin.
Mancini didn't write that many TV show themes because the ones he did write quickly got him all the movie work he wanted.
He was writing for movies from the early 50s, as a contract composer for Universal Studios. He composed music for The Creature From The Black Lagoon, among other pictures.
But it was the theme to the TV show Peter Gunn that boosted his career to a new level.
In an interview he recorded in London, he was asked how his life changed after Peter Gunn. He answered "after Peter Gunn, my job went from 9-to-5 to 24-7." Pretty cool guy.
He also said (in that interview): "Baby Elephant Walk put my baby elephants through college."
https://www.wearethemighty.com/mighty-history/actor-james-garners/
A short article about Garner serving in Korea and how his sense of smell saved the day!
ME TV, Antenna TV and Roku have a lot if them.
Great story!
“Jimmy, it’s Angel. Don’t pay no attention to my other message. You’re out of it. You’re clean, no trouble at all. Just ignore the first message.”
Yes, I liked Paladin on “Have Gun, Will Travel”
I forgot that one. So many to remember!
The first 6 seasons are streaming on:
Peacock,
Peacock premium,
ROKU,
Tubi,
IMDB TV
; )
Let me pitch the 9 years of Perry Mason that we’re watching lately.
We got to about the 7th year of Perry, and decided to take a break.
My wife loves the Perry Mason shows, and I felt that it was well written and the bit players did great jobs.
Well, the beach cities and the Valley were fun back then!
Now a house in Hermosa is a coupla million and the surfers all have to live in Hawthorne.
And the Valley is just Mexico. ValGirls all gone....
Guess the Seventies were the end of middle class LA which is the point of the article. funny thing is that no one knew that then. The party was supposed to go on forever...
Like the Peter Gunn theme, an all-time great.
I lived in Huntington Beach and Newport Beach in the early eighties. Eventually the commute got to me and I moved inland.
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