200 Dollars a Day Plus Expenses - A Rockford Files Podcast

You gotta be a fan of the podcast to get that title.We've got the FBI.We've got the ATF.We've got the LAPD.We've got USCG.Sadly no BB King, BBC or Doris Day.We've got the DIA, wait, not the CIA? Well whatever, but we've got an alphabet soup of agencies this week.Classic bungling federal agencies in a 70s show, a clear sign of the times.The selling bad weapons thing, that happened, more than once....

Jon often calls me a fashion faux pas. I have no idea whey, but it fits with the episode. It's probably also true, but that's neither here nor there.Rene Auberjonios! WK Stratton!Erin Grey!Directed by Ivan Dixon!I've used too many exclamation points in this post!Yeah a pretty good set of 70s guest stars.Making fun of fashion is fun, especially in 1979.I almost always use a picture of Jimbo, but...

I'm happy with this week's title, in case you were wondering.Lots of Sopranos refugees this week.Coop is always welcome, I like Bo Hopkins.Jim's working under cover for the National Investigator which is clearly standing in for the National Enquirer.A couple of nice pulls by Jim this week, one to The Day The Earth Stood Sill and one sort of meta one to Garner's character in The Great Escape.Augie...

Tried something a little different with the title this week.Boxing!Mary Frann!All boxing trainers look like Kenneth McMillan.Hey, I should also mention that's Rocky Echeverria, you may know him as the way more white boy name, Steve Bauer. It's his life, and his name, but Rocky is just a better name, change it back!We've got cons inside of cons this week.A big news story this week was Vietnamese...

Had to stick with the theme for the title.We get a lot about multiple personality disorder (or dissociative identity disorder as it is now called). The three faces of Eve and Sybil were FICTION.Unlike most two parters, or ones that were double episodes, there is no padding in this one.Kathryn Harrald, the actor for Megan, eventually did become a therapist! I wonder if this episode had anything to...

Look, I couldn't help it.But, a blind character with a PhD in psychology, even if the actor is not blind and it was 50 years ago, means a lot to me.I will likely talk a lot about the importance of representation in media (As I have noted before, I write these things before we record).Much of the performance in Part 1 (this was originally a 2 hour episode) by Kathryn Harrlod as Megan is...

As I oft note, not all of my 'clever' titles are good, or even clever.I adore this one. We've got Chapman with no power.We've got a little Dennis.We've got Jim GETTING PAID.We've got this amazing show not giving a shit that two of the main characters in the story are a gay couple. It's never mentioned, it is not played for laughs (as it was at the time, I'm looking at you Three's Company)....

Tough title this week.Some 'problematic' as the kids say, portrayals of 'unnamed scary Arab culture' in this one. I suppose that's a sign of the times, but it was a bit weird. This is an occupational hazard of looking at 50 year old media. There's also a lot of BS psychobabble (that is, to be fair, portrayed that way) in this one. I approve.This has nothing to do with the episode, but, will...

Again, some of my 'clever' titles are better than others.Special thanks to friend of the show Chris Cooling who went down a rabbit hole with Steve.Oh man, so much meta commentary on 70s detective shows. Oh, also, join the 70s detectives Facebook group, it's fun!I love Hector Elizondo in everything he is in. And that is a lot of stuff, everything from the West Wing to Rockford, hell, he was in a...

We're Canadian, we don't kill people... (unless they really need it).Another fun one this week.Jon is a little sick.Hey Dennis becomes a lieutenant!I like the deputy chief character.The Captain Crunch thing was real, and then the show didn't run with it, I wonder what happened there?Steve and I have had oral exams, they can be, fascinating.Wait, a car chase without the firebird?As God is my...