200 Dollars a Day Plus Expenses - A Rockford Files Podcast

Mar 07 2025 25 ep. 14

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It's Steve and Dave, back from their watch through of Mad Men, this time it's Jimbo, Angel, Rocky and everyone else in 70s LA

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Episode 78 - Dave and Steve Check Out Your Funny Box

I'm rather proud of this week's title. This one has almost everything. Recurring actors in different roles, A mobbed up comedian. A guest star from Petticoat Junction! A guest star from Right Guard ads. Could you ask for anything more? It also has a serious discussion about coming out and being closeted. It's handled pretty well, especially for a tv show from 1977. &nbs

Episode 77 - The Steve and Dave Show

Last week's title was awful, this one wrote itself. Did we remember to do the Spotlight? Listen and fine out. Lots of psychology content in this one. I would have preferred Dr Robert Hartley. Angel is fun this week. The Firebird flies at one point this week too! Some nice commentary about the surveillance state in this one. Though it shows that state as at best inept. F

Episode 76 - Dave and Steve Take a Second Chance

OK, that title is better. Burying the lede here, DIONNE WARWICK! Also GANDY IS BACK. I will stop using so many capitals shortly. We get a Star Trek connection with Malachi Thorne. Nobody cuts a demo. Nobody lays down tracks. (Thanks to my co host Dan on We Have the Technology, also my brother). The payoff in the final seen is gold. Some political stuff this week as well. mp3 downlo

Episode 75 - Steve and Dave Watch Rockford Go Woke! (Or, Maybe It Always Was You Morons?)

Sorry, couldn't help it. Also, if you've been listening, you realize that James Garner was pretty 'woke'. Jim Rockford is not much into MAGA. Jim Rockford supports gun control. Jim Rockford can outdrive a right wing shitbag better than anyone. Be like Jim Rockford. Even Lt. Diehl isn't much on MAGA. When you lose Lt. Diehl you are nuts. Many of these characters likely would have li

Episode 74 - Trouble with Dave and Steve in Chapter 17

This one might go down as my poorest title effort yet. This one is super political, and pretty much in line with Steve and me, so we like it. They're making fun of Marabel Morgan quite directly here, and I love it. T'Pring is in this one! We get some good ol' Rocky too. He says some rather sexist things and I think Jim almost pulled a muscle he rolled his eyes back so far...

Episode 73 - Dave and Steve's Last Case

No no, this isn't our final episode. Indeed, it is the first episode of season 4! I could not pass up the title though. Hey it's James Whitmore Jr! Our friend from the other show. Beamer is a bad driver. Beamer is a bad detective. Beamer is even a bad friend. He might not be that bad a guy, though he might also be a bit, oh let's go with 'off'. Kenny's answering the pho

Episode 72 - Season 3 Wrap Up

It's a wrap up show! Whenever we do these, Steve and I like to have a guest on. This time is no exception, Dan Brodbeck of 'We Have the Technology' (and, well, of my family I suppose) is with us this time around. What did we talk about? Look, I have no idea, I'm writing this the morning before we record. I suppose we will talk about how the show touched on real events

Episode 71 - Steve Shines a Black Light on Dave

Pretty sure I just glow in the dark. This one is the season finale for season three, and it is really good. Directed by Stuart Margolin. 'Rockford, that's R O C K F O R D'. We've got Beth, Dennis, Rocky, hey, grand slam! All Jimbo had to do was call McGarret. Shout out to the Taylor Swift fans in this one... The unnamed speaker as a character is a cool trope that you don't s

Episode 70 - Dave Cracks Steve's Back

I would like to go on record as saying you shouldn't go around cracking anyone's back. LA running backs, hard to trust them. Gretchen Corbett is really really great in this one. Too bad there's no Angel. We do get Rocky and Jim and Beth and Dennis though. We get Jon giving us a plane crash update. Probably his dream job. The idea of harassment was a new one at the time, it's

Episode 69 - To Steve and Dave

Like I said last week, if that was the title for this one... Another case of part 2 being better than part 1! Lianne is not a good person. Whereas we see that Lt. Chapman is, more or less. Just like with TT freaking Flowers, part 2 is better than part 1. I swear, some of the 'previously on the Rockford Files' bit I missed because I was so annoyed by the Lianne character. Jimb