The Rockford Files - Season Three (1974)

Best Private Detective Show Of The 1970's

Rockford's 1976-77 Season is awesome and is even better and more upgraded than Rockford's first 2 seasons, since the action seemed to have gotten better and more sophisticated as the seasons progressed with more car chases, more brawling scenes, more homicide cases, more mischief with Rockford's low-life ex-con buddy Angel Martin(Stu Margolin), more dilemma for Rockford's cop buddy Detective Sgt. Dennis Becker(Joe Santos)involvement with Rockford(James Garner), etc.

In addition to that, I think this season of The Rockford Files probably had more episodes with Rockford's beautiful attorney girlfriend Beth Davenport(Gretchen Corbett) than any other season.

Rockford's 3rd Season also takes me all the way back to memory lane when I used to watch The Rockford Files every Friday night on NBC, plus I used to think it was so cool how Rockford would always cruise around from place to place around the whole L.A. Area in his gold Firebird to get around and how Rockford almost always wore snazzy 3-piece suits and lived in a somewhat ragged trailer in a parking lot in swanky Malibu by the beach close by the Malibu Pier, yet Rockford's Firebird was often racked up, Rockford was often beat up, Rockford was often shot at, Rockford was often in trouble with Becker's superiors Lt. Diehl(Thomas Atkins) and Lt. Doug Chapman(James Luisi), etc.

It was also interesting seeing
-William Daniels in the "So Help Me God" episode before his days of playing Dr. Mark Craig on ST. ELSEWHERE and being the voice of KITT on KNIGHT RIDER
-Jon Cypher in the "To Protect & To Serve" episode before his days on MAJOR DAD and HILL STREET BLUES
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So now that Universal has just about all 6 seasons of THE ROCKFORD FILES released on DVD and all 8 seasons of MAGNUM, P.I. released on DVD and SIMON & SIMON's first 2 seasons are out on DVD and since Paramount has MANNIX's first 2 seasons out on DVD, I'm hoping this will inspire Warner Bros. to release MATT HOUSTON with Lee Horseley & Pamela Hensley out on DVD soon, starting with MATT HOUSTON's 1st Season, since MATT HOUSTON was also a popular private detective show too just like THE ROCKFORD FILES, MAGNUM, MANNIX, and SIMON & SIMON all were. November 20, 2008

Sasquatch can't get song out of head.

Me finally get shiny disc of more Rockford Files. Sasquatch wish me live on beach and solve crime. Me would help people that need and get guys that bad. Me like show, but me who is Sasquatch cannot get song out head. Me hear when me try to sleep. Me hear when me fish. Me still hear when me try to whittle stick.

Sometimes me forget and then Owl hum song from show. Me know he do it on purpose. November 17, 2008

The Rockford Files - Season Three

This is the first Rockford Files Season that I have, which is on NTSC format. I own Seasons One and Two on PAL format. This DVD's video is more refine and best of all, it comes with subtitles. September 21, 2008

timv

The Rockfordfiles was one of my favoret shows when I was a kid enjow them all just purchased the fourth season August 11, 2008

The best show of it's time

The year was 1974 and Rockford hit the small screen on NBC at 9pm on Fridays. From day one I was hooked. I never ever missed an episode. I also often watched the reruns on the "midnight double feature" on ABC.I have a great love for the program. I met James Garner at an airport in New York in 1990. I was working the security check point and he just walked through like it was no big deal. I was speechless. I spent my whole dinner break talking with him. People were looking at him, recognizing him, but couldn't place who he was. He got a big kick out of that. It was a day I'll never forget. He is a very nice guy. The show deserves every accolade that it gets. They just don't write 'em likey used to. 1977 was the breakthough year for the Firebird. Liked it so much I bought a '77 Firebird in 1999 and restored it to look just like Jim Rockford's. I did a reverse 180's or "J" turn in my car once and only once. It was fun. Hats off to the cast and crew of the show. I will ALWAYS be a Rockford Files fan. July 14, 2008

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