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200 Dollars a Day Plus Expenses - A Rockford Files Podcast

Dave Brodbeck and Steve Cloutier

Join Steve and Dave as they follow Jim Rockford"s adventures through LA in the 1970s

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Episode 76 - Dave and Steve Take a Second Chance

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2025/02/07

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 download

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Episode 75 - Steve and Dave Watch Rockford Go Woke!...

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2025/01/31

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 listened to Joe Rogan...mp3 download

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Episode 74 - Trouble with Dave and Steve in Chapter 17

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2025/01/24

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...How dare women want to be equal?Today we would call our main character a 'trad wife' I suppose. No matter what you call her, I call

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Episode 73 - Dave and Steve's Last Case

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2025/01/17

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 phone in the bar and his subsequent improv work when Rocky hangs up is actually pretty reminiscent of Jim.It's not the last we will see of

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Episode 72 - Season 3 Wrap Up

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2024/12/20

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 of the 1970s.I suppose we will talk about how the Montreal Canadiens were unbeatable at the time.I suppose I will mention Mad Men, Steve

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Episode 71 - Steve Shines a Black Light on Dave

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2024/12/13

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 see much of any more.Rocky met someone on the plane.The Martin Cove Goons have a new album coming out soon!mp3 download

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Episode 70 - Dave Cracks Steve's Back

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2024/12/06

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 handled pretty well considering that.'They've got a good ball club at San Quentin' and 'I don't just fish, I also watch football'

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Episode 69 - To Steve and Dave

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2024/11/22

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.Jimbo is of course a good person, but we knew that already.As Steve has pointed out a few times, someone died because of Lianne.Biggest

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Episode 68 - To Dave and Steve

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2024/11/15

You know next week's will be 'To Steve and Dave', just saying.To quote my partner 'oh great another two parter with an annoying af character'.She's really good at being annoying though. The 'she' in that sentence refers to Joyce Van Patten. One of the best ever Sopranos episodes, Pine Barrens, was directed by Tim Van Patten, Joyce's brother.Speaking of the Sopranos, this one is a David Chase joint, and boy can you see his fingerprints. In a good way. Chase is a master at making you uncomfortably

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Episode 67 - New Steve, Old Dave

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2024/11/07

Well I mean I AM older than Steve.Hey, this one has one of our favourite Black Sheep actors, Charles Napier.More importantly, it has friend of the show, Clyde Kusatsu, who of course was the spotlight artist this week. We both really love his work. (He's also a pretty great twitter follow if you are interested).This one talks about the aftermath of Vietnam.There are some 'Asian' tropes here as well.Thins were pretty crazy as Saigon fell, I wonder how much stuff people got out with that wasn't really

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Episode 66 - Dave and Steve Go To Another Polish Wedding

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2024/11/01

Not a bad title.Sorry we've been away, things.This is a backdoor pilot for a potential Gossett and Hayes show! I wonder how it would have gone.Indeed, I wonder how it would have affected Gossett's career especially.As it is a backdoor pilot, we don't get too much of Jim, or less than usual.Punching Nazis, it's what you are supposed to do!Watching Isaac Hayes beat up Nazis is extra fun.I normally wouldn't use two screenshots for the post, but I needed to have one of all three of the guys, and one

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Episode 65 - The Dave, Steve & Jeff Connection

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2024/10/12

Hey a special guestJeff Andrews of 70s TV detectives now joins Oliver Rockside, Anthony Marco, Mike Cowgill and, of course, Carlos the Jackal as an official 'friend of the show'.Also, what the hell is Jack Carter doing in this episode?There's some really strong acting in this one from Joe Santos.Dennis as a jerk is a twist, usually his jerkiness is driven by Jim, this time it's driven by Internal Affairs.In fairness to Dennis, I'd be a jerk in this situation as well.We have Angel in this one, I love

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Episode 64 - The Daves, The Steves and TT Flowers

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2024/10/04

Well I mean once I wrote the title for the previous episode that meant this was the title for this one. That might be the most poorly constructed sentence I have ever written...OK, we still have freaking TT and all that, but you know what? This episode was better than the first part. Usually part 2 sucks, this time it is good!It's always nice seeing the bad guys get theirs.Steve and I are both very sympathetic to TT's ideas and such, but TT is simply an ass.The 'Freedom' stuff is beyond

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Episode 63 - The Steves, the Daves and TT Flowers

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2024/09/27

Two parter!This is a fairly political one. That said, it's a bit, and by a bit, I mean a lot, one the noseI am not sure this had to be a two parter.I liked Rocky in this one. Steve too. I mean I liked Rocky, I also like Steve...Some good guest stars as well.'You're Rocky's Boy!'THEY'RE SELLING FREEDOM!Just generally, lots more animal behaviour and cognition in this episode than you'd expect.He's got chronic brain syndrome!What's the deal with TT? He doesn't pay his taxes, for example. I'm not

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Episode 62 - Dave and Steve Won't Break Your Bones

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2024/09/20

Took me a bit of time to get the title here.Oh man what a group of guest stars!General Moore? Sherriff Bart?Quite a few characters are introduced here, indeed the character of 'Odette' plays a big role in the season 4 finale (along with Vern St. Cloud). These recurring characters really give you a sense that Jimbo lives in a real place.I'm not sure if 'Yves St. Lawrence' or 'Sir Guinevere' is better.There's some really great subtext in this episode about the beginning of Reaganism.Oakland is a lot

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Episode 61 - There's a Dave and a Steve in Every Port

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2024/09/06

The obvious funny title here is 'There's a Dave in Every Steve' but I made an editorial decision.Scamming the scammers is always fun.JOAN VAN ARK again!STEVE LANDESBERG!JACK RILEY!(Admiral Nimitz from Black Sheep).The whole dual registry thing is a thing. At least it was a thing.It all hinges on Angel. And it works!Jimmy, Jimmy, is that you Jimmy?It's like a room full of 70s tv people or something.The somewhat subtle dig at the US medical system is nice.The poker game being hit is totally a Sopranos

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Episode 60 - The Trouble With Steve and Dave

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2024/08/30

Which is way better than the Trouble With Tracy.This one plays with stereotypes of geeks. Warren is a chess and flute geek, and while that doesn't seem like the kind of thing I'd be into, it's no better than being into the LA Rams or fishing.This one came out on Christmas Eve 1976, so we have something a little special to play at the end.Some pretty great work by James Luisi as Chapman in this episode. Especially when he runs into 'Jim Taggart'.That said, Jimbo's improvisation skills are on full

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Episode 59 - Dave and Steve Do a Little Piece Work

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2024/08/16

Yes yes, lame title.This one just drips 1970s.Hey, Michael Lerner again! He's always great. He plays straight up weasels so well. Also, the whole thing about the clothes and how he dresses well is funny. I mean look, in 1976 that was pretty fashionable I suppose. (What I'm saying here is I have pictures of my parents in this era, and this is not far off).Jim goes to the gym.We've got Lt. Chapman, so it's a good one even with the flaws.Flaws? Too much padding, and sometimes the story is a bit

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Episode 58 - Steve and Dave Return to the 38th Parallel

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2024/08/02

Easy title this week.Hey, another Korean War reference. Garner deserved those, could make as many as he wanted as far as I'm concerned.Wait, Ned Beatty again?! YES!We see perhaps the worst car ever, the AMC Pacer, in this episode.This one has, in essence, a train chase.Also Dennis is in this one.Oh yeah, Rocky too!mp3 download

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Episode 57 - Dave and Steve Weren't Even Born in 63

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2024/07/26

I went in a bit of a different direction for today's title.Last episode was super intense, and serious. This one, well, it's got Angel running a scam. A perfect palette cleanser after 'So Help Me God'.This episode has a rather complicated plot. It works, but it is complicated.Wait, it's an Angel episode!It's got Angel getting married!It's got Beth!Rocky!Dennis!Goons, but not hired goons, this time it's related goons.OK, fine it's a good one. It's not serious so much, but pretty great.I don't think

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