Talk:The Rockford Files

message: This is so gushing. Can someone do NPOV on this? Mike H 04:12, Oct 2, 2004 (UTC)
:I was going to, but I thought, that is such an accurate description of my experience watching that show for the first time yesterday. Rad Racer 06:27, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: not sure, but check this site for that kind of info. Count Ringworm 14:14, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Thrid Season is now out on DVD. 172.164.216.247 18:41, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

text: It's only mentioned in the pilot movie that Rockford was convicted of armed robbery.  Jim, who has no reason to lie about it, also tells Angel it was a 'bad rap', however no other details were ever offered. 172.164.216.247 18:41, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks. Somehow, I've always managed to miss the pilot in syndication... Trekphiler 07:44, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: It is true that Angel was Jim's "bitch" when they shared a cell?  It seems so obvious from the interplay of the two.  Jim is essentially straight but still feels he "owes" his ex, as it were.  Angel is still hankering for a continuation.  I'm not saying it's in your face or anything - just there for those in the know.  Angel's nervous edginess just says it all...213.104.160.6BeenThereDoneThat—Preceding undated comment added at 23:39, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Rockford and Angel - Sweet in the pen?

message: As I recall, and from wathcing the DVD's, there is no other mobile home anywhere near Rockford's - woldn't it be more correct to describe his mobile home as being in a parking lot, rather than in a mobile home park?—Preceding unsigned comment added by Voideater (talk • contribs) 04:39, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It depends on the episode. On some episodes, there are other trailers shown near him, and in one episode the residents had tried to get him removed from the community because of the ruckus his job caused. He was allowed to stay if he patrolled the trailer park at night as a security guard, if I recall correctly. Arundhati lejeune 23:50, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Working through the DVDs and still have seen no other trailers in the restaraunt parking lot Voideater 15:44, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

text: Still no other trailers anywhere near him - his trailer is generally in a restaurant parking lot, though has been moved on occasion (see season four episode The House on Willis Street).  In season four episode The Queen of Peru for a recreational vehicle parked temporarily by his trailer by a vacationing family. Voideater (talk) 00:02, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: The restaurant parking lot on which the Rockford trailer sat is actually adjacent to a genuine mobile home park in real-life Malibu. It was infrequent/never, however, that these were actually shown in the camera angles. Generally, angles did not include the restaurant or the slope upward, where the other trailers were--and are.  Also, the spot is technically not "on PCH." One goes down a short road/long driveway to get there.Scooge (talk) 06:09, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

text: No tourist map, but the restaraunt's parking lot that his trailer was parked at is now the Paradise Cove Beach Cafe - see http://www.paradisecovemalibu.com/beachcafe/ Voideater 02:54, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Presumably, the parking lot is now that of the cafe in question, and not the cafe itself as the above would suggest.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.243.164.201 (talk) 22:23, 2 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Location of Mobile Home

message: Does the location of Jim's trailer feature on any tourist trip?
I was surprised, when in San Francisco, that no mention was made to the actual streets where the infamous 'Bullit' vehicle chases was made and had to ask.88.105.210.68 11:59, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: No tourist map, but the restaraunt's parking lot that his trailer was parked at is now the Paradise Cove Beach Cafe - see http://www.paradisecovemalibu.com/beachcafe/ Voideater 02:54, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Presumably, the parking lot is now that of the cafe in question, and not the cafe itself as the above would suggest.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.243.164.201 (talk) 22:23, 2 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Tourist interest

message: The Rockford Files was canceled? I thought Garner left due to his injuries and the show just folded. -Vladimir Lenin 03:33, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, that is what happened. I think the article states that. Where does it say it was canceled? Mike H. I did "That's hot" first! 03:41, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Cancelled?

message: I don't recall that, but I may have a hint why it was used, because IIRC, another TV series used the 311 area (311-555-3305), recalled by Burgess Meredith's character (V.C.R. "Cam" Cameron, the "Search" function says) after being kidnapped.  Big Uncle 14:38, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Area 311

message: I would like to have the date-related hyperlinks in the DVD releases section removed. There is no reason why anyone interested in (for example) season three of the Rockford Files would also be interested in what other events happened on "February 27" or indeed "2007". 140.168.69.130 02:25, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. ~ WikiDon 02:39, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Full dates are not linked for clicking they are linked so that they will be formatted according to user preferences.  By Wikipedia standards, full dates are to be linked, and partial dates (which do not follow a standard) are generally not to be linked. (see Wikipedia:Manual of Style (dates and numbers)) —MJBurrage • TALK • 16:08, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Hang on a second - this is not such a clear-cut issue. Please read http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4582 and the addition I made this morning to Wikipedia_talk:Manual_of_Style_%28dates_and_numbers%29#Date_linking_wording (citing this article) as to why date-linking is often inappropriate. Certainly in the case of the DVD release dates, there is no problem or confusion with using a location-neutral date format such as "2008-1-15".140.168.69.130 02:22, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Hyperlinks in the DVD releases section

message: The article states
:After Corbett was dropped from the show after the fourth season (allegedly due to contract disputes), a new legal adviser and a new romantic interest for Rockford was introduced: Dr. Megan Dougherty (Kathryn Harrold), a blind, yet very independent and gorgeous psychiatrist, who made three appearances in the fifth and sixth seasons. 
Was a psychiatrist really his legal adviser, or were these two separate roles?  Rojomoke (talk) 12:03, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Megan Dougherty

message: Three things:
#If you can source the open collar thing, do restore it. (Not sure the rhyming slang rises to notable, tho.)
#If somebody can find a source, can you add the ref to a chase scene as "doing a Rockford"?
#What's up with the default sort warning I'm seeing? "Warning: Default sort key "Rockford Files, The" overrides earlier default sort key "Huggins, Roy""?
TREKphiler hit me ♠  16:00, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Anyone can claim anything, but to stay on WP, it needs to be verifiable with reliable sources. I concur with evertything Trek removed,a nd in fact have remove the entire Trivia section. It has been tagged with a "Trivia" template since June 2007, which is certianly long enough for items to have been sourced, and moved to relevant sections. Perhaps sopme of hte items could be kept uder a "Cultural effects"-type section, but they need proper sources that show they have had the claimed effect, not just a vague reference some announcer of football games making allusions or calling something a something. Also, this is an encyclopedia article, not a fan site or a book devoted to the show: addresses and phone numbers are very minor, usless there is some citeable reason that makes them esecially notable. - BillCJ (talk) 22:10, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Bill, I would argue for keeping some of the in-show stuff, 'cause it is about the show; the phone # & plate # even long-time fans may not know about, & the 29 Cove Rd address contradiction I've wondered about. I personally liked Garner's comment, in the vein of James Marsters "vampires aren't real, Clark" from "Smallville". The rest, take it out.  TREKphiler hit me ♠  00:24, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Doin' a Rockford

message: This article was tagged in 2007 as lacking references etc.  This may have been so then, but I find the article to be thorough, extensive, and as well referenced as any good Wikipedia article.  How can this tag be removed? Ineuw (talk) 17:58, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I disagree that it is thoroughly referenced; however, it does have a list of references now, so I removed the "unreferenced" tag. momoricks 00:07, 1 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tag 

message: In the episode Beamer's Last Case, Jim is in San Juan for ten days and comes back to find someone has been impersonating him and taking cases, pretending to be him. To hire Jim, people would use the Yellow Pages which has a photo of him. The impersonator looked nothing like him. (193.250.53.25 (talk) 15:49, 7 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  A slight mistake 

message: I've been around cars for as long as I can remember, and the evasive manuever that is referred to as the "Rockford turn-around" or "J-turn", is what is commonly called a "reverse float" by motor heads. It is accurately described in the article. It is only possible in a rear wheel drive car. It is easier to perform in gravel than on dry pavement; however, if the rear wheels are spinning fast enough (faster than the car is moving) it is achievable on dry pavement. The term comes from the fact that with the rear wheels spinning faster than the car is moving, the rear of the car is basically floating in that the tire contact patch is not in contact with the pavement, and of course, because the car is starting our in reverse. The sudden acceleration in reverse shifts more of the car's weight to the front tires, where, in a car like the Firebird, a larger percentage of the weight is already located. Unloading the rear axle by suddenly accelerating in reverse makes spinning the rear tires easier to accomplish. I don't know if a reverse float can be performed with a manual transmission, but it seems unlikely. Luckily, Rockford drove a Firebird with an automatic.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.90.41.54 (talk) 14:15, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: J-turn has its own article; it is completely unnecessary to go to so much detail describing something so non-integral to the topic of the article. 71.200.134.47 (talk) 13:01, 20 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  J-Turn 

message: I knew about the unfilmed episodes because one of my writer friends in California actually wrote one of them.  It was to be set in the San Francisco Bay area, but after the script was accepted, Garner withdrew from the series.  Too bad - I would have been proud to say I knew the author of one of the episodes.  But so it goes. Mark Sublette (talk) 09:51, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Written but unfilmed episodes 

message: The link for the "Jim Rockford" Character goes to a real person with the same name.   — Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.3.2.129 (talk) 04:39, 2 June 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Solved! 173.216.251.78 (talk) 11:44, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Wrong link

message: I was just browsing The Moose that Roared, and discovered that James Garner was a big Bullwinkle fan. Now, Jim could have called his father "dad" or "pop", or even his first name (Joe). But he calls him "Rocky". Coincidence? WilliamSommerwerck (talk) 19:08, 3 April 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Rocky, as in his last name. Clarityfiend (talk) 07:55, 9 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Rocky... the flying squirrel?

message: The WP:QUOTEFARM has been removed, and there's no other justification for having the list. There's already a section on the gags here; any referenced content in the list could be added to it. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 10:04, 27 April 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: The notability of this list is warranted on several points. The opening gag was consistently played in the entirety of the original series and serves as an excellent example of a story within a story. The list is documented online as well, and this list serves as a reference for those who wish to review and study the evolution of the collaborative entry into the annals of The Rockford Files. It would be a terrible loss to have this list disappear as it is a valuable source for reference in regard to the opening gag. A linking to audio of each gag would be useful. I propose to end the alert that this list may not meet the notability guidelines. 
--Ma'ath'a'yü (aka: Proofing) (talk) 19:29, 20 July 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: It's an amusing gag, but hardly notable enough for its own article. Clarityfiend (talk) 10:13, 27 April 2016 (UTC)

text: Merge: Anything notable from there can be covered in this article.  This article already has a paragraph about the answering machine openings which can be expanded some if justified. -Fnlayson (talk) 13:04, 27 April 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Maybe the messages are not always meaningful, but at the end of season 1 episode 13, Rockford punches a guy in the face and believes he broke his hand. In the next episode, the message is: "It's Doc Jones. What did you do to the hand son? Three fractured knuckles. You hit somebody?"  — Preceding unsigned comment added by PlanetObserver (talk • contribs) 03:51, 9 October 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed merge with [[List of Jim Rockford's answering machine gags]] 

message: The "Episodes" section has a huge section detailing which minor characters appear in each episodes. This strikes me as unnecessary, and something that could much better be served as a footnote on the actual episode list page. Thoughts on deleting?—Preceding unsigned comment added by Alarumclock (talk • contribs) 04:50, 17 November 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: List of minor characters per episode seems unnecessary

message: New section about reception and reviews?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2603:7081:5D07:E706:3563:DE46:717C:30F (talk) 02:10, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recepetion