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Rockford Files: Pilots & Spin Offs — Now Streaming

Chris Nersinger
6 min readJan 5, 2025
Above-Above- James Garner as Jim Rockford along with his iconic car-Firebird Esprit.

“This is Jim Rockford, at the tone…leave your name and message and I’ll get back to you.” Rockford Files Answering Machine Messages (complete season 1)

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Above- Rockford’s ad in the yellow pages. Photo by DVD Beaver

Ring, Ring “this is Jim Rockford at the tone leave your name and message and I’ll get back to you. This how each and every episode of one of the best private detective shows ever would begin and someone would leave a goofy message and then this incredible theme with a country twang featuring some of the best harmonica playing I have ever heard would start. In fact it was so popular it made all the way to the top 40 on the billboard charts and is among the most memorable TV themes-The Rockford Files Theme

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Chris Nersinger
Chris Nersinger

Written by Chris Nersinger

Was born the year that DR. NO (1962) premiered. His first movie, age 3 -MONSTER ON THE CAMPUS (1958). A writer of all things Pop Culture. Movies, Music, TV. ...

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