Two Hundred A Day Nathan Paoletta

Nathan and Eppy end our Summer of Wiard by rewinding back through the entire Wiard Rockford Filesography. This excuse gives us a good way to chat about some of the show's most standout episodes, and we assemble a Recommended Viewing list of our 6 most recommended Wiard-directed episodes, one from each season. A fun conversation! We also go to our answering machine to field questions and comments from listeners on recent episodes.


Our final Recommended Viewing list:



S1: Sleight of Hand (our episode 3)
S2: Gearjammers (our episodes 8 and 9)
S3: The Family Hour (our episode 111)
S4: Requiem For a Funny Box our episode (88)
S5: Heartaches Of A Fool (our episode 121)
S6: Lions, Tigers, Monkeys and Dogs (our episode 103)


We have another podcast: Plus Expenses. Covering our non-Rockford media, games and life chatter, Plus Expenses is available via our Patreon at ALL levels of support.


Want more Rockford Files trivia, notes and ephemera? Check out the Two Hundred a Day Rockford Files Files!


We appreciate all of our listeners, but offer a special thanks to our patrons. In particular, this episode is supported by the following Gumshoe and Detective-level patrons:



Richard Hatem
Bill Anderson
Brian Perrera
Eric Antener
Jordan Bockelman
Michael Zalisco
Joe Greathead
Mitch Hampton's Journey of an Aesthete Podcast
Dael Norwood wrote a book! Trading Freedom: How Trade with China Defined Early America
Chuck from whatchareading.com
Paul Townend, who recommends the Fruit Loops podcast
Shane Liebling's Roll For Your Party dieroller app
Jay Adan's Miniature Painting
Brian Bernsen's Facebook page of Rockford Files filming locations
Colleen Kelly, Tom Clancy, Andre Appignani, Pumpkin Jabba Peach Pug, Dave P, Dave Otterson, Kip Holley and Dale Church!


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Nathan and Eppy complete the Wiard World Tour with this two-parter, episodes 3 and 4 from season 6: Only Rock 'n Roll Will Never Die. Show favorite George Loros guest stars as Eddie, a prison buddy of Jim's now working for rock star Tim Ritchie. He reaches out to Rockford to find a missing member of Ritchie's entourage, but the mystery of what happened mostly backgrounds the (anti) romance of Eddie with reporter Whitney Cox. Jim navigates Eddie's neuroses, an on-going court case, the mob and the whims of a rockstar who has it all in this two-parter that we find almost too relaxed in its storytelling (even though the character stuff is Very Good).


We have another podcast: Plus Expenses. Covering our non-Rockford media, games and life chatter, Plus Expenses is available via our Patreon at ALL levels of support.


Want more Rockford Files trivia, notes and ephemera? Check out the Two Hundred a Day Rockford Files Files!


We appreciate all of our listeners, but offer a special thanks to our patrons. In particular, this episode is supported by the following Gumshoe and Detective-level patrons:



Richard Hatem
Bill Anderson
Brian Perrera
Eric Antener
Jordan Bockelman
Michael Zalisco
Joe Greathead
Mitch Hampton's Journey of an Aesthete Podcast
Dael Norwood wrote a book! Trading Freedom: How Trade with China Defined Early America
Chuck from whatchareading.com
Paul Townend, who recommends the Fruit Loops podcast
Shane Liebling's Roll For Your Party dieroller app
Jay Adan's Miniature Painting
Brian Bernsen's Facebook page of Rockford Files filming locations
Colleen Kelly, Tom Clancy, Andre Appignani, Pumpkin Jabba Peach Pug, Dave P, Dave Otterson, Kip Holley and Dale Church!


Thanks to:



Fireside.fm for hosting us
Audio Hijack for helping us record and capture clips from the show
Freesound.org for other audio clips
Support Two Hundred A Day

Nathan and Eppy head back to the first season to meet another of Jim's old flames in S1E17 Claire. After a rough breakup and years of separation, Claire calls Jim for help. Of course he agrees to do what he can, but she isn't being straight with him and he needs to figure out who's life is in danger and why before it's too late. Co-starring Linda Evans and Jackie Cooper, this episode hits a lot of our "classic" themes, though maybe lacking a little something to make it stand out from similar plots.


Show Notes: Here's Linda Evan's bio on IMDb.


We have another podcast: Plus Expenses. Covering our non-Rockford media, games and life chatter, Plus Expenses is available via our Patreon at ALL levels of support.


Want more Rockford Files trivia, notes and ephemera? Check out the Two Hundred a Day Rockford Files Files!


We appreciate all of our listeners, but offer a special thanks to our patrons. In particular, this episode is supported by the following Gumshoe and Detective-level patrons:



Richard Hatem
Bill Anderson
Brian Perrera
Eric Antener
Jordan Bockelman
Michael Zalisco
Joe Greathead
Mitch Hampton's Journey of an Aesthete Podcast
Dael Norwood wrote a book! Trading Freedom: How Trade with China Defined Early America
Chuck from whatchareading.com
Paul Townend, who recommends the Fruit Loops podcast
Shane Liebling's Roll For Your Party dieroller app
Jay Adan's Miniature Painting
Brian Bernsen's Facebook page of Rockford Files filming locations
Colleen Kelly, Tom Clancy, Andre Appignani, Pumpkin Jabba Peach Pug, Dave P, Dave Otterson, Kip Holley and Dale Church!


Thanks to:



Fireside.fm for hosting us
Audio Hijack for helping us record and capture clips from the show
Freesound.org for other audio clips
Support Two Hundred A Day

Nathan and Eppy continue to tour the William Wiard-verse with S5E1 Heartaches of a Fool. After a truck accident lands Rocky in the hospital, Jim is determined to find out who caused it and hold them accountable. His quest leads to a country music star, a sausage-smuggling operation and a brewing war between corrupt union officials and a Chinese gangster. This might be the perfect episode for our show, even without considering the two Willie Nelson songs on the soundtrack. Highly recommended!


Show Notes: Nathan mentions this interview with Gigi Garner, and this remembrance that mentions James Garner's friendship with Willie Nelson.


We have another podcast: Plus Expenses. Covering our non-Rockford media, games and life chatter, Plus Expenses is available via our Patreon at ALL levels of support.


Want more Rockford Files trivia, notes and ephemera? Check out the Two Hundred a Day Rockford Files Files!


We appreciate all of our listeners, but offer a special thanks to our patrons. In particular, this episode is supported by the following Gumshoe and Detective-level patrons:



Richard Hatem
Bill Anderson
Brian Perrera
Eric Antener
Jordan Bockelman
Michael Zalisco
Joe Greathead
Mitch Hampton's Journey of an Aesthete Podcast
Dael Norwood wrote a book! Trading Freedom: How Trade with China Defined Early America
Chuck from whatchareading.com
Paul Townend, who recommends the Fruit Loops podcast
Shane Liebling's Roll For Your Party dieroller app
Jay Adan's Miniature Painting
Brian Bernsen's Facebook page of Rockford Files filming locations
Colleen Kelly, Tom Clancy, Andre Appignani, Pumpkin Jabba Peach Pug, Dave P, Dave Otterson, Kip Holley and Dale Church!


Thanks to:



Fireside.fm for hosting us
Audio Hijack for helping us record and capture clips from the show
Freesound.org for other audio clips
Support Two Hundred A Day

Nathan and Eppy go back to their old ways in S5E17 The Return of the Black Shadow. This was a hard one for us, folks! After a biker gang assaults Jim and abducts and sexually assaults his date, Coop's sister Gail, Coop relives his past as a biker to infiltrate the Rattlers and get revenge. Content Warning: this episode hinges on Gail's rape, and we talk about that as well as all the Rockfordishness that we do like in this episode.


We have another podcast: Plus Expenses. Covering our non-Rockford media, games and life chatter, Plus Expenses is available via our Patreon at ALL levels of support.


Want more Rockford Files trivia, notes and ephemera? Check out the Two Hundred a Day Rockford Files Files!


We appreciate all of our listeners, but offer a special thanks to our patrons. In particular, this episode is supported by the following Gumshoe and Detective-level patrons:



Richard Hatem
Bill Anderson
Brian Perrera
Eric Antener
Jordan Bockelman
Michael Zalisco
Joe Greathead
Mitch Hampton's Journey of an Aesthete Podcast
Dael Norwood wrote a book! Trading Freedom: How Trade with China Defined Early America
Chuck from whatchareading.com
Paul Townend, who recommends the Fruit Loops podcast
Shane Liebling's Roll For Your Party dieroller app
Jay Adan's Miniature Painting
Brian Bernsen's Facebook page of Rockford Files filming locations
Colleen Kelly, Tom Clancy, Andre Appignani, Pumpkin Jabba Peach Pug, Dave P, Dave Otterson, Kip Holley and Dale Church!


Thanks to:



Fireside.fm for hosting us
Audio Hijack for helping us record and capture clips from the show
Freesound.org for other audio clips
Support Two Hundred A Day

Nathan and Eppy join Jim as he reluctantly takes on a missing persons case for an unemotional client in S4E13 A Deadly Maze. The money is good, but the case is just weird, and even after Jim finds the client's wife, he can't let go of the feeling that something else is going on. This is an episode with a meaningful reveal, which made the overall very fun story a little less scintillating than it might be going in cold. Certainly recommended, it's an off-beat script with a fantastic proportion of Rockfordishness. Piña Colada!


We have another podcast: Plus Expenses. Covering our non-Rockford media, games and life chatter, Plus Expenses is available via our Patreon at ALL levels of support.


Want more Rockford Files trivia, notes and ephemera? Check out the Two Hundred a Day Rockford Files Files!


We appreciate all of our listeners, but offer a special thanks to our patrons. In particular, this episode is supported by the following Gumshoe and Detective-level patrons:



Richard Hatem
Bill Anderson
Brian Perrera
Eric Antener
Jordan Bockelman
Michael Zalisco
Joe Greathead
Mitch Hampton's Journey of an Aesthete Podcast
Dael Norwood wrote a book! Trading Freedom: How Trade with China Defined Early America
Chuck from whatchareading.com
Paul Townend, who recommends the Fruit Loops podcast
Shane Liebling's Roll For Your Party dieroller app
Jay Adan's Miniature Painting
Brian Bernsen's Facebook page of Rockford Files filming locations
Colleen Kelly, Tom Clancy, Andre Appignani, Pumpkin Jabba Peach Pug, Dave P, Dave Otterson, Kip Holley and Dale Church!


Thanks to:



Fireside.fm for hosting us
Audio Hijack for helping us record and capture clips from the show
Freesound.org for other audio clips
Support Two Hundred A Day