Two Hundred A Day

Nathan Paoletta
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Two Hundred A Day

Two Hundred a Day is a podcast by Nathan D. Paoletta and Epidiah Ravachol. We are exploring the intensely weird and interesting world of the 70s TV detective show The Rockford Files. In each episode of Two Hundred a Day, we watch an episode, recap and review it as fans of the show, and tease out specific elements that hold lessons for writers, gamers and anyone else interested in making better stories.

  1. Backlash of the Hunter

    OCT 27

    Backlash of the Hunter

    Nathan and Eppy go to where it all began with the TV movie pilot for The Rockford Files: 1974's Backlash of the Hunter. It's a good excuse to talk about the roots of Rockfordishness, the greatness of the casting, and the changes to come for the main show. While we obviously can't watch it with fresh eyes, it is a solid Huggins story elevated with first looks at all of our favorite elements as well as trips to Vegas, explosions, and a blood-chilling villain. I dunno, I think they might be onto something with this Rockford Files thing! 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 Suffel's comic Sherlock Holmes & the Wonderland Conundrum Paul Townend 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 Brian Cummins, Robert Lindsey, Nathan Black, Jay Thompson, David Nixon, 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 Support Two Hundred A Day

    2h 3m
  2. If It Bleeds... It Leads

    SEP 29

    If It Bleeds... It Leads

    Nathan and Eppy bid a bittersweet farewell to Rita with the final Rockford Files TV Move: If It Bleeds... It Leads (1999). This was a hard one! Rita's husband, schoolteacher Ernie (Hal Linden) is falsely accused of a series of child sexual assaults, and while Jim helps to clear his name, it's not enough to prevent a series of tragedies. While this one has wonderful performances and some great spots of the Rockfordishness we always love, the content and tone made it tough to say we "enjoyed" it. It did give us great closure on "Rita and Jim, their whole thing" but, unfortunately, was not the warm victory lap to bid farewell to our friends that we kinda wanted. Content Warnings: the plot is about a child rapist, scenes include child endangerment and there is a (relatively) graphic suicide. 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 Suffel's comic Sherlock Holmes & the Wonderland Conundrum Paul Townend 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 Brian Cummins, Robert Lindsey, Nathan Black, Jay Thompson, David Nixon, 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 Support Two Hundred A Day

    1h 59m
  3. Speculative Episode Draft Special!

    SEP 15

    Speculative Episode Draft Special!

    It's a special episode! Nathan and Eppy are drafting elements from The Rockford Files to construct two pitches for Rockford Files episodes that never were. It's a great excuse to talk a little bit about our favorite bits of the show, and we have some great Patron suggestions to help us along. Show Notes: Here's the Archive.org link to the 1981 BBC Radio Lord of the Rings recording. Nathan's Episode: from season 3, "The Montreal Connection" Eppy's Episode: from season 4, "Fool Me Thrice" 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 Suffel's comic Sherlock Holmes & the Wonderland Conundrum Paul Townend 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 Brian Cummins, Robert Lindsey, Nathan Black, Jay Thompson, David Nixon, 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 Support Two Hundred A Day

    1h 19m
  4. No Fault Affair

    AUG 25

    No Fault Affair

    Nathan and Eppy get re-acquainted with national treasure Rita Moreno in S6S8 No Fault Affair. After Jim's friend Rita, a sex worker, gets beat up badly by her pimp, he nurses her back to health - and she falls for him in the process. He has to navigate her emotions while she's trying to get out of her current life, but of course it's not going to be quick or easy. This is the last "regular" episode of the show for us, and we're really glad it fell here. It gives us almost all of our favorite things in the Rockford Files, and we have a lot to talk about! 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 Suffel's comic Sherlock Holmes & the Wonderland Conundrum Paul Townend 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 Brian Cummins, Robert Lindsey, Nathan Black, Jay Thompson, David Nixon, 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 Support Two Hundred A Day

    1h 55m
  5. Paradise Cove

    AUG 18

    Paradise Cove

    Nathan and Eppy take a little tour through Malibu in S6E1 Paradise Cove. Mariette Hartley joins James Garner in this final season premier episode as Althea, a court-appointed adjuster sent to audit Jim in the wake of a lawsuit he lost to fellow Cove resident C.C. Calloway. Calloway wants to get Jim, or at least his trailer, out of the way because of a 50-year search for literal buried treasure, and once Jim figures that out he's able to get Althea on his side of the treasure-hunt. A Stephen Cannell written, produced and directed episode, it's a Rockfordlishess romp - highly recommended! 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 Suffel's comic Sherlock Holmes & the Wonderland Conundrum Paul Townend 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 Brian Cummins, Robert Lindsey, Nathan Black, Jay Thompson, David Nixon, 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 Support Two Hundred A Day

    1h 19m
  6. Forced Retirement

    JUL 28

    Forced Retirement

    Nathan and Eppy revisit the first of our "lost episodes" with S4E11 Forced Retirement. An old college friend of Beth's is involved with a secretive undersea submersible project, and after Beth surprises an intruder in her apartment, Jim offers to look into it. He calls in his Jimmy Joe Meeker persona to pose as an investor, kangaroo-skin boots and all; but when the inventor's plane blows up, Jim and Beth have to figure out what's going on before someone else dies. It's a good one! 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 Suffel's comic Sherlock Holmes & the Wonderland Conundrum Paul Townend 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 Brian Cummins, Robert Lindsey, Nathan Black, Jay Thompson, David Nixon, 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 Support Two Hundred A Day

    1h 39m
  7. New Life, Old Dragons

    JUN 30

    New Life, Old Dragons

    Nathan and Eppy close out Season Three with S3E18 New Life, Old Dragons. Jim is hired by a Vietnamese refugee to find her missing brother, but as he (reluctantly) pursues the case, it becomes clear that he doesn't know the whole story. When Rocky takes a beating, it turns personal, and Jim needs to figure out where the danger is coming from - the kidnappers, or his own client! Also, Rocky wants to paint Jim's trailer. It's an unusual episode in a lot of ways, and we discuss the assumptions we brought into our viewing, and how the episode subverts them. 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 Suffel's comic Sherlock Holmes & the Wonderland Conundrum Paul Townend 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 Brian Cummins, Robert Lindsey, Nathan Black, David Nixon, 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 Support Two Hundred A Day

    1h 27m
  8. This Case Is Closed

    JUN 16

    This Case Is Closed

    Nathan and Eppy finish the main tour through the first season with the 90-minute S1E6 This Case Is Closed. Jim's client sends him to Newark to check up on a soon-to-be son-in-law, and Jim starts getting heat from the mob, the cops and the feds - and he doesn't know why! With an unconventional narrative structure, plenty of good car chases and lots of Cannell-written memorable dialogue, this Roy Huggins script delivers a solid early-series Rockford experience. Note: This episode was split into two for syndication, and the sydicated versions are what's currently available on streaming services. We watched and talked about the original 90-minute version of the 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 Suffel's comic Sherlock Holmes & the Wonderland Conundrum Paul Townend 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 Brian Cummins, Robert Lindsey, Nathan Black, Jay Thompson, David Nixon, 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 Support Two Hundred A Day

    1h 48m
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Two Hundred a Day is a podcast by Nathan D. Paoletta and Epidiah Ravachol. We are exploring the intensely weird and interesting world of the 70s TV detective show The Rockford Files. In each episode of Two Hundred a Day, we watch an episode, recap and review it as fans of the show, and tease out specific elements that hold lessons for writers, gamers and anyone else interested in making better stories.

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  • Creator
    Nathan Paoletta
  • Years Active
    2016 - 2024
  • Episodes
    144
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2024 Nathan Paoletta
  • Show Website
    Two Hundred A Day

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