Beth's nerdy cousin Warren drags Jim into his mounting troubles.Beth's nerdy cousin Warren drags Jim into his mounting troubles.Beth's nerdy cousin Warren drags Jim into his mounting troubles.
Noah Beery Jr.
- Joseph 'Rocky' Rockford
- (as Noah Beery)
Anne Randall
- Catherine Lefcourt
- (as Anne Randall Stewart)
Donald Chaffin
- Pool Player
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaThe house used as the Lefcourt's residence was also used as Bob Coleman's estate in the earlier episode, The Deep Blue Sleep (1975).
- GoofsWhen Rockford is being interviewed by the federal agent early in the episode, the agent attempts to tape record the conversation. He presses the "Play" button on his recorder, but he does not press the "Record" button that is right next to it. Tape recorders of that era, however, all required that both the "Play" and "Record" buttons be pushed simultaneously in order to record a conversation.
- Quotes
Jim Rockford: This is Jim Rockford. At the tone leave your name and address, I'll get back to you.
Phil: [Beeep and really staticky phone line comes on] Jimmy, it's Phil in Puerto Rico. This is really important! Talk to
[static]
Phil: He'll pay twenty thousand dollars
[more static]
Phil: He'll only do
[static, static and nothing but static]
Phil: ...
- ConnectionsReferences The Galloping Gourmet (1968)
Featured review
The Trouble With Filler
Ron Rifkin plays a weasel, cousin to smokin' hot lawyer Beth Davenport. He's in trouble so Beth comes to Rockford for help. Jim ends up being roped in, gets arrested by numerous police agencies, and plays a fake human resources officer to get information out of some corporate suit.
There's a terrible car chase involving an AMC Pacer that ends with Rockford and Rifkin slipping into a wedding uninvited while the cops draw their guns on the innocent bl#ck valet. Since this is still the naive and innocent 70s, the cops refreshingly refrain from shooting the valet.
Two other things stand out in this episode: Beth bailing Jim out of the local klink in a tight sweater dress. And Joe Maross (as Perry Lefcourt, corporate dooshb3g) made up to look like Peter Graves' double. Not sure what they were going for. Maybe the promo ads for that week's episode featured Maross in Graves getup and it fooled 70s TV viewers into thinking the Mission: Impossible star had dropped in for a guest spot.
There's a terrible car chase involving an AMC Pacer that ends with Rockford and Rifkin slipping into a wedding uninvited while the cops draw their guns on the innocent bl#ck valet. Since this is still the naive and innocent 70s, the cops refreshingly refrain from shooting the valet.
Two other things stand out in this episode: Beth bailing Jim out of the local klink in a tight sweater dress. And Joe Maross (as Perry Lefcourt, corporate dooshb3g) made up to look like Peter Graves' double. Not sure what they were going for. Maybe the promo ads for that week's episode featured Maross in Graves getup and it fooled 70s TV viewers into thinking the Mission: Impossible star had dropped in for a guest spot.
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- 400 North Amapola Lane, Los Angeles, California, USA(Lefcourt Residence)
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