“Posterity! You will never know how much it cost the present Generation to preserve your Freedom! I hope you will make good use of it. If you do not, I shall repent in Heaven, that I ever took half the Pains to preserve it.” ― John Adams
"Fire can be our friend; whether it's toasting marshmallows, or raining down on Charlie." - Principal Skinner.
February 01, 2026, 09:21 AM
HRK
Great show, when they were getting cars from GM they were going to give him a Trans Am, Garner didn't want it, said Rockford was living check to check and couldn't have afforded a top of the line model.
So they got Firebird Formulas, changed the hood to a flat one, no spoilers to make it look like a standard Firebird Esprit, with of course the V8, also Garner didn't like the 79 and up front end, so all the way through the end of the show, they put 78 front ends on the newer cars....
Rockford was known for doing a J turn in it, and since then, the practice has become "doing a Rockford"
Enjoy!
February 01, 2026, 10:10 AM
Rey HRH
All I remember was the answering machine and none of the messages. Thanks for the reminder. I don’t actually know if I personally liked the series. My dad would have been watch it.
"It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946.
February 02, 2026, 08:37 AM
Calif Phil
Big fan of the show, watched it as a kid, rewatched every episode a couple of years ago and enjoyed it. Makes me long for the so cal I grew up in.
February 02, 2026, 03:47 PM
SigJacket
This car, even.
-- I always prefer reality when I can figure out what it is.