{"id":687,"date":"2018-09-20T08:00:52","date_gmt":"2018-09-20T07:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itmgames.co.uk\/blog\/?p=687"},"modified":"2018-09-20T08:00:52","modified_gmt":"2018-09-20T07:00:52","slug":"jim-rockford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itmgames.co.uk\/blog\/?p=687","title":{"rendered":"Jim Rockford"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jim Rockford\u00a0was played by\u00a0James Garner in\u00a0<i><a title=\"The Rockford Files\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2M142oC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Rockford Files<\/a><\/i>. He was a struggling\u00a0private investigator\u00a0operating in the greater\u00a0Los Angeles\u00a0area. Garner was the only actor to appear in every episode of the series.<\/p>\n<p>Each episode began with the image of Rockford&#8217;s\u00a0answering machine, and the opening\u00a0title sequence\u00a0was accompanied by someone leaving Rockford a message. As the camera focuses on the telephone, it rings twice and then Rockford&#8217;s recorded voice is heard providing the following greeting: <em>&#8220;This is Jim Rockford. At the tone, leave your name and message. I&#8217;ll get back to you.&#8221; [Beep]<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2M142oC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width:100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/c\/c3\/James_Garner_Rockford_Files_1974.JPG\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jim Rockford ranked third on America&#8217;s Top Sleuths, per\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/magnum-mania.com\/Lists\/Americas_Top_Sleuths.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Magnum Mania!\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0It was also ranked 39th in the\u00a0TV Guide Names <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/tv-guide-names-top-50-shows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Top 50 Shows<\/a>\u00a0by CBS.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none !important;margin:0!important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-uk.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=invittoevent-21&amp;l=am2&amp;o=2&amp;a=B07DG4JYRD\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/B07DG4JYRD\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=6738&amp;creativeASIN=B07DG4JYRD&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=invittoevent-21&amp;linkId=eea0c2e91cf1a73986661ea94bb9113d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"\/\/ws-eu.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;MarketPlace=GB&amp;ASIN=B07DG4JYRD&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;WS=1&amp;Format=_SL250_&amp;tag=invittoevent-21\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none !important;margin:0!important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-uk.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=invittoevent-21&amp;l=am2&amp;o=2&amp;a=B07DG4JYRD\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jim Rockford\u00a0was played by\u00a0James Garner in\u00a0The Rockford Files. 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