First up, Paul watches The Rockford Files Season 2 Episode 7 “The Real Easy Red Dog,” with a special guest star who later became very well-known. He also takes a look at a recently lost landmark in Hollywood. Then, a new launch, looking at the pilot movie for Bill Bixby’s “The Magician,” another single season series.
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First, Paul watches Jim Rockford get stuck in a small town real estate scam, currency and Denny’s restaurants. Then, due to scheduling issues, the last episode of Whiz Kids is actually one from earlier in the season under Bob Shayne, and looking at a surprisingly forward-looking bit of Radio Shack tech, and another, not quite as successful restaurant chain.
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Paul watches The Rockford Files Season 2 Episode 5 “The Deep Blue Sleep,” and looks at a supermarket and a key writer and producer on the series. Then, he looks back at the penultimate episode in airing order, though the last produced of Whiz Kids: Episode 17, “Altaira,” including a guest star who fibbed about a major age discrepancy, and nifty wireframe graphics.
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This time, Paul watches The Rockford Files Season 2, Episode 4 “Gearjammers Part 2” the concluding episode of the two-parter, noticing that soon the actor he profiles will be on Whiz Kids as well. He notes a pretty obvious continuity error as well. Then he turns to Whiz Kids Episode 16 “Father’s Day” and finds another casting crossover between shows currently being covered.
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First, Paul looks at The Rockford Files Season 2 Episode Three “Gearjammers Pt 1,” where he takes a look at the changes of LA residential areas, muses about a notorious Hooker that was not yet disgraced, and looks at a veteran guest performer. Then comes Whiz Kids Episode 15 “The Sufi Project” Paul realizes this is the waning episodes of the series with the first of three episodes produced after the cancellation was already in place, if not publicly. He looks at a very recognizable shooting location, and briefly profiles Bob Shayne, writer, producer and co-creator of “Whiz Kids.”
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