Magnum Mania!

I need to watch more Rockford Files. I like the show but I have a hard time keeping up with the few new shows I like! I feel like my DVR is always beating me.

And now of course there are the Netflix shows ..... where's the time?!?

ConchRepublican wrote:I need to watch more Rockford Files. I like the show but I have a hard time keeping up with the few new shows I like! I feel like my DVR is always beating me.

And now of course there are the Netflix shows ..... where's the time?!?

Given my rather eccentric viewing habits, I suppose I have the time to watch forty-year-old detective shows. I haven't had cable tv going on five years next month. Based on what I used to pay for cable each month, I have saved over $4,000. I don't even have the antenna/box/satellite set ups most everyone else has. No Netflix, but I rarely if ever use the Amazon Video aspect of my Amazon Prime membership.

Most of what I watch are DVDs of things dating from the 1930s to 1980s. Other than a few tv shows and films from the '90s and on, I am largely disconnected from the majority of pop culture that everyone else watches and raves about. Just a personal choice, of course. I'm not judging anyone by my admittedly loopy standard!

The only new show that I've enjoyed from the last 15 years is "Breaking Bad." Everyone raves about how this is a new "golden age" for tv, but every time I try one of these new hit shows I end up hating it. I would love to find a new show to watch but they always strike me as being silly, trashy, or too political for my tastes. In other words - I'm old.

p.s. I just bought all ten seasons of Perry Mason, a huge Charlie Chan box set, and seasons 1-10 of Gunsmoke. As I'm typing this, I've got a 50 year old Mexican horror movie playing in the background. So you're not the only one with unusual taste in tv, LG.

marlboro wrote:
p.s. I just bought all ten seasons of Perry Mason,

Been watching for this somewhere. Did you find a good deal?

Have also been watching for a discounted Matlock complete series set. Not prepared to pay "full price" for either set right now, but would probably go for either at the right price.

I paid $107 plus tax for the full series. The prices on Amazon fluctuate wildly. It was 177 a couple of weeks ago. If you google it, and it's lower, please don't tell me.

I'm a fan of Matlock as well. Especially the earlier seasons. I don't really know why I like it, but it's just very watchable. I haven't bought any of the dvds though. I don't think I've ever seen a show with as many cast changes as Matlock.

I also picked up a big box set of Charlie Chan movies at a pretty decent price. Those movies are low budget but a lot of fun.



Hawaii certainly spawned its fair share of detectives, didn't it?

Thanks M...$107 is not bad at all.

Like you said, the prices seem to be all over the place, depending on where and when you look.

You mean I can't rub it in if I find it for less?

I've got a few Chan reels, like Matlock and PM, if I could find the "right" deal, I'd already have all of em'.

I like Matlock for a few different reasons.

I like how Andy Griffith is kind of a chameleon over the length of his career, and how different Ben is than Andy was.

I like quite a few of the stories/plots, and I like the fact that like Magnum, each episode is labeled and stands on it's own, even though they did, as I recall, do fairly well with continuity throughout the entire series.

Also like MPI, there were quite a few different writers over the course of the series.

Didn't care that much for the later seasons, but I do respect the fact that AG was loyal to his past casts, kind of like TS.

Griffith knew how to do tv, he sure did it for a long time!

I'll keep watching for the right deal, thanks.

So is anyone else here watching The Rockford Files as part of their tv routine? I watch it every Friday night, followed by an episode of Kolchak: The Night Stalker, a show I've watched continually since its DVD release ten years ago.

Simon & Simon star Jameson Parker remembers James Garner.

Little Garwood wrote:So is anyone else here watching The Rockford Files as part of their tv routine? I watch it every Friday night, followed by an episode of Kolchak: The Night Stalker, a show I've watched continually since its DVD release ten years ago.

I just treated myself to an early Christmas present and bought season 5 & 6 to complete the collection. I rented a few discs from my library but Rockford is a series worth owning in its entirety.

Mrs. Higgins wrote:

Little Garwood wrote:So is anyone else here watching The Rockford Files as part of their tv routine? I watch it every Friday night, followed by an episode of Kolchak: The Night Stalker, a show I've watched continually since its DVD release ten years ago.

I just treated myself to an early Christmas present and bought season 5 & 6 to complete the collection. I rented a few discs from my library but Rockford is a series worth owning in its entirety.

Oh, so you now have the Complete Lance White Collection! Way to go!

Little Garwood wrote:

Mrs. Higgins wrote:

Little Garwood wrote:So is anyone else here watching The Rockford Files as part of their tv routine? I watch it every Friday night, followed by an episode of Kolchak: The Night Stalker, a show I've watched continually since its DVD release ten years ago.

I just treated myself to an early Christmas present and bought season 5 & 6 to complete the collection. I rented a few discs from my library but Rockford is a series worth owning in its entirety.

Oh, so you now have the Complete Lance White Collection! Way to go!

Hi Little Garwood & Mrs Higgins,

I have the first 4 seasons of The Rockford Files DVD box set on my DVD shelf. Bought it for forty five euro, coming across it unexpectedly in a HMV store 5 years ago. Great price and could not believe my luck. My wife and I love it. Most of my 8 season MPI collection was bought in NYC. At full price but oh! so worth it for the years of multiple viewings I have enjoyed while sipping my Old Dusseldorf .......... sorry got a bit carried away there ! I mean Guinness or to quote Magnum " a pint of porter". I have a multi region DVD player fortunately. We would absolutely love to get Rockford Season 5 & 6. Might try ebay but I know there were several feature length TV movies subsequently in the '90's I think. Are these available on DVD in the USA ? Have you seen any and how did they compare to the original series.

Always enjoy both your posts,

Mahalo,

terryfromkerry wrote:
Hi Little Garwood & Mrs Higgins,

I have the first 4 seasons of The Rockford Files DVD box set on my DVD shelf. Bought it for forty five euro, coming across it unexpectedly in a HMV store 5 years ago. Great price and could not believe my luck. My wife and I love it. Most of my 8 season MPI collection was bought in NYC. At full price but oh! so worth it for the years of multiple viewings I have enjoyed while sipping my Old Dusseldorf .......... sorry got a bit carried away there ! I mean Guinness or to quote Magnum " a pint of porter". I have a multi region DVD player fortunately. We would absolutely love to get Rockford Season 5 & 6. Might try ebay but I know there were several feature length TV movies subsequently in the '90's I think. Are these available on DVD in the USA ? Have you seen any and how did they compare to the original series.

Always enjoy both your posts,

Mahalo,

Two volumes of Rockford Files Movies are indeed available here. If the price goes low enough, I just might snatch them up.

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss ... +collecton

Many thanks Mrs. Higgins ........ I must seriously check out Amazon.

IMO, The Rockford Files movies were pretty disappointing. The tone was too different. Just a generic made for tv mystery. There was a pretty funny bit with Angel during the LA riots in one of the first movies though.

I'd try catching them streaming online before I bought them.

Good suggestion Marlboro