''If the show ain't set in Rockford, IL., ...
...Then why is it called 'The Rockford Files'?" I know a guy who actually asked me this question! I should note that this fellow drinks quite a bit too.
Annoying the world since 1960!
Then shouldn't Peruvians live in Peru,IL.?Oh wait, I guess then do.
I got that line from a Rockford episode. Just can't remember which one.
We live as we dream - alone.
They probably wanted the character's name in the title, but didn't want to simply call it "Rockford", which would've worked.
shareI know when the show first went into syndication, it was called "Jim Rockford, Private Eye" (or was it "P.I."?). Which makes me wonder: I noticed that when some shows went into syndication while also still in first-run production, they changed the title. For example, "Happy Days" was called "Happy Days Again"; "Three's Company" was "Three's Company Too". Was there a rule back then that there had to be some alteration to the title when the show went into syndication?
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I remember that. Laverne and Shirley was "Laverne and Shirley and Company".
The networks owned the shows, so they had to temporarily tweak the titles to make the reruns available for independent stations. The situation had apparently been corrected right after that. I've never seen it again.
MeTV was playing some original B&W half hour episodes of Gunsmoke retitled Matt Dillon.
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