brianu@ada-uts.UUCP (12/17/85)
Does anyone out there in television land recall the television detective
series "Richie Brockelman"? If you do, then maybe you can resolve a
question I have had for some time.
I was a fan of this show. I remember very well the pilot movie co-starring
Susann Pleshette as an amnesiac. I remember the subsequent series.
The only problem is that several prominent authorities maintain that this
show was a spin-off from "The Rockford Files". I maintain that the show
was cancelled and then several Rockford episodes were made with
Richie Brockleman. So there it is. Which came first, the Brockelman
series or the Brockelman episodes?
High Tech Bad Guy (seeing two strange CEs in his office): What's going on here?
Richie Brockelman:(looking at terminal with Rockford): Well, the baud rate
is shot, and if the data flow isn't bidirectional you're
going to lose all the bytes.
HTBG: I have an advanced degree in computer science and THAT was garbage.
RB: Oh, yes...well HE has a gun and we're leaving.
Brian Utterback
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LIFE: UCLA!PCS!TELOS!CRAY!I**2kayuucee@cvl.UUCP (Kenneth W. Crist Jr.) (12/19/85)
> Which came first, the Brockelman series or the Brockelman episodes?
Richie Brockleman: "The thing of it is is....."
RB appeared on Rockford before he got his all too short series, 5
episodes total. He MIGHT have appeared on Rockford AFTER his show was
canceled.
Star-Lord
They were in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Naturally they became heroes.alan@cae780.UUCP (Alan M. Steinberg) (12/19/85)
>The only problem is that several prominent authorities maintain that this >show was a spin-off from "The Rockford Files". I maintain that the show >was cancelled and then several Rockford episodes were made with >Richie Brockleman. So there it is. Which came first, the Brockelman >series or the Brockelman episodes? Richie Brockelman was a spin-off of "Rockford". I think the pilot was the episode about Richie's father being ripped off, and he and Jim pull off a con with a proposed King Tut exhibit. Richie then got his own show, but was seen in several other Rockford episodes. The story with Suzanne Pleshette was probably the first solo Richie Brockelman episode. Then, again, I could be wrong... School's out... -- Alan Steinberg {ucbvax}!decwrl!amdcad!cae780!alan Hey, Rocky, watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat! Again??? Nothing up my sleeve... Presto! Roooooaaaaarrrrrr!! Wrong hat! Must be something in the hat! And now here's something we hope you'll really like!
silber@lasspvax.UUCP (Jeffrey Silber) (12/23/85)
Richie Brockelman spin-off followed Rockford. The quote you gave if from the first appearance of Richie Brockelman on TRF.... It was the episode when a mutual friend of Rockford and Brockelman was killed and they proceeded to uncover this private mega-secret-police organization ...