An unexplained break-in at Rocky's new diner has connections with the FBI fifty years ago.An unexplained break-in at Rocky's new diner has connections with the FBI fifty years ago.An unexplained break-in at Rocky's new diner has connections with the FBI fifty years ago.
- Joseph 'Rocky' Rockford
- (as Noah Beery)
- Dave Young
- (as Joseph Dellasorte)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaFinal appearance of Gretchen Corbett until the reunion movies in the '90s.
- GoofsThe legal doctrine of attractive nuisance is stated incorrectly. It only applies to small children and not to adults.
- Quotes
Little Beaver: [Rocky is on the CB radio at the new diner he and his friend Vince Whitehead have just opened] Breaker, breaker, this is Little Beaver. Come on!
Joseph 'Rocky' Rockford #2: That's a big ten-four Little Beaver. What's your twenty coming to Rocky's Summit? Say, have you put on the feedbag yet? We're slinging hash and pumping gas, come back!
Little Beaver: That's negatory, good buddy! I had me some steak on the grill five miles north. So I've got the pedal to the metal trying to pick up time. Maybe next trip! This is Little Beaver with a big ten-four!
Jim Rockford: I thought you said this was the only diner for ten miles north or south.
Joseph 'Rocky' Rockford #2: It is.
Jim Rockford: Well he said he'd already eaten! He had a steak on the grill five miles back!
Joseph 'Rocky' Rockford #2: That guy meant he ran into a cow. He don't have no time to stop. He's got the hammer down and he's making up time.
- ConnectionsFeatures Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955)
The entire plot is a bit contrived/not likely in spots but it moves-along at a reasonable pace throughout so it is never slow or boring.
Good-intentioned son Jim Rockford tries his hand at (what turns out to be) diplomacy when he tries to encourage and help his father and his father's partners in their new,most recent business venture,a roadside truckstop/cafe that is off to a rather-slow and rocky start.
Strange and cryptic events seem to be attracted to this newly opened restaurant, more-so than any actual cash-business customers are.
Odd characters flit-about at the edges,doing who-knows-what. Different things happen that don't make complete sense to the viewer,because the viewer doesn't know the whole story yet.
It is eventually confirmed that there is a-lot-more going-on than meets the eye in the vicinity of this new restaurant,and most of the odd occurances fit together.
Watch for an interesting appearance of the very-rarely-seen (only 2x in the whole 6-year series) lifeguard character 'Skip Spence',well-portrayed by Hunter Von Leer. He portrays 'Skip', as being a rather creepy,dishonest character that has an unhealthy interest in young,possibly underage girls. This is not the first episode to show Skip's attraction to younger girls,and it was obvious in a previous episode that Jim Rockford is wise-to,and he disapproves of,Skip's habit of dating questionably-aged young women.
While some of this episode is a bit farfetched,it is still an engaging and decent episode.
Please,give this episode an attentive viewing,give it some thought,and let us know what YOU think about it ! 8/10.
- ronnybee2112
- Aug 2, 2023
Details
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- Filming locations
- 28921 The Old Rd, Castaic, California, USA(Rocky's Diner - I-5 Exit 173 Wayside Honor Rancho & Hasley Canyon Rd)
- Production companies
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