The Rockford Files: Irving the Explainer (1977)
Season 4, Episode 8
9/10
Comedy
25 October 2023
This episode has many bad reviews, but I disagree.

It's unlike other Rockford episodes. I first thought of the old film Bringing Up Baby which is a madcap comedy of intentional confusion and chaos (Cary Grant as confusion and Katherine Hepburn as chaos) when I saw this. For some reason it was replayed a few days later on TV and I noticed it mentions Howard Hawks in the beginning. That has to be intentional as he directed Bringing Up Baby.

The confusion over the various characters and the comedy are indeed intentional. Not the typical Rockford formula, but worth watching. I thought the previous episode "Quickie Nirvana" was better, but this one takes the comedy to a different level.
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