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60. Maverick/Rockford (James Gardner) was my favorite, too

Sun Aug 5, 2012, 02:28 PM

Aug 2012

Jack Kelley, not so much. By the time Roger Moore and then Robert Colbert (he replaced Gardner) joined the cast, the series was in a slide.

James Gardner owned the show and the studio was crazy to let him go.

Watching the Maverick show was not unlike watching the beginning of a three Stooges film to see if Curly or Shemp was in it. I was a happy boy when James Gardner appeared.

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