This is Jim Rockford, at the tone....

[midnightfett]

Does anyone have any info on Rockford's
answering machine?
A name, make, model, anything?

Thanks.

 

[temponaut]

Sorry, I don't have the information you need.

But, if you haven't seen this already, you may enjoy checking it out:

Jim Rockford's Answering Machine

 

[Probe Droid]

Unfortunately, this was one of Prop Replicator's prize projects. He gave me the info on the machine, and I actually found one for him about 2 years ago. Can't remember what it was, but it was big.

 

[Funky]

Yup, Wayne was THE authority on Rockford props on the RPF.

 

[Walter]

He did some great Rockford files props... like the drivers license and the yellow pages ad. Great stuff. Amazing craftsmanship. I remember he was working on the Gilligans Island radio, but I am not surprised to hear that he had nailed down the Rockford answering machine.

-Bryan

 

[dkwd]

I think it was listed as an ansaphone or answerphone.

David

 

[midnightfett]

There's a good shot of it during a season 2 episode
and it looks like it says "Dictaphone" on the front.

 

[lharles]

I KNOW this is a massive necro-post, (this is the ONLY result for 'rockford files answering machine'), but I've been looking for Jim's answering machine for quite a while now.

I believe the original was an Ansafone 660, (it was a Dictaphone model/brand, Ansafone, that is). I've recently acquired an Ansafone 640, (different color & top-side logo), which is structurally/visually identical other than color. Gonna' try to free up some space in the internals to have the play button randomly play the messages from Jim's machine, from the show.

 

[NormanF]

If anyone needs to do research I found the show is on Netflix.

 

[dbuck]

It is a dictaphone remote ansaphone 660 used in the show.


And now I can't get the theme song out of my head.

 

[lharles]

If anyone needs to do research I found the show is on Netflix.

-- Best place, at this point, to capture the answering machine messages...& do research --- agreed.

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It is a dictaphone remote ansaphone 660 used in the show.


And now I can't get the theme song out of my head.

Thanks for the confirmation!

...& that stuck-song thing happens to me more often than I'd like to admit. THE most frustrating one for me is - ANY time I think of turning up the heat during the winter - getting "Hot Girls In Love" by 'Loverboy' stuck in my head. I really don't need that.

 

[NormanF]

-- Best place, at this point, to capture the answering machine messages...& do research --- agreed.

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Thanks for the confirmation!

...& that stuck-song thing happens to me more often than I'd like to admit. THE most frustrating one for me is - ANY time I think of turning up the heat during the winter - getting "Hot Girls In Love" by 'Loverboy' stuck in my head. I really don't need that.

I have a cure, but it is worse than the disease.

Spoiler

 

[lharles]

I have a cure, but it is worse than the disease.

Spoiler

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxvlKp-76io

NOOOOOO!!! Not that!