The Rockford Files the series. Frequent directors included William Wiard (23 episodes), Lawrence Doheny (10 episodes), and Ivan Dixon (previously a regular on "Hogan's Heroes") (9 episodes). Veteran actor James Coburn directed an episode. Coburn had co-starred with Garner in the classic movies "The Great Escape" (1963) and "The Americanization of Emily" (1964). Other actors who directed episodes include Jackie Cooper (3 episodes) Richard Crenna and Dana Elcar (1 episode each). Co-creator Stephen J. Cannell directed several episodes; series regular Stuart Margolin and executive producer Meta Rosenberg each helmed 2; and James Garner directed one episode in the second season, "The Girl in
The Day the Violence Died and the fattest twins in "The Guinness Book of World Records"." Malkowski concluded her review by giving the episode a grade of B-. The episode was considered a classic by "The Rockford Register Star", which enjoyed the "perfect parody of the old 'Schoolhouse Rock' cartoon, 'I'm Just a Bill.'" DVD Movie Guide "loved" the first "The Itchy & Scratchy Show" cartoon, "Itchy & Scratchy Meet Fritz the Cat". In the book "I Can't Believe It's a Bigger and Better Unofficial "Simpsons" Guide" by Warren Martyn and Adrian Wood, they comment that "The Day the Violence Died" is "a great episode,