Jimmie Tramel

Tulsa World Scene Reporter

On occasion, during the six-season run of the classic television series “The Rockford Files,” private eye Jim Rockford felt the need to go undercover as cowboy hat-clad Jimmy Joe Meeker from Okmulgee, Oklahoma.

That Rockford would choose to be a character from Oklahoma is no surprise considering the series’ star, James Garner, was a proud Oklahoman. Garner was born in the Norman area.

Jimmy Joe Meeker is one of the show’s two connections to Okmulgee. The other is Mike Post.

Considered the most successful composer in television history, Post has written theme songs and music for 7,200 hours of TV, including “Law & Order,” “NYPD Blue,” “Magnum PI,” “The A-Team,” “Quantum Leap,” “Doogie Howser, M.D.,” “Blossom” and “News Radio.”

Post’s theme song

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