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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: WARNER HOME VIDEO
EAN: 0012569807747
Format: Box set, Black & White, Closed-captioned, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 80
Label: Warner Home Video
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 1.0SpanishSubtitledFrenchSubtitled
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
MPN: WARD80774D
Number Of Items: 6
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 06, 2006
Running Time: 667 minutes
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: September 08, 1965
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F-Troop belongs to the ranks of television's great military slacker comedies, including Sgt. Bilko and McHale's Navy. Ken Berry was promoted from bit player to leading man with his role as clueless and clumsy ("I fall down a lot") Wilton Parmenter, who is put in charge of the frontier post Fort Courage after a display of inadvertent Civil War heroism. "He's the pigeon we always dreamed of," enthuses Sgt. O'Rourke (Forrest Tucker), who runs "O'Rourke Enterprises" with his sidekick Corporal Agarn (Larry Storch). Most episodes involve O'Rourke and Agarn's get-rich schemes that ultimately backfire. The show's great (albeit politically incorrect) comic conceit is the Hekawis, the decidedly un-bloodthirsty Indian tribe who makes tourist souvenirs, not war. "We invent peace pipe," proclaims Chief Wild Eagle (Frank DeKova), whose broken English and anachronistic vernacular (similar to Joey Bishop in Texas Across the River) provide most of each episode's biggest--and, in these more enlightened times, guiltiest--laughs.
F's troupe also includes Melody Patterson as Wrangler Jane, who has a hankerin' for "Will" ("I told you, Jane, not in front of the men"), James Hampton as bungling bugler Dobbs, Joe Brooks as nearsighted look-out Vanderbilt, cowboy star Bob Steele as gung-ho Alamo survivor Duffy, and venerable character actor (and Rocky and Bullwinkle's "Fractured Fairy Tales" narrator) Edward Everett Horton as Hekawi medicine man Roaring Chicken. Among the more memorable guest appearances include Zsa Zsa Gabor as a gypsy who attempts to fleece Agarn in "Play, Gypsy, Play," and Don Rickles (!) as Chief Wild Eagle's excitable, warlike son in "The Return of Bald Eagle." The episode, "Reunion for O'Rouke," contains the classic bit about how the Hekawis got their name. F-Troop debuted in 1965 and lasted but two seasons. It broke no television ground and was never nominated for an Emmy. A single-disc compilation of six episodes is also available, but Baby Boomers who remember F-Troop fondly will want to enlist for a full season. It's old school, flat-out funny. --Donald Liebenson
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If you like corny... Our four year old likes "where pale face and red skin both turn chicken". Europeans (where we live) often idolize the American indians as mistreated folk who never hurt anyone unless they were helping bad white men... (They have an indian hero with a white friend {TV show} that was very popular here.) They would never understand this show's making fun of both sides: cavalry and indians. The captain's a clutz who in messing up wins the day. The sargeant's alway trying to get the ... Read More
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I recieved my 6 disc set only to find disc 2 missing. There seems to be no way of getting disc 2 without first (PAYING MORE POSTAGE) to return what I already have. Here's an idea why couldn't I have an option button to email amazon.com, llc to get them to send me what they promised to send? This system is very user friendly until you have a problem.
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There was a time when TV comedy was just fun and silly, without being suggestive or vulgar. This show was a great example of that era. Personally, I don't care about political agendas or the millionth sex joke. TV today would have us believe that tasteless jokes are all our minds are capable of. Sometimes, after a very long day at work, I just want to laugh and relax. So much of classic TV was like that. This wacky group is animated and funny. That's worth the price of admission.
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This is great. If you grew up watching these on TV, this will bring back great memories. They start off in black and white and are great fun to watch for the whole family.
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F Troop - The Complete Second Season
Given to my Father-In-Law for his birthday/Christmas. He loved them and watches them all the time....much to his wife's dismay!
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