twelve o'clock high : S1E01 Golden Boy Had 9 Black Sheep
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- Twelve O'Clock High is an American drama series set in World War II. This TV series originally broadcast on ABC-TV for two-and-one-half TV seasons from September 18, 1964, through January 13, 1967; was based on the motion picture Twelve O'Clock High (1949).
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My father flew with the 9th Air Force 391st Bombardment Group out of Matching England. He was a Bombardier/ Navigator in a B-26 and was credited with 78:combat missions 3 of which were on D-Day .
He was awarded the "Distinguished Flying Cross". I was born in 1955 and he and I watched 12 O'clock every week together . My dad will turn 101 years old this September . He has always been and always will be my hero .
THE GREATEST GENERATION !!
Your father is a true Patriot. .....I too watched this show.....always wanted to be a B17 pilot...!!!
My own Dad would have been 100 last January, he passed at age 70. He was a ball turret gunner.8AF 487bg 839bs. Stationed near Lavenham. We watched this program, also. I regret not asking him for his anecdotes, but he did speak of a damage claim on a Me262. Waist gunner verified it. Certainly you treasure any time and conversation that you may get with your father.
Your Father is an American Hero; thank him for his distinguished service.
We don't hear much about the 9th -- or the 12th in North Africa and Italy. For some reason, the 8th got all the attention...
I loved this show back in the '60's and I still love it. My uncle was a B-17 squadron commander and I always loved that this show used real combat footage. Even though these episodes are 50 years old now I think they are better than most of what is on offer today. And Robert Lansing was stellar.
Your uncle God rest his soul was one tough hombre.
My dad was a armorer and waist/tail gunner. Mom only told the children (5) a couple of times after we were grown of the nightmares he had. He would scream 'JUMP... GET OUT'. She would go outside and set on the porch when these occurred. We came along in mid 50's and early 60's.
I never thought the day would come when I'd be watching this Brilliant series on a mobile phone!
Well my dad flew in the 9th AF , 391st Bombardment Group as a Bombardier/Navigator in a B-26
flying out of Matching Green, England in 1944 . His planes name was " Miss Behavin" and he was credited with 78+ missions. He was awarded The "Distinguish Flying Cross" and was rotated home and was reassigned as bombardier instructor for B-29s . He's still around and kicking .
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My husband’s cousin, John Kriegshauser, was the B-17 pilot of the famous Mi Amigo. The plane had been fatally crippled across the Channel, with injured personnel, and started going down over Sheffield, England. The only place to land was a park, but it was in the city and was full of schoolchildren. John made the decision to crash into a nearby hillside instead, thereby killing all 10 aboard, but saving the children and the surrounding city. He and the crew are still honored to this day in Sheffield. There was a book written about it too. He was only 23 years old.
Robert Lansing was completely awesome. Great script and writing. Episode even had a guest appearance by Bruce Dern!
I was very disappointed when the General Savage character was removed. Colonel Gallagher was just not the same.
They had guest stars each week. Paul Burke starred in the Naked City Tv show in the late 50s. That was a great show because it was filmed right on the streets of NY city complete with the actual traffic and pedestrians in the background. The Naked City shows I think is on YT.
Bruce Dern was still an unknown.
Wouldn't expect Gallagher to replace Frank Savage in 2nd season.
That grin as Savage walks away from the plane is just about worth the whole episode.
As a kid growing up in the 60's in Cleveland, this show inspired me to enlist in the U.S. Air Force where I was in an Air Rescue unit in the Vietnam Era.
Shout out to the late great Dominic Frontiere for composing the great 12 O'clock High theme score. He also composed the themes to some of favorite 60's shows, including the Outer Limits, The Invaders, The Rat Patrol and many others. All were/are outstanding. Gotta find a way to get back there (the 1960's), it's where I belong.....
Loved 12’O Clock High when I was a kid. My next door neighbor was a Navigator in a B-17. Stationed in England with the 8th Air Force. Loved his War Stories. He since has passed, flew in the 909 a couple of years ago. Great Experience, Sad to see it go down. RIP to the People who perished 🇺🇸
Wow! This has got to be the best episode of this series. Straight through action. Loved every second. Top level script and acting. Bruce Dern was a very nice surpeised. Great at playing a jackass, but did great getting straight and flying right.
Bruce Dern was in a total of 4 episodes in this series. One more as Lt. Michaels and two different characters.
An interesting and informative TV-series, 12 O'CLOCK HIGH.
Surprise
One of one
I discovered Twelve O'Clock High on METV in 2010. I knew Robert Lansing from Star Trek. I fell head over heels in love with this show and him after seeing the episode that happened to be playing the first time I saw it. I'm glad I can now watch it here. Thanks for posting these.
One of the best shows ever made for rv . The stories has meaning. This was great TV.. Better than the junk that is on now
Best theme music of all time; even better than Band of Brothers and Victory at Sea. And my God those B17's were beautiful in the air. We just lost the Collins Foundation's Fortress; I've seen her in the air half a dozen times flying into and out of air shows, and what a magnificent sight.
it gives one the goose bumps i love the theme too
B-17's were super sexy aircraft.
Yes we were able to go up in the 909 back in August,2015. Something we’ll never ever forget. That flight just enhanced our respect & admiration of the crews that actually went through WWII in those aircraft!
Didn't see this in the 60's. I'm amazed at the quality of programming and photography!!!
This is one of my all-time favorite TV series I watch growing up. Watching those B-17's , stories and that music is still great to hear. It reminds of one of my Uncle's that pilot B-17's during WWII.🦅🇺🇸
My uncle was a raidoman in b-24s and 25s. Saw action in the the e.t.o. plenty of action and then some.
@@billhuber2964 Not only was a pilot for B-17's. But he also pilot B-25's. Had another uncle who was bombard and/or navgater . I believed it was also B-17'S too.
The first B-17'S made in 1932. At that it was considered the fastest heavy bomber in the world. Another fact Congress came close to cancel the program. Near the end of the war it was considered near obsolete. One B-17'S flew and land without a crew this is fact. Another B-17'S was flown home on One engine. The man who the series. Was same wrote the book 12 O'CLOCK HIGH. He was bomber pilot during WWII. He was under the command Jimmy Stewart. He same man that is the actor . Jimmy Stewart joined up Army Air Corp as a Buck Private before the war. After the end of WII he was at the rank Colonial . The man who wrote 12 O'CLOCK HIGH. Also wrote the a bio of Jimmy Stewart in Army Air Corp to Air Force. Good book.
@@billhuber2964 My uncle was a ball turret gunner on Liberators.
@@olentangy74 what guts those guys had the bravery
One of best episodes. Excellent script, story (a lot borrowed from original movie), dialogue. Great exchanges between Gallagher and Savage. Great series. We don't see tv written and acted like this today...except I don't watch tv today so maybe I'm wrong.
No, you're right.
The GREATEST series ever filmed, and season ONE is by far the best of them Thank You, Robert Lansing !!!
Remember his portrayal of Gary Seven in Star Trek?
@@davidvincent6149 Yes he reminds me of Steve McQueen in that role.
Gen. Savage was a great guy. Fantastic show. Greetings from Brazil.
Thanks to u for putting this on. My uncle was in the Army Air Corp. He was shot down and spent some time in a pow camp. THANKS to all those young men who went to war to give us our freedoms we value today. As the say freedom is never free.
FREEDOM: It`s there as long as you can hold it...Another year or so & it may be lost forever.
The impressive thing about this time is many of these actors had served in the military in some capacity. Unlike today with all the light steppers who never ever bumped a toe.
My next door neighbor was Robert Lansing's Father and younger Brother. Robert would often stop by and visit (Alhambra Calif) His real last name is Brown, Lansing was his Hollywood name....
P.S. The theme song, as I said in the next post, is my all time favorite piece of music without a doubt. No other tv shows since then has ever captured this true American treasure! I'm 72 and a Vietnam war veteran, U S Air Force. When my lady day on earth comes, I want the 12 O'clock High tv show theme to play at my funeral! It'll be a major impact on those attending my military funeral! God bless you all that loved this historical tv show!
Oops "last day" not lady day.
It is a great piece of music.
There were two shows I loved as a kid: Combat with Vic Morrow and 12 O'clock High. Gosh I love these airplanes.
Morrow and Lansing were great!
@@morrisralph54 Yes, too bad about Vic Morrow's young death. He was perfect on Combat.
@@grantsmythe8625 Yeah, Morrow was fantastic...my TV hero (along with Lansing)
@@morrisralph54 Yep, I loved them both. I still watch them at 70 years of age. My second childhood, I guess.
@@grantsmythe8625 Ditto. I'm also 70.
I'm English and i've never seen this before, brilliant!
Enjoy !!!
Welcome aboard!
I watched this show with my father when I was a kid. He flew on B-29’s from Tinian. Great times.
Dedicated to my late father....PFC John Joseph Drucker......Kimpo Air Force Base....South Korea...1952-53....I remember dad staying up late watching old reruns of this classic series on WPIX ch 11 in Middletown, NJ when I was about 12 years old...he lived his country and the vets...Thank you dad for your service
I loved this when I was little. We watched all the WW2 series, including the comedies. Dad was a Korean vet and he seemed to be okay with the war before. He wouldn't watch MASH, said it was too close to the reality. I am STILL a B-17 nut!
Dedicated to the memory of my father, John J. Drucker....United States Air Force, Kimpo Air Force Base, South Korea...served 1952-53....who also used to watch this program back when it was on ABC in the sixties and years later when it was in syndication in the seventies on WOR TV Channel 9, New York.....always in remembrance of those who served.
+Will Drucker God bless
Thanks for putting this on here, as one of the older bus drivers watching this in the bus yard, as Im 43 and watch a few episodes with him, he got me hooked on this great series.😗😚☺😊
yes thank you my husband was a pilot I love and miss him and aviation
I'm glad the powers-that-were used Mr. Burke for this episode and brought him back for one more in the first season, then to head up the rest of the series.
Thank you...appreciate the hat tip to Mr Burke!
I was 12 when I started watching this. Thanks for the great memories.
Lansing made this one of my most watched shows as a pre teen.
This was my show when I was a kid. Man I remember looking forward to each week's show.
Yep, this was a favorite program of mine.
It was good seeing Bruce Dern in that role. Did a good job flying towards the cliff1
This tv show is my most favorite WWII show. The ending credits music is my favorite of all time! Robert Lansing was tops. I'm 72 years old now, I was 14 in 1964 and living in Massachusetts at the time! The military brought me to California in 1972. Years later at an event I met Paul Burke (Col. Gallagher). He lived in Palm Springs at the time! We became good friends till he passed. I was disappointed at first when Robert Lansing left the show but since I met Paul Burke, it was a good experience to meet him and his wife! I never had the honor to meet Robert Lansing. As a teenager I wanted to change my name to Robert Lansing! It would have been easy since my real name is Robert Lanthier--- 'thier to change to --- sing.
This is the show that influenced me to enlist in the U.S. Air Force the day after I turnedn17, had my GED from Job Corps, served in an Air Rescue unit during Vietnam-Era
I loved this show as a 'yiddle' boy back in the 60's, and it inspired me to become a civilian general aviation pilot, seven years after my daughter was born, in '06. She got to fly with my flight instructor, Jason Bullard, even younger than Gallagher in this episode. Jason taught me how to fly.
This episode shares something important and quite true. It is actually quite easy to learn how to fly, most solo after their fifth or sixth flight. But it takes time to become a pilot, a boat skipper, or a driver who does well during long commutes--one has to get over those inside demons and remember that moving a motored object a long way is a full time job.
Though it is nice to listen to music while driving, or flying..... Or having family or a colleague next to you to keep the process from being boring.
Twelve O'Clock High has stood the test of time as good TV with good backstories, not so much about war but about how we grow and learn to cope with our personal stress while relating affection to those who support us.
I get chills when the theme plays.
1965 was the best game on the playground, the monkey bars were set up perfectly for a group of boys to imagine they were in a B-17, many of us had uncles or fathers who were 🙏 thank you for posting, I’m just going to go hang out on the monkey bars 😎👍
This show is just as good as I remembered.
My dad's first cousin flew with the 100th Bomb Group in WWII. His first mission was the 29th January 1945. He flew to the end of the war and he flew a couple of chow hound missions. He stayed for 32 years in the Air Force. His last combat mission was as a wing commander in Viet Nam. He retired in 1975 and passed in 2016.
Robert Lansing was great as General Savage (as good as Gregory Peck in the film role).
Huge mistake killing him off after first aeason.
The first season was the best because of him.
I never noticed before, but a lot of the music in this series was the same as the music in Quinn Martin's "THE OUTER LIMITS."
Save money in production whenever and wherever you can.
Thanks for putting these online for us diehards to relive some great childhood memories.
he wanted more money
Mistake to compare Lansing to Peck. One is a film, the other a TV show. Different actors. But anyone in any comparison to Peck has to lose, and lose badly. Lansing's portrayal while real, and honest, and emotionally charged cannot compare to what Peck did which was emotionally and psychologically layered and multi-faceted. It was a master class of acting.
@@LazlosPlane perhaps I missed that about Peck but he had more time to work it out in a movie
@@taroman7100 This is true but not as much time as you think. At any rate comparisons are for fools.
No, he was considered too old and they wanted to appeal to a younger demographic. Ironically, Lansing was younger than the actor who replaced him, Paul Burke (the episode guest star). Lansing was a chain smoker, which was a primary reason he looked older than his years and eventually killed him…
Man, I was glued to this as a kid.
So was I !
I agree 👍 I wish there were shows like that now
I have everyone of this season I bought them about 12 years ago it cost me $625 but I wanted them an glad I have them all even got a press bock with them I use to each them back in 1964 whan it came out was a great show still like it I'm glad you post it I been watching than thank for post them even I got my own I still watch yours thanks again
Super fun video. I notice the 1960s series network imprimatur common to westerns and war programs: Men will be tough men; there is always a moral lesson underwriting the story; the music is symphonic and motivating. Takes me back to the glory days of television and movies when one felt good when the show was over. Not quite in the realm of Gregory Peck's Twelve O'clock film, but sufficiently reminiscent. I'll watch the series. Glad it's available.
I loved this show when I was a kid. Great to see them here. Thank you.
Late, with a head cold, and riding a bicycle... it's a Bruce Dern entrance! Thanks for sharing this.
triplepump Wait until you see him in the episode Lorelei!
@@mariakelly4179 where is mama?
HEY thanks BRUUUUCE is in it ? thats made up my mind for me , now im gonna watch this ..I still watch silent running the film CLASSIC lol..
I knew who Robert Lansing was, but I'd never seen him in this show. He was a sensation!
I saw this show a few times as a kid, but only after Paul Burke became the star. It's as shame that Lansing couldn't get along with Quinn Martin who, during my childhood was one of the most powerful producers in TV--The FBI, Cannon, Barnaby Jones, etc.
Thanks so much for posting this, and other episodes.
yah, paul was Ok but not in the lead. I dont care for it after they let Lansing go. Paul was too baby faced, he just didnt have the grit or fortitude.
@@taroman7100 The baby face was why he got the lead. At the time the network was talking about how they replaced Lansing with Burke to attract a younger audience. In order to make sure there was no outcry to bring Lansing back, they had his character killed in the first episode of Season 2. I lost interest in the show after Burke got the lead.
Thanks !I remember watching this over summer break here in the Dallas Area. I guess I was 11 or 12, 13.Come in for lunch and watch 12 O'clock high then Perry Mason. Then back out to conquer the world, with Honor.I bet this along with the John Wayne WWII movies, all the WWII movies from the 50's and 60's, some from the 70's mostly taught me what is an American.Watching all of them again.
This show accompanied me in my childhood. Looked forward to the title music every week.
the music is awesome
@@taroman7100 "Music" is very repetitive which gets on my ever-luvin nerves. That said, the show is first class!
During the war my father was in the military police. He was stationed at an air field in "Perin Downs" IIRC. He would recount the times he and other soldiers would group up at the fence and watch as the B-17's would be returning from missions. Planes that were shot up, badly damaged, engines smoking or blown out altogether were given priority landing. Those dropping red flares on final approach indicating dead or wounded aboard were the first down. Medics and ambulances at the ready to meet them when they came to a stop.
46,000 Pilots and crew were killed, wounded or MIA in the air war over Europe. Heroes all .
Recently found this show on the H&I channel on Saturday nights @ 1am. And I love it. An absolutely amazing show.
My grandfather was the ball gunner on a B-17. He got shot down once over the channel and was rescued by British coastal command. I don't know how missions he went on. He also met my grandmother, an English gal, over there and after the war she came to America on the HMS Queen Mary.
Big salute to your gramps !
I used to watch this as a kid. Learned alot about discipline. Something that is lacking nowadays. A great realistic show.
Thank you for posting this. As a kid it was on past my bedtime but my pop watched it and I could hear the dialogue and music from my bedroom. Great memories.
you could probably set your clock to it I know Now when you hear this theme you're almost programmed
I just discovered this channel - my Dad was in the South Pacific in WWII he's 98, lives with me and is sharp as a tack! He loves this series and so do I! This is the golden age of TV - Thank you Jefke Peremans for posting this excellent series!
Thank you so much for posting these! I was a 10 year old year old kid who this show came on, and I loved it. My favorite model was a Revell B-17, probably a lot of boys my age loved that model too!
My uncle Willie was a ball turret gunner in the 8th Air Force which made me love this show also. I a sure there are a lot of guys my age(62) who have fond memories of this show!
Yup. Saw it when it came out also. Later years they had reruns on late in the afternoons. Watched all of them, and those closing credits were good memories. Pretty weird 20 years later, seeing "Paul Burke" as the admiral, on Magnum. Another reason, I liked magnum...as a young adult.
I well remember standing in the stores gazing at the dramatic artwork on the box of that Revell B-17 model kit. That was some fine artwork!
Sir what year did they make this show?
@@kennethhalley8317 It was on the air from 1964 to 1967.
The heads upstairs decided they didnt think Lansing had leading man looks which is why they let him go. thank you for posting. My father in law was a capt on the B26 Marauder.
Joanie, not sure which of your posts I'm responding to. I also was raised on a history of the planes of WWII by my father who worked for Boeing in Seattle on the B29. I have a 8.5 x 11 photo of his team (showing all who were involved in just one particular B29). There are about 35-45 men and women dedicated to each plane. I've attended many air shows in Calif. flown in B25 and P51D, both of which came out of North American Aviation, where Dad worked after WWII 50-53 Korean War. He was there when they launched the F86 and had an ace visit us at home in Los Angeles. So of course I joined the USAF reserves in the Nurse Corps. Sooo proud of all the men and women who worked and continue to work in the military during war and at home. Take care.
@@maureenorourke3292 Hi Maureen, I love reading about this unique time in our history. I'm totally enamored with the aircraft and dedication of those involved. My father-in-law, Tom Adams was one of those great guys and his son, my husband became a pilot finishing his career with Continental Airlines. That whole world is really something to proud to have been a part of. Sure miss it.
12 o’clock high was a good training film for leadership skills. The Navy showed me this film in 1980.
When I watched episodes of this as a kid, Gallagher was always a colonel.
Nice to finally see some really early episodes!
And Star Trek's "Gary Seven" as the 1st general in his chain of command!
Galiger, Paul Burk ended up as commander on session 2 and finished out the series. Love this show.
There are lines in this taken directly from the 1949 movie with Gregory Peck. This was one of my favorite series as a kid, and am very appreciative of the chance to see them again. Tks for posting.
I also enjoyed this show every week.
My dad built the airfields that the Heavy bombers used, my mother worked on the bombers when they were flown back from the ETO for major repairs / upgrades.
She told me she often found bone fragments and occasionally flesh that was not visible until parts of the skin was removed from the planes.
This is still one of my favorite series. I remember when it was prime time and new. Gregory Peck, in the original movie, gave the best ass chewing on film ever. The B17 is still my favorite plane ever. If I get a chance to go see one, I always go. The last one I went to see was Nine-0-Nine. April 26, 2019. The loss of this aircraft and the seven lives is a terrible tragedy.
@@JohnRodriguesPhotographer -- The original Nine-O-Nine went to the boneyard and was scrapped after the war. The one that crashed in 2019 was a different surviving B-29 repainted with Nine-O-Nine's number set.
Superb show on all levels. Sadly, there is not a single American TV show being broadcast today that is even remotely close to the quality of this first episode of "Twelve O'Clock High"
Debatable view.
Here in Germany I´ve never seen the show. Maybe also because of the many Geman bombing victims untill this day traumatised by those bomb runs like my mother to her lifetimes. She had been born in 1938. Also a reason why the computer game B 17 FLYING FORTRESS - THE MIGHTY 8th did not sold well in 2001 in Germany and Austriam even though it was a well made simulattion
Im 43 and you can say that again.☺😊
@@rogerlynch5279 What about Germany Bombing London and others....
@@rogerlynch5279 -- How many of them blame the Führer for declaring war on the US? Fucks when you lose a war you started, don't it? Tough shit. Chew harder.
Many, talented, people in this series...
OMGOsh - I remember watching this series when I was young. Loved it then and love it now!!! Thanks for posting.
Thank for posting these episodes of 12 o’clock. I watched these shows in the 1960’s with my family.
What a great show. They dont make them like this anymore.
Brings back memories ... Great Show!!
I watched all these episodes over and over and I don’t get sick of it , like the untouchables great tv for the times and still great today .
I totally disagree about Gallagher being wimpy after he took over the lead role. Did you actually watch the subsequent seasons? Gallagher was tough. And frankly he was tough in this episode too.
Even if this great show had been in color we didn't get a color set until Dec 1967. I'll never forget tho as a 7 yr old kid that 1st cartoon Saturday w/that new RCA color console and I realized many cartoons were in color! LOL
I am really so very happy to finally get to watch these. This series surely also played a role in my desires to join the military and serve my country. I am very grateful to you for putting them here.
And to those who can do nothing but nit-pick here, I am glad I didnt serve with you. Shame on you. Take this for what it is and enjoy the drama.
some people like to make you think they are experts on everything or just like to bitch, I agree take it for what it is and quit your bitchin' or don't watch it.
Leroy Wally Exactly!
Maria Kelly Yep..... just enjoy the show and the GREAT B-17s !!!
Thank you for your service to our wonderful country. I also loved this show and the original with Greg Peck.
*FUCK OFF!* *"Serve My Country" my ass-hole...you lying fuckwit!* *NO ONE in the military ever 'serves' anyone'extra fries with the order' you dipstick!*
I'll have to make an effort to watch all of these.....along with the1949 film. I'd just turned 9, when this series premiered......and don't think I've ever seen a single episode in its entirety. Either the show aired past my bedtime.....or my parents were watching something else. I remember watching a lot of the other WWII series 'Combat' though.
One of the BEST episodes!
Now I can watch them in order, just did the 1949 movie and ep 1.
thank you jefke for posting.
To be fair, Galligher (Gately) became an exemplary officer and squadron commander piloting an top notch air crew.
It took a superior leader to shake him out of his instinctive fear.
The movie was written and directed by people who were actually in the group.
Gately,I am assigning you to the leper colony ,got it!
Spoiler alert
as a teen i lived for shows like this...tks!
These episodes - are a reminder of valour and sacrifice / born 62, I would give much away to be of age!,… the tribute to the leaders / and their real world effects on the team,… just inspires!, thank you
My dad was a Radio/side gunner on the B-17 . He trained with Norman Lear who later became a TV producer , they kept in touch for years . My dad lived till he was 95 , Norman Lear is still with us at 100 !
Your dad is a hero....greatest generation ever....
Ah yes, the great trifecta:
The Rat Patrol
Combat
12 O'clock High
Took 53 years to get my Aussie slouch hat with correct WW2 badge.
Played with a Tommy gun once; too heavy for me.
First job in the Air Force: Defensive Aerial Gunner on B-52H models.
Yes, your childhood does sometimes influence your later life choices.
Awesome. .....thanks for YOUR service too....
Absolutely love this whole series ❤️ thank you!
Jefke - Thank you so much for posting this series; I used to watch it religiously as a kid in the 60s.
Thank you! I remembered this fondly - and I was not wrong! This is terrific!
1 of my fav TV series when i was a kid.. thatnx for sharing!
12 O'Clock High is one of my all-time favorite shows. Watched season 1 in high school. Joined USAF at 18. Missed quite a few season 2 & 3 episodes while in basic, tech school and permanent station. Have caught some during various stints on basic cable, but so nice to fill in the gaps here. Thanks for posting them.
This and combat.
I really like Bruce Derns charactors in this series, and his bad guy charactors in other shows and movies bring out the boooing and hsssssssssing ! ! ! Love his work.
...them cliffs are full of rocks ! :) 'emergency room' humor
Catch him in the cult Sci-Fi film "Silent Running." His co-stars are three robots.
I like him in Support Your Local Sheriff and the Cowboys.
pjzdreamz His last line in The Lorelei: "I knew it! I KNEW IT!"
@@russg1801 the bots were Huey, Dewey and Louie. Good flick.
Wow - this was a fantastic episode.
Bruce Dern is one of my favorites.
Great show which my parents didn't watch. My father had seen this first hand. So I finally got to watch it at 60 instead of at 12 years old.Robert Lansing was the archetype for this role and was forced out due to a disagreement with Quinn Martin. QM essentially shortened the run of his series by canning Lansing. Larkin was also GREAT as Wiley. He died during the first SEASON; heart attack.
I know. Darned shame about John Larkin. I just loved him. Yes, Paul Burke didnt have the gravitas of Lansing.
When this show was on air in 1964
I.was 14 years old and had a huge crush 😍 on PAUL BURKE
I'd be watching this military show and my MOM wondered why I liked it so much.
PAUL BURKE of course ❤❤
Thank you, enjoyed the movie with Gregory Peck, and this series. Our father was RAF shot down over Berlin in 1943...
I used to watch this after Johnny Quest when it was on in the mid 60’s. It started at 6PM and then living on a farm in the boonies, bedtime was 7:30 for me as a young kid so could get up to get chores done before school. Great TV.
Brian Webster hey Brian me to milking b4 breakest cow drops after school milking supper homework and if we got all that done b4 8 or 8:30 we could watch the tube till 9:00 except on Friday and Saturday we could stay up till 11:00 we watched Rifleman Raw Hide Wagon Train etc etc Good old days (don’t miss cleaning the cow drops tho) 😝😝
Still watch this every Sunday Morning. I really like this Program 😊.
Fine series for war drama short stories. Often filmed at Chino Airport, CA. Notice Eucalyptus trees in the background. Hard to come by in England.
Robert Lansing (Gen. Savage) lights up filtered cigarettes which did not appear until the 60's. Sadly, those cigarettes killed Robert Lansing early in his life.
I think the tobacco co's introduced filtered cigarettes in the 1950's and touted their "smoothness" - they were also more appealing to WOMEN whom they were increasingly trying to hook. But the old unfiltered Camel's and Lucky's were still big sellers. That's what America's fighting men were dragging on during WW2 so the long filtered coffin nails ARE an out-of-place anachronism here. No matter; historical accuracy never mattered to the script writers or the producers.
Speaking of tree species not native to England, you could HIDE a lot when you filmed in black-and-white! Production was cheaper since there wasn't a need to color match scenery backdrops, etc.
Lansing died in 1994---due to LUNG CANCER.
Thanks for uploading. Used to watch this in Australia when I was a kid. QM productions were generally quality TV.
Just came across this series. I used to watch the show on Friday nights with my Dad, a WWII B-29 captain.
A favorite series way back when. Still is!
Didn’t remember that Paul Burke had appeared in the series prior to taking over the lead. I was sorry that Lansing departed, but Burke was always a solid actor. Loved him in Naked City.
Paul Burke appeared in two of first-season episodes before taking over the lead in season two. This first episode and episode #24, "End of the Line," were two of the better episodes in the first season, which helps explains why they chose him as Lansing's replacement.
The best QM production.
You can tell that Dominic Frontier did the musical score. Some of the dramatic scores were used in the series The Invaders, also a QM production.
"I'm going to make you lay square eggs."
Never, never, NEVER tick off General Savage.
Gallagher is a burr under Savage's saddle but, the general made Joe one hell of a pilot and later, an excellent C.O.
definatley a fav when i was a kid.. i dont remember most of em at this age, so, BIG thanx for letting me relive it!!
I always loved the music to this show
As others have said, Lansing was perfect for his role. Season One was my favorite; it had a "believable rawness" to it, if that makes any sense. The series seemed to "soften" as it progressed from season to season -- perhaps to attract and hold a larger female audience. In that context, I believe Burke was the logical choice for the lead role. However, I personally wish Lansing and the grittiness of the series had remained until the very last episode. I found myself becoming more and more disinterested over the last two years of this show's run. Anyway, thank you Jefke for putting this series up here.
I agree with your analysts but I still rather watch this than anything they’ve come up with since Johnny Carson retired.
For this female at any rate, Lansing's character as Gen'l Savage was highly preferable to Burke's role as Col. Gallagher
@Maria Kelly Huh?
@@dindinprivate3477 burke was too soft he didnt have the gravitas of a lansing
Totally agree. Well written.