Thank you for posting. I met Melody in Vietnam in 1968 during Tet at Phu Cat AB. She and Vicki Lawrence were there with the Red Cross. They gave us cupcakes, talked to each of us and brought a little bit of home during the war. The bravery of Melody, Vicki, and the other stars that visit without fanfare, but make an impression that has lasted over 50 years. Thank you Melody, RIP
I met all the Stars of F Troop add an autograph show in Burbank California. Every one of the cast members was unbelievably nice. James Hampton let me blow the bugle that he used in F Troop. I asked Larry Storch if he would hit me on the head with his hat. He came out onto the Aisle, and told everybody to stand back. He promptly yelled at me like I was one of his troops and hit me on the head with his hat.
Cool story, loved it, i met melody at a oldies tv convention around 1998 with Larry Storch, they were both super nice, took pictures with both of them, love F-Troop, cheers cool memories.
I agree. I believed she was a full blown woman ! She sure told my 10 year old senses she was. Of course back then all it took was the wind to blow a certain way and I got excited !
That is a fantastic story about forging her birth certificate! It's incredible how Melody could look younger or older when she wanted. I had a crush on her back in F Troop. A fabulous life cut short. But she gave us all she had forever.
RIP Melody, you will be missed terribly. But your talent is forever preserved on film--and nuanced is your acting. You made your presence unforgettable. 😭😭😿😿💜💞
I had the wonderful opportunity to talk with her for a few hrs it was all by accident we just bumped into each other. She talked all about F troop and Ken ,and Larry James ..she shared her whole career with me it was awesome! She was a beautiful soul she was and what a beautiful lady ! RIP 🙏 🕊
THERE ARE COUNTLESS UNKNOWN FEMALES WITH THE SAME PERSONA KIDDO, MP WAS JUST IN THE LIMELIGHT, NOTHING DIFFERENT, IN FACT, NOT WASHING FOR 3 DAYS AND SHE WOULD BE JUST AS SMELLY AS AN UNKNOWN FEMALE..THE POINT IS, AVOID MAKING SOME FEMALES SO MUCH MORE THAAN THEY APPEAR TO BE SIMPLY BECAUSE OF MEDIA EPOSURE...
She WAS gorgeous !!! F Troop had been carried on back-to-back episode on a local channel until several months ago ...DeKova and Diamond as the 2 " Indians " were hilarious ...
My favorite F Troop was when Ken Berry was sent off to officer's school. When he returned he stepped down from the stage coach, looked back in, and congratulated General Custer on his new assignment at Little Big Horn.😮
Larry Storch made two guest appearances on Emergency, the second time as a magician. How he was able to open the safe from the inside and have the dial stop at the exact same number, I'll never know.
Even though I had a customary crush on Miss Melody Patterson as "Wrangler Jane", never realized just how breathtaking a Beauty she truly was onscreen or off. The eyes alone are enough to stop an old fashioned clock!😘B.W.
F-TROOP was THE only tv show that I made sure to watch when I was a kid. It was hilarious, would actually laugh out loud at the television set ! I would love to see it go back in syndication if at all possible.
Nobody could make a horse look better than wrangler riding into shot, and nobody shot straighter than our Melody, this girl proved to me that girls should never be underestimated. 🤠🏴☠️
I knew Melody back in 1983. We worked at the same company (Melody was sent as a contract worker). She was really a sweet person. She was older than me, (early to mid 30's, I was in my mid 20's). She may have been separated at the time as I was not aware that she was married in 1983, at least I don't remember her mentioning it. I actually asked her out at one point and she said yes (to lunch). It was obvious that I liked her. I left the company a few months later and never or spoke to Melody again. She was beautiful and a very sweet, classy lady.
I always liked the premise of this show....a guy, who is really a coward, becomes a great hero by mistake, and has to deal the consequences the rest of his life........
I met Forrest Tucker (Sgt O'Rourke) when I was a teenager. I was the regular caddy for Mr Tucker's uncle and he came out to play with his uncle and other invited guests a couple of times a week. Mr. Tucker was very nice to all of the caddies and would slip us $10 bills after each round. On his last round, when the play he was in was closing, Mr Tucker gave all the caddies a $100 bill. This was really big bucks in 1969. I enjoyed F-Troop and told Mr Tucker so. He seemed pleased to hear it. Also, he was a hell of a good golfer and could absolutely crush a drive.
@@walterweddle7644 I know three Indiana natives (I live on Long Island), and I have been through Indiana twice, and, wow, just the nicest and most down to earth people one could hope to meet.
@Christopher - Well with a name like yours it's no wonder that Mr. Tucker was so generous. Clearly he liked to Tip a Ton, Mr. Tipton 😉 . Sounds like you had a great gig there!
Loved F Troop growing up, still love it now. Always talk of making another F Troop, either series or movie but it never happened. I think the answer why it has never been done is odvious, you could write a script but no one could ever replace that incredible cast.
I loved this show back in the day. No doubt Melody was sweet. One of my favorite running gags was when Cpl. Agarn would say something and Sgt. O'Rourke would say, "Agarn, I don't know why people say you're so dumb" and an hour later Agarn would say to O'Rourke, "Who says I'm dumb?" Thank you for posting.
*I had a **_horrific_** case of the hots for Melody! Until today, I thought she was a lot older than I was, and now I know why: that's quite a story! I'm sorry I never got to meet her in person, she was quite a good actress, despite me wanting to drool all over her :-) I know this because I was also "in the business" at the time, just on the opposite coast (NY), and I watched her stuff religiously. I always wondered why she suddenly vaporized into thin air, and now I know why: I appreciate that you did a video on her. Thanks!*
Melody was one of my grandmother's best friends. I had no idea that she left this kind of legacy and didn't find out until a few years after she had passed away. She was an incredible woman who touched so many lives, even personally. My grandmother still speaks of her often- there were so many crazy stories about what they got up to while living in Hawaii! Now, I'm in my second year of film school, and I think it's so funny how things kind of go in a circle. Thank you for making this video, as I have really loved getting to reconnect with who she was and learn about her career, which I never got the chance to do when she was still around.
I fell in love with her when I was 5! Always liked Larry and Forest whenever they played together, which they did several other times. You've got some excellent research skills, Buddy!
Hi! Thanks for the info. Loved F Troop when it first ran. Had a great cast and lots of clean fun. Also had lots of great guests. My musical ear worm still sometimes plays the theme song all these decades later.
Talented and wholesome with a genuinely bright smile. I’m glad the Hollywood system didn’t corrupt her life and I miss the days when absurd comedy didn’t involve the humiliation of others.
I am not sure how much acting Melody had done prior to F Troop, but one can say that, at 16, she was old enough not to fall too deeply into the exploitive trap that has so often ruined the lives of actors and actresses who landed their first big roles at much younger ages.
Another win. I wasn't a big F-Troop fan, but I was a Monkees fan and I don't recall that episode. I'll have to go back and watch it. Keep on keepin' on!
L loved F-Troop.....It was one of my very FAVORITE after school shows when I was in Jr. high school. I still love the re-runs. I managed to record about 15 episodes. I still laugh just as hard!
I had a crush on Melody Patterson when I first saw her on F Troop, in surprised me to find out that she was only a few years older than me rather than at least a decade older than me. ❤️
I’m here because of the Adam 12 appearance man she was beautiful! Never watched F troop though ,may start now ..she rocked the 60’s hair ,beautiful lady !
I loved F Troop. Larry Storch was hilarious and Melody was awesome. I was 4 years younger than her so to me she was an "Older woman" lol. It helped her character I think that she was so young but I didn't know how young she was until now. Great video, thanks.
I was love with Melody Patterson in 1971 when i was 4 years old when we used to get Ftroop on channel 2 in Harvey, Western Australia. Melody was simply gorgeous.
That pic of her in 1974… she had such a modern look to her. Definitely could have been taking in, let’s say, 2009. I remember when those short hair styles were in then too.
Beautiful. I was an early grade schooler when F-Troop was airing. Then as now I saw her as one of the prettiest girls I had ever seen. As other's are commenting it's amazing that she was only 16 or 17 when on F-Troop. This is going back to memory of some 50+ years so correct me if I'm wrong. A tribe of Indians got lost. When it's Chief was it explaining the tribe's name he said that as they were wandering one asked, "We're the heck are we?" and that became the tribe's name the Hekawee on F-Troop! I never forgot that, too funny!
@@bluelionsage99 👍 When F-Troop was airing I thought if I just had to get married as warranted by grown up society then I desired to be blessed by God that she be just like cowgirl Jane! I was something like 10 years okd then. So like most boys that age to me marriage was a serious impending likely hood and I even went so far as to imagine me growing up, finding Jane in CA and marrying her. I lived in NJ. I even prayed that she wouldn't get married until I was old enough to marry her. Well I am married for basically 40 years to my wife but her name's not Jane.
@@bluelionsage99 You beat me to it!..I was just about to type that when I read yours..To me, the funniest line ever spoken on a show that was full of them...I still think of it, and chuckle to myself, some 50 years later...I think that was Chief Wild Eagle's line, or was it Crazy Cat?..those two were so damn funny, together..Good god I loved that show!..60's had the best shows, hands down!
Larry Storch told a story that he knew before anyone else that Melody Patterson was underaged. According to Mr Storch shortly after the piliot show was filmed he was driving out of the studio and a few blocks away he spotted Miss Paterson waiting at a bus stop. He stopped and offer Miss Paterson a ride and questioned her why she didnt have a car, now that she was financiallyable to buy one. . Melody broke down and told Larry that she wasnt old enough to drive. Larry kept Melodys secret but encouraged her to tell her Parents. Larry Storch was a hell of a guy 👍
I grew up in the 60s watching F-troop,and loved it ,but the sad part of it is most people don't even remember this show,and you can't find it here on y-tube either........
It doesn't compare to Brooke Shield's age and roles in Pretty Baby and the Blue Lagoon or Traci Lords' age in the adult industry before going mainstream. Also in those days the male and female love interests could be 20 or more years apart.
I am binge watching this series for like the 3rd time in the last 10 years. May be the funniest show ever. Before my time a few years but not many. Have pretty much every show of the 60's and rotate them all. Throw I Love Lucy in there and I have enough TV to keep me happy. A time of innocence with comedy and not forced. The 60's and early 70's is best era of Television ever. I two so wholesome and clean
Your tone is so relaxing. And there's no doubt you love these shows as I do If I'm not giggling at the show I'm giggling at you giggling at the show great job. You my friend are a joy..
Melody wasn't too much older than me. She died much too young. She was great playing a scrappy young woman, and she looked good in her buckskins. I have no doubt that she got the most fan mail on F Troop.
Two more screamer roles Larry Storch played were, Charlie the Drunk in two episodes of the TV Comedy show"Car 54 Where are You?", and as a motorcycle cop in the Comedy Movie "Sex & The Single Girl". In the latter, the look on his face as he hung his head in shame after an elderly couple drove their Model A Ford over his motorcycle, is absolutely priceless! I saw it in a theater when it first came out in 1965. I still screamed with laughter when I saw it again a year ago.
Storch also played Antoine the hairdresser. Shari Lewis was his girlfriend. Storch would sneak out to a boxing gym and beat everybody up as a way to destress from his beauty parlor customers. Very funny episode.
If memory serves, the elderly couple was none other than Miss Lauren Bacall and Henry Fonda in a Movie Co Starring Miss Natalie Wood and Tony Curtis as feuding and romancing Magazine Editors!😂🎥🚘📰B.W.
I’m binge watching your videos, they’re awesome! I’m a native of St. Louis myself from Overland, MO. 1983 graduate of Ritenour Sr. High School. Keep doing what you’re doing, I’m learning so much cool trivia!!!
Thank you for this… There are many TH-cam channels that try to do the same thing and disappoint once you click on them. Your channel is honest and genuine and at the top. I could hear it in your voice that this is a labor of love for you. Keep up the good work.
@@CoolClassics Thanks for your Nice response… If you haven’t done it already and maybe I just missed it would love to see something on Amzie Strickland, and Herbie Faye. I am a character actor addict. But I don’t have your skills for research. Thanks again!
I've just stumbled upon your channel and I can tell from your voice all the love, respect and appreciation you have for those you portray. It's so nice to find so much about the people I grew up with in TV land. Thank you.
I was 10 when F Troop started and Wrangler Jane was a HUGE crush. Her and Elly May from Beverly Hillbillies. And Jeanie from I Dream of Jeanie. And.......
Am I you I seen many of the f troop shows it's sad to know that Melanie passed away it's at the young age the good always die Young that you will always die long and thank you for the help thank you for the video may you success with your videos continue from this old man in South Florida thank you
Picking the favorite hot chick from the Sixties TV is like choosing a favorite child. It's just wrong. But I loved Melody. The whole cast was brilliant and the interplay with her and Wilton was hysterical; he played it perfect. Great video, well done.
I read an F-Troop book one time and an Indian chief had a really funny line. "You ever try to commit suicide with a bow and arrow? I almost killed myself!" I laughed so hard that I still remember that line today! 😉😎🤦♂️
F-Troop is one of my top 5 shows. Jim Carrey would make a great Captain Parmenter but I doubt there will ever be another F-Troop anything. I miss this kind of TV.
I was a kid and didn't understand at the time but that eating scene between her and LARRY STORCH went over my head but I found it funny anyway. Great video on a nice actress.
I was shocked when I heard of Melody's passing in a small-town nursing home just outside Branson Missouri. Such a tragic loss. When I found out how young she was on "F-Troop", I figured the studio must have been awfully careful in how they handled her relationship with Ken Berry.
Melody Patterson was a pretty young girl in F-Troop. I had no idea just how young she was‼️. I didn't know that she died so young either. She led a very interesting life.
Please do one on Ken Berry. That guy only recently passed away, maybe a year ago? He was in more stuff than I can count. F Troop, Mayberry RFD, Mama's Family, the movie "Cat From Outer Space"...and I've barely made a dent with that list.
Ken Berry came into the restaurant I worked at in Caesar's palace in Las Vegas back in the 70's. This is after F Troop, but Ken was a guest on lots of shows. When he and his wife arrived at the entrance, the maitre d (who never recognized anyone famous) said, "And what is the name sir...?" Ken laughed and replied with a very long crazy sounding name on the spot. I wound up waiting on him and he was really a very nice guy.
@@32anna2538 That was supposed to be a spinoff show, but it never materialized. I cannot help but wonder if the network executives thought it would be too controversial for the American public to accept? It is all speculative in that the ratings for that episode were comparatively low, however, The Brady Bunch show itself was already in its period of decline at that point. So it is hard to tell whether it was just that episode or the entire show which resulted in the lower ratings.
So sad she passed away way too young! Ken Berry was great on F Troop. Was pretty funny on Mama's Family too. Was you a fan of that show? A little trivia, Vicki Lawrence hat a #1 hit single. You'd might be surprised what it was. Another Cool Classic 😎!!!
“The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia”. Vicki Lawrence. March 17, 1973. Billboard’s Top Forty Hits. On the charts for fourteen weeks. Two weeks at number one !
Great research. She was a little under my knowledge due to not being old enough to have ever watched F Troop. I did know Ken played in it only because of the parodies he did on The Carol Buenett show and later Momma's Family with Carol & Vickie Lawrence. She was pretty.
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Thank you for posting.
I met Melody in Vietnam in 1968 during Tet at Phu Cat AB. She and Vicki Lawrence were there with the Red Cross. They gave us cupcakes, talked to each of us and brought a little bit of home during the war.
The bravery of Melody, Vicki, and the other stars that visit without fanfare, but make an impression that has lasted over 50 years.
Thank you Melody, RIP
Both her and vicky were so beautiful ! Classy women ..the one's today kind of suck and hate men.
Thank you for sharing that. And thank you for your service.
@@bigpun7916 lol
@@KennethDAstonJr and some don't suck and that can be a real boner shrinker !
@@bigpun7916 Don't you think that some men bring that shit on themselves?
I met all the Stars of F Troop add an autograph show in Burbank California. Every one of the cast members was unbelievably nice. James Hampton let me blow the bugle that he used in F Troop. I asked Larry Storch if he would hit me on the head with his hat. He came out onto the Aisle, and told everybody to stand back. He promptly yelled at me like I was one of his troops and hit me on the head with his hat.
You are fortunate to have had that happen! That is Cool! 👍😁
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Just like the Skipper would hit Gilligan on the head with his hat. 😆😆😆😆😆😆
Cool story, loved it, i met melody at a oldies tv convention around 1998 with Larry Storch, they were both super nice, took pictures with both of them, love F-Troop, cheers cool memories.
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Larry Storch is still with us as of July 2021; 98 years young!
Can’t be 98
@@tiptoe38 Why not?
@@MuzixMaker sorry I thought u was talking about the lady
he is in some of the 1st motion picture unit's training films from ww2
Founder of the "Larry Storch School of Acting"
Wrangler Jane seemed so self-assured and confident, it never occurred to me that she was a teenager at all, let alone only 16.
I agree. I believed she was a full blown woman ! She sure told my 10 year old senses she was. Of course back then all it took was the wind to blow a certain way and I got excited !
@@Chet_Brinkley well she was full grown not full blown.......if you know what I mean...
@@Chet_Brinkley LMAO... 🤣 me too I was in my pre - early teens when F Troop was on the air.
Melody was so gorgeous....RIP lovely lady.
That is a fantastic story about forging her birth certificate! It's incredible how Melody could look younger or older when she wanted. I had a crush on her back in F Troop.
A fabulous life cut short. But she gave us all she had forever.
This was our family’s favourite tv show..it had 3 little girls in tears of laughter from beginning to end, a lovely memory.
RIP Melody, you will be missed terribly. But your talent is forever preserved on film--and nuanced is your acting. You made your presence unforgettable. 😭😭😿😿💜💞
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I just adore F Troop and the entire cast! Such a great video! You never disappoint.
Thank you so much!
F Troop is one of my favorite shows too :)
I loved "F" Troop. I can still sing the theme song. Wrangler Jane was a special character. Reminds me of Charlene Darling on the Andy Griffith Show.
I had the wonderful opportunity to talk with her for a few hrs it was all by accident we just bumped into each other. She talked all about F troop and Ken ,and Larry James ..she shared her whole career with me it was awesome! She was a beautiful soul she was and what a beautiful lady ! RIP 🙏 🕊
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THERE ARE COUNTLESS UNKNOWN FEMALES WITH THE SAME PERSONA KIDDO, MP WAS JUST IN THE LIMELIGHT, NOTHING DIFFERENT, IN FACT, NOT WASHING FOR 3 DAYS AND SHE WOULD BE JUST AS SMELLY AS AN UNKNOWN FEMALE..THE POINT IS, AVOID MAKING SOME FEMALES SO MUCH MORE THAAN THEY APPEAR TO BE SIMPLY BECAUSE OF MEDIA EPOSURE...
She WAS gorgeous !!! F Troop had been carried on back-to-back episode on a local channel until several months ago ...DeKova and Diamond as the 2 " Indians " were hilarious ...
Not to forget Edward Everett Horton as Roaring Chicken! Andy not Annmarie!
I believe they were members of the Wheretheheckarewe tribe
IT IS BALOOOOOON!!!
Unfortunately simple comedy like this doesn't exist anymore.
Thanks to the cockheads of society.
F troop was a great show. Larry Storch was hilarious and Ken Berry was perfect for the Commander
My favorite F Troop was when Ken Berry was sent off to officer's school. When he returned he stepped down from the stage coach, looked back in, and congratulated General Custer on his new assignment at Little Big Horn.😮
@@joestephan1111 ...Cute joke...still funny...
Forrest?
N Leavenwort-Captain.
Larry Storch made two guest appearances on Emergency, the second time as a magician. How he was able to open the safe from the inside and have the dial stop at the exact same number, I'll never know.
Even though I had a customary crush on Miss Melody Patterson as "Wrangler Jane", never realized just how breathtaking a Beauty she truly was onscreen or off. The eyes alone are enough to stop an old fashioned clock!😘B.W.
F-TROOP was THE only tv show that I made sure to watch when I was a kid.
It was hilarious, would actually laugh out loud at the television set !
I would love to see it go back in syndication if at all possible.
I’m an Aussie, and it was our favourite show. My little sisters and I would just howl with laughter from beginning to end. It really was the best.
@@virginiaviola5097 Yep, F troop and Bewitched. Kept us kids entertained after school and before dinner. Just found this ch.
Me too
Nobody could make a horse look better than wrangler riding into shot, and nobody shot straighter than our Melody, this girl proved to me that girls should never be underestimated. 🤠🏴☠️
I knew Melody back in 1983. We worked at the same company (Melody was sent as a contract worker). She was really a sweet person. She was older than me, (early to mid 30's, I was in my mid 20's). She may have been separated at the time as I was not aware that she was married in 1983, at least I don't remember her mentioning it. I actually asked her out at one point and she said yes (to lunch). It was obvious that I liked her. I left the company a few months later and never or spoke to Melody again. She was beautiful and a very sweet, classy lady.
Lucky for the moment, good for you. I would have asked too.
@Mitchell Gant ... Change that screen name. Gant was a patriot. You are the opposite.
No offense but WHAT HAPPENED?
Should have kissed her at the end of the date. One of life's regrets.
Back when comedies were comedies with no messages. Always enjoyed F Troop. Thanks again
You can say that again. I loved Larry Storch and Forrest Tucker together. They were hilarious.
Those old comedies were filled with messages. You just didn't notice.
I always liked the premise of this show....a guy, who is really a coward, becomes a great hero by mistake, and has to deal the consequences the rest of his life........
Jim D, you are going to hate that Bewitched was about racism and tolerance.
@@davidhoward437 always a lib to ruin things, get lost.
She was a really nice person. She coached us in acting at Sierra Nevada Community College.
I met Forrest Tucker (Sgt O'Rourke) when I was a teenager. I was the regular caddy for Mr Tucker's uncle and he came out to play with his uncle and other invited guests a couple of times a week. Mr. Tucker was very nice to all of the caddies and would slip us $10 bills after each round. On his last round, when the play he was in was closing, Mr Tucker gave all the caddies a $100 bill. This was really big bucks in 1969. I enjoyed F-Troop and told Mr Tucker so. He seemed pleased to hear it. Also, he was a hell of a good golfer and could absolutely crush a drive.
Good tale! Man, back then $10 dollars was like today's $50, and $100 like $500. You must've really looked forward to those matches!
I believe also he was a Hoosier. Born in Indiana.
@@walterweddle7644 I know three Indiana natives (I live on Long Island), and I have been through Indiana twice, and, wow, just the nicest and most down to earth people one could hope to meet.
@Christopher - Well with a name like yours it's no wonder that Mr. Tucker was so generous.
Clearly he liked to Tip a Ton, Mr. Tipton 😉 .
Sounds like you had a great gig there!
I'm so happy his son, Chris is following in his footsteps.
R.I.P Melody Patterson. I had no idea she was gone. She was a beautiful lady and one of the best character actresses around.
Are Billy Gates and Tony Fauci distraught?
We need to know.
Same here. Had no idea that she had passed. Rest in peace.
Seeing Melody with James Hong was worth the watch. SO glad you posted the clip.
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The whole cast of F Troop was great!! Thanks for the terrific entertainment- Bless all of you/Rip
Loved F Troop growing up, still love it now.
Always talk of making another F Troop, either series or movie but it never happened.
I think the answer why it has never been done is odvious, you could write a script but no one could ever replace that incredible cast.
I loved this show back in the day. No doubt Melody was sweet. One of my favorite running gags was when Cpl. Agarn would say something and Sgt. O'Rourke would say, "Agarn, I don't know why people say you're so dumb" and an hour later Agarn would say to O'Rourke, "Who says I'm dumb?" Thank you for posting.
Unfortunately comedy like this doesn't exist anymore.
Thanks to the cockheads in society.
*I had a **_horrific_** case of the hots for Melody! Until today, I thought she was a lot older than I was, and now I know why: that's quite a story! I'm sorry I never got to meet her in person, she was quite a good actress, despite me wanting to drool all over her :-) I know this because I was also "in the business" at the time, just on the opposite coast (NY), and I watched her stuff religiously. I always wondered why she suddenly vaporized into thin air, and now I know why: I appreciate that you did a video on her. Thanks!*
Melody was one of my grandmother's best friends. I had no idea that she left this kind of legacy and didn't find out until a few years after she had passed away. She was an incredible woman who touched so many lives, even personally. My grandmother still speaks of her often- there were so many crazy stories about what they got up to while living in Hawaii! Now, I'm in my second year of film school, and I think it's so funny how things kind of go in a circle. Thank you for making this video, as I have really loved getting to reconnect with who she was and learn about her career, which I never got the chance to do when she was still around.
I remember her in Bye Bye Birdie. For 16 in F Troop, she did Fantastic!!! She was a beauty. Loved that eating scene!!!
Beautiful actress and was great on F Troop..still watch today to cheer me up...thxs was wondering about her
In the mid to late 1970s, we got to see 'Fort Courage', where they filmed the 'F Troop' series.
Please do a feature on the filming location!
I did meet Melanie, and lots of other cast members from F Troop at an autograph show in Burbank California. All of the cast members were awesome!
@@markmalasics8413 oh wise one, please enlighten us lowly peasants as to the definition of awesome....that would be awesome of you.......
@@markmalasics8413 awesome awesome possum!
Larry Storch!!! The last cast member standing at a young 98 years old!!!!
He also played the voice of Mister Phineus J Whoopie on Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales.
Storch is still alive. Wow, that's cool, didn't know that.
I fell in love with her when I was 5! Always liked Larry and Forest whenever they played together, which they did several other times.
You've got some excellent research skills, Buddy!
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Always loved Larry, I think all little kids learned what cool looked like with the groovy guru, may the burglar of Banff live for ever😃🏴☠️
Thank you so much for bringing these fond memories of our childhoods back to life.
Hi! Thanks for the info. Loved F Troop when it first ran. Had a great cast and lots of clean fun. Also had lots of great guests. My musical ear worm still sometimes plays the theme song all these decades later.
Great detail !! I like when you give a little chuckle when you enjoy what you are talking about. Sounds genuine!!
Talented and wholesome with a genuinely bright smile. I’m glad the Hollywood system didn’t corrupt her life and I miss the days when absurd comedy didn’t involve the humiliation of others.
I am not sure how much acting Melody had done prior to F Troop, but one can say that, at 16, she was old enough not to fall too deeply into the exploitive trap that has so often ruined the lives of actors and actresses who landed their first big roles at much younger ages.
Another win. I wasn't a big F-Troop fan, but I was a Monkees fan and I don't recall that episode. I'll have to go back and watch it. Keep on keepin' on!
L loved F-Troop.....It was one of my very FAVORITE after school shows when I was in Jr. high school. I still love the re-runs. I managed to record about 15 episodes. I still laugh just as hard!
They are great and still make me laugh :)
Well done! I watched and love this show as a kid growing up in the 60s.
I had a crush on Melody Patterson when I first saw her on F Troop, in surprised me to find out that she was only a few years older than me rather than at least a decade older than me. ❤️
I’m here because of the Adam 12 appearance man she was beautiful! Never watched F troop though ,may start now ..she rocked the 60’s hair ,beautiful lady !
I loved F troop! Forrest Tucker was born in the house next to mine growing up! He used to visit all the time, was a super nice guy!
Woah!!! Very Cool!!
Watch my next video, it will have some F Troop in it :)
I loved F Troop. Larry Storch was hilarious and Melody was awesome. I was 4 years younger than her so to me she was an "Older woman" lol. It helped her character I think that she was so young but I didn't know how young she was until now. Great video, thanks.
I was love with Melody Patterson in 1971 when i was 4 years old when we used to get Ftroop on channel 2 in Harvey, Western Australia. Melody was simply gorgeous.
I had no idea how young she was in that series. That cast was magic.
F Troop was my favorite tv show at that time! Lots o laughs!
I also liked the name of the Indien tribe there - the Fakawi. Which really means "F***, where are we." Surprised it made it through the censors.
@@AusNetFan13 It was Hekawi. The writers couldn't get Fugawi past the censors.
That pic of her in 1974… she had such a modern look to her. Definitely could have been taking in, let’s say, 2009. I remember when those short hair styles were in then too.
I thought the same thing! I was like, holy cow!, that hair style was popular 8 years ago! Plus her outfit and tan added to the modern look.
The Wrangler Jane and Agarn “eating” clip is actually a parody of a scene in TOM JONES (1963)!
That was a great story!
Love that she had support from her parents.
Beautiful. I was an early grade schooler when F-Troop was airing. Then as now I saw her as one of the prettiest girls I had ever seen. As other's are commenting it's amazing that she was only 16 or 17 when on F-Troop.
This is going back to memory of some 50+ years so correct me if I'm wrong. A tribe of Indians got lost. When it's Chief was it explaining the tribe's name he said that as they were wandering one asked, "We're the heck are we?" and that became the tribe's name the Hekawee on F-Troop! I never forgot that, too funny!
Don't forget the path to their camp involved making a left at the rock that looked like a bear and a right at the bear that looked like a rock.
@@bluelionsage99 👍 When F-Troop was airing I thought if I just had to get married as warranted by grown up society then I desired to be blessed by God that she be just like cowgirl Jane! I was something like 10 years okd then. So like most boys that age to me marriage was a serious impending likely hood and I even went so far as to imagine me growing up, finding Jane in CA and marrying her. I lived in NJ. I even prayed that she wouldn't get married until I was old enough to marry her.
Well I am married for basically 40 years to my wife but her name's not Jane.
Closely related to the Fukawee tribe I believe.
@@bluelionsage99 You beat me to it!..I was just about to type that when I read yours..To me, the funniest line ever spoken on a show that was full of them...I still think of it, and chuckle to myself, some 50 years later...I think that was Chief Wild Eagle's line, or was it Crazy Cat?..those two were so damn funny, together..Good god I loved that show!..60's had the best shows, hands down!
Larry Storch told a story that he knew before anyone else that Melody Patterson was underaged.
According to Mr Storch shortly after the piliot show was filmed he was driving out of the studio and a few blocks away he spotted Miss Paterson waiting at a bus stop.
He stopped and offer Miss Paterson a ride and questioned her why she didnt have a car, now that she was financiallyable to buy one. . Melody broke down and told Larry that she wasnt old enough to drive.
Larry kept Melodys secret but encouraged her to tell her Parents.
Larry Storch was a hell of a guy 👍
I grew up in the 60s watching F-troop,and loved it ,but the sad part of it is most people don't even remember this show,and you can't find it here on y-tube either........
Always liked her. She was my favorite on the show. Along with Larry Storch… he was hilarious…
I agree
Cannot believe she was only 16 on "f" troop.
That was my first reaction when he said she was born in 1949. F Troop started in 1965. How on earth did they get away with that?
It doesn't compare to Brooke Shield's age and roles in Pretty Baby and the Blue Lagoon or Traci Lords' age in the adult industry before going mainstream. Also in those days the male and female love interests could be 20 or more years apart.
@@orlock20 Well, Traci Lords snuck in without revealing her age. Somehow.
I forgot about Brooke Shields.
I am binge watching this series for like the 3rd time in the last 10 years. May be the funniest show ever. Before my time a few years but not many. Have pretty much every show of the 60's and rotate them all. Throw I Love Lucy in there and I have enough TV to keep me happy. A time of innocence with comedy and not forced. The 60's and early 70's is best era of Television ever. I two so wholesome and clean
She definitely acted much more mature than her 16 years of age. Very talented actress.
Your tone is so relaxing. And there's no doubt you love these shows as I do If I'm not giggling at the show I'm giggling at you giggling at the show great job. You my friend are a joy..
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Melody wasn't too much older than me. She died much too young. She was great playing a scrappy young woman, and she looked good in her buckskins. I have no doubt that she got the most fan mail on F Troop.
Melody sure was easy on the eyes. A real woman & a real sweetheart too.
@Ross Smith I loved her everything. She certainly was a beautiful woman. Just saying.
And very talented as an actress.
Loved F Troop. So funny.
Thanks for the great video. So sad to hear of their deaths though.
Thank you for an up date on Melody Patterson & F Troop
Two more screamer roles Larry Storch played were, Charlie the Drunk in two episodes of the TV Comedy show"Car 54 Where are You?", and as a motorcycle cop in the Comedy Movie "Sex & The Single Girl". In the latter, the look on his face as he hung his head in shame after an elderly couple drove their Model A Ford over his motorcycle, is absolutely priceless! I saw it in a theater when it first came out in 1965. I still screamed with laughter when I saw it again a year ago.
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Look for him as Charlie the Drunk in an episode of Car 54 Where are You? where the guys get him a job as a diamond cutter.😮😁
Storch also played Antoine the hairdresser. Shari Lewis was his girlfriend. Storch would sneak out to a boxing gym and beat everybody up as a way to destress from his beauty parlor customers. Very funny episode.
If memory serves, the elderly couple was none other than Miss Lauren Bacall and Henry Fonda in a Movie Co Starring Miss Natalie Wood and Tony Curtis as feuding and romancing Magazine Editors!😂🎥🚘📰B.W.
Wow. Thank you for that (essentially) tribute. That was great.
I loved this show as a kid, on Channel 53 in Pittsburgh in the 70s. Great video, thanks for this.
I've always been a leg man, and the clip at 10:44 with Melody in a short dress shows she had pair of top notch stems!
I’m binge watching your videos, they’re awesome! I’m a native of St. Louis myself from Overland, MO. 1983 graduate of Ritenour Sr. High School. Keep doing what you’re doing, I’m learning so much cool trivia!!!
Thank you for this… There are many TH-cam channels that try to do the same thing and disappoint once you click on them. Your channel is honest and genuine and at the top. I could hear it in your voice that this is a labor of love for you. Keep up the good work.
I appreciate that :)
@@CoolClassics Thanks for your Nice response… If you haven’t done it already and maybe I just missed it would love to see something on Amzie Strickland, and Herbie Faye. I am a character actor addict. But I don’t have your skills for research. Thanks again!
I've just stumbled upon your channel and I can tell from your voice all the love, respect and appreciation you have for those you portray. It's so nice to find so much about the people I grew up with in TV land. Thank you.
I was kid in 60s and 70s watching F Troop on black & white TV, my favourite show. So many beautiful blondes back then.
Born in '61
Addicted to TV since.
I was 10 when F Troop started and Wrangler Jane was a HUGE crush. Her and Elly May from Beverly Hillbillies. And Jeanie from I Dream of Jeanie. And.......
Yeah, Barbara Eden (I dream of Jeannie) and agent 99 (don't recall her name) from 'Get Smart'.
@@chuckaddison5134 Barbara Feldon. She was my crush.
@@chuckaddison5134 99's real name was also Barbara. Barbara Feldon
Sad to see her career fizzle out so early after such a bright start. But back in the old days there simply weren't that many productions available.
Am I you I seen many of the f troop shows it's sad to know that Melanie passed away it's at the young age the good always die Young that you will always die long and thank you for the help thank you for the video may you success with your videos continue from this old man in South Florida thank you
Picking the favorite hot chick from the Sixties TV is like choosing a favorite child. It's just wrong. But I loved Melody. The whole cast was brilliant and the interplay with her and Wilton was hysterical; he played it perfect. Great video, well done.
I read an F-Troop book one time and an Indian chief had a really funny line. "You ever try to commit suicide with a bow and arrow? I almost killed myself!" I laughed so hard that I still remember that line today! 😉😎🤦♂️
That's funny ! Thanks for sharing, wait, this isn't an AA meeting is it ?
@@Chet_Brinkley Nope, just a tickle your funny bone meeting! 🙃😉
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I remember one line from DeCorva,
" It is balloon ! "
This show was so funny... it should have continued. Loved it!!!
I can’t believe only 16 she was amazing . So sweet 🥹 .
F-Troop is one of my top 5 shows. Jim Carrey would make a great Captain Parmenter but I doubt there will ever be another F-Troop anything. I miss this kind of TV.
you're a great u tuber, love your content and especially your narration... great work, cheers
Much appreciated!
Larry Storch was riot ! I went to school with a guy who looked like him ! Most under rated comedian !
I was a kid and didn't understand at the time but that eating scene between her and LARRY STORCH went over my head but I found it funny anyway. Great video on a nice actress.
That Hawaii Five O clip featured James Hong, still kicking at 92!!
Yes!!
"no substitutions, reductions or eliminations".
“Seinfeld!!”
@@jennifersman7990 , "no pets", King of Queens" !!
I read that James Hong ran a free acting school.
Your channel deserves many more subscribers than it has.
I was shocked when I heard of Melody's passing in a small-town nursing home just outside Branson Missouri. Such a tragic loss. When I found out how young she was on "F-Troop", I figured the studio must have been awfully careful in how they handled her relationship with Ken Berry.
Baseball Guy by that name who once Managed The Birmingham Barons if memory serves.😏⚾️B.W.
@@madbrowniac7871 Different Ken Berry.
Yes Kevin they were Namesakes.😊B.W.
I met her and Johnny Crawford at a January 1995 Toy Collector show in Orlando. We went out for drinks across the street at the Hard Rock Cafe .
A Beautiful Girl that was a great actress! Love you and Bless you Melody ❤️
Nothing better then a beautiful, sassy, country girl...NOTHING, ...R.i.p.Mel!
Melody Patterson was a pretty young girl in F-Troop. I had no idea just how young she was‼️. I didn't know that she died so young either. She led a very interesting life.
That eating scene was a spoof of the similar scene in the movie "Tom Jones" ('63) with Albert Finney and Joyce Redman.
WoW! that was a great video. I used to watch that show as a little boy with my father all the time.
Me Too! My Dad Loved It!
@@CoolClassics now we know why, she was hot, lol
@@RogueDemagogue yeah,,,,I always wondered why my father was so anxious to see that show.....now I know.....and he had good taste in women anyway....
Please do one on Ken Berry. That guy only recently passed away, maybe a year ago? He was in more stuff than I can count. F Troop, Mayberry RFD, Mama's Family, the movie "Cat From Outer Space"...and I've barely made a dent with that list.
Ok, he's been gone slightly longer than a year...but I've blocked the last 16 months out, so......
Ken Berry came into the restaurant I worked at in Caesar's palace in Las Vegas back in the 70's. This is after F Troop, but Ken was a guest on lots of shows. When he and his wife arrived at the entrance, the maitre d (who never recognized anyone famous) said, "And what is the name sir...?" Ken laughed and replied with a very long crazy sounding name on the spot. I wound up waiting on him and he was really a very nice guy.
The Brady Bunch where he and his wife adopt three racially different kids. And they say there was nothing serious happening on The Brandy Bunch.
@@32anna2538 That was supposed to be a spinoff show, but it never materialized. I cannot help but wonder if the network executives thought it would be too controversial for the American public to accept? It is all speculative in that the ratings for that episode were comparatively low, however, The Brady Bunch show itself was already in its period of decline at that point. So it is hard to tell whether it was just that episode or the entire show which resulted in the lower ratings.
The last appearance of Ken that I know of was as an old boy friend of Rose Nylund in The Golden Girls.
WOW! The first picture of her, she was Beautiful!😍👏😘
Always loved Melody in F-troop. she was a Gorgeous women. may she always R.I.P.
She was beautiful! Love her
Much enjoyed at 4 AM in Bangkok. Happy 4TH. About all I watch is content like yours. Just want happy thoughts.
Happy 4th over there and almost 4 over here!
I watch these older shows to relax myself and have a laugh. Stay Happy Jeff 😁
How about Lorna Patterson - her sister? She was great in the Airplane movie.
AusNetFan13, Lorna Patterson, also, did spinoff TV Series, #LoveSidney & #PrivateBenjimen
Great show one of the best ever....some great actors and always a great laugh.
So sad she passed away way too young! Ken Berry was great on F Troop. Was pretty funny on Mama's Family too. Was you a fan of that show? A little trivia, Vicki Lawrence hat a #1 hit single. You'd might be surprised what it was. Another Cool Classic 😎!!!
“The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia”. Vicki Lawrence. March 17, 1973. Billboard’s Top Forty Hits. On the charts for fourteen weeks. Two weeks at number one !
I loved "F" troop. It was funny. Thanks!!
Great research. She was a little under my knowledge due to not being old enough to have ever watched F Troop. I did know Ken played in it only because of the parodies he did on The Carol Buenett show and later Momma's Family with Carol & Vickie Lawrence. She was pretty.