I grew up watching re-runs of F-Troop in the late 70's and early 80's. I even built a model of Fort Courage and used it to play with my cowboy and indian toys.
The gag was that both the F Troop soldiers and the Hekowi Indians were the opposite of what they would be in real life. It was not prejudiced in that people of all races were made fun of equally.
Enjoying F Troop re-runs during Covid-19 lockdown. This series was a fun-dig at the "serious" West just like Mel Brook's Blazing Saddles. Damn PC and just enjoy it & have a good laugh...!
Ed Kelly That’s what I was thinking 🤔 Gonna just stop here. Never wanna think of this while I’m watching my favourite old tv show- F/Troop. Have a good day friend. Thanks
The Dr Kildare clip included of course Richard Chamberlain, Bill Bixby and Suzanne Pleshette as well as Ken Berry. All great actors!! And wow can Ken Berry dance!!!!! And sing and act!!
One of my favorite TV shows of all time. I don't think it was racist. They made fun of everyone and it was all meant in good fun. It wasn't done viciously. Just my opinion. Wish they would make an F-Troop movie. Jim Carrey would make a great Captain Parmenter.
@@johngreen3543 -- You may be right about Storch but I'm wondering if Harvey Korman and Tim Conway (from the Carol Burnett Show) could also fit in that slapstick category... and they were around in the 70s after Storch played Agarn. There may be a few others but I can't think of their names right now. I'm not very knowledgeable about Hollywood actors, but there must be someone who can play Agarn (or some unknown talent must be out there). F-Troop was one of the best slapstick sitcoms in my opinion but you won't find it in many -- if any -- lists of the great sitcoms. The show doesn't get the respect it deserves.
We weren't pansies back then, we don't need to explain nor apologize for these shows. People find them offensive, turn the channel. You don't say anything about them making fun of the white people.
As a 7 to 10 year old boy when this show came out I enjoyed it. Especially in re run when i was a teenager / young adult and could understand the humor better. Daniel Boone was also a favorite.
Why do we now have to pick everything apart? We have progressed and should not be ashamed. We should be embracing the fact that we have been enlightened. With that being said can we not laugh at ourselves anymore??? As a person who grew up in this era of TV there were many comedians who make fun of their culture, and they were not ashamed. We should not be offended by old shows that make us laugh and forget the worries of today. I'm sure many would agree...TV of this era takes us back to our childhood and makes us smile!
As a European, what attracted me to F Troop was its similarity to the Western bande dessinée series, Lucky Luke, created by Belgian cartoonist Morris in 1946. Growing up, Native Americans were always portrayed as antagonists and villains. F Troop humanized them.
They don't mention how clever the script was. In Australia when you can't fold a map there is invariably a reference to Captain Parmenter. Who says I' dumb?
@John Brown Parmeter had a map that every time he tried to fold he couldn't. He then arranged to have map folding instructions sent to him which of course he couldn't fold. When anyone here can'st fold a big map - there is invariably a comment relating to Captain Parmenter.
i was born in '66 so this was on tv as a kid. it wasn't a show that i went looking for. if it was on one of the 3 UHF channels we got I'd watch it. never disliked it, but it never clicked for me.
Wow, they all seemed straight. I didn't know they started out as song and dancers. I thought, as a child the Indian chief was the best. Watching it now I don't understand why they didn't use the Indian scenes more.
Fine work. I've written extensively about F Troop at my blog, The Horn Section. A couple of notes: 1. While the NYT might not have been impressed, F Troop was actually the most critically acclaimed new show of the 1965-66 season according to TV Guide's survey in the December 25-31, 1965 issue. Roger Youman's survey of over 40 newspapers nationwide resulted in 80% of the critics favoring F Troop, placing it ahead of even Get Smart! and Green Acres--this result is likely a surprise to today's audience. But the show was actually the story of the season for ABC until Batman came along and stole its thunder in January. 2. My research indicates the 1967 cancellation was by Warner Brothers and not ABC. The FBI was the only other WB show left after 1967 and it was a joint production with Quinn Martin that wasn't shot on the lot. F Troop was the last remaining TV show on the lot, and newly empowered East Coast VP Ben Kalmenson wanted out of TV altogether (he had gained favor after the firing of William T. Orr). F Troop scored a 31 share in both seasons, making the top 40, and was ABC's second highest rated comedy behind Bewitched both years. But it not only didn't have a studio willing to fight for it, it had a studio that wanted to kill it and syndicate it.
I’m lucky my parents are a bit older than my friends parents since I’m adopted. So I watched a lot of older movies and tv shows. F troop was awesome, and yes in my Gen Z eyes some things definitely don’t hold up. But it’s still light hearted and well intentioned.
Uniqueness of F-Troop 1: the only sitcom to take place in the 19th century 2. Mocking the US Military in the middle of a major war (Vietnam) 3. It violated the Hollywood moral code (crime pays {O'Rourke Enterprise was illegal business}) 4. A minor (Melody Patterson, 16) was doing kissing scenes with an adult (Captain Parmenter) 5. Melody was having an affair with Forrest Tucker off stage (true story) 6. None of the Hekawi were real Indians 7. Only Tucker, Bob Steele (Duffy, Joe Brooks (Vanderbilt) and Frank de Kova (Chief Wild Eagle) had done screen movies before the series. 8. Larry Storch is alive and well (and so is James Hampton, Dobbs) 9. Tucker and Storch appeared in Columbo episodes.
Most of these are wrong ; 1; there were 20 sitcoms released from 1900 to 1950 and more after that . . . . 2; I was in the Army during Vietnam , And we watched this there ALL the Time . Even the Officers LOVED It ! 3; You're Talking as though you think ( O'Rourke Enterprise's ) was a real thing ? 4 ; at the age of 16 ( which is the youngest a person can do this Legally ) . I was Working in a Night Club , Doing Ventriloquism & magic , With a Sighed release from my Parents . And One of them Had to Be Present During EACH Performance ! 5 : with her mother ther there ? 6; i'LL NAME a few of the others who have played native Americans in movies. Rock Hudson, Henry Brandon, Burt Lancaster, Audrey Hepburn, Johnny Depp, And the Very Famous Commercial W --- "Iron Eyes Cody," Those Terrible "Crying Indian" Commercials, 1970 - 1971 . His half-sister later revealed he was actually of Italian descent. 7: This was TV , NOT a Movie ... 8 : theres 1 you got right , he is 99 yrs old . 9; Yes and in many other things . Even Cartoons !
When you say that elements of F-Troop haven't necessarily aged well, it makes me wonder if you were among those who pressured the Cleveland Indians baseball team to change their name. We cannot take "An in-Depth Look at F-Troop" from a serious perspective when the show itself didn't take itself seriously way back in the 1960's. Buffoonery was an equal opportunity employer on the set of F-Troop for the entire cast, and it was absolutely intentional and hilarious. Any evaluation or critique says as much, if not more, about the critic as it does the subject matter under review. Context is critical and the failure to acknowledge it appropriately here devalues this review. I would urge you to critically examine the intellectual processes and the criteria you use to evaluate material you review and give greater consideration to context. Otherwise, your product is nothing more than a reflection of shallow confirmation bias.
Interesting that in England dad’s army was another ensemble cast of old comedy actors and it lasted for almost 10 years however in the US F-Troop also had an ensemble cast of characters and was killed after only a few seasons Probably has something to do with the fact that dads army was produced by a public broadcaster
I am also a fan of Bob Steele he did so many good early movie westerns. He transitioned to supporting work in the middle 50's and you can see him in "Hang em High" with Clint Eastwood and a real small part in "Bugles in the Afternoon".
Life was so much more fun before everyone became "woke" and ridiculous. F Troop was a funny, show where all the characters were just that - characters. Growing up in the 50s and 60s, we didn't need to hide in a "safe space" when we realized that Chief Wild Eagle was really Italian. So glad I'm not a butt-hurt, crybaby, victim millennial.
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It was great entertainment. The main cast, along with the supporting players and guest stars, were all top-notch. People today take everything too damned literally and often overlook the subtle messages shows like this sent. The whole PC culture has ruined this country.
Totally disagree... F Troop has aged as good as any TV show right up there with Mash and all the other classics if it's racist so is Blazing Saddles and it sure is not.
O'Rourke, Agarn and Chief Wild Eagle WERE the show, yet you devoted most of the clip to Ken Berry? He played second fiddle to the others. You're perspective is way off!
The only medal awarded in the civil war was the Medal of Honor. Back then it was pinned to the chest and awarded for all sorts of things including just reenlisting to a few soldiers. Tom Custer (George Armstrong Custer) brother received 2 for capturing enemy flags.
Loved the show but funny how Kim puts some racisist political correct tone on somthing that happened over 50 years ago just enjoy the show .. dont worry in another 50 years the young generation will be cringing at things that happened in 2020
I saw Ken Berry in "Promises, Promises" at casa manana in Fort Worth and he was fabulous! VERY good and it was a musical he was visibly enjoying. Another song and dance man who missed the boat was Gene Nelson of "Oklahoma" fame. I would debate your points of social justice and cultural bias are misplaced and carry the same weight as complaining that a 1950 Ford didn't come equipped with air-conditioning or air bags! It's apples and oranges. TV shows, writing, and movies AND CULTURE are all products of their era and not subject to to whims or mores of a shreeking bunch of people who refuse to be pleased in the first place. John Wayne dragged Maurine O'Hara across the fields of Ireland in the "Quite Man" and an elderly woman brought him a stick "To beat the nice lady!" It was a JOKE based on the mores of the time! Nothing more! The actor John Wayne did NOT beat the actress Maurine O'Hara but being offered a stick in 1952 was still a thing. I don't say I agree but it was a thing. Thankfully it isn't any longer but I neither attack the product or misunderstand the context. Get over it all of you! If it bothers you don't watch it!
Maybe there’s a world out in the universe where all those sitcom characters are actually living factually. Look just the same, act just the same. Similar situations and much more. What humans dream/deem as science fiction here is actually science fact elsewhere. Even cartoons. As such, not original ideas but conformation of other additional civilizations. A heavy smoker Larry still lived over 97 years. May our Lord graciously receive them all whom passed on into His glory as with we who’ve accepted the one and only Son.
I always saw a lot Buster Keaton-esque comedy within Capt. Parmeter. Berry had some of that "regular guy with oddball talents caught in surreal situations" feel, and his physical comedy amplified that (totally a Keaton move when the Capt is reading the message while walking). Also.....Larry Storch secretly must have been Mickey Dolenz's dad. Put Storch against Dolenz (The Monkee's 1966-68) and they play similar overdramatic characters....Storch had been doing that for years, and it has been a Dolenz trademark. But visually they look related. LOL. F-Troop was one of my fav shows as a kid.
From what I heard F Troop got canceled because the new owners of Warner Bros. seven arts thought it was wasteful for a sitcom to be filmed on the Warner Ranch
F-Troop was hilarious to us back in the mid-60s. To a kid like me, the slapstick was the attraction. Also very funny to us was the depiction of the Hekawi tribe. This was due to their slapstick, over the top performances; nothing else. They were wacky entrepreneurs with the soldiers. Rather progressive, I'd say! Way too many commenters here take the host's analysis totally wrong. She is not condemning how the Hekawi are depicted, nor condemning the show. In fact, she clearly likes the show. She is only pointing out a fact, and is quite neutral in her perspective. The Hekawi are a racial stereotype, despite the fact that the host uses the term "racist," which may not really fit in this case. Something does not have to have malicious intent to have roots in racism. F-Troop wasn't malicious, but it certainly used a racial stereotype to create a lot of laughs. Nobody here should feel threatened by the host's analysis, as she points out that such humor was still part of the times. That was then. This is now. The host is acknowledging that those of us who knew it back then can still laugh, but perhaps with a bit more awareness of how it will not seem so funny to those who weren't around yet back then. It's not unlike Jane Curtin of the original SNL cast telling how her younger family members recently gathered and watched old SNL episodes with her. She said...nobody laughed. Sometimes humor doesn't age well in the eyes of new viewers. The host makes a very thoughtful and thorough look at a very silly show I loved. Nice job, ma'am.
Good analysis of the show. While the Native American depictions are worth discussing, also remember that these characters were often smarter than the white ones. And it may have been a joke that tribal members often seemed sort of stereotypical Jews, as in the 19th century a common theory was that Indians were the Lost Tribes of Israel.
MGM also thought that as well and they cancelled the "Thin Man " series with Peter Lawford. These studios went down hill because they were managed in their later years by men who were passed their prime and did not want to step aside and let the younger generation take over.
Females starting the much more common trans-sexuals we have today by wearing menswear ( transvestism ) initially big time in the early 1960's. Wrangler Jane is an excellent example . Her character wears cowboy/ frontier pants almost 24/ 7 through out the 2 seasons. Jane sure looks sassy, foxy wearing her tight , figure hugging pants tucked sleekly into her boots !
Don’t blame every liberal for ruining free speech just Ike we shouldn’t blame every conservative for Nixon or global warming. There are reasonable people in both parties.
You did not watch the show in the 60s. And, have no concept of the society at the time. To criticizes how cutting edge anti establishment it was. Is beyond your understanding due to your youth.
Our host does a mostly good job for 37 minutes, and then has to ruin it with a finale of over-the-top, woke analysis. Much as the bugs bunny cartoons, this show lampooned EVERYONE. Equally! Greedy but good hearted calvarymen and I n d I a n s. Inept but well-intentioned leadership. A calvary and constantly claiming he was at the Alamo "with Ole Jim Bowie" (an obvious l i e). It was pure genius, and it's a shame that the humorless wannabes can't appreciate what they see.
Duffy always claimed to be besides Davey Crockett , and in one episode Capt. Parmenter is going through the records of his troop , and he tells Duffy , He died at the Alamo ...
ALL the characters were funny - and NO ONE was being made fun OF!! Today things are too PC, if you can find any fault at all with this series. And as to why the series was cancelled after only two years, try the sale of Warners to Seven Arts, who not only balked at the cost of the color season, but also had a problem with using so much of the Warner backlot (for a fort, a town, and an Indian village) for a half-hour show. So THEY were the ones who pulled the plug, not the network.
So many of these sit-coms were pure garbage, even at the time. "My Mother the Car" and "Mr. Ed" were written for morons, since it would take a moron to appreciate them to any degree. "F-Troop" was better written and Larry Storch's character improvisations were the backbone of the humor. It's difficult to believe they are all gone today. At any rate, "F-Troop" died too early in the mid-sixties.
Female Gaze Productions. Interestingly, you only favour comments that offer the "least amount of resistance" to your dialogue. No reply comments? Let's see. Should people in the military be insulted because F Troop portrayed cavalry troopers as stupid, cowardly, idiots? And, what about that town drunk who was always a white guy? Should I feel insulted? I think you'll find F Troop's humour, when interpreted correctly, mocks everyone.
Very analytical analysis but you’re definitely overthinking the racial aspect of a great comedy. That’s what’s wrong with today’s liberal thinkers, they are trying to ruin comedy. We all can laugh about our differences and still get along.
Maybe there’s a world out in the universe where all those sitcom characters are actually living factually. Look just the same, act just the same. Similar situations and much more. What humans dream/deem as science fiction here is actually science fact elsewhere. Even cartoons. As such, not original ideas but conformation of other additional civilizations. A heavy smoker Larry still lived over 97 years. May our Lord graciously receive them all whom passed on into His glory as with we who’ve accepted the one and only Son.
Maybe there’s a world out in the universe where all those sitcom characters are actually living factually. Look just the same, act just the same. Similar situations and much more. What humans dream/deem as science fiction here is actually science fact elsewhere. Even cartoons. As such, not original ideas but conformation of other additional civilizations. A heavy smoker Larry still lived over 97 years. May our Lord graciously receive them all whom passed on into His glory as with we who’ve accepted the one and only Son.
Maybe there’s a world out in the universe where all those sitcom characters are actually living factually. Look just the same, act just the same. Similar situations and much more. What humans dream/deem as science fiction here is actually science fact elsewhere. Even cartoons. As such, not original ideas but conformation of other additional civilizations. A heavy smoker Larry still lived over 97 years. May our Lord graciously receive them all whom passed on into His glory as with we who’ve accepted the one and only Son.
We need more shows like that these days 60’s-70’s loved it
I grew up watching re-runs of F-Troop in the late 70's and early 80's. I even built a model of Fort Courage and used it to play with my cowboy and indian toys.
It's 2022 & I still sing the theme word for word.
I did the same when they showed the opening theme...and I haven't seen the show in over 40 years.
The gag was that both the F Troop soldiers and the Hekowi Indians were the opposite of what they would be in real life. It was not prejudiced in that people of all races were made fun of equally.
Exactly! It's ok to laugh!
Enjoying F Troop re-runs during Covid-19 lockdown. This series was a fun-dig at the "serious" West just like Mel Brook's Blazing Saddles. Damn PC and just enjoy it & have a good laugh...!
Ed Kelly
That’s what I was thinking 🤔
Gonna just stop here. Never wanna think of this while I’m watching my favourite old tv show- F/Troop.
Have a good day friend. Thanks
F-troop was great. Better than ANYTHING today!
The Dr Kildare clip included of course Richard Chamberlain, Bill Bixby and Suzanne Pleshette as well as Ken Berry. All great actors!! And wow can Ken Berry dance!!!!! And sing and act!!
It wasn't racist ...it was clever , it was fun and in it's own way satirical but very funny ...
Who wouldn't be smarter after hearing a Wise Old Indian saying?
!00 % non-racist ; Bravo observation !
F Troop was phenomenally popular in its early years of syndicated reruns in the late 1960s, much like Star Trek or Hogan's Heroes in the 1970s.
One of my favorite TV shows of all time. I don't think it was racist. They made fun of everyone and it was all meant in good fun. It wasn't done viciously. Just my opinion. Wish they would make an F-Troop movie. Jim Carrey would make a great Captain Parmenter.
But who would do Agarn, their are very few comedians that know how to do good slapstick? Storch was the last of the great tv slapstick comedians
@@johngreen3543 -- You may be right about Storch but I'm wondering if Harvey Korman and Tim Conway (from the Carol Burnett Show) could also fit in that slapstick category... and they were around in the 70s after Storch played Agarn. There may be a few others but I can't think of their names right now. I'm not very knowledgeable about Hollywood actors, but there must be someone who can play Agarn (or some unknown talent must be out there). F-Troop was one of the best slapstick sitcoms in my opinion but you won't find it in many -- if any -- lists of the great sitcoms. The show doesn't get the respect it deserves.
@@brigham2250 I agree, but sadly they have both passed. So can you think of a well known actor today that can do great slapstick? Not an east task.
Yeah, the show didn’t just make fun of the Native Americans. Made fun of everyone.
Every time I see Ken Berry do that routine with the letter it reminds me so much of that great silent star Buster Keaton.
The hostess sounds like she is riding in front of a shuttle bus as a tour guide.
Ken Berry was a hell of an actor. His Captain Parmenter is a hoot.
Loved this thank you well done I love FTroop.
I couldn't help but notice you didn't get a "like/love" from Female Gaze Productions. Maybe FGP thought you enjoyed F Troop, like me, too much.😄
We weren't pansies back then, we don't need to explain nor apologize for these shows. People find them offensive, turn the channel. You don't say anything about them making fun of the white people.
As a 7 to 10 year old boy when this show came out I enjoyed it. Especially in re run when i was a teenager / young adult and could understand the humor better. Daniel Boone was also a favorite.
Why do we now have to pick everything apart? We have progressed and should not be ashamed. We should be embracing the fact that we have been enlightened. With that being said can we not laugh at ourselves anymore??? As a person who grew up in this era of TV there were many comedians who make fun of their culture, and they were not ashamed. We should not be offended by old shows that make us laugh and forget the worries of today. I'm sure many would agree...TV of this era takes us back to our childhood and makes us smile!
As a European, what attracted me to F Troop was its similarity to the Western bande dessinée series, Lucky Luke, created by Belgian cartoonist Morris in 1946. Growing up, Native Americans were always portrayed as antagonists and villains. F Troop humanized them.
It is not about REAL Native Americans its a spoof of HOLLYWOOD Native Americans.
They don't mention how clever the script was. In Australia when you can't fold a map there is invariably a reference to Captain Parmenter. Who says I' dumb?
@John Brown Parmeter had a map that every time he tried to fold he couldn't. He then arranged to have map folding instructions sent to him which of course he couldn't fold. When anyone here can'st fold a big map - there is invariably a comment relating to Captain Parmenter.
@John Brown No worries - Cheers
I would say that to my friends each time they had a good idea. ("I don't know why everyone says you're so dumb!") 😆😅🤣
That cast had the resumes and talent.
'F" Troop for Fantastic!
i was born in '66 so this was on tv as a kid. it wasn't a show that i went looking for.
if it was on one of the 3 UHF channels we got I'd watch it. never disliked it, but it
never clicked for me.
Wow, they all seemed straight. I didn't know they started out as song and dancers.
I thought, as a child the Indian chief was the best. Watching it now I don't understand why they didn't use the Indian scenes more.
Fine work. I've written extensively about F Troop at my blog, The Horn Section. A couple of notes:
1. While the NYT might not have been impressed, F Troop was actually the most critically acclaimed new show of the 1965-66 season according to TV Guide's survey in the December 25-31, 1965 issue. Roger Youman's survey of over 40 newspapers nationwide resulted in 80% of the critics favoring F Troop, placing it ahead of even Get Smart! and Green Acres--this result is likely a surprise to today's audience. But the show was actually the story of the season for ABC until Batman came along and stole its thunder in January.
2. My research indicates the 1967 cancellation was by Warner Brothers and not ABC. The FBI was the only other WB show left after 1967 and it was a joint production with Quinn Martin that wasn't shot on the lot. F Troop was the last remaining TV show on the lot, and newly empowered East Coast VP Ben Kalmenson wanted out of TV altogether (he had gained favor after the firing of William T. Orr). F Troop scored a 31 share in both seasons, making the top 40, and was ABC's second highest rated comedy behind Bewitched both years. But it not only didn't have a studio willing to fight for it, it had a studio that wanted to kill it and syndicate it.
I’m lucky my parents are a bit older than my friends parents since I’m adopted. So I watched a lot of older movies and tv shows. F troop was awesome, and yes in my Gen Z eyes some things definitely don’t hold up. But it’s still light hearted and well intentioned.
Exactly. The town drunk was always a white guy. Imagine the offence one could take if one wanted. 😆😅
great job on your walk thru tv past--thanks!
Uniqueness of F-Troop
1: the only sitcom to take place in the 19th century
2. Mocking the US Military in the middle of a major war (Vietnam)
3. It violated the Hollywood moral code (crime pays {O'Rourke Enterprise was illegal business})
4. A minor (Melody Patterson, 16) was doing kissing scenes with an adult (Captain Parmenter)
5. Melody was having an affair with Forrest Tucker off stage (true story)
6. None of the Hekawi were real Indians
7. Only Tucker, Bob Steele (Duffy, Joe Brooks (Vanderbilt) and Frank de Kova (Chief Wild Eagle) had done screen movies before the series.
8. Larry Storch is alive and well (and so is James Hampton, Dobbs)
9. Tucker and Storch appeared in Columbo episodes.
Most of these are wrong ;
1; there were 20 sitcoms released from 1900 to 1950 and more after that . . . .
2; I was in the Army during Vietnam , And we watched this there ALL the Time . Even the Officers LOVED It !
3; You're Talking as though you think ( O'Rourke Enterprise's ) was a real thing ?
4 ; at the age of 16 ( which is the youngest a person can do this Legally ) . I was Working in a Night Club , Doing Ventriloquism & magic , With a Sighed release from my Parents . And One of them Had to Be Present During EACH Performance !
5 : with her mother ther there ?
6; i'LL NAME a few of the others who have played native Americans in movies. Rock Hudson, Henry Brandon, Burt Lancaster, Audrey Hepburn, Johnny Depp, And the Very Famous Commercial W --- "Iron Eyes Cody," Those Terrible "Crying Indian" Commercials, 1970 - 1971 . His half-sister later revealed he was actually of Italian descent.
7: This was TV , NOT a Movie ...
8 : theres 1 you got right , he is 99 yrs old .
9; Yes and in many other things . Even Cartoons !
Rest in Peace Larry Storch...he died today at 99 😔🙏
When you say that elements of F-Troop haven't necessarily aged well, it makes me wonder if you were among those who pressured the Cleveland Indians baseball team to change their name. We cannot take "An in-Depth Look at F-Troop" from a serious perspective when the show itself didn't take itself seriously way back in the 1960's. Buffoonery was an equal opportunity employer on the set of F-Troop for the entire cast, and it was absolutely intentional and hilarious.
Any evaluation or critique says as much, if not more, about the critic as it does the subject matter under review. Context is critical and the failure to acknowledge it appropriately here devalues this review. I would urge you to critically examine the intellectual processes and the criteria you use to evaluate material you review and give greater consideration to context. Otherwise, your product is nothing more than a reflection of shallow confirmation bias.
Larry Storch was a funny, funny guy. F Troop is one of the funniest ever and i watch it from time to time for a good belly laugh.
Wild Eagle: "What's in it for me?"
I thought Tiny Tim had passed. Great to see him again as master of ceremonies and hosting this segment!
Interesting that in England dad’s army was another ensemble cast of old comedy actors and it lasted for almost 10 years however in the US F-Troop also had an ensemble cast of characters and was killed after only a few seasons Probably has something to do with the fact that dads army was produced by a public broadcaster
I had a cast photo Bob Steele had signed. At a Hollywood Show the F Troop cast all signed it and didnt charge me because they's all liked Bob so much.
I am also a fan of Bob Steele he did so many good early movie westerns. He transitioned to supporting work in the middle 50's and you can see him in "Hang em High" with Clint Eastwood and a real small part in "Bugles in the Afternoon".
Life was so much more fun before everyone became "woke" and ridiculous. F Troop was a funny, show where all the characters were just that - characters. Growing up in the 50s and 60s, we didn't need to hide in a "safe space" when we realized that Chief Wild Eagle was really Italian. So glad I'm not a butt-hurt, crybaby, victim millennial.
I liked Flash-in-the-Pan.
CBS did the Rural Purge, not ABC
Isn't that the truth!!
Amen
You have to be one of the most insightful people on television history, I'm a new subscriber and am so happy I found your informative vlog. Thank you for your look back on television history. P.S. you rock! 🤩🤩
Loved the show!
It was great entertainment. The main cast, along with the supporting players and guest stars, were all top-notch. People today take everything too damned literally and often overlook the subtle messages shows like this sent. The whole PC culture has ruined this country.
Totally disagree... F Troop has aged as good as any TV show right up there with Mash and all the other classics if it's racist so is Blazing Saddles and it sure is not.
O'Rourke, Agarn and Chief Wild Eagle WERE the show, yet you devoted most of the clip to Ken Berry? He played second fiddle to the others. You're perspective is way off!
The only medal awarded in the civil war was the Medal of Honor. Back then it was pinned to the chest and awarded for all sorts of things including just reenlisting to a few soldiers. Tom Custer (George Armstrong Custer) brother received 2 for capturing enemy flags.
31:24 Launching into the "Wrangler Jane Theme"!
great show.....if you find it offensive, you want it to be
Loved the show but funny how Kim puts some racisist political correct tone on somthing that happened over 50 years ago just enjoy the show .. dont worry in another 50 years the young generation will be cringing at things that happened in 2020
Love the history lesson😀
Hey, you did a great job ! Keep up the good work because we like it 😃
Not all of us. Too much PC when and where it is not required. After all, should I feel insulted, because the town drunk was always a white guy?😉
I saw Ken Berry in "Promises, Promises" at casa manana in Fort Worth and he was fabulous! VERY good and it was a musical he was visibly enjoying. Another song and dance man who missed the boat was Gene Nelson of "Oklahoma" fame. I would debate your points of social justice and cultural bias are misplaced and carry the same weight as complaining that a 1950 Ford didn't come equipped with air-conditioning or air bags! It's apples and oranges. TV shows, writing, and movies AND CULTURE are all products of their era and not subject to to whims or mores of a shreeking bunch of people who refuse to be pleased in the first place. John Wayne dragged Maurine O'Hara across the fields of Ireland in the "Quite Man" and an elderly woman brought him a stick "To beat the nice lady!" It was a JOKE based on the mores of the time! Nothing more! The actor John Wayne did NOT beat the actress Maurine O'Hara but being offered a stick in 1952 was still a thing. I don't say I agree but it was a thing. Thankfully it isn't any longer but I neither attack the product or misunderstand the context. Get over it all of you! If it bothers you don't watch it!
to answer my own query,the old indian is 'running chicken', Everett Horton.Got that from a larry storch interview.
I had the biggest crush on Wrangler Jane!
I'm sick of political correct hacks dissing on good old fun sitcoms grow up everything thing isn't all race.
Frank Decova was a astonishing actor.
It was funny. There were so many classic lines in it.
Maybe there’s a world out in the universe where all those sitcom characters are actually living factually. Look just the same, act just the same. Similar situations and much more. What humans dream/deem as science fiction here is actually science fact elsewhere. Even cartoons. As such, not original ideas but conformation of other additional civilizations. A heavy smoker Larry still lived over 97 years. May our Lord graciously receive them all whom passed on into His glory as with we who’ve accepted the one and only Son.
I always saw a lot Buster Keaton-esque comedy within Capt. Parmeter. Berry had some of that "regular guy with oddball talents caught in surreal situations" feel, and his physical comedy amplified that (totally a Keaton move when the Capt is reading the message while walking). Also.....Larry Storch secretly must have been Mickey Dolenz's dad. Put Storch against Dolenz (The Monkee's 1966-68) and they play similar overdramatic characters....Storch had been doing that for years, and it has been a Dolenz trademark. But visually they look related. LOL. F-Troop was one of my fav shows as a kid.
This was so funny.Tony
Ken Berry past away the same day of George Bush Larry Storch also was on Married with Children as himself
From what I heard F Troop got canceled because the new owners of Warner Bros. seven arts thought it was wasteful for a sitcom to be filmed on the Warner Ranch
Mamas family is fittingly also owned by Warner Bros. Like F Troop is.
F-Troop was hilarious to us back in the mid-60s. To a kid like me, the slapstick was the attraction. Also very funny to us was the depiction of the Hekawi tribe. This was due to their slapstick, over the top performances; nothing else. They were wacky entrepreneurs with the soldiers. Rather progressive, I'd say!
Way too many commenters here take the host's analysis totally wrong. She is not condemning how the Hekawi are depicted, nor condemning the show. In fact, she clearly likes the show. She is only pointing out a fact, and is quite neutral in her perspective. The Hekawi are a racial stereotype, despite the fact that the host uses the term "racist," which may not really fit in this case. Something does not have to have malicious intent to have roots in racism. F-Troop wasn't malicious, but it certainly used a racial stereotype to create a lot of laughs. Nobody here should feel threatened by the host's analysis, as she points out that such humor was still part of the times. That was then. This is now. The host is acknowledging that those of us who knew it back then can still laugh, but perhaps with a bit more awareness of how it will not seem so funny to those who weren't around yet back then. It's not unlike Jane Curtin of the original SNL cast telling how her younger family members recently gathered and watched old SNL episodes with her. She said...nobody laughed. Sometimes humor doesn't age well in the eyes of new viewers.
The host makes a very thoughtful and thorough look at a very silly show I loved. Nice job, ma'am.
isnt the really old native that movie star from the 30's {fred astaire etc.}?
Ken Berry shaking his tail feathers
Always had a huge crush on Wrangler Jane!
Good analysis of the show. While the Native American depictions are worth discussing, also remember that these characters were often smarter than the white ones. And it may have been a joke that tribal members often seemed sort of stereotypical Jews, as in the 19th century a common theory was that Indians were the Lost Tribes of Israel.
Melody Patterson as Wrangler Jane
How could they stupidity think television wasn't going to last !
MGM also thought that as well and they cancelled the "Thin Man " series with Peter Lawford. These studios went down hill because they were managed in their later years by men who were passed their prime and did not want to step aside and let the younger generation take over.
Females starting the much more common trans-sexuals we have today by wearing menswear ( transvestism ) initially big time in the early 1960's. Wrangler Jane is an excellent example . Her character wears cowboy/ frontier pants almost 24/ 7 through out the 2 seasons. Jane sure looks sassy, foxy wearing her tight , figure hugging pants tucked sleekly into her boots !
Liberal PC has ruined TV. F Troop is a classic and it's a shame this could not have been made now.
Don’t blame every liberal for ruining free speech just Ike we shouldn’t blame every conservative for
Nixon or global warming. There are reasonable people in both parties.
Carol Barnett is spelled with one C.
We're the Hekawi
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You did not watch the show in the 60s. And, have no concept of the society at the time. To criticizes how cutting edge anti establishment it was. Is beyond your understanding due to your youth.
Our host does a mostly good job for 37 minutes, and then has to ruin it with a finale of over-the-top, woke analysis. Much as the bugs bunny cartoons, this show lampooned EVERYONE. Equally! Greedy but good hearted calvarymen and I n d I a n s. Inept but well-intentioned leadership. A calvary and constantly claiming he was at the Alamo "with Ole Jim Bowie" (an obvious l i e). It was pure genius, and it's a shame that the humorless wannabes can't appreciate what they see.
Duffy always claimed to be besides Davey Crockett , and in one episode Capt. Parmenter is going through the records of his troop , and he tells Duffy , He died at the Alamo ...
ALL the characters were funny - and NO ONE was being made fun OF!! Today things are too PC, if you can find any fault at all with this series. And as to why the series was cancelled after only two years, try the sale of Warners to Seven Arts, who not only balked at the cost of the color season, but also had a problem with using so much of the Warner backlot (for a fort, a town, and an Indian village) for a half-hour show. So THEY were the ones who pulled the plug, not the network.
God save us from the politically correct. Its comedy people!
Hey lady: The Indian and other jokes are hysterical. Stop your babbling nonsense. And Melody Patterson is babalicious.
F Troop
I managed 2 minutes of this miserable woman's introduction before turning off.
You are sexist
Racist my ass...its about laughing at ourselves.
The show was self-effacing satire. Something today's crybaby generation will never understand.
Racism? Was she watching the right show 🤣
Don't judge the comedies by your so called "morals." Do not do any Woke Left politics. 😒
So many of these sit-coms were pure garbage, even at the time. "My Mother the Car" and "Mr. Ed" were written for morons, since it would take a moron to appreciate them to any degree. "F-Troop" was better written and Larry Storch's character improvisations were the backbone of the humor. It's difficult to believe they are all gone today. At any rate, "F-Troop" died too early in the mid-sixties.
Lighten up Karen
WOKE
Female Gaze Productions. Interestingly, you only favour comments that offer the "least amount of resistance" to your dialogue. No reply comments? Let's see. Should people in the military be insulted because F Troop portrayed cavalry troopers as stupid, cowardly, idiots? And, what about that town drunk who was always a white guy? Should I feel insulted? I think you'll find F Troop's humour, when interpreted correctly, mocks everyone.
Very analytical analysis but you’re definitely overthinking the racial aspect of a great comedy. That’s what’s wrong with today’s liberal thinkers, they are trying to ruin comedy. We all can laugh about our differences and still get along.
You say as much with your face as you do with your mouth. This isn't a bad comment, my comment is a plus. 3-15-2022
The more you ananilizes the only shows your ignorance of culture or history.
Maybe there’s a world out in the universe where all those sitcom characters are actually living factually. Look just the same, act just the same. Similar situations and much more. What humans dream/deem as science fiction here is actually science fact elsewhere. Even cartoons. As such, not original ideas but conformation of other additional civilizations. A heavy smoker Larry still lived over 97 years. May our Lord graciously receive them all whom passed on into His glory as with we who’ve accepted the one and only Son.
Maybe there’s a world out in the universe where all those sitcom characters are actually living factually. Look just the same, act just the same. Similar situations and much more. What humans dream/deem as science fiction here is actually science fact elsewhere. Even cartoons. As such, not original ideas but conformation of other additional civilizations. A heavy smoker Larry still lived over 97 years. May our Lord graciously receive them all whom passed on into His glory as with we who’ve accepted the one and only Son.
Maybe there’s a world out in the universe where all those sitcom characters are actually living factually. Look just the same, act just the same. Similar situations and much more. What humans dream/deem as science fiction here is actually science fact elsewhere. Even cartoons. As such, not original ideas but conformation of other additional civilizations. A heavy smoker Larry still lived over 97 years. May our Lord graciously receive them all whom passed on into His glory as with we who’ve accepted the one and only Son.