Fun fact: Anjanette Comer was once married to Walter Koenig. Koenig's main claim to fame was his role as Ensign Chekov on Star Trek, but his acting career started with an uncredited role as a sentry in a Season 1 episode of Combat.
I had no choice but to watch it as my older siblings had control of the T.V. It inspired me to be a Marine and what I liked best it's based on small squad. I know it's T.V , but it was important for me and probably a few others. Thanks for bringing this back. It was another time that I don't see today....
Everything in the past is something we’ll never see again. Call it progress or history or anything else but although I’m nostalgic for my relatives I’m not willing to return to the past. Although I wouldn’t be diabetic
These guys who fought during ww2 were bad ass . A bunch of guys you would not want cross paths with. The gear they had compared to today's special opps with not so good . In real combat ww2 those heros had it tuff , real tuff . Thank you for your service to our country. 🇺🇲🇺🇲
i also use to watch combat on TV as a youngster, now I re watch it here on my computer, does it matter at all about Saunders does not run out of ammo, you can not compare one show of combat to another, all you have to do is sit back and watch the shows, I do and I enjoy watching it all over again, if any of you do not have a good thing to say about it, say nothing
Pierre Jalbert ( 1925-2014 ) had studied Fine Arts and what is nowdays called Media Science He became well known as a Cutter and Film Editor One of his more well known works was the Cutting and Editing of the Mini Series SHOGUN. Ge also had been a professional Ski Alpinist in his youth and almost made it to the Olympics for Canada but could not due to a haevy accident. Still he jobed as a Ski Driving Instructor as well. So I wonder if those skiing scenes in the episode MOUNTAIN MAN had been done by him or a Stand Double.
@@rogerlynch5279 "[Were] skiing scenes in the episode MOUNTAIN MAN . . . done by him or a double?" A double. While his skills on the slopes assured he could perform those scenes, the prod'n office and accounting dept. nicked that because of the cost of paying Pierre location 'day rate' times the number of days necessary, transportation to and from the mountains, lodging and meals FAR exceeded the cost of hiring a skilled local, 'match' the wardrobe with what Pierre wore at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios in Culver City ["Combat!"'s base of operation] and dress the double likewise.
Ted Knight was a talented voice actor in cartoons and commercials before he got more acting roles. He did a poignant Combat EP where he gave a French boy chocolate as he reminded him of his son. Not knowing the boy hated Germans, a battle happens later the boy shoots and kills him. When he recognizes Knight as the German soldier who was kind to him, he does not want to fight in the war anymore.
"pz3j," "Who would have thought . . . " Like most professional performers perfecting their skills Ted Knight spent years studying acting, drama and comedy. He could 'walk and chew gum at the same time.' Additionally, he pulled off a believable German dialect. And guest star Anjanette Comer carried the entire hour without saying a word -- brilliantly acting only with her expressive eyes and movement of her body. This compelling, entertaining, moving episode -- one of Rick Jason's best -- was made 'viewable' for all sensibilities due to the discretion and skills of the writers and director. In other hands, of the tawdry sort, Ms. Comer's character would have been victimized and assaulted by anonymous Americans, i.e., NONE of the "Combat!" regulars, and / or these Germans in Ted's squad. Thank G-d that didn't happen; that we as viewers weren't put through that. . . . The German alone in the barn with Ms. Comer, while most viewers could not understand the German dialect, by his facial expression and unhanding his Mauser he did not seem so threatening to her. . . . I was 'nervous' when Ted left the table to go outside for a smoke -- I thought that was a ruse to forcibly 'have his way' with the young, attractive, distressed woman. Ted Knight, 1923 - 1986, R.I.P.
Right?!!! I couldn't believe what I was seeing. I thought for sure I would see Ted Knight's brother in the credits or something. "Who knew..." indeed. He played his goofy character so well, that's what we're used to see him typecast as. Well done!
The mute women is Anjanette Comer, whose step-father, Samuel M. Comer, was an Academy Award-winning set designer for Sunset Boulevard, Samson and Delilah, and many other films. She is still active at age 75.
I think this show is so cool I sure remember my Dad watching it and he never watched tv. He did watch this and some other shows but overall to him tv was a waste of time he lived in his workshop. But my Dad would cry watching Mash he share stories of men friends he lost in Korea. He was lucky he didn't go to Korea he sent to the Pentagon where he met my Mom. She a secretary for a Admiral I find that out through my Aunt. My Mom being in the Army she wanted to travel, only went to Virginia she from Minnesota.
Knight's accent isn't bad for authenticity. I don't know if he knew German beforehand, but it would seem likely there were linguistics coaches for the English-speaking actors who spoke another language on-screen. One thing Wikipedia tells us about Ted, though: "He was a member of A Company, 296th Combat Engineer Battalion, earning five battle stars while serving in the European Theatre."
I swear, most of these guys should have earned multiple medals and promotions by this point in the series, considering how many uniquely difficult missions they've been on, and how much bravery and resourcefulness they've each shown in Combat, many times over lol Kirby, Caje, Littlejohn, Billy, and Doc should have a half dozen purple hearts at least, and should have advanced well beyond Private First Class, by the end of the first season I would argue! And especially Sgt. Saunders! He should have earned multiple Silver Stars and Medals of Honor by now, along with his own dozen or so purple hearts, as well! I've seen every one of them get shot, take shrapnel or mortar frag, or injured somehow in battle multiple times, (sometimes multiple times per character per episode,) and every one of them rushing bravely into the line of fire in order to accomplish their missions, with a success rate of at least one mission per episode, too. Hell, it's almost as if there hasn't been a mission they haven't been able to finish victoriously 🇺🇸 You KNOW they've all earned at least that much! 🏅 🥈 🎖
@@giljohnson2064 The French could be blamed. At the Treaty of Versailles, the Germans were forced to print more money to pay off the war debts , resulting in the hyperinflation that ruined the German economy, setting the stage for the rise of the Third Reich and World War Two.
Ted Knight was an extremely versatile actor who ended up typecast on the Mary Tyler Moore show as a bit one dimensional. Other actors who could find work mostly in comedy roles but who were phenomenal as villains: Fred MacMurray in Double Indemnity, and one of my favorite bad guy roles of all time John Lithgow in the overlooked but wonderful older film Blowout. If you like movies with sick endings, you'll love this.
Ted Knight was also a highly decorated World War Two veteran. He later got typecast as a pompous buffoon only because he was so good at playing the role, a testimony to his talent’
My favorite series of all time. Dad was carrer Air Force, his brother career Marine, both were Navy during WWII so naturally a series about the Army was a fav of us all. I'm a Vietnam Era vet - USN ET2 - electronics tech 2nd glass WAVE (a woman). I'm desperately afraid of heights and had to climb towers occasionally. As my shop Senior Chief said you've got a job, do the job, panic later. Avice that's served me well for 53 years.
I started taking french in grade school, had a year in junior high and a couple of years in college and, while I'm not fluent and have forgotten much of what I used to know, the french sounds correct to me. I guess one of the reasons that I like this series is that it makes me remember the french that I learned so long ago. Hearing the german is cool too.
@@michaelmckenna6464 The first season's producer and director, Robert Altman [ed. yes, THAT Robert Altman] is to be thanked for that as he shot down repeated requests from 'the front office' for subtitles and / or German and French dialogue delivered in American English with representative accents.
Really? And he is about 90 years old . All except him were gone. Lt Henry , Sergeant Saunders , Private Caje, Private Littlejohn. And Nelson and Doc are alive?
"mikesullivan5541," Thank you. Kirby's strong, inner-city personality comes through in much of his dialogue. AND when Saunders delivers a come-back or reprimand it is SO SWEET for the viewer to experience. Sometimes to the point of laughing out loud. . . . . "One of these days" I told myself if I had "time enough at last" ("The Twilight Zone" ep. w/ Burgess Meredith) I'd do just that -- compile a rundown of those verbal gems, surely being a labor of love. Perhaps buried in the "Combat!" producers' and production office's files in some far-away archive, there already is just such a list. "M.S., congrats on being a Carolinian." . . . We just lost Jack Hogan last Dec. [2023], age 94. 'Weep No More"'s ultra talented and lovely guest star, Anjanette Comer, a native Texan, is still with us, at 84. "Thanks again, 'GR160289.'"
No matter how many of these I watch, and I'm going through all of them, I am always amazed at how many times you can shoot without carrying any reloads. They had pouches for as many as 5 clips for the Thompson, plus canteen, M3 fighting knife, grenades and a .45 if I could get one.
+Gary Liptak : Agree. Same with "The Fugitive." They seem more gritty. It seems when a 1960s TV show got color, the producers/directors seemed more interested in the visuals than the story lines and character development. A sad sign of things to come. I am unable to stomach newer TV and films because of the stupid fake looking CGI and poor writing.
By the fifth season when it was filmed in color the show ran out of steam and plots . Plus the censors were coming down on violence . Even Vic Morrow said this show was meant for B/W not color since WW-2 films were mostly in Black and White .
"chrisbrown8498," Another 'stretch' -- he never even removed his jacket for the arduous task of digging the grave(s), with a shovel, all by himself. 'We' can't hear a counter that "oh, maybe it was cold" because clearly the woman and soldiers are all in shirt sleeves.
"Fluke_Starbucker," As noted above, nearly four years after your Comment: In one of Rick Jason's best episodes guest star Anjanette Comer carries the entire hour without saying a word -- brilliantly acting only with her expressive eyes and movement of her body. "What a job man!" NOT. Most performers would kill to have dozens of pages of dialogue instead of the challenges faced by Ms. Comer. . . . . And look how brilliantly Ted Knight ("The Mary Tyler Moore Show"'s buffoonish Ted Baxter) delivered his German dialogue. We don't see a hint of the future Ted Baxter here. What a thrill to see such a strong hour of vintage entertainment with skilled performers Jason, Comer and Knight each and every one 'at the top of their game.' "Danke, GR160289."
@@motomark9736 Hey, 'genius,' you missed the PREFACE set forth by "matrox," 'professional.' Jack Hogan and everybody else on "Combat!" were trained professionally-TRAINED actors. Pierre Jalbert* was NOT. *film and sound effects editor at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios -- which coincidentally became "Combat!"'s home base, years 1 - 4 [Year 5 at CBS Studio Center].
The actress in this episode wes in the colombo episode with john cassavettes and ted knight i heard was a german american who of course speaks his native language! Tv shows back in the 60s and 70s always had a moral good hearted message in the storylines: naked city,untouchables,east side west side,breaking point,ben casey,medical center,12 o clock high,name of the game,mannix,cannon,barnaby jones: and the con artist,mob types,blackmailers always were caught by our heros!!!
I believe this was the second episode that Ted Knight appeared in. He appeared in season 1 as an enlisted German soldier (portraying a different character of course).
Before this, Ted appeared on an episode of "The Twilight Zone." In it, he played part of a 3 man astronaut crew who visited a prisoner (Jack Warden) on another planet.
I just realized that the girl in this episode is like the girl in the episode war of the roses dances alone an to the same exact music Wow rewatching these surprised no one else picked up on that one.
@@garymazur2217 I and MOST of the TH-cam Universe understood exactly, on the first pass. That was 'a good catch' recognizing the music. "Congratulations" and "Thanks."
Weep No More was good, just didn't fully get the ending this time. I suppose the old man was a family friend willing to take the young, incredibly good-looking woman with trauma into his home. I would have, lol.
"LAWood-cp6oy," And with her you'd definitely have wood, Mr. Wood. But it doesn't appear you'll be 'lucky' for any time soon, while you're a young man, as she's got a dozen years of psychotherapy and counseling before anyone hoping to 'get lucky' does just that. The "Combat!" faithful know Hanley likes the ladies just as much as the men under his command whom we see "every week on ABC" [1962 - 67]. He'd naturally pursue someone as lovely as guest star Carol Lawrence as Saunders did just that in 'Furlough.' This woman is so battered he resists the NATURAL urges and treats her tenderly, like a daughter or niece, i.e., HANDS OFF. If Kirby wasn't such a knuckle-head Hanley just might suggest to him to 'get his act together' and pursue this 'walking wounded' female 'dish' [using Kirby's machismo terminology for a fetching lady, 'dish'] after the war. Having typed ALL THAT, "LAWood-cp6oy"'s '[I'd do her] lol' falls flat.
"deskgamesix," Surely, at some point in the subsequent decades, you bought 'dear old dad' [AND yours truly] an authorized VHS or DVD "Combat!" series set for Father's Day. Your second gift that year would be the two of you watching together 'Weep No More.' With that scenario, by chance with your mom and wife joining in, guaranteed there'd be at least two 'weeping.'
Cool epi. The Lt. is a man's man, singlehandedly kicks ass on German high command, saves the girl, everything. All while creating a finely honed war ending machine from every day men.
Lt. Hanley is just determined to get himself caught on this episode. They not only needed better technical directors but better script writers on this episode too.
They needed a better technical director on this episode. A LT would NOT EVER go looking around away from the other men by himself away from the radio. If he did, as Lt. Hanley did here, this shows what can happen. The Germans would love to capture an officer and take him back to their side for interrogation. The Americans wouldn't even know he was missing for a while. This girl would be put in a medical camp with French speaking people. The LT would ALWAYS have others with him unlessall dead.
"edbecka233," Simply the reality of a (TV) budget conscious series RENTING sets on the largest lot in Hollywood, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in Culver City. It wasn't in the cards for Selmur Productions to tear down MGM sets and build their own. They'd simply 're-dress' the existing sets. When the show aired once a week on ABC the repeat 'performances' / appearances didn't seem so obvious as when one is watching Monday - Friday repeats or binging "Combat!" on DVD. . . . . Just wait 'til you see year 5's color episodes and the oh-so-familiar, over-used lake and the tree-lined, wood fence along its perimeter at Los Angeles' Franklin Canyon Reservoir -- it TOO will become overly familiar.
I know cage was not an actor Vic Morrow took him under his wing and thought him he turned out to be a great actor up there with the breast of them. Vic Morrow knew him self Cage had great skills he learned from the beat that's for sure RIP Vic Morrow and the rest if these great actors.
"gallantrycrossx1915," "Real good looking." Having the acting 'chops' to carry an hour episode without speaking a word -- here she's proven to be gifted and talented too.
"DrCruel," Ya mean all the guys were lucky -- trust fund babies, perhaps -- and never had to work beyond age 40? "Girl's gotta pay the rent . . . " is a reality, but coming from you it sounds, well -- sorta cruel. A tinge of misogynism, perhaps.
Before I come off as rude and ungrateful, please accept my most sincere thanks for posting this favorite TV series of my childhood. That said, this episode gets my vote for the most tortured, unrealistic premise, with the worst plot and most irritating episode of the entire series.
@@kensellers4082 I find this amusing. Why? Because I'm not familiar with that episode, that so many ardent fans, who very well may be right, call it THE worst, and now I know I have to watch it!! Thanks a lot, pal!!!
hi'yall hi'yall did not help them to survive in this world,,,,,, do not take it the wrong way,,,I feel bad because of how they were treated... bloody S. S. and Hitler.
A episode way ahead of it's time , showing mental health issues , what amazing series this was ...
Fun fact: Anjanette Comer was once married to Walter Koenig. Koenig's main claim to fame was his role as Ensign Chekov on Star Trek, but his acting career started with an uncredited role as a sentry in a Season 1 episode of Combat.
I had no choice but to watch it as my older siblings had control of the T.V. It inspired me to be a Marine and what I liked best it's based on small squad. I know it's T.V , but it was important for me and probably a few others. Thanks for bringing this back. It was another time that I don't see today....
Thanks for sharing 🤣
Oohrah brother
Yeah sounds like we both had 325 7 year older tourmenter , brother .may he rest in peace covid 19 . Oh well that's life . cyl brother. Ray
Everything in the past is something we’ll never see again. Call it progress or history or anything else but although I’m nostalgic for my relatives I’m not willing to return to the past. Although I wouldn’t be diabetic
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These guys who fought during ww2 were bad ass . A bunch of guys you would not want cross paths with. The gear they had compared to today's special opps with not so good . In real combat ww2 those heros had it tuff , real tuff . Thank you for your service to our country. 🇺🇲🇺🇲
Bluesman
You speak truly. Several years ago some punks broke into the home of WW2 Veteran and got shot.
My hat's off to these HEROS.
May 2023
i also use to watch combat on TV as a youngster, now I re watch it here on my computer, does it matter at all about Saunders does not run out of ammo, you can not compare one show of combat to another, all you have to do is sit back and watch the shows, I do and I enjoy watching it all over again, if any of you do not have a good thing to say about it, say nothing
Combat tv séries ,the best movies during ww2,we loved it , when we was young in south Vietnam. thanks for posting.(ARSVN)
Great show.Still watching at 65 years old.Iam sure it helped me when I was in the ARMY.
Pierre Jalbert ( 1925-2014 ) had studied Fine Arts and what is nowdays called Media Science
He became well known as a Cutter and Film Editor
One of his more well known works was the Cutting and Editing of the Mini Series SHOGUN.
Ge also had been a professional Ski Alpinist in his youth and almost made it to the Olympics for Canada but could not due to a haevy accident.
Still he jobed as a Ski Driving Instructor as well. So I wonder if those skiing scenes in the episode MOUNTAIN MAN had been done by him or a Stand Double.
@@rogerlynch5279 "[Were] skiing scenes in the episode MOUNTAIN MAN . . . done by him or a double?"
A double. While his skills on the slopes assured he could perform those scenes, the prod'n office and accounting dept. nicked that because of the cost of paying Pierre location 'day rate' times the number of days necessary, transportation to and from the mountains, lodging and meals FAR exceeded the cost of hiring a skilled local, 'match' the wardrobe with what Pierre wore at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios in Culver City ["Combat!"'s base of operation] and dress the double likewise.
@@scvandy3129 Interesting. Thanks.
Who would have thought Ted Knight would make such a good German NCO!
Ted Knight was a talented voice actor in cartoons and commercials before he got more acting roles. He did a poignant Combat EP where he gave a French boy chocolate as he reminded him of his son. Not knowing the boy hated Germans, a battle happens later the boy shoots and kills him. When he recognizes Knight as the German soldier who was kind to him, he does not want to fight in the war anymore.
"pz3j," "Who would have thought . . . " Like most professional performers perfecting their skills Ted Knight spent years studying acting, drama and comedy. He could 'walk and chew gum at the same time.' Additionally, he pulled off a believable German dialect.
And guest star Anjanette Comer carried the entire hour without saying a word -- brilliantly acting only with her expressive eyes and movement of her body.
This compelling, entertaining, moving episode -- one of Rick Jason's best -- was made 'viewable' for all sensibilities due to the discretion and skills of the writers and director. In other hands, of the tawdry sort, Ms. Comer's character would have been victimized and assaulted by anonymous Americans, i.e., NONE of the "Combat!" regulars, and / or these Germans in Ted's squad. Thank G-d that didn't happen; that we as viewers weren't put through that. . . . The German alone in the barn with Ms. Comer, while most viewers could not understand the German dialect, by his facial expression and unhanding his Mauser he did not seem so threatening to her.
. . . I was 'nervous' when Ted left the table to go outside for a smoke -- I thought that was a ruse to forcibly 'have his way' with the young, attractive, distressed woman.
Ted Knight, 1923 - 1986, R.I.P.
Right?!!! I couldn't believe what I was seeing. I thought for sure I would see Ted Knight's brother in the credits or something.
"Who knew..." indeed. He played his goofy character so well, that's what we're used to see him typecast as. Well done!
The mute women is Anjanette Comer, whose step-father, Samuel M. Comer, was an Academy Award-winning set designer for Sunset Boulevard, Samson and Delilah, and many other films. She is still active at age 75.
She is still alive at the age of 82.
Thank you for the info 😊
I like mute women.
My wife separated from me back in May. She once asked me how I liked living alone. I said “ well it’s quieter “. 😅
“ Huh is what she replied …
Haven't seen this since it originally aired with my now deceased Daddy. Thank You.
Thanks for your efforts to bring us these clasics. big thumbs up.
"No Diagnoses Just Do What I Tell You!" GREAT EPISODE! LOVE THE ENTIRE CAST! 2019 😍
Started watching this show when I was 7 years old 😉
i was 11 past the gun stage but still immature to understand the depth of this show.
Perfect wife. Does not talk back.
Hahaha 😂
Al Bundy agreed- had a few other boxes to check
So you like women that can't think for themselves. Sound like a 'you' problem.
Thank you, GR. My favorite show, ever. Brings back memories !!
Anjanette Comer was one of my favorite actresses when I was growing up.
I also like the way they tied the ( at the time ) new footage with the original combat footage that was also black and white .
I think this show is so cool I sure remember my Dad watching it and he never watched tv. He did watch this and some other shows but overall to him tv was a waste of time he lived in his workshop. But my Dad would cry watching Mash he share stories of men friends he lost in Korea. He was lucky he didn't go to Korea he sent to the Pentagon where he met my Mom. She a secretary for a Admiral I find that out through my Aunt. My Mom being in the Army she wanted to travel, only went to Virginia she from Minnesota.
Knight's accent isn't bad for authenticity. I don't know if he knew German beforehand, but it would seem likely there were linguistics coaches for the English-speaking actors who spoke another language on-screen. One thing Wikipedia tells us about Ted, though: "He was a member of A Company, 296th Combat Engineer Battalion, earning five battle stars while serving in the European Theatre."
A nice interlude from gritty combat with a heart-warming story!
Ted Knight was a decorated Combat Engineer in the US Army. And he makes a good Kraut on Combat!
Played such a bafoon as the anchorman working for Ed Asner on the Mary Tyler Moore show.🤓
Nein angst...no fear
..German soldier nach frauline en der barn.
I don’t know. Ted knight as a kraut kinda saurs on me. Just mirthing …
This is one hell of an episode. Man alive!..
I swear, most of these guys should have earned multiple medals and promotions by this point in the series, considering how many uniquely difficult missions they've been on, and how much bravery and resourcefulness they've each shown in Combat, many times over lol Kirby, Caje, Littlejohn, Billy, and Doc should have a half dozen purple hearts at least, and should have advanced well beyond Private First Class, by the end of the first season I would argue!
And especially Sgt. Saunders! He should have earned multiple Silver Stars and Medals of Honor by now, along with his own dozen or so purple hearts, as well!
I've seen every one of them get shot, take shrapnel or mortar frag, or injured somehow in battle multiple times, (sometimes multiple times per character per episode,) and every one of them rushing bravely into the line of fire in order to accomplish their missions, with a success rate of at least one mission per episode, too.
Hell, it's almost as if there hasn't been a mission they haven't been able to finish victoriously
🇺🇸 You KNOW they've all earned at least that much! 🏅 🥈 🎖
World war two was an extension of world war one. World two actually began due to a Germany's workers struggles to start a workers union.
@@giljohnson2064 The French could be blamed. At the Treaty of Versailles, the Germans were forced to print more money to pay off the war debts , resulting in the hyperinflation that ruined the German economy, setting the stage for the rise of the Third Reich and World War Two.
The medals of St Chip of Saunders alone would have put to shame those of St Audie of Murphey and St Alvin of York...
No. Most of them would have become casualties in the real world.
I’m surprised Kirby wasn’t a cripple since he got shot in the right arm hand and shoulder multiple times over the years. Just sayin …
Ted Knight was an extremely versatile actor who ended up typecast on the Mary Tyler Moore show as a bit one dimensional. Other actors who could find work mostly in comedy roles but who were phenomenal as villains: Fred MacMurray in Double Indemnity, and one of my favorite bad guy roles of all time John Lithgow in the overlooked but wonderful older film Blowout. If you like movies with sick endings, you'll love this.
Ted was also an expert rifle shot.
Ted also played the father in the early 1980s series "Too Close for Comfort"😉
@@stingingwasp8510 ; I used to watch that just for the two daughters.
@@stingingwasp8510 Cosmic Cow!
Ted Knight was also a highly decorated World War Two veteran. He later got typecast as a pompous buffoon only because he was so good at playing the role, a testimony to his talent’
11:40 Leftenant: "If the Krauts start moving you know what to do, right?"
Soldier: "Yes sir, PANICK!"
Love it!
Regards
My favorite series of all time. Dad was carrer Air Force, his brother career Marine, both were Navy during WWII so naturally a series about the Army was a fav of us all.
I'm a Vietnam Era vet - USN ET2 - electronics tech 2nd glass WAVE (a woman). I'm desperately afraid of heights and had to climb towers occasionally. As my shop Senior Chief said you've got a job, do the job, panic later. Avice that's served me well for 53 years.
I started taking french in grade school, had a year in junior high and a couple of years in college and, while I'm not fluent and have forgotten much of what I used to know, the french sounds correct to me. I guess one of the reasons that I like this series is that it makes me remember the french that I learned so long ago. Hearing the german is cool too.
The German dialog was also authentic according to a friend who grew up in Germany.
@@michaelmckenna6464 The first season's producer and director, Robert Altman [ed. yes, THAT Robert Altman] is to be thanked for that as he shot down repeated requests from 'the front office' for subtitles and / or German and French dialogue delivered in American English with representative accents.
Kirby ( Jack Hogan) is still with us and hails from my home state of North Carolina. 👍❤
Really?
And he is about 90 years old .
All except him were gone.
Lt Henry ,
Sergeant Saunders ,
Private Caje,
Private Littlejohn.
And Nelson and Doc are alive?
we lost Jack hogan, age 94 in 2023 ; he was the last....@@Thompson-xp1mk
"mikesullivan5541," Thank you.
Kirby's strong, inner-city personality comes through in much of his dialogue. AND when Saunders delivers a come-back or reprimand it is SO SWEET for the viewer to experience. Sometimes to the point of laughing out loud.
. . . . "One of these days" I told myself if I had "time enough at last" ("The Twilight Zone" ep. w/ Burgess Meredith) I'd do just that -- compile a rundown of those verbal gems, surely being a labor of love.
Perhaps buried in the "Combat!" producers' and production office's files in some far-away archive, there already is just such a list.
"M.S., congrats on being a Carolinian." . . . We just lost Jack Hogan last Dec. [2023], age 94. 'Weep No More"'s ultra talented and lovely guest star, Anjanette Comer, a native Texan, is still with us, at 84.
"Thanks again, 'GR160289.'"
No matter how many of these I watch, and I'm going through all of them, I am always amazed at how many times you can shoot without carrying any reloads. They had pouches for as many as 5 clips for the Thompson, plus canteen, M3 fighting knife, grenades and a .45 if I could get one.
Magic of Hollywood....
Sarge always reached inside his jacket for extra mags. Just remembering …
@@manuelbermudez211 . . . AND his binoculars, AND his map(s), AND his hand grenades.
Ingenious - "yes!"
Believable - "NOT."
Anjanette Comer gave a memorable performance in 'Appaloosa' with Marlon Brando and John Saxon (1966), she is a ravishing beauty....
Nothing like 47 relaxing minutes of big bore laser tag. Ted Knight looks good with a G-43.
Loved this TV series...I think the B&W episodes are much better than the ones in color..
+Gary Liptak : Agree. Same with "The Fugitive." They seem more gritty. It seems when a 1960s TV show got color, the producers/directors seemed more interested in the visuals than the story lines and character development. A sad sign of things to come. I am unable to stomach newer TV and films because of the stupid fake looking CGI and poor writing.
By the fifth season when it was filmed in color the show ran out of steam and plots . Plus the censors were coming down on violence . Even Vic Morrow said this show was meant for B/W not color since WW-2 films were mostly in Black and White .
Gary Liptak e to. B &W was the best.
Myself
@@speedracer1945 yea, understand thinking behind B/W episodes, few more color woulda been nice though :)
My favorite show on tv when I was young.
Man, either Hanely has an amazingly quick burial skill, or that girl takes forever to make breakfast
"chrisbrown8498," Another 'stretch' -- he never even removed his jacket for the arduous task of digging the grave(s), with a shovel, all by himself. 'We' can't hear a counter that "oh, maybe it was cold" because clearly the woman and soldiers are all in shirt sleeves.
Who knew Ted Baxter was a Nazi infantry soldier, before he became the anchor newsman on the Mary Tyler show!...spoke fluent Deutsche etwas!
immer gerade aus...straight ahead...
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CAGE. Did a fantastic job. Always thought he was actor...
Caje... short for a french cajun...
are these the same trained stunt chickens that get chased around every other episode?
mioufie23 Those were some bad ass birds!!! Nobody could ever grab one and choke it.
Rumur has it that,even though as good as they were at their job,...their pay was like,...uh...chicken feed!!!
The one clicking “snell” is Foghorn Leghorn.
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No, these are the new ones. Those older ones already ended up in KFC!
Edward Lasko, the kiss of death to a script.
So says "blackhawkorg," . . . but except for 'Weep No More' -- it clearly being excellent; brilliant; compelling; a change-of-pace.
Wow that chick didn't say a word during the whole episode and got paid doing it! What a job man!😁👍
Gotta love it. A chick that has learned to keep her mouth shut LOL
@@johnsanford2683 😂😂😂Lol!
"Fluke_Starbucker," As noted above, nearly four years after your Comment: In one of Rick Jason's best episodes guest star Anjanette Comer carries the entire hour without saying a word -- brilliantly acting only with her expressive eyes and movement of her body.
"What a job man!" NOT. Most performers would kill to have dozens of pages of dialogue instead of the challenges faced by Ms. Comer.
. . . . And look how brilliantly Ted Knight ("The Mary Tyler Moore Show"'s buffoonish Ted Baxter) delivered his German dialogue. We don't see a hint of the future Ted Baxter here.
What a thrill to see such a strong hour of vintage entertainment with skilled performers Jason, Comer and Knight each and every one 'at the top of their game.'
"Danke, GR160289."
Great show.
Cage was not a professional actor but he did a damn good job.
Kirby was better 😊
MotoMark Yea Kirby was dependable, just don’t ask him to think.lol.
@@motomark9736 He's still alive
"Caje"
@@motomark9736 Hey, 'genius,' you missed the PREFACE set forth by "matrox," 'professional.'
Jack Hogan and everybody else on "Combat!" were trained professionally-TRAINED actors. Pierre Jalbert* was NOT.
*film and sound effects editor at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios -- which coincidentally became "Combat!"'s home base, years 1 - 4 [Year 5 at CBS Studio Center].
I kind of recognized Ted Knight as the German Sergeant. Strange to see him in a serious roll but that's the job of a good actor.
Pretty trippy to see 'Ted' of the Mary Tyler Moore show as a WW2 German officer, 6 years before he became really hilarious ! 🤣
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Ten soldiers fire five hundred shots at two krauts. Hit nothing. The crazy lady at the start... who here saw Night of the Living Dead? She was in it.
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Anjanette Comer. MAN, was she a doll!
The actress in this episode wes in the colombo episode with john cassavettes and ted knight i heard was a german american who of course speaks his native language! Tv shows back in the 60s and 70s always had a moral good hearted message in the storylines: naked city,untouchables,east side west side,breaking point,ben casey,medical center,12 o clock high,name of the game,mannix,cannon,barnaby jones: and the con artist,mob types,blackmailers always were caught by our heros!!!
all those well known faces that keep appearing :-) cheers
This is my favorite show on tv GMA7 everyday begining 8pm
The way Rick Jason went up that rope shows he was a fit v strong man in those days
"chitilka," . . . as was his stunt double doing the climb @ 29:00 - 29:30.
I believe this was the second episode that Ted Knight appeared in. He appeared in season 1 as an enlisted German soldier (portraying a different character of course).
+RudeDude2140 Third. He's a captain in one episode, then a corporal named Kurt in another, and finally a sergeant here.
+Bill Hiers He plays a lieutenant in season 5.
I believe this is his third episode for Ted.
Before this, Ted appeared on an episode of "The Twilight Zone."
In it, he played part of a 3 man astronaut crew who visited a prisoner (Jack Warden) on another planet.
Nice episode, saving pretty traumatised young lady, vs potentially valuable enemy strategic information- humanity wins
I think the only German on this episode who didn't deserve to die was Hans. Seems like a compassionate guy.
Can't you see he was seducing that poor girl
Agreed. He didn't deserve it, he was just trying to calm her down and be friendly.
When Ted was clicking on that wine bottle, I was half waiting for him to say "How about a Fresca, Danny?"
😂😂. I was waiting for him to hand the bottle to his wife so she could christen The Sleuth! 🛳🛳
LMAO!
@@wvcricker5683 The Flying WASP: th-cam.com/video/MVL4wKnpx2U/w-d-xo.html
Mike Urashevich You’re right! I don’t know why I thought it was called The Sleuth.. must be thinking of another movie..
Mike Urashevich 😂😂. Lacy Underall from dreary ole Manhattan!
I just realized that the girl in this episode is like the girl in the episode war of the roses dances alone an to the same exact music Wow rewatching these surprised no one else picked up on that one.
In war of the Roses her name was Antoinette Bower.
I never said it was the same girl, all I said is she was like her, and it was the same music she was dancing too.
@@garymazur2217 I and MOST of the TH-cam Universe understood exactly, on the first pass. That was 'a good catch' recognizing the music. "Congratulations" and "Thanks."
Weep No More was good, just didn't fully get the ending this time. I suppose the old man was a family friend willing to take the young, incredibly good-looking woman with trauma into his home. I would have, lol.
"LAWood-cp6oy," And with her you'd definitely have wood, Mr. Wood. But it doesn't appear you'll be 'lucky' for any time soon, while you're a young man, as she's got a dozen years of psychotherapy and counseling before anyone hoping to 'get lucky' does just that.
The "Combat!" faithful know Hanley likes the ladies just as much as the men under his command whom we see "every week on ABC" [1962 - 67]. He'd naturally pursue someone as lovely as guest star Carol Lawrence as Saunders did just that in 'Furlough.' This woman is so battered he resists the NATURAL urges and treats her tenderly, like a daughter or niece, i.e., HANDS OFF.
If Kirby wasn't such a knuckle-head Hanley just might suggest to him to 'get his act together' and pursue this 'walking wounded' female 'dish' [using Kirby's machismo terminology for a fetching lady, 'dish'] after the war.
Having typed ALL THAT, "LAWood-cp6oy"'s '[I'd do her] lol' falls flat.
I was born the night this episode aired. My dad always held it against me that he had to miss his favorite show just to be at the hospital. 😀
Sounds like a man who truly understood the true nature od fatherhood. Im sorry for you bro.
"deskgamesix," Surely, at some point in the subsequent decades, you bought 'dear old dad' [AND yours truly] an authorized VHS or DVD "Combat!" series set for Father's Day. Your second gift that year would be the two of you watching together 'Weep No More.'
With that scenario, by chance with your mom and wife joining in, guaranteed there'd be at least two 'weeping.'
Ted Baxter was a kraut! If only Lou Grant knew about this, hehe.
Mary knew
Knew Ted Knight, 'Mary Tyler Moore Show', in one of the shows episodes, he was in a few things prior to MTM, good actor, always enjoyed him-
I saw him in an episode of Peter Gunn from 1958 or 59, I think.
Cool epi. The Lt. is a man's man, singlehandedly kicks ass on German high command, saves the girl, everything. All while creating a finely honed war ending machine from every day men.
World war two was an extension world war one. World war ones pact was used in European countries.
Lt. Hanley is just determined to get himself caught on this episode. They not only needed better technical directors but better script writers on this episode too.
Ted Knight is just funny with this girl, he is just a funny guy by his face explaining how the girl is crazy to the other nazi soldiers
theory: that song she played in the house was the same song the other weird girl was playing in that garden.....they are related....
Rick Jason actually spoke fluent French.
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***** Really?
***** That's what his bio says.
+Mishawaka Post he was a renaissance man
so it was claimed!
The German soldier who was guarding the girl was just dying to have that cigarette.
Have you ever noticed that Sgt. Saunders carries one of the fastest firing weapons we had in WWII, and he carries no extra magazines.
Most of the NCO's carried the Thompson Sub-machine Gun.
+tiredlawdog And never ran out of bullets
Sgt. Saunders ran out of ammo in the last episode.
Saunders has one those 10,000 round clips and runs out every few episodes. lol
LOL YES!! Giggle
If Lou Grant were there, he'd have Ted Baxter sorted out in no time!
The Star Trek extra in this episode is Ted Knight.
Funny just how many times Ted Knight played Germans in 'Combat' episodes!
Who's a doll? Vic Morrow of course!! Right?
I THOUGHT THAT WAS TED KNIGHT AS THE GERMAN SGT. HE ALSO HAD A VERY SMALL PART IN THE END OF PHYSCO.
He was the guard in the nut house that opened the door at the end of Psysco.
Don't let them get away they'll bring more reinforcements
They needed a better technical director on this episode. A LT would NOT EVER go looking around away from the other men by himself away from the radio. If he did, as Lt. Hanley did here, this shows what can happen. The Germans would love to capture an officer and take him back to their side for interrogation. The Americans wouldn't even know he was missing for a while. This girl would be put in a medical camp with French speaking people. The LT would ALWAYS have others with him unlessall dead.
I love these old combat shows, when is a movie coming out . truck driver marc
I watched this movie in Vietnam, when American troop were we're fighting in the Vietnam war. I only want to get the feeling of the past.
wow what a doll
This was like an alternate opening to the first Night of the Living Dead.
Damn go figure Ted Knight as a German officer 🍻🔫
Norman Witt not his 1st episode either lol
+Norman Witt Feldwebel.
Didn't he die of cancer? Everyone's dying of that shit, or Covid smh
That German took a lot of shots and fell down got back up and got shot some more. And still made it to the water. Hahaha you got to love 📺
excellent musick/ sloppy tent!
Ted Knight's German ist sehr gut.
Ted knight from Combat to Caddyshack. Wow! Lol.
Also was a mainstay in the Mary Tyler Moore show too. Ted Baxter, I believe.
Well? We'rrrre waiting!
Thought that was Ted Knight (RIP) as the helmet-less German! Cool!
He didn't want to mess up his hair, lol!
Either the French rural HOAs held really strict sway against individuality back then, or I've seen the same manor house, barn and cart repeatedly...
"edbecka233," Simply the reality of a (TV) budget conscious series RENTING sets on the largest lot in Hollywood, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in Culver City. It wasn't in the cards for Selmur Productions to tear down MGM sets and build their own. They'd simply 're-dress' the existing sets. When the show aired once a week on ABC the repeat 'performances' / appearances didn't seem so obvious as when one is watching Monday - Friday repeats or binging "Combat!" on DVD.
. . . . Just wait 'til you see year 5's color episodes and the oh-so-familiar, over-used lake and the tree-lined, wood fence along its perimeter at Los Angeles' Franklin Canyon Reservoir -- it TOO will become overly familiar.
@@scvandy3129 Unfortunately there's no 'tone of voice' in print. I was joking.
If Caje and Kirby knew where the LT. was going and he was gone all day, why didn't they go looking for him??
Better reload. Getting 30 rounds out of an 8 round clip can’t go on forever!
Hans was just cannon fodder!
I know cage was not an actor Vic Morrow took him under his wing and thought him he turned out to be a great actor up there with the breast of them. Vic Morrow knew him self Cage had great skills he learned from the beat that's for sure RIP Vic Morrow and the rest if these great actors.
Good one
World war two was an extension of world war one. There was as a eastern European pact that was not honered and then an assination occured.
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That's the 4th episode with Ted Knight. This time he doesn't get killed.
At least Ted Knight made it through this episode and not like in "The Volunteer" where the kid he shared chocolate too killed him at the very end.
i remember that episode you mentioned
Yeah that’s true
" Every child should have a piece of chocolate every week " ::) Yes, a heartbreaking scene but very well fitting in " THE VOLUNTER "
Hey its judge Smails!!
Does anyone know what the sack-like object the German soldier has hanging from his back, is a canteen?
That's Anjanette Comer? Real good looking.
"gallantrycrossx1915," "Real good looking." Having the acting 'chops' to carry an hour episode without speaking a word -- here she's proven to be gifted and talented too.
Lt Hanley should find out if she ever played the all American game of Hide the sausage.
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She's still working too. Last film she made was in 2011.
Girl's gotta pay the rent ...
"DrCruel," Ya mean all the guys were lucky -- trust fund babies, perhaps -- and never had to work beyond age 40?
"Girl's gotta pay the rent . . . " is a reality, but coming from you it sounds, well -- sorta cruel. A tinge of misogynism, perhaps.
Before I come off as rude and ungrateful, please accept my most sincere thanks for posting this favorite TV series of my childhood.
That said, this episode gets my vote for the most tortured, unrealistic premise, with the worst plot and most irritating episode of the entire series.
@@kensellers4082 I find this amusing. Why? Because I'm not familiar with that episode, that so many ardent fans, who very well may be right, call it THE worst, and now I know I have to watch it!! Thanks a lot, pal!!!
I'm very proud to say that both Rick Jason and Vic Morrow were -- Jewish!
hi'yall hi'yall did not help them to survive in this world,,,,,, do not take it the wrong way,,,I feel bad because of how they were treated... bloody S. S. and Hitler.
You forgot Shechy Green in season 1.
that why saunders never ran outta ammo
nobody cares, and you shouldn't either.