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To: JohnHuang2
Sgt. Bilko, McHale's Navy, Kelly's Hero's, Stalag 13, ad infinitum..

Some people just need to be upset about something, all the time.

3 posted on 07/24/2003 11:49:31 PM PDT by Drammach
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To: Drammach
Sgt. Bilko, McHale's Navy, Kelly's Hero's, Stalag 13, ad infinitum..

Sgt. Bilko was the first thing I thought of as well..just goes to show that there is no originality left in Hollywood. That said, Am I boycotting if I never intended to goto this movie in the first place?

17 posted on 07/25/2003 11:06:07 AM PDT by af_vet_rr
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To: Drammach
"Sgt. Bilko, McHale's Navy, Kelly's Hero's, Stalag 13, ad infinitum.. "

As far as I know, SGT. Bilko (played by the great Phil Silvers) never dealt drugs, got stoned, banged his C.O.'s daughter to get back at him, or traded weapons on the black market. Nor, in fact, did LCDR Quinton McHale (Ernest Borgnine) or his crew.

All PFC Kelly (Clint Eastwood) and his men wanted was some gold bars...again, no weapons or drugs changed hands, their war was not ridiculed, nor the job they did in it.

In Stalag 17, the worst anybody did was to gamble.

Even "M*A*S*H*", both movie AND TV versions, wasn't this bad, although it arguably was the genesis for the current H'wood stereotypes present in "B.S.".

19 posted on 07/25/2003 11:15:08 AM PDT by Long Cut (Mini-Cut: Our baby BOY born 10 July 2003, 7 pounds, 13 ounces. Welcome to the world, SON!)
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