To: EveningStar
Bet his Spanish was good.
RIP Craig Hill, one of the heroes of my early life.
2 posted on
04/22/2014 9:55:38 AM PDT by
onedoug
To: EveningStar
Wow! Watched it all the time. Had no idea he was still alive.
3 posted on
04/22/2014 9:56:17 AM PDT by
prisoner6
(I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered! I AM A FREE MAN!)
To: EveningStar
I barely remember that show.IIRC my older brother used to watch it.
4 posted on
04/22/2014 10:00:53 AM PDT by
Gay State Conservative
(Stalin Blamed The Kulaks,Obama Blames The Tea Party)
To: EveningStar
To this day, when I see a Blackhawk or a Huey overhead, I think: “There’s a Whirlybird.”
5 posted on
04/22/2014 10:02:41 AM PDT by
W.Lee
(After the first one, the rest are free.)
To: EveningStar
7 posted on
04/22/2014 10:02:52 AM PDT by
Kartographer
("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
To: EveningStar
Should have been drafted for WWII but I can’t find any mentioned of military service.
8 posted on
04/22/2014 10:08:21 AM PDT by
Portcall24
(aer)
To: EveningStar
OMG, I remember that show....one of the very first I can recall. I barely had permission to open the shutters on the Stromberg-Carlson on my own.
I’ll have to watch an episode or two, thank you!
9 posted on
04/22/2014 10:09:08 AM PDT by
Attention Surplus Disorder
(At no time was the Obama administration aware of what the Obama administration was doing)
To: EveningStar
According to the article, Robert Altman (MASH - the movie) directed 19 episodes of Whirlybirds.
It was his first full time job in Hollywood.
I wonder if he had all his characters in Whirlybirds talking at the same time like he did in MASH and McCabe and Mrs. Miller?
Whirlybirds came on right before dinner at my house, so I remember my Mom cooking and our “TV room” full of neighborhood kids whenever I think about that show.
To: EveningStar
Awwww. RIP
I had totally forgotten about that show. Used to LOVE it.
To: EveningStar
Loved the show. I must have drawn hundreds of helicopters in class when I should have been studying.
14 posted on
04/22/2014 10:41:12 AM PDT by
CrazyIvan
(Obama phones= Bread and circuits.)
To: EveningStar
To: EveningStar
I loved this show as a kid. Chuck and P.T. are both gone now, RIP.
16 posted on
04/22/2014 10:43:51 AM PDT by
Menehune56
("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
To: EveningStar
That show taught me that a collective had nothing to do with Communists or (later) hippies.
17 posted on
04/22/2014 10:48:14 AM PDT by
llevrok
(F the government)
To: EveningStar
Wow. I can recall a vast number of shows from that era, but this one does not ring a bell. If it was an evening show it must of been opposite of something my dad wanted to watch.
23 posted on
04/22/2014 11:31:10 AM PDT by
Starstruck
(If my reply offends, you probably don't understand sarcasm or criticism...or do.)
To: EveningStar
I wish “Whirlybirds” was available on dvd, but it’s not (officially). I have a few episodes on an old bootleg videotape. I think it was a Desilu production, so it’s probably part of the Paramount library nowadays.
“Ripcord,” a Ziv series, came out on dvd last year. There was also an aviation-oriented anthology series around the same time, titled “Flight,” produced by the same outfit that made the sub series “Silent Service.”
26 posted on
04/22/2014 12:10:22 PM PDT by
greene66
To: EveningStar
I was just thinking about this show the other day — WHirlybirds and Skyy King
30 posted on
04/22/2014 12:47:44 PM PDT by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: EveningStar
33 posted on
04/22/2014 12:53:57 PM PDT by
abb
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