Yoshio Yoda, Actor on ‘McHale’s Navy,’ Dies at 88

Hollywood Reporter ^ | JANUARY 23, 2023 | Mike Barnes

[Ancesthntr]

Rest in peace, Fuji.

[Trailerpark Badass]

That’s what you can do if you fight until your enemy succumbs. Just like Sgt Schultze.

[OneVike]

“60”s. Hands down.

Hell, shows that ranked number 25 were better than the top 5 shows on now.

[woodbutcher1963]

Unless you worked for General Motors, Ford or Chrysler

[WKUHilltopper]

Combat! And 12 o’clock high were my favorites. A couple of westerns too. But Tv has pretty much sucked since then. I recall in the 70’s whenever some show would have an episode with UFOs, that signaled the end of that show’s series soon after. I guess they thought it would bring in viewers and it was a desperate move.

[7thson]

When I was young and watched the show and reruns in the 60’s and 70’s, I thought it was a sitcom. Then I joined the Navy in 1976 and discovered it was a documentary.

[Some Fat Guy in L.A.]

McHale’s Navy is on my short list of favorite all-time shows, but I don’t remember the Japanese crewman.

[P.O.E.]

RIP.

IIRC, they used to call him “Fuj”

[alexander_busek]

I recall in the 70’s whenever some show would have an episode with UFOs, that signaled the end of that show’s series soon after.

Citation, please!

Regards,

[skeeter]

I remember he had a big PW on the back of his shirt. Didn’t McHale’s guys also call him that?

[HamiltonJay]

TV went into the dumper in the 70s

Up until then it GENERALLY re-enforced decent wholesome values that were universally accepted.

Starting in the late 60s, early 70s, it began to work actively to undercut them.

TV today, is largely a waste... more content than ever, and less and less of it worth a damn.

[jjotto]

Fuji, who wore a white jumper with PW on the back, was in all 138 episodes of McHale’s Navy, even the ones set in Italy. Usually seen as a cook.

[WKUHilltopper]

I was there. That’s the citation.

[alexander_busek]

I recall in the 70’s whenever some show would have an episode with UFOs, that signaled the end of that show’s series soon after.

"The Munsters"

Season 1, Episode 18: "If a Martian Answers, Hang Up"

Herman contacts by radio a "Helosian" from "Outer Limits"

Continued till the end of Season 2

"My Three Sons"

Season 7, Episode 17: "You Saw a What?"

No one believes Ernie when he says that he saw a flying saucer.

Continued till the end of Season 12.

"Gilligan's Island"

Season 2, Episode 9: "Nyet, Nyet, Not Yet"

Two Soviet cosmonauts land on the island, way off course from their target.

Continued till the end of Season 3.

"The Wild, Wild West"

Season 2, Episode 6: "The Night of the Flying Pie Plate"

Series continued till the end of Season 4.

That's just a small selection, disproving your "impression."

Regards,