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Your Favorite Military TV series? - VANITY

Posted on 12/02/2005 8:48:37 AM PST by FlatLandBeer

Ok this is a FRIDAY VANITY post.... What were some of your favorite Military oriented tv shows?

Go back as far as you like.

Mine are: Steve Canyon, 12 O'clock High, Rat Patrol & Combat.

Comedys are ok too.... MASH, Phil Silvers, McHale's Navy...


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To: FlatLandBeer

Come to think of it, after looking over everyone's picks, Hollywood sucks, period, but particularly when it comes to making military shows. Goes hand-in-hand with their hatred of all things having to do with the American military (they idolize the military organizations of communist countries, however).


141 posted on 12/02/2005 10:32:01 AM PST by LibWhacker
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To: LibWhacker

Black Sheep Squadron
Rat Patrol
Garrison's Guerillas
Combat
Victory at Sea
Hogan's Heroes


142 posted on 12/02/2005 10:39:57 AM PST by LaYardDog
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To: ken5050
Remember "the Silent Service?"

No, I didn't until you mentioned it. Now I do...and I have to say that a subliminal memory of guys in a light-dimmed compartment looking up and waiting for the next depth charge probably influenced my decision to stay in the surface Navy... :-)

143 posted on 12/02/2005 10:43:20 AM PST by Billthedrill
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To: Zuben Elgenubi
F-Troop with corporal Agarn, Sgt O'Roarke and the scentry tower that was shot down every week. Hahahahahaaaaaaaaaaa. My father (WWII vet) just never tired of seeing it topple. Would laugh outloud every time.

All time worse quip from that show was from Agarn -- "Any palimino is a palomine-o".

144 posted on 12/02/2005 10:43:45 AM PST by prairie dog
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To: LaYardDog

I loved Victory at Sea. British production, wasn't it?


145 posted on 12/02/2005 10:44:40 AM PST by LibWhacker
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To: zzen01
"MASH was a bunch of 60's Anti-War/Viet Nam BS! IT SUCKED!"

You've got that right! It SUCKED then, and it wasn't particularly funny either.

No more M.A.S.H. nominations, now, hear?

146 posted on 12/02/2005 10:53:14 AM PST by Designer (Just a nit-pick'n and chagrin'n)
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To: LibWhacker
I loved Victory at Sea. British production, wasn't it?

I thought NBC did it. I'm pretty sure it was the NBC orchestra that did the music. That's back in the day when networks had their own symphony orchestra.

147 posted on 12/02/2005 10:58:17 AM PST by narby (Hillary! The Wicked Witch of the Left)
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To: narby
Oh, you're right. Just looked it up. Another documentary series I really liked was World at War.
148 posted on 12/02/2005 11:03:43 AM PST by LibWhacker
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To: FlatLandBeer

Pvt. Benjamin.......NOT !!!!!!!


149 posted on 12/02/2005 11:04:01 AM PST by LetsRok
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To: FlatLandBeer
F Troop with Wrangler Jane


150 posted on 12/02/2005 11:07:38 AM PST by bmwcyle (Evolution is a myth -- Libertarians just won't evolve into Conservatives.)
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To: FlatLandBeer

Combat!

Staring Vic Morrow.


151 posted on 12/02/2005 11:10:48 AM PST by The Shootist
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To: FlatLandBeer

Someone help me here. I believe that Combat was not the only World War II based series on about that time. I vaguely remember another show about the same time based on the exploits of an infantry company in the ETO but for the life of me I can't remember the name of the show.


152 posted on 12/02/2005 11:12:57 AM PST by Non-Sequitur
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To: E.Allen
You just watch Red Cap to see Tamzin. Is it still on, haven't seen it in a while.

Sadly, no. It ran two seasons and the BBC claimed they couldn't justify the expense of producing more. It's maddening because many plotlines/characters were developing. As usual, there was more going on in 1 episode than in 10 of some American shows. Tamzin is a looker - we loved her on EastEnders as well. Her vaunted movie career seems stalled. She has a movie with Wesley Snipes in the can but it appears DOA in terms of distribution.

153 posted on 12/02/2005 11:14:06 AM PST by relictele
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To: Zuben Elgenubi

That's not the way I remember it. It was "Stranded, stranded on a toilet bowl, what do you do when you're stranded without aaa roll? For once in your life you can prove you're a man, use your hand, you use your hand".


154 posted on 12/02/2005 4:19:13 PM PST by newbie 10-21-00
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To: FlatLandBeer

I guess if I'm going to be serious about this question, I have to say "Victory at Sea." The grand musical score by Richard Rodgers was an added bonus.


155 posted on 12/02/2005 4:22:27 PM PST by Wolfstar ("In war, there are usually only two exit strategies: victory or defeat." Mark Steyn)
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To: FlatLandBeer
Tour of Duty. The opening credits where Paint it Black starts the instant the soldier releases the charging handle on his M16 is probably one of the best opening sequences ever produced for a television show.
156 posted on 12/02/2005 4:24:58 PM PST by Junior (From now on, I'll stick to science, and leave the hunting alien mutants to the experts!)
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To: Non-Sequitur
I believe that Combat was not the only World War II based series on about that time.

The Gallant Men, 1962. William Reynolds was the lead.

157 posted on 12/02/2005 4:25:06 PM PST by Wolfstar ("In war, there are usually only two exit strategies: victory or defeat." Mark Steyn)
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To: Calusa
"It was a very bad day the day John Carpenter's negligence put an end to Vic Morrows life"

The director responsible for Vic Morrows death was John Landis who co produced with Steven Spielberg.

The accident occurred be because flash pots placed too close to the low flying chopper blew out the air cushion and the helicopter fell like a rock.
158 posted on 12/02/2005 4:29:10 PM PST by beaver fever
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To: Infantry Grunt 1968-69

I have all 3 seasons of Tour of Duty on DVD. It really is very well done for a TV show and very much underrated.


159 posted on 12/02/2005 5:54:56 PM PST by DMZFrank
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To: newbie 10-21-00

Ah, you perused the "Jump the Shark" page for Branded.


160 posted on 12/02/2005 7:14:25 PM PST by Zuben Elgenubi
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