Your Favorite Military TV series? - VANITY

[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...

[LibWhacker]

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).

[LaYardDog]

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

[Billthedrill]

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... :-)

[prairie dog]

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".

[LibWhacker]

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

[Designer]

"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?

[narby]

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.

[LibWhacker]

Oh, you're right. Just looked it up. Another documentary series I really liked was World at War.

[LetsRok]

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

[bmwcyle]

F Troop with Wrangler Jane

[The Shootist]

Combat!

Staring Vic Morrow.

[Non-Sequitur]

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.

[relictele]

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.

[newbie 10-21-00]

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".

[Wolfstar]

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.

[Junior]

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.

[Wolfstar]

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.

[beaver fever]

"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.

[DMZFrank]

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.

[Zuben Elgenubi]

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