F-Troop aired from September 1965 until August 1967 on ABC.
The stars of this military farce were the gallant incompetents of F-Troop at Ft. Courage somewhere west of the Missouri in post--civil war days. The co. was the wide-eyed Capt. Parmenter ( Ken Berry), who had been promoted from private during the closing days of the war when he accidentally led a charge in the wrong direction-toward the enemy. Unbeknownst to the captain, Sgt. O'Rourke ( Forrest Tucker), had already negotiated a secret-and highly profitable-treaty with the Hawkawi Indians from which he also had an exclusive franchise to sell their souvenirs to tourists. There was no peace treaty with the Shugs, however and they sometimes caused trouble. Cpl. Agarn ( Larry Storch), was O'Rorke's chief aid and assistant schemer and Wrangler Jane ( Melody Patterson), the hardridding , fast-shooting cowgirl who was out to marry Parmenter. A lot of colorful Indians passed through this series in one time special appearances, including Roaring Chicken ( Edward Everett Horton); 147 year old Flaming Arrow ( Phil Harris); Bald Eagle ( Don Rickles); Wiseowl ( Milton Berle), an Indian detective; Sgt. Ramsden ( Paul Lynde), a singing mountie; and Wrongo Starr (Henry Gibson), a jinxed calvary trooper.
F-Troop's storylines not only lampooned western genre conventions, but took on other genres as well. Horror films were satirized in " Vis for Vampire" an episode with guest star Vincent Price and " Spy Counterspy , Counter Counterspy" parodied James Bond films via a character known as Agent B. Wise. Even Rock 'n' Roll itself was sent up in an episode called " That's Showbiz" in which Cpl. Agarn temporarily quit the army to manage a band called " The Redbugs." The constant mixing of genres and incorporation of anachronism's gave the show a surreal quality that kept the viewer off balance and feeling like anything could happen at anytime. However the storylines were kept grounded by the unique characters and their many running gags. For instance, whenever Wranger Jane would come on to Parmenter , he always said " Please Jane, not in front of the men." Whenever any character gave directions to Fort Courage , the directions inevitably began with the line " Make a left at the rock that looks like a bear, then a right at the bear that looks like a rock." The most beloved running joke among the show's fans came when O'Rourke would say to Agarn " I don't know why everybody says you're so dumb." After several minutes Agarn would inevitable ask " Who says I'm dumb?" in an unrelated moment.
With it's physical comedy and one-liners F-Troop appealed to kids and yound adults . In premiered in gorgeous black and white in the fall of 1965 and did ok when paired with another military comedy McHale's Navy. But when F-Troop returned for a second season ( in color) the show was moved to another night and lost in the ratings to NBC's frontier drama Daniel Boone. Thus F-Troop was a relatively short-lived show, ending it's run in August 1967 after two seasons on ABC. However it quickly became a much-loved cult favorite in syndication. The warped style and the sheer ambition it drew up to get laughs guaranteed that F-Troop would be remembered as one of television's most unusual amd innovative sitcoms.
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