OT: RIP Corporal Agarn

[rudedude]

Larry Storch has passed at 99!

https://nypost.com/2022/07/08/larry-storch-guest-star-known-for-f-troop-dies-at-99/amp/

 

[psuro]

Wow. 99 years of age.
RIP.

 

[ManxomeLion]

Was thinking that generation he likely served in WW2. I checked and indeed he did. It's sad his obit doesn't mention that.

During World War II, he served in the United States Navy where he was shipmates with Tony Curtis on the submarine tender USS Proteus (AS-19).[4]

 

[LionJim]

Was thinking that generation he likely served in WW2. I checked and indeed he did. It's sad his obit doesn't mention that.

During World War II, he served in the United States Navy where he was shipmates with Tony Curtis on the submarine tender USS Proteus (AS-19).[4]

Well, thanks for keeping a careful eye out for important details like this.

 

[BrucePa]

I think back on the TV sitcoms of the '60s and '70s, and wonder who the heck thought these story lines were worthy of putting on the air. Hogan's Heroes? Gilligan's Island? Beverly Hillbillies? Green Acres? F Troop?

What was wrong with us back then?

 

[psuro]

What was wrong with us back then?

 

[Woodpecker]

I think back on the TV sitcoms of the '60s and '70s, and wonder who the heck thought these story lines were worthy of putting on the air. Hogan's Heroes? Gilligan's Island? Beverly Hillbillies? Green Acres? F Troop?

What was wrong with us back then?

In my case, I was 12

 

[Roar More]

 

[JohnJumba]

I think back on the TV sitcoms of the '60s and '70s, and wonder who the heck thought these story lines were worthy of putting on the air. Hogan's Heroes? Gilligan's Island? Beverly Hillbillies? Green Acres? F Troop?

What was wrong with us back then?

Marty Ransohoff was responsible for a lot of the swill.

 

[Nitt1300]

I think back on the TV sitcoms of the '60s and '70s, and wonder who the heck thought these story lines were worthy of putting on the air. Hogan's Heroes? Gilligan's Island? Beverly Hillbillies? Green Acres? F Troop?

What was wrong with us back then?

not as much as there is today

 

[pap]

Larry Storch has passed at 99!

https://nypost.com/2022/07/08/larry-storch-guest-star-known-for-f-troop-dies-at-99/amp/

Oh my Loved him in Ftroop and others characters he played RIP Larry Storch

 

[OUIrPSU]

Without F Troop - and MASH and I Dream of Jeannie - how would I ever know that Colonel outranks Major, Major outranks Captain, Captain outranks Sergeant, and Sergeant outranks Corporal?

 

[PSU12046]

Without F Troop - and MASH and I Dream of Jeannie - how would I ever know that Colonel outranks Major, Major outranks Captain, Captain outranks Sergeant, and Sergeant outranks Corporal?

Colonel Sherman Potter
Major Margaret Houlihan
Captain Benjamin Franklin Pierce
Sergeant Max Klinger
Corporal Radar O'Reilly

 

[OUIrPSU]

Colonel Sherman Potter
Major Margaret Houlihan
Captain Benjamin Franklin Pierce
Sergeant Max Klinger
Corporal Radar O'Reilly

Captain Parmenter > Sergeant O’ Roarke > Corporal Agarn

Colonel Bellows > Majors Healy and Nelson

 

[Bkmtnittany1]

Captain Trapper John Macentire, Major Frank Burns, Captain BJ Honeycutt!!

 

[PSU12046]

Captain Trapper John Macentire, Major Frank Burns, Captain BJ Honeycutt!!

I'll call with Lt. Colonel Henry Blake

 

[Roar More]

General Mills > Colonel Sanders > Captain Crunch

The General > The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp > Major League > Captain America > French Lieutenant's Woman > Sergeant York > Corporal Punishment > Private Parts

 

[Nitt1300]

Without F Troop - and MASH and I Dream of Jeannie - how would I ever know that Colonel outranks Major, Major outranks Captain, Captain outranks Sergeant, and Sergeant outranks Corporal?

Captain outranks Commander, which outranks Ensign, which outranks Chief, which outranks Second Class

 

[Woodpecker]

Captain outranks Commander, which outranks Ensign, which outranks Chief, which outranks Second Class

So Captain Binghampton > Lieutenant Commander McHale > Ensign Parker > Gruber, Christy, Tinker and Virgil but where does Lieutenant Carpenter fit in?

 

[Nitt1300]

So Captain Binghampton > Lieutenant Commander McHale > Ensign Parker > Gruber, Christy, Tinker and Virgil but where does Lieutenant Carpenter fit in?

tween Capt and Ensign

 

[PSU12046]

General Mills > Colonel Sanders > Captain Crunch

The General > The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp > Major League > Captain America > French Lieutenant's Woman > Sergeant York > Corporal Punishment > Private Parts

The General Auto Insurance > Colonel Klink > Major Payne > Captain Marvel > Lieutenant George Washington > Sergeant Foley (An Officer and a Gentleman) > Corporal Agarn > Private Property

 

[Woodpecker]

The General Auto Insurance > Colonel Klink > Major Payne > Captain Marvel > Lieutenant George Washington > Sergeant Foley (An Officer and a Gentleman) > Corporal Agarn > Private Property

 

[PSU12046]

 

[Edh85]

I think back on the TV sitcoms of the '60s and '70s, and wonder who the heck thought these story lines were worthy of putting on the air. Hogan's Heroes? Gilligan's Island? Beverly Hillbillies? Green Acres? F Troop?

What was wrong with us back then?

You forgot McHale’s Navy!

 

[PSU12046]

You forgot McHale’s Navy!

Sheriff Andy Griffith > Deputy Barney Fife

 

[PSU12046]

You forgot McHale’s Navy!

• Ernest Borgnine as Lieutenant Commander Quinton McHale
• Joe Flynn as Captain Wallace B. (Wally) Binghamton
• Tim Conway as Ensign Charles Parker
• Bob Hastings as Lieutenant Elroy Carpenter
• Carl Ballantine as Torpedoman's Mate Lester Gruber
• Gary Vinson as Quartermaster "Christy" Christospher

 

[Bob78]

AITA?! I am actually surprised to see that some folks are dissing these old time classics. As a kid, with a couple exceptions, I loved those old shows, and even now can find plenty to laugh at if I happen to catch one. And, my a-hole buddies and I can still throw out lines from them at (in)appropriate times and make each other laugh.

And it is the characters and actors, such as Larry Storch's Corporal Agarn, as much as the writers, who go a long way to making the shows so funny, imo. The lines, the delivery, the absurdity of the 'fish out of water' situations.

I'm not as cynical as some folks are about the amount of genuinely funny TV shows over the last 60 years. There were/are some absolute barfers, but there were/are enough really good ones to keep me tuning in now and then. And the streaming services have the freedom to really crank it up, which is great. I still need and crave the laughs!

In unrelated news, I think my MENSA invitation got lost in the mail. Again. This year, and each year for the last half-century, give or take.