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F Troop (1965): 15 Weird Facts You Didn't Know

#rememberwhen F Troop took the Old West, handed it to Larry Storch, Forrest Tucker, Ken Berry, Melody Patterson, and Don Rickles, then let the whole thing gallop straight into sitcom insanity. From Captain Parmenter and Sergeant O’Rourke to Corporal Agarn and Chief Wild Eagle, this one digs into the wild trivia, cast chaos, backstage stories, and frontier-level nonsense that made F Troop one of the strangest and funniest TV comedies of the 1960s.

Chapters:

00:00 - Intro
01:30 - #15: Teen Casting Trick — Melody Patterson
02:49 - #14: Wild Guest Star Chaos — Don Rickles
03:41 - #13: Hidden Name Joke
04:55 - #12: 1960s Culture in the West
06:12 - #11: Canceled Despite Success
07:28 - #10: Secret Business Scheme — Sergeant O’Rourke
08:30 - #9: Veteran Actor Reveal — Edward Everett Horton
10:20 - #8: Real Alamo Connection — Bob Steele
11:48 - #7: Surprising Casting Choice — Frank DeCova
12:50 - #6: On-Set Chaos & Improvisation
13:45 - #5: Overqualified Lead Actor — Ken Berry
14:53 - #4: Accidental War Hero Backstory
16:21 - #3: Legendary Family Lineage
17:32 - #2: Broadway Con Man Roots — Forrest Tucker
18:27 - #1: One-Man Comedy Machine — Larry Storch