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Rezny@gmail.com · 04-04-2010, 06:32 PM

Yes,I admit that the color episodes from SECOND season were sort of a letdown from the funny black and white first season episodes,but there WERE some real good second season episodes-my favorites were:1)"La Dolce Courage"(lots of good gags in this one,and good lines)2)"The Majority of Wilton"(in which Captain Parmenter (Ken Berry)is up for a promotion to Major,but is sidelined with a cold,and O'Rourke,Agarn,Wrangler Jane,the Heckawis and Duffy all try to cure him with old home remedies-All spiked with booze!.,and 3)"V is for Vampire"(with the late Vincent Price-)Any other REALLY funny color episodes?

TV_on_the_Porch · 04-04-2010, 08:18 PM

It's been way too long since I've seen F-Troop. The last time was in the early 90s on Nick @ Nite. It was then that I saw the Vincent Price episode in color for the first time. My previous exposure to the show was via WSNS-TV 44 out of Chicago, which my cable system carried in the mid-to-late 70s. Every time this episode came around they insisted on showing it in black and white. It was, of course, ridiculously obvious it had been shot in color since it had the color opening sequence, end theme...and the engineer consistently failed to turn the color off for the first second or two of the teaser--every time!

I saw it maybe four times that way, the last time they cut away before the opening sequence and didn't run the end credits at all. I guess that was an effort to conceal its, er, true colors, never mind the fact that they were being run in sequence so that it was always preceded and followed by color eps. Strange.

TV Knowledge Fan · 04-26-2010, 12:31 AM

..."The Singing Mountie", which opened the season, and features an off-the-wall performance by Paul Lynde as "Sergeant Ramsden", who enters the fort with sled and full dog team, making like Nelson Eddy in "Naughty Marietta" {"Tramp, tramp, tramp, along the highway..."} in a singing voice that obviously isn't his own (but who cares)? He chews up the scenery looking for another of Agarn's nutty look-alike relatives, "Lucky Pierre, ze Burgular of Banf-f-f-f..". Pure satire and slapstick!!!!

Tweety · 05-04-2010, 09:55 PM

An episode which was not really a favorite of mine (growing up watching the show, and in reruns) was "Miss Parmenter", in which Wilton's sister comes to Ft Courage for a visit.

But I watched that one the other day and enjoyed it a lot more than I used to. The woman that played Daphne, Wilton's sister, had so much fun with that part, and they made her just as clumsy as Wilton was, which I thought was very funny.

In the beginning of the episode, she gets off the stagecoach and (naturally) trips and falls flat on her face. The guys help her up, asking her if she's OK, and she replies (just as Wilton always did) "Yes, I'm fine, I'm fine". Just cracked me up.

I think I probably just appreciate what they did with her character moreso now than I used to. She was really, really good.

Beatlefan · 05-09-2010, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Tweety

An episode which was not really a favorite of mine (growing up watching the show, and in reruns) was "Miss Parmenter", in which Wilton's sister comes to Ft Courage for a visit.

But I watched that one the other day and enjoyed it a lot more than I used to. The woman that played Daphne, Wilton's sister, had so much fun with that part, and they made her just as clumsy as Wilton was, which I thought was very funny.

In the beginning of the episode, she gets off the stagecoach and (naturally) trips and falls flat on her face. The guys help her up, asking her if she's OK, and she replies (just as Wilton always did) "Yes, I'm fine, I'm fine". Just cracked me up.

I think I probably just appreciate what they did with her character moreso now than I used to. She was really, really good.

I just got through watching this one and just laughed and laughed. I agree, I thought it was great to make the Parmenters so similar in this episode. Does anyone know, by the way, who did the logo for the second season? The artwork in the beginning of the episode. I have always wanted to get that on a shirt.

Rezny@gmail.com · 05-19-2010, 07:21 PM

Another color episode that was fairly good,was "Did Your Father Come From Ireland?",in which Sgt.0'Rourke's Irish father(also played by the late Forrest Tucker).Forrest Tucker,Ken Berry and Melody Patterson all sang beautifully in this one,but Larry Storch's character ,Cpl.Agarn,was testier than usual in this one.

Rezny@gmail.com · 05-26-2010, 10:32 PM

Oh,I forgot to add:The episode "Did Your Father Come From Ireland?",which,as I said,was a pretty good episode,Sgt.0'Rourke's father comes for a visit.

Rezny@gmail.com · 11-12-2010, 12:25 AM

I forgot to mention,"The Singing Mountie"with Paul Lynde as the fake "Sgt.Ramsden",alias the Burgular of Banf-f-f,was a good one,and it was kinda cute in the closing credits when it listed sergent ramsden(the real one).The fake Sgt.Ramsden role that Paul Lynde played.was similar and just as smug and smarmy as his role on "I Dream of Jeannie".

04-04-2010, 06:32 PM	#1
Rezny@gmail.com Member Senior Member Join Date: Jul 20, 2007 Location: Nebraska Posts: 2,675	The color episodes Yes,I admit that the color episodes from SECOND season were sort of a letdown from the funny black and white first season episodes,but there WERE some real good second season episodes-my favorites were:1)"La Dolce Courage"(lots of good gags in this one,and good lines)2)"The Majority of Wilton"(in which Captain Parmenter (Ken Berry)is up for a promotion to Major,but is sidelined with a cold,and O'Rourke,Agarn,Wrangler Jane,the Heckawis and Duffy all try to cure him with old home remedies-All spiked with booze!.,and 3)"V is for Vampire"(with the late Vincent Price-)Any other REALLY funny color episodes?

04-26-2010, 12:31 AM	#3
TV Knowledge Fan Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 29, 2006 Location: Long Branch, N.J. Posts: 2,577	Well, one of my favorites of season two is... ..."The Singing Mountie", which opened the season, and features an off-the-wall performance by Paul Lynde as "Sergeant Ramsden", who enters the fort with sled and full dog team, making like Nelson Eddy in "Naughty Marietta" {"Tramp, tramp, tramp, along the highway..."} in a singing voice that obviously isn't his own (but who cares)? He chews up the scenery looking for another of Agarn's nutty look-alike relatives, "Lucky Pierre, ze Burgular of Banf-f-f-f..". Pure satire and slapstick!!!!

05-04-2010, 09:55 PM	#4
Tweety Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Jan 18, 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 6,804	An episode which was not really a favorite of mine (growing up watching the show, and in reruns) was "Miss Parmenter", in which Wilton's sister comes to Ft Courage for a visit. But I watched that one the other day and enjoyed it a lot more than I used to. The woman that played Daphne, Wilton's sister, had so much fun with that part, and they made her just as clumsy as Wilton was, which I thought was very funny. In the beginning of the episode, she gets off the stagecoach and (naturally) trips and falls flat on her face. The guys help her up, asking her if she's OK, and she replies (just as Wilton always did) "Yes, I'm fine, I'm fine". Just cracked me up. I think I probably just appreciate what they did with her character moreso now than I used to. She was really, really good.
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04-04-2010, 08:18 PM	#2
TV_on_the_Porch anything good on? Forum Regular Join Date: Oct 18, 2005 Posts: 879	It's been way too long since I've seen F-Troop. The last time was in the early 90s on Nick @ Nite. It was then that I saw the Vincent Price episode in color for the first time. My previous exposure to the show was via WSNS-TV 44 out of Chicago, which my cable system carried in the mid-to-late 70s. Every time this episode came around they insisted on showing it in black and white. It was, of course, ridiculously obvious it had been shot in color since it had the color opening sequence, end theme...and the engineer consistently failed to turn the color off for the first second or two of the teaser--every time! I saw it maybe four times that way, the last time they cut away before the opening sequence and didn't run the end credits at all. I guess that was an effort to conceal its, er, true colors, never mind the fact that they were being run in sequence so that it was always preceded and followed by color eps. Strange.

05-19-2010, 07:21 PM	#6
Rezny@gmail.com Member Senior Member Join Date: Jul 20, 2007 Location: Nebraska Posts: 2,675	Another color episode that was fairly good,was "Did Your Father Come From Ireland?",in which Sgt.0'Rourke's Irish father(also played by the late Forrest Tucker).Forrest Tucker,Ken Berry and Melody Patterson all sang beautifully in this one,but Larry Storch's character ,Cpl.Agarn,was testier than usual in this one.

05-26-2010, 10:32 PM	#7
Rezny@gmail.com Member Senior Member Join Date: Jul 20, 2007 Location: Nebraska Posts: 2,675	Oh,I forgot to add:The episode "Did Your Father Come From Ireland?",which,as I said,was a pretty good episode,Sgt.0'Rourke's father comes for a visit.

11-12-2010, 12:25 AM	#8
Rezny@gmail.com Member Senior Member Join Date: Jul 20, 2007 Location: Nebraska Posts: 2,675	I forgot to mention,"The Singing Mountie"with Paul Lynde as the fake "Sgt.Ramsden",alias the Burgular of Banf-f-f,was a good one,and it was kinda cute in the closing credits when it listed sergent ramsden(the real one).The fake Sgt.Ramsden role that Paul Lynde played.was similar and just as smug and smarmy as his role on "I Dream of Jeannie".