Is F-Troop So Un-politically-correct to Be Shown on TV Today?

[Brian Damage]

Its secondary claim to fame is in showing Proud Native Americans as drunkards and wheeler-dealers, which is absolutely unacceptable to politically-correct busybodies today.

[Prince Michael]

I had a Native American friend who really liked "F Troop" . The way the Hekawi Indians were portrayed never bothered him . I always say " 'Politically correct' is spelled 'S-T-U-P-I-D' " !

[associate]

Originally Posted by Prince Michael

I had a Native American friend who really liked "F Troop" . The way the Hekawi Indians were portrayed never bothered him . I always say " 'Politically correct' is spelled 'S-T-U-P-I-D' " !

I've gotta agree with that. Sitcoms are meant to be funny. If we made every sitcom politicaly correct they wouldn't be funny. Archie Bunker & George Jefferson and many others wouldn't have been funny if they were politicaly correct.

[Tweety]

That's an interesting question. I've never really heard anything about how "Native Americans" felt about the portrayal of the Hekawis, but when the show aired (and while it aired in reruns during the early 70s), we probably wouldn't have heard much about it anyway.

With such a great cast, it seems like a no-brainer for TV Land or ME-TV to put F-Troop on the air. But they don't.

Maybe there is something to the PC theory. I certainly wouldn't be surprised.

Also, it's possible that it doesn't air today because the network would be afraid of OTHER people (not necessarily Native Americans) protesting. In Florida, the Seminole Indian tribe does not object to Florida State's use of their name for its sports teams, but a lot of busybodies out there presume to speak for groups like this by objecting to the use of "Indian" names for sports teams, both at the college and professional level.

[born2late]

I loved that show, especially the Indians. F Troop was a hoot.

[jehobden]

Originally Posted by Tweety

With such a great cast, it seems like a no-brainer for TV Land or ME-TV to put F-Troop on the air. But they don't.

Now the show is finally on Me-TV. I've set my DVR to record it daily. since there are only 65 eps in the series, it'll be through the full cycle in 13 weeks. I enjoyed seeing the pilot last night. I was a bit worried that only Season 2 would be shown, since all the Me-TV promos are from Season 2 (all of them in color), but the 31 color episodes would only last barely over 6 weeks total, so all of them will be shown, and purists should be glad to know that Me-TV doesn't air any "colorized" B&W shows, as TBS did with Gilligan's Island years ago.