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callmetootie · 08-17-2001, 03:08 PM

I saw this episode of F-Troop that was so conrtoversal, it was not even funny. One of the characters went to do their laundry, and found marijunia in the dryer. Then a rapist shows up at the door, to take it back. Scary...huh?

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Andrew Carden

09-04-2001, 12:27 AM

I loved to watch this show.....it kept me laughing for such a long time! and how I wish for those days....so long ago!

Will · 09-24-2001, 01:44 PM

That sounds like an awfully intense episode for F-Troop!

TVLanFan · 11-05-2001, 11:37 PM

Andrew-
Are you sure you aren't thinking of an episode of "Gomer Pyle, USMC"? lol

17Mar59 · 01-17-2002, 08:53 PM

Don't remember that ep.but on the other hand haven't seen
F-Troops in ages.

Artfiore1 · 08-04-2002, 09:35 AM

Hi all,
Marijuana was certainlty topical at the time of the series (1965-1967). I don't know about the time during which the series was set (the mid-to-late 1800s).
What *should* have been a source of controvery was the fact that, at the time of the show's beginning, Captain Parmenter (Ken Berry) was a 32-year-old man going with a 16-year-old girl -- Wrangler Jane (Melody Patterson).

Of course, to me at that time, eyeryone over the age of ten was an adult.

Later,
Art

fore284 · 08-24-2002, 09:09 PM

If that episoda was true which it isn't it would be liberal not conrtoversal.

vze3t9q9 · 02-06-2003, 08:39 PM

I Read that Melody Patterson was married to James Macarthur (Hawaii five o) for a time. I also read she was quite young when she was on the show. I just assumed she was in her early 20's

brooky · 05-11-2003, 07:05 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by TVLanFan
Andrew-
Are you sure you aren't thinking of an episode of "Gomer Pyle, USMC"? lol

It had to be another show. They didn't have dryers in F-troops time period. Didn't even have electric.

fore284 · 05-12-2003, 04:01 PM

Yes I degree they were no dryer at this time they used these things you scrap your clothes against and then you hang them on a line to dry.

tv star collector · 10-19-2005, 07:31 PM

Ken Berry was 32 years old -- but Melody Patterson was actually 18 (according
to the Dell magazine WHO'S WHO IN TELEVISION, which lists her birthday as
April 16, 1947).

Artfiore1 · 10-19-2005, 10:07 PM

tv star collector,
It's been a little over three years since I posted my earlier reply in this thread. In that time, I have learned that it is true that Ken Berry was 32 at the time the series began. But, Melody Patterson was 16 when she was hired to play Wrangler Jane. By the time filming actually began on Season One, she had just turned 17. It's my understanding that throughout that first season, Jane merely chased after Parmenter. It wasn't until Season Two -- when she was 18 -- that he ever touched her.

Later,
Art

Lamont · 10-28-2005, 08:45 AM

ill have to check for that 1

TV Knowledge Fan · 04-24-2006, 01:36 PM

Melody was BARELY 16 when she filmed the pilot episode in early 1965. She lied about her age in order to get the part (if she officially worked UNDER age 16, there had to be a teacher off set so that she could continue her schoolwork inbetween scenes, and Warner Bros. didn't want to pay for that!).

RebelRose · 01-04-2007, 09:27 AM

I know that Melody had a trailer on the set and her mother ensconced in it due to being a juvie. I also believe she had a tutor. Adults did not get trailers and the nearest rest room to Stage 19, the Indian village, was about 3 blocks from the sound stage. Everyone jogged there during breaks. Not even a Port-a-Jon on soundstages. But the studio paid for Melody to had her own trailer.

08-17-2001, 03:08 PM	#1
callmetootie Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 06, 2001 Location: Clifton Park, NY Posts: 4,768	A Very Constroversal Episode For It's Time. I saw this episode of F-Troop that was so conrtoversal, it was not even funny. One of the characters went to do their laundry, and found marijunia in the dryer. Then a rapist shows up at the door, to take it back. Scary...huh? ------------------ Andrew Carden

09-04-2001, 12:27 AM	#2
Sunset74 Guest Posts: n/a	I loved to watch this show.....it kept me laughing for such a long time! and how I wish for those days....so long ago!
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08-24-2002, 09:09 PM	#7
fore284 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Aug 24, 2002 Location: New York Posts: 199	Don;t you mean liberal. If that episoda was true which it isn't it would be liberal not conrtoversal.
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05-12-2003, 04:01 PM	#10
fore284 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Aug 24, 2002 Location: New York Posts: 199	True. Yes I degree they were no dryer at this time they used these things you scrap your clothes against and then you hang them on a line to dry.

10-28-2005, 08:45 AM	#13
Lamont Lamont says Smile! Forum Veteran Join Date: May 28, 2005 Location: Deep in the Heart of Nowhere Posts: 5,217	hilarious ill have to check for that 1
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09-24-2001, 01:44 PM	#3
Will Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Sep 23, 2001 Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA Posts: 245	That sounds like an awfully intense episode for F-Troop!

11-05-2001, 11:37 PM	#4
TVLanFan Member Frequent Poster Join Date: May 31, 2001 Location: Florida Posts: 199	Andrew- Are you sure you aren't thinking of an episode of "Gomer Pyle, USMC"? lol

01-17-2002, 08:53 PM	#5
17Mar59 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jan 03, 2002 Location: washington state Posts: 475	Don't remember that ep.but on the other hand haven't seen F-Troops in ages.

08-04-2002, 09:35 AM	#6
Artfiore1 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Mar 28, 2001 Location: East Brunswick, NJ, USA Posts: 457	Hi all, Marijuana was certainlty topical at the time of the series (1965-1967). I don't know about the time during which the series was set (the mid-to-late 1800s). What should have been a source of controvery was the fact that, at the time of the show's beginning, Captain Parmenter (Ken Berry) was a 32-year-old man going with a 16-year-old girl -- Wrangler Jane (Melody Patterson). Of course, to me at that time, eyeryone over the age of ten was an adult. Later, Art

02-06-2003, 08:39 PM	#8
vze3t9q9 Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jan 31, 2003 Location: ROCKCOVE Posts: 548	I Read that Melody Patterson was married to James Macarthur (Hawaii five o) for a time. I also read she was quite young when she was on the show. I just assumed she was in her early 20's

10-19-2005, 07:31 PM	#11
tv star collector I Love Susie Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Oct 18, 2005 Location: South Carolina Posts: 4,486	Ken Berry was 32 years old -- but Melody Patterson was actually 18 (according to the Dell magazine WHO'S WHO IN TELEVISION, which lists her birthday as April 16, 1947).

10-19-2005, 10:07 PM	#12
Artfiore1 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Mar 28, 2001 Location: East Brunswick, NJ, USA Posts: 457	tv star collector, It's been a little over three years since I posted my earlier reply in this thread. In that time, I have learned that it is true that Ken Berry was 32 at the time the series began. But, Melody Patterson was 16 when she was hired to play Wrangler Jane. By the time filming actually began on Season One, she had just turned 17. It's my understanding that throughout that first season, Jane merely chased after Parmenter. It wasn't until Season Two -- when she was 18 -- that he ever touched her. Later, Art

04-24-2006, 01:36 PM	#14
TV Knowledge Fan Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 29, 2006 Location: Long Branch, N.J. Posts: 2,577	Actually... Melody was BARELY 16 when she filmed the pilot episode in early 1965. She lied about her age in order to get the part (if she officially worked UNDER age 16, there had to be a teacher off set so that she could continue her schoolwork inbetween scenes, and Warner Bros. didn't want to pay for that!).

01-04-2007, 09:27 AM	#15
RebelRose Rebel Occasional Poster Join Date: Jan 03, 2007 Location: South Florida Posts: 7	I know that Melody had a trailer on the set and her mother ensconced in it due to being a juvie. I also believe she had a tutor. Adults did not get trailers and the nearest rest room to Stage 19, the Indian village, was about 3 blocks from the sound stage. Everyone jogged there during breaks. Not even a Port-a-Jon on soundstages. But the studio paid for Melody to had her own trailer.