Ken Berry
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
The emphasis was on "wacky," and terms like "politically correct" were not yet in circulation when this slapstick parody of the western genre charged, Cavalry-style, onto the television screens in mid-1960s America. This Army fort is ramshackle; its captain's a well-meaning if inept nebbish; his girlfriend is naturally if unaccountably obsessed with him making her an "honest woman" despite her execrable cooking; and the sergeant and mildly deranged...
Language
English
Description
Discover how the West was wacky with the bumbling men of F Troop: soldiers who made jokes, not war. The captain is an accident-prone straight arrow, the sergeant is a quick-buck artist, the corporal is his hapless henchman, the purtiest gal in town is a hard-ridin' sharpshooter and the local Indians are peaceable souls firmly committed to free-market capitalism.
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
A spin-off and direct continuation of The Andy Griffith Show under a new title, for the same sponsor, General Foods. When Andy Griffith decided to leave his series, most of the supporting characters returned for the new program, which ran for three seasons (78 episodes) on the CBS Television Network from 1968-1971. Widower farmer Sam Jones and his young son Mike are introduced and gradually become the show's focus.