A Podcast About the TV Show Black Sheep Squadron
Anderson, gone.
TJ gone.
"Pappy's Lambs" in (blech)
Jeb the eith year old pilot with feathered hair, in (blech)
This was obviously done to go after younger people and the jiggle tv market.
It didn't work.
Many of these people cannot act.
Micklin is at least a bit funny.
I just hate that this was done to my show.... (that's how I felt then, I mean now, I'm an adult, I will live, I've managed to move on).
Oh yeah, night fighters etc, sure.
SEASON 2!.
John Laroquette is really good in this one.
A bit heavy on the Orientalism this week.
Oh now it is officially called the Black Sheep Squadron.
Yup, we're back with more European theatre bombing runs passed off as Pacific, more useless brawls and more, let's face it, awesomeness from the Black Sheep.
"If Soon Teck Oh looked at me like that I'd volunteer too".
This is not the birth of the Kamikazes, but it's a good story.
I like the sort of mirroring they've done this time. We see that life on a Japanese base isn't that different than life on Lacava.
Wait, so in this universe there IS a a Vella Lavella.
Chaos theory butterfly stuff.
What's with Father John's accent? Why is Father John's accent? How is Father John's accent?
Gutterman is gone :-(.
Here are the best episodes.
Here are the worst episodes.
Here are the best guest stars.
We might even get Jon's thoughts! (Those thoughts essentially tuned out as 'I dunno, planes are cool').
Look, I write these things before we start, and usually I have notes, but we're just going to talk about season 1 ok.
I'll miss Hutch.
The show transitioned about half way through and got a tad serious, which we both like.
Nice performances by guest stars this week, especially Soon-Tek Oh. We're both big fans.
OH look, an episode with a crash an a nun, I think Dan and I have covered an episode like this.
'I am not French, I'm Swiss'. So was my grandfather, he fought Nazis and Japanese fascists, just saying...
Sorrel Booke is another great guest star this week.
Nice use of footage from 'Operation Petticoat' in this one, but you do see some pink sub at the end, which kind of both gives it away and takes you (if you're me) out of the scene.
I think that Robert Conrad really showed some range here.
I don't want to, however, hear his kissing noises.
Rabaul was certainly an important base for the Japanese.
It was eventually just bypassed.
The use of Tora Tora Tora footage was really good in this one.
What's the deal with Bobby Boyle's hair?
I love Gutterman, but sometimes I want to yell at him.
Nurses still in their civvy uniforms..
Part 2 was better than Part 1, just like it was with Rockford!
The actual Pappy is in this one!
OK, not really, but, kinda? Anderson, gone. TJ gone. "Pappy's Lambs" in (blech) Jeb the eith year old pilot with feathered hai...
