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.
Ahh yes, the old 'enlisted man who does not want to be an officer' trope. It's hard not to love though, the idea of Andy as an officer is great.
Directed by Dana Elcar.
I'm kind of warming to Lard on this rewatch.
We get a Red Buel reference. No autocomplete, not the freaking drink, stop it...
We talk a bit about Tokyo Rose.
The running joke that TJ runs his mixture so rich because he sucks is funny.
As with much of the first half of season 2, this one is pretty good!
Season finale!
The director, Phillip DeGuerre, took some neat chances this week.
Micklin is taking over from Hutch.
Steve and I talk a bit about the idea of 'knights of the air'.
What's with captain sgt. Bilko?
Efficiency experts are now called industrial organizational psychologists.
I love Hirachi throwing 'rice ball' back at Pappy.
TJ reads Japanese as well as he flies.
'You got American chocolate?'
'You got Japanese rice wine?'
This might be, at least to me, the best episode of the series. It is certainly the best episode of season 1.
To quote Steve 'once you get Red West, the character of Hutch is unnecessary, Joey Aresco is gone.'
Muted Micklin is a bit different, I liked it.
Indeed, Red West showed a side of his acting I didn't know existed.
Col. Lard does what he can here, as does Gen. Moore.
Doug the DJ who did coke on WKRP was one of the pilots this week!
Wait, so was Mr. Carlson!
This is the only episode that has ever brought a tear to my eye.
Oh, it's a reference to the title of the episode, don't worry, we aren't going anywhere.
It's directed by Jackie Cooper, and Mills Watson is guest starring, it's going to be good.
Many 70s character actors in this one.
This one says some stuff about PTSD and propaganda which I think is pretty great. Indeed, the back half of season 1 had quite a few serious plots.
All military or military adjacent shows need a court martial episode.
BTW, a court martial means you are charged and tried, it's not a punishment...
The 5th marines have done some stuff and seen some things, let's say that.
This one is pretty dark. We think of Baa Baa Black Sheep as a sort of swashbuckling 'isn't war fun' kind of show. And yes dear listener, it often is. But hidden in that brew of bullshit is often some great commentary on war. This episode is like that. Poor Doug has no life outside of being an Admiral's son, or being a jinx.
This one also talks about privilege and superstition, two things Pappy would have none of. He didn't care who you were, as long as you could fly, but of course, he'll take advantage of your position in life.
There are some wild historical inaccuracies in this one that we discuss.
James Whitmore Jr. kills in this episode.
Hey, it's part 2 of the pilot!
One thing about the show, while Pappy is the hero, he's not sugarcoated, he's a drunk and, as he would say 'a bum'.
Guy could fly though. He actually did down five Japanese planes in one engagement, which is nuts.
I wish they'd use real place names, but as Steve reminds me often, Cannel was in the entertainment business.
There is some really good use of stock footage from the war in this episode.
I love the Corsair. That is just true, so I thought I'd say that.
OK, not really, but, kinda? Anderson, gone. TJ gone. "Pappy's Lambs" in (blech) Jeb the eith year old pilot with feathered hai...
