Larry Storch has passed at 99!
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OT: RIP Corporal Agarn
- Thread starter rudedude
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Was thinking that generation he likely served in WW2. I checked and indeed he did. It's sad his obit doesn't mention that.
During World War II, he served in the United States Navy where he was shipmates with Tony Curtis on the submarine tender USS Proteus (AS-19).[4]
During World War II, he served in the United States Navy where he was shipmates with Tony Curtis on the submarine tender USS Proteus (AS-19).[4]
I think back on the TV sitcoms of the '60s and '70s, and wonder who the heck thought these story lines were worthy of putting on the air. Hogan's Heroes? Gilligan's Island? Beverly Hillbillies? Green Acres? F Troop?
What was wrong with us back then?
What was wrong with us back then?
Without F Troop - and MASH and I Dream of Jeannie - how would I ever know that Colonel outranks Major, Major outranks Captain, Captain outranks Sergeant, and Sergeant outranks Corporal?
Colonel Sherman Potter
Major Margaret Houlihan
Captain Benjamin Franklin Pierce
Sergeant Max Klinger
Corporal Radar O'Reilly
Captain Parmenter > Sergeant O’ Roarke > Corporal Agarn
Colonel Bellows > Majors Healy and Nelson
Captain Trapper John Macentire, Major Frank Burns, Captain BJ Honeycutt!!
I'll call with Lt. Colonel Henry Blake
General Mills > Colonel Sanders > Captain Crunch
The General > The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp > Major League > Captain America > French Lieutenant's Woman > Sergeant York > Corporal Punishment > Private Parts
The General > The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp > Major League > Captain America > French Lieutenant's Woman > Sergeant York > Corporal Punishment > Private Parts
Captain outranks Commander, which outranks Ensign, which outranks Chief, which outranks Second Class
So Captain Binghampton > Lieutenant Commander McHale > Ensign Parker > Gruber, Christy, Tinker and Virgil but where does Lieutenant Carpenter fit in?Captain outranks Commander, which outranks Ensign, which outranks Chief, which outranks Second Class
The General Auto Insurance > Colonel Klink > Major Payne > Captain Marvel > Lieutenant George Washington > Sergeant Foley (An Officer and a Gentleman) > Corporal Agarn > Private Property
- Ernest Borgnine as Lieutenant Commander Quinton McHale
- Joe Flynn as Captain Wallace B. (Wally) Binghamton
- Tim Conway as Ensign Charles Parker
- Bob Hastings as Lieutenant Elroy Carpenter
- Carl Ballantine as Torpedoman's Mate Lester Gruber
- Gary Vinson as Quartermaster "Christy" Christospher
AITA?! I am actually surprised to see that some folks are dissing these old time classics. As a kid, with a couple exceptions, I loved those old shows, and even now can find plenty to laugh at if I happen to catch one. And, my a-hole buddies and I can still throw out lines from them at (in)appropriate times and make each other laugh.
And it is the characters and actors, such as Larry Storch's Corporal Agarn, as much as the writers, who go a long way to making the shows so funny, imo. The lines, the delivery, the absurdity of the 'fish out of water' situations.
I'm not as cynical as some folks are about the amount of genuinely funny TV shows over the last 60 years. There were/are some absolute barfers, but there were/are enough really good ones to keep me tuning in now and then. And the streaming services have the freedom to really crank it up, which is great. I still need and crave the laughs!
In unrelated news, I think my MENSA invitation got lost in the mail. Again. This year, and each year for the last half-century, give or take.
And it is the characters and actors, such as Larry Storch's Corporal Agarn, as much as the writers, who go a long way to making the shows so funny, imo. The lines, the delivery, the absurdity of the 'fish out of water' situations.
I'm not as cynical as some folks are about the amount of genuinely funny TV shows over the last 60 years. There were/are some absolute barfers, but there were/are enough really good ones to keep me tuning in now and then. And the streaming services have the freedom to really crank it up, which is great. I still need and crave the laughs!
In unrelated news, I think my MENSA invitation got lost in the mail. Again. This year, and each year for the last half-century, give or take.
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