F Troop (1965)

Genre

sitcom, Westerns on television

Country

United States

Length

2 seasons, 65 episodes

Rated

TV-PG

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 31 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A comedy set in the 1860s Wild West about a group of incompetent U.S. soldiers and their interactions with local American Indians. The show uses slapstick and verbal jokes while poking fun at historical events and 1960s culture.

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What happens

F Troop is an American Western satirical television sitcom that ran from September 14, 1965 to April 6, 1967, with a total of 65 episodes, airing for two seasons on ABC. The show is about U.S. soldiers and American Indians in the Wild West during the 1860s. The first season of 34 episodes was broadcast in black-and-white and the second season was in color. The series relied heavily on character-based humor, verbal and visual gags, slapstick, physical comedy, and burlesque comedy. The series played fast and loose with historical events and persons, and often parodied them for comical effect. Some indirect references were made to the culture of the 1960s, such as a "Playbrave Club", a parody of a Playboy Club and two rock and roll bands, one of which performs songs written in the 1960s. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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