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Operation Petticoat (1977)

Operation Petticoat poster
Genre
comedy television series
Country
United States
Length
2 seasons, 33 episodes
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 30 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A sitcom about the crew of a submarine during World War Two. The show follows their antics and misadventures as they deal with unusual situations and a group of nurses on board.

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What happens

Operation Petticoat is an American sitcom that was based on the 1959 film by the same name. It was broadcast on ABC for two seasons, from September 17, 1977, until June 29, 1979. The first season starred John Astin as the skipper of the submarine, as well as Jamie Lee Curtis, whose father Tony Curtis had starred in the 1959 film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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