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Francis on TV?

posted 17 years ago by nafana
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I remember seeing several "Francis" movies as a kid in the theater some 50 years ago but I don't remember ever seeing one on TV. Have these ever been shown on TV?
Would love to see them again.

[–] mack-29 17 years ago

I remember seeing them in the 60s, on a local TV station that ran them on Sunday afternoons.

This station also rotated the Francis films with the Blondie series and the Ma and Pa Kettle series.

[–] ridgerunner72160 15 years ago

Mack29, I don't know what region of the country you were living in, but I remember watching Francis the Talking Mule, Blondie, Ma and Pa Kettle, Abbott and Costello movies, and Three Stooges movies on Sunday afternoons on one of the local TV stations too. I grew up in southwest Louisiana, so that station had to be out of here or southeast Texas. None of those superstations back then, and there were only three networks.

[–] LightningBalt 8 years ago

I watched them on TV in the '70s in northwest Louisiana.

[–] MigsDC 17 years ago

They're available on DVD. I currently have them from Netflix. Just watched (and enjoyed) the first one tonight.

Evidently it's not one of Netflix's most popular titles. They sent it to me from halfway across the country. Maybe they only stock one copy.

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"They lead quiet, peaceful lives?"

[–] kerimt2003 16 years ago

I live in the LA area; channel 56 has been repeating all the movies. Francis in the WACS is next week. They are fun little movies; Francis is truly a blue collar "smart ass" and reflects the general tired distrust of authority I think a lot of people had after WWII, but couldn't say directly, so they enjoyed watching this jackass say what they were thinking...

Francis is intelligent, but has a general distrust/disrespect for authority, rather like Bugs Bunny... :)

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[–] shootr2 14 years ago

I disagree completely. Francis knows enough about human nature to know that the humans would NEVER leave him alone if they knew he could talk. This is the reason for his attitude. Francis is a loyal, patriotic "soldier", has complete respect for authority and his superiors, dutifully follows orders, salutes officers, etc. But is extremely guarded with regard to his speaking ability.

Bugs Bunny was a Groucho Marx clone...Francis is more akin to the average sergeant in the field, who knows the war would be won in a week if only HE were in charge.

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[–] theflyingsaucers 13 years ago

Its on KTLA This TV in LA. Today!