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'Glory Guys' inspired TV show?

posted 11 years ago by j-z-o
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The timing seems too tight since Glory Guys (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059232) premiered in July '65 and F Troop debuted in September '65, but the movie featured a whole incompetent troop out in the west fighting Indians and I remember thinking as a little kid watching back then that it had the same vibe of lovable but challenged soldiers... (except in the movie the danger is real)

The TV show does resonate of a producer watching a movie western and thinking: "We could make a comedy out of f-ups fighting Injuns!" and Glory Guys does seem like the perfect inspiration...

[–] magolding 9 years ago

Possibly Advance to the Rear1964, might have been an inspiration, or service comedies set in modern times.

[–] magolding 9 years ago

Pillers of the sky(1956) also features a cavalry unit struggling to train a batch of new recruits during an dangerous mission.

[–] cind5 9 years ago

I always thought of F-Troop as Bilko in the Calvary. Only a lot funnier!

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[–] halhorn65-988-97778 9 years ago

Advance to the Rear was a more likely inspiration, along with The Phil Silvers Show. The F TROOP pilot episode was mentioned in TV Guide as under consideration for the fall schedule in the Dec. 26, 1964 issue which would predate Glory Guys' release by 7 months.

[–] megafauna005 9 years ago

Are any of these movies shown on TV anymore? Even on TCM or AMC? Would be nice to see a movie of bungling soldiers.

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[–] happipuppi13 9 years ago

Let's not forget the cartoon "Go Go Gophers" .

In the 'area?' of Gopher Gulch .a cavlary uhit (mostly
one Col. Kit Coyote & his Sergeant Okey Homa (also a coyote)

....goes on the war-path trying to remove 2 (count 'em two!) otherwise peaceful Indian Gophers. Running Board & Ruffled Feathers ,who always outsmart the other two anyway.

Originally appeared on the Underdog series from 1966 to 1968 before being briefly spun off as a separate series on CBS in 1968 and 1969.48 ofthem made overall.

I'd bet there was 'some' inspiration from F Troop. 

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