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Jeopardy Ironside McHale's Navy and Petticoat Junction which is the oldest?
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∙ 13y ago
Jeopardy as a quiz show was on since the early sixties. all of the other programs were fic tional dramas or comedies. It is not a fair comparison.the originaly quiz-master for Jeopardy was Art Fleming. I believe it dates to l96l or maybe 62.
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When was Dunmore McHales created?
Dunmore McHales was created in 1887.
What network was home to the sitcom McHales Navy?
The sitcom McHales' Navy was run on the ABC network over its four season run. The sitcom was about a crew in the Navy and their daily or weekly shenanigans.
Where was mchales navy filmed?
North of Manzanillo, Mexico
What actor from McHales navy recently died?
Carl Ballantine, a comedian, magician and actor. He was 92 when he died.
Is Kevin McHales sexual orientation?
He is straight. He's been seeing a girl on and off for the past year 1/2.
What type of boat was used for the PT 73 on the show McHales Navy?
McHales PT 73 was a US built PT boat built for export to the USSR. The boat was never deliveried and was bought by UNIVERSAL for the TV show. After the show was canceled the boat was sold to Harold Crozier of Hawthorne CA and converted to a fishing boat for hire with the name PT 73II. Mr Crozier used the boat until health reasons forced him to give it up. He donated the boat to a research school in the SF area, but the boat never made it. It was blown ashore at Santa Barbara and destroyed
Who played christy on mchales navy and is he still alive?
Gary Vinson (Christy) "He was despondent because of lack of attention," says the actor's former agent, Herman Zimmerman. "He wasn't working much. Some can take it, some can't." Vinson, 47, committed suicide last October.
Mchales navy took place in which war?
World War II. The show took place in both the Pacific ( original episodes) and later in the ETO based in Italy. By no means was Lt.Commander Mchale based on JFK who was a PT boat officer in Pacific Theatre ( PT l09) Mchale"s craft was the PT-73 which in real life was originally built for the USSR and never used in the war owing to late completion, though reaching battle stations at Universal. The boat no longer exists, having been broken up some years ago following an accident.
What happened to Joe Flynn of McHale's Navy?
Joe Flynn is probably best known to most as Captain Binghamton on the 60s TV sitcom McHales's Navy. He was found drowned in his swimming pool on July 19, 1974, a few months prior to turning 50. He may have been the victim of a heart attack. Further, he was wearing a cast over a broken leg, and his body, which was discovered on the bottom of the pool, was weighed down by the waterlogged cast.Family members were vocal over his death, and doubts about "natural causes" or an "accident" may have arisen due to Flynn's vocal involvement in the "equitable" distribution of residuals from television shows. Investigators, however, found no evidence of foul play. If you would like to do some further reading, you'll find a link below to get you started.
Why did television play a major role in the war in Vietnam?
For the first time history televison began to become commonplace in America in the 1950s; by the 1960s televison was available in color and could be operated by "hand held remote control." Prior to the "remote" you had to get off the couch and walk to the TV to turn it on, change the channels, or turn it up or down or off. During this same time frame War films and Westerns were the main programs. Cop shows were rare; Dragnet, Car 54, and later Adam 12 were just a few of them. The main programs were War (Rin Tin Tin, Combat, PT109, In Harms Way, They Were Expendable, Pork Chop Hill, From Here to Eternity, McHales Navy, etc.) and Westerns (Wyatt Earp, The Texas Rangers, Wanted Dead or Alive, Paladin, Johnny Yuma, Roy Rogers, Sky King, etc). So Americans were used to by the 1960s. Then came Huntley Brinkley News and Walter Cronkite, to name a very few; with live shoot em up film footage in "living color"...American GIs being shot down before your very eyes in Vietnam. US jets being blasted from the skies over North Vietnam (footage released from Hanoi) trailing smoke as the American jet twisted and turned falling towards the earth. Sometimes you could even see the pilot eject and his parachute commence to open...sometimes there was no observed chute... One of the common news scenes was dead Americans being dragged to waiting choppers...that was enough! People wanted it ended. Nearly all people wanted it ended, not just the American public.
