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McHale’s Navy

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TV Series

The Resume

    (September 11, 1962-August 20, 1966)
    ABC
    Ernest Borgnine as Lieutenant Commander Quinton McHale
    Joe Flynn as Captain Wallace Burton ‘Old Lead Bottom’ Binghamton
    Tim Conway as Ensign Charles Parker
    Gary Vinson as Quartermaster George Christopher (‘Christy’)
    Billy Sands as Engineman Harrison Bell (‘Tinker’)
    Carl Ballantine as Torpedoman’s Mate Lester Gruber
    Gavin MacLeod as Seaman Joseph ‘Happy’ Haines (1962–1964)
    During the Second World War, the few surviving members of Navy Private Torpedo Boat 73 befriend the natives of a South Seas island; later they are transferred to an Italian base

Why McHale’s Navy might be annoying:

    It was not shot on location but rather on a Universal Studios backlot.
    The crew rarely wore their regulation outfits.
    It featured stereotypical natives, a still — and loads of moonshine.
    Remember that awful 1997 movie with Tom Arnold as McHale’s son?

Why McHale’s Navy might not be annoying:

    It began as a one-hour straight drama (Seven Against the Sea, April 1962); later, with some of its writers and cast, it was modeled on The Phil Silvers Show.
    Joseph Heller was a scriptwriter.
    McHale nicknamed his men ‘eight-balls.’
    It received six Emmy nominations.

Credit: Cool It All Right?


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 9 Votes: 88.89% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 86 Votes: 44.19% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 11 Votes: 18.18% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 9 Votes: 22.22% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 17 Votes: 47.06% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 115 Votes: 54.78% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 486 Votes: 50.21% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 12 Votes: 41.67% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 48 Votes: 64.58% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 61 Votes: 40.98% Annoying