Greg 'Pappy' Boyington's 3 Cameos on Baa Baa Black Sheep - 1977-78
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- The real Greg H. Boyington appears briefly as General Harrison Kenlay in three episodes. Pappy carries himself very well in the first clip. In the second, it's General Moore (Simon Oakland) who steals the show.
I bet those times when the real Greg Boyington was on the set were something to behold. Marine royalty on display! Siempre Fi, Pappy!
Boyington was technical advisor. The story goes that one day he was talking to Conrad after a shot on the day's filming was completed and he said "You know Conrad, I wish you were there with us", to which Conrad replied "Thank you sir, I'm honored". Boyington looked at him and said "No to fly with. So I could have kicked your ass. You're an arrogant SOB Conrad".
@@bbb462cid All of that came through in Robert Conrad's battery commercials in that era.
I've heard he repeatedly threatened to kick Robert Conrad's ass.
A real man
This program was always underrated. It was a good show about a genuine WW2 hero, and the Corsair scenes were just awesome.
I became obsessed with this show as a kid shortly after watching the movie Midway! In the theatres.
We had some Corsairs in for maintenance at the Camarillo Air Base when I worked there. They weren't benighted enough to let me bend a wrench, but I would visit the hanger at lunch.
@@TK-fk4po yep, two of my favorites from my youth.
Loved that show when I was 10. What I seem to remember most about it was that when the network had a special it wanted to air, it was BSS that got bumped. Maybe a false memory, but seems like it was every other week.
Will.M., you could thank "Tallmantz Aviation" for providing, equipping, the vintage, restored aircraft..and the stunt pilots..for rendering/yielding all those Corsair/AT-6(Zero) scenes in those episodes..I absolutely adored/loved this series, errors and all...and I'm from an aviation family. Dad was a corporate pilot & instructor & mechanic for many years..so we grew up knowing about WW2 aircraft in both theaters of ops..
My father, a former Marine, seemed to be so excited when this episode aired. I miss my dad. He was a great guy.
😢❤❤
I was on a TV crew that got one of the last interviews with Pappy at NAS Glenview shortly before he passed away. He was weak and fragile, but still full of "piss and vinegar" and I could tell I was in the presence of true greatness. RIP, Pappy.
Yes, RIP Gregory Boyington..You were def. one ofv he greats of The Greatest Generation!!
To be honest, he is looking a little bit weak and fragile here.
he died in a vehicle crash
@@VOOODOOO37 Actually, he died of cancer. Google it.
@@billchurch1145 correct, I mixed him up with Patton. 2 Greats!!
I lived 15 mi north of Oshkosh growing up. Every summer I'd work at the EAA riding mopeds keeping people off the flight line and such. One day I saw a little old man trying to rock a Coke machine...it had eaten his quarter(or 30cents)...so since I had some change I offered to buy it for him and it spit out his Coke. He said thank you and that was that. So I thought. Two days later, my father(a pilot) came down to the show and we both went into one of the hangars as he said he wanted to buy a book and have it signed. There was a line and I waited with him(I wasn't working that day), and sure enough when we got to the table, there was that "little old man" signing his book. He immediately recognized me. My dad was befuddled!lol! He then asked if I wanted a copy...I said "Sure" so he signed it "Thanks for the Coke....Pappy". I still have it to this day right next to my personalized copy of "Wahoo" by Adm Richard O'Kane.
Great story, TakeDeadAim!
Outfuckingstanding story! That is a great honor that which you have experienced. Buying a war hero and recipient of the CMH a Coke is classic! Cheers, my friend!
You can see that Robert Conrad had genuine admiration for Pappy in that shot.
Yep, I agree.
Met him at an airshow in Pine Bluff, Arkansas in 1975 when I was a teenager. Was in complete awe of the man who was a legend, and had won the Congressional Medal of Honor. He was very friendly and down-to-earth. Got his signature in his book "Baa Baa Black Sheep". I'm amazed how well he acts! Great voice too. He is sorely missed....
Met Pappy in 1982 at the National Air Races in Reno. I have a personally signed autographed lithograph of Blacksheep Corsairs. I was at the time actually serving with VMA-214 at El Toro. Still have the print on my wall.
That's really cool and thank you for your service
Semper Fi Marine. I was next door at VMGR 352. 1979-1983.
Rah Winger...I was with MASS-6 at El Toro long after VMF-214 went to Yuma. I have a photo with Pappy from an air show I was at when I was a kid. Somewhere the negative got lost...only one print.
@@efromhb Where was the airshow? I met him at one in Arizona in about 82-83ish. Seems he did a lot of them from reading the comments.
Wow that’s cool to see ElToro mentioned! My Mom (R.I.P.) was there soon after she graduated from Parris Island in 1955. She was always proud of her time as a Marine & used to talk about ElToro through out the years as we were growing up. Just lost her last October at 84 years old. Thank you for your service!
I was in 7th and 8th Grades when this Series aired and would watch it every week . Back when Americans loved their country and were Patriotic .
I often tell people now that you cant imagine how it felt to grow up in the seventies. 75-76. We were all red white and blue. It felt good. Sadly, those times are long gone and I fear we will never be as much of a whole country ever again.
I was in high school and I didn't miss it. Every week I watched it.
@@danfarris135Bicentennial!! Now it seems like "bi-centennial" 😮😢😅 Still not quite sure if it's "good" or "bad". Maybe, a little of both 😮😢😅 oh, well. Maybe we are just getting "old & nostalgic" 😮😢😅 does n't every generation say the Same thing?! Perhaps it is just part of the "Process" Who's to know??😢
@@danfarris135
Don’t forget….: this was the mid 70’s…. There was plenty of anti U.S. sentiment especially among Vietnam vets….
I was 13 years old and never never missed an episode back then. But looking back and having studied our history, we may have had more patriotism, but our nation had lied to us about Vietnam. 56,000 young men dead…. And for what….
And before you go off on me, I had an older brother who went to Vietnam with the Marines in 1970,our dad was a WWII vet who lied about his age to go fight.
I did 27 years in the Navy. Remember the context and the true environment back then boys…like Chinese arithmetic…. It’s complicated….
Twas a couple afore I was born but I watch religious on H& I now, along with Kolchak
I read Pappy's biography. He was something. A real American hero.
The real “Pappy”! Thank you, Robert. So many great moments watching as a kid. Peace and best memories to your family, sir.
0:02 Simon Oakland looks more like Boyington than Conrad
A truly, patriotic American who deserved to proudly wear that uniform. We need more like him today. Semper Fi and RIP, Major.
Dick O' Kane was a prisoner on Ofuna after the USS Tang was sunk. Most POW's were underfed and sickly, but not Pappy. He worked in the kitchen and would steal food, sometimes giving it to the other POW's.
I had the pleasure of meeting Pappy Boyington at an air show in Denver back in 1978. He was genuine and down-to-earth. RIP, Colonel....
OK, so he was at airshows. I didn't know if it was really him I met at one in Corona, CA I'll have to check my old photos from the show.
When I was about 9 years old, my dad coached my little league baseball team. But after Thursday practices, we always rushed home to catch Baa Baa Black Sheep. We had to pack up all our baseball gear and throw it in the El Camino and speed home. Love that show.
Loved it. Good times and memories. Similar story here. Did cultural stuff like that make us a better country? Probably.
I'd catch these shows Friday evenings on ABC, I think. Believe I've seen every episode, even ones with Red West playing the mechanic...loathing "them College Boys!!"..Great, iconic series!! Thanking again Greg Boyington for tech. advice, and Tallmamtz Aviation for all the vintage wartime aircraft!!
The look of complete respect and indeed awe in Bob's eyes when he sets sight on the real Pappy . . .
Looks like indigestion to me 🤔
I was thinking the same thing
Love to think about my dad who loved this show. He would tell me all the islands they were on while in the Navy. My pop was a sea 🐝 bee
I thank your dad for his service
My beloved brother was a Seabee. After two tours in Vietnam as a Marine. RIP Jerry Don Shelton, you are missed every day brother
God Bless every Bee!
My dad was in the 75th Sea Bees, made the invasion on the beachhead with the Marines in Bougainville and with the Army at Tacloban in the Philippines. It was his admiration for the Marines, among other things that led me to join the Marines for the sh@t-show that was Vietnam. If I had to do it over, I would make the same decision.
Joseph Costello, saluting your Dad! Our dad was in the Pacific Theater of Operation, New Guinea during WW2. He was with the Dixie Division, US Army, heavy equipment ooerator. Built, carved, maintained runways for our fighters & bombers over there, 1943-45..Tgey were bombed by "Betty Bombers" most every night. He almost lost his life on Mortai Beach, when a Zero surprise/strafed the beach. What saved him was a piece of driftwood log he jumped for & grappled!! True stories. He was discharged as a T/Sgt. He did well..
I love this TV show, watched it as a kid and probably fueled my drive to become a naval aviator in the Marine Corps.
Damn.
Boyington was really something. Flying Tiger, Black Sheep, POW, Hero!
They just don’t make them like that anymore, and hopefully we will never have to prove it.
Boyington was even respected by his Japanese captors as a POW.
RIP Pappy & Robert 🇺🇸
In the first cameo he's actually coming over as a better actor than a lot of the others in the scene...
I agree. Pappy looks like he's enjoying himself while Bob Conrad and Simon Oakland appear deferential and awkward.
His entrance was awkward. He was standing in the other office for it.
@@ShatnerMethod Well you would be meeting the legend who inspired this show a man who earned both the Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross. I can see how the actors in this scene could be intimidated especially Conrad having to play the guy.
It was a weird scene. Certainly could have used better directing.
@@Lupinthe3rd. - I thought it was great. Conrad looks like he's in awe of the hero he is playing and his obvious intimidation is probably not scripted.
He stands out like a sore thumb...you can tell he is a real Combat Marine amongst the actors...Semper Fi Pappy
In those scenes, pappy looks like he's having a great time. Good for him.
Meeting the real Pappy Boynton had to have been an amazing experience.
Great Clip...Memories of My Younger Days...Dad & l Never Missed An Episode... RIP, Pappy, Robert, Red West & Simon Oakland... Semper Fi!
That show should have been on a lot longer. Simon Oakland reminds a lot of Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi. He had the same barreled voice and same looks too. He could've played him in a movie about his life.
My dad was a marine who served on Iwo, Tinian, Tarawa, and Saipan. He did not talk much about his time there, but he did say the Corsairs were the best.
My dad was the mechanic that worked on the Corsairs flown by Foss, and later Boyington on Guadalcanal. His brother landed on Saipan and Iwo Jima. Semper Fi to the old breed.
My father was stationed in Hawaii in the 60s and he hardly said anything about his stint in the army and he didn't like it one bit, at least he didn't see any action
Watched this with my dad while growing up, one of my favorite childhood memories.
That World War II generation kicked ass toughest smartest guys I ever met.
yep, no fucking soyboys
That's why they're appellated "The Greatest Generation"..!!
Pappy would kick anyone's ass. A true war hero, with a checked life. RIP.
I remember watching this episode with my Dad. He pointed out that, that was the real Pappy. I fell in love with the design of this war bird, the corsair, because Pappy flew one. This and the P40 with the shark teeth. That must of been terrifying to come across in battle.
Pappy is not only a ACE Pilot but also a great actor!!
So, as a teen, I met Pappy and he signed his book for me; a true hero and he wasn't wearing his MOH either. And now I'm an army lieutenant colonel and am humbled; thanks for the time he signed the book.
And an Imperial Japanese pilot was selling his own book nearby at that time; what irony.
I love this show growing up. I had no idea he was actually in some cameos. That’s awesome.
I met Pappy at a luau in Hawaii back in 1974, I was 12 years at the time.
I remember it like it was yesterday.
One of my all-time favorite TV shows
Had a big crush on Robert Conrad.
Great show and can't decide whether I like Robert Conrad better in this or Wild, Wild West.
Glad that the real Pappy was given the parts and recognition on the show, especially as life didn't go that well for him after the Marines.
This. It’s based so heavily on reality.
I totally agree here..
Wild, wild West was AWESOME 😊❤❤
I saw him in person in the 80's at the Chino Air Show...from about 30 feet away, he was mobbed.
Which guy? Pappy or the REAL Pappy?
@@jdee8407
The real one.
For me it was in Salinas California Air Show...from about 30 feet away, he was mobbed.
That is awesome...never remember or knew that he made those appearances. Just by the cut of his jib you can tell he is a real Marine, not to mention a real WWII combat hero...Semper Fi (a Ph.D. Engineer who works for a large American defense contractor's Aero company and a U.S. Marine vet.
My Great-Uncle got to meet him at an airshow in Washington State many years ago... a Living Legend, at the time. A legend still.
I watch Black Sheep Squadron every Saturday night on H&I network.
Met Pappy Boyington at the Truckee Air Show had him sign his book real nice guy
Jeff Miller I met him at the Truckee air show in 84, maybe 83.
I sat down and had a nice ten minute one on once conversation with the Japanese pilot who shot Pappy down over the Pacific. This was at the Wings Over Houston airshow probably about thirty years or so ago when I was like seventeen. Give or take a year or two either way. Was pretty damn cool.
Never met him, but his book revealed to me he was far deeper and complex than his mythical image and had the capacity for great compassion.
Pappy was one in ten million.
I loved this show. We need more shows like this.
Met pappy at Reno air races in 78 and he autographed my book. Cherished memory.
Great Greg Boyington, demonstrating how a man of character can do anything. Even acting with the actor he plays, him.
Used to watch this show just for the Corsair. IMHO...After the SR-71, the BEST example of engineering in aviation HISTORY!
Amazing aircraft!! Like so Many! I THANK GOD, to have had the PRIVILEGE to have lived in the "Era of Aviation & Aerospace" (otherwise, i would been like DaVinci, "Enthralled" with the birds!😂 which i am anyway)😊❤❤
F4 Corsair and the P51 Mustang were my favorites WW2 fighters growing up.
“Show me a hero and ill prove he’s a bum” .....Greg “Pappy” Boyington VMF 214
I was and am a fan of this show..it's actually called black sheep squadron
Initially it was Baa. Baa Black Sheep
It was originally called "Baa Baa Black Sheep" when it was first aired. I remember watching it in the 70s. Later when it was in syndication it was called Black Sheep Squadron.
@@trsgringo FWIW, the pilot episode was titled "The Flying Misfits". From what I've read, that's the nickname that "Pappy" was initially calling VMF-214, but he got so much pushback that he had to pick another "handle", so "Black Sheep" it was.
@@selfdoFrom what I've read, they wanted to call themselves "Boyington's Bastards", but the brass wouldn't allow it.
@@asnrobert THAT would have been more like Pappy and VMF-214. He probably thought that "Flying Misfits" would be more acceptable, but the Corps wouldn't have that, either. However, the 101st Airborne was allowed to call themselves the "Battered Bastards of Bastogne", or "Triple-Bs". I guess the Navy Department was more uptight than the War Department.
I met him at an airshow many years ago in Merced. He was grumpy as hell but it was an honor to have met him.
As a young Marine Sation in El Toro in the mid-70s I was able to meet Pappy in person, at the time it did not mean much to me. he was just another person like anyone else, seeing this video brought back good memories of my youth, thank you.
Loved the show and those Corsairs. Read Pappy’s book several times, the first time nearly 40 years ago.
Simon Oakland and Dana Elcar; for a time, every other movie or TV show had one, or both, of these fine actors in key roles.
The one thing I read in the books was the real life Colonel who hated Boyington . He was like the Boxing Champ in the Marines and they was NO way the real Boyington or any of the guys would thrown him around like they did on the show. Both actors played those roles well i agree and Dana many love him for the MacGyver series being the hero friend.
Poor guy spent half the war as a POW.
And was healthy because he couldn't get alcohol.
@@trentallman984 Somehow "Pappy" Greg Boyington managed to get a hold of saki while he was a POW after awhile. I did read his autobiography book Baa Baa Black Sheep back in the 80's.
@@undergroundwarrior70 I read it too, many years ago. He was more than an occasional drinker.
@@trentallman984 I am quite sure about this, but his wife did divorced him before he joined the Flying Tigers due to his heavy drinking.
@@trentallman984 he was healthy because he was assigned to kitchen detail where he had access to food the rest of the POW's at Omori Prison camp near Tokyo did not. While there, survivors of the USS Tang, including Richard O' Kane saw Boyington on a number of occasions coming out of the kitchen with food and medicine which he sometimes shared with other POW's.
I’m Ex-SERE instructor for the Airforce. 80’s. All our instructors were Vietnam vets........trying very hard to put all there knowledge in your head. Our Commander........POW,..Hanoi Hilton.....Black! A Great Man! Hated to wear his rank! Full bird col. simple flight suit,.....that way people were not intimidated by the rank. Regular Guy! But he could change your life. With one conversation. Col.Daniels
A Father figure........if you like. Watching out for all the children in his Airforce. Including the Old Ones!
The pre Magnum PI characters.
Orville and Mack
@@bbb462cid I always thought MPI was a lot better with Mack around. Mack kept Magnum on his toes and constantly a foil to him. Kudos to Donald Bellasario to creating this show and these memorable characters.
@@defiverr4697 I agree. Mack allowed Magnum more depth, as an access to his past too
@@bbb462cid and Magnum's screams to Mack are legendary. Selleck really pulled it off. There's only one Magnum, and in the long run, his missing on Raider's stint, turned out better for him, I'd think.
@@defiverr4697 I agree.
That must have been nerve-wracking meeting Pappy
for Conrad.
Bet he could knock those batteries off his shoulder
There is a video around of a interview of them both together and Pappy said "Robert was sent by GOD to play me in this show" or something to that sentiment...
@@dewrightco
During the 70's
For manly men in Hollywood we had
Clint Eastwood
Robert Conrad
James Garner
Every boy or young man wanted to experience their manliness and every girl and young lady swooned over these men.😎
@@DigbyOdel-et3xxdon't forget Steve Macqueen & Charles Bronson. Oh, and to a lesser extent, Lee Majors (who did n't want to be married to that ANGEL, FARRAH 😮😂😂😊❤❤❤) And if on top of it, you could be a Cowboys, Steelers or Raiders fan!! DAMN, THOSE were "the DAYS"!! 😮😢😅😂😊❤❤❤❤
Robert Conrad was a ladies man , fist fighter, rule breaker and larger- than- life person much like Pappy ...very much alike .
Pappy chose Conrad to play him, telling Steve J. Canell he would not back the show if they did not sign him up .
When Pappy died in the 80's, Conrad said that was the only person other than his mother he ever went to the funeral for .
So many actors up on that screen that would go on to other bigger better things:
Robert Ginty @2:51 : Played T.J. Wiley. Did a turn as a P.I. in a one-season show (I forget the name). Would go on to produce and move behind the camera.
James Whitmore Jr. @2:51 : Played Jim Gutterman. Did numerous guest star turns and went on to work behind the camera.
Jeff MacKay and Larry Manetti, both @2:57 : Both part of Don Bellisario's actor stable and appeared in numerous of his productions. Both were on "Magnum P.I.", Mackay as a recurring guest player and Manetti as Orville "Rick" Wright. Manetti has been seen on a few episodes of the new show, as a lounge singer character.
W.K. Stratton and John Larroquette, both @3:02 : Stratton was another Bellisario stable actor, appearing in "Airwolf" (the pilot episode) and "J.A.G." where his character was ultimately disgraced and left the Navy. Larroquette would go on to play D.A. Dan Fielding in "Night Court"---one of my favorite roles of his---and shortly after "Black Sheep" he appeared in "STRIPES". Yes, THAT "STRIPES".
Red West @2:30 : A lifelong friend of Conrad's, he showed up in all kinds of productions. The one I remember the most was "Road House", as one of the beleaguered business owners fighting Ben Gazzara's corrupt town leader. He would act again alongside Conrad in "Hard Knox" in the early-mid 80's.
Sorry...just letting my fan geek flag fly....
GINTY THE EXTERMINATOR WHITMORE DIRECTED HUNTER
@@spacepatrolman AT least 1/2 those guys made appearances in "Magnum, PI'"- Larry Manetti starred as "Rick"-, "JAG", and the "NCIS" franchises. Belisarius takes great care of his friends. James Whitmore, Jr.'s directorial resume is too many pages to publish, but my bet is at least one thing he helmed can be found on television every night. I enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1985. Not entirely because of Blacksheep and Magnum, but they sure were a YUGE factor in the decision! Best one I ever made, too. RIP Robert "Pappy" Conrad.
Two of the "Black Sheep" were sons of famous actors; James Whitmore JR, and Dirk Blocker, who was the son of "Bonanza" star Dan Blocker
@@mikegrossberg8624Hoss, right?? (Dan Blocker)
John Larroquette that Night Court guy was in the series.
Robert Conrad had some fantastic martial arts moves in Wild Wild West. He was in great physical condition.
He was. But Bob also talked about the abuse he put his body through doing many of his own stunts...broken bones, cracked ribs, concussions galore...and the arthritis he had to endure much later in life.
@@rayjr62
Red West, Elvis Presley's bodyguard and friends with Conrad, worked as a stuntman in both these star's films and TV series. Red West was a real tough guy.
@@freedomatlast8756 -
Red West actually had a role in Baa Baa Black Sheep - he was the squadron's chief mechanic.
@@QuentinBuetow1970 After Hutch got killed off.
@@davef.2811 Micklin appeared several episodes BEFORE Hutch was killed
I always wanted to meet Mr. Boyington. My father even tried to contact him. Instead he worked with a man that was on the Bataan death March. It was pretty sad. I'm Grateful.
It's been a long time to see this show and I didn't know that general character was the real Pappy Boynton
Testor sponsored a model building contest in CA. I submitted an F4U and won. I got to meet "Pappy " and got a picture with him. Still have them both today.
Pappy had my father install a canon on his corsair so pappy could sink ships easier. He Pappy was a real son of a bitch at times. but it was what was needed at the time.
I'm reminded of a quote, attributed (probably falsely) to Admiral Ernest King: "When they get in trouble they send for the sons-of-bitches."
@@asnrobertwas n't that Gen. Patton?
Friend of mines plane ( C-47 ) was assigned to pick up Pappy after he was liberated and flew him to San Francisco for a reunion/party for the Black Sheep. He said everyone had a hangover that lasted for years.
Simon Oakland help make the show
He was just perfect for the role a General
A general that cared about wining AND the men.
Perfect balance
I still watch it every Saturday night 6 pm-8pm the best!!🤘
My bio dad flew in the Black Sheep squadron. He flew a Corsair and earned a Purple Heart
As a young teenager when it was initially on tv, it was my favorite show.
I still watch this every Saturday
@ 6 o'clock 😊
Una serie que me trae muy buenos recuerdos sobre este célebre escuadrón de cazas en el frente del Pacífico en la segunda guerra mundial. Una verdadera y grata curiosidad ver al verdadero Pappy Boyington en aparecer en uno de los capítulos de la misma, que ahora, sin duda alguna, es de culto total.
Saludos y bendiciones a todos los cinéfilos de corazón.
I remember this show when was a kid! I got a small corsair plane from a aircraft carrier set back in 70s..flew that thing around in my living room for hours!😁😁😁thinking I was part of the Black sheep squadron😎 RIP pappy
Pappy could act! RIP
I got to meet Pappy Boyington at an air show in Brownsville Texas back in 1978. Lucky me cause I didn't even know he was going to be there.
I met the real pappy Boyington at an air show in Red Bluff Ca back in 1984 he autographed his book I bought and I shook his hand and told him thank you for fighting for our country he was a very kind man. I still the book he signed. It was called Baa Baa Black Sheep. It is a good book to read.
Years ago I got to meet Mr. Boyington at the Madera, California air show. It was a fantastic show with Catalinas, Lightenings, a Storch, a Globemaster, a walk through in a B-17, several P-51s with one executing 8 point rolls, a couple of P-40s .. lotsa bitchin stuff. The highlight though was getting to meet "Pappy". If memory serves, that was the last air show that he attended. He passed not long after that.
I remember racing to the living room to watch this show next to my Marine attack pilot Dad… Semper Fi!
History what a show. Real veterans enjoy this history.
I had an autographed print of a painting from Col. Boyington . Called Pappy catching a wave . I was in AWE of it.
Loved this show as a kid. Never could figure out how they could take off with a propeller with 3 blades on it, then land and it have 4 blades :-). My Dad, a p-51 fighter pilot used to watch it with me.
One of my favorite shows as a kid. SF Pappy!!
I love this show!! I always watch it, when its on!!
My father worked on Boyington's Corsair during that war, he said that in the line up of his squadron every aircraft had to register perfect cylinder-head pressure at the warm-up. those that did not were a near death warrant for the ground crew responsible, and Boyington was a hard-drink and knuckle-busting fighter pilot.
I remember watching this when it first came out (I was 12), use to love reading anything I could about the PTO, then I kinda migrated to ETO over the years - maybe that's why I ended up in the Army for 33+ years LOL
I got an autographed picture of Robert Conrad when I was 12 years old in 1977. I sure was proud of it. I still have it. I think that "Baa Baa Black Sheep" was my favorite of all TV shows as a kid. M*A*S*H and "The Six Million Dollar Man" were also high on the list of the best shows.
"We can rebuild him, we have the technology" 😮❤❤ Don't forget Barretta, Starsky & Hutch, Kojack, etc... (oh, and did i leave out Mod Squad!! 😮😢 May have been earlier. 😅 ahhh, those were the days!! And it seems like we All watched with our Dads! 😅😊😊😂 (or Moms when Dad was n't there 😢) Shout out to 70's-80's series ❤❤❤
I had a family member who was in WW2 and served in the South Pacific. He knew Pappy Boyington. And he told me that Pappy was a great man when sober. But he had a lot of demons in his life, so Pappy was in his opinion a drunk. Later, I got to read Pappy autobiography and yes, he admitted that he was indeed an alcoholic even during the war.
Still, he was a helluva great guy, and did a lot for our country.
The real Greg " Pappy " Boyington was hired as the Military advisor for the series.
I can see Greg Boyington and Robert Conrad hitting a few bars on Sunset Strip
after a long day of shooting. Great casting of Conrad for the role, he and Boyington
are about the same height and body build.
I can see Boyington at a Bar after a few drinks putting a Duracell battery on his shoulder and daring
Robert Conrad to knock it off, haha.
I forgot all about that battery commercial lol😄
THX 4 putting this up, I actually forgot about this show, thx for the reminder.
These are great clips, thank you for posting this. I am creating a 9-episode series on the Black Sheep Squadron, with the first episode airing in September. It will provide some cool insights about the TV show and the interactions between Robert Conrad and Pappy.
What a man. A true hero. Nothing else to say here.
I never knew the real Boyington was on the show. I got to meet him and shake his hand at the Reno Air Races in the early 1980s. He was autographing copies of his book.
That last one cracked me up!
Love The Look On Red West's Face & Robert Conrad's Backward Glance At The End!
@@dougauzene8389 I bet West is thinking, "College Boys." lol
In 1989 VMA-214 was at Williams AFB AZ, where I was stationed. They were using the AV-8B Harrier Jump Jets at the time. Somehow, someway, one of the pilots flipped his bird upside down on the flight line. No injuries, but Somebody got reamed about it. Because that incident ruined their 30,000 accident free hours and six years of accident-free flying.. I did end up with a Squadron Patch which still plays homage to the Corsairs and their roots.
I can just hear MSgt. Micklin now...
"ALL of these planes are MINE! College Boy! I just let you fly them once or twice a day! And GOD HELP YOU, if you bring it back BUSTED!"
When I was a kid, I got to meet "Pappy" at an airshow in Stillwater Oklahoma. I wish I still had that autographed pic of him sitting in a P-41 there. (I did have to buy a copy of his book first). :) Rest in peace Pappy.
About 15 years ago, I sent John Larroquette an idea for a TV movie. The basic idea was a comedy in the same vein as the "Brady Bunch" and "Starsky and Hutch" movies. The plot was set in the late 1970s, and centered around the pilots of the 214 being brought together to serve as technical advisors on the series. The pilots would be portrayed by the same actors as before. Now about 35 years older. They get involved in investigated a series of strange events that lead to them foiling some evil plan of Sgt. Andy Micklin (portrayed by Red West).
John Larroquette took the time to email me back and tell me what was wrong with it. What a guy.
I would still watch to this day,one of my favorite shows and I believe this was filmed at a place called Indian Dunes we rode dirtbikes there back in the late 70s early 80s.
Loved this one. This is unreal, the REAL Pappy' Boyington
Funny how Simon Oakland REALLY looks like Boyington.
I always thought so too.
@@luv2fly745 Yeah but in this case when their both in the scene it's surprising. I never gave it any thought until I saw that 'shot'.
@@nickmitsialis I googled Pappy B ages ago and remembered thinking it should have been Simon Oakland playing Pappy when I saw his picture.
This was such an awesome show!
Salute! 🇺🇸
General Thomas Moore (Simon Oakland) always looked like the real Pappy.
This is brilliant 👏👏👍👍👍