This series was a top rated one for ABC. It is easy to see why. Vic Morrow, Rick Jason, & the regular cast were talented actors. The series also got a lot of support from top notch guest stars as well.
The production qualities of this show were better than a lot of series. Somehow the action sequences would always look fresh. We'd always believe our heroes would come out and they always did thanks to so clever script writing. Amazingly, a large battery of script writers would always make things flow somehow.
This show gave us some heroes to look up too when we were kids who were regular GI's instead of wearing capes & flying. The Pvts & Sgts were the heroes, not the brass. The thing I have noticed in reruns I have seen recently is that sometimes the scripts did get a little stretched. This series almost ran as long as the entire World War 2.
The setting is in France & the Germans are always the enemy. If our regulars got wounded, the medics would always have them fixed up for the next episode. I'd also bet more ammunition was used filming this show than any other hit series.
This series glorified war & was prior to efforts to show how horrible war really was. What is interesting is that it doesn't really get into the type of partisan political views shown later in MASH. This show rarely gets preachy letting the actions speak. That is why this show is so good. The US Military served as consultants to the program.
The production qualities of this show were better than a lot of series. Somehow the action sequences would always look fresh. We'd always believe our heroes would come out and they always did thanks to so clever script writing. Amazingly, a large battery of script writers would always make things flow somehow.
This show gave us some heroes to look up too when we were kids who were regular GI's instead of wearing capes & flying. The Pvts & Sgts were the heroes, not the brass. The thing I have noticed in reruns I have seen recently is that sometimes the scripts did get a little stretched. This series almost ran as long as the entire World War 2.
The setting is in France & the Germans are always the enemy. If our regulars got wounded, the medics would always have them fixed up for the next episode. I'd also bet more ammunition was used filming this show than any other hit series.
This series glorified war & was prior to efforts to show how horrible war really was. What is interesting is that it doesn't really get into the type of partisan political views shown later in MASH. This show rarely gets preachy letting the actions speak. That is why this show is so good. The US Military served as consultants to the program.