F Troop vs Gilligan's Island......you decide!

[newyawker99]

Poll question: F Troop vs Gilligan's Island......you decide!

Please feel free to explain why you voted for a particular show.

:D

[mac56]

1. None of the above?

;-)

[rook1]

2. Gilligans Island,Two reasons

Ginger and MaryAnn....:9

[judge_smales]

5. Correct!!

I'm a Mary Anne fan myself, but those two defianately give the edge to GI.

[newyawker99]

11. Hi judge_smales!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[THUNDER HANDS]

3. what's F-Troop?

A little heads up please for those of us children of the 80's & 90's

[WoodrowFan]

7. You dont have Nick at Night?

Google is your friend my Gen-X friend...

http://www.timstvshowcase.com/ftroop.html
(be careful if you're at work, this one plays music and now my coworkers are wondering what im doing!)

[madrchsod]

9. thanks for the link..

wrangler jane was her name....

[Lars39]

4. Showing my age.......gotta be F Troop!

:)

[WoodrowFan]

6. F-Troop

for the theme some and the Heckawees.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

18. The F-Troop theme song ROCKED!

:) But I can't vote on this one...sort of a toss.

[madrchsod]

8. f-troop..

the woman on f-troop was hot in her cow-gal outfit. dam i can`t remember her name !!

[newyawker99]

13. I also choose F Troop.

:-)

[Richardo]

16. F Troop for me - always a fave...

Cpl. Agarn (Larry Storch): Can't you see we're Irish? Our eyes are SMILIN'!!

OK so you had to be there.

[trof]

10. F Troop theme

http://www.timstvshowcase.com/ftroop.html
The end of the Civ-il War was near when quite ac-ci-den-tal-ly
A he-ro who sneezed ab-rupt-ly seized retreat and re-versed it to vic-to-ry
His med-al of hon-or pleased and thrilled his proud lit-tle fam 'ly group
While pin-ning it on some blood was spilled and so it was planned he'd com-mand
F Troop!

Where In-di-an fights are col-or-ful sights and no-bo-dy takes a lickin'
When pale - face and red - skin both turn chick - en
When dril-ling and fight-ing get them down they know their mo-rale can't droop
As long as they all re-lax in town, before they re-sume with a bang and a boom
F Troop!

[Zolok]

12. Can't decide...

F Troop is full of Bilko-esque schtick and a subtle contempt for the cliches of western movies...plus the Heckawee Indians all dressed suspiciously like hippies.
On the other hand, Gilligan's Island is a well cast if ubiquitous sitcom....and Alan Hale and Jim Backus are always funny.
There is this great bit where they build a raft to float Mr. Howell back to civilization....Jim Backus comes down to the lagoon resplendent in yachting whites and commodore's cap.
Gilligan stares at him like a slack jawed yokel whilst Backus smiles and murmurs "Well...you NEVER dress for the first night out you see..."

[Iverson]

14. Gilligan's Island

It was a more outstanding, successful example of mediocrity.

Also, the theme song can get stuck in your head for, oh, hours!

(Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale, a tale of a fateful trip...)

[Brucey]

24. Agree.

[soleft]

15. To this day I still utter the line

"It is balloooooooooooon"

[newyawker99]

17. LOL!!! That was a funny scene!

:D

[Jeff in Cincinnati]

23. LOL!

Is that episode encoded in the DNA of all baby-boomers?! I do the same thing!

[WoodrowFan]

25. me too!!

Whenever I see a hot air balloon I cry that out. My wife thinks I'm nuts (but loves me anyway)..

[mndemocrat_29]

19. Just sit right back...

Gotta be Gilligan!

[Coventina]

20. Gilligan

The Professor and Ginger were both so HOT!!

And who can forget the magical episode where they performed "Hamlet" to the music of "Carmen"?
CLASSIC!!!

[VOX]

21. Ahh, the intellectual's nemesis -- Corporal Agarn vs."Little Buddy"...

Whilst standing before the crackling fireplace in the wee hours, I've often pondered, over a brandy, and with my aromatic, smoldering Dunhill briar in hand -- which of these two landmark comedic teleplays is the superior one?

Certainly, our arts and culture would be all the poorer if not for these operatic productions. However, based upon the recurring leitmotif of the plunge-into-the-lagoon-as-symbolic-rebirthing, I fear I must give the nod to Gilligan et al.

Thereby hangs a tale, and my stuffed shirt.

[regnaD kciN]

22. F-Troop, because...

..."It is balloon!"

The blonde actress was pretty impressive, too. I'd take her over The Movie Star and Mary Ann!

;-)