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Tue Oct 21 01:00 AM LIFE Enter old boyfriends: Rose can't remember Thor of St. Olaf, and Sophia finds one in the personals who's always accompanied by his sister (Betty Garrett). Rose: Betty White. Sophia: Estelle Getty.

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Video: F Troop: The Complete First Season

Video Detective — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:57:20 -0400

Each of the first-season episodes of the riotous Western sitcom F Troop opened with a stirring balled, sung by a male chorus, which explained how clumsy, inept Wilton Parmenter (Ken Berry), a hapless scion of a legendary military family, was promoted to captain in the final days of the Civil War. Dispatched to pick up General Grant's laundry, Parmenter developed a cold en route and abruptly sneezed within earshot of the Union troops, who were then in retreat. This sneeze was misinterpreted as a command to Charge!, whereupon the troops reversed direction and scored an enormous victory over the Confederates. Although Parmenter was now a hero, it was clear that he was somewhat lacking in the basic requirements of strong leadership, so he was shipped far, far out West to assume command of Fort Courage, an obscure cavalry post manned by misfits and foul-ups known as F Troop. In the series opener, Scourge of the West, it is quickly established that, despite Parmenter's presence, that F Troop was actually controlled

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Video: F Troop: The Complete First Season