"It Is Balloon!" I actually have that line embedded in my head from watching F Troop as a kid. I'm surprised that only one season was in color. New York (no idea what channel but this was before cable for me so about 5 total), would run this show after school along with Gilligan's Island, so certain scenes for me are memorized, well really just one, when the chief says "It Is Balloon!". I have no idea why that one is memorized unless thats what the channel ran as commercial clip. Anyway, I just bought a 6 episode sampler from WB and it was nice to see the show again being a part of my childhood. Just to add some balance to these reviews, this is NOT the best comedy to ever come out of America, it's not even close. There was a reason why it was cancelled, its pretty stupid. The scenes with Ken Barry usually fall flat. Larry Storch and the "Indians" are what made F Troop funny. Anyway, this show is a cross between Gilligans Island and Sgt Bilco set in the Old West. It's stupid like Gilligans Island with a constant scheming plot like Sgt Bilko. There you have it, I'm sure viewers were on to this as well and decided they had had enough of the same joke, just like Sgt Bilco and Gilligan didn't last much longer. One great episode on this sampler DVD has Don Rickles as an Indian, and that episode with his scenes are really funny, he kind of takes the crazy scenes away from Larry Storch. Its formula comedy, pretty good, but far from the BEST. 7/10 for nostalgia reasons, Get Smart blows this show away as an example of a show that was out at the same time. Hey Larry, I still love you man!
