RIP - Ken Berry - Captain Parmenter.
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F Troop, a classic way before it's time. Always funny and good humored. Not too many of these types of shows anymore.
The name of the Indian tribe in F-troop, the Hekawi, comes from the longstanding myth that Native Americans are the lost tribe of Israel. Most of the Hekawi were played by Yiddish comedians, and the tribal name comes from a gag around them constantly being lost and saying "Where the heck are we?" which is misinterpreted as "We're the Hekawi."
The script for the original pilot episode had the tribal name as "Fugawi" which was eventually caught by the censors and re-written as "Hekawi."
The script for the original pilot episode had the tribal name as "Fugawi" which was eventually caught by the censors and re-written as "Hekawi."
Also, the medicine man of the Hekawi, "Roaring Chicken," was played by Edward Everett Horton who some of you will remember as the narrator of "Fractured Fairy Tales" in the Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoons.
The recurring sketch on the Carol Burnett Show was certified-funny...
the TV series however (sans Eunice and Ed) was a tire fire... someone network genius thought it was Mama who made that sketch work... it was actually Eunice and Ed (Carol Burnett and Harvey Korman) that shined IMHO
Ken was perfect for F-Troop, which is one of my favorite all time shows.
I especially enjoyed Chief Wild Eagle's nonsensical words of wisdom like "He who plants crop of rhubarb will lose moccasins in light of full moon".
Once Wild Eagle said "When field mouse see shadow/ Time to string beads". When asked what it meant, the Chief said "Not know. Nobody ever asked before."
Rest in Peace Ken.
I especially enjoyed Chief Wild Eagle's nonsensical words of wisdom like "He who plants crop of rhubarb will lose moccasins in light of full moon".
Once Wild Eagle said "When field mouse see shadow/ Time to string beads". When asked what it meant, the Chief said "Not know. Nobody ever asked before."
Rest in Peace Ken.
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