TV-Series "Ba-Ba Blacksheep"

[Naudet]

Has anyone a complete list of all episodes that were ever made?
If possible with episode titles?

Thx a lot.

[streakeagle]

There are websites listing that stuff. I also found a sound file with the theme song on British website.

This one is all text, but appears accurate:
http://epguides.com/BlackSheep/

[Sandman]

Maybe it's just me, but I liked BBBS a whole helluva lot more when I knew less about ACM.

Nowadays, the fight scenes are so bad, they just slow up the story (as thin as it may be).

[Smut]

Better still, anyone know where I can download a wav of that hand cranked air-raid siren they use in the opening credits? I used to have it years ago on my office machine but lost the file. Can't seem to find the download now. It would work great in AH IMHO...

-Smut

[Elfenwolf]

The STORY??? Oh please, BBBS has some beautiful planes, but the whole thing was an ego boost for that little guy, Robert Conrad. He was fresh off the success of "Wild Wild West" and played the macho man's man to the hilt, but in real life he's about 5'6 and only THINKS he's a bad ass. He was always in somebody's face, and usually it was the flunkies on the set who couldn't say anything in rebuttal after he fried and threatened them.

Seriously, Robert Conrad was an amazinhunk to work with. If you did a close-up he had to stand on a lift and get the camera angle just right so he appears taller. Also in fight scenes he never pulled any punches, so the stunt men hated him too.

I watch the show because it brings back many fond memories, but without getting into the specifics of how I know Bob Conrad you can all take it from me, the guy is a jerk.

[Sandman]

Hehe... guess Bob wasn't as enamored with the role of Boyington as he was with the character, Jesse Hawkes.

Think he reprised that role three times.

[Elfenwolf]

Yeah, I'm not a big Conrad fan, but speaking personally I can vouch that the guy is a chump and he knows I think so. If I saw him today I would kick his pretty boy posing bellybutton all over the street. The crap that amazinhunk put me through for what was the worst year of my life has earned him my hate, believe me. I hope that bastard rots in hell. Sheeesh, I have to go out for a bit or I'd write more about my relationship with Mister Big Shot Robert Conrad. LOL You got me in a foul mood now. I'll stew all night.

[GRUNHERZ]

Tell us Elfenwolf, this sounds interesting.

[Voss]

I can't say he's an amazinhunk. I met him at the height of the Blacksheep run. He was a mouthy drunk and he couldn't fight. If, that qualifies him...

There is no way he could ever compare to Boyington.

He wasn't fresh out of WWW, though. I don't think he'd done much since WWW, but that had been quite a few years.

They should have used Bronson.

[Sandman]

Originally posted by Voss
I can't say he's an amazinhunk. I met him at the height of the Blacksheep run. He was a mouthy drunk and he couldn't fight. If, that qualifies him...

There is no way he could ever compare to Boyington.

He wasn't fresh out of WWW, though. I don't think he'd done much since WWW, but that had been quite a few years.

They should have used Bronson.

That's at least one thing that Conrad has on Bronson. At least he can talk.

[streakeagle]

You know, when I watch a movie, listen to music, or watch TV, I generally focus on it rather than the reality behind who made it. If I was bitter about every amazinhunk or freak that was in the entertainment industry, I wouldn't have any entertainment. Has Robert Conrad demonstrated he is a first rate amazinhunk in public and private? Repeatedly. Have I enjoyed almost everything he has ever done in terms of acting? Generally, yes. I generally disapprove of homosexuality and especially publicly advocating it as if it is perfectly normal and acceptable. But, if I went homophobic and refused to associate with anyone or anything involving homosexuality, there wouldn't be many movies or songs I could watch or listen to and enjoy. As long as they aren't breaking the law in terms of hurting others, I could care less what entertainers do when they aren't entertaining me.

As it is, aside from being an outstanding fighter pilot and combat leader, the real Boyington was quite the amazinhunk himself. I think Robert Conrad was a good if not perfect choice for playing Boyington.

[Elfenwolf]

I was Bob Conrad's personal gaffer on BBBS...until I was wrongfully terminated after one year.

Check out "Big Bob" the next time you see him in a jump suit and you'll notice he seems to be rather large in the crotch area. Can you say padding? That's right, two pairs of socks stuffed into his underwear give him that manly look. It was one of my jobs to get the socks, and one time I got a pair of wool socks instead of cotton and Bob had a bad reaction to the wool and broke out into a rash over his entire crotch area. He was so pissed he made me stand at attention while he kicked me in the balls several times.

Once he threw a drink glass at me because it was too big and made his hand look small. I had to get five stitches in my forehead from that little tantrum. We had to use scaled-down EVERYTHING on that show to make up for Bob's small stature- pencils, books, jeeps, .50 cals...even the F4s are 3/4 size.

He made me follow him around the set with a wooden box he used to stand on to fondle all the female extras who worked on the show. They were all disgusted by him, but it was written into their contracts that Bob could fondle them whenever he wanted.  I would stand and wait until he was done and stepped off the box, then I would pick it up and follow him to the next poor girl.

Bob slapped me once for bringing him coffee without enough brandy in it. He was usually obnoxious by eight AM, drunk by 10:30 and passed out by noon. We'd take a three hour break while Bob slept it off and resume shooting in the late afternoon. We tried to schedule all his action shots between eight and ten while he was in his obnoxious stage. All the more sedate and serious scenes were filmed after he woke up from his "power nap." We avoided all airplane scenes between eleven to noon because it was so hard on us to lift him in and out of the F-4 when he was drunk.

Do you remember that late 1970s show "Battle Of The Network Stars" where they had tug of wars and races and crap like that? Remember when Bob challanged Gabe Kaplan to a race of about 110 yards to settle a relay race dispute, and Gabe Kaplan smoked him by 15 yards? Man, Bob went freaky after that humiliation. If anybody even mentioned it he'd sunday punch them. He got even bigger lifts for his shoes and a bigger box to stand on.  He began stuffing an extra pair of socks in his shorts and his girl fondling and drinking increased to new heights.

In spite of his verbal and physical abuse I stuck it out for a year until Bob saw a candid picture of me standing next to him on the set, holding his wooden box. Bob stared silently at the picture for a long moment, then he asked me to put his box down. I did, Bob stepped on it so as to be eye level with me, and he slapped me. "Get out!" he screamed. "You're fired! You're too damn tall!" Then he yelled at Security to throw me off the set.

So I was wrongfuly terminated from my job for being too tall. I could have sued but that would have ruined any future employment opportunities for me in Hollywood so I kept my mouth shut.

[Voss]

Well, if being an amazinhunk qualifies him, there were a LOT of better choices.

Boyington's real parents were divorced before he got to know his real father. He was convinced his step-father was his real dad, until after he was married, a father, living in Tacoma, WA., and enlisting in the Marine Corps. Knowing your father would disqualify you from M.C. service in those days, but I think Boyington had the added advantage of being part Indian (disqualifying him from other services, perhaps). Certainly, Boyington could not have made his way into the USAAF (boy, would they be sorry).

At that point he was an impromptu wrestler, but the Marines taught him to fight. From that day forward he was a real bastard. No, Conrad can't compare, but really; what actor could?

Boyington clearly lied about his AVG history, but not significantly. Comparing his total kills, though, should be open to interpretation and suspiscion.When the AVG was absorbed by the USAAF Boyington was given a dishonorable discharge by Chenault.

I still haven't worked through the B.S. to figure out precisely how he got back into action, but he certainly did not fly his P-40 (as depicted in the series). Joe Smoak (Col. Lard) was certainly a lot tougher than Boyington, so you can't really buy the series depiction of him, either.

Boyington wasn't a great orator, though a braggart. I think Bronson would have portrayed him well. Besides, they more alike than Conrad ever could.

[Otto]

Except for the 'Hawgs' this is the dumbest WWII series ever make.  Wait, I forgot Hogan's Heros....

[capt. apathy]

watch your mouth otto, i loved that show.

shultz was smarter than anyone knew  "I see nothing" that kinda attitude will take you far in life