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Title: McHale's Navy - Season Two
Format: DVD
Condition: New
Number Of Discs: 5
Release Date: 01/09/2020
Actors: Ernest Borgnine, Tim Conway, Joe Flynn, Gavin MacLeod
Audio Language: Unqualified
Runtime: 15 hours and 30 minutes
Region Code: DVD: 1 (US, Canada...)
Studio: Universal
Certificate: MPAA Not Rated
Description: Still stationed on their naval base on the tiny island Taratupa during World War II, Lt. Cdr. Quinton McHale (Ernest Borgnine), Ensign Parker (Tim Conway) and the rest of the scheming crew of PT-73 are back with 36 hilarious adventures from the Pacific! The Skipper and his swabbies are on a permanent quest for wine, women and profit, in between war maneuvers. Battles with the Japanese could never measure up to the ongoing conflict between McHale and his commanding officer, Captain Binghamton (Joe Flynn). Whether Binghamton is plotting to get McHale and his crew tossed out of the Navy, or the boys are plotting for more fun and games, the real war on Taratupa is between the brass and the crew. The weapons in this arsenal are crosses, double-crosses and non-stop hilarity. The boys never surrender their right to have fun. From 1962 through 1966, McHale's Navy was a staple of ABC television. By its second year on the air, the now-familiar crew were firmly ingrained in the American culture as a gang of fun-loving guys, constantly at odds with authority.Bonus Content:
- Ernest Borgnine and Tim Conway Remember: The Two Icons Reflect on Their Roles and Experiences in the TV Series, Includinga Look Back at the Real-Life Military Careers that Inspired the Characters of Lt. Cdr. Quinton McHale and Ensign Charles Parker! The ever-popular Ernest Borgnine, one of the all-time great "regular guy" stars, anchored McHale's Navy, a cheerful, rambunctious '60s sitcom set in the South Pacific during World War II. By its second season, the show had perfected its formula (a formula already lifted wholesale from The Phil Silvers Show): Lt. Commander McHale (Borgnine) and the scrappy crew of his PT boat (including Tim Conway, later of The Carol Burnett Show, as bumbling Ensign Parker and Gavin MacLeod, later to helm The Love Boat, as seaman "Happy" Haines) scheme, swindle, and romance their way through the war, avoiding the enemy whenever possible, and making life miserable for their petty, tyrannical commanding officer, Capt. Binghamton (Joe Flynn, later to appear in numerous Disney live-action movies like The Love Bug and The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes). Though some episodes reflected real world issues of the 1960s (for example, Ensign Parker feels less of a man when a pretty nurse turns out to be better than him at pretty much everything), by and large the show existed in a bubble of slapstick and classic vaudeville schtick--and the show's fans wouldn't want it any other way. Despite the backdrop of WWII, McHale's Navy aimed young. McHale and his crew are basically a gang of rascally kids getting away with pranks and defying the adult authority figures around them. Though the guys routinely pursue nurses, their "dates" amount to little more than stolen kisses and light petting--compared to the leering Hogan's Heroes, McHale's Navy is strangely prepubescent. Of course, this innocence is much of the show's charm, and makes the occasional Asian and Pacific Islander stereotypes a little easier to take (though it's worth noting that the Japanese characters on the show were always played by Japanese actors, something not common at the time). In addition to the original 36 episodes aired in 1963-64, McHale's Navy: Season Two features brief interviews with Borgnine and Conway (regrettably, Flynn died in 1974). The fairly bland Borgnine interview has at least one good anecdote, but the Conway interview is charming throughout. --Bret Fetzer

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