F Troop
F Troop is a satirical American television sitcom that originally aired for two seasons on ABC-TV. It debuted in the United States on September 14, 1965 and concluded its run on April 6, 1967 with a total of 65 episodes. The first season of 34 episodes was filmed in black-and-white, but the show switched to color for its second season.
Seasons
1. Scourge of the West
Air Date: 1965-09-14
Private Wilton Parmenter gets promoted after leading a charge against the Confederates and receives an assignment as Fort Courage's new commanding officer.
2. Don't Look Now, One of Our Cannon Is Missing
Air Date: 1965-09-21
O'Rourke plots to retrieve the cannon he loaned to the Hekawis for use in a festival.
3. The Phantom Major
Air Date: 1965-09-28
A British Major shows the men the advantages of using camouflage to fight Indians.
4. Corporal Agarn's Farewell to the Troops
Air Date: 1965-10-05
Agarn believes he is dying after his medical report is mixed up with that of his horse.
5. The Return of Bald Eagle
Air Date: 1965-10-12
A renegade Indian tries to go straight but finds he can't.
6. Dirge for the Scourge
Air Date: 1965-10-19
Sam Urp, scourge of the west, comes to Fort Courage for a showdown with Parmenter, the Scourge of the West.
7. The Girl From Philadelphia
Air Date: 1965-10-26
Wilton's old girlfriend comes to vie for his affection and to persuade him to return to the East.
8. Old Iron Pants
Air Date: 1965-11-02
O'Rourke Enterprise's tries mail order brides while Parmenter is away at command school.
9. Me Heap Big Injun
Air Date: 1965-11-09
Agarn leaves the troop to become an Indian, and turns out to be a better Indian than the entire Hekawi tribe.
10. She's Only a Build in a Girdled Cage
Air Date: 1965-11-16
Dobbs' mother is coming but everyone thinks it is Laura Lee, a dance hall singer to entertain the men.
11. A Gift From the Chief
Air Date: 1965-11-23
Parmenter accidentally saves Wild Eagle's life, and receives a baby as a reward.
12. Honest Injun
Air Date: 1965-11-30
A con man muscles his way into O'Rourke Enterprises by selling worthless land as potential gold mines.
13. O'Rourke vs. O'Reilly
Air Date: 1965-12-07
A beautiful woman almost drives O'Rourke Enterprises out of business when she opens a saloon across the street.
14. The 86 Proof Spring
Air Date: 1965-12-14
Parmenter searches for the Hekawis' whiskey supply, unaware that it is hidden at Fort Courage.
15. Here Comes the Tribe
Air Date: 1965-12-21
The Chief's daughter is kidnapped by a brave from another tribe looking for a wife, and the troop comes to the rescue.
16. Iron Horse Go Home
Air Date: 1965-12-28
The Hekawis sell their land to the railroad and move into Fort Courage.
17. Our Hero, What's His Name?
Air Date: 1966-01-04
Agarn boasts to a girl he's trying to impress that he killed Geronimo, so Geronimo comes after Agarn.
18. Wrongo Starr and the Lady in Black
Air Date: 1966-01-11
A famous jinx comes to town and meets a widow whose four husbands have all died mysteriously.
19. El Diablo
Air Date: 1966-01-18
Agarn's look-a-like Mexican bandit cousin comes to town, and the Corporal must capture him to clear his name.
20. Go For Broke
Air Date: 1966-01-25
Jane's cousin, an inventor, helps Parmenter win a poker game to replace the pension funds lost by O'Rourke.
21. The New I.G.
Air Date: 1966-02-08
The new Inspector General plots to wipe out the Hekawis with a rifle he has invented.
22. Spy, Counterspy, Counter Counterspy
Air Date: 1966-02-15
Agarn is chosen to test a bullet proof vest, but it is stolen when Fort Courage in infiltrated by spies.
23. The Courtship of Wrangler Jane
Air Date: 1966-02-22
O'Rourke, figuring his operations will be more profitable with Wilton away, plays cupid for Wilton and Jane.
24. Play, Gypsy, Play
Air Date: 1966-03-01
Gypsies come and invade Fort Courage.
25. Reunion for O'Rourke
Air Date: 1966-03-08
Agarn arranges a celebration of O'Rourke's 25 years of service in the Army.
26. Captain Parmenter, One Man Army
Air Date: 1966-03-15
The men learn that they are not legally enlisted so they leave and Wilton is forced to man the fort alone.
27. Don't Ever Speak to Me Again
Air Date: 1966-03-22
Just before the troop is to be cited for high morale, a fight breaks out.
28. Too Many Cooks Spoil the Troop
Air Date: 1966-03-29
O'Rourke adds things to the cook's food list in order to pad his pockets.
29. Indian Fever
Air Date: 1966-04-05
Agarn thinks he is crazy when he is the only one to see an Indian.
30. Johnny Eagle Eye
Air Date: 1966-04-12
O'Rourke expects to make money on a young Indian scout in the cavalry sharpshooting contest.
31. A Fort's Best Friend is Not a Mother
Air Date: 1966-04-19
Wilton's mother comes to visit and tries to tell him how to run the fort.
32. Lieutenant O'Rourke, Front and Center
Air Date: 1966-04-26
O'Rourke enterprises is in trouble when O'Rourke gets promoted to officer.
33. The Day the Indians Won
Air Date: 1966-05-03
The peaceable Hekawis are ordered to go on the warpath by the Council of Indian Nations.
34. Will the Real Captain Try to Stand Up?
Air Date: 1966-05-10
The town drunk poses as Captain to impress his visiting daughter.
1. The Singing Mountie
Air Date: 1966-09-08
A mountie is after the burglar of Banff, whom he believes is Agarn's look-a-like French Canadian cousin, Lucky Pierre Agarniere.
2. How to be F Troop Without Really Trying
Air Date: 1966-09-15
Everyone except Agarn is transferred, and he must train G Troop whose recruits turn out to be worse than F Troop.
3. Bye, Bye, Balloon
Air Date: 1966-09-22
A Prussian balloonist comes to the Fort to inspect prospective personnel.
4. Reach for the Sky, Pardner
Air Date: 1966-09-29
The bank wants to repossess the saloon when O'Rourke's payroll is stolen, so Agarn and O'Rourke volunteer to guard the next one.
5. The Great Troop Robbery
Air Date: 1966-10-06
A phony medicine man tries to blame his thefts on Agarn when Agarn suffers a temporary memory loss.
6. The West Goes Ghost
Air Date: 1966-10-13
O'Rourke Enterprises takes over a haunted ghost town, expecting to get rich when the railroad comes through.
7. Yellow Bird
Air Date: 1966-10-20
The daughter of a mining tycoon, kidnapped and raised by Indians, takes a liking to Wilton.
8. The Ballot of Corporal Agarn
Air Date: 1966-10-27
Agarn is to cast the deciding absentee vote in a hometown election.
9. Did Your Father Come from Ireland?
Air Date: 1966-11-03
O'Rourke's visiting father turns the town into Little Ireland while the Sergeant is on vacation.
10. For Whom the Bugle Tolls
Air Date: 1966-11-10
O'Rourke needs to distract a visiting colonel who enjoys bugle calls, but the trouble is that Dobbs is the army's worst bugler.
11. Miss Parmenter
Air Date: 1966-11-17
Wilton's husband-hunting sister goes after Dobbs, and also assists in Wild Eagle's appendectomy.
12. La Dolce Courage
Air Date: 1966-11-24
An Italian suitor challenges Agarn when Agarn goes after his beloved.
13. Wilton the Kid
Air Date: 1966-12-01
Capt. Parmenter's evil twin Kid Vicious has been robbing banks.
14. The Return of Wrongo Starr
Air Date: 1966-12-08
Wrongo gets mixed up with a goat and some dynamite when Parmenter assigns him as a guard.
15. Survival of the Fittest
Air Date: 1966-12-15
Parmenter and Agarn go on a wilderness survival test with only a knife, a canteen, and the new Army survival manual.
16. Bring on the Dancing Girls
Air Date: 1966-12-22
O'Rourke tries to get even with a blackmailer who took over the saloon.
17. The Loco Brothers
Air Date: 1966-12-29
Two renegade Indians trap Parmenter and hold him hostage, but just want some company.
18. From Karate with Love
Air Date: 1967-01-05
A samurai is looking for a Japanese girl.
19. The Sergeant and the Kid
Air Date: 1967-01-12
O'Rourke must talk a runaway 10-year-old boy out of joining the cavalry.
20. What Are You Doing after the Massacre?
Air Date: 1967-01-19
A 147-year-old Indian comes back to take over all of America, and begins by trying to starve the troop into surrender.
21. A Horse of Another Color
Air Date: 1967-01-26
Wilton wants to capture a wild stallion to impress Wrangler Jane, but O'Rourke wants to sell it to the circus..
22. V is for Vampire
Air Date: 1967-02-02
A Transylvanian Count that everyone thinks is a vampire is believed responsible for the disappearance of Wrangler Jane.
23. That's Show Biz
Air Date: 1967-02-09
Agarn leaves to manage a rock group called the Bedbugs, which is somewhat ahead of its time.
24. The Day They Shot Agarn
Air Date: 1967-02-16
Agarn faces a firing squad after everyone believes he killed Sgt. O'Rourke.
25. Only One Russian is Coming! Only One Russian is Coming!
Air Date: 1967-02-23
Agarn's look-a-like Russian Cossack cousin, Dmitri Agarnoff, comes to town and falls for Wrangler Jane, making Wilton jealous.
26. Guns, Guns, Who's Got the Guns?
Air Date: 1967-03-02
Parmenter goes undercover to find out who is selling guns to the Apaches after a colonel lets him know that someone in F Troop is a traitor.
27. Marriage, Fort Courage Style
Air Date: 1967-03-09
Their dreams of what could happen make Agarn and O'Rourke anxious to rescue Parmenter from a marriage broker.
28. Carpetbagging, Anyone?
Air Date: 1967-03-16
F Troop faces eviction when a rich carpetbagger comes to town, so they stage an Indian raid to prove they're still needed.
29. The Majority of Wilton
Air Date: 1967-03-23
When Parmenter catches a cold the day before his examination for promotion to major, his friends rush to his bedside with their homespun remedies.
30. Our Brave in F Troop
Air Date: 1967-03-30
Wild Eagle has a toothache, so O'Rourke sneaks him into the Fort to see a visiting dentist, where he has to pretend to be a member of the troop when he attracts the attention of a visiting general.
31. Is This Fort Really Necessary?
Air Date: 1967-04-06
An efficiency expert comes to Fort Courage, with the authority to close it down.
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Rating
6.1/10
Release Date
1965-09-14
Episodes
65 (2 seasons)
Status
Ended
Cast
Production Companies
Warner Bros. Television