Boyington's B*st*rds Podcast

It's just a title, we aren't going anywhere.... Another decent season 2 episode.   That changes shortly, as season 2 gets weird in two episodes. Wait, was that Battle of the Network Stars? Either way Conrad got to take his shirt off... Some nice misdirection to the audience. 'It tastes like wax'. There's a reason for that Pappy. Micklin and Dutch are pretty funny.  Andy Micklin is always...

Just substituting names is the lowest level of clever title. TIM MATHESON! Boy the wolf thing got really old, really fast. Interservice rivalry was a thing, still is. Remember these guys are mostly just draftees. Steve found a nice recording for this week. Jon will not be Fonzieing™ this podcast. I wonder why they are invading the Thousand Islands.  Maybe they needed salad dressing. Micklin i...

This title works on many levels. P51! This one is pretty much the poster child for 'don't lean your history from a tv show'.   As much as Steve and I love the P51 Mustang, Yamamoto was shot down by P38s. I can see some real MASH connections this week, like two different episodes too! I don't think Yamamoto was called the Hawk.   Andre Dawson was, however, the hawk. Hal Holbrook, in a rob...

Jon isn't officially on this one, so the 200 lb gorilla does not refer to him, but to Red West. Ahh yes, the old 'enlisted man who does not want to be an officer' trope.  It's hard not to love though, the idea of Andy as an officer is great. Directed by Dana Elcar. I'm kind of warming to Lard on this rewatch. We get a Red Buel reference.  No autocomplete, not the freaking drink, stop it....

This is literally the worst title I have ever come up with over all of the podcasts I have ever done.  I am ever so proud. SEASON 2!. John Laroquette is really good in this one. A bit heavy on the Orientalism this week. Oh now it is officially called the Black Sheep Squadron. Yup, we're back with more European theatre bombing runs passed off as Pacific, more useless brawls and more, let's fac...

It's between seasons. It's the Christmas season. We're doing a Christmas show, if you don't like it, well, first off, bah humbug, secondly, what did you pay for the podcast? Steve, Jon and I welcome some guests this episode: Those guests are, in no particular order:  Anthony Marco from Best Episode Ever . Jeff Andrews from the 70s TV Detectives . Chris Cooling from the Forgotten TV podcast ....

It's between seasons 4 and 5 of Rockford. It's between seasons 1 and 2 of Baa Baa Black Sheep. That means it's 1978! We decided to invite a couple of our friends on to tap about 1978 in tv, including  Best Episode Ever 's Anthony Marco and the  70s Detectives'  Jeff Andrews. Boy NBC sucked then. Lots of stuff sucked then. Jon reminds us that WKRP did start then! Habs won the cup, so...

Hey, we finished season 1!  So here are our thoughts. Here are the best episodes. Here are the worst episodes. Here are the best guest stars. We might even get Jon's thoughts!  (Those thoughts essentially tuned out as 'I dunno, planes are cool'). Look, I write these things before we start, and usually I have notes, but we're just going to talk about season 1 ok. I'll miss Hutch. The show...

Mundane title, but I'll take it. Season finale! The director, Phillip DeGuerre, took some neat chances this week. Micklin is taking over from Hutch. Steve and I talk a bit about the idea of 'knights of the air'. What's with captain sgt. Bilko? Efficiency experts are now called industrial organizational psychologists. I love Hirachi throwing 'rice ball' back at Pappy. TJ reads Japanese as well as h...

It's a play on the title of the episode as usual, not some retirement announcement... This might be, at least to me, the best episode of the series.  It is certainly the best episode of season 1. To quote Steve 'once you get Red West, the character of Hutch is unnecessary,  Joey Aresco is gone.' Muted Micklin is a bit different, I liked it. Indeed, Red West showed a side of his acting I...

Is this a good title?  Look, I've had worse. Oh yeah, welcome Dan, of Six Million Dollar Man fame.   (Also, don't tell anyone, but Dan is kinda sorta famous ). The WASPS were real , they were amazing, and they were brave.  They were finally recognized as veterans in 1977.  Thirty seven WASPS died in the line of duty. They were not military pilots, so their commander in the epis...

I like this title. Nice performances by guest stars this week, especially Soon-Tek Oh.  We're both big fans. OH look, an episode with a crash an a nun, I think Dan and I have covered an episode like this. 'I am not French, I'm Swiss'.  So was my grandfather, he fought Nazis and Japanese fascists, just saying... Sorrel Booke is another great guest star this week. Nice use of footage from...

It's that time of the month again.  Wait, that sounds bad... Lots of use of stock footage this week, much of it over Europe. The B17 was not that big a deal in the Pacific theatre. Inter service rivalry is a thing. So general Moore just leaves.... Col Lard working together with Pappy, as much as he can, is a nice twist. There's still this sense that everything can be cured with a fistfight, t...

Easy title this time.   Oh, it's a reference to the title of the episode, don't worry, we aren't going anywhere. It's directed by Jackie Cooper, and Mills Watson is guest starring, it's going to be good. Many 70s character actors in this one. This one says some stuff about PTSD and propaganda which I think is pretty great.  Indeed, the back half of season 1 had quite a few serious plots....

New contender for worst title ever! This one is fun because the actors are given the opportunity to, you know, act. Jeff MacKay was really good in this episode.  Indeed, as noted this one was full of very strong performances. It's a Jackie Cooper directed outing, so it will be good. The importance of war propaganda cannot be overstated. The hair still bugs me. This is one of the best episodes...

That may sound, umm, odd, but it only refers to the title of the episode! RED WEST! We also get Tommy Hirachi, Pappy's nemesis in the show (not so much in real life). Some real exploration of Gutterman's PTSD. Ginty's best work of the series so far. Wait, you can't solve everything with a punch? OK, well you can solve some things. I am warming up to Col. Lard. This is a crossover episode with WKRP...

Once I committed to this naming convention for part 1, part 2's title was a gimme. I think that Robert Conrad really showed some range here. I don't want to, however, hear his kissing noises. Rabaul was certainly an important base for the Japanese. It was eventually just bypassed. The use of Tora Tora Tora footage was really good in this one. What's the deal with Bobby Boyle's hair? I love Gutterm...

It's a two parter, so next time it will be how Steve is my deadliest enemy. The New Britain campaign and strikes on Bougainville were a thing. Oh yeah, here is a link to the documentary about the 214 Steve talked about. Fighter sweeps were too. So we have some actual historical accuracy here! Nurses are great, if you are an officer. Also, why are the nurses in civilian nursing uniforms? James Whit...

Long trip for this title.  I apologize in advance. Wait, what did you pay for the podcast? Nothing.  I retract my apology. JAMES DARREN!  I love Jimmy Darren.  I loved him in the Time Tunnel, I loved him in DS9, and he plays 'movie star' really well.  Of course Jimmy died on Sept 3.  If you get a chance, check out the interview with him on the Shuttlepod podcast. &nbs...

Easy title this month. This one is about bullying, and hit home for both of us (you'd never guess the two of us would be bullied, no, kids love weird kids who read a lot...) I like that it focusses a lot on Larry. I like that it focusses a lot on Jerry. Look, I like these guys. Wartime romances were a real thing.  They were often intense, and often a bad idea.  A lot of guys came home to...

No this isn't about Pappy or French or Lard or even WW2. It's not even about Hirachi or Micklin. I did talk about Baa Baa Black Sheep in the podcast though! This is from a new podcast I'm doing with my brother Dan!  It's called 'We Have the Technology' and it's about the classic 70s show the Six Million Dollar Man. Every month or so Dan and I will talk about a couple of episodes. You know, li...

Better title this month I think. Hey this one has not one, but two made up islands! The 'well if we could just get a mission we won't get court martialled' trope continues.  (Also, is it martialled or martialed?). OK, turns out it must be the double l one right? This one was broadcast on December 7, 1976.  You may not know this, but, a pretty big thing happened on  December 7, 1941,...

This one has some great 70s guest stars. The New Georgia campaign actually happened! Pappy and the Black Sheep don't seem to get that in wartime the whole thing doesn't revolve around you. The lack of military discipline in the show can usually be overlooked, but Steve and I are pretty sure enlisted men don't talk to officers like they do in this episode. Coastwatchers were a real thing, JFK knew...

I wonder if this episode title would be used today. We get Pappy drinking aftershave in this one! Come to think of it, I shouldn't have used an exclamation point there, like, am I excited about alcohol use disorder? Classic military movie trope of volunteers only in this one. Classic military movie trop of drawing lots. Whitmore Jr is really good in this one as usual. The USS Princeton was a real...

Obligatory title comment, this one is not one of my better ones. Hey this one has a date! Douglas MacArthur was really good at being MacArthur. George Takei! This one is stupid fun. Nobody would have been that calm, on either side. There's a magic B25 in this episode that changes livery. There's stock footage from Tora Tora Tora in this one, and there's of course a Tor Tora Tora connection in this...