McHale’s Navy (1962): SO1E03 – McHale and His Seven Cupids

Introduction McHale’s Navy is an American sitcom starring Ernest Borgnine that aired 138 half-hour episodes over four seasons, from 11 October 1962 to 12 April 1966 on the ABC television network. The series was filmed in black and white and originated from a one-hour drama titled “Seven Against the Sea”, broadcast on 03 April 1962.…

Andrew Marshall

19/02/2022

1–2 minutes

Comedy, Military TV Series, US Navy, World War Two

Introduction

McHale’s Navy is an American sitcom starring Ernest Borgnine that aired 138 half-hour episodes over four seasons, from 11 October 1962 to 12 April 1966 on the ABC television network.

The series was filmed in black and white and originated from a one-hour drama titled “Seven Against the Sea”, broadcast on 03 April 1962. The ABC series spawned three feature films: McHale’s Navy (1964); a sequel, McHale’s Navy Joins the Air Force (1965); and a 1997 sequel-remake of the original series. A documentary, McHale’s Navy: The Crew Remembers, was aired in 2007.

Producer Edward Montagne set up a female version of McHale’s Navy entitled Broadside, which ran for 32 episodes in the 1964-1965 ABC season.

Background

McHale and the boys go all out to try to help Parker win the attention of Lieutenant Casey Brown (Betsy Jones-Moreland), a very attractive nurse he is infatuated with. McHale even plots a scheme where they try to make Parker have the symptoms of ‘battle fatigue’ so that he can be close to the nurse. Parker starts to believe that McHale is actually in love with Casey. Then he finds out Casey is already married.

Note: Joe Flynn (Captain Binghamton) and Bob Hastings (Carpenter) do not appear in this episode, despite both being credited.

McHale’s Navy Series

You can find a full index and overview of McHale’s Navy here.

Production & Filming Details

Release Date: 25 October 1962.
Rating: TV-PG/TV-G.
Running Time: 60 minutes.
Country: US.
Language: English.