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
Admiral Hardesy has a shipment of real eggs sent to Taratupa for the Easter Holidays. It will be up to Binghamton to protect the eggs until the Admiral can make the trip to the base for the pick-up. In the meantime, the crew of the 73 steal the Admiral’s eggs to make some moonshine eggnog for a profit. While searching McHale’s island for the stolen eggs, Binghamton, Carpenter, and the Admiral are captured by Japanese soldiers, drunk on the egg nog. But they’re soon rescued by Parker dressed as the Easter Bunny on his way to an Easter egg hunt, supervised by McHale and the guys, for some native school children. Rollin Moriyama and Mako appear as the Japanese.
McHale’s Navy Series
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Production & Filming Details
- Release Date: 23 March 1965.
- Rating: TV-PG/TV-G.
- Running Time: 60 minutes.
- Country: US.
- Language: English.
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