Boyington"s B*st*rds Podcast

Bad title.Wait, Kent McCord and James Hong!You don't send out active SONAR pings like that.Also, why did Dobson speak Japanese when the Col speaks English?There are some really great flight scenes in this one.I wonder if any of the planes are still around.Why would they be doing recon over an island they figure has nothing on it?Some real Manchurian Candidate vibes in this one.mp3 download

Nice title Dave, why thank you Dave.This is one of the most highly rated by fans, according to IMDB anyway.There is a strong 'war, what is it good for' vibe in this episode.Gutterman is about to snap, even more than usual.Ping pong/table tennis is not Japanese, though what would he be good at, baseabll?Hutch shows us the NCO vs officer tension that exists in most militaries.Wow, the Japanese are about to attack Mexico!TASK FORCE!We both like this one a lot, inaccuracies and all.Pappy Boyington

Obligatory bad title comment.This one is pretty dark. We think of Baa Baa Black Sheep as a sort of swashbuckling 'isn't war fun' kind of show. And yes dear listener, it often is. But hidden in that brew of bullshit is often some great commentary on war. This episode is like that. Poor Doug has no life outside of being an Admiral's son, or being a jinx.This one also talks about privilege and superstition, two things Pappy would have none of. He didn't care who you were, as long as you could fly, but

Jesus that's another awful title.This is all about redemption. Both Gutterman's and Hooper's.This one is the classic 'guy gets shot down over enemy territory and has to figure a way out'. This has been seen in so many shows and movies. Be it, Star, both Wars and Trek, be it 12 O'Clock High, be it Combat! be it Piece of Cake, Wings (the 1977 one look it up) hell, I think there's a Hogan's Heroes like this! Still, a good one.Rene Auberjonois is in this one and he's very good. There are a couple of

I'm sticking to the episode naming convention I have developed and there is nothing you can do to stop me.Charles Napier is always fun. He just chews scenes, and I love it.I always wonder about two guys just playing straight poker with each other. Why not just flip a coin?I would never get Jim Gutterman mad, I'd be afraid he'd snap. Whitmore did an excellent job with this character.Bar fights that men bond over. It's a war movie trope.Greg and Red both sucker punch each other in this episode.In a

My clever title game is weak this week.Hey, it's part 2 of the pilot!One thing about the show, while Pappy is the hero, he's not sugarcoated, he's a drunk and, as he would say 'a bum'.Guy could fly though. He actually did down five Japanese planes in one engagement, which is nuts.I wish they'd use real place names, but as Steve reminds me often, Cannel was in the entertainment business.There is some really good use of stock footage from the war in this episode.I love the Corsair. That is just true,

VMAF 214 Patch todayYes yes, you knew it was coming.We've dropped enough hints.Hell, on the retro TV podcast I am a part of I covered this show on my third episode.Anyway yes, it's the Black Sheep Squadron/Baa Baa Black Sheep, the story of famed US Marine fighter squadron, the Black Sheep, and their first commander, Major Greg, 'Pappy' Boyington. Originally they were to be called 'Boyington's Bastards', which obviously is where we got the name for our little show.Oh and by the way, if this is in