The end of the Civ-il War was near when quite ac-ci-den-tal-ly
A he-ro who sneezed ab-rupt-ly seized retreat and re-versed it to vic-to-ry
His med-al of hon-or pleased and thrilled his proud lit-tle fam 'ly group
While pin-ning it on some blood was spilled and so it was planned he'd com-mand
F Troop!
Where In-di-an fights are col-or-ful sights and no-bo-dy takes a lickin'
When pale - face and red - skin both turn chick - en
When dril-ling and fight-ing get them down they know their mo-rale can't droop
As long as they all re-lax in town, before they re-sume with a bang and a boom
F Troop!
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I have fond memories of "F Troop." Any sitcom that hires the wonderfully loopy Edward Everett Horton (Roaring Chicken) gets my vote. As for Larry Storch (Corporal Agarn) he's had a very long and colorful career starting way back in vaudeville and continuing into radio, movies, television, voice-overs and stage work (including a touring musical version of Some Liek It Hot in 2003 with lifelong buddy Tony Curtis.) He's also one of the zillion stand-up comics on "The Aristocrats." Storch is 83, and Warner has just released the DVD of "F Troop." One trivia bit: Storch is credited by the late Cary Grant as having been the real originator of the "Judy Judy Judy" shtick used by most people who do a Cary Grant impression. According to Grant, Storch was playing a nightclub gig and was in the middle of a Grant impression when Judy Garland showed up as a patron, and Storch greeted her in character.
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