- Joined
- Apr 8, 2018
- Location
- Coffeeville, TX
I was first exposed to this, shall we say interesting, show years ago when in school, by a friend and mentor on CW reenacting. I recall when he got a DVD set of it, he was so excited because he hadn't seen the show since he was a little kid. He had been excited, but when re-watching it for the first time in decades, and as an older man who had dedicated decades to CW research, he was a appalled. Mosby with a pair of revolvers in flap holsters, the obvious California surroundings, the funky style of saluting and the outright made up stories were a shock to him. For me, I found the show to be a typical example of a 1950's TV show. A decade has gone by since my first exposure to it, and a couple of years ago I found a DVD set of all known episodes and grabbed it up. Mainly because it being an old show, its a relic of the past itself.
So here in this thread I'm curious what everyone else to say about it, things they like, and the laughable things in the show that are bad.
For me, seeing Sgt. Schultz, (excuse me, John Banner) as Heros Von Borke with a serious attitude, but a habit of screwing up they're big attack, along with the episode they try to replicate Mosby's raid on Fairfax Courthouse to be interesting.
As for the bad, to numerous to mention, but memorable moments would be, Union infantry marching about on picket duty with sabers, Mosby and his men wearing blue cloaks with blue kepis when "in disguise" and their gray still showing (cracks me up every time), along with numerous other quirks of the show.
Of course the show is incredibly inaccurate, and as my old friend and mentor said, hokey. I'm curious, what are y'all's thoughts?
So here in this thread I'm curious what everyone else to say about it, things they like, and the laughable things in the show that are bad.
For me, seeing Sgt. Schultz, (excuse me, John Banner) as Heros Von Borke with a serious attitude, but a habit of screwing up they're big attack, along with the episode they try to replicate Mosby's raid on Fairfax Courthouse to be interesting.
As for the bad, to numerous to mention, but memorable moments would be, Union infantry marching about on picket duty with sabers, Mosby and his men wearing blue cloaks with blue kepis when "in disguise" and their gray still showing (cracks me up every time), along with numerous other quirks of the show.
Of course the show is incredibly inaccurate, and as my old friend and mentor said, hokey. I'm curious, what are y'all's thoughts?