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Baa Baa Black Sheep (renamed Black Sheep Squadron for the second season) is an American television series that aired on NBC from September 23, 1976, until April 6, 1978. It was part period military drama, part comedy. In the final seven episodes, the character list was revamped, dropping some squadron pilots, adding a 16-year-old pilot and four ...
Baa Baa Black Sheep (renamed for Season 2 as Black Sheep Squadron and later syndicated under that title) is a television series that premiered on September 21, 1976, with a lead-in movie ("Flying Misfits") and ran from September 23, 1976, to April 6, 1978. The series consisted of 2 seasons, a 23-episode Season 1, and a 13-episode Season 2, for ...
In September 1943, he became commanding officer of Marine Fighter Squadron 214 (VMF-214), better known by its nickname, the "Black Sheep Squadron". [ 1 ] Boyington received the nickname "Gramps", because at age 31, he was a decade older than most of the Marines serving under him.
He also portrayed private investigator Tom Lopaka in Hawaiian Eye (1959–1963) and World War II ace Pappy Boyington in Baa Baa Black Sheep (1976–1978) (later syndicated as Black Sheep Squadron). In addition to acting, he was a singer and recorded several pop/rock songs in the late 1950s and early 1960s as Bob Conrad.
The name Black Sheep Squadron was used for the Marine Attack Squadron 214 of the United States Marine Corps from 1942 and the title Baa Baa Black Sheep was used for a book by its leader Colonel Gregory "Pappy" Boyington and for a TV series (later syndicated as Black Sheep Squadron) that aired on NBC from 1976 until 1978. [14]
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John Bernard Larroquette [1] (/ ˌ l ær ə ˈ k ɛ t /; born November 25, 1947) is an American actor.He is known for his starring roles in the NBC military drama series Baa Baa Black Sheep (1976–1978), the NBC sitcom Night Court (1984–1992; 2023–present) for which he received four consecutive Primetime Emmy Awards wins for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series during the ...
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