# Larry Storch (F-Troop) has died at 99 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** celebrity-death\ **Created:** [July 9, 2022, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-storch-f-troop-has-died-at-99/967661 "2022-07-09T12:02:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-storch-f-troop-has-died-at-99/967661/21 "2022-07-09T16:21:54Z")
It is interesting how much better The Mary Tyler Moore Show was; that started just 3 years later. That Girl was a big step up from The Donna Reed Show, Hazel, Lucy, or Jeannie but Mary Tyler Moore Show was a huge step up from That Girl. Much about That Girl didn’t hold up to logic, but it was a 60s sitcom. Most didn’t hold up to logic or were boring Pleasantville shows. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-storch-f-troop-has-died-at-99/967661/22 "2022-07-09T16:28:24Z")
OT but when the internet came along for the benefit of us obscurantists, it was curious to learn that Lew Parker only had 14 [imdb.com](http://imdb.com) listings and only 10 on [ibdb.com](http://ibdb.com), and no other occupations listed elsewhere. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-storch-f-troop-has-died-at-99/967661/23 "2022-07-09T16:29:58Z")
Lew Parker was a stage actor. Hired off of Broadway for the show. * * * If you remember the fairly famous episode with Ethel Merman, Lew Parker was apparently friends with her since the 30s when they were both starting out on Broadway. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-storch-f-troop-has-died-at-99/967661/24 "2022-07-09T16:33:53Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > It is interesting how much better The Mary Tyler Moore Show was; that started just 3 years later. > > That Girl was a big step up from The Donna Reed Show, Hazel, Lucy, or Jeannie but Mary Tyler Moore Show was a huge step up from That Girl. It certainly was, insofar as Mary Richards left home behind her and really worked for a living. To my mind, though, she spent way too much time dating losers and wondering if she was ever going to meet Mr Right. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-storch-f-troop-has-died-at-99/967661/25 "2022-07-09T16:37:15Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > If you remember the fairly famous episode with Ethel Merman, Lew Parker was apparently friends with her since the 30s when they were both starting out on Broadway. They made cabbage rolls together in Ann’s kitchen. That was a good episode from the start of the second season. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-storch-f-troop-has-died-at-99/967661/26 "2022-07-09T17:05:56Z")
F Troop was a damn funny show. Regardless of whatever the PC crowd may say of it, it still is. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-storch-f-troop-has-died-at-99/967661/27 "2022-07-09T17:07:56Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](#): > > Regardless of whatever the PC crowd may say of it WTF? Where did this come from? ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-storch-f-troop-has-died-at-99/967661/28 "2022-07-09T17:12:37Z")
Its portrayal of Native Americans was … somewhat less than flattering. Funny as hell, yes, but still unflattering. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-storch-f-troop-has-died-at-99/967661/29 "2022-07-09T17:15:39Z")
It portrayed the Hekawis as greedy and scheming, but they were on a completely equal footing with the whites. Who were greedy and scheming too. ---
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-storch-f-troop-has-died-at-99/967661/30 "2022-07-09T17:20:42Z")
When did you figure out what the “Hewakis” meant? ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-storch-f-troop-has-died-at-99/967661/31 "2022-07-09T17:22:43Z")
I believe the phrase you’re looking for is “on the make.” It was Sgt Bilko in the Wild West. “Hekawi” was a sanitized version of Johnny Carson’s “Fugawi,” which he was forbidden to say once the network execs caught on. 🤭 ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-storch-f-troop-has-died-at-99/967661/32 "2022-07-09T17:23:10Z")
“Where the Hekawi?” ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-storch-f-troop-has-died-at-99/967661/33 "2022-07-09T17:24:30Z")
Funnier than Sgt Bilko too. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-storch-f-troop-has-died-at-99/967661/34 "2022-07-09T17:33:32Z")
I don’t remember it portraying the Indians as any worse than the ‘palefaces’, except for using some pretty old stereotypes. I just don’t know why it was brought up in this thread. I mean it was a pretty bad show, writing and acting-wise. If I were the head of Australian programming, I would bring the following 50s and 60s sitcoms over first: The Honeymooners, I Love Lucy, The Addams Family, I Dream of Jeannie, Bewitched, Get Smart. Gilligan’s Island is about a tie, and the Munsters were maybe worse? Not sure – it has been a long time. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-storch-f-troop-has-died-at-99/967661/35 "2022-07-09T17:36:48Z")
Listening to Krazy Kat, I always thought the Hekawis were one of the lost tribes of Israel. 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-storch-f-troop-has-died-at-99/967661/36 "2022-07-09T17:38:30Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > I don’t remember it portraying the Indians as any worse than the ‘palefaces’, except for using some pretty old stereotypes. > > I just don’t know why it was brought up in this thread. > > I mean it was a pretty bad show, writing and acting-wise. If I were the head of Australian programming, I would bring the following 50s and 60s sitcoms over first: The Honeymooners, I Love Lucy, The Addams Family, I Dream of Jeannie, Bewitched, Get Smart. Gilligan’s Island is about a tie, and the Munsters were maybe worse? Not sure – it has been a long time. You left out _ **Amos ‘n’ Andy** _. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-storch-f-troop-has-died-at-99/967661/37 "2022-07-09T17:40:03Z")
See, it’s all a matter of taste. In pound for pound laughs, I think F Troop beats all those shows you listed except maybe The Honeymooners. I also like The Munsters way better than The Addams Family. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-storch-f-troop-has-died-at-99/967661/38 "2022-07-09T17:43:29Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](#): > > I also like The Munsters way better than The Addams Family. Apples and oranges, really. Two completely different styles of humor, but I loved them both when I was in fifth and sixth grades. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-storch-f-troop-has-died-at-99/967661/39 "2022-07-09T17:44:24Z")
There was a wonderful [Frontline](https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/secret/) [documentary](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0281177/) years ago about a woman’s secret background. Larry Storch played a beautiful part in her life. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-storch-f-troop-has-died-at-99/967661/40 "2022-07-09T17:46:15Z")
> [@penultima\_thule](#): > > > [@RitterSport](#): > > > > @penultima_thule, whoa. Aren’t you in Australia? Did F-Troop make it there? > > I am and it certainly did. 🙃 We gave them F-Troop, and they gave us Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (The theme song still pops into my head occasionally.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-storch-f-troop-has-died-at-99/967661.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-storch-f-troop-has-died-at-99/967661.md?page=3)