About this season
F Troop is a satirical American television sitcom that originally aired for two seasons on ABC-TV. It debuted in the United States on September 14, 1965 and concluded its run on April 6, 1967 with a total of 65 episodes. The first season of 34 episodes was filmed in black-and-white, but the show switched to color for its second season.
Episodes (31)
1. The Singing Mountie
Aired 8 September 1966 • 30 min
A mountie is after the burglar of Banff, whom he believes is Agarn's look-a-like French Canadian cousin, Lucky Pierre Agarniere.
2. How to be F Troop Without Really Trying
Aired 15 September 1966 • 30 min
Everyone except Agarn is transferred, and he must train G Troop whose recruits turn out to be worse than F Troop.
3. Bye, Bye, Balloon
Aired 22 September 1966 • 30 min
A Prussian balloonist comes to the Fort to inspect prospective personnel.
4. Reach for the Sky, Pardner
Aired 29 September 1966 • 30 min
The bank wants to repossess the saloon when O'Rourke's payroll is stolen, so Agarn and O'Rourke volunteer to guard the next one.
5. The Great Troop Robbery
Aired 6 October 1966 • 30 min
A phony medicine man tries to blame his thefts on Agarn when Agarn suffers a temporary memory loss.
6. The West Goes Ghost
Aired 13 October 1966 • 30 min
O'Rourke Enterprises takes over a haunted ghost town, expecting to get rich when the railroad comes through.
7. Yellow Bird
Aired 20 October 1966 • 30 min
The daughter of a mining tycoon, kidnapped and raised by Indians, takes a liking to Wilton.
8. The Ballot of Corporal Agarn
Aired 27 October 1966 • 30 min
Agarn is to cast the deciding absentee vote in a hometown election.
9. Did Your Father Come from Ireland?
Aired 3 November 1966 • 30 min
O'Rourke's visiting father turns the town into Little Ireland while the Sergeant is on vacation.
10. For Whom the Bugle Tolls
Aired 10 November 1966 • 30 min
O'Rourke needs to distract a visiting colonel who enjoys bugle calls, but the trouble is that Dobbs is the army's worst bugler.
11. Miss Parmenter
Aired 17 November 1966 • 30 min
Wilton's husband-hunting sister goes after Dobbs, and also assists in Wild Eagle's appendectomy.
12. La Dolce Courage
Aired 24 November 1966 • 30 min
An Italian suitor challenges Agarn when Agarn goes after his beloved.
13. Wilton the Kid
Aired 1 December 1966 • 30 min
Capt. Parmenter's evil twin Kid Vicious has been robbing banks.
14. The Return of Wrongo Starr
Aired 8 December 1966 • 30 min
Wrongo gets mixed up with a goat and some dynamite when Parmenter assigns him as a guard.
15. Survival of the Fittest
Aired 15 December 1966 • 30 min
Parmenter and Agarn go on a wilderness survival test with only a knife, a canteen, and the new Army survival manual.
16. Bring on the Dancing Girls
Aired 22 December 1966 • 30 min
O'Rourke tries to get even with a blackmailer who took over the saloon.
17. The Loco Brothers
Aired 29 December 1966 • 30 min
Two renegade Indians trap Parmenter and hold him hostage, but just want some company.
18. From Karate with Love
Aired 5 January 1967 • 30 min
A samurai is looking for a Japanese girl.
19. The Sergeant and the Kid
Aired 12 January 1967 • 30 min
O'Rourke must talk a runaway 10-year-old boy out of joining the cavalry.
20. What Are You Doing after the Massacre?
Aired 19 January 1967 • 30 min
A 147-year-old Indian comes back to take over all of America, and begins by trying to starve the troop into surrender.
21. A Horse of Another Color
Aired 26 January 1967 • 30 min
Wilton wants to capture a wild stallion to impress Wrangler Jane, but O'Rourke wants to sell it to the circus..
22. V is for Vampire
Aired 2 February 1967 • 30 min
A Transylvanian Count that everyone thinks is a vampire is believed responsible for the disappearance of Wrangler Jane.
23. That's Show Biz
Aired 9 February 1967 • 30 min
Agarn leaves to manage a rock group called the Bedbugs, which is somewhat ahead of its time.
24. The Day They Shot Agarn
Aired 16 February 1967 • 30 min
Agarn faces a firing squad after everyone believes he killed Sgt. O'Rourke.
25. Only One Russian is Coming! Only One Russian is Coming!
Aired 23 February 1967 • 30 min
Agarn's look-a-like Russian Cossack cousin, Dmitri Agarnoff, comes to town and falls for Wrangler Jane, making Wilton jealous.
26. Guns, Guns, Who's Got the Guns?
Aired 2 March 1967 • 30 min
Parmenter goes undercover to find out who is selling guns to the Apaches after a colonel lets him know that someone in F Troop is a traitor.
27. Marriage, Fort Courage Style
Aired 9 March 1967 • 30 min
Their dreams of what could happen make Agarn and O'Rourke anxious to rescue Parmenter from a marriage broker.
28. Carpetbagging, Anyone?
Aired 16 March 1967 • 30 min
F Troop faces eviction when a rich carpetbagger comes to town, so they stage an Indian raid to prove they're still needed.
29. The Majority of Wilton
Aired 23 March 1967 • 30 min
When Parmenter catches a cold the day before his examination for promotion to major, his friends rush to his bedside with their homespun remedies.
30. Our Brave in F Troop
Aired 30 March 1967 • 30 min
Wild Eagle has a toothache, so O'Rourke sneaks him into the Fort to see a visiting dentist, where he has to pretend to be a member of the troop when he attracts the attention of a visiting general.
31. Is This Fort Really Necessary?
Aired 6 April 1967 • 30 min
An efficiency expert comes to Fort Courage, with the authority to close it down.