Actually, I hated this show even though it was thought to be a good program. I was a very young child and it upset me. I watched it in order to be with my dad. It seemed to me that the same guy got killed on every show ...
*** COMBAT: THE LITTLE CAROUSEL *** With Sylvianne Margolle. Emtionally charged and very heart moving about the little girl "nurse-in-training" who dies tragically at the end. She died in real life in 2005 at the young age of 55. She can be found at Find A Grave com for those interested. Semper Fidelis ! USMC 1975 - 1981
My Dad and I never missed an episode of this series. I, as so many others who grew-up in the sixties, had army-men toy soldiers, and so many military toys, that warfare was sort of bred into me. This show brought home to me, just how evil the Nazi regime really was. There was always very little glory for Vic Morrow's squad, for they had to kill or be killed, and the guest star of the week, usually got it. When I marched in Navy boot-camp, This theme song, sometimes went through my head.
I used to watch this, believe it or not, in Mexico City as a kid in the mid-1970s. My parents upgraded to a colour TV and my brother and I got the black-and-white TV, which was just fine for this show. We used to pretend to go to bed, turn the TV on with the volume almost to nil and watch this. There was nothing like it at the time. It was as realistic as TV dared to be back then ... and the show was already at least 10 years old.
COMBAT was a very fine show. It couldn't quite figure out what it wanted to be in its first season (it had at least one Shecky Green comedy episode that I recall), but from season 2 until the end of its run, my Dad and I kept Tuesday nights at 8 on our dance cards to watch it. Even my Mom liked it.
I need your help. To the best of my memory, Combat ran on the ABC TV network. But contemporary with it, was another World War II dramatic series which was produced for NBC. It too was a 60 minute weekly and for the life of me I can't remember it's title or any details. I thought that Neville Brand was in it, but a check of IMdB has Mr. Brand on Combat, so I guess I'm confused. Can anyone help me out here? It's driving me berserk!
One of my Army buddies looked just like Vic Morrow and was as tough as he ever was, I always said I was lucky to be in the same unit with him he had a definite effect on morale. Vic Morrow was the greatest GIJoe actor ever.
Combat was 1 of my favorite shows as a kid. Too bad TV Land doesn't have it for reruns. That , Rat Patrol, Land of the Giants, Time Tunnel, etc. Lots of good shows from 60's & 70's that our kids would like now & we would like to see again. Yes, Vic Morrow was a big loss.
One of my favorites 'When I Was Young' even got the Combat Helmet,Gun,Knife,and Handgrenade for a birthday present! Then saw Vic in Blackboard Jungle, thought his portrayal of a HOODLUM was PERFECT! Really SAD about the way he died.
@alfonzo556 Yes. Vic Morrow and two children were killed when a helicopter crashed on top of them during the filming of "Twilight Zone: The Movie." Vic Morrow was decapitated in the accident. A terrible thing - I remember quite well when it happened.
In my childhood I remember watching this show in black and white (there wasn't color tv broadcasting stations in that time in Brazil).Who's the composer of the theme?
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When i was childwood i did trued this sheet... pure propaganda.... if the germans were on this way tv serie... the WWII,,,, would finished on october , 1939....
ha ha ha..... jajajajajajajajajaaaaaaaaaa... pura maldita propaganda gringa.....
Man, how I .LOVED this program when I was a kid! Never saw it again, so I'm sure it's not as good as I remembered it. Sigh. Some things are left in the past.
It was great growing up in the 60s, when you could watch westerns, and military shows. Now we have a bunch of sissies sayin it ain't good for kids to watch such stuff but they can watch all the Simpon's and nasty South Park they want? It was TV and movies like this, that taught there is evil in the world that must be confronted and dealt with, and sometimes gettin rid of it ain't pretty. Watchin Combat taught me good men must stand up to the evil, for those that can't.
I had the COMBAT card game when I was a kid, maybe '66. I recall that they were quite oversized and made of thick cardboard. One suit had a Garand on it, another showed a Thompson, a third a bazooka, and so on.
I love this TV drama. About 40 years ago, as a little Japanese boy, I used to watch this series and thought that Americans were interesting people. That was my motivation to start learning English.
Ahh childhood memories! Always wondered how Saunders had camo on his helmet and this is in Europe? But hey! Who cares LOL. Played Combat with the other kids in the neighborhood. Somehow, I always played Kirby and that BAR with the tripod. :)
The best p(?) part is that when you read the whole story of Vic Morrow's death, you will find also that he went out the most "Saunderish" way trying to save a colleague from the rotor blades.How many actors had such an "in character" death :( I will always wonder if the TV hero absorbed the real life one or we liked him so much because he was a real hero inside and that showed on screen.
@GooglFascists Actually, they were filming at night, and the chopper was hovering too low. Some explosives went off nearby and fragments destroyed the tail rotor, dropping the aircraft right on top of Morrow and the two Vietnamese kids he was rescuing in the movie. Director John Landis faced a whole bunch of criminal and civil charges afterward, including violation of Hollywood union rules and illegal use of child labor.
@sietepeo1 i remember those days-it seemed like life was so simple back then-people today are too much into material things and don't appreciate life the way we did back then-this show was great -televison today is a joke-they need to get rid of all these stupid reality shows and go back to writing decent scripts
Folks, the brilliant Neville6000 sent me gay porn - no 'Subject' so I would open it unaware. Isn't that nice ? Especially since I have children here this weekend - right here in this room no less. If ever within my perimeter...
I always thought Vic Morrow as Sgt. Saunders was the coolest guy on TV. I loved the way he would mow down those "Krauts" with his Thompson. But, hey, I know it's just TV, so please don't hijack my comments Neville 6000
@ltcurry: Hey asshole, you've already got '24' showing the heroes torturing people, 'The Hurt Locker', Band of Brothers' 'Call Of Duty' and a whole lot of patriotic TV shows/movies. What the fuck are you complaining about, neocon chickenhawk stooge?
Vic Morrow, Clint Eastwood, James Coburn, George Peppard and my all time favorite Lee Marvin. Men's men..guys you know what I mean here....just unreal how pussyfied the US has become.
@mytownalive: The series is completely on DVD (all seasons) from Image Entertainment at Amazon, and no, it's not in the public domain (it's listed on Wikipedia as being owned by both ABC Studios and CBS Television Distribution-ABC for outright ownership, CBS for syndication rights.)
This is really weird, the billing seems somehow reversed in this clip for Rick Jason, who always had top billing as far as I know, and Vic Morrow. Was this clip doctored to reverse the billing or did someone do it for later syndication or what? Rick Jason was criminally underrated (what a great voice!) and his online autobiography remains utterly fascinating. He was poised to be one of the biggest actors ever but fought too hard over money at the very beginning and made some other mistakes.
@Onlymusical Hi. The opening credits alternated during some of the series run, to share the top billing in the show. You're right in that the original concept was for Rick J to receive top billing due to his TV acting resume at the time of season 1. As the show progressed, the network discovered the rising popularity of Vic M in his role, thus the reason for the intro billing alternations in the opening theme. Combat! shares my TV/DVD collector #1 favorite along with "The Fugitive".
morrow with top billing during the original run of the series on the network but I guess it's possible. I wish I could find more Jaason episodes but it's tough.
@Onlymusical There is an excellent book called "Combat! A Viewer's Companion" authored by Jo Davidsmeyer, that I use when I watch the series from the DVD sets. The book helps to locate the Jason-centric episodes, as well as provide some great interviews, photos of the series stars and location photos.
@TheScoop8 Thanks! Don't miss Jason's online autobiography, and read all the chapters from when he started acting. It's amazing the position he was in and the mistakes he made. Fantastic reading.
First of all, Littlejohn was a much bigger guy. Second, as a rule, Kirby was the squad's BAR-man. Littlejohn carried an M-1 Garand and rarely, if ever, fired the Browning. (I can;t recall a single episode where he did.)
@terentii And you always knew the 'guest' would be the one to get killed LOL !! I clicked on 'Play' and started humming the theme tune before it even started. Etched into my brain ! Like 'The Bridge On The River Kwai' whistling song - you never forget it !
Late December 1970, I was in Pleiku Vietnam to pick up my manifest ticket to finally leave that godforsaken country when Rick Jason came up and threw his arm around my shoulder while an aide took a Polaroid photo. He was on tour of Vietnam and was doing the same with as many of us as he could. On the rare occasion AFVN broadcast TV, if someone was lucky enough to have one (usually battery powered), Combat was one of the more popular. I still have the Polaroid with his autograph on the back.
Oh myyyyyy God...thank you so much for posting this
This series was my childhood..I never missed one episode..remember us running upstairs to watch everytime somebody shouted combat is on...
Yes, Vic Morrow was one of the hollywoods greatest of all time and pity he died in this horrible helicopter crash while doing a movie, may his good soul rest in perfect peace, thanks again@Idesilvi God bless ur heart
@JetMechMA Your comment made me think of the Warren Zevon song "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner", about a mercenary "soldier of fortune" who gets his head blown off by one of his buddies, but still keeps traveling around the world and fighting in wars and coups (without his head at that). "That son of a bitch Van Owen blew off Roland's head." (Sorry, I just like that song.)
Steve Spielburg plagarised alot of what was in this series for Saving Private Ryan. The wall collapsing scene was totally stolen from one of these episodes.
@mvonwahlde 6 month old comment, but so what. The Avengers show and intro was great as you said. Dianna Riggs was a boy's wet dream all rolled up in skin tight black leather.
@Cool2BCeltic Yes ,but look at the times.Combat was made in the early 60s,when anything less than super heroic was considered communist.Yet the show still clung close to reality without glorifying war.
My father fought in the ETO, first in the U.S. Army Air Corps, then as an MP from 1942 - 1945 in France and Germany. He never liked Combat, mostly because it brought back a lot of depressing moments from the war. However, he and his Army buddies wholeheartedly agreed that this TV show was the closest to real life as it gets. This was especially true of the psychological aspects of many situations that the foot soldier encountered that were very demoralizing over the course of time in this show.
@USRoute66 Strange how things are different.My grandfather was a Sgt in WWII just like Vic Marrow's characther....but he LOVED the Combat tv show! He never missed it or reruns of it when it was on when I was a kid.
@JohnQuincyAdams- If you go to Best Buy, they sell the gift sets of Television shows. I'm sure if you ask one of the clerks they can direct you to Combat on DVD. As a Navyman, I loved this show to give me a perspective of what our ground troops went through during WWII. You are right we should NEVER forget the sacrifices those brave men and women in uniform made for us.
@Footsniffer51 - Thank you for the tip and thank you for your service to our country! If it weren't for great people like you, we wouldn't even have a country!
He played two iconic roles in his life - of the rebel kid who causes teacher Glenn Ford no end of grief in Blackboard Jungle and then of this Sgt. Saunders
In a way, Morrow was the American rebel kid who gets enlisted and shows what he's truly made of.
Combat was gritty, honest and the best portrayal of what soldiers what went through during WWII. Vic Morrow was 'DA MAN' as Sgt. Saunders. Cage was the coolest and Kirby was the best with his weapon! I've got the series on DVD and it takes me back to the 60's when this show was tops!
@Footsniffer51 - You have, "Combat", on DVD?! You lucky son of a gun! :) Where can one obtain these DVD's? I would dearly love to see this show again. It was a very unique and great show, showing what WWII was like for the individual soldiers, which is a much more personal and unique perspective. Those men went through hell and God bless them for fighting for our freedom that we all enjoy today! Let's all never forget them and the incredible sacrifices they made for all of us!
@Footsniffer51 - By the way, do you or does anyone else know why Kirby fired his B..A.R. sideways? There must have been a reason and I am very curious to learn the answer.
@JohnQuincyAdams1 Probably because it was a very large and heavy weapon and had a recoil like a kick from an angry mule, especially when it was on full auto (note that Kirby always had the strap firmly secured around his neck and shoulders when he was firing, too). The rifle was actually designed to be fired from a bipod while the operator was prone or standing in a trench, but I don't recall Kirby ever doing this (he kept the bipod folded around the muzzle in every episode).
@JohnQuincyAdams1 I've fired a .303 Enfield single-shot, and the recoil is something you have to experience to believe! I can't imagine firing a BAR (.30 cal.) on full auto with the stock tucked in against my shoulder.
@CoolasIce2 Turns out I was wrong about Kirby. He became the squad's BAR man only in the second season, though he wanted to carry the weapon in the first (Saunders refused to give it to him because he was such an irresponsible hothead at the beginning). There were at least two BAR men before Kirby: Long and Delaney. (Stagevu.com has around 20 streaming epsiodes from the first season available for free. I'm hoping they'll have all five seasons eventually.)
@JohnQuincyAdams1 Turns out I was off on the BAR, too. Mr. Browning intended it to be fired mainly from the hip as troops were advancing over no-man's-land in WWI (I don't believe it arrived in time for service on the Western Front, though). In my mind, however, this would still require it to be slung over the shoulders, as it was a very heavy weapon (and I personally would much rather fire it prone or from a trench, rather than draw fire from every German weapon within range walking upright).
I remembers seeing this show when I was a kid. When it was on the air, WWII was a mere 20 years in the past. There were men watching "Combat" who were not yet 40 years old, and had lived what was on the screen.
@curtisjones400 Totally agree, unlike today, most were original ideas, in addition they were entertaining as well as educational. I can only think of how many other great shows back then that never made past its pilots because there were no spaces.
Actually, I hated this show even though it was thought to be a good program. I was a very young child and it upset me. I watched it in order to be with my dad. It seemed to me that the same guy got killed on every show ...
07jmj 3 weeks ago
lo veía los sábados por canal 4 a principios de los setentas... qué recuerdos...
recuerdo000 4 weeks ago
Pity what happenned to Mr Vic Morrow at the end of his tragically cut-short life
MrHelmyabdullah 1 month ago
Vic Morrow...a man's man.
davehutchinson67 1 month ago
i remember this on tv when i was a kid 35 years ago!!!!!!!@#@#
united19702 1 month ago
*** COMBAT: THE LITTLE CAROUSEL *** With Sylvianne Margolle. Emtionally charged and very heart moving about the little girl "nurse-in-training" who dies tragically at the end. She died in real life in 2005 at the young age of 55. She can be found at Find A Grave com for those interested. Semper Fidelis ! USMC 1975 - 1981
JohnPiperBoots 1 month ago
My favorite TV show as a kid!!!
OHNOTHIMAGEN1 1 month ago
Nothing like a Rat Patrol & Combat double header- running around with my plastic machine gun-
hozayamz 2 months ago
My motivation in joining the army was this show...
frankofelko87 2 months ago
Best war tv series EVER in any language.
caravaggio31 2 months ago 12
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@caravaggio31 no way! MASH was better
RavenFilms 2 months ago
@RavenFilms MAH is not war but comedy.
caravaggio31 2 months ago 2
My Dad and I never missed an episode of this series. I, as so many others who grew-up in the sixties, had army-men toy soldiers, and so many military toys, that warfare was sort of bred into me. This show brought home to me, just how evil the Nazi regime really was. There was always very little glory for Vic Morrow's squad, for they had to kill or be killed, and the guest star of the week, usually got it. When I marched in Navy boot-camp, This theme song, sometimes went through my head.
RojotheRed 2 months ago
I used to watch this, believe it or not, in Mexico City as a kid in the mid-1970s. My parents upgraded to a colour TV and my brother and I got the black-and-white TV, which was just fine for this show. We used to pretend to go to bed, turn the TV on with the volume almost to nil and watch this. There was nothing like it at the time. It was as realistic as TV dared to be back then ... and the show was already at least 10 years old.
rufushic 2 months ago
i love this show, but for some reason,i cannot find it in CANADA, I would like the setsome day soon
peggshorty 2 months ago
What a realistic portrayal of WWII
oldermuscleguy 3 months ago
my favorite show growing up
MrOwen1992 3 months ago
中学の頃毎週見ていました。
hayabusa5151 3 months ago
COMBAT was a very fine show. It couldn't quite figure out what it wanted to be in its first season (it had at least one Shecky Green comedy episode that I recall), but from season 2 until the end of its run, my Dad and I kept Tuesday nights at 8 on our dance cards to watch it. Even my Mom liked it.
grabit1 3 months ago
12:00 High ran about the same time as Combat.
hawaiiguy12345 3 months ago
Love this TV Show it comes on weeknights at 3 est..
HorrorManiac4 3 months ago
I need your help. To the best of my memory, Combat ran on the ABC TV network. But contemporary with it, was another World War II dramatic series which was produced for NBC. It too was a 60 minute weekly and for the life of me I can't remember it's title or any details. I thought that Neville Brand was in it, but a check of IMdB has Mr. Brand on Combat, so I guess I'm confused. Can anyone help me out here? It's driving me berserk!
lmagee1948 3 months ago
@lmagee1948 '
Could it be Garrison's Gorillas's?
mankeyb 3 months ago
@lmagee1948
You may be thinking of THE GALLANT MEN, which was also on ABC, not NBC. It wasn't as popular as COMBAT and (I believe) didn't run as long.
grabit1 3 months ago
@lmagee1948 Was it Battleline?
oldtilter 3 months ago
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charlesthepoet2004 4 months ago
Gracias a ese programa tuve el valor de ser quien soy y GOD BLESS EVERY ONE , QUIERO DECIR DIOS NOS VENDIGA.
sargento126 4 months ago
Vic Morrow top class actor, and his death was really nasty ...........
bertalloti 4 months ago
i like this tv show
sidhiatma1 4 months ago
I love the episode in which Gomer accidentally blew up the Sarge's jeep with a bazooka. It was great.
CoolasIce2 4 months ago 22
@CoolasIce2 i didn't see that one
godzillafanatic1 3 months ago
One of my Army buddies looked just like Vic Morrow and was as tough as he ever was, I always said I was lucky to be in the same unit with him he had a definite effect on morale. Vic Morrow was the greatest GIJoe actor ever.
Krylogenic 4 months ago
Hate that Vic Morrow died so horribly!
chandlerherbert2 5 months ago
Poor Vic Morrow what a tragic end.
MrCateyanne 5 months ago
Combat was 1 of my favorite shows as a kid. Too bad TV Land doesn't have it for reruns. That , Rat Patrol, Land of the Giants, Time Tunnel, etc. Lots of good shows from 60's & 70's that our kids would like now & we would like to see again. Yes, Vic Morrow was a big loss.
usaruss 5 months ago
ヘンリー少尉殿
戦いますよ。
asddsa2318 5 months ago
懐かしい！また見たいです。Rick is TOYOTA sports car CM
また放映して欲しいです。白黒、カラー両方でｗｗｗｗ。マスゴミはむりだねｗｗｗｗｗ
warppk 6 months ago
@warppk 「カービー リトルジョン 援護しろっ！」小学校の頃 近くの野原で 走りまくっていました。
また ゆっくりと見たいですね 同感です。 知的財産ですもんね！
77yossan 4 months ago
@77yossan Hey, we kick your ass in WWII. Get over it. lol
CoolasIce2 4 months ago
I love this old series
ghosthawk13 6 months ago
One of my favorites 'When I Was Young' even got the Combat Helmet,Gun,Knife,and Handgrenade for a birthday present! Then saw Vic in Blackboard Jungle, thought his portrayal of a HOODLUM was PERFECT! Really SAD about the way he died.
waynedanberry 6 months ago
@waynedanberry Wasn't he decapitated? :(
alfonzo556 6 months ago
@alfonzo556 Yes. Vic Morrow and two children were killed when a helicopter crashed on top of them during the filming of "Twilight Zone: The Movie." Vic Morrow was decapitated in the accident. A terrible thing - I remember quite well when it happened.
jillgivler 6 months ago
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I am a Japanese.
when i was small , I looked forward to watching this program every week. and always supported U.S. soldiers.
Several years later,I noticed that it was my mistake.
I should have cheered German soldiers・・・hahaha・・I was a traitor.
no1kiyoko 6 months ago
In my childhood I remember watching this show in black and white (there wasn't color tv broadcasting stations in that time in Brazil).Who's the composer of the theme?
GILBERTO SAUGEN FROM BRAZIL
gsaugen 7 months ago
Great series. I posted Back to the Front in 7 parts, a special by Action Channel several years back, on the Combat! Series.
Warflicks 7 months ago
It's sad how Vic Morrow died. He was a great actor!
ryanspeed 7 months ago
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When i was childwood i did trued this sheet... pure propaganda.... if the germans were on this way tv serie... the WWII,,,, would finished on october , 1939....
ha ha ha..... jajajajajajajajajaaaaaaaaaa... pura maldita propaganda gringa.....
nachjagger33 7 months ago
i like lil john in the show hes pretty awsome
SuperMexTaco 8 months ago
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I love this show, but looking back wow was it corny, all the footages of tanks and stuff were just films from the war haha
1971Chevelle502 8 months ago
Man, how I .LOVED this program when I was a kid! Never saw it again, so I'm sure it's not as good as I remembered it. Sigh. Some things are left in the past.
mbabist01 8 months ago
Rick Jason also ruled but don't tell my mom I said that! Kidding, they were all great.
They just don't make T.V. shows like that anymore unfortunatley.
JaredP1976 8 months ago
Vic Morrow ruled. Loved that show.
JaredP1976 8 months ago 3
Saunders ruled !!!!
DET832 8 months ago 4
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夕方にやってたなぁ。
これとトムとジェリーとで1時間だったかな？
nanashinogonbeikun 8 months ago
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私の実家では日曜日の朝やっていました。もちろんモノクロです。ＯＰとても懐かしいです。
ｕｐして戴いてありがとうございます。
kazukazujcc2902 8 months ago
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ヴィック・モローのファンでした！
懐かしい♪
dx333xp 8 months ago
Somebody upload full episodes! I'd love to see this show.
lorrainewands 9 months ago
It was great growing up in the 60s, when you could watch westerns, and military shows. Now we have a bunch of sissies sayin it ain't good for kids to watch such stuff but they can watch all the Simpon's and nasty South Park they want? It was TV and movies like this, that taught there is evil in the world that must be confronted and dealt with, and sometimes gettin rid of it ain't pretty. Watchin Combat taught me good men must stand up to the evil, for those that can't.
BamaRider 9 months ago 9
曲のみでしか聞いたことがなかったｗ
こう言うことだったんですねｗ
PMC7117 9 months ago
父が好きで何度もコンバットのＤＶＤを観ています。
nihonjin1900 9 months ago
I had the COMBAT card game when I was a kid, maybe '66. I recall that they were quite oversized and made of thick cardboard. One suit had a Garand on it, another showed a Thompson, a third a bazooka, and so on.
50zcarsman 9 months ago
I love this TV drama. About 40 years ago, as a little Japanese boy, I used to watch this series and thought that Americans were interesting people. That was my motivation to start learning English.
228ANDY 9 months ago
Ahh childhood memories! Always wondered how Saunders had camo on his helmet and this is in Europe? But hey! Who cares LOL. Played Combat with the other kids in the neighborhood. Somehow, I always played Kirby and that BAR with the tripod. :)
virtute71 9 months ago
サンダース軍曹かっこいいね！。子供の頃よく見ましたが、今見てもやっぱりサンダース軍曹かっこいいわ。僕はサンダース軍曹に憧れていたので、大人になったら寡黙な軍曹になるんだと真剣に考えていました。
私の父が旧大日本帝国陸軍の兵隊さんの頃伍長でしたのでその上を行きたいと思っていた事も理由の一つだとおもいます。
それから少々成長した時に、日本には軍隊は無いんだと知った時はショックで落ち込みました、いかにも戦後生まれのガキですよね。日本には軍隊は無いけれど溢れんばかりの平和があります。今このドラマを見てみると、サンダース軍曹がどれだけ平和な世界を望んでいたのかが感じ取れます。チップ・サンダースは我が永遠のアイドルです。
williambonney4116 9 months ago
he stared in 152 out of 152 because he was the director in some
taylor32532541 9 months ago
THE BEST tv show of the 60s maybe even now
sodbuster925 9 months ago 20
The best p(?) part is that when you read the whole story of Vic Morrow's death, you will find also that he went out the most "Saunderish" way trying to save a colleague from the rotor blades.How many actors had such an "in character" death :( I will always wonder if the TV hero absorbed the real life one or we liked him so much because he was a real hero inside and that showed on screen.
misanthropas 9 months ago
I swear Vic Morrow starred in 9 out of every 10 episodes. I almost never saw Rick Jason.
billbadford 10 months ago
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This an Rat Patrol. Thats all you need...
Maustrum 10 months ago
Love this show!
al158411 10 months ago
they used to play this show early morning on Starz, circa 2007. loved it since then.
PSFanBoy 10 months ago
Vic Morrow was a hero both on and off the screen...R.I.P. Vic...
solidfuel77 10 months ago
My Dad loves this serie, do you know the name of the soundtrack? Can you tell me, please? My Dad want the music but I didn´t get it. Hugs&kisses =D
PANTERITA25 10 months ago
Vic Morrow one of the greatest character actors of all time..
joraider08 10 months ago 5
Its probably been mentioned already but Vic Morrow was killed in a Hollywood
stunt where a helicopter crashed into a river. Morrow was in the water and
the 'copter mistakenly dropped right down on top of him. The video of it used
to be posted here on YouTube.
GooglFascists 10 months ago
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solidfuel77 10 months ago
@GooglFascists Actually, they were filming at night, and the chopper was hovering too low. Some explosives went off nearby and fragments destroyed the tail rotor, dropping the aircraft right on top of Morrow and the two Vietnamese kids he was rescuing in the movie. Director John Landis faced a whole bunch of criminal and civil charges afterward, including violation of Hollywood union rules and illegal use of child labor.
terentii 7 months ago
Wow, brings back loads of memories whenever I hear the theme song ...
chrisyeo19 10 months ago
懐かしい！サンダース軍曹 コンバットマーチのリズムがいかにも兵隊が行進してる状況が目に浮かぶ 子供だったけど大人の人間関係とか上下組織を感じたのは何故だろう！
SHINJI03181028 10 months ago
I remenber been at my house living room with my dad after his work watching this show while my mon made something for dinner. the olds good times
sietepeo1 10 months ago
@sietepeo1 i remember those days-it seemed like life was so simple back then-people today are too much into material things and don't appreciate life the way we did back then-this show was great -televison today is a joke-they need to get rid of all these stupid reality shows and go back to writing decent scripts
curtisjones400 8 months ago
Was this theme ever released as a full version on vinyl? I know there are lyrics to it.
Please help.
bondbrookebond 10 months ago
lt. hanley looks like g.i. joe but sgt. saunders was the baddest of them all
JxT1957 10 months ago 32
@JxT1957 They both looked like they were worn out. Hanley by giving the necessary orders; and Saunders by carrying them out.
mvonwahlde 10 months ago
@JxT1957 and why hhe is smartest of them all?
thepredatorwinner 10 months ago
Folks, the brilliant Neville6000 sent me gay porn - no 'Subject' so I would open it unaware. Isn't that nice ? Especially since I have children here this weekend - right here in this room no less. If ever within my perimeter...
With extreme prejudice.
ironman5454 10 months ago
I loved this show as a kid, I had a toy cannon that shot out plastic balls
and whenever one of the Germans appeared I would shoot at the TV
screen and it bounced off, then I would load up the cannon for the next
shot. Great fun.
JSTONE9352 11 months ago
Great show
ndhudecz 11 months ago
combat !!! produced by selig seligsohnnn theim and steven spielbergsohnn ,starring bruce willis and django teim
panzerkunst1 11 months ago
I always thought Vic Morrow as Sgt. Saunders was the coolest guy on TV. I loved the way he would mow down those "Krauts" with his Thompson. But, hey, I know it's just TV, so please don't hijack my comments Neville 6000
tp10488 11 months ago
@tp10488 VIC MORROW ALSO DID A GREAT JOB WHEN HE PLAYED DUTCH SCHULTZ IN THE MOVIE"PORTRAIT OF A MOBSTER"
curtisjones400 8 months ago 2
@curtisjones400 did a good job as Artie West in Blackboard Jungle too. Has a rather attractive daughter as well.
tp10488 8 months ago
@tzm1234777: You've got all of the patriotic shows/movies/video games out for all to see-to paraphrase Ann Landers, 'Quit yer bellyachin.'
Neville6000 11 months ago
@ltcurry: Hey asshole, you've already got '24' showing the heroes torturing people, 'The Hurt Locker', Band of Brothers' 'Call Of Duty' and a whole lot of patriotic TV shows/movies. What the fuck are you complaining about, neocon chickenhawk stooge?
Neville6000 11 months ago
great show !!
fjbutch 11 months ago
vic morrow never smiled.
pinboyjorf 11 months ago
Never missed an episode.
83redshadow 11 months ago 2
Vic Morrow, Clint Eastwood, James Coburn, George Peppard and my all time favorite Lee Marvin. Men's men..guys you know what I mean here....just unreal how pussyfied the US has become.
davehutchinson67 11 months ago
Do you full episodes of this series? I've been trying to find them, but haven't had any luck!
TheRacerbrown 11 months ago
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the outro was better
Obet1979 11 months ago
One of the few shows we would watch with Dad.
TomatoeAssassin 11 months ago
vic morrow never smiled.
pinboyjorf 1 year ago
Does anyone know if this series is in Public Domain?
mytownalive 1 year ago
@mytownalive: The series is completely on DVD (all seasons) from Image Entertainment at Amazon, and no, it's not in the public domain (it's listed on Wikipedia as being owned by both ABC Studios and CBS Television Distribution-ABC for outright ownership, CBS for syndication rights.)
Neville6000 11 months ago
@moondoggie500 It's called ZIP-A-TONE. It was used on original Comic Book art in the 1960's. Cheap & goood.
jsicolts 1 year ago
This is really weird, the billing seems somehow reversed in this clip for Rick Jason, who always had top billing as far as I know, and Vic Morrow. Was this clip doctored to reverse the billing or did someone do it for later syndication or what? Rick Jason was criminally underrated (what a great voice!) and his online autobiography remains utterly fascinating. He was poised to be one of the biggest actors ever but fought too hard over money at the very beginning and made some other mistakes.
Onlymusical 1 year ago
@Onlymusical Hi. The opening credits alternated during some of the series run, to share the top billing in the show. You're right in that the original concept was for Rick J to receive top billing due to his TV acting resume at the time of season 1. As the show progressed, the network discovered the rising popularity of Vic M in his role, thus the reason for the intro billing alternations in the opening theme. Combat! shares my TV/DVD collector #1 favorite along with "The Fugitive".
TheScoop8 1 year ago
@TheScoop8 Inever saw
morrow with top billing during the original run of the series on the network but I guess it's possible. I wish I could find more Jaason episodes but it's tough.
Onlymusical 1 year ago
@Onlymusical There is an excellent book called "Combat! A Viewer's Companion" authored by Jo Davidsmeyer, that I use when I watch the series from the DVD sets. The book helps to locate the Jason-centric episodes, as well as provide some great interviews, photos of the series stars and location photos.
TheScoop8 1 year ago
@TheScoop8 Thanks! Don't miss Jason's online autobiography, and read all the chapters from when he started acting. It's amazing the position he was in and the mistakes he made. Fantastic reading.
Onlymusical 1 year ago
yea i just remembered about this show today for some reason, went on amazon, bought the whole series. i do Not fuck around. COMBAT BABY!
ovechkin100 1 year ago
The man..Vic Morrow...what a guy...a man's man..that voice could chill you.
davehutchinson67 1 year ago
WOMBAT!
berrypossum 1 year ago
Estas fueron las series de t v mis tiempos y quiero darles las gracias por subirlas a este sistema sibernetico. Gracias nuevamente
pantaleon 1 year ago
First of all, Littlejohn was a much bigger guy. Second, as a rule, Kirby was the squad's BAR-man. Littlejohn carried an M-1 Garand and rarely, if ever, fired the Browning. (I can;t recall a single episode where he did.)
terentii 1 year ago
@terentii And you always knew the 'guest' would be the one to get killed LOL !! I clicked on 'Play' and started humming the theme tune before it even started. Etched into my brain ! Like 'The Bridge On The River Kwai' whistling song - you never forget it !
ironman5454 1 year ago
Late December 1970, I was in Pleiku Vietnam to pick up my manifest ticket to finally leave that godforsaken country when Rick Jason came up and threw his arm around my shoulder while an aide took a Polaroid photo. He was on tour of Vietnam and was doing the same with as many of us as he could. On the rare occasion AFVN broadcast TV, if someone was lucky enough to have one (usually battery powered), Combat was one of the more popular. I still have the Polaroid with his autograph on the back.
LewWaters 1 year ago 2
@LewWaters Sadly, didn't Rick Jason commit suicide? That's what was told to me some time ago.
Jorge4402 1 year ago
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@Jorge4402 rick jason did commit suicide he was 74
curtisjones400 8 months ago
When i was a little child I LOVED THESE!
I still watch them! my father has a whole collection! it's so cool :)
Necrephorus 1 year ago
Oh myyyyyy God...thank you so much for posting this
This series was my childhood..I never missed one episode..remember us running upstairs to watch everytime somebody shouted combat is on...
Yes, Vic Morrow was one of the hollywoods greatest of all time and pity he died in this horrible helicopter crash while doing a movie, may his good soul rest in perfect peace, thanks again@Idesilvi God bless ur heart
Woleinka 1 year ago
I used to watch this with my father OMG i feel so old now -_-
Great war show of all time ^^
renekenshin6573 1 year ago
Thumbs up if you agree that Rick Jason looks like Bruce Wayne :)
TheNewRiflemanBob 1 year ago
RIP Vic and Rick.
ftsjr 1 year ago
Vic Morrow had more hours with a Thomson in his hands than any person on the face of the Earth?....LOL
JetMechMA 1 year ago
@JetMechMA Your comment made me think of the Warren Zevon song "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner", about a mercenary "soldier of fortune" who gets his head blown off by one of his buddies, but still keeps traveling around the world and fighting in wars and coups (without his head at that). "That son of a bitch Van Owen blew off Roland's head." (Sorry, I just like that song.)
elc1960 1 year ago
Steve Spielburg plagarised alot of what was in this series for Saving Private Ryan. The wall collapsing scene was totally stolen from one of these episodes.
moogug 1 year ago
@moogug: MAYBE he did, so what? The rest of Saving Private Ryan was just as good as Combat!.
Neville6000 11 months ago
The baddest TV intro ever
JxT1957 1 year ago 15
@JxT1957 The baddest TV intro ever -- except for The Avengers!!
mvonwahlde 11 months ago
@mvonwahlde 6 month old comment, but so what. The Avengers show and intro was great as you said. Dianna Riggs was a boy's wet dream all rolled up in skin tight black leather.
CoolasIce2 4 months ago
I feel very sorry about Morrow's accident ! r.i.p.
takinnn 1 year ago
Vic Morrow was mas macho!!
mwduck 1 year ago
@PancaArga Insult to Band of Brothers. This bombastic piece of 1960s cheese has nothing on the realism and authenticity of Band of Brothers.
Cool2BCeltic 1 year ago
@Cool2BCeltic Yes ,but look at the times.Combat was made in the early 60s,when anything less than super heroic was considered communist.Yet the show still clung close to reality without glorifying war.
ndogg20 1 year ago
My father fought in the ETO, first in the U.S. Army Air Corps, then as an MP from 1942 - 1945 in France and Germany. He never liked Combat, mostly because it brought back a lot of depressing moments from the war. However, he and his Army buddies wholeheartedly agreed that this TV show was the closest to real life as it gets. This was especially true of the psychological aspects of many situations that the foot soldier encountered that were very demoralizing over the course of time in this show.
USRoute66 1 year ago 3
@USRoute66 Strange how things are different.My grandfather was a Sgt in WWII just like Vic Marrow's characther....but he LOVED the Combat tv show! He never missed it or reruns of it when it was on when I was a kid.
rtds9fan 1 year ago 7
@rtds9fan combat !!! produced by selig seligsohnnn theim and steven spielbergsohnn ,starring bruce willis and django teim coming on fall 2020!!!!
panzerkunst1 11 months ago
@JohnQuincyAdams- If you go to Best Buy, they sell the gift sets of Television shows. I'm sure if you ask one of the clerks they can direct you to Combat on DVD. As a Navyman, I loved this show to give me a perspective of what our ground troops went through during WWII. You are right we should NEVER forget the sacrifices those brave men and women in uniform made for us.
Footsniffer51 1 year ago
@Footsniffer51 - Thank you for the tip and thank you for your service to our country! If it weren't for great people like you, we wouldn't even have a country!
JohnQuincyAdams1 1 year ago 2
@Footsniffer51 "Footsniffer' WTF ?? LOL !!
ironman5454 1 year ago
#FAIL
searchy100 1 year ago
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Kelvin3x 1 year ago
@Kelvin3x what kind of American never seen this awesome show before
coldbloodid 1 year ago
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HiTechOilCo 1 year ago 2
Vic Morrow's face was made for GI Joe roles.
He played two iconic roles in his life - of the rebel kid who causes teacher Glenn Ford no end of grief in Blackboard Jungle and then of this Sgt. Saunders
In a way, Morrow was the American rebel kid who gets enlisted and shows what he's truly made of.
sternumagnum 1 year ago
Very demoralising , opening credits only listed 3 persons , what about the rest ???
Poor little john :(
Gerogiancounty 1 year ago
we will all keep Vic morrow and rick jason in our hearts after their tragic deaths best show ever made
taylor32532541 1 year ago
Combat was gritty, honest and the best portrayal of what soldiers what went through during WWII. Vic Morrow was 'DA MAN' as Sgt. Saunders. Cage was the coolest and Kirby was the best with his weapon! I've got the series on DVD and it takes me back to the 60's when this show was tops!
Footsniffer51 1 year ago
@Footsniffer51 - You have, "Combat", on DVD?! You lucky son of a gun! :) Where can one obtain these DVD's? I would dearly love to see this show again. It was a very unique and great show, showing what WWII was like for the individual soldiers, which is a much more personal and unique perspective. Those men went through hell and God bless them for fighting for our freedom that we all enjoy today! Let's all never forget them and the incredible sacrifices they made for all of us!
JohnQuincyAdams1 1 year ago 2
@JohnQuincyAdams1: Combat is available at Amazon and a lot of other stores-you just have to look for it.
Neville6000 1 year ago
@Neville6000 - Thank you . :)
JohnQuincyAdams1 1 year ago
@Footsniffer51 - By the way, do you or does anyone else know why Kirby fired his B..A.R. sideways? There must have been a reason and I am very curious to learn the answer.
JohnQuincyAdams1 1 year ago
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@JohnQuincyAdams1 because he was a fucking bad ass
freakofnature12 1 year ago
@JohnQuincyAdams1 Probably because it was a very large and heavy weapon and had a recoil like a kick from an angry mule, especially when it was on full auto (note that Kirby always had the strap firmly secured around his neck and shoulders when he was firing, too). The rifle was actually designed to be fired from a bipod while the operator was prone or standing in a trench, but I don't recall Kirby ever doing this (he kept the bipod folded around the muzzle in every episode).
terentii 1 year ago
@JohnQuincyAdams1 I've fired a .303 Enfield single-shot, and the recoil is something you have to experience to believe! I can't imagine firing a BAR (.30 cal.) on full auto with the stock tucked in against my shoulder.
terentii 1 year ago
@terentii Lil'John didn't have a problems with it.
CoolasIce2 1 year ago
@CoolasIce2 Turns out I was wrong about Kirby. He became the squad's BAR man only in the second season, though he wanted to carry the weapon in the first (Saunders refused to give it to him because he was such an irresponsible hothead at the beginning). There were at least two BAR men before Kirby: Long and Delaney. (Stagevu.com has around 20 streaming epsiodes from the first season available for free. I'm hoping they'll have all five seasons eventually.)
terentii 4 months ago
@JohnQuincyAdams1 Turns out I was off on the BAR, too. Mr. Browning intended it to be fired mainly from the hip as troops were advancing over no-man's-land in WWI (I don't believe it arrived in time for service on the Western Front, though). In my mind, however, this would still require it to be slung over the shoulders, as it was a very heavy weapon (and I personally would much rather fire it prone or from a trench, rather than draw fire from every German weapon within range walking upright).
terentii 4 months ago
Greatest show ever
ArmyReconScout 1 year ago
the BEST Army show in history! =0]
tornmask 1 year ago
the coolest show i used to watch this when i was seven with my grandparents i still do my fav is kirbi and sargent saunder
taylor32532541 1 year ago
I remembers seeing this show when I was a kid. When it was on the air, WWII was a mere 20 years in the past. There were men watching "Combat" who were not yet 40 years old, and had lived what was on the screen.
bus114 1 year ago
Fantastic show! Nothing like it except Band Of Brothers!
1560438 1 year ago
LOVE VIC MORROW, HE WAS ALWAYS A VERY SPECIAL MAN , REALLY MISS HIM VERY MUCH
FROM ARGENTINA WE REMENBER U SARGENT SAUNDERS .. R.I.P.
smv109 1 year ago
Thanks for the memories.....
MsFleur68 1 year ago
I frikin loved this show, rat patrol and of course baa baa black sheep
00Billy 1 year ago
I'm 21 and I love this show!
theproducerspart2 1 year ago
1960s TV shows had the best music theme.
CaptainNomura 1 year ago
@CaptainNomura You could never had said it more accurately or sweetly.
Juliaflo 1 year ago
@Juliaflo So many brings me back good memories of childhood.
CaptainNomura 8 months ago
@CaptainNomura I WISH WE HAD MORE TV SHOWS LIKE THAT TODAY-THIS CRAP ON TV TODAY IS A JOKE
curtisjones400 8 months ago 2
@curtisjones400 Totally agree, unlike today, most were original ideas, in addition they were entertaining as well as educational. I can only think of how many other great shows back then that never made past its pilots because there were no spaces.
CaptainNomura 8 months ago
they should make a remake of this show.
airmax3255 1 year ago
@airmax3255 i heard they were planning a COMBAT! movie back in 1999 or so,but it never got made
Philliesrock97 1 year ago
@Philliesrock97: With Bruce Willis as Sgt. Saunders, IIRC.
Neville6000 1 year ago