Season 1 • Episode 12
LatestRoll Out is an American sitcom that aired Friday evenings on CBS during the 1973-1974 television season. Starring nightclub comedian Stu Gilliam and Hilly Hicks, and featuring Ed Begley, Jr. and Garrett Morris, the series was set in France during World War II and was loosely based on the 1952 film Red Ball Express. Actor Jimmy Lydon, familiar as a juvenile lead in the 1940s, was cast as an Army captain. His character's name was Henry Aldrich: the same name he used in Paramount's comedy features of the forties.
Writing
Gelbart & Reynolds pre-M*A*S*H brilliance
Acting
Stu Gilliam's wasted leading-man energy
Creators
Gene Reynolds, Larry Gelbart
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Only 9 of 12 episodes aired; the final 3 remain lost. CBS literally erased it.
This was television's first WWII series centered on Black soldiers—predating A Soldier's Story by a decade. The network treated it like a problem to solve.
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