The Loneliest Place in the World
- Episode aired Sep 13, 1965
- 1h
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8.2/10
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Gen. Savage is killed when his plane is shot down by a captured B-17, and later, Lt. Col Gallagher shoots down another suspicious B-17 killing 10 Americans.Gen. Savage is killed when his plane is shot down by a captured B-17, and later, Lt. Col Gallagher shoots down another suspicious B-17 killing 10 Americans.Gen. Savage is killed when his plane is shot down by a captured B-17, and later, Lt. Col Gallagher shoots down another suspicious B-17 killing 10 Americans.
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- TriviaWhile there may be no instances of German captured B-17's being used to attack American aircraft, There is a story of the Italian front where an Italian pilot reportedly did use a captured P-38 fighter (still in its USAAF markings) to attack American Bombers. One pilot who lost his plane and crew supposedly used a YB-40 (an up-gunned experimental B-17 with 16 x .50 MG vs 11 x .50 MG) painted with the known Italian pilot's wife's picture (she was in allied occupied territory) and as the story goes, enraged the Italian pilot over the radio with descriptions of making love to the woman. The Italian recklessly did a frontal attack to kill the American and wound up being shot down by the up-gunned bomber and was captured. He survived the war, the American was killed on a later mission. There are some disputes about the story and some sources report that no YB-40's were used in Italy but it is listed in many references as true.
- GoofsAs the sole survivor of Brig Gen Savage's crew, TSgt Komansky is rescued by the French Underground and returned to Archbury in a matter of a day or so. Actual returns of Allied aircrews rescued by the French Underground normally took several months, especially before the D-Day invasion; also such aircrews were almost never returned to combat in the European Theater, but reassigned to another theater or back the the Continental US because they knew too much about the Underground operations and would risk compromising that information if subsequently captured by the Germans.
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Lt. Col. Joe Gallagher: Do you know something, Suzanne; All my life I've wanted to meet a girl who had 17 mobiles.
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Lansing is Out and Burke is In
The first episode of season two marked a major change in the series. The episode opens with General Savage being killed in action, although the viewers don't see his face, just his crew members unsuccessfully trying to keep him alive after he's been hit. With Savage dead, the command of the 918th is turned over to now Colonel Joe Gallagher. The episode then details Gallagher's transition to group commander.
12 O'Clock High was one of my favorite shows as a 12-year old in 1965, along with Combat!. I also liked The Gallant Men, but it was canceled after one season.
I remember reading about the reason for the change in lead actors in TV Guide. ABC was moving the show's time slot from 10PM on Friday to 730PM on Monday. Being on at an earlier hour, the ABC wanted to attract a younger viewing audience, and felt that Robert Lansing was too old looking to interest a younger viewer. Hence, they replaced Lansing with Burke, although Burke was, in reality, two years older than Lansing. However, Burke was considerably younger looking than Lansing. Critics were quick to point out the age difference when reviewing the change in lead actors.
Also, the producers added young looking Chris Robinson to the cast as TSgt Sandy Komanski, hoping he would lure younger viewers as well. However, the familiar relationship between a full colonel and an enlisted man was far too informal to be realistic. But it did low two supposed hunks to be on camera together a lot, especially when Air Corps Colonel Gallagher was leading a commando raid or some other wild and unrealistic mission. But that's what TV is, a suspension of realism for awhile.
My personal belief is that Robert Lansing as General Savage made the series much more realistic and primarily focused on the gritty problems of daylight bombing and the huge losses suffered during 1942-1943. When Paul Burke and Chris Robinson came on board, it became just another adventure series.
12 O'Clock High was one of my favorite shows as a 12-year old in 1965, along with Combat!. I also liked The Gallant Men, but it was canceled after one season.
I remember reading about the reason for the change in lead actors in TV Guide. ABC was moving the show's time slot from 10PM on Friday to 730PM on Monday. Being on at an earlier hour, the ABC wanted to attract a younger viewing audience, and felt that Robert Lansing was too old looking to interest a younger viewer. Hence, they replaced Lansing with Burke, although Burke was, in reality, two years older than Lansing. However, Burke was considerably younger looking than Lansing. Critics were quick to point out the age difference when reviewing the change in lead actors.
Also, the producers added young looking Chris Robinson to the cast as TSgt Sandy Komanski, hoping he would lure younger viewers as well. However, the familiar relationship between a full colonel and an enlisted man was far too informal to be realistic. But it did low two supposed hunks to be on camera together a lot, especially when Air Corps Colonel Gallagher was leading a commando raid or some other wild and unrealistic mission. But that's what TV is, a suspension of realism for awhile.
My personal belief is that Robert Lansing as General Savage made the series much more realistic and primarily focused on the gritty problems of daylight bombing and the huge losses suffered during 1942-1943. When Paul Burke and Chris Robinson came on board, it became just another adventure series.
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