McHale's Navy - Season 2 Press Release Ships Out From Shout! Factory

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


The SCHEMING CREW OF PT-73 RETURNS FOR
ANOTHER LIGHT-HEARTED ROMP ON THE PACIFIC

McHale's Navy: Season Two
Arrives On DVD September 11, 2007
from Shout! Factory

Collectible Five-DVD Set Includes
All 36 Episodes from the Second Season
Along with New Special Features!


Los Angeles, CA - Lt. Cdr. Quinton McHale, Ensign Parker, Captain Binghamton and the rest of the scheming crew of PT-73 are back for another tour of duty on the Pacific island Taratupa! Starring Oscar® winner Ernest Borgnine (Marty, The Dirty Dozen), four-time Emmy® winner Tim Conway ("The Carol Burnett Show") and Joe Flynn, the complete Second Season of the six-time Emmy®-nominated McHale's Navy, one of the most beloved classic sitcoms from television's golden age, comes to DVD for the first time on September 11, 2007 from Shout! Factory.

Bonus features include the newly recorded remarks from Ernest Borgnine and Tim Conway, wherein the two legendary icons reflect on their roles in this classic TV series that helped define a generation of situation comedy, and a look back at the real-life military careers that inspired the characters of Lt. Cdr. Quinton McHale and Ensign Charles Parker. Season Two also features guest star George Kennedy in a recurring role. The collectible McHale's Navy: Season Two five-disc DVD box set is priced for everyone to own at $44.99.

From 1962 through 1966, McHale's Navy was a must-see staple of television. By its second year on the air, the now-familiar crew were firmly ingrained in the American culture as a gang of fun-loving guys, constantly at odds with authority. With talented stars, great writing and a solid supporting cast, including Gavin McLeod (Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Love Boat), McHale's Navy is classic television at its finest and funniest. McHales's Navy is part of the Universal Television Catalog.



DVD CONTENTS : DISC ONE

• The Day The War Stood Still - 9/17/1963
  McHale and crew must plot the perfect escape for Fuji when Binghamton arrests him as a Japanese spy.
  
  
• The Binghamton Murder Plot - 9/24/1963
  Paranoia runs high when Binghamton is convinced the crew of PT-73 is out to kill him.
  
  
• McHale And His Schweinhunds - 10/1/1963
  In an effort to regain his dignity-lost during a run-in with a Japanese patrol boat-Ensign Parker bravely pursues a German U-boat.
  
  
• Is There A Doctor In The Hut? - 10/8/1963
  The crew tries to bamboozle Binghamton into granting them a trip to New Caledonia, where a lucrative business deal awaits. When it's discovered that a beautiful movie star is there on tour, the crosses and double-crosses begin.
  
  
• To Binghamton With Love - 10/15/1963
  Using the PT-73 to shuttle them to a crap game, the crew gets caught red-handed and winds up in big trouble with the Captain. The only way out is to put together a testimonial dinner for Binghamton - but no wants to attend.
  
  
• Have Kimono, Will Travel - 10/22/1963
  While escorting Binghamton to a meeting at Com Fleet, a bomb hits PT 73's fuel tank and the crew is forced to steal fuel from the Japanese. They distract them by putting on a Japanese minstrel show in costume, with Binghamton as the star geisha.
  
  
• Today I Am A Man! - 10/29/1963
  Colonel Parker is repeatedly bested by a pretty blonde nurse (Joyce Bulifant) who he has his eye on. Totally demoralized, he requests a transfer, but McHale and the crew have other plans for him.
  
  
• Special Feature: Ernest Borgnine Remembers

DVD CONTENTS : DISC TWO

• Jolly Wally - 11/5/1963
  When Binghamton discovers that Ensign Parker's childhood friend is a renowned war correspondent, he promotes Parker to base PR officer.
  
  
• Scuttlebutt - 11/12/1963
  The PT-73 crew comes to the rescue when Tinker's girlfriend dumps him for a hotshot fighter pilot.
  
  
• The August Teahouse Of Quint McHale - 11/19/1963
  McHale and the boys conspire to get Binghamton off the island so they can plan a Japanese tea party for homesick Fuji.
  
  
• French Leave For McHale - 11/26/1963
  McHale runs into his old friend Big Frenchy (George Kennedy) who fleeces the crew at a poker game. The con is on when Frenchy steals the 73.
  
  
• The Happy Sleepwalker - 12/3/1963
  Happy's fear of women is diagnosed as the cause of his sleepwalking, so McHale and the crew scheme to cure him.
  
  
• A Letter For Fuji - 12/10/1963
  The crew tries to help out a depressed Fuji by offering to post a letter to his girlfriend for him. The only problem is that they have to mail the letter from the Japanese compound.
  
  
• My Ensign, The Lawyer - 12/17/1963
  Tinker is caught red-handed with the Captain's missing printing press and immediately scheduled for court martial. All seems lost until Ensign Parker takes his case.
  
  
• Special Feature: Tim Conway Remembers

DVD CONTENTS : DISC THREE

• Orange Blossom For McHale - 12/24/1963
  The beautiful con artist Kate O'Hara (Joyce Jameson) shows up on Taratupa and Binghamton sees a chance to use her to get rid of McHale once and for all.
  
  
• Creature >From McHale's Lagoon - 12/31/1963
  Gruber's latest scheme is to make a fortune by planting phony pearls in the island's oysters - creating a rush on the pearl-diving equipment he rents out. Binghamton and Carpenter take the bait.
  
  
• A Medal For Parker - 1/7/1964
  Ensign Parker's girlfriend Mary has left him for an ace fighter pilot. To get her back, the crew plants a made-up story of his heroism in her local paper and gets Parker a medal for bravery.
  
  
• The Balloon Goes Up - 1/14/1964
  At last, Captain Binghamton has been transferred to a position on Admiral Rogers' staff. Before he goes, he needs to account - or pay - for $150,000 of missing inventory, which the crew has been trading with Urulu.
  
  
• Who'll Buy My Sarongs? - 1/21/1964
  Gruber and Tinker are at odds over the upcoming sarong sale. The crew takes sidesand the competition is fierce.
  
  
• Evil-Eye Parker - 1/28/1964
  The crew plans a talent show to raise money for a needy orphanage. Nothing short of being hypnotized will get Binghamton to allow the show.
  
  
• The Great Impersonation - 2/4/1964
  The bumbling Ensign Parker is sent on a special mission to divert assassins when it is discovered that he bears a striking resemblance to a targeted British General.
  
  
• Urulu's Paradise West - 2/11/1964
  When the Navy asks Binghamton to purchase one of Urulu's islands, he must make amends with his native adversary.

DVD CONTENTS : DISC FOUR

• Dear Diary - 2/18/1964
  When Binghamton gets a hold of Ensign Parker's diary, detailing all the shady activities of McHale and the crew, he thinks he's finally found a way to get rid of them all.
  
  
• Babette Go Home - 2/25/1964
  When the Navy wants to buy a nearby island for a new supply depot, the negotiations get complicated after the daughter of the island's owner stows away on the 73 to be near Virgil.
  
  
• The Novocain Mutiny - 3/3/1964
  Prisoner of war and crew houseboy Fuji develops a terrible toothache. Secretly getting him to a dentist is complicated by a visit from the Fleet Medical Officer.
  
  
• Stars Over Taratupa - 3/10/1964
  When a famous director arrives on the island to film a documentary on PT boats, McHale and the crew are determined to star in it.
  
  
• Comrades Of PT-73 - 3/17/1964
  Captain Binghamton sees an opportunity to get rid of McHale and his boys for good when a Russian officer comes to the base looking to take a PT boat and its crew back to Murmansk.
  
  
• Return Of Big Frenchy - 3/24/1964
  When Big Frenchy returns to Taratupa and cons Binghamton and Parker out of a load of supplies, McHale and the crew go after him.
  
  
• Alias PT-73 - 3/31/1964
  With the Admiral visiting, the crew is restricted to the island and must make an old PT boat look like the 73 in order to sneak off base and rebuild a native village.

DVD CONTENTS : DISC FIVE

• The Rage Of Taratupa - 4/7/1964
  When a swindling rock star on temporary assignment on Taratupa is captured by the Japanese, McHale and his men have to rescue him.
  
  
• Ensign Parker, E.S.P. - 4/14/1964
  Ensign Parker has a premonition that Captain Binghamton is going to be blown up in an air raid. His attempts to prevent this from happening only get him into trouble.
  
  
• The McHale Mob - 4/21/1964
  A mobster movie influences Urulu to play tough guy during treaty negotiations with the Navy. McHale, the crew, Binghamton, Carpenter and even Admiral Rogers fight back gangster-style to get him to change his mind.
  
  
• Carpenter In Command - 4/28/1964
  Captain Binghamton breaks his leg and leaves Elroy Carpenter in charge of the base. The normally reticent lieutenant lets the power go to his head and the boys are forced to humble him.
  
  
• Marryin' Chuck - 5/5/1964
  A teapot, mistaken for a cheap trinket, is acquired in a deal by Gruber. By the time the crew discovers it is actually a priceless antique, it's been given to the Admiral's daughter as a wedding gift.
  
  
• The Dart Gun Wedding - 5/12/1964
  Binghamton's stateside employer wants the Captain to keep his son on Taratupa permanently. In a rare display of solidarity, Binghamton and McHale's crew plot to get rid of the spoiled playboy.
  
  
• A Da-Da For Christy - 5/19/1964
  Christy's little daughter is about to say her first words and his wife has arranged to have it broadcast to him via ham radio. Trouble begins when the crew tries to pick up the channel on an enemy radio, confiscated during a raid.

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