December 1, 1976 - July 28, 1978
NBC Situation Comedy - 37 Filmed Episodes

Cast:
C.P.O. Sharkey:   Don Rickles
Seaman Pruitt:   Peter Isacksen
Daniels:   Jeff Hollis
Kowalski:   David Landsberg
Capt. Quinlan:   Elizabeth Allen
Chief Robinson:   Harrison Page
Mignone:   Barry Pearl
Apodaca:   Philip Simms
Rodriguez:   Richard Beauchamp
Shimokawa:   Evan Kim
Lt. Whipple:   Jonathan Daly
Chief Gypsy Koch:   Beverly Sanders
Capt. "Buck" Buckner:   RIchard X. Slattery

A satirical look at Naval life as seen through the
experiences of Chief Petty Officer Steve Sharkey, an
acid-tongued, 24-year veteran of navy service, who was
stationed at the Navy Training Center in San Diego. He was
in charge of a company of new recruits, and it was his job to
make sailors out of a collection of diverse ethnic types,
most of whom had never been away from home before. The
various ethnic backgrounds and stereotypes were all
targets of Sharkey's verbal barbs, but beneath that harsh, nasty
exterior beat the heart of an old softie, especially when he
sensed the suffering of a recruit who either could not take his
bluster or was suffering of a recruit who either could not take
his bluster or was suffering the problems of adjusting to life
away from home. Sharkey's immediate superior was the long-
winded and over bearing Lt. Whipple; the base commander was
Capt. Quinlan, who was, of all things, an attractive woman.

In the fall of 1977 Sharkey had a new, and male,
commanding officer in Capt. "Buck" Buckner.

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C.P.O. Sharkey

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