Episode
McHale's Navy: The Confidence Game
Overview
Parker requests a transfer, when he feels he's not getting the respect he deserves. So, to change his mind, and build up his self-confidence, McHale puts him in charge of an important test mission.
Details
- Series
- McHale's Navy
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 20
- Air date
- 1963-02-28
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
The Confidence Game is Episode 20 in Season 1 of McHale's Navy. It aired on 1963-02-28. The runtime is 30 min.
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Episode 19: The Natives Get Restless
Some local natives – Who depend on McHale and his men for their income – Are up in arms over Binghamton's having made their village off-limits to McHale and his Crew. But Binghamton must re-establish good relations with them, for the upcoming inspection tour of The Undersecretary Of The Navy.
Episode 21: Six Pounds from Paradise
The Navy has issued a directive stating that all overweight Combat Officers will be shipped out, and, when Binghamton goes all out to see that McHale goes over the weight limit, the boys cook up a plan to keep him with them.
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