About: Roll Out

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Roll 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 1940s.

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  • Roll 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 1940s. (en)
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  • 1974-01-04 (xsd:date)
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  • 12 (xsd:nonNegativeInteger)
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  • 1973-10-05 (xsd:date)
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  • Stu Gilliam and Hilly Hicks. (en)
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  • Robert C. Moreno (en)
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  • United States (en)
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  • William Wiard (en)
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  • 20 (xsd:integer)
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  • 1 (xsd:integer)
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  • 1973-10-05 (xsd:date)
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  • Sitcom (en)
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  • 220 (xsd:integer)
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  • English (en)
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  • 1974-01-04 (xsd:date)
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  • 12 (xsd:integer)
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  • 1973-10-05 (xsd:date)
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  • When Sweet realizes that the winner of "honor truck" will win a pass to Paris, nothing—including fair play—will stop him from winning. (en)
  • Sweet and Jed accept a volunteer mission, and stand a good chance to return as heroes if they survive. (en)
  • Sweet and the boys become unlikely safe crackers. (en)
  • We meet the troops of the "Red Ball Express," a mostly black Army transportation unit based in France during World War II. In the premiere episode we see how Sweet honors a fellow driver's last wish by organizing a New Orleans-style funeral. (en)
  • As part of a contest, Sweet gets a chance to travel to Paris. (en)
  • Sweet's "high-living, always-jiving" attitude drives Jed crazy. (en)
  • When the mail truck explodes, Captain Calvelli receives only half of a "Dear John" letter, but that is enough to make him crazy. (en)
  • Sweet gets an honorable discharge after he sprains his ankle. (en)
  • The company's Christmas looks pretty gloomy until a bunch of orphans come into their lives. (en)
  • The drivers are tasked with delivering a gift to a general's wedding, but the job is tougher than they expected. (en)
  • Sweet finds a bag of $100 bills inside a hollow tree, and everyone else is miffed by his new affluent attitude. (en)
  • Sweet accepts Jed's invitation to a Sunday drive to church, but Sweet does not plan to go to church. (en)
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  • Pilot (en)
  • Strange Bedfellows (en)
  • Dark Victory (en)
  • Christmas the '44 (en)
  • Dear Rocco (en)
  • Didn't He Ramble? (en)
  • Honor Truck (en)
  • Members of the Wedding (en)
  • No Wages – All Fear (en)
  • Sunday, Sweet Sunday (en)
  • Sweet Millions (en)
  • The Paper Caper (en)
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  • Gene Reynolds (en)
  • William Wiard (en)
  • Don Weis (en)
  • Richard Kinon (en)
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  • dbr:Gene_Reynolds
  • dbr:Larry_Gelbart
  • Booker Bradshaw, Larry Gelbart and Sheldon Keller (en)
  • Larry Gelbart, Howard Merrill and Gene Reynolds (en)
  • Larry Gelbart, Peter Meyerson and Gene Reynolds (en)
  • Larry Gelbart, Rick Mittleman and Gene Reynolds (en)
  • Larry Gelbart, Sheldon Keller and Gene Reynolds (en)
  • Larry Gelbart, Simon Muntner and Gene Reynolds (en)
  • Sid Dorfman, Larry Gelbart and Gene Reynolds (en)
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  • Roll 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 1940s. (en)
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  • Roll Out (en)
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