CPO Sharkey

TV Series
1976–1978
30m

IMDb RATING

7.0/10

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Trailer for CPO Sharkey: The Complete Second Season

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Sitcom Comedy

Comic exploits of an acid-tongued chief petty officer in the U.S. Navy.Comic exploits of an acid-tongued chief petty officer in the U.S. Navy.Comic exploits of an acid-tongued chief petty officer in the U.S. Navy.

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IMDb RATING

7.0/10

476

YOUR RATING

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Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
- 1 nomination total

Episodes37

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CPO Sharkey: Season 2

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CPO Sharkey: Season 1

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CPO Sharkey: Season 1

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Don Rickles

C.P.O. Otto Sharkey

Harrison Page

Chief Robinson

Jeff Hollis

Recruit Daniels

Tom Ruben

Recruit Kowalski

Peter Isacksen

Seaman Pruitt

David Landsberg

Recruit Skolnick

Richard Beauchamp

Recruit Rodriguez

Jonathan Daly

Lt. Whipple

Phillip Simms

Apodaca

Richard X. Slattery

Captain Buckner

Elizabeth Allen

Capt. Quinlan

Barry Pearl

Recruit Mignone

Rhonda Bates

Evelyn Thadburn

Beverly Sanders

Chief Gypsy Koch

John Fujioka

Mr. Shimokawa…

Beverly Hope Atkinson

Audrey

Betty Thomas

Seaman Daley

Merie Earle

Mrs. Finch

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Trivia
This show is often remembered for an incident in which Johnny Carson interrupted a taping session. During an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) with guest host Bob Newhart, Don Rickles accidentally broke the cigarette box on Carson's desk. When Carson returned to the show the next day, he discovered the broken box during taping. Carson took the broken box and a cameraman with him to the adjacent studio where Rickles' show was taped and teased him. This incident was played on Carson's annual specials and also on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992) on the day Carson died.

Goofs
In the opening credits, CPO Sharkey is wearing his dress blues with gold stripes, In the opening of the first episode, when Chief Sharkey is reenlisting, he is shown with red stripes. Gold stripes were earned by having 12 continuous years of good conduct. Therefore, it wouldn't make sense for him to be wearing red stripes when he had already earned gold ones.

Quotes
CPO Sharkey: [Repeated line] I'm gonna keep an eye on you!

Connections
Referenced in Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976)

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Featured review

4/10

See Him on Johnny Carson Instead

Rickles was one of the funniest comedians ever. Find his standup. Find his every appearance on Tonight Show when Carson was still the host.

The series tried to channel his humor but failed. When he sounds off on recruits, it's funny. But the plot's are the typical sitcom idiocy, dull and unoriginal. And none of the other actors can hold up against Rickles, not even be decent straight men.

The quality of TV, especially comedy, was so low back then pre cable and pre streaming that people were willing to sit though mediocrity for the gems that were Rickles's comedy. No one would sit through that today.