CPO Sharkey
| C.P.O. Sharkey | |
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Sharkey winds up in a Tijuana jail after trying to bail out his men.
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| Genre | Comedy |
| Created by | Aaron Ruben |
| Starring |
Don Rickles Peter Isacksen Elizabeth Allen Harrison Page Richard X. Slattery |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 37 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Aaron Ruben |
| Producer(s) | Aaron Ruben Gene Marcione |
| Running time | approx. 0:30 (per episode) |
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| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | December 1, 1976 – April 28, 1978 |
C.P.O. Sharkey is an American sitcom created by Aaron Ruben that aired on NBC from December 1, 1976, to April 28, 1978. The series starred Don Rickles in the title role, with Peter Isacksen, Elizabeth Allen, Harrison Page and Richard X. Slattery as supporting players.
The series starred Don Rickles as U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Otto Sharkey, an abrasive, sharp-tongued veteran in charge of a company of new seaman recruits on a San Diego naval base. Rickles (who in real-life served in the Navy during World War II) is famous for his jokes about various ethnicities, and the program provided him with a vehicle for his politically incorrect humor. Sharkey, however, was really a nice guy beneath his harsh exterior and often went to extreme measures to help his recruits with their problems.
The young company consisted of Daniels, an African-American; Kowalski, a Polish-American; Skolnick, a Jewish-American; Mignone, an Italian-American; and Rodriguez, a Puerto Rican. Sharkey's best friend on the base was C.P.O. Dave Robinson (Harrison Page), who was African-American. Sharkey's assistant, Seaman Lester Pruitt (Peter Isacksen), was a 6' 7" Southerner who shared his simple-minded homilies to the uninterested C.P.O. Sharkey's immediate superior was the smug and buck-toothed Lt. Whipple (Jonathan Daly). The base commander in the first season was the female Capt. Quinlan (Elizabeth Allen), whom Sharkey never insulted to her face. In the second season, Capt. Quinlan was replaced by Capt. Buck Buckner (Richard X. Slattery), a by-the-book former submarine captain.
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