Boyington's Bstrds Podcast

Episode 30 - Steve and Dave Podcast on Friday

davebrodbeck@me.com Dave Brodbeck (Steve Cloutier & Dave Brodbeck) — Fri, 08 May 2026 17:07:00 +0000

This title works on many levels.

P51!

This one is pretty much the poster child for 'don't lean your history from a tv show'.

As much as Steve and I love the P51 Mustang, Yamamoto was shot down by P38s.

I can see some real MASH connections this week, like two different episodes too!

I don't think Yamamoto was called the Hawk.

Andre Dawson was, however, the hawk.

Hal Holbrook, in a robe, in Midway.

TJ is a creep.

The Pacific War isn't thought of as one that displaced civilians, but it did.

Conrad directed this one!

A Corsair could never beat a Mustang.

Lard is pretty reasonable here, and General Moore has no idea what's going on.

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Episode 29 - Steve & Dave vs a 200 lb Gorilla

davebrodbeck@me.com Dave Brodbeck (Steve Cloutier & Dave Brodbeck) — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 17:24:00 +0000

Jon isn't officially on this one, so the 200 lb gorilla does not refer to him, but to Red West.

Ahh yes, the old 'enlisted man who does not want to be an officer' trope. It's hard not to love though, the idea of Andy as an officer is great.

Directed by Dana Elcar.

I'm kind of warming to Lard on this rewatch.

We get a Red Buel reference. No autocomplete, not the freaking drink, stop it...

We talk a bit about Tokyo Rose.

The running joke that TJ runs his mixture so rich because he sucks is funny.

As with much of the first half of season 2, this one is pretty good!

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Episode 28 - A Daveine Steve

davebrodbeck@me.com Dave Brodbeck (Steve Cloutier & Dave Brodbeck) — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 18:16:00 +0000

This is literally the worst title I have ever come up with over all of the podcasts I have ever done. I am ever so proud.

SEASON 2!.

John Laroquette is really good in this one.

A bit heavy on the Orientalism this week.

Oh now it is officially called the Black Sheep Squadron.

Yup, we're back with more European theatre bombing runs passed off as Pacific, more useless brawls and more, let's face it, awesomeness from the Black Sheep.

"If Soon Teck Oh looked at me like that I'd volunteer too".

This is not the birth of the Kamikazes, but it's a good story.

I like the sort of mirroring they've done this time. We see that life on a Japanese base isn't that different than life on Lacava.

Wait, so in this universe there IS a a Vella Lavella.

Chaos theory butterfly stuff.

What's with Father John's accent? Why is Father John's accent? How is Father John's accent?

Gutterman is gone :-(.

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Episode 27 - Special Episode - Christmas in Retro TV Land

davebrodbeck@me.com Dave Brodbeck (Steve Cloutier & Dave Brodbeck) — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 05:01:00 +0000

It's between seasons.

It's the Christmas season.

We're doing a Christmas show, if you don't like it, well, first off, bah humbug, secondly, what did you pay for the podcast?

Steve, Jon and I welcome some guests this episode:

Those guests are, in no particular order:

Anthony Marco from Best Episode Ever.

Jeff Andrews from the 70s TV Detectives.

Chris Cooling from the Forgotten TV podcast.

All three now join my brother Dan from the We Have the Technology Podcast as official friends of the show.

We heated up a Swanson TV dinner, gathered around the 7 foot long cabinet tv, that Pete Campbell will tell you, is a beautiful piece of furniture that Wilt Chamberlain could lie down in (As Kenny Cosgrove reminds us, why would he?) and talked about a time before Jon was born.

Thanks to Anth, Jeff and Chris!

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Episode 26 - Special Episode, 1978 in Television

davebrodbeck@me.com Dave Brodbeck (Steve Cloutier & Dave Brodbeck) — Sat, 15 Nov 2025 22:37:00 +0000

It's between seasons 4 and 5 of Rockford.

It's between seasons 1 and 2 of Baa Baa Black Sheep.

That means it's 1978!

We decided to invite a couple of our friends on to tap about 1978 in tv, including Best Episode Ever's Anthony Marco and the 70s Detectives' Jeff Andrews.

Boy NBC sucked then.

Lots of stuff sucked then.

Jon reminds us that WKRP did start then!

Habs won the cup, so there's that.

Mostly we just hope you liked our little trip down memory lane. Might be another soon, before moving on to Season 5 of Rockford and Season 2 of Black Sheep.

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Episode 25 - Season 1 Wrap Up

davebrodbeck@me.com Dave Brodbeck (Steve Cloutier & Dave Brodbeck) — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 18:45:00 +0000

Hey, we finished season 1! So here are our thoughts.

Here are the best episodes.

Here are the worst episodes.

Here are the best guest stars.

We might even get Jon's thoughts! (Those thoughts essentially tuned out as 'I dunno, planes are cool').

Look, I write these things before we start, and usually I have notes, but we're just going to talk about season 1 ok.

I'll miss Hutch.

The show transitioned about half way through and got a tad serious, which we both like.

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Episode 24 - Neither Dave Nor Steve are the Fastest Gun

davebrodbeck@me.com Dave Brodbeck (Steve Cloutier & Dave Brodbeck) — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 16:47:00 +0000

Mundane title, but I'll take it.

Season finale!

The director, Phillip DeGuerre, took some neat chances this week.

Micklin is taking over from Hutch.

Steve and I talk a bit about the idea of 'knights of the air'.

What's with captain sgt. Bilko?

Efficiency experts are now called industrial organizational psychologists.

I love Hirachi throwing 'rice ball' back at Pappy.

TJ reads Japanese as well as he flies.

'You got American chocolate?'

'You got Japanese rice wine?'

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Episode 23 - Last One For Dave and Steve

davebrodbeck@me.com Dave Brodbeck (Steve Cloutier & Dave Brodbeck) — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 16:25:00 +0000

It's a play on the title of the episode as usual, not some retirement announcement...

This might be, at least to me, the best episode of the series. It is certainly the best episode of season 1.

To quote Steve 'once you get Red West, the character of Hutch is unnecessary, Joey Aresco is gone.'

Muted Micklin is a bit different, I liked it.

Indeed, Red West showed a side of his acting I didn't know existed.

Col. Lard does what he can here, as does Gen. Moore.

Doug the DJ who did coke on WKRP was one of the pilots this week!

Wait, so was Mr. Carlson!

This is the only episode that has ever brought a tear to my eye.

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Episode 22 - STEVE and DAVE welcome DA*N to the podcast

davebrodbeck@me.com Dave Brodbeck (Steve Cloutier & Dave Brodbeck) — Fri, 15 Aug 2025 19:19:00 +0000

Is this a good title? Look, I've had worse.

Oh yeah, welcome Dan, of Six Million Dollar Man fame.

(Also, don't tell anyone, but Dan is kinda sorta famous).

The WASPS were real, they were amazing, and they were brave. They were finally recognized as veterans in 1977. Thirty seven WASPS died in the line of duty.

They were not military pilots, so their commander in the episode could not be a major.

The second half of the season has dealt with things more seriously.

Still, everything is solved by men, but that's with 2025 eyes. This is pretty progressive for a show from 1977, especially a military one.

I love Andy Micklin.

TJ Sniffinstuff.

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Episode 21 - Poor Little Dave and Steve

davebrodbeck@me.com Dave Brodbeck (Steve Cloutier & Dave Brodbeck) — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 18:54:00 +0000

I like this title.

Nice performances by guest stars this week, especially Soon-Tek Oh. We're both big fans.

OH look, an episode with a crash an a nun, I think Dan and I have covered an episode like this.

'I am not French, I'm Swiss'. So was my grandfather, he fought Nazis and Japanese fascists, just saying...

Sorrel Booke is another great guest star this week.

Nice use of footage from 'Operation Petticoat' in this one, but you do see some pink sub at the end, which kind of both gives it away and takes you (if you're me) out of the scene.

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Episode 20 - Steve and Dave Have Trouble at Fort Apache

davebrodbeck@me.com Dave Brodbeck (Steve Cloutier & Dave Brodbeck) — Fri, 30 May 2025 19:01:00 +0000

It's that time of the month again. Wait, that sounds bad...

Lots of use of stock footage this week, much of it over Europe.

The B17 was not that big a deal in the Pacific theatre.

Inter service rivalry is a thing.

So general Moore just leaves....

Col Lard working together with Pappy, as much as he can, is a nice twist.

There's still this sense that everything can be cured with a fistfight, though, I suppose that sort of dispute resolution kind of comes to mind when your job is trying to make sure some other guy dies for his country.

I liked this one, though Masters of the Air it ain't.....

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Episode 19 - Dave and Steve Fly One Last Mission Over Sengai

davebrodbeck@me.com Dave Brodbeck (Steve Cloutier & Dave Brodbeck) — Fri, 02 May 2025 18:37:00 +0000

Easy title this time.

Oh, it's a reference to the title of the episode, don't worry, we aren't going anywhere.

It's directed by Jackie Cooper, and Mills Watson is guest starring, it's going to be good.

Many 70s character actors in this one.

This one says some stuff about PTSD and propaganda which I think is pretty great. Indeed, the back half of season 1 had quite a few serious plots.

All military or military adjacent shows need a court martial episode.

BTW, a court martial means you are charged and tried, it's not a punishment...

The 5th marines have done some stuff and seen some things, let's say that.

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Episode 18 - Steve the Dave Way

davebrodbeck@me.com Dave Brodbeck (Steve Cloutier & Dave Brodbeck) — Fri, 21 Feb 2025 20:08:00 +0000

New contender for worst title ever!

This one is fun because the actors are given the opportunity to, you know, act.

Jeff MacKay was really good in this episode. Indeed, as noted this one was full of very strong performances.

It's a Jackie Cooper directed outing, so it will be good.

The importance of war propaganda cannot be overstated.

The hair still bugs me.

This is one of the best episodes of the season.

Communalism vs individualism.

Kenneth Mars was a lot of fun in this one.

Whenever we mention 'Mr. French' I think of the butler on a Family Affair.

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Episode 17 - Dave and Steve in the Slot

davebrodbeck@me.com Dave Brodbeck (Steve Cloutier & Dave Brodbeck) — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 19:34:00 +0000

That may sound, umm, odd, but it only refers to the title of the episode!

RED WEST!

We also get Tommy Hirachi, Pappy's nemesis in the show (not so much in real life).

Some real exploration of Gutterman's PTSD.

Ginty's best work of the series so far.

Wait, you can't solve everything with a punch?

OK, well you can solve some things.

I am warming up to Col. Lard.

This is a crossover episode with WKRP

Andy Micklin is basically a walking trope and Steve and I don't care.

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Episode 16 - Steve is Dave's Deadliest Enemy of All

davebrodbeck@me.com Dave Brodbeck (Steve Cloutier & Dave Brodbeck) — Fri, 29 Nov 2024 20:06:00 +0000

Once I committed to this naming convention for part 1, part 2's title was a gimme.

I think that Robert Conrad really showed some range here.

I don't want to, however, hear his kissing noises.

Rabaul was certainly an important base for the Japanese.

It was eventually just bypassed.

The use of Tora Tora Tora footage was really good in this one.

What's the deal with Bobby Boyle's hair?

I love Gutterman, but sometimes I want to yell at him.

Nurses still in their civvy uniforms..

Part 2 was better than Part 1, just like it was with Rockford!

The actual Pappy is in this one!

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Episode 15 - Dave is Steve's Deadliest Enemy of All

davebrodbeck@me.com Dave Brodbeck (Steve Cloutier & Dave Brodbeck) — Fri, 18 Oct 2024 16:11:00 +0000

It's a two parter, so next time it will be how Steve is my deadliest enemy.

The New Britain campaign and strikes on Bougainville were a thing.

Oh yeah, here is a link to the documentary about the 214 Steve talked about.

Fighter sweeps were too.

So we have some actual historical accuracy here!

Nurses are great, if you are an officer.

Also, why are the nurses in civilian nursing uniforms?

James Whitmore Jr. kills it in this one, but Robert Conrad shows some chops too.

Patterson the red shirt...

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Episode 14 - Steve and Dave are the Uni Biz Warriors

davebrodbeck@me.com Dave Brodbeck (Steve Cloutier & Dave Brodbeck) — Fri, 13 Sep 2024 19:28:00 +0000

Long trip for this title. I apologize in advance.

Wait, what did you pay for the podcast? Nothing. I retract my apology.

JAMES DARREN! I love Jimmy Darren. I loved him in the Time Tunnel, I loved him in DS9, and he plays 'movie star' really well. Of course Jimmy died on Sept 3. If you get a chance, check out the interview with him on the Shuttlepod podcast. It's excellent.

Hollywood stars did joined the armed forces, as did pro athletes etc.

Who? Oh, Clark Gable, Jimmy Stewart, Glenn Miller, you know, no big stars... This is the equivalent today of say Ryan Reynolds, Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks and oh I dunno, Taylor Swift joining the armed forces to fight the evil that is fascism. This shows you how seriously people took this.

Rod getting names wrong, classic.

Everything is solved with toxic masculinity.

What's Nancy's problem?

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Episode 13 - Dave and Steve

davebrodbeck@me.com Dave Brodbeck (Steve Cloutier & Dave Brodbeck) — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 18:36:00 +0000

Easy title this month.

This one is about bullying, and hit home for both of us (you'd never guess the two of us would be bullied, no, kids love weird kids who read a lot...)

I like that it focusses a lot on Larry.

I like that it focusses a lot on Jerry.

Look, I like these guys.

Wartime romances were a real thing. They were often intense, and often a bad idea. A lot of guys came home to babies that couldn't have been theirs, and a lot of couples generally had kids outside of marriage, which was not as accepted a thing, generally. Mostly people moved on.

Some really good dogfighting scenes in this one.

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BOPNUS EPISODE - We Have the Technology - Episode 0

davebrodbeck@me.com Dave Brodbeck (Steve Cloutier & Dave Brodbeck) — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 18:43:00 +0000

No this isn't about Pappy or French or Lard or even WW2.

It's not even about Hirachi or Micklin.

I did talk about Baa Baa Black Sheep in the podcast though!

This is from a new podcast I'm doing with my brother Dan! It's called 'We Have the Technology' and it's about the classic 70s show the Six Million Dollar Man.

Every month or so Dan and I will talk about a couple of episodes. You know, like with Steve, except Dan isn't Steve as much as he's Dan Brodbeck, recordist.

We talked toys.

We talked bad effects.

We talked Farrah Fawcett.

We wondered who would want an Oscar Goldman doll.

Generally we just had fun.

Oh, yeah, a link to the site (still under construction, I haven't even bought the domain yet) might be nice....

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Episode 12 - Steve and Dave are the Cat's Whiskers

davebrodbeck@me.com Dave Brodbeck (Steve Cloutier & Dave Brodbeck) — Fri, 12 Jul 2024 19:05:00 +0000

Better title this month I think.

Hey this one has not one, but two made up islands!

The 'well if we could just get a mission we won't get court martialled' trope continues. (Also, is it martialled or martialed?). OK, turns out it must be the double l one right?

This one was broadcast on December 7, 1976. You may not know this, but, a pretty big thing happened on December 7, 1941, just saying.

I don't put my feet up on my desk much, but if Admiral Nimitz says it's a good idea I will start.

I really liked how Lard knew something was up because there was too much Scotch on Espartos Marcos.

Pappy's plane changes a few times scene to scene which is pretty funny.

'It's called stock footage David, be quiet'.

That said, much of the dogfighting stuff is great.

You sir, are no admiral Nimitz.

There are, today, listening posts like the show talked about. This one though seems to detect things using active sonar pings and Morse code...

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Episode 11 - Dave and Steve on My Mind

davebrodbeck@me.com Dave Brodbeck (Steve Cloutier & Dave Brodbeck) — Fri, 07 Jun 2024 18:15:00 +0000

This one has some great 70s guest stars.

The New Georgia campaign actually happened!

Pappy and the Black Sheep don't seem to get that in wartime the whole thing doesn't revolve around you.

The lack of military discipline in the show can usually be overlooked, but Steve and I are pretty sure enlisted men don't talk to officers like they do in this episode.

Coastwatchers were a real thing, JFK knew that. Oh so does Peter Frampton.

Generally this one was supposed to make me hate the marine raiders, but, umm, the 214 are just as bad as far as Steve and I are concerned.

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Episode 10 - Anyone For Steve and Dave?

davebrodbeck@me.com Dave Brodbeck (Steve Cloutier & Dave Brodbeck) — Fri, 10 May 2024 18:31:00 +0000

I wonder if this episode title would be used today.

We get Pappy drinking aftershave in this one!

Come to think of it, I shouldn't have used an exclamation point there, like, am I excited about alcohol use disorder?

Classic military movie trope of volunteers only in this one.

Classic military movie trop of drawing lots.

Whitmore Jr is really good in this one as usual.

The USS Princeton was a real carrier.

Those extra guys are a bunch of Dales.

Pappy is horrible. in the one.

The Fraser strait on the other hand....

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Episode 9 - Dave and Steve are Up For Grabs

davebrodbeck@me.com Dave Brodbeck (Steve Cloutier & Dave Brodbeck) — Fri, 12 Apr 2024 18:17:00 +0000

Obligatory title comment, this one is not one of my better ones.

Hey this one has a date!

Douglas MacArthur was really good at being MacArthur.

George Takei!

This one is stupid fun.

Nobody would have been that calm, on either side.

There's a magic B25 in this episode that changes livery.

There's stock footage from Tora Tora Tora in this one, and there's of course a Tor Tora Tora connection in this one.

Hey, also, directed by Ivan Dixon!

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Episode 8 - A Steve and Dave Circus

davebrodbeck@me.com Dave Brodbeck (Steve Cloutier & Dave Brodbeck) — Fri, 15 Mar 2024 17:29:00 +0000

Not a bad title this month.

Repeat this with me, there was no Christmas Island campaign.

I wonder if what Pappy proposes is technically a war crime.

Some great stuff about carrier operations this week. That guy is in a dumb looking shirt and hat for a reason.

US Navy vs USMC rivalry is a real thing. Inter service rivalries are in general in every country with armed forces.

We get some proper toxic masculinity this week.

We both love Gutterman.

We also get the 'flying misfits vs the US armed forces' this week. I'm not complaining BTW.

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Episode 7 - Presumed Steve and Dave

davebrodbeck@me.com Dave Brodbeck (Steve Cloutier & Dave Brodbeck) — Fri, 09 Feb 2024 19:27:00 +0000

Bad title.

Wait, Kent McCord and James Hong!

You don't send out active SONAR pings like that.

Also, why did Dobson speak Japanese when the Col speaks English?

There are some really great flight scenes in this one.

I wonder if any of the planes are still around.

Why would they be doing recon over an island they figure has nothing on it?

Some real Manchurian Candidate vibes in this one.

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Boyington's B*st*rds Podcast

Episode 30 - Steve and Dave Podcast on Friday

Episode 29 - Steve & Dave vs a 200 lb Gorilla

Episode 28 - A Daveine Steve

Episode 27 - Special Episode - Christmas in Retro TV Land

Episode 26 - Special Episode, 1978 in Television

Episode 25 - Season 1 Wrap Up

Episode 24 - Neither Dave Nor Steve are the Fastest Gun

Episode 23 - Last One For Dave and Steve

Episode 22 - S*T*E*V*E and D*A*V*E welcome D*A*N to the podcast

Episode 21 - Poor Little Dave and Steve

Episode 20 - Steve and Dave Have Trouble at Fort Apache

Episode 19 - Dave and Steve Fly One Last Mission Over Sengai

Episode 18 - Steve the Dave Way

Episode 17 - Dave and Steve in the Slot

Episode 16 - Steve is Dave's Deadliest Enemy of All

Episode 15 - Dave is Steve's Deadliest Enemy of All

Episode 14 - Steve and Dave are the Uni Biz Warriors

Episode 13 - Dave and Steve

BOPNUS EPISODE - We Have the Technology - Episode 0

Episode 12 - Steve and Dave are the Cat's Whiskers

Episode 11 - Dave and Steve on My Mind

Episode 10 - Anyone For Steve and Dave?

Episode 9 - Dave and Steve are Up For Grabs

Episode 8 - A Steve and Dave Circus

Episode 7 - Presumed Steve and Dave

Boyington's Bstrds Podcast

Episode 22 - STEVE and DAVE welcome DA*N to the podcast