The Rat Patrol-Apologize

 

This is a music video.

The Rat Patrol-New Car

 

This a music video I made. I thought the song "New Car" sung by Cledus T. Judd fit the scene of exploding vehicles. Enjoy.

 

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The Rat Patrol-You Do You Thing

 

The clips in this video are from one of my favorite episode on 'The Rat Patrol'. Hauptmann Dietrich and Sgt Troy are captured together by Arabs. I set it to the song 'You Do Your Thing' by Montgomery Gentry because it fit the mood. Both Hauptmann Dietrich and Sgt. Troy have their own way of doing things. (Yes, it is a music video.)  I put in clips I thought showed their struggle with each other during their escape, showed their heart, and how they dealt with each other at the end. Hope you enjoy the video.

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Attitude Adjustments On 'The Rat Patrol'

 

The video contains clips from 'The Rat Patrol' series on attitude adjustments. The song on the video, you guessed it, 'Attitude Adjustment' by Hank Williams, Jr.

 

This one of the music videos I made in a silly mood. You can find more of the music videos I made at MidnightAngel50.

The Rat Patrol (TV series)

'The Rat Patrol' aired on ABC during 1966-1968. It is about the exloits of four allied soldiers (3 Americans and 1 British). They were part of a long range desert patrol group in the North African campaign during World War 2.

The show was inspired by and loosely modelled on the New Zealand/British/Rhodesian Long Range Desert Group. The title of the program refers to the nick names given to some of the small desert groups like 'Rats of Tobruk' and 'Desert Rats'.

Cast

Christopher George played Sgt. Sam Troy, who was the units leader.

Gary Raymond played Sgt. Jack Moffitt, who is the only British member of the patrol. The Character Sgt. Moffitt was the expert on the desert and on the local Arab Tribes, which inhabited it. Moffitt speaks fleunt German and Arabic, as well as able to read some dead, ancient languages.

Lawerence Carey played Pvt. Mark T. Hitchcock. The patrol calls him 'Hitch'. Hitchcock is a Ivy League college man turned soldier. If you watched a few episodes you'll noticed Hitchcock often chews bubblegum.

Justin Tarr playes Pvt. Tully Pettigrew. Troy calls Tully one of the army's best wheelman. The story of Tully is he grew up in Kentucky and gained his driving skell by running moonshine.

Hans Gudegast (now known as Eric Braedon) played the character of Houptmann Hans Duietrich. Dietrich is a dedicated, honorable German officer. He is the Rat Patrol's main nemesis.

During the second season, the storyline required the absence of Tully for a few episodes. Three different characters took turns rounding out the team Tully's absence.

• Peterson-Darwin Joston


• Andy-Mac McLaughlin


• Bo Randall-Bo Hopkins

Facts About The Production:

• 'The Rat Patrol' was filmed in Almeria, Spain during part of the first season.


• The threes part storyline of 'The Last Harbor Raid' was released in some venues as 'Massacre Harbor'.


• After the first season, each major cast member was shown a prospective script in which he was killed in action to prevent the actors fro asking for raises.


• A jeep overturned, injurying Christopher George. The injury lead to a bad heart that contributed to his subsequent death.


• As was the norm for low-cost productions, other equipment was substituted for original ones. The German vehicles were substituted with American Patton tanks, M7 Priest self-propelled guns, M3 half-track and M35 2 1/2 ton cargo trucks were painted in desert sand colors.


• The submachine guns used by the squad by the squad were props meant to look-like assault rifles or Thompson submachine guns.


• Sgt. Troy wor a slouch hat during the series. When 'The Rat Patrol aired in Australia, veterans of both World Wars were critical of Christopher George wearing an important symbol of Australian courage and sacrifice. It was seen as cheaping and sensationalizing the memory and spirit of the ANZACs, who died fighting Fascism. Christopher George, who was of Greek extraction, insisted his character wear the slouch hat to honor the Australians, who fought in Greece.

The Rat Patrol-All Jacked Up

This video is one of the first few I did. I was surfing through You Tube for some old time TV series I watch when I was younger. "The Rat Patrol" was one of those series I was looking. As I surfed for "The Rat Patrol", I noticed there was no music videos for this TV series like "Combat", Alias Smith And Jones", etc. I decided to be the first to do a music video on the "The Rat Patrol". I tried my luck. I used the song "All Jacked Up" sung by Gretchen Wilson because in the clips I couldn't help but thinks these guys were all jacked up and ready to go. This is what I came up with.