McHale's Navy Who'll Buy My Sarongs? (1962–1966) Online

As a Tim Conway fan, the way the writers used the character of Ensign Parker makes a person shutter while watching this episode. The ever bumbling Parker is written so incompetent in this show that it was no longer funny when they seem to always give him the last unfunny sentence and clumsy reaction in each scene. It finally got so foolish that the show was nearly embarrassing even for the viewer.

The story consisted of Binghamton keeping as very important proficiency test date for all PT boats away from McHale. It is to be a test that will demonstrate the crews efficiency under stress and if a crew fails they will be sent back for retraining and reassignment. Binghamton is giddy thinking about the 73 failing the test and finally getting rid of McHale.

To make matter worse, the crew of the 73 are fighting among themselves over a plan to sell sarongs. It seems that half the crew wants the sarongs to look one way while the other prefers a different approach. This plays right into the hands of Binghamton as the date for the test draws near and the crew is at each others throat.

The concept of the story was not a bad idea and could have been an interesting plot if not for the constant foolery inserted by writing so many stupid, unnecessary lines for Ensign Parker. This is one time that the incompetency was not funny.