Series Description:

The C.P.O. Sharkey TV show was a 30 minute comedy series on NBC about a Navy Chief Petty Officer who was responsible for making sailors out of new recruits.

C.P.O. Sharkey Cast:

C.P.O. Sharkey Trivia:

Don Rickles got his start doing stand-up comedy in night clubs. He made his first movie appearance in the hit film, "Run Silent Run Deep (1958)". He appeared in several other mediocre films before his next hit, "Kelly's Heroes (1970)". From 1973 to 1984, Don made a lot of appearances on the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts. Don's early night club experience was ideal for those appearances! He was the master of insults, with nicknames, "Mr. Warmth" and "The Merchant of Venom". Don did such a good job that he stepped in as master of ceremonies when Dean Martin himself was roasted!

Capitalizing on his role as the master of insults, Don Rickles (C.P.O. Sharkey) could be viciously mean to his recruits at times but he actually cared deeply for them on the inside.

Elizabeth Allen had been the "Away We Go" girl on the "Jackie Gleason Show". She was also the strange department store salesperson on the Twilight Zone episode where Anne Francis played a Mannequin that was brought to life.

Don Rickles guest-hosted on "The Tonight Show" several times for Johnny Carson. One night, Don broke Johnny's favorite ashtray. When Johnny returned to the show and discovered it broken, he questioned the band members and found out that Don had broken it. He "acted" as if he was extremely upset and charged off the Tonight Show stage while a camera followed him to another set nearby where the C.P.O. Sharkey TV show was being taped! Johnny burst right in while the tape was rolling and started chewing Rickles out for what he'd done. That may be the only time anyone ever saw Don Rickles speechless! It was hilarious!

At the end of the first season, C.P.O. Sharkey's commander was a beautiful woman named Captain Quinlan. When the show returned in the second season, she had been replaced as commander by a man named Captain "Buck" Buckner.

Episodes List With Original Air Dates

The First Season

1. Oh Captain! My Captain (12/1/1976)
2. Shimokawa Ships Out (12/8/1976)
3. The Dear John Letter (12/22/1976)
4. Goodbye Dolly (12/29/1976)
5. Skolnick In Love (1/12/1977)
6. Mignone's Mutiny (1/19/1977)
7. Kowalski, The Somnamulist (1/26/1977)
8. Sunday In Tijuana (2/9/1977)
9. Rodriguez And His Mamacita (2/16/1977)
10. Sharkey Boogies On Down (2/23/1977)
11. Sharkey Finds Peace And Quiet (3/2/1977)
12. Sharkey The Marriage Counselor (3/9/1977)
13. Sharkey's Secret Life (3/16/1977)
14. The Pizza Party (3/23/1977)
15. A Wino Is Loose (3/23/1977)

The Second Season

16. The New Captain (10/21/1977)
17. Operation Frisco (10/28/1977)
18. Sharkey Flies Over The Cuckoo's Nest (11/11/1977)
19. Don't Make Waves (11/18/1977)
20. Natalie's Ultimatum (12/2/1977)
21. Sharkey The Actor (12/9/1977)
22. Barracks Baby (12/30/1977)
23. Seven-Eleven Sharkey (1/6/1978)
24. Forget Pearl Harbor (1/13/1978)
25. Close Encounters Of The Worst Kind (1/27/1978)
26. Pruitt's Paradise (2/3/1978)
27. Sharkey Meets Pruitt's Sister (2/17/1978)
28. Sharkey's Back Problem (2/17/1978)
29. It Happened One Night (3/3/1978)
30. Tell It To The Marines (3/10/1978)
31. Sharkey And The South American Way (3/17/1978)
32. Punk Rock Sharkey (3/24/1978)
33. Pruitt, The Russian Flu-Carrier (3/31/1978)
34. Captain's Right Hand Man (4/7/1978)
35. Fear Of Flying (4/14/1978)
36. The Even Couple (4/21/1978)
37. The Used-Car Caper (4/28/1978)