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Roll Out!

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Roll Out!	label	Roll Out!
Roll Out!	page	RollOut
Roll Out!	comment	Roll Out! was a military sitcom that aired on CBS in 1973, and focused on a supply unit in France during World War 2, and had a mostly African-American staff; the main driving forces (No Pun Intended) of the show were Corporal Carter "Sweet" Williams - a schemer and a dreamer who always wants to come out on top, and P.F.C. Jed Brooks - who is more or less the voice of reason of the two. Other characters include High Strung and Wheels Dawson, who serve as Sitcom Arch-Nemesis to Sweet and Jed; Sergeant B.J. Bryant, the ranking non-commissioner officer over the rest of the drivers; and Captain Rocco Calvelli, the commanding officer of the entire unit.The show was actually created by Larry Gelbart and Gene Reynolds, the creators/producers behind MASH; CBS saw what a success MASH had become, and turned to Gelbart and Reynolds to create another military sitcom for them, in hopes on further cashing in on the success and popularity of the former series. Whereas MAS*H drew parallels from The Vietnam War for its anti-war satire of the Korean War, Roll Out! drew on race relations for its humor. Roll Out!, however, did poorly in the ratings, and lasted only one season.
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Roll Out! / int_149ff4b0	type	HilarityEnsues
Roll Out! / int_149ff4b0	comment	Hilarity Ensues: Usually whenever Sweet is up to something that he's trying to get to work in his favor.
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Roll Out! / int_18d15922	type	Title Drop
Roll Out! / int_18d15922	comment	Title Drop: And it's a Once an Episode thing, as the order that Bryant shouts out to the drivers when it's time for a run: ROLL OUT!
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Roll Out! / int_1c79ae8c	type	Those Two Guys
Roll Out! / int_1c79ae8c	comment	Those Two Guys: Applies to both Sweet and Jed, as well as Wheels and High Strung.
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Roll Out! / int_224c9aef	type	Laugh Track
Roll Out! / int_224c9aef	comment	Laugh Track
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Roll Out! / int_24321e44	type	Only Sane Man
Roll Out! / int_24321e44	comment	Only Sane Man: Out of the drivers themselves, Jed is the only one who actually tries to be a decent guy, on the grounds that people should help each other during a war.
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Roll Out! / int_26d1f65f	type	Verbal Tic
Roll Out! / int_26d1f65f	comment	Verbal Tic: Jersey Hampton, who pretty much always speaks in imitations of famous movie stars including James Cagney and John Wayne; in fact, a whole episode can go by without the audience even really knowing how Jersey really speaks.
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Roll Out! / int_27a42ebc	type	Spiritual Successor
Roll Out! / int_27a42ebc	comment	Spiritual Successor: Despite being made in the shadows of MASH, this show was also something of a series adaptation of the movie Red Ball Express.*
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Roll Out! / int_5860c090	type	Sitcom Arch-Nemesis
Roll Out! / int_5860c090	comment	Sitcom Arch-Nemesis: Wheels and High Strung are these to Sweet and Jed (mostly Sweet), though they feel it's the other way around.
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Roll Out! / int_6ef9d3fe	type	Christmas Episode
Roll Out! / int_6ef9d3fe	comment	Christmas Episode: "Christmas of 44," in which the unit is depressed over spending their Christmas in the middle of a war, until a group of orphans brighten their day.
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Roll Out! / int_823c6e3e	type	Large Ham
Roll Out! / int_823c6e3e	comment	Large Ham: Sweet (hey, it's Stu Gillman), Wheels, High Strung, and Jersey.
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Roll Out! / int_8411ab92	type	Red Oni, Blue Oni
Roll Out! / int_8411ab92	comment	Red Oni, Blue Oni: Sweet is red (arrogant, abbrasive, competitive, always wants to come out on top), while Jed is blue (a little naive, thoughtful, considerate, wants to be of help to anyone who needs it).
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Roll Out! / int_9b1e50bd	type	During the War
Roll Out! / int_9b1e50bd	comment	During the War: France in WW2.
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Roll Out! / int_a0f6ab07	type	Nicknaming the Enemy
Roll Out! / int_a0f6ab07	comment	Nicknaming the Enemy: Though Wheels isn't technically an enemy in the sense that he's on the other side of the war, he's Sweet's nemesis, and Sweet always calls him "Ugly".
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Roll Out! / int_a6c69bd	type	MacGuffin
Roll Out! / int_a6c69bd	comment	MacGuffin: In a number of episodes, a free trip to Paris is this for Sweet.
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Roll Out! / int_a90fff3	type	Based on a True Story
Roll Out! / int_a90fff3	comment	Based on a True Story: as The Other Wiki describes it:
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Roll Out! / int_b5b4b485	type	The Bet
Roll Out! / int_b5b4b485	comment	The Bet: Sweet pulls this quite frequently throughout the series, such as the time a contest is held where the team with the best-maintained and driven truck wins a free trip to Paris; a bet arises between Sweet and Wheels to see which of them will win said trip to Paris.
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Roll Out! / int_b9a22821	type	Jive Turkey
Roll Out! / int_b9a22821	comment	Jive Turkey: Not surprisingly, many of the characters on this show speak this way, though perhaps Sweet, Wheels, and High Strung moreso than others.
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Roll Out! / int_cdd835ce	type	Dude, Not Funny!
Roll Out! / int_cdd835ce	comment	invokedDude, Not Funny!: In one episode, Calvelli asks Chapman if he knows anything about Leonardo da Vinci, to which Chapman responds, "I know he was a homosexual, sir." Calvelli is not amused.
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Roll Out! / int_dc3b74bc	type	Pointy-Haired Boss
Roll Out! / int_dc3b74bc	comment	Pointy-Haired Boss: All of the ranking officers (Bryant, Calvelli, and Chapman) fall into this category.
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