"F-Troop" was a sit-com that ran from 1965 to 1967. As was typical of comedy at the time ....... writers, actors and comedians were constantly pushing the envelope in terms of what they could get away with under the Puritanical yoke of the FCC and network censors. It was a tightrope walk, though. Push too hard, and...... POOF!! .....you were gone, regardless of ratings. The Smothers Brothers were a prime casualty of this reality. The writers of F-Troop were able to walk the tightrope for 65 episodes without a stumble.......well, almost, anyway. Originally, they wanted to name the Indian tribe the "Fukawi". But, the censors caught on to the joke and nixed that notion. Instead, the writers had to settle for the tribe being named the "Hekawi". The first video is the joke around the tribe's name. Imagine how much funnier it would have been with the original "Fukawi" name. The second video shows that comedy writers are ALWAYS smarter than the censors. Yes, the writers snuck this one past the boys at the FCC. Aren't euphemisms wonderful?? ..............
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