Set Sail with McHale - Paperbackby Denny Reese (Author), Steven Thompson (Author), Sara Ballantine (Foreword by) Before the long running television success of M*A*S*H, home audiences found delight and diversion in such military situation comedies as You'll Never Get Rich (The Phil Silver Show), Hogan's Heroes, Gomer Pyle USMC, and even the U. S. Cavalry inspired F Troop. One of the most fondly remembered among these early service comedies is McHale's Navy. For four season from 1962