I have seen many movies over my lifetime (60 years this March) and none of them has entertained me as thoroughly as the movie "No Time For Sergeants". This is the funniest movie I've ever seen. If I was to be isolated on an island for the rest of my life and could choose only one movie to take with me, I'd definitely choose "No Time For Sergeants".
The sergeant is a simple old guy who is looking forward to a peaceful retirement from the air force. Just like in real life where dreams remain only dreams, the sergeant's dream of retiring peacefully is faced with the reality of his new recruit---Wil Stockdale. Shoeless Wil Stockdale is the epitome of a "country bumpkin". Wil lived at home with his elderly daddy on their chicken farm in the hills of Georgia until he was called by the draft to serve his country. (Maybe this was the reason the draft was abolished.) Wil is a sincere good-hearted mountain-boy whose gullible naiveté faces reality shock in the air force. He meets an equally-mis-placed buddy who enlisted because he's the youngest of a family of honorable soldiers. The two buddies help each other during their preliminary days as air force recruits. The Sergeant's schemes to have Wil re-assigned far from his command are reminiscent of the Roadrunner Cartoons and Wiley Coyote's foiled attempts at catching the roadrunner.
If you can watch this movie without breaking-out into laughter, especially when the toilet seats salute the Camp's Colonel, then you have no sense of humor. Will Stockdale--- we salute you!
The sergeant is a simple old guy who is looking forward to a peaceful retirement from the air force. Just like in real life where dreams remain only dreams, the sergeant's dream of retiring peacefully is faced with the reality of his new recruit---Wil Stockdale. Shoeless Wil Stockdale is the epitome of a "country bumpkin". Wil lived at home with his elderly daddy on their chicken farm in the hills of Georgia until he was called by the draft to serve his country. (Maybe this was the reason the draft was abolished.) Wil is a sincere good-hearted mountain-boy whose gullible naiveté faces reality shock in the air force. He meets an equally-mis-placed buddy who enlisted because he's the youngest of a family of honorable soldiers. The two buddies help each other during their preliminary days as air force recruits. The Sergeant's schemes to have Wil re-assigned far from his command are reminiscent of the Roadrunner Cartoons and Wiley Coyote's foiled attempts at catching the roadrunner.
If you can watch this movie without breaking-out into laughter, especially when the toilet seats salute the Camp's Colonel, then you have no sense of humor. Will Stockdale--- we salute you!