Been watching MASH

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It was also interesting how they were able to take the same actor who played a loony general in an episode and use him as Col Potter! I always liked Morgan. I guess Dragnet was where I first regularly saw him.

Over the course of the show, they also changed Potter’s and Pierce’s Home states. Potter’s first reference to Home was “Nebraska”, and Pierce’s first was “Vermont”. Later, they would claim Hannibal, MO and Crabapple Cove, Maine respectively.

 

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Greys and Modern family are the only shows I watch. Also like the goldbergs and can’t remeber the name...it’s ended in May/June...the hexes. But half the time I miss them.

Heck we watched cheers a few times on Netflix.

The Middle is your other show.

 

[Princessclab]

Over the course of the show, they also changed Potter’s and Pierce’s Home states. Potter’s first reference to Home was “Nebraska”, and Pierce’s first was “Vermont”. Later, they would claim Hannibal, MO and Crabapple Cove, Maine respectively.

Good trivia to know!

 

[amcnj]

Right? I never saw MASH in first-run, so when I was watching old episodes and saw him as the loony general I was rolling on the floor laughing since I'd only known him as Col Potter.

Haha! For a moment you must have thought you were in the Twilight Zone with Col Potter having gone off the deep end!

 

[luvsJack]

So you preferred Charles to Frank I guess, what about Trapper versus BJ?

Don’t know about the pp, but I defintily prefer Charles over Frank. They did so much more with his character. So much human insight to what made him who he was and let you see his weaknesses.

Trapper and BJ are hard. I like them both. Very different. I like that they didn’t try to make the replacement characters just like the original.

But my favorite character, after Hawkeye, is Klinger. He was only supposed to be in one episode but apparently was a loved character so they kept him.

 

[MaryLovesPoohBear]

Those are fightin words! I'll take Col Potter over Blake any day. (Although I definitely could have done without Frank Burns.)

I prefer Potter to Blake, BJ over Trapper and Winchester over Frank.

Honestly, it got old watching everyone cheat on their wives. It was nice to see at least some of the characters be true to their vows.

 

[luvsJack]

I prefer Potter to Blake, BJ over Trapper and Winchester over Frank.

Honestly, it got old watching everyone cheat on their wives. It was nice to see at least some of the characters be true to their vows.

That was a difference I liked too. The episode that BJ thought of cheating on his wife really brought to light the difference in the characters.

 

[bcla]

I remember they used the show to recycle several Hollywood actors of Asian ancestry. There weren't too many roles available, so there were some Chinese-American and Japanese-American actors who played ostensibly Korean roles. Some even did several roles.

 

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The early episodes were sillier, but fun. I really liked Col Blake and preferred Frank to Winchester. I did prefer BJ to Trapper. The show IMO was at its peak after Blake & Trapper left, but before Winchester.

 

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It was also interesting how they were able to take the same actor who played a loony general in an episode and use him as Col Potter! I always liked Morgan. I guess Dragnet was where I first regularly saw him.

I had completely forgotten he was on Dragnet.

 

[pooh'smate]

I love MASH. I have been rewatching it again since it is on Hulu now. I prefer Col. Potter and Winchester. I agree with the above poster that it got old seeing everybody cheat on their wives regularly. I knew Col Potter from The Apple Dumpling Gang.

 

[Cannot_Wait_4Disney]

That was a difference I liked too. The episode that BJ thought of cheating on his wife really brought to light the difference in the characters.

Though we never see BJ actually doing the deed so to speak heating he did spend the night with one of the nurses and we see Hawkeye indeed stopping him from writing peg and confessing. So the conclusion is he cheated on his wife. Though it had often been dealt with in a comedic way as a punch line with Burns and Houlihan and with Blake, in this episode they dealt with it in a more dramatic way. This episode presented it as something even moral men and women have to deal with and unfortunately give in to sometimes when they're off at war.

 

[verleniahall]

we love M*A*S*H in our home!! I grew up watching reruns and even self taught myself the theme song (suicide is painless) on my trombone.

Trivia - the kid who wrote the them song was 14 when he wrote it -

Mike Altman is the son of the original film’s director, and was 14 years old when he wrote the song’s lyrics.

 

[luvsJack]

Though we never see BJ actually doing the deed so to speak heating he did spend the night with one of the nurses and we see Hawkeye indeed stopping him from writing peg and confessing. So the conclusion is he cheated on his wife. Though it had often been dealt with in a comedic way as a punch line with Burns and Houlihan and with Blake, in this episode they dealt with it in a more dramatic way. This episode presented it as something even moral men and women have to deal with and unfortunately give in to sometimes when they're off at war.

I don’t know, the episode goes back and forth with whether he did or he didn’t. In some ways it is implied that he did and other dialogue implies that it was just a kiss. The impact to me was that it was the way he felt that made him feel guilty.

I do think it handled a subject that hits close to home for a lot of service men and women during wartime. So many times it is so hard. They are so far from home. They do t know if they will even get home.

The episode with Hawkeye and Margaret was a bit the same. She was married to Donald at the time. They were both afraid and whatever happened, happened. He saw it as a one time thing because of what was happening around them. She saw it as a budding relationship. And of course it did make them closer.

 

[MaryLovesPoohBear]

Though we never see BJ actually doing the deed so to speak heating he did spend the night with one of the nurses and we see Hawkeye indeed stopping him from writing peg and confessing. So the conclusion is he cheated on his wife. Though it had often been dealt with in a comedic way as a punch line with Burns and Houlihan and with Blake, in this episode they dealt with it in a more dramatic way. This episode presented it as something even moral men and women have to deal with and unfortunately give in to sometimes when they're off at war.

If he did cheat, it was a one time thing. I was under the impression that they kissed and he stopped it. "I'm desperately in love with my wife."

Either way, night and day difference from Blake, Burns and Trapper that all had "girl friends" in addition to wives.

 

[DopeyDame]

So you preferred Charles to Frank I guess, what about Trapper versus BJ?

I really liked both Trapper and BJ. If I had to chose I guess I'd go with BJ.

 

[amcnj]

The early episodes were sillier, but fun. I really liked Col Blake and preferred Frank to Winchester. I did prefer BJ to Trapper. The show IMO was at its peak after Blake & Trapper left, but before Winchester.

I guess that is what I too associate with the earlier years, that is was a little more silly/zany, maybe trying to follow the film more?

 

[TeresaBelle]

I love Radar!!

 

[EveDallas]

Over the course of the show, they also changed Potter’s and Pierce’s Home states. Potter’s first reference to Home was “Nebraska”, and Pierce’s first was “Vermont”. Later, they would claim Hannibal, MO and Crabapple Cove, Maine respectively.

Hawkeye also made reference in the first season to 'Mom' and 'Sis' in a letter home. Later, he was an only child with a single father and mother who had passed when he was young.

 

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I love Radar!!

He was my favorite - was a little surprised nobody mentioned him previously (unless I missed it).

Edit: was Radar the only part played by the same actor in the film AND the series?