A question about M*A*S*H
03-03-03, 09:57 AM
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A question about M*A*S*H
I know McLean Stevenson/Henry Blake leaves after Season 3, but does anyone know when Wayne Rogers/Trapper John leaves, and when Larry Linville/Frank Burns leaves? Really need to know, and would appreciate any help. Thanks.
03-03-03, 10:04 AM
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McLean Stevenson "left" on February 15, 1996 (after a heart attack at age 66), and Larry Linville on April 10, 2000 (pneumonia due to complications from a cancer operation at age 60).
Wayne Rogers is still healthy.
Wayne Rogers is still healthy.
03-03-03, 10:06 AM
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Wayne Rogers left in the same classic episode as Stevenson, 'Abyssinia, Henry'. Linville hung around until the last episode of the 5th season, 'Margaret's Marriage'.
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03-03-03, 10:11 AM
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Originally posted by das Monkey
Wayne Rogers left in the same classic episode as Stevenson, 'Abyssinia, Henry'. Linville hung around until the last episode of the 5th season, 'Margaret's Marriage'.
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Wayne Rogers left in the same classic episode as Stevenson, 'Abyssinia, Henry'. Linville hung around until the last episode of the 5th season, 'Margaret's Marriage'.
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03-03-03, 10:12 AM
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If you need any more information, this site has a lot of MASH information:
http://www.mash4077.co.uk/index.php
including a season by season description of the shows:
http://www.mash4077.co.uk/guides.html
Abyssinia, Henry. (last episode of Season 3)
March 18, 1975
Written by Everett Greenbaum and Jim Fritzell
Directed by Larry Gelbart
Guest Stars: Kimiko Hiroshige, Virginia Lee, Cherylene Lee, Ray Poss
A classic! Henry finally gets his discharge. While Henry is tying things up, Burns prepares for his new command. Henry bids a tearful adieu, but not before Klinger turns up in an outrageous tropical outfit (and gets Henry to zip him up) and a kiss to Houlihan. He gives Radar a hug and his last order:You better be good now or I'm gonna come back and kick your butt! In the traumatic and shocking last scene, Radar announces that Henry has been killed when his plane was shot down over the Sea of Japan.
http://www.mash4077.co.uk/index.php
including a season by season description of the shows:
http://www.mash4077.co.uk/guides.html
Abyssinia, Henry. (last episode of Season 3)
March 18, 1975
Written by Everett Greenbaum and Jim Fritzell
Directed by Larry Gelbart
Guest Stars: Kimiko Hiroshige, Virginia Lee, Cherylene Lee, Ray Poss
A classic! Henry finally gets his discharge. While Henry is tying things up, Burns prepares for his new command. Henry bids a tearful adieu, but not before Klinger turns up in an outrageous tropical outfit (and gets Henry to zip him up) and a kiss to Houlihan. He gives Radar a hug and his last order:You better be good now or I'm gonna come back and kick your butt! In the traumatic and shocking last scene, Radar announces that Henry has been killed when his plane was shot down over the Sea of Japan.
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03-03-03, 11:43 AM
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Originally posted by Heat
McLean Stevenson "left" on February 15, 1996 (after a heart attack at age 66), and Larry Linville on April 10, 2000 (pneumonia due to complications from a cancer operation at age 60).
Wayne Rogers is still healthy.
McLean Stevenson "left" on February 15, 1996 (after a heart attack at age 66), and Larry Linville on April 10, 2000 (pneumonia due to complications from a cancer operation at age 60).
Wayne Rogers is still healthy.
03-03-03, 01:02 PM
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Originally posted by conscience
Why did McLean Stevenson have to leave? I know why, but I still have to ask McLean what he was thinking!
Why did McLean Stevenson have to leave? I know why, but I still have to ask McLean what he was thinking!
McLean Stevenson left because he was succesful as both a guest and a guest host on the TONIGHT show, on NBC. When they offered him a lucrative contract, he decided to leave MASH. However, both his NBC series bombed and they cannceled his contract. He wanted to come back to MASH, but since they killed him off, he couldn't.
03-03-03, 01:10 PM
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Why did some of the actors decide to leave the show?
Because of the success of the show McLean Stevenson became a frequent guest and host on the 'Tonight Show" Throughout the run of M*A*S*H he was constantly arguing with the studio about the conditions the actors had to work in so when NBC offered him the chance of a long term contract he decided to leave.
Wayne Rogers wasn't happy with the way his character was developing. Pretty early on it was obvious that Hawkeye was the main character and Trapper was just his sidekick.
Gary Burghoff said that doing the show had become a strain on his family life. After the first 3 years he was in fewer episodes and decided to leave after year 7. He came back in year 8 for a two part good-bye show.
Because of the success of the show McLean Stevenson became a frequent guest and host on the 'Tonight Show" Throughout the run of M*A*S*H he was constantly arguing with the studio about the conditions the actors had to work in so when NBC offered him the chance of a long term contract he decided to leave.
Wayne Rogers wasn't happy with the way his character was developing. Pretty early on it was obvious that Hawkeye was the main character and Trapper was just his sidekick.
Gary Burghoff said that doing the show had become a strain on his family life. After the first 3 years he was in fewer episodes and decided to leave after year 7. He came back in year 8 for a two part good-bye show.
03-03-03, 03:00 PM
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Originally posted by Morf
McLean Stevenson left because he was succesful as both a guest and a guest host on the TONIGHT show, on NBC. When they offered him a lucrative contract, he decided to leave MASH. However, both his NBC series bombed and they cannceled his contract. He wanted to come back to MASH, but since they killed him off, he couldn't.
McLean Stevenson left because he was succesful as both a guest and a guest host on the TONIGHT show, on NBC. When they offered him a lucrative contract, he decided to leave MASH. However, both his NBC series bombed and they cannceled his contract. He wanted to come back to MASH, but since they killed him off, he couldn't.
I have always read that he left because he wasn't too fond of the producers and how they treated the cast (ie extreme temeperatures, etc.)
But he would have taken it back in a second.
03-03-03, 03:25 PM
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Originally posted by conscience
I have always read that he left because he wasn't too fond of the producers and how they treated the cast (ie extreme temeperatures, etc.)
But he would have taken it back in a second.
I have always read that he left because he wasn't too fond of the producers and how they treated the cast (ie extreme temeperatures, etc.)
But he would have taken it back in a second.
This quote is from this website: http://www.mash4077.co.uk/index.php
Throughout the run of M*A*S*H he was constantly arguing with the studio about the conditions the actors had to work in so when NBC offered him the chance of a long term contract he decided to leave.
03-03-03, 03:25 PM
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Originally posted by conscience
I have always read that he left because he wasn't too fond of the producers and how they treated the cast (ie extreme temeperatures, etc.)
I have always read that he left because he wasn't too fond of the producers and how they treated the cast (ie extreme temeperatures, etc.)
03-04-03, 04:39 AM
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Originally posted by conscience
I hated this episode! Not because it was bad, but because it was
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Why did McLean Stevenson have to leave? I know why, but I still have to ask McLean what he was thinking!
I hated this episode! Not because it was bad, but because it was
.Why did McLean Stevenson have to leave? I know why, but I still have to ask McLean what he was thinking!
He was offered his own show a few years later..anybody remember "Hello Larry"???..It was on of the worst sicoms ever..
The only good thing about that show was the girl who played his daugther was an actress named Kim Richards (she was soooo hot)..Anybody have a pic to post of her that would be great
Cheers!!
03-04-03, 06:39 AM
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Originally posted by shanester
The only good thing about that show was the girl who played his daugther was an actress named Kim Richards (she was soooo hot).
The only good thing about that show was the girl who played his daugther was an actress named Kim Richards (she was soooo hot).
03-04-03, 01:11 PM
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Originally posted by shanester
He was offered his own show a few years later..anybody remember "Hello Larry"???..It was on of the worst sicoms ever..
The only good thing about that show was the girl who played his daugther was an actress named Kim Richards (she was soooo hot)..Anybody have a pic to post of her that would be great
Cheers!!
He was offered his own show a few years later..anybody remember "Hello Larry"???..It was on of the worst sicoms ever..
The only good thing about that show was the girl who played his daugther was an actress named Kim Richards (she was soooo hot)..Anybody have a pic to post of her that would be great
Cheers!!
Didn't it come out years after he left. Three maybe.
03-05-03, 12:30 PM
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Originally posted by shanester
...The only good thing about that show was the girl who played his daugther was an actress named Kim Richards (she was soooo hot)..Anybody have a pic to post of her that would be great
Cheers!!
...The only good thing about that show was the girl who played his daugther was an actress named Kim Richards (she was soooo hot)..Anybody have a pic to post of her that would be great
Cheers!!
http://www.angelfire.com/az/kimjet/ (with ~ 4 popups)
http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet...personid-12343 (has a picture of her recently, with her four children)
03-05-03, 11:57 PM
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Originally posted by Jack Straw
Was she the same Kim Richards as on Nanny and the Professor?
Was she the same Kim Richards as on Nanny and the Professor?
She growed up real good.
