Mash: Anyone notice that Hawkeye had long hair?
10-29-05, 09:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Jack Straw
Any care to offer their opinion on when this show "jumped the shark"? I say it was after Gary Burghoff left.
10-29-05, 10:02 AM
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Originally Posted by rw2516
The movie and series were based on real people and events. The original novel was written by a guy who was a MASH surgeon in Korea. Hawkeye, Trapper, Radar, Hot Lips among others are all based on real people.
There is more truth than fiction to the laid back military comedies. In a business management class in college we studied a military outpost(don't remember which war). The outpost was stuck out in the middle of nowhere and they could never get supplies. No one wore their regulation uniform. No big brass ever came to see them. They ended up having to help themselves to supplies from other bases. Although discipline was lax, morale was so high they were one of the most efficient units in the entire military. Everyone was trying to get transferred into it. I can't remember the exact term for it but it was a textbook example of a management style that is very successful in private and corporate business.
There is more truth than fiction to the laid back military comedies. In a business management class in college we studied a military outpost(don't remember which war). The outpost was stuck out in the middle of nowhere and they could never get supplies. No one wore their regulation uniform. No big brass ever came to see them. They ended up having to help themselves to supplies from other bases. Although discipline was lax, morale was so high they were one of the most efficient units in the entire military. Everyone was trying to get transferred into it. I can't remember the exact term for it but it was a textbook example of a management style that is very successful in private and corporate business.
10-29-05, 12:29 PM
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i liked winchester more than burns as well. i always thought he was more of a true foil to hawkeye -- while he could easily be lampooned for his upper crust lifestyle prior to being drafted, he was in pretty much the same boat as hawk and trap. they all were drafted, they all could not wait to get out. winchester probably was a better surgeon than hawk as well (unlike frank, who was a hack).
10-29-05, 01:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Legolas
Anyone notice the Korean War lasted over a decade on MASH?
10-29-05, 07:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Giantrobo
OH MY GAWD!! I was just thinking about this today! 
Haircuts that don't go with the time in Period Sitcoms drive me crazy. Happy Days is another show that's guilty of this especially in the later seasons. That Ted guy with his 80's hair.
Haircuts that don't go with the time in Period Sitcoms drive me crazy. Happy Days is another show that's guilty of this especially in the later seasons. That Ted guy with his 80's hair.
I will list the shows that man has personally put an end to:
"The Wayne Brady Show" playing "Himself" 23 January 2004
"Sports Night" playing "Gordon"
"The John Larroquette Show" playing "Karl Reese"
"Married... with Children" playing "Norman Jablonsky"
"Perfect Strangers" playing "Billy Appleton"
"Fantasy Island" playing "Errol Brookfield III"
Happy Days, of course.
"Dynasty" (1981) TV Series .... Clayburn 'Clay' Fallmont
If he was on MASH, he would have killed that show instantly and we wouldn't have the two hour Hawkeye freakout fest last ever episode.
Thankfully that was never the case.
10-29-05, 10:07 PM
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Originally Posted by mllefoo
Dude, that Ted guy kills every show he's ever been on. As soon as he's cast, the other cast members should immediately start sending out resumes because the show will die by the end of the year. Ted's just bad news.
I will list the shows that man has personally put an end to:
"Married... with Children" playing "Norman Jablonsky"
I will list the shows that man has personally put an end to:
"Married... with Children" playing "Norman Jablonsky"
(And don't forget Stan Gable, sheesh!
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10-30-05, 02:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Jack Straw
I always chocked up their un-military behavior and look to the fact that they were doctors, not soldiers, and then thrown in some liberties taken by Hollywood as well. I've continuously been watching the DVDs of this series and am constantly blown away by the level of the writing. Consistently clever throughout until say about season 10. Any care to offer their opinion on when this show "jumped the shark"? I say it was after Gary Burghoff left.
It declined significantly after Season 4 when larry Gelbart stopped writing and producing the shows and continued downward from there.
-Paul Jacobi-
10-30-05, 05:49 AM
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Originally Posted by mllefoo
Dude, that Ted guy kills every show he's ever been on. As soon as he's cast, the other cast members should immediately start sending out resumes because the show will die by the end of the year. Ted's just bad news.
10-30-05, 11:06 AM
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Originally Posted by rw2516
He's on one of the Stargate shows now. Can't remember which one I saw him in. I think Atlantis. Plays a military guy.
I don't remember ever seeing him, and IMDB doesn't list him in any Stargate roles
10-30-05, 11:49 AM
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Originally Posted by mikehunt
he is?
I don't remember ever seeing him, and IMDB doesn't list him in any Stargate roles
I don't remember ever seeing him, and IMDB doesn't list him in any Stargate roles
10-30-05, 12:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Legolas
Anyone notice the Korean War lasted over a decade on MASH?
Which reminds me of another question: Radar refers to Potter as "regular Army", like he went thru the Army's med school to become a surgeon, instead of being drafted like the others. What was Blake?
10-30-05, 12:28 PM
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Originally Posted by milo bloom
IIRC, the Korean action lasted from 1950-53. I was recently watching the episode where Col Potter takes over, and a date right in the middle of that is given. Wasn't Blake on 4-5 seasons? So they would consider those seasons not being "real time".
