M*A*S*H Questions

[D'Snowth]

I am SO sorry for bringing this thread up again, but I've got a couple of new questions.

1. How come William Christopher didn't play the role of Father Mulcahy in the pilot?
2. Is it true Radar made a very brief cameo in the finale?

 

[JaniceFerSure]

M*A*S*H* moments...

M*A*S*H*,is still my all-time favorite tv show;enjoyed it when it originally aired and I'm always trying to catch it in reruns.It has on of the best tv-themes too.My favorite character moments(just a few of each one):

-Radar: episode Fallen Idol,in which Hawkeye lets Radar down,by needing to leave surgery;Radar's character did some growing up.Also,in the episode Good-bye Radar;when Radar makes the decision whether to go home or stay at MASH.Radar could 'pull strings' when supplies were needed,alert when choppers were coming & grew from a niave innocent Iowa farm-boy to a man.

-Trapper: He had a great smile & a good hearty laugh.Trapper wasn't second banana,more of a sidekick to Hawkeye.Poignant moment when Trapper & Margaret are locked in the supply tent.

-Frank: Ahhh,ferret-face.He took more than he had too with Hawkeye's & Trapper's,even BJ's practical jokes,but he made the best out of the Army.Tried as he could to be with Margaret.Wasn't the best surgeon,but had a good heart.

-Hawkeye: Could make me laugh,cry,empathize,sympathize.My fav. Hawkeye moments/episodes: Fallen Idol,The Late Captain Pierce,Out of Sight/Out of Mind,Comrades in Arms,Hawkeye,Finale.

-Henry: Not the best C.O.,yes he did make the MASH into a frat party.His character wasn't that strong,but he tried to make the best out of the war.Abyssinia,Henry had one heart-tug of an ending.I still cry when I see that episode.Even though Mclean wanted out of his contract,his Henry Blake still touched me;to show his chr. is still human,that no-one is untouchable.

-Margaret: Hot-Lips Houlihan.She could rant,rave,complain,be feminine & still have a strong side to her too. My favorite Margaret moments are: Comrades in Arms,The Nurses.

-BJ: moustache or no moustache,BJ had a mature outlook on life.Favorite BJ moment Welcome to Korea,BJ's entrance into the show.

-Klinger: Tried to get that Section-8,happy when he stopped trying.

-Potter: He was a good C.O.,basically everybody's grandfather.Happy when he got Sophie his horse.

-Charles Emerson Winchester III: the Christmas episode(afore mentioned about his toboggan cap) & Lend a Hand are my two fav. Charles moments.Charles had a lots of secrets,passions: his sister's stutter,talking into his tape reel,classical music,giving,French horn.

-Father Mulcahy: every once in awhile felt left out,but he tried to lend a hand & lend an ear to those in crisis.
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Overall,the show was well casted.The writing grew stronger,deeper as the years passed.The doctors & nurses learned from each other,developed a family & looked out for each other.

 

[Princeton]

Very well written, Diana. I have a couple things to add:

-"Goodbye, Radar" contains a scene towards the end of Part 2 that has made 3 generations of my family(myself included) cry. The acting aspect of M*A*S*H came no better than when Potter said goodbye to Radar:

RADAR: Choppers, sir.
POTTER: Well, I guess that's the last time I'll be hearing that.
RADAR: I guess so too, sir.
POTTER: Not exactly how I wanted to say goodbye, Radar.
RADAR: Me neither, sir.
POTTER: (tearfully embracing Radar) Godspeed, son.

-Bar none, "Welcome to Korea" is the best "road-trip" episode in sit-com history.

 

[PaulyPuppets]

I think this may be the very first time I've posted something on this site, other than in "Puppetry". I have to say how amazed I am that most of you are under the age of 24 and are huge MASH fans. You really now your stuff. Some even teenagers. Amazing, again. I absolutely LOVED MASH and watched EVERY episode growing up. I'm an old man of 41 now, and have not watched a re-run in many years. Partially because my wife is not a fan, so we try to watch shows we both like. But I must say, I miss it. I loved how the show really made you laugh, belly laugh, and then made you cry in an instant. Probably the best acting on TV ever. I remember how sad I used to get as the credits rolled at the end and you heard the theme song once again, knowing that the show was over for the night. I must get the episodes on DVD and watch them when the wifey is at work or something. In High School, I was asked to write a play, which the drama club performed. I realize now that the style of my writing then, was so influenced by the writing style from MASH. M*A*S*H 's writers were outstanding. I'm glad they ditched the lyrics to the theme song (which were sung in the movie). The song was called 'Suicide is Painless" .....Yipes!​

Sorry,... must plug the puppetry thang....www.puppetsnstuff.com

 

[Skeeter Muppet]

I am SO sorry for bringing this thread up again, but I've got a couple of new questions.

1. How come William Christopher didn't play the role of Father Mulcahy in the pilot?
2. Is it true Radar made a very brief cameo in the finale?

1. Dunno.

2. No, this is false. Radar's teddy bear made its last appearance in the episode before the finale (the time-capsule episode), but Radar himself was never seen.

-Kim

 

[JaniceFerSure]

Very well written, Diana. I have a couple things to add:

-"Goodbye, Radar" contains a scene towards the end of Part 2 that has made 3 generations of my family(myself included) cry. The acting aspect of M*A*S*H came no better than when Potter said goodbye to Radar:

RADAR: Choppers, sir.
POTTER: Well, I guess that's the last time I'll be hearing that.
RADAR: I guess so too, sir.
POTTER: Not exactly how I wanted to say goodbye, Radar.
RADAR: Me neither, sir.
POTTER: (tearfully embracing Radar) Godspeed, son.

-Bar none, "Welcome to Korea" is the best "road-trip" episode in sit-com history.

Too true Brian... Also,Radar mentions that Hawkeye saluted him once before;at the end of Good-bye Radar,peering into the OR window Hawkeye & Radar exchange salutes for the last time.

I think also,Radar leaves his teddy bear back in Korea;so his comrades will not forget him & also because its part of his innocence & boyhood,like so many soldiers that go into the war a young man & (luckily) will have grown and learned from their experiences.

 

[D'Snowth]

Very well written, Diana. I have a couple things to add:

-"Goodbye, Radar" contains a scene towards the end of Part 2 that has made 3 generations of my family(myself included) cry. The acting aspect of M*A*S*H came no better than when Potter said goodbye to Radar:

RADAR: Choppers, sir.
POTTER: Well, I guess that's the last time I'll be hearing that.
RADAR: I guess so too, sir.
POTTER: Not exactly how I wanted to say goodbye, Radar.
RADAR: Me neither, sir.
POTTER: (tearfully embracing Radar) Godspeed, son.

-Bar none, "Welcome to Korea" is the best "road-trip" episode in sit-com history.

I saw that episode for the first time today. I cried too.

 

[anythingmuppet]

I like the movie in comparison to the series a tad more. I dont know why but I do. I prefer dark to light in some cases ( of course the series had its dark moments too). I love SIP ( Suicide Is Painless). Such a pretty song. I think that the song and the tender moment when Painless was dying made me like it more. I dont know why at all. Its funny how Frank barely lasted more than 20 minutes into the film before he went nuts. But, character-wise the series was better. Alan Alda was a much better Hawkeye than Donald Sutherland in the movie, IMO. I dont think Elliot Gould did Trapper too well. Too obscene and profane. Roger Bowen's Henry wasnt wishy-washy at all. He was like Potter. Also, the characters were more conservative. The author of the Novel MASH ( yeah, thats where it all started believe it or not) didnt like Alan Alda's Hawkeye at all actually.

 

[D'Snowth]

Yeah, I notice that Hawkeye and Trapper are basically vice-versa...

In the movie: Hawkeye is married, and more "layed back" so-to-speak, while Trapper was single and a rebel.

In the series: Hawkeye was single and more rebel, while Trapper was married and "laid back", even though, like Frank, he was a womanizer.

 

[anythingmuppet]

And remember the dudes who dropped out like Duke and Spearchucker? ( well, he was in the 1st season but then he suddenly disappears. They explain why in SuperEp ( DS knows what that is ))