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Apparently Wayne Rogers, who played Trapper, is a financial analyst on Fox News now!
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Same thing, really.
Really?
Maybe not anymore. Trapper died last December, aged 82. Apparently, he was a pretty astute businessman who made a mint in stocks and real estate.
Loved the Trapper/Henry era M*A*S*H. So many classic episodes. Especially when Col. Flagg popped up.
Altman famously hated the series...
Flagg was brilliant.
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Was he the loony CIA guy? He was great.
I watched the original movie the other day and it's more in the vein of Catch 22, darker black comedy.
The TV show seemed to veer towards schmalz the longer that it went on.
I didn't like Col Potter because I liked how Blake was just as loose as the others. Changed the tone when he left.
Even though I liked Frank Burns, I thought Charles Winchester was a decent character replacement.
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Potter was too good at management. Couldn't get it wrong.
Henry > Potter
Charles is better than Frank. Frank's schtick gets really grating after a few episodes. Charles had a bit of cunning about him but it was still satisfying for him to get rekt from time to time.
Dunno how I feel about BJ or Trapper. Can't split them. BJ was perhaps a bit too morally perfect. I really like the episode where he gets a letter from his wife saying that his daughter thought Radar (returning from the war) was him because she didn't know what he looks like. He goes on a tear and ends up breaking down about it - compelling stuff. I think I read that it might have been one of the times a man properly had a cry on television.
Henry > Potter
Charles is better than Frank. Frank's schtick gets really grating after a few episodes. Charles had a bit of cunning about him but it was still satisfying for him to get rekt from time to time.
Dunno how I feel about BJ or Trapper. Can't split them. BJ was perhaps a bit too morally perfect. I really like the episode where he gets a letter from his wife saying that his daughter thought Radar (returning from the war) was him because she didn't know what he looks like. He goes on a tear and ends up breaking down about it - compelling stuff. I think I read that it might have been one of the times a man properly had a cry on television.
Harry Morgan first appeared in one of the Henry episodes as a rather looney, racist General prior to his Potter role.
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Spot on. Burns was a bumbling fool. Winchester wasn't and gave as good as he got.
Frank was the perfect butt of Pearce and Trapper's shenanigans. A straight laced patriot cheating on his wife in Korea. He's being a bit underrated here by some.
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For a show that is pretty one dimensional he stands out as being so depthless. Perhaps my image of MASH is more the BJ/Potter era where the show had a bit of emotional depth so this is why I think this. Frank and Hotlips were just total stooges early on.
It's actually been possible to do that uninterrupted for 40 years
Speaking of re-runs, the other day 7Flix played Good Times and Diff'rent Strokes back-to-back. Oh, man, when I was a kid I dreamed of that line-up. Guess it is true: good things come to those who wait 35+ years.
And while belatedly watching this hour of sitcom power, Mum revealed that she'd been harbouring a deep-seated hatred of Family Ties since the mid-80s.
The Keatons were too damn perfect in her eyes.
Let it go, bitch...
And while belatedly watching this hour of sitcom power, Mum revealed that she'd been harbouring a deep-seated hatred of Family Ties since the mid-80s.
The Keatons were too damn perfect in her eyes.
Let it go, bitch...
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