I just came across this, a bizarre music video of GOODBYE RADAR, the last episode of MASH my partner, David Isaacs and I wrote. I must say I always saw Radar's departure as a potential music video but I always pictured him entering a comic book. Oh well. This works too. Enjoy.
sorry mate, could not watch it all the way through because the music hurt my head. would've preferred the words to the clips!
ReplyDeleteIt actually works better than the "Don't Worry, Be Happy" end teaser they stuck on the final episode of the third season of M*A*S*H, hoping to make everybody feel better after Henry's plane went down (and for some weird reason, Fox chose to keep this on the edited version sent out for sydication).
ReplyDeleteOverall, and ratings aside (OK, I know that's complete devoid of reality) they really should have ended the show with Radar's departure, or at least at the end of Season 8, since the final three years were both overly earnest and overly acted -- a trait that even is apparent in the "Goodbye Radar" two parter (and I'm pretty sure Ken, that you and David didn't write it that way, so the culprits have to have been lurking elsewhere on set).
I did not make it all the way through either.
ReplyDeleteI was wondering if you could write about the character, Maris in Frasier. The first character I remember that was spoken of but never seen was Lars in Mary Tyler Moore. Then there was Wilson in Home Improvement.
What is the thinking behind the unseen character?
Wasn't there also the host of the Variety show that Dick Van Dyke worked for on his show?
ReplyDeleteOn a separate note, the "goodbye radar" episode is one of the best episodes of MASH!
I think Allan Brady was seen pretty often and pretty prominently in the human form of Carl Reiner.
ReplyDeleteY'all are too young to remember, but Gladys, the wife of Pete (Harry Morgan) in "December Bride" wasn't seen.
ReplyDeleteIn the spinoff series Pete & Gladys, the theretofore-unseen character was played by Cara Williams.
Wow, there really is everything on the internet now...
ReplyDeleteEverything, especially with the advent of blogs and the wiki. Everything in the public arena and 75 per cent of the private arena is on here somewhere.
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