tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post115155357024396479..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: M*A*S*H Misc.By Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-466338981959728812011-06-08T14:38:14.974-07:002011-06-08T14:38:14.974-07:00there was and episode I dont remember which one Ha...there was and episode I dont remember which one Hawkeye makes reference to Dark Shadows and that show didnt come out until 1966 long after the korean war anybody remember that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-41414880850197842772008-06-21T21:29:00.000-07:002008-06-21T21:29:00.000-07:00I don't know if anyone here remembers, but...on se...I don't know if anyone here remembers, but...on several instances Winchester threw a gratuitous insult at a parting Hawkeye or other cast member. I cannot remember the term, but seem to recall that it was a term for a high-level moron. New sensitivity in the field of mental retardation has resulted in erasing almost all references to the "old" terms. Does anyone remember? I have an ongoing bet with one of my children and a need to find the term he used...HELP.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-58520033995811055942007-08-31T00:31:00.000-07:002007-08-31T00:31:00.000-07:00Didnt Jeffery Tambor (who had a guest appearance o...Didnt Jeffery Tambor (who had a guest appearance on MASH) have like 18 different temporary characters (not literally 18) that he played on Threes Company and then The Ropers spin-off?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1151681532497942122006-06-30T08:32:00.000-07:002006-06-30T08:32:00.000-07:00It's funny how you guys filled in the medical term...It's funny how you guys filled in the medical terminology with gobbledy-gook. There was a show about "the medicine behind Grey's Anatomy" recently. It revealed that the writers on that show write the medical terminology like this:<BR/><BR/>GREY<BR/>Medical, medical, medical, medical. Boy, this guy's really medical! <BR/><BR/>SHEPHERD<BR/>Medical, medical, medical. We'd better medical his medical stat.<BR/><BR/>The terminology is filled in by an MD on the show's staff. Pretty similar setup, but I guess maybe they're too lazy to come up with the gobbledy-gook.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1151618148609342802006-06-29T14:55:00.000-07:002006-06-29T14:55:00.000-07:00MASH was just a Great Show. One of those life-chan...MASH was just a Great Show. One of those life-changing events in the great TV era. A magnum opus, no matter who was doing the writing--and I don't mean that in a diminishing sense to the individual writers at all. It just seemed ya'll were of the same mind. What sort of magic united you?<BR/><BR/>Also, Colonel Flagg. Can't tell you how he has affected my life. LOL. I meet people like him every day. Not that it matters, but who thought him up?Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06238624456509484422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1151617357948010252006-06-29T14:42:00.000-07:002006-06-29T14:42:00.000-07:00Well Said Tom!!Well Said Tom!!Blondiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18164875407786053476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1151616694372801992006-06-29T14:31:00.000-07:002006-06-29T14:31:00.000-07:00Continuity glitches occur in anything running long...Continuity glitches occur in anything running longer than a few eps. I think that people pointing out the errors is a sign of success- they're watching hard and often. MASH errors are like the mistakes in Persian rugs- necessary and spiritual in their own way.Tom Doughertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04957278460932227241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1151602217572749282006-06-29T10:30:00.000-07:002006-06-29T10:30:00.000-07:00Hi KenMore Mash stories please.Another classic I l...Hi Ken<BR/><BR/>More Mash stories please.<BR/><BR/>Another classic I loved and left me with wet eyes was the 2 parter goodbye radar episodes. <BR/><BR/>Ken and Issac wrote them.<BR/><BR/>Can you tell us a bit about those two episodes? how did you come up with the story? why 2 parter? and was it emotional on set? when radar finally left?<BR/><BR/>thanksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1151602125759897302006-06-29T10:28:00.000-07:002006-06-29T10:28:00.000-07:00More MASH, More MASH!!!!More MASH, More MASH!!!!Blondiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18164875407786053476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1151598706869918832006-06-29T09:31:00.000-07:002006-06-29T09:31:00.000-07:00All right, you win!!! I'll share my one and only ...All right, you win!!! I'll share my one and only MASH memory! I was very young when the show ended - maybe 6 or 7 - and all I remember about the show's original airings was the series finale (I've obviously watched reruns since). I don't think I understood much of anything about the show at the time... but I cried myself to sleep that night picturing that chopper pulling away from camp. I don't know if I've ever seen that episode again, but that shot looking down at the camp still sticks with me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1151590580159477072006-06-29T07:16:00.000-07:002006-06-29T07:16:00.000-07:00Ken,Thanks so much for the insiders view into one ...Ken,<BR/><BR/>Thanks so much for the insiders view into one of my favorite shows. It's funny how you mentioned the other talented writers because I was going to delurk to comment that I knew if it was written by Levine and Issacs it was going to be a good episode. I take note of opening and closing credits on TV shows, I'm a geek, I know. But it's the writers that put the words in the mouths of the actors. That's first and foremost.<BR/><BR/>The episodes that you have cited lately were my absolute favorite episodes. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for sharing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1151588795816522232006-06-29T06:46:00.000-07:002006-06-29T06:46:00.000-07:00I remember when the final episode aired (and in su...I remember when the final episode aired (and in subsequent viewings), thinking how nice it would have been to hear "Suicide is Painless" with the lyrics while Hawkeye was flying away from the camp in the helicopter. Was that ever considered?<BR/><BR/>It's interesting how resonant BJ and Hawkeye have been to me all my life. I tell my self I'm a BJ Honeycutt who wants to be a Hawkeye Pierce... I even have a daughter named Erin (just a coincidence)!Barry Wallacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08691670547045531673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1151587677212576682006-06-29T06:27:00.000-07:002006-06-29T06:27:00.000-07:00Saw the clip on TV Land last night (but I'd seen y...Saw the clip on TV Land last night (but I'd seen you interviewed before)and hadn't realized that was the "Mary" series you refer to, not the one that Letterman and Keaton were involved with in the late 70's. That was a very good series. I still have most of the episodes on VHS. It's too bad that was a bad experience for you, because that was a very likeable show.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1151587414217482662006-06-29T06:23:00.000-07:002006-06-29T06:23:00.000-07:00HiWas it tough doing an hour long Mash? as opposed...Hi<BR/><BR/>Was it tough doing an hour long Mash? as opposed to half hours?<BR/><BR/>What about the last episode of mash, can you tell us a bit about the writing and story breaking of that classic episode?<BR/><BR/>alan alda wrote a couple of mash episodes. how did that come about? were there many changes in script?<BR/><BR/>MORE MASH STUFF, PLEASE!<BR/><BR/>i've been buying each dvd set of mash as it comes out, but now i learnt that they are going to relaease an entire box set with some extra features to boot...DAMN THEM!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1151570050810404022006-06-29T01:34:00.000-07:002006-06-29T01:34:00.000-07:00I have no problem with Harry Morgan having played ...I have no problem with Harry Morgan having played two characters in MASH. Both characters are great. But it is a glaring inconsistency. And lots of series have them. How about BETWITCHED with two Darrens? <BR/><BR/>We used the *'s in all MASH scripts and on the opening titles. I omit them because it's a pain in the ass.<BR/><BR/>I'm happy that Walt Dishell got an article about himself in People. And I'm certainly not jealous. People magazine also did an article about me in '91, focused on my baseball announcing career.By Ken Levinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1151567706802122402006-06-29T00:55:00.000-07:002006-06-29T00:55:00.000-07:00I'm with Doggans...I don't see anything necessaril...I'm with Doggans...I don't see anything necessarily wrong with an actor making a guest appearance on a show, then joining the regular cast as a different character (although I do admit to being a little weirded out that Anita Gillette portrayed BOTH wives of Jack Klugman's Dr. Quincy, in that same scenario--and the TV person for ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY feels the same way about Sherilynn Fenn doing that on GILMORE GIRLS).<BR/>And speaking of continuity...you alternate between using and not using the astericks. I read that it's the film (and book) one refers to without them.<BR/><BR/>The story in TV GUIDE at the time of the finale said that someone had pilfered the sign from the on-set toilet--an anmenity long in arriving, despite the show's success. But apparently, Casa Levine is not graced with "The Official M*A*S*H Can"<BR/><BR/>Are you jealous that Walter Dishell got an article in PEOPLE for his role as medical advisor?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1151563991931040672006-06-28T23:53:00.000-07:002006-06-28T23:53:00.000-07:00His name is Sal Visculo.His name is Sal Visculo.By Ken Levinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1151559029733118252006-06-28T22:30:00.000-07:002006-06-28T22:30:00.000-07:00//Harry Morgan initially appeared as an insane gen...//Harry Morgan initially appeared as an insane general (maybe the funniest MASH episode EVER – “The General Flipped at Dawn”) and then later as Colonel Potter.//<BR/><BR/>Hey, Father Mulcahy was played by a different actor in the pilot than in the rest of the series. Plus, almost all of the characters were played by different actors in the movie. So I guess Harry Morgan playing two roles never bothered me.<BR/><BR/>What bothered me was, who the hell was doing all the PA announcements?dogganshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18181787629720233183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1151554220693983492006-06-28T21:10:00.000-07:002006-06-28T21:10:00.000-07:00One continuity glitch I just noticed was last nigh...One continuity glitch I just noticed was last night in a Roger-era episode where Hot Lips tells Frank Burns that her mother's an alcoholic and her father's dead. There's a Potter-era episode where her Army father visits and treats her badly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com