tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post37268714443871618..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: Best Of: 2014 -- How we plotted stories on MASHBy Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-33930361576281866052015-11-26T16:11:28.920-08:002015-11-26T16:11:28.920-08:00Ken, I'm curious about how you used the show&#...Ken, I'm curious about how you used the show's "bible" ofc haracter bios and backgrounds. Once you came on to an established show, did you miine the character backgounds for story ideas or did you more often come up with a hook, then work out what character it would go with?Gerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12361836428885324631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-9040237856750329812015-11-25T17:55:54.856-08:002015-11-25T17:55:54.856-08:00For your Friday questions, I've been rewatchin...For your Friday questions, I've been rewatching reruns of Seasons 5 & 6 recently... <br /><br />What's the behind-the-scenes story on Donald Penobscot? The initial engagement seems like a logical plot complication to Margaret's and Frank's stories. But once Margaret returns from the honeymoon, every reference portends disaster and the breakup happens awfully quickly. The relationship never really gets a chance, and it feels like something else must be going on.<br /><br />Was this the plan from the start? A lack of chemistry? Bad press? Did someone in production get cold feet after the ship set sail?<br /><br />Thanks in advance for your answers, and also for the many years of entertainment M*A*S*H has given me over the years.Lis Ribahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10810875707845320918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-25738497567855790712015-11-24T23:06:44.626-08:002015-11-24T23:06:44.626-08:00An episode entirely set in the Officers Latrine wo...An episode entirely set in the Officers Latrine would have been funny.Albert Giesbrechthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17742338183833125104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-81541997935107382752015-11-24T21:02:25.680-08:002015-11-24T21:02:25.680-08:00Your "I wonder if that would work set in Bost...Your "I wonder if that would work set in Boston" comment makes me wonder too. What would a crossover episode where Major Winchester drops into Cheers look like?Matthewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-8189411122643687302015-11-24T15:38:07.762-08:002015-11-24T15:38:07.762-08:00Ken,
Based on what you've said about MASH, wo...Ken,<br /><br />Based on what you've said about MASH, would it be accurate to say (very broadly, of course) that Gene Reynolds was more the story/plotline kind of guy, where Larry Gelbart honed most of the comedy/one-liners on the show?Frank Beansnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-24498002955333111392015-11-24T12:17:59.379-08:002015-11-24T12:17:59.379-08:00I watch the first six seasons of MASH on DVD regul...I watch the first six seasons of MASH on DVD regularly. No matter how many times I see these episodes, they are always a treat and I often notice something different that I didn't see in previous viewings. You can detect the subtle differences in the seasons as the show-runner changed from Larry Gelbart to Gene Reynolds to Burt Metcalf but the quality is always there, in both the writing and in the acting.Hobbesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-76156574970137306512015-11-24T11:07:17.423-08:002015-11-24T11:07:17.423-08:00Ken: FRIDAY QUESTION: My great uncle went to High...Ken: FRIDAY QUESTION: My great uncle went to High School with Charles Dubin. What was he like?The Bumble Bee Pendanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11782074071758250824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-35886524206972319342015-11-24T09:20:48.545-08:002015-11-24T09:20:48.545-08:00Ken, can you share now some of the incidents that ...Ken, can you share now some of the incidents that were to wild or unbelievable to use?Paul Dushkindhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14830657150841395470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-8188525821471559302015-11-24T09:18:14.376-08:002015-11-24T09:18:14.376-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Mighty Dyckersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03567545779834406431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-10938742095045347322015-11-24T08:58:21.475-08:002015-11-24T08:58:21.475-08:00I got on the MASH set once back in 1979ish. A coll...I got on the MASH set once back in 1979ish. A college pal, Chip Chalmers was a gofer there. He distributed scripts I believe. He eventually went on the direct a Star Trek TV episode. Lost touch after that. I went on to making bad commercials. NO MONEY DOWN!blinkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04284135060900752329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-75317966120288904212015-11-24T08:02:19.877-08:002015-11-24T08:02:19.877-08:00Thanks for repeating this one, Ken. Antenna TV rep...Thanks for repeating this one, Ken. Antenna TV repeats MASH each evening and, bless it, doesn't chop them up much, so the storylines again make sense!Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01998867386294693956noreply@blogger.com