tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post4219247085756934664..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: Our first MASHBy Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-29732175376380024032007-07-30T09:56:00.000-07:002007-07-30T09:56:00.000-07:00That was a great episode. Thanks for sharing your ...That was a great episode. Thanks for sharing your experience in writing it.Mitch Kleinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05185889300387139962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-89314807003863106312007-07-24T10:18:00.000-07:002007-07-24T10:18:00.000-07:00>>(Quick aside, a little over a year later we beca...>>(Quick aside, a little over a year later we became head writers of MASH and wound up using most of those fifty stories.)<<<BR/><BR/>Ah, the words every resentful writer loves to read.<BR/><BR/>I'm going off to shoot myself in the head now.Me! Gene!https://www.blogger.com/profile/03841888266076947771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-69425724360357410742007-07-21T17:12:00.000-07:002007-07-21T17:12:00.000-07:00"Out of Sight, Out of Mind" was one of the best ep..."Out of Sight, Out of Mind" was one of the best episodes of Season 5. While it took on a serious issue, there was a relaxed nature to it that was missing in the serious episodes of the final few seasons -- no preaching, and the comedy (blind Hawkeye in the nurses tent, both in the initial scene and when he fakes it at the end of the show) didn't suffer from the loud/over-the-top acting that makes the last 3-4 years of M*A*S*H far less fun to watch in reruns because the actors/writers/directors don't seem to trust the audience to get what's funny without beating them over the head with it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-69824911143030766622007-07-21T17:00:00.000-07:002007-07-21T17:00:00.000-07:00MASH was one of my all time favorite shows. I alwa...MASH was one of my all time favorite shows. I always wanted to be Hot Lips, instead I grew up to be Chunky Hips.Mahalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03428501380180444456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-73434463296943802512007-07-21T14:22:00.000-07:002007-07-21T14:22:00.000-07:00I remember that faked radio broadcast. Hawkeye ca...I remember that faked radio broadcast. Hawkeye calls, "Here's the windup... strike three!"<BR/><BR/>But BJ smacks a "hit", so Hawk backtracks - "Oh, he just got a piece of it!"<BR/><BR/>So you wrote this BEFORE you were a baseball announcer?Graham Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01775285782385634486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-62194375405797393872007-07-21T14:15:00.000-07:002007-07-21T14:15:00.000-07:00If Scott Baio is the "poor man's Tony Danza", then...If Scott Baio is the "poor man's Tony Danza", then what is Jimmy?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-53997497086077633342007-07-21T12:13:00.000-07:002007-07-21T12:13:00.000-07:00Looking forward to your posts RA even if they are ...Looking forward to your posts RA even if they are a week from now. My feeling is it will be worth every penny.<BR/>cheers<BR/>DaveGrubberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10435524784373114313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-81906470384701911752007-07-21T11:16:00.000-07:002007-07-21T11:16:00.000-07:00I know the speech you're referring to. I particula...I know the speech you're referring to. I particularly loved the comparison of the sound of rainfall to frying bacon.<BR/><BR/>Excellent work!Cathy Fieldinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13938684179454515074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-62395131684968893702007-07-21T11:14:00.000-07:002007-07-21T11:14:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Cathy Fieldinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13938684179454515074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-7599571422138527302007-07-21T09:37:00.000-07:002007-07-21T09:37:00.000-07:00Okay my life is sad enough that I googled "Joe and...Okay my life is sad enough that I googled "Joe and Sons" and see that Jimmy Baio was in the cast. Now if you'd had SCOTT....Gail Renardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09388455755408650770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-83411446847974809362007-07-21T09:07:00.000-07:002007-07-21T09:07:00.000-07:00How often did Mike Price write for M*A*S*H ?How often did Mike Price write for M*A*S*H ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-78709332125445429072007-07-21T08:50:00.000-07:002007-07-21T08:50:00.000-07:00As close as I could find to a Joe and Sons tribute...As close as I could find to a Joe and Sons tribute site.<BR/>http://www.tv.com/joe-and-sons/show/10988/summary.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-2109651677813786982007-07-21T08:09:00.000-07:002007-07-21T08:09:00.000-07:00I am assuming the speech you are talking about is ...I am assuming the speech you are talking about is the one where Hawkeye sort of comes to terms with his temporary disability..listening to the thunderstorm, etc...LouOCNYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16151395857835632917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-62134796284841730942007-07-20T23:07:00.000-07:002007-07-20T23:07:00.000-07:00This posting is coming from inside the hotel!!!I'm...This posting is coming <I>from inside the hotel</I>!!!<BR/><BR/>I'm one of the lucky few who gets to act as guinea pig for Ken's first go at the Sitcom Room. I'm sure to blog quite heavily about it when it's over, possibly even some Saturday night if I haven't worn out my fingers in pursuit of the funny. 'Cause I am worried about that. I mean, what if it's all just some trick? Maybe Ken's bringing a bunch of eager writers to LA for the weekend so he can chain us to tables in a dimly lit ballroom doing piecework for a shady multi-national shoe-and-sitcom conglomerate. Tonight I sleep the sleep of the innocent, but tomorrow I might get shipped off in a cargo container to write episodes of <I>Jolly Happy Father with Too Skinny Wife</I> for Taiwan Channel 3.<BR/><BR/>I wonder if they get dental?R.A. Porterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14851961356321735388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-65227399390232900222007-07-20T22:29:00.000-07:002007-07-20T22:29:00.000-07:00Fifty stories to pitch? NOW you're talkin'! I real...Fifty stories to pitch? NOW you're talkin'! I really wish I was at your writing room seminar this weekend!Richard Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04094016831874148306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-62080803204109035342007-07-20T21:50:00.000-07:002007-07-20T21:50:00.000-07:00I remember Joe and Sons. There was running gag whe...I remember Joe and Sons. There was running gag where Richard Castellano would be alone and reach for his secret hidden cigarettes and the neighbor lady would always walk in and catch him before he got to light up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com