tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post1824677346539223023..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: M*I*S*C M*A*S*HBy Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-16236295607832584622007-08-29T05:12:00.000-07:002007-08-29T05:12:00.000-07:00Fantastic. This is the best my MASH appetite has b...Fantastic. This is the best my MASH appetite has been whetted, in a very long time. Thanks.methodactorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10247808974117256828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-4963525840133874462007-08-04T02:30:00.000-07:002007-08-04T02:30:00.000-07:00So the fact that the show was obviously about Viet...So the fact that the show was obviously about Vietnam and not Korea isn't considered a big inconsistency?John Eje Thelinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07490509151010353590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-78363082658709827282007-08-02T15:51:00.000-07:002007-08-02T15:51:00.000-07:00One big MASH goof worth mentioning: The "War for A...One big MASH goof worth mentioning: The "War for All Seasons" episode summarized the entire year 1951, in particular the camp's interest in the National League Giants/Dodgers pennant race. This ended with Bobby Thomson's "shot heard 'round the world" home run, which occured at 3:58 pm New York time. Thing of it is, we see the 4077th listening to a live radio simulcast of the ballgame in Korea and it's mid-afternoon <B>there</B>! IRL, they'd have needed to have been up at around 5-6 AM to have heard the game live...ajmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13290036970774359522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-5286776923208270892007-08-01T16:06:00.000-07:002007-08-01T16:06:00.000-07:00I know! It was!And water is so wet! ;)I know! It was!<BR/><BR/>And water is so wet! ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-62204385652436117322007-07-31T12:16:00.000-07:002007-07-31T12:16:00.000-07:00This serie was so funny!!This serie was so funny!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-10608297997255721882007-07-30T17:03:00.000-07:002007-07-30T17:03:00.000-07:00I was joking about the nurses running. It always s...<I>I was joking about the nurses running. It always struck me as funny because we never saw anyone running in the episodes.</I><BR/><BR/>It's also amusing to note that the actresses were hired to shoot just that one scene, and never appeared in the show itself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-85197094839102640422007-07-30T16:09:00.000-07:002007-07-30T16:09:00.000-07:00"Harry Morgan initially appeared as an insane gene..."Harry Morgan initially appeared as an insane general (maybe the funniest MASH episode EVER – “The General Flipped at Dawn”<BR/><BR/>C'mon, Mr. Ken, you stole this title from George MacDonald Fraser's "The General Danced at Dawn," Right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-48705922602812968312007-07-30T11:40:00.000-07:002007-07-30T11:40:00.000-07:00I love these Mash stories. Especially since episod...I love these Mash stories. Especially since episodes are now airing on TV Land.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-40224421091375838882007-07-30T09:20:00.000-07:002007-07-30T09:20:00.000-07:00Ken, I would have thought you'd have thought of th...Ken, I would have thought you'd have thought of this already but there is a way to argue that MASH did not go to far beyond the actual term of the Korean Conflict. The show was on for 11 years, lets say an average of 26 episodes a season. Most episodes take place over one or two days, with that you're talking about say 500 or so days, add another 200 or so to account for episodes that took place over longer periods and you end with about 700 days which is at least on the shuttle bus to the auxiliary parking lot of the ballpark of truth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-38816811934622945792007-07-30T07:22:00.000-07:002007-07-30T07:22:00.000-07:00All this time I thought a ruptured freebazzber was...<I>All this time I thought a ruptured freebazzber was inoperable.</I><BR/><BR/><BR/>only if you have the gabloots at the time...<BR/><BR/>name that reference in less than 10 seconds....LouOCNYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16151395857835632917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-374473993917492522007-07-29T19:51:00.000-07:002007-07-29T19:51:00.000-07:00The 'trust your car to the man with the star' comm...<I>The 'trust your car to the man with the star' comment comes from "Chief Surgeon WHO?" from Season 1....</I><BR/><BR/>When I read that line, I thought "that's gotta be a Larry Gelbart line"... and sure enough it was - Gelbart wrote that episode.<BR/><BR/>Gelbart and Laurence Marks wrote "Rainbow Bridge" (third season), which has one of my favorite witticisms ever: "'Mutiny on the Bus' - It was a B picture. Allen Jenkins played the bus driver." Hawkeye said it, but you can almost picture Gelbart saying it too.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for bringing back great memories.Tim Dunleavyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01881671137563687203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-15630037112781020612007-07-29T19:27:00.000-07:002007-07-29T19:27:00.000-07:00All this time I thought a ruptured freebazzber was...All this time I thought a ruptured freebazzber was inoperable.<BR/><BR/>*g*<BR/><BR/>Great post, Ken!Mary Stellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02186261066656584772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-14219807241698319112007-07-29T19:18:00.000-07:002007-07-29T19:18:00.000-07:00The 'trust your car to the man with the star' comm...The 'trust your car to the man with the star' comment comes from "Chief Surgeon WHO?" from Season 1....<BR/><BR/>The General in this case being portrayed by Sorrell 'Boss Hogg' Booke...LouOCNYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16151395857835632917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-31485518675803519902007-07-29T19:14:00.000-07:002007-07-29T19:14:00.000-07:00Not sure if this was from the show "The General Fl...Not sure if this was from the show "The General Flipped," but it might have been and it is one of my favorite from the show: Hawk is asked what the star on the officer's uniform signifies, and he said: "You can trust your car to the man who wears the star." I was in the Army at the time and MASH was a lifeline to sanity for me during those two years. I thank anyone who was a part of that series.<BR/><BR/>Stan from TacomaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-70600446196726191262007-07-29T17:39:00.000-07:002007-07-29T17:39:00.000-07:00I was joking about the nurses running. It always...I was joking about the nurses running. It always struck me as funny because we never saw anyone running in the episodes. <BR/><BR/>There appears to be a Ken Levine marathon on Hallmark Channel Wednesday, with two or three of his episodes, and then apparently more on Friday. Check IMDB.com.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08923161793979910495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-352060343015590842007-07-29T17:12:00.000-07:002007-07-29T17:12:00.000-07:00I agree about the hair, especially the later shows...I agree about the hair, especially the later shows with B.J. Also, women didn't wear hot pants and glossy lipstick back then. In my rough and tumble engineer outfit (Nam), a kid that slept with a teddy bear would have been beaten mercilessly. Every so often I'd notice an error--reference to events that happened after the war, comics being read that were published 20-30 years later, phrases that weren't in vogue at the time, etc. Still, it was a good show and I still watch reruns regularly.Cap'n Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11783977137812876489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-36636027703150200032007-07-29T15:18:00.000-07:002007-07-29T15:18:00.000-07:00Mike, inside the army, what would Klinger have got...Mike, inside the army, what would Klinger have gotten in the way of reprimands for his outfits, earrings, high heels (in that kind of terrain - can you imagine, ladies??) and boa feathers? :-)<BR/><BR/>StaceyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-59978301931155295232007-07-29T14:27:00.000-07:002007-07-29T14:27:00.000-07:00Hey, Ken - I love your blog!But I had to comment o...Hey, Ken - I love your blog!<BR/><BR/>But I had to comment on M.A.S.H. inconsistencies because there was a blatant one that always bugged me and my fellow enlistees in the military while the show was on: the HAIR! There was no way our superiors in the 1970s would let us get away with "the over-the-ears, down-past-the-collar" look (even at my base in remote Turkey!), and we were pretty sure commanders of wartime 1950s weren't any more "liberal" or "cool". So, how come we never saw the stacks of Letters of Reprimand and Article 15s about hair-violations next to Hawkeye's, Trapper John's and BJ's bunks?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-77811990154513003892007-07-29T14:09:00.000-07:002007-07-29T14:09:00.000-07:00Just as a side note -- it drives me crazy the way ...Just as a side note -- it drives me crazy the way Fox pre-edited “The General Flipped at Dawn” for syndication, taking out the final scene where we find out the general's been promoted following his performance of "Mississippi Mud" during Hawkeye's court matrial. Before the shows were sent out on videotape for syndication, most stations left that scene in and edited out one of the earlier ones to get in their extra commercials.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-85609245937667986262007-07-29T13:49:00.000-07:002007-07-29T13:49:00.000-07:00As for the opening, I always wondered what those n...<I>As for the opening, I always wondered what those nurses were all running for. Was there a unit marathon or something?</I><BR/><BR/>C'mon, crutnacker, the choppers were landing with wounded. I always thought that was, like the quiet theme music itself that Ken has highlighted in earlier posts, a very nice example of how an intro tells you what to expect, if you're a newcomer. "Here's what this show is about," basically. At its best, which was often, the wounded, often barely more than kids, were the real heart of the show, whatever else was going on.<BR/><BR/>Or maybe you knew all that and just successfully punked me. That's been known to happen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-33513859491035682172007-07-29T09:20:00.000-07:002007-07-29T09:20:00.000-07:00Summer reruns, even on Ken Levine's blog.I must ad...Summer reruns, even on Ken Levine's blog.<BR/><BR/>I must admit that I now feel better knowing that the hundreds of hours I spent watching M*A*S*H helped contribute another 22 1/3 cents in residuals to Ken. <BR/><BR/>Ken mentions "Suicide is Painless". Can you imagine that flying as a theme song today? Of course, if M*A*S*H were to premiere today, the theme song would be a 5 second bugle tune with the show's logo on a white background. I wonder who they'd get to play all the characters in today's world. <BR/><BR/>As for the opening, I always wondered what those nurses were all running for. Was there a unit marathon or something?Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08923161793979910495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-36211903984225868502007-07-29T07:49:00.000-07:002007-07-29T07:49:00.000-07:00I'm glad they never sang "Suicide is Painless". I...I'm glad they never sang "Suicide is Painless". It's a tragic song, and it really gave M*A*S*H the movie an odd vibe: it's a series of comic episodes that combine to make a tragedy.Graham Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01775285782385634486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-88086775033992303682007-07-29T06:43:00.000-07:002007-07-29T06:43:00.000-07:00But only until the end of Daylight Savings Time. A...<I>But only until the end of Daylight Savings Time. After that the days were too short.</I><BR/><BR/>Huh? As you approach DST, it would be spring or summer, which means your days would be longer. Or can the unions bend time?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-67643071222274059972007-07-29T01:49:00.000-07:002007-07-29T01:49:00.000-07:00M*A*R*V*E*L*O*U*SM*A*R*V*E*L*O*U*SAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-59376596885604735832007-07-29T00:30:00.000-07:002007-07-29T00:30:00.000-07:00If you are planning to write a spec script for my ...If you are planning to write a spec script for my fave show, "House," this is a great reference: http://www.politedissent.com/house_pd.html<BR/><BR/>It's a site where a doctor critiques the medicine of each episode in detail. When you see how many mistakes he picks up in all that impenetrable medical yipyap, you might despair. But even so, he says he only does this because "House" is so good that he expects the highest research standards from it. His worst insult is reserved for episodes with glaring medical errors, ridiculous leaps of logic or impossible coincidences. He calls that "'Gray's Anatomy' level medicine."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com