M*A*S*H

[jestah]

Does anyone have any idea where I might be able to find the transcript to a toast made in an episode of M*A*S*H?

The toast was made by Col. Potter in his tent during Season 8, episode 187 "Old Soldiers"(that stuff I was able to find).



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This message was edited by jestah on 11-7-02 @ 11:20 AM

[A.J.]

That's the episode with the tonteen right?

I think it went something like: "Here's to you boys. To Ryan, who died in the First War, the war to end all wars. To Gianelli, who died in the next. To Stein, the joker of the group. And to Grusky, my best friend who just died in Tokyo. You were the friends of my youth, my comrades through thick and thin and everything in between. I drink to your memories."

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A Skidmark production.

[Knowledged_one]

I think a.j. is right
M*A*S*H is a great show though especially when its on for 6 hours a day on F/X

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[jestah]

just read on some M*A*S*H website that as of 2003, it will no longer be on FX. It will be on the Hallmark Channel



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[Spoil-Sport]

The first 2 seasons are out on DVD. 48 episodes and not a bad one in there. <P>

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[Michael Fury]

AJ is right. He also says after the "I drink to your memory" part something like "still mighty smooth" with that crack in his voice. Magnificent acting on Morgan's part. Ranks up there with the most touching scenes in MASH, and one of the reasons it was such a great show.

Potter: Do any of you know what a "tontine" is?
Winchester: Yes, it's a -- pledge.
Potter: Give that man a cheroot.





Your mom busted in and said, "What's that noise?"

[TheMojoPin]

Speaking of "M*A*S*H", am I the only one who loves the film more than the series? The series I can watch the first three seasons, but anything afterwards is awful...

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"You can tell some lies about the good times you've had/But I've kissed your mother twice and now I'm working on your dad..."

[BigKing]

Bah, MASH is my number one fav show of all time. I really like the older seasons, Haweye and Trap had this unbeatable raport. I also like the newer seasons. I dont think MASH "Jumped The Shark" just changed its mood a bit. They had something to say, and they said it.

2nd best show?? Tie between "The Simpsons" and "The Young Ones"

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[McNabbShouldDie]

Wow, I never realized MASH was so popular. I thouht my dad was the only person who watched it.



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[Gvac]

I never liked M*A*S*H. If it's gotta be a war time comedy, I'll take Hogan's Heroes any day.

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[TheMojoPin]

I never liked M*A*S*H.

Try the movie. One of Altman's best.

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"You can tell some lies about the good times you've had/But I've kissed your mother twice and now I'm working on your dad..."

[Furtherman]

25 years ago today - 2/28/83

The final episode of "M*A*S*H" is the most watched television program in television history.



I was playing in a little league basketball game and as soon as the buzzer sounded, every parent in the place took off to get home and watch MASH. Many of us had to walk home!

[Dougie Brootal]

whats a "M*A*S*H"?

[epo]

I'm with Mojo. MASH is the perfect example of the movie being better than the TV show.

I will say that the early seasons were very good. Once Trapper John left, the show jumped the shark.

[TheMojoPin]

I'm with Mojo. MASH is the perfect example of the movie being better than the TV show.

I will say that the early seasons were very good. Once Trapper John left, the show jumped the shark.

Yeah, I loved everything with Trapper and Blake. I've rarely disliked a TV character more than BJ Honeycutt. It basically became the Alan Alda show from there on out. Futurama sent it up great in their "War is the H-Word" episode...

P.A. Announcer: (on tannoy) Incoming wounded. All operating personnel report to tent four, repeat, four-- I mean five! Repeat, four.

[Two medics carry soldier #1 from the helicopter on a stretcher.]

[Scene: Tent Four. Fry watches through the window. A jellyfish woman, from the race from A Flight To Remember and The Lesser Of Two Evils is a nurse.]

Nurse: Are you ready to operate, doctor?

Zoidberg: [washing his claws] I'd love to, but first I have to perform surgery. [He laughs.] I kid! I kid!

[The nurse puts some gloves on his claws and they break.]

[Time Lapse. A human doctor operates on a mule, a robot doctor operates on soldier #1 while Zoidberg operates on the hick.]

Zoidberg: Scalpel. [The nurse hands him a scalpel and he cuts something inside the hick.] Blood bucket. [She hands him a bucket and he puts it under the operating table.] Priest. Next patient.

[The robot doctor, iHawk, has a martini permanently attached to his left hand.]

iHawk: Gee, Zoidberg, leave some for the enemy to kill.

Nurse: Leave Dr. Zoidberg alone! He has twice the training you do.

iHawk: Yeah, he's a doctor and a butcher!

[He laughs and soldier #1 joins in. Zoidberg groans.]

Zoidberg: See, this is how it starts. First with he jokes, then comes the heavy stuff.

[iHawk laughs then turns a switch on his body from "irreverent" to "maudlin".]

iHawk: When will the killing end?

Zoidberg: I'm afraid he's gone.

[He pulls the sheet over the hick.]

Hick: Whoa, doc, I ain't dead.

Zoidberg: Excuse me, I believe I'm the doctor.

iHawk: Believe it all you want, that won't make it true. [He laughs then flicks his switch from "irreverent" to "maudlin".] This isn't a war, it's a murder. [He flicks it back.] This isn't a war, it's a moider!

[Furtherman]

M*A*S*H Star Ogden Stiers Comes Out
6 May 2009 5:15 AM, PDT


M*A*S*H star David Ogden Stiers has come out as gay - after years of fearing he would be denied roles because of his sexuality.

The actor first tasted fame as Major Charles Winchester on the hit TV comedy before finding steady work as a voice actor in several Disney projects, including Beauty And The Beast and Pocahontas.

But throughout his career, he was warned he risked losing work if he came out as a gay man.

He tells the Gossip Boy blog, "From the late 1980s until about seven or eight years ago, you would find certain individuals coming up to you, me, and advocating the position that since we were doing family fare that it would be best were the actors to maintain a certain palatability to parents.

"These parties likely had heard rumors or harbored suspicions about me and wanted to make sure no embarrassing incidents were forthcoming."

But he insists his reasons for coming out now, at the age of 66, have nothing to do with his profession - he wants to find a life partner.

Stiers adds: "I could claim noble reasons as coming out in order to move gay rights forward, but I must admit it is for far more selfish reasons. Now is the time I wish to find someone and I do not desire to force any potential partner to live a life of extreme discretion for me."

[TheMojoPin]

And here I always assumed he was trying to play every character as I saw him play as at least a little gay.

[Tenbatsuzen]

And here I always assumd he was trying to play every character as I saw him play as at least a little gay.

seriously, I think he was the first person to set off my gay-dar.

[realmenhatelife]

Speaking of "M*A*S*H", am I the only one who loves the film more than the series? The series I can watch the first three seasons, but anything afterwards is awful...

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VP #2 for the Coalition of Angry Micks, and Minister of Bloody Mayhem.
"You can tell some lies about the good times you've had/But I've kissed your mother twice and now I'm working on your dad..."

I'm not a fan of the series but I love the movie. What an insanely good cast.

[KnoxHarrington]

I'm with Mojo. MASH is the perfect example of the movie being better than the TV show.

I will say that the early seasons were very good. Once Trapper John left, the show jumped the shark.

That timeline corresponds with when Alan Alda basically seized control of the show and tried to make it more dramatic, really.

The first few seasons try to replicate the movie as much as they could within the confines of network TV. To me, that's only partially successful; it works, but it still seems like the show thinks it's dirtier than it is.

By the way, did you know that "MASH" is the first Hollywood movie not rated X that used the word "fuck"?

[jab]

mash doesnt really change so much with the dramatic angle from beginning to end, it just gets a little more. what really changes is that with each departing character, a more rounded character takes their place. blake burns and trapper or kind of one dimensional characters. they work great for the movie and for the wackiness of the early mash seasons but its easy to burn them out quick. potter hunnicut and winchester are much fuller and are allowed to grow as people, its why alot of folks think the later seasons are so heavy handed, but its just a lot of good character development.

[A.J.]

M*A*S*H Star Ogden Stiers Comes Out
6 May 2009 5:15 AM, PDT


M*A*S*H star David Ogden Stiers has come out as gay - after years of fearing he would be denied roles because of his sexuality.

The actor first tasted fame as Major Charles Winchester on the hit TV comedy before finding steady work as a voice actor in several Disney projects, including Beauty And The Beast and Pocahontas.

But throughout his career, he was warned he risked losing work if he came out as a gay man.

He tells the Gossip Boy blog, "From the late 1980s until about seven or eight years ago, you would find certain individuals coming up to you, me, and advocating the position that since we were doing family fare that it would be best were the actors to maintain a certain palatability to parents.

"These parties likely had heard rumors or harbored suspicions about me and wanted to make sure no embarrassing incidents were forthcoming."

But he insists his reasons for coming out now, at the age of 66, have nothing to do with his profession - he wants to find a life partner.

Stiers adds: "I could claim noble reasons as coming out in order to move gay rights forward, but I must admit it is for far more selfish reasons. Now is the time I wish to find someone and I do not desire to force any potential partner to live a life of extreme discretion for me."

He would have been a great Klinger.

[PapaBear]

He would have been a great Klinger.
Ironically, Klinger dressed as a woman in an attempt to lose his job. Major Winchester pretended to be straight, to try to keep his job.

[Crispy123]

Ironically, Klinger dressed as a woman in an attempt to lose his job. Major Winchester pretended to be straight, to try to keep his job.

Thats kind of like a free ride when youve already paid.

[PapaBear]

Thats kind of like a free ride when youve already paid.
That would be pretty fucking ironic.