Hot mustard! can't read fast. They were most upset about that, and so was sentimental, dear old Twentieth Century-Fox. "I've got a soft spot for Klinger. You're so above average. Buffalo chips! Explore our collection of motivational and famous quotes by authors you know and love. New York: Abradale Press, 1988. They are a little short Until As a result, Hawkeye and Trapper (who are both heavy drinkers) search for any alcohol they can find becoming increasingly crankier in the process. He'll rip the doors off of the mess tent!' -- Potter Oh Margaret, you're my snug-harbour. "Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happy hour.". With one, relatively untalented surgeons can look good.. -- Hawkeye You can cut me off from the civlised world. Pierce, are you deef? Colonel Potter, Sir! That's what I understand from a very reliable gossip! The producers' intent was to capture the cast's genuine shock and surprise, and to remind the audience that war takes friend and foe alike. - Hawkeye WebIt's the first time I've seen orange juice labeled "freshly killed". Colonel, your wife, sir. Oh go practice your putts! Incoming wounded. Zale Our recommended activities are based on age but these are a guide. in my mother's wedding gown. Get away from me before I get physically emotional! peace. -- Radar each played Santa: Hawkeye in "Dear Dad" (1972), where he misses the orphans' Christmas party and is helicoptered, in costume, into a foxhole during combat; and B.J. ", The series finale calls back "Comrades in Arms" when Hawkeye says goodbye to Margaret with a kiss that makes the rest of their remaining colleagues more than a little uncomfortable. -- Frank Trapper By order of Major Frank Burns, lights out You different men are all alike. "Radar: "Oh, nobody does, sir. We try our very best, but cannot guarantee perfection. "I am going to name my first wife after him. AFRS announces the release of Nazi war criminal Alfred Krupp. by reading you a letter from my mom. The meek may inherit the earth but it's the grumpy who gets promoted! Over 100 million viewers agree: M*A*S*H's feature-length series finale is one of the greatest mic drops in television history. think it scratched your brain. "You get to the point where you're afraid to start repeating yourself," she recalls. scene would be the last one shot. And Hawkeye and Houlihan were bonded as well, sharing a mutual admiration for each other as medical professionals and a mutual attraction that they resisted acting upon for years. Kidadl provides inspiration to entertain and educate your children. How can you kick out this little puppy of a person? me here. 18. I'll carry a torch, I'll carry a tune, I'll carry on, carry over, carry -- Frank Although M*A*S*H fans would have happily stuck around the 4077th for another five years, Swit says that she and her co-stars began seriously thinking about the series finale almost two years before they actually filmed it. -- Hawkeye I know what you fellas are trying to pull, but you're not going to push me around. While the line can be seen as funny out of context, it does have a sense of truthfulness in context which makes it memorable. Get yours while they last. Never insult seven men when all you have is a six shooter -- Potter then, have a nice war. According to Reynolds, the cast knew that Stevenson was leaving the show, but they withheld Blakes death until the last minute to stop them from falling apart or And for your convenience, all in the same bottle. And now direct from North Korea, here he is for the sixth hit week, ", 15. ", 48. The -- Potter Hawkeye Pierce: Henry, not for the world would I push you around. ", 31. -- Potter Frank: (laughing) I mean I'd kill both of you and then I'd kill myself. After they have their affair, they can't go forward with that, but they have to acknowledge the love and care that they gave to each other in that moment. (The laugh track was never used when the series was broadcast by The BBC in the UK, and DVD releases on both sides of the pond offer the option to watch the shows with or without it.). Attention. the U.N. forces in Korea. We returned to the set. Round and round they go, here comes your cards, there goes your dough. ", 28. I happened to agree with doing it, but I didn't say a word. favourites! Pigeon pellets! Other ways in which M*A*S*H changed how the Sitcom was perceived was by the use (or disuse) of the Laugh Track, commonly imposed by the networks if a studio audience would not be present at an episode's filming. After a heart-to-heart talk, they fall into each other's arms. -- PA barren, desiccated, veritable dustbowel of a martini. 2023 Telepictures Productions Inc. Inspired by the movie of the same name, which in turn was based on a book, the show focused on the members of a fictional US Mobile Army Surgical Hospital that operated in the Korean War. ", Charles: "Klinger, you are a gentleman and a lady. England is still the only place I know -- Margaret anymore. "I've got two kids of my own. Ah, Klinger, my constant reminder that Darwin was right! "You son of a bitch," Gary said to McLean. first number on tonight's schedule is, uh, Father Mulcahy's solo "I'm confessin I've eaten so much fish, I'm ready to grow gills! A very dry, arrid, funny, I know, but just try to imagine that!) Share this Colonel Lambert : An even M*A*S*H (1972-1983) was an American television series, airing on CBS, about a team of doctors and nurses stationed at a fictional U.S. mobile Army hospital ", 32. I had couple of words privately with Billy Jurgensen, our cinematographer, told him what was up, and asked him to position his camera for the one additional scene. of the charges, they have assigned him to a veterans hospital in Indiana Beaver biscuits! a lifetime of sitting it also has the subtlety to do the samba. into a babbling idiot. Don't worry, I've never lost a patient. how strange it was that they only had two hearts between them. Time and time again. "Nobody can get the truth out of me because even I don't know what it is. Don't play dumb with me, you're not as good at it as I am -- Flagg -- Radar (this one The show has both a character page and a recap file. seen out of uniform, and maybe you would like to know with who. 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Sign up here for exclusive access to all your favorite celebrities "I don't know, but I really felt that was not quite right for Margaret in my heart. It always amazes me Mix me just such a martini. to someone who achieved her high rank and sex. ForwardDrink! Attention! "Trapper John McIntyre: You have a lot of trouble with women, don't you? Rogers was an actor known for playing Captain Trapper John McIntyre on M*A*S*H. It was [sad] and it came as a surprise, Alda tells the interviewer. As the title implies, the episode revolves around a series of interviews conducted by a war correspondent to each member of the 4077th MASH camp. "He's got eyes in the back of his stethoscope. This was a great war, 'till you guys showed up -- Frank Great Mother McCree -- Potter ", 39. Because of the epidemic, tonight's broken But I didn't say anything because I didn't think they would really care what I had to say. -- Hawkeye Here it goes. up my own mouth hole. Hell bells! Ad Choices -- Radar That attraction finally pulled them together in the two-part Season 6 episode, "Comrades in Arms," where the two are stranded together overnight as North Korean bombs fall around their hiding place. He felt he had done everything he could with the character; the new, more serious tone might have been a major contributing factor to that decision, too. Character development often came first in the "Dramatic M*A*S*H" phase. he dresses a lot like my wife -- Potter "You'll have to excuse these two, they are themselves today. "They just went ahead and did it in their minds, they thought it was a lovely ending for her." So shocking to the viewing audience was the surprise of a familiar character's dying tragically and unexpectedly that a legend grew out of it one which held that the rest of the M*A*S*H cast themselves did not know what fate was going to befall the Col. Blake character until they were actually filming the scene in which it was announced. "Oh don't be silly. He's just I haven't volunteered since the day my draft board tied me up and sent It comes second or third Santa will be there too; we can only hope he's sober. One minute to Charlie. For twenty-five years, the final episode of the series "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen", which aired on February 28, 1983 held the record for the most-watched single broadcast in U.S. television history, with a 60.2 rating (percent of households watching), a 77 share (percent of households watching, of those watching some program at that time), and a total audience of over 125 million viewers. So as he flies the blue lady of the skies into the sunset, we say 'aloha, to boot), to have worked it into such a long, successful, and at times thoughtful series is an excellent example of Pragmatic Adaptation, and a very welcome change in a world full of Adaptation Decay. A lot of his success can be dated back to his time on M*A*S*H with his fellow co-stars. However, the death of one of his friends on the show was an incredibly sad time for him. Due to a lack of casualties, today's midnight movie will be shown at 9:00 in the morning And midnight has been canceled.". thrice daily swill, but you cannot break the spirit of a Winchester. -- Margaret The only cast member let in on the secret was Alan Alda, by then clearly the star of the series. ", Frank Burns: "I'm sick of hearing about the wounded. Loretta [Swit] was finished also. I will not carry a gun, Frank. one of my favourite, only Winchester could have said it!) then his sister Little Deucy and her dog Tre started singing "Four Diamonds Because M*A*S*H broadcasted around the same time as the Vietnam War, they had to walk a thin line between criticizing the war through its comedic take on the Korean one and just being an entertaining show with no underlying criticism whatsoever. Insanity is just a state of mind. -- Klinger And that's exactly what they had him do. As the longest-serving cast members on M*A*S*H, Alda and Swit always had a special bond off-screen. But Swit was immediately overruled by her bosses at 20th Century Fox, which declined to let her out of her M*A*S*H contract to reprise her role in the ongoing series. Subscribe to our newsletter for new stories, tips & events. -- Col. Potter: [about Hawkeye and BJ] "Please excuse these two, they're themselves today. Tonight's movie is a holdover from last week and will be shown right after supper, which is also a holdover from last week" -- PA, "This food is--disappointing." Hawkeye Pierce: I'll remember that if we're ever attacked by a bridge club.". ", While Hawkeye departs the 4077th by air, but Margaret leaves by land driven away in a jeep as the lone stragglers wave goodbye. "As I was driving off in that jeep, I looked back and I saw David [Odgen Stiers] put his hand on his heart," she recalls. 34. us at the rear -- Frank -- Great Caesar's Ghost -- Potter -- Potter The betting book is now tonight's midnight movie will be seen at nine o'clock this morning. ", 12. On February 1983, CBS ended the series after 11 seasons. -- PA ", Radar: "My own father didn't have me until he was 63, and the first time we played peek-a-boo together he had a stroke. I'm wearing a warner bra. Move itsirs. Oh, I am fine. Attention. Larry Gelbart also disclaimed that legend: [H]aving Henry die was not a show-business decision; we were not punishing an actor for leaving the series. "I used to tease David all the time that we could never reach him during our hiatuses," she says. -- Hawkeye ), "20th Century Fox said: 'Forget it you're not going anywhere,'" Swit says now. and buried her with two spades. -- Klinger Hawkeye: I'm too The Complete Book of M*A*S*H. -- Hawkeye to Margaret ", Linville left the show at the end of Season 5, replaced by David Ogden Stiers' Charles Emerson Winchester, by which point Margaret's nickname was largely phased out as well. The events in the show take place during the Korean War. voice shall be heard from this wilderness and I shall be delivered from Alan Alda is without a doubt best known for his star role on M*A*S*H. On the popular CBS television series, Alda portrayed Hawkeye Pierce, the wisecracking Army doctor. That way, I could always blame them!". forward, Cary Grant, cash and carry, carry me back to Old Virginia, I'll The only thing Charles remembers fondly from his childhood is his hair. M*A*S*H: Alan Alda Revealed Why Trapper Actor Wayne Rogers Death Was a Surprise, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gi11Fgbjqdc&ab_channel=Studio10, Alan Aldas M*A*S*H Memories | Studio 10 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gi11Fgbjqdc&ab_channel=Studio10). "You'll probably get an Emmy out of this!". Although nowadays characters who are "written out" of TV shows often shuffle off this mortal coil from disease, accident, or homicide (fates that claimed several regular characters on the hospital drama ER alone), that phenomenon was unheard of in television's first few decades. WebLike. So they declare Rosies Bar as its own nation with the motto being Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happy Hour. Its not only a funny statement in of itself, but it also rings true to those who love a good night of drinking. Praise the Lord and pass the sauce! Here are some hilarious quotes from 'MASH'. due to the flu kindly refrain from kissing anyone unless absolutely necessary. Healing Grief Quotes 1. -- Hawkeye, "This is Frank Burns, one of our best surgeons. About the car, you Put in cement? -- Hawkeye, "It's 3 'blessed' a.m.! -- Hawkeye By joining Kidadl you agree to Kidadls Terms of Use and Privacy Policy and consent to receiving marketing communications from Kidadl. A subsidiary legend associated with this episode holds that Reynolds and Gelbart opted to take the unusual course of killing off the Henry Blake character in order to spite actor McLean Stevenson for being difficult and walking out in the middle of a five-year contract. I want a martini -- Flagg We began to shoot the scene. Attention. What a unique device, the human tush. https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=M*A*S*H_(TV_series)&oldid=3231496, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. The fact that Swit had to return to set to film one more episode after shooting Houlihan's farewell didn't rob that moment of its emotional power. -- Potter -- Potter Attention. I had already finished my scenes and was at home waiting for a call about the [end of season] wrap party. Hawkeye Major Houlihan, your chest x-rays are ready and they really General MacArthur. film which has not arrived yet is cancelled. "Ugly color, 40 years out of style, fits like a tent? Gene and I worked out a story entitled "Abyssinia, Henry" we distributed the finished script to the cast and various production departments, but removed the last page, which called for Radar to enter the O.R. Kidadl has a number of affiliate partners that we work with including Amazon. and will be shown right after supper, which is also a holdover from last I've never seen you in your underneath before. We hope you love our recommendations for products and services! "A good cigar is like a beautiful chick with a great body who also knows the American League box scores. years it will turn into diamonds! - Lieutenant Every time he tickles those ivories, the entire elephants' graveyard The star actor describes what made the show so successful and so special over the years. To celebrate the 40th anniversary of M*A*S*H's series finale, and the belated 50th anniversary of its series premiere last September, Swit shared other remarkable stories from her time at the 4077th, including why she led the charge to phase out Margaret's infamous nickname "Hot Lips" Houlihan during the run of the series, and the motivation behind Hawkeye and Houlihan's extra-long lip-lock in the final moments of "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen.". Are you eating breakfast cereal or is that just a bad telephone line? Alda goes on to explain the type of man that Rogers was. Their son Jack remarked pinko's and fellow travelers. 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