Frank Speaks Up, MASH Radar's Report

[@donaldcampbell3043]

I like the fact the almost 40 years after Radar left the show a fan purchased Radars Teddy Bear in an auction and gave it back to Radar

[@austinmorrison6953]

Lovely

[@lapidarybyandy]

thats so awful, actor gary burghoff, was also a talented drummer in several known bands, he was a broadway actor , he has 2 patents for his fishing bait inventions, a well accomplished man, but he was typecast as radar o reily and was never able to escape the character, he would go on match game or hollywodd squares as gary burghoff, and people on the show would address him as radar or always talk about mash,maybe he liked getting the bear but i can see how it would be painfull for him,

[@Glittersword]

@@lapidarybyandy That is the risk you take when you become an actor. Might as well own it.

[@salag13]

@@Glittersword Leonard Nimoy and Gary Sinse owned it pretty well.

[@captain_misaki]

@@salag13 Nimoy actually *embraced* his role as Spock later on, going on to narrate Star Trek Online, where there is a memorial to him on the planet Vulcan.

[@LordZontar]

"Frank, say something. Make some noise. Even a gurgling sound would help. You keep sitting there like that and somebody's gonna do an autopsy on you."

[@johnfazio8106]

😆😂🤣

[@Gator-fromOZ]

🤨 STRANGE I SUPPOSE, Since most everyone out there with the Exception of Margaret, wanted him to keep his Pansy Ass mouth closed 🤐 !!! 😂😂😂

[@forrestwigginton429]

@@Gator-fromOZ in

[@peterrodby2786]

You can see how the actors take their roles seriously when a laugh track is silenced.

[@kennethneece4838]

LordZontar- I always like that line that Henry Blake said to Frank Burns, Frank, you keep this up and someone will do an autopsy on you!😄😄

[@jasonleslie203]

Klinger is probably the most sane person out of the whole camp. I loved & still love this show

[@vladtepes8461]

It's the catch 22. Any sane person would try to get out. But that proves that they are sane and should stay. Any insane person would not try to get out. Hence they stay.

[@kennethneece4838]

Jason Leslie- I always like it when they brought in Col. Flagg in the episodes and there was that episode of where Col. Flagg was somewhat interrogating BJ Hunnicut and Hawkeye Pierce and Col. Flagg was talking to Hunnicut thinking he was Pierce and Hawkeye told Col. Flagg he was Pierce and Col. Flagg turns to Hawkeye and says, you want to play that game, I can play it too!😄😄

[@jasonleslie203]

@@kennethneece4838 yea flagg was always a welcomed return. He's hilarious. There's also the time that pierce suggested, very sarcastically, of dropping a nuke on the enemy. And flag was suggesting that he "not try and get friendly with them" They definitely got a great set of talent to do the show

[@karenlbellmont6560]

I was told that once. 😂

[@Independentfellow]

It was softened for comedic effect but queer soldiers were likely to be dishonorably discharged with employment ramifications outside of the Army.

[@matthayward7889]

1:00 “What’s wrong with Klinger?“ actually made me burst out laughing. Doffing his cap to him was a nice touch, too.

[@ziaahmed9842]

😊...🤗'Ill admit he's no Lana Turner' 😆

[@kennethneece4838]

Klinger: I only wear floor lengths during the day! Henry: Ohhhhh! 😄😄😄😄😄😄 Frank: Henry??!!😂😂😂😂😂

[@nolanboles8492]

@@kennethneece4838 Everyone else calls him Henry, and it's a friendly gesture; Frank calls him Henry, and it's a clear sign he doesn't take Blake seriously. (Yeah, I know no one really takes either Henry or Frank seriously, but the difference is that most everyone likes Henry. )

[@kennethneece4838]

@@nolanboles8492 Okay and as far I knew too that it was Henry Blake! I don’t think that none of the other characters had called him any other names!

[@jayceew.rabbit9358]

There's another episode where Margaret does the talking for Frank and Henry says " wow Frank, I didn't see your lips move once!" That cracks me up too!😆

[@brianarbenz7206]

Burns says, "I agree with everything I've said!"

[@jayceew.rabbit9358]

@@brianarbenz7206 😂!

[@kwf7393]

I'd rather watch an old MASH rerun for the 100th time rather than tune into some of the new crap the have today.

[@pacetti07]

kwf739 I know exactly what you mean.

[@xsailor85]

kwf739 pass the popcorn.🍿🍿🍿

[@barrylonyai1530]

@@xsailor85 i agree with you 100% this is the best show period ! they don,t make shows with great actors and actresses . like mash.

[@michellecalling]

Here, here.

[@omareliskandra4048]

Damn right

[@deverry66]

Frank says "clingers bucking for a section 8, I say we give him one" clincher says "bless you sir" pure gold. I'm 52 and seen all episodes loads of time and can still belly laugh at them today. Thank you mash team.

[@Crazyivan777]

And Frank's return look, completely unsure whether he should be saying "you're welcome" or not is fantastic.

[@stephenhanneken3041]

Who are “clinger” and “clincher?”

[@martinwhite3354]

Do you remember Hawkeyes classic line.."I always say behind every great man is a woman with a vibrator"!

[@Soxruleyanksdrool]

Clinger is the one in the dress. I don't know who clincher is.

[@kennethneece4838]

@@stephenhanneken3041 huh????😮😮😮😮

[@Ephraim32]

“What’s wrong with Klinger?” Points at a man in a floor length low cut dress, with a hair chest, from Toledo.

[@Groundlord]

​@trha2222 Please tell me you're being sarcastic.

[@libertygiveme1987]

@trha2222 SERIOUSLY?! He was trying to get out of the service!!!! And if a person does dress this way, and he's clearly a man, then yes, he DOES have mental issues!!!!

[@MyGamer125]

Liberty GiveMe I think you guys got trolled

[@desrroyerkidgaming154]

@@MyGamer125 wagon what you like me or I know that you pitch pitch pitch pitch pitch pitch pitch pitch pitch pitch stitch fix baby mama start an app

[@desrroyerkidgaming154]

@@Groundlord I love. You I love you know I know that you

[@cannong1728]

In the famous poker episode. Colonel Flagg to Klinger: Hey, up close you're a guy. Klinger to Flagg: Far away too! Gold, comic gold....

[@TheLowBrassDude]

Earrings with a sweater?

[@triciaclinton1308]

@@TheLowBrassDude The better was when Flagg asked who that was, and Captain Pak said "Thats my wife". Sidney was sitting right there and said, "Thats a very interesting remark Sam". In response, Pak said "Thanks for the house call Sidney".

[@cjfantastick893]

Deal me out episode. One of my favs

[@guadalupebaptista9757]

@@cjfantastick893 Especially the Colonel Flagg ones. They were hysterical 😂

[@matthale8090]

Flaggs probably my favorite, he's just so dry. And the goofy shit he says with a serious attitude 😆 reminds me of Leslie Nielsen in Naked Gun. Ironically enough, he appeared in an episode lol

[@RJC96cj]

I love the next scene when Major Freedman looks at Klinger and asks..."what's your name honey?"

[@tomkat5626]

and in the last scene he did with Klinger he said ''Wait a minute. You forgot your purse'''. LMAO

[@bdpickett]

Sid always knew just what to say. "Ladies and Gentlemen, take my advice: pull down your pants and slide on the ice."

[@jondickison5802]

@@bdpickett once in a episode once in the final movie

[@Saberrex1]

Frank's use of Margaret like a ventriloquist dummy is pure gold. Gets me every time.

[@beckylawler2768]

Jeremy Herz there's an episode where Colonel Blake threatens to belt Frank in the mouth if Margaret doesn't shut up. I can't find it right now but it's my first favorite. This one is my second favorite. ❤

[@shannonroberts213]

@@beckylawler2768, I was thinking of that exact episode

[@snipper1ie]

You thought Frank wore the pants? How silly are you

[@angelajohnson6659]

Yea you couldn't even see Frank's lips move when he talked! Lol

[@kennethneece4838]

I liked the episode of where Frank sat there rather quietly while Margaret talked and Henry said to Frank, please say something, at least a gurgling sound would be better than nothing, then Margaret kept on talking and Henry finally said to Frank, Frank, you keep this up and someone is going to do an autopsy on you!😄😄

[@zg1000dru1]

Henry tips his hat when Klinger comes in....lol

[@homtanks9978]

exactly, haha xDDD

[@disoriented1]

a gentleman does that when a lady enters the room!

[@dreamdream011]

And Klinger being a lady replies "please, sit down"

[@Kara_Kay_Eschel]

Would Disney buying FOX make Kilinger a Disney Princess?

[@PittsburghSportsFan43]

@@Kara_Kay_Eschel MASH was a CBS show. FOX had and still has nothing to do with it.

[@THEdjpluto]

“I don’t usually wear floor length during the day.” Henry: “oh!” 🤣🤣🤣

[@luigiporpora8322]

STILL cracks me up and I've watched this at least 100 times!🤣🤣

[@blockmasterscott]

@@luigiporpora8322 You and me both! 😂

[@nathanholmquist7757]

It took real talent for a actor, Larry Linfield to play a character like major Burns, a nerd,cluts,nearly brain dead,and all ways the bad guy,he was a really talented actor, never got the best of the other characters in the mash series, rest in peace Larry!!!

[@Zzyzzyx]

Yes, Larry Linville was the best! He never got the accolades he deserved. A brilliant comic actor, always playing it straight.

[@paulc5333]

He was also super smart. An aerospace engineer.

[@ussexeter4601]

My favorite character on the show.

[@johnbarnard2617]

Only show that can make you laugh & cry, in the same 30 minutes.

[@LoneLee2022]

Yup! The Final Show in 83 had tears pouring down my face.........

[@RedForeman301]

Its crazy how different this show is without the laugh track....

[@The35speedster]

I think that's an improvement

[@omalleycaboose5937]

@@The35speedster so did the people who made the show. They didn't want the laugh track

[@Mpshfromlowell64]

Unfortunately, the laugh track seems to have been scrubbed. The pauses originally included for the laugh track are still there, throwing off the timing of the scene and making it drag a bit. Better to do without the laugh track in the first place…..

[@alexbaker2615]

Yeah, why were they taken out?

[@lyianx]

@@alexbaker2615 Originally wasn't suppose to have it.

[@Dizzyfingers2]

It's amazing how much more cinematic and profound these scenes are with the laugh track removed ...

[@LoneLee2022]

Yeah! You don't need the laugh track. If I think it's funny, I'll laugh!

[@markmiller3713]

I hate laugh tracks. I find them annoying and unncessary.

[@rods7476]

I have the full DVD box set - you can play them all without the canned laughter (and I allways do).

[@wendigo-yt]

Well, this is a familiar sight: Frank and Margaret in Henry's office, bitching about something and threatening to go over his head. As Henry so passionately explained, "They already did that so many times, he's got Athlete's Scalp".

[@finaladvance5085]

I understand that reference

[@michealpowell1299]

It was "both" an honor, and a pleasure.....and a privilege to grow up watching M.A.S.H.! Still my favorite TV show ever! The first five years or so of Andy Griffith is right there too! But it got really lame really fast after Barney left...

[@libertubey2199]

Ironically, in "The Andy Griffith Show" network run, its best ratings came during the color years, leaving the air as the Number 1 show ("I Love Lucy" and "Seinfeld" were the others to accomplish that feat). However, as time went on, especially the late 1980's, it was clear that its best years were the first five. This is why most channels show the b&w episodes and color episodes separately or, more so, don't show the color episodes at all. As for M*A*S*H, it the standard for the evolution of a television show.

[@timsydlowski5208]

Libertu Bey to me, be it Mash, everybody loves Raymond, Seinfeld, Andy Grifith, Taxi, Mary Tyler Moore, 5 years is comic gold. For a ten year show as an example the first year takes a half year to get its legs and character development. Seasons 2-5 are gold. Then Cheers the series with Ted Dansen as with Andy Griffith and Mash, characters leave and its never Truly great again. Seasons 6-7 bring new characters and usually a new tone which also means new writers and some stars like Alan Alda writing and directing which got good on serious episodes but fell flat on comedy. Even going to color took something away from Andy Griffith. You can’t replace Don Knotts, Shelly Long, McLean Stevenson/ Wayne Rodgers, and Larry Linville and not change dramatically. By season 8-10 your watching out of habit and not content. After season 5 and Frank Burns leaving Mash was woeful comedic wise. Andy was almost unwatchable and Cheers had the good luck to have a huge ensemble but the timing between Sam & Diane gone forever. Anyone agree?

[@jenniferclark9842]

I remember watching M*A*S*H during the summer late in the evening with my mom, grandma, and sister. The funny thing is my mom wasn’t allowed to watch it when it was on the air. When my mom pointed it out to my grandma, she simply replied “Times have changed”.

[@A2D4]

I Never liked Mash after Wayne Rogers and Maclean Stevenson left. And Larry Linville for that matter. Just not the same, moreover, Mike Farrell’s character seemed too contrived and predictable. Winchester tried too hard to be unique and wasn’t and Colonel Potter was better playing that nut job general in just one episode. I’m still mad that they killed off Colonel Blake! 😡

[@rogerlynch5279]

Fun Fact a) most people tend to forget that MASH - the series is based on the movie MASH that had even more spike and satirem in fact the series had even tuned down those elements to be more family friendly. b) the more serious counter version to MASH was the movie BATTLE CIRCUS with Humphry Bogart as a doctor and June Allyson as a nurse. Just for reference.

[@LarryLeeMoniz]

That part where Radar give his teddy bear some coffee is always cut in syndication. I like that you also uploaded the non-laugh track version.

[@disoriented1]

my favorite part of the series was the casual acceptance of most of the characters of complete insanity!...in an earlier episode..Lt Col Blake to Klinger..in the presence of jaw gaping high ranking visitors: (Klinger comes into Blake's office in a morning robe).."Klinger, it's past 5:OO, get into an evening gown!" Klinger.."Yes, Sir!"

[@studinthemaking]

disoriented1 That was a good one.

[@blockmasterscott]

And after that he said "Boy, you really gotta stay on top of these people!"

[@KenSNJ]

That episode was Season 3's House Arrest.

[@samsonguy10k]

I more saw it as refusing to acknowledge it as acknowledging it would give credence to his efforts for a Section 8. Both Blake and Potter knew Klinger wasn't crazy and ordering him to wear proper uniform would only result in a court martial for disobeying an officer. Klinger shot himself in the foot by actually being an asset to the MASH unit by doing his job and keeping morale up. You can tell through the series that all the doctors and nurses but Margaret and Frank thought highly of him as he was a true assistance to their work. And then he was made Company Clerk after Radar's leaving and he excelled even more. Not only that, he actually figured out he enjoyed what he was doing.

[@petersyme7083]

Being pedantic here, Henry Blake to Klinger, ‘Klinger, it is 4.00 in the afternoon and you are still in a housecoat, put a dress on, you don’t know who will be coming”

[@cjfantastick893]

The other night i was going thru the guide on tv, i asked my almost 14 yr old what do you want to watch, she says do we have any mash taped? Warmed my heart

[@calebduprest6438]

I'm almost 14, and I started watching MASH a year ago. Been hooked since. It is the BTVSOAT. (Best TV Show of All Time)

[@seppukumouse8005]

Your daughter is living in the past, man. She should have asked for the DVDs.

[@smallworldafterall09]

Warms mine too.

[@cannong1728]

Smart girl....

[@NiVi192]

I'd say, you're mission as a parent is almost complete! 😄

[@sheilasmith1414]

Larry Linville was such an underrated actor. He was classically trained and I think he could have done more with his career if given better roles.

[@lscblackwell9202]

Sheila Smith - absolutely! I was always a huge fan of Larry Linville. I think he was a phenomenal actor and did a superb job with Frank Burns. But it seemed to typecast him and I don’t recall seeing him in very many things after MASH. So sad to hear of his passing in 2000.

[@patgh63]

Larry Linville also built and flew glider aircraft ,as a hobby.

[@bobnagel6449]

@@lscblackwell9202 I heard Linville quit MASH because the producers wouldn't let Frank Burns's character develop

[@josephlankford5541]

No, Frank did develop. But unlike everyone else, he became more despicable and pathetic. Not the kind of development one would want. But it made way for Winchester, who was every bit the snob of Frank and every bit the doctor of Hawkeye.

[@StacieMMeier]

@Bob nagel Linville claimed, once, that he left because he had taken Burns as far as possible. He also claimed that he felt MASH left comedy ideas and started being more a Drama. We tend to forget that Linville was a good comedian though most overlook this fact.

[@_.rayneemakk._]

I love how Radar gave his teddy some coffee and wiped its mouth

[@hey_joe7069]

Yeah it was obviously intended along with Radars remark "crazy people", to suggest "Who's crazy?"

[@jeffreygranger6913]

Yeah, almost brings a tear to your eye. That teddy bear brought him through a horrific war.

[@susansherlock7474]

@@jeffreygranger6913 and he left it when he went back home. They put in the time capsule in a later episode .

[@Gator-fromOZ]

Well, he loves his Fur Baby😉 Mine got up & went over to warm Mom’s lap for a while😁

[@leftcoaster67]

Then said: "Crazy people..." Lol

[@runarandersen878]

Then the psychiatrist come: You called me up for this? I have 8 other doing the same.

[@geoffwilliams4478]

"what's your name, honey?"

[@wendigo-yt]

If I recall, he said one thought he was a cockroach and another believed he was reincarnated from George Washington, having served his time.

[@MrJimmy1437]

If I were ever to meet any of my favorite stars, the first thing I would like to ask them is do they realize the joy they have given to so many people?

[@kellywright540]

Love me some Henry!! The best episodes of MASH are the ones where Henry is in charge!! 🤣

[@LoneLee2022]

The 1st 3 Seasons are still the best.

[@susanlegeza7562]

Iam a 96 jear old woman and saw a lot of tv shows, but Mash is the all time best one!!!

[@LoneLee2022]

My favorite TV show of all time. Smart Comedy.

[@beckylawler2768]

At 0:50 when the Colonel stands and tips his hat to Klinger entering the room and then at 1:18 when the Colonel smiles admiringly at Klinger.. just kills me! 😂

[@robertlongwill8856]

I love it when Henry Blake says what's wrong with Klinger while Klinger stands there in an evening gown. LOL

[@donkinzett3961]

Best tv show ever still watching the runs in australia

[@2020Bookworm]

Shown on September 29,1973, my fifth birthday.

[@crystalsswtor3760]

I was 10

[@brianarbenz1329]

I was a sophomore in high school. I loved M*A*S*H.

[@shlongbongchewy]

Henry Blake is my favorite character in any comedy of all time.

[@37Dionysos]

"I usually don't wear floor-length during the day." "Oh!"

[@nudist0885]

Except that he wasn't wearing floor length. Look at him just as he's walking in the room. You CAN SEE his lower legs.

[@turtleneckrobot7714]

Klinger should have gotten that section 8. I mean really, that purse simply didn’t complement that dress..😜😜

[@michaellaughlin8457]

Frank made the show fun because he was so gullable n nieve !

[@stevenscottoddballz]

*gullible

[@EnricoHoover]

Theres hardly an episode of MASH that I don't love. The acting, the script writing, the underlying cause of the need for mash units, these people are those I would choose to be my family. Fabulous, and as often as I watch the entire series from whoa to go, I still love it.

[@isabellacicchetti6058]

Unforgettable! I was 15, we enjoied this fiction also here in Italy in 70th!

[@arthurwatts1680]

You have to feel for Klinger - half his family was dying and the other half pregnant ;)

[@AndrewSmith-vr8kd]

I usually don't wear floor-length during the day...." 'Ohhh?' - The look on Henry's face is priceless. As if he's truly interested.

[@petersyme7083]

I love it when Henry doffs his cap to respond to Klingers salute.

[@carolecarr5210]

Radar was loved by all. He was missed after he went home.

[@joannacrickenberger7627]

Rader acts like a child towards his teddy bear because he feels safest and most secure in the company of his childhood innocence, as well as the comfort connection it has to home. Really and turely, this becomes very normal for solider and people in general during horrific or even just hectic times. We find so much comfort in the things either from our own childhoods or something that takes us back and reminds us, no matter our age. Even in my 40's, if I was in the 4077, if not trying to lose myself in my own imagination and writing my own stories, I'd be trying to get my hands on some good books, children's books, Barbie dolls, or simple baby dolls or My Little Pony and would be playing with them any chance I could get.

[@mikkelnpetersen]

Respect for Radar, nicest guy in the series.

[@snipper1ie]

We had a guy in our Unit that wore glasses and wasn't a stones throw away in looks from Walter and he was called Radar. I know his last name, but after 30 years, I still don't know his first name and I'd say that the Coy clerk is the only person in a whole battalion, if not the entire Army, that knows his first name

[@DoctorPhobos]

@@snipper1ie In basic training, I had the nickname "Radar". Mainly because I had glasses and was the House Mouse (aka Flight Clerk). Not because I had a teddy bear. He stayed at home during basic.

[@blockmasterscott]

One of my best Klinger moments was when he tried to pass himself off as the Toledo Strangler. 😂😂😂

[@victordodds6211]

Absolutely mighty awesome day'S when M A S H came to screen. Still number 1 on my list. P S going for 10 / 100.

[@Altair9678]

Even Potter just ignored Klinger...eventually he got over trying to "section 8"

[@scottknode898]

F. Peña Jamie Farr decided and agreed with executives and producers to drop the Klinger in dresses gag as the show became more serious especially after Gary Burghoff left the show and Klinger became company clerk. Farr also had young kids then and decided not to have his character wear dresses so they wouldn’t be made fun of. It had to do more with more somber tone the show became after season 7

[@Livingtheinvisiblelife]

This came from in interview Jamie Farr (klinger) for one of the anniversary shows. He said he stopped wearing dresses after Gary Burgof (radar) left mainly because his children were at an age where they or their friends would be watching and he didn’t want to embarrass them.

[@chelanchris50]

Ironically Klinger finally gets his chance to go home when the war is over but decided to stay in Korea with his new wife.😉

[@specialk9424]

@@chelanchris50 You don't have to pretend to be crazy anymore, we're ALL going home.

[@erikbunty2016]

Potter also warned Klinger about the impact a Section 8 discharge would have on the rest of his life, which is another reason he ditched it.

[@NihongoGuy]

Henry Blake - best character on the show. Stevenson killed in that role.

[@panchaliparbhoo3263]

"(Sigh) Crazy people" - Radar O'Reilly 😂 LOL

[@jessicastiner2123]

And this is coming from a guy who sleeps with a teddy bear 🐻🐻🐻🐻

[@smwca123]

@@jessicastiner2123 The teddy bear ended up in the time capsule in "As Time Goes By", symbolizing those who arrived as boys and went home as men.

[@jessicastiner2123]

@@smwca123 I know that this was before 🐻🐻🐻🐻

[@erikbunty2016]

Klinger himself said to his father that it was no wonder he didn't get a Section 8. He said that he was nobody special and that EVERYBODY was crazy around those parts.

[@orvillemeadows9923]

I’d love to see Frank Burns drink a glass of water while she’s talking

[@TheStuport]

Hot Lips was no doubt a lot like his Wife back in the States....IN CHARGE PERIOD....

[@dreamdream011]

you cant drink and talk at the same time

[@nolanboles8492]

@@TheStuport And they were both probably a lot like his mother.

[@LynnRC1957]

Literally my FAVORITE SHOW OF ALL TIME HUMOR AND FEAR CRAMED TOGETHER !

[@petersyme7083]

W

[@ddonahue3436]

No laugh track. Interesting to watch without it.

[@marshsherrif2824]

much better. in the uk we had no laughter track. we had to think

[@artiknakamura5860]

On the DVD’s you can turn the laugh tracks off and it’s so much better imo

[@zealot5183]

D Donahue True but the laugh track in MASH feels more genuine than in most shows recently which feel like a recycled soundbyte

[@FranciscoJr01]

Flying T-70 The laugh track in MASH was a recycled soundbyte so you clearly don’t know what you’re talking about and are just hating on what’s on television now because it’s new

[@zealot5183]

Aaron I don’t hate new shows I hate shitty laugh tracks that play too often on any shows. I personally feel if you aren’t even going to try to match it up with actually attempts at humor then there’s no reason to even have a laugh track. So while yes MASH without a laugh track is better I felt it worth noting it felt less of a cheap trick (less of one, laugh tracks have and always will be cheap tricks unless used in a creative way). Or like “we have to have a laughtrack because we are a sitcom”. I don’t honestly care if it was a sound byte as long as it wasn’t overused. That’s what matters to me. So that’s why it still feels more genuine to me personally.

[@adriannadavis8734]

What's wrong with Klinger? xD

[@ericholladay2900]

Bless you sir.

[@14DaveHunter]

He needed a body shave (LOL).

[@dreamdream011]

He is drastic.

[@ericholladay2900]

dreamdream011 that must be why he tried to kill burns with a grenade.

[@aimeerobinson7358]

14 DaveHunter, Body shave, that man need full body wax.

[@izzaMairepeacejb]

1:26 Bless you sir

[@deskgamesix]

The talent just on that set can't be equaled today.

[@alanstrong3295]

I laughed when that Korean mother chased Klinger with a pitchfork, trying to kill poor Max. Potter and Pierce helped resolve that matter.

[@geoffwilliams4478]

I thought that it was Potter and Houghlihan

[@LynnRC1957]

I do watch MASH REruns rather than watch new shows....

[@nolanboles8492]

Radar was probably crazier than Klinger--at least Klinger didn't give a sip of coffee to a Teddy bear. Leading an invisible camel was as close as he ever got.

[@timwoods3171]

This takes on a new level when viewed without the laugh track.

[@kiddetroit8403]

A soldiers staying in your office in an evening gown and you ask what's wrong❤😂

[@yabbadabbadoo8225]

Blake 'what's wrong with Klinger?" Frank ' What's wrong with HIM!!??' Mash at its absolute best.

[@capkarr]

One of my favorite clips ever

[@nancydemoss8421]

Classic comedy! 😂😂😂 This kind of comedy just doesn't exist today. And to think the show was almost cancelled after the first season due to low viewers.

[@NAVEMAN3]

I love Radar, it was hard seeing him go on the to parter, I was just happy it wasn't like when Blake left.

[@libertygiveme1987]

Radar was sooooo ADORABLE!!!!

[@denvergoodner2353]

Mash wouldn’t have been the same without Radar. Its still great today to watch the reruns of this show. I know this was a show about the war but I’m thankful for the men and women who serve our country.

[@whateveritwasitis]

Frank Burns, one of the finest supporting actors in a cast of all stars that film or stage ever produced.

[@fuzzy11200]

Best series ever made.

[@scottys1423]

I think there were 3 or 4 scenes like this over the years where Margaret did all the talking for Frank.

[@midnightgamer2788]

Radar was so cute with his teddy at the end😍🐻

[@robertthomas5196]

Totally different without the laugh track.

[@joenichols1958]

Robert Thomas I agree! The show was definitely edited with the laugh track in mind. It creates a couple weird pauses in their speech I think.

[@TheEwing69]

Gives us how it was when the actors filmed it.

[@ElectroTherapyFTSoul]

@@joenichols1958 On the other hand, the laughter covers some of the dialogue so it's quite intrusive. I know the show wasn't supposed to have a laugh track, but I also know they knew the US version would have one. I wonder if in the earlier episodes, they tried to find a middle ground and add some pauses where they guessed laughter would be edited in. I'm currently on Season 5 and it's like they gave up with that method. The acting feels more natural like they said "Screw the laugh track. The US version is butchered anyway."

[@drunkweebmarine9492]

As a combat veteran this hits me differently than from my childhood

[@richardscanlan3419]

the show was never the same without Frank Burns.RIP Larry Linville.

[@taybaybay5553]

Him and Trapper being replaced was pretty sad

[@orchidwave2574]

The show acquired depth after Frank and Trapper left. Not so one-dimensional and cartoonish. BJ was a nuanced good guy character with occasional flaws, Winchester was a nuanced bad guy who had nobility. And Margaret's character was similar evolved into a more complex person than just a feisty head nurse having a fling with Frank. She developed toughness and vulnerability. I honestly don't know what you're on about.

[@orchidwave2574]

@trha2222 Okay, but Frank was unbelievably cartoonishly unlikeable in every aspect (no fault of Larry Linville, that's how he was written). If you like pure farce, then cool. But for me, nonsensical farce is the easiest sort of comedy, the comedy of exaggeration. Trapper was fine, and BJ I had no trouble with - he seemed like a normal easy-going family guy dropped into a hellish situation he wasn't cut out for (neither Hawkeye nor Trapper were family guys, so that element of social dynamics was underrepresented till BJ could anchor those sorts of subplots). Henry and Potter I liked equally (obviously for different reasons). There were LOTS of farcical comedies like Three's Company and many more before and since (and lots of Britcoms). MASH evolved into something more, I'm a bit sad for you that you can't appreciate that show's evolution. It strangely reminds me of the Beatles going from 'Yeah yeah yeah' to freaking Abbey Road, Sgt Pepper etc. I like the entire Beatles' history, but they were most impressive in the later years...like MASH.

[@orchidwave2574]

@trha2222 BJ wasn't slapstick funny, no. But that's not the only sort of funny. And Charles was certainly funny plenty of times, but if (as you say) you can't even watch an episode with BJ and Charles, how would you even know? Look, to take another example, Taxi was a great comedy from the same era. And like MASH, it dared to have some dramatic, heartbreaking moments - and those made for some of the best episodes, almost BECAUSE you weren't expecting such heartwrenching moments from what's usually a comedy. If you have to compartmentalize a drama as a drama, and a comedy as a comedy, and turn your nose up whenever a drama has a comedic moment or a comedy has a dramatic moment, go ahead. The rest of us will enjoy singularly fantastic writing and performing in these rare sorts of shows that are able to pull that off.

[@orchidwave2574]

Plus, Frank was so inept that he wasn't a worthy adversary for Hawkeye or Trapper individually, never mind the two of them together. Winchester was as good a surgeon, wasn't an idiot, and could get the BETTER of Hawkeye on various occasions. And he had (under layers of snobbery) a core of integrity that Hawkeye had to grudgingly respect (and was even reciprocated on occasion). That made for a FAR more interesting conflict (Hawkeye vs Winchester) than Hawkeye vs a complete buffoon (Frank). If you don't get that, well, you don't get that. Your loss.

[@RichardTetta]

People forever try to analyze what MASH's true shark-jumping moment was. For it me, it wasn't Trapper leaving or Blake dying, it was when they decided to have Houlihan fall in love with Donald Penobscot, and then ultimately, Larry Linville's departure. The Hot Lips-Burns relationship was the comedic heart of the show, and it never was the same after that ended.

[@paoerfulone1089]

Really? I thought the show changed for the better when that happened. Until that point, Margaret was such an insufferable, hypocritical shrew that nobody liked or respected. Ditching Frank and Frank leaving was the best thing that could’ve happened to her character because it allowed her to grow and evolve as a person who had empathy and understanding. She didn’t fully shed her army colors, but she didn’t have to, she just needed to cut everyone else from Hawkeye to Radar to Klinger to the nurses some slack and show them respect and admiration. And ultimately they returned it to her.

[@Jiltedin2007]

Frank Burns made for a very good Ventriloquist. He stood quite while Major Houlihan did all the talking.

[@crittergirl675]

I love Margaret and Frank😂😂😂💖

[@muff-puff.]

The all-time favourite and BEST show ,ever. Slick and Witty, with a few well chosen Innuendos, best Ingredients 👍😀😉👍❤🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

[@NihongoGuy]

:45 - Her head nod is like the writers are telling us, "He spoke when she gave him permission to". Margaret was always the stronger of the two, this was driven home in the way they had them break up. I sure liked the early episodes with Frank, Henry, Sidney and Pat Morita as the Korean officer. :)

[@Joseph-s6y]

He stands up and tips his cap when the lady enters the room!! That is fricking gold!!😂

[@tomservo5347]

I just noticed the piston sitting on Col. Blake's desk.

[@justinbrockshus8483]

The scene shortly afterwards of Sidney Freedman arriving and finding out why he was summoned is hilarious. lol :)

[@theguyinthemiddle2919]

As someone who has watched every single episode of M*A*S*H over, and over, and over again: - the first three seasons were the best, - seasons 4 and 5 were still very good, - seasons 6 and 7 had some good episodes, - seasons 8-11 were still heavily watched because the name of the show was M*A*S*H.

[@starflower2583]

That was Radar's cutest moment ❤️

[@lynn2551]

Klinger was one of the major reasons I watched this show

[@MelindaPearson-o3c]

SORRY FEELING FOR ALL OF THEM THAT WENT THROUGH 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 EVEN THOUGH THE SHOW WAS WHAT WE SEEN ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉 FEEL THEM 😮😮😮

[@chieftenbets2114]

This clip is Gold. These were the Flagship stars of Mash - Col Flagg included.

[@jr3254]

Love it when Henry tips his hat when Klinger walks in

[@LoneLee2022]

Brilliant Comedy.

[@Izzyduude]

I could hear the laugh track in my head and music.

[@alexmacgillivray3095]

Frank Burns was the only character who was not allowed to develop. Which was a shame. Larry Linville was a great actor and I really believe he could have done so much more.

[@75aces97]

Linville had said he left the show because of as much. That there was nowhere left to go with the character. Trapper didn't develop much as a character either, though. As much as I liked the early seasons, he wasn't differentiated enough from Hawkeye, and Pierce got most of the one liners that either of them could have delivered. He left the show abruptly over a contract dispute, so maybe his character could have gone somewhere, but we never got to see.

[@LBF522]

@@75aces97 I never knew that. I am not surprised. Frank was written as a one dimensional character.

[@panchaliparbhoo3263]

I didn't know teddy bears liked coffee. 🐻☕ LOL

[@MrAlumni72]

Pretty sure it was hot cocoa. Not grape nehi - Radar drank that straight out of the bottle.

[@jessicastiner2123]

@@MrAlumni72 I don't think the unit had the luxury to get hot cocoa unless he got the stuff from home 🤔🤔🤔🤔☕☕☕☕

[@danbytp]

Why do you think they're brown?

[@chancewebster7953]

Happy 82nd birthday, Loretta Swit. RIP, Dr. Hooker. Died this day in 1997.

[@derlenx1097]

Now frank represents the kind of person who when put in situations can only deviate when their away from and not playing the foil to character A.

[@johnanderson8096]

Watched this episode when I was in high school... 62 is alright by me!!!!

[@matimurray5078]

Henry stands up and lift his hat, gaving Klinger a salut like there is a lady who came into the office. 😄

[@Vatch1966]

July 1st, 2024 . . . Happy 90th Birthday to Jamie Farr

[@Laura-tp8wz]

Happy Birthday

[@jerroldkazynski5480]

Here's a hat tip to ALL US military veterans and active. TV programs like MASH always contain scenes and situations with which we all can relate. And laugh, cry, or honor. 2/48, 3 AD, 1971-2.

[@juliehudson6539]

I remember this episode. In the end, Sigmund tells Klinger he will write a section 8 saying Klinger was homosexual. Klinger wasn't having it! LOL Times have changed.

[@user-wr6db6nw8t]

What's wrong with Klinger?? LOL!

[@whovian1591]

This was on last night

[@MXOY99]

Hear that...? No laugh track... It makes the show better in so many ways...

[@libertygiveme1987]

"What's wrong with Klinger?!" HYSTERICAL!!!!

[@FerretJohn]

This is one of the reasons why I preferred Potter, Burns and Hot Lips threatened to go over his head so often Blake might as well have had a ladder nailed to his back, with Potter you knew right off what would happen if you tried that.