I still remember that scapel drop. the only time, I ever felt that a television show kicked me in the gut.
@nessadavis-henry781711 жыл бұрын
That scene shown that the reality of war is, people you love can and will die.
@Jamaicafunk9 жыл бұрын
I'll never forget seeing that episode. Those were the days when there was no Entertainment Tonight or Extra to give you any idea that Stevenson was leaving the show in advance. I remember sitting in front of the TV frozen after Radar made that announcement that Col. Blakes copter went down. I sat there expecting a scene where a wet Henry would walk from the ocean onto the beach with smoke coming from his clothes. I couldn't believe it.
@Jamaicafunk9 жыл бұрын
John W Landry It was a comedy. They'd done numerous far fetched scenes before that... Especially with Stevenson. Remember Klinger trying to escape on a hang glider wearing the bunny slippers?
@jamesmyers78847 жыл бұрын
It was a good idea to kill off Henry. It remnds us that you can make friends in war but it's still war and people die even the best people can die.
@joeyb4ever10 жыл бұрын
It broke my heart when they killed off Henry. I loved the character. It was, after all, war time, though.
@onejazzdrummer11 жыл бұрын
I well remember the original airing of this episode. Wife and I agreed that the "director's decision" to have a dropped instrument was a stroke of genius. What a wonderful moment when we discovered that "director's decision" was, in fact, a total, complete, and unanticipated accident. It drove home the real meaning of the show in a way that a planned and scripted event could have never done...and to think the show just picked up and ran with Harry Morgan in the Colonel's part for the duration!
@5inthehole10 жыл бұрын
The inicial reaction at my home was sadness that was slowly being overcome by an incredible anger. How could these bastards kill off Henry Blake? One of the best dramatic scenes in sitcom television.
@Sargebri4 жыл бұрын
That was the moment the show changed. It became more dramatic after that and, in some cases, more preachy in tone. However, it still is what quality television is supposed to be.
@dadaevan7 жыл бұрын
Brilliant. Just brilliant.
@FreethinkingSecularist10 жыл бұрын
That was one of the most powerful episodes and a marker for the beginning of a new more dramatic direction for the show. Some joke about the show being shit later, but I personally enjoyed the last years more than the more slapstick beginnings.
@highjim77787 жыл бұрын
this scene showed the horror of war, as did hawkeye losing his mind at the end of the show after all the shit he saw and went through that one moment tipped him over the edge. Shame they didnt do a spinoff of hawkeye trying to get his mind back into shape
@cainster11 жыл бұрын
that actually happened, but the video footage of it is rare. usually it's in a network station's archives or vault somewhere.
@forkliftman10 жыл бұрын
Loved Henry Blake best commander of the 4077
@TungstenKid9 жыл бұрын
A more dramatic end for Blake would have been for him to be among the wounded brought in by chopper, but despite the efforts of the team to save him, he dies. Final line of the show from Pierce could have been "We lost him"..
@TheVestini11 жыл бұрын
True gentleman- VALE COLONEL HENRY BLAKE-
@jmad6278 жыл бұрын
For me it was the beginning of the end for this show. Yes there were good episodes in the coming years, but it wasn't the same, nor as entertaining, IMHO.
@beastofsteel10 жыл бұрын
It didn't have to be that way. I myself wished for the best for Henry Blake and i admit that the rest of M*A*S*H series to me was tainted after that.
@HuntiPunti11 жыл бұрын
I dont know if my previous comment was posted or not but if it wasnt ill try again. Im looking for a scene in which Henry Blake is in a life-raft after his plane was shot down waving his arms and yelling "im ok im ok!". Supposedly this was shown on the The Carol Burnett Show. Anybody got any ideas on where i could see this intro? Thanks.
@colin67687 жыл бұрын
I never forgave them for killing off Henry. I appreciate the drama of the later episodes but them killing off Henry left me with a bad taste in my mouth.
@ValandilTelrunya11 жыл бұрын
So true
@joebananatube7 жыл бұрын
That was the episode when M*A*S*H* jumped the shark.