Comments on: Your Favorite “Dear Dad” Episode http://www.mash4077tv.com/2009/08/17/your-favorite-dear-dad-episode/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:37:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Clover http://www.mash4077tv.com/2009/08/17/your-favorite-dear-dad-episode/#comment-332 Clover Sun, 23 Aug 2009 17:21:41 +0000 http://www.finest-kind.net/?p=1233#comment-332 I liked them all, but Dear Dad Three is the best! It's probably because of the staff meeting, when they end the war, lol!!! I liked them all, but Dear Dad Three is the best! It’s probably because of the staff meeting, when they end the war, lol!!!

]]> By: Big Daddy O'Reilly http://www.mash4077tv.com/2009/08/17/your-favorite-dear-dad-episode/#comment-331 Big Daddy O'Reilly Mon, 17 Aug 2009 23:46:46 +0000 http://www.finest-kind.net/?p=1233#comment-331 I think this was one of the few instances where the show WASN'T accurate, but irregardless of that, at least they got that racist to see the light. I think this was one of the few instances where the show WASN’T accurate, but irregardless of that, at least they got that racist to see the light.

]]> By: RJ http://www.mash4077tv.com/2009/08/17/your-favorite-dear-dad-episode/#comment-330 RJ Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:22:45 +0000 http://www.finest-kind.net/?p=1233#comment-330 The one problem with "Dear Dad...Three" is the inclusion of the urban legend about Dr. Charles Drew dying because a hospital would not give him a needed blood transfusion because of the color of his skin. You can read about how incorrect that is at <a href="http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1092/did-the-black-doctor-who-invented-blood-plasma-die-because-white-doctors-wouldnt-treat-him" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">The Straight Dope</a>. I wonder if the writer(s) of the episode knew that it was an urban legend or if they, too, believed it was the truth. It could have been included even if they knew it wasn't true because that is what doctors in the Korean War would have believed, thus making the episode more realistic, if not 100% accurate. The one problem with “Dear Dad…Three” is the inclusion of the urban legend about Dr. Charles Drew dying because a hospital would not give him a needed blood transfusion because of the color of his skin. You can read about how incorrect that is at The Straight Dope.

I wonder if the writer(s) of the episode knew that it was an urban legend or if they, too, believed it was the truth. It could have been included even if they knew it wasn’t true because that is what doctors in the Korean War would have believed, thus making the episode more realistic, if not 100% accurate.

]]> By: Big Daddy O'Reilly http://www.mash4077tv.com/2009/08/17/your-favorite-dear-dad-episode/#comment-329 Big Daddy O'Reilly Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:05:30 +0000 http://www.finest-kind.net/?p=1233#comment-329 Pretty much, but I remembered Father Mulcahy bringing him over to Hawkeye to say goodbye, so I was under the impression that Mulcahy helped him become a priest (especially after he confessed to Mulcahy earlier in the episode that he wasn't a doctor). Pretty much, but I remembered Father Mulcahy bringing him over to Hawkeye to say goodbye, so I was under the impression that Mulcahy helped him become a priest (especially after he confessed to Mulcahy earlier in the episode that he wasn’t a doctor).

]]> By: PinkPagoda http://www.mash4077tv.com/2009/08/17/your-favorite-dear-dad-episode/#comment-328 PinkPagoda Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:50:36 +0000 http://www.finest-kind.net/?p=1233#comment-328 BDOR - I don't think so, unless something got knocked out of syndication. He tells Hawkeye that he has been (or pretended to be) an attorney, and a lot of other specialized occupations, but that he never had the patience to do the schooling (even though he was smart enough to know all that was needed.) At the end, Hawkeye tells him to never practice medicine again without a license, but to call him as soon as he GETS a license. Then as he tells Hawkeye that he won't practice medicine, and shows him that he is now wearing cleric's (I think a catholic priests) insignia. He leaves with a pious look on his face. Is that not correct? BDOR – I don’t think so, unless something got knocked out of syndication. He tells Hawkeye that he has been (or pretended to be) an attorney, and a lot of other specialized occupations, but that he never had the patience to do the schooling (even though he was smart enough to know all that was needed.) At the end, Hawkeye tells him to never practice medicine again without a license, but to call him as soon as he GETS a license. Then as he tells Hawkeye that he won’t practice medicine, and shows him that he is now wearing cleric’s (I think a catholic priests) insignia. He leaves with a pious look on his face.

Is that not correct?

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