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- Sun May 12, 2019 4:54 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Favorite M*A*S*H lines
- Replies: 47
- Views: 145667
Re: Favorite M*A*S*H lines
My favourite lines all come from "Deal Me Out"... Captain Pak: "Did I make the straight? 2, 3, 4, 5......9!" What made it better was the dead-pan expression on Pak's face. Hawkeye: "Nobody move!" (Someone): "Why?" Hawkeye: "One of the sandwiches just move...
- Sun Jan 01, 2017 5:43 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: William Christopher - R.I.P.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6435
William Christopher - R.I.P.
I've just learned that William Christopher (Father Mulcahy) passed away on New Year's Eve after succumbing to cancer. He was 84.
R.I.P. Dago Red
R.I.P. Dago Red
- Sat Feb 06, 2016 6:30 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: What Are Your Other Favorite Shows?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 89969
Re: What Are Your Other Favorite Shows?
This is difficult for me, as I'm a Brit subjected to whatever the British TV decide that we are supposed to like! (Cynical? Moi? YES!) M*A*S*H is the best comedy series to come out of the USA, in my view. I won't analyse why, cos if I knew the reason, I'd start to ignore it. There have been several ...
- Sun Jan 10, 2016 7:18 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: British and American English
- Replies: 11
- Views: 35936
Re: British and American English
When it comes to accents, I can understand why American TV & films use a London accent, simply that it's the accent from Britain's largest city, though the English accents used on M*A*S*H are quite realistic, assuming that it's U.S. actors doing them. Speaking personally, although I've been livi...
- Fri Jan 08, 2016 6:50 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: British and American English
- Replies: 11
- Views: 35936
Re: British and American English
The word "Limey" comes from the time when trans-Atlantic crossings were done in wooden sailing ships, particularly in the 18th century. Sailors developed a medical condition called SCURVY or SCURVEY. I don't know how it manifested itself (a skin condition???), but it turned out to be a def...
- Thu Jan 07, 2016 7:19 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: What are your favorite songs?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 58250
Re: What are your favorite songs?
Most of the music I like are album tracks. As this forum is predominantly seen by Americans, some of the bands will probably be unknown, but I can't help that. You could always look them up on YouTube! Here goes... "Starless" by King Crimson, from the album "Red", "Loose Fit...
- Thu Jan 07, 2016 6:19 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: British and American English
- Replies: 11
- Views: 35936
Re: British and American English
Oddly enough, when talking about a place of sleep, the only time a Brit uses the term 'crib' is as a bed for the infant Jesus Christ, as in the carol... "Away in a manger, no crib for a bed...." Do the residents of the West side of the Atlantic still refer to an Englishman as a 'Limey'? Or...
- Wed Sep 02, 2015 5:05 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Show Us Your M*A*S*H Collection
- Replies: 24
- Views: 30670
Re: Show Us Your M*A*S*H Collection
I mentioned this in my introduction, but I'll repeat. I've got ALL the MASH episodes on DVD (a Christmas prezzie from my missus), which includes the Altman film and a couple of documentary-type specials. She also bought me the MASH film on VHS, despite the fact I'd already taped it off the TV. I als...
- Thu Aug 27, 2015 4:46 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Introductions
- Replies: 46
- Views: 134869
Re: Introductions
I've moved the language to another thread, as it's stopped being an introduction. I haven't seen Hogan's Heroes for years, but I've been reliably informed that a British TV channel (don't know which one) has been showing them, and some of the later episodes have NO laughter track, or 'canned laughte...
- Thu Aug 27, 2015 4:27 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: British and American English
- Replies: 11
- Views: 35936
British and American English
I've sort-of moved the nub of this discussion from the "Introduction" thread, as it's stopped being an introduction. Yes, "fag" is a British term for a cigarette. It's also the name of a young school-boy who performs menial chores for an elder boy, usually at a fee-paying school ...
- Thu Aug 27, 2015 1:05 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Introductions
- Replies: 46
- Views: 134869
Re: Introductions
RJ - there's a little more to it than that. You're quite right - when BBC2 first showed M*A*S*H in the late 1970's, and repeated them in the mid/late 1980's, all but one episode had NO laughter track. There was one that did, which I'll expand on a little later. You have to bear in mind that the aver...
- Wed Aug 26, 2015 1:37 pm
- Forum: Episode Discussion
- Topic: (02x13) 037 - Deal Me Out
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6705
Re: (02x13) 037 - Deal Me Out
In my view, this is the best MASH episode of all time. The plot is simple (in the uncomplicated sense) and the script is superb! The smart-arse one-liners bouncing around could only work with some out-siders present - in this case Captain Pak (the surprisingly wonderful Pat Morita) and Sidney Freedm...
- Wed Aug 26, 2015 1:10 pm
- Forum: Forum Announcements & Questions/Suggestions
- Topic: Additional Avatars?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 16112
Additional Avatars?
Is there any chance of a greater choice of avatars? The one currently on offer are, obviously, correct and proper, as they were the central characters from start to finish. However, there were a few people that cropped up on an irregular basis, such as Captain Pak, Igor, Zelmo Zale, Spearchucker (fi...
- Wed Aug 26, 2015 12:57 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Introductions
- Replies: 46
- Views: 134869
Re: Introductions
Hi y'all! Darth Florist here, hailing from Edinburgh, Scotland, though I'm NOT a Jock, nor do I like whisky (though I do like haggis!) I do like Belhaven beer, brewed in Dunbar, east of Edinburgh. I've been into M*A*S*H since I first saw it in the late 1970's here in the UK on BBC2. As far as I'm co...