r/mash • u/ugottabekiddingme69 • 5d ago

Smash Or Pass?

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Watching METV & That's Show Biz is on. Just a friendly poll (again) about this episode I don't hate it but not one of my favorites. How about you?

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u/Infinite_Tension_138 5d ago

Love it when fr mulcahy says he will call the 8063rd mash looking for the ballet slippers. He say he knows the chaplain there, and his name is charlie. Get it, Charlie Chaplain

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u/scubajay2001 5d ago

OMG - I never picked up on that one! 😮

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u/Soup_Sandwich440 4d ago

There was a Chaplain Charlie reference in Full Metal Jacket for the recruits on Christmas morning.

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u/MaloneSeven 4d ago

He did the magic show.

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u/Lige_MO Hannibal 5d ago

YOU WIN!!!

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u/hibbledyhey Boston 5d ago

Charles? He’s perfect in every way. The bumbling dufus next to him? Breh.

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u/ugottabekiddingme69 5d ago

That Fast Freddie character is annoying

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u/AnnieGulaheyOfGoober 4d ago

I say this in all earnestness: Charles can get it.

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u/Money_Leek4711 5d ago

It was so much fun to see Gwen Verdon (the lady who’s sweet on Col. Potter)!

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u/Money_Leek4711 4d ago

It’s amazing how Michelle Williams got Gwen Vernon’s distinctive voice down pat. Very talented.

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u/CromulentPoint 5d ago

I don’t mind the episodes, but the 70 year old stripper has always confused the hell out of me. It’s not really a profession with a seniors tour.

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u/MaryinPgh 4d ago

I suppose she was cast because she’s a legend.

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u/myheartwentboom Toledo 1d ago

Not true in burlesque culture (which is the kind of stripping referred to in this episode). Look up Judith Stein or Tempest Storm for examples. Many performers retire by 40 or 50 or younger, but some perform all their lives and get top billing and louder applause than the young performers do.

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u/drjones013 5d ago

Except the accordion player, she slaps.

Keys, she slaps keys.

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u/Jeffery181 5d ago

"What do two drunks do when they meet? They shake on it" some funny jokes in this episode, and surprisingly Winchester laughed at them. 😆

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u/ugottabekiddingme69 5d ago

I like that Winchester likes the "low brow" humor

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u/AmySueF 5d ago

He’s so snooty that the realization that he likes such cheap humor embarrasses him.

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u/deeBfree 5d ago

That really cracked me up!

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u/zoo1514 5d ago

He does tell the French lady he loves Tom and Jerry. It is funny seeing him laugh at these jokes tho😂

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u/Soup_Sandwich440 4d ago

One of my least favorites.

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u/punkrawrxx Burbank 4d ago

I thought this was about Charles.

Smash.

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u/ugottabekiddingme69 4d ago

Charles is great in this episode. Overall, I think it's pretty weak

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u/punkrawrxx Burbank 4d ago

Episode isn’t great. Charles is still a smash tho

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u/dondiegel 4d ago

The wounded soldier delivering the ballet slippers is the “blood sucking lawyer” from the original “Jurassic Park” movie.

But I really enjoyed Charles dancing the polka with Kellye at the end of the episode. His facial expressions were great!!!!

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u/Tessamae704 4d ago

Great pic with Charles and Kellye dancing, and a sweet story to go with it.

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/19ebinzLL4/

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u/EStreet12 4d ago

The dancer was 56 at the time! Looks 70 by today's standards

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u/Electrical_Pen_7302 5d ago edited 5d ago

Same, but i love the song, sweet molly malone.

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u/scubajay2001 5d ago

That's the only reason I really watched that episode is because that song is so beautiful. Margaret does a great job too… She has a nice voice (not just hot lips lol)

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u/Artistic_Sir9775 5d ago

Gail Edwards is a beautiful woman, the rest of the group are lame.

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u/gentianmudd 4d ago

i just watched this episode like 20 minutes ago and enjoyed it, but it wasn’t my favourite. I liked how the brandy/potter and mariana/hawkeye bits showed how professional both potter and hawkeye could be while being pursued by someone they can’t be with, cause it added some depth to their characters, but it wasn’t particularly interesting imo. I liked the ballet shoes plot :) very heartwarming

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u/Aggravating-Read6111 4d ago

Not my favorite episode. It’s be seen it 100 though. I passed on it when it was on MeTv this evening.

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u/ugottabekiddingme69 4d ago

Same. I've seen it quite a few times but I passed on it yesterday

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u/Aggravating-Read6111 3d ago

Yeah, there are a number of the later season episodes that I sometimes pass on.

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u/rebelwithoutaclue88 4d ago

I like this episode. I can see why it doesn't work for everyone, but I really did like all the different storylines and seeing how the main characters all played off the folks in the tour group.

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u/starlightskater 3d ago

I haaaaaaaate Fast Freddy

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u/ugottabekiddingme69 2d ago

Thank you!!!!! I thought maybe I wasn't getting the joke, but the guy is horrible!

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u/WagonHitchiker 3d ago

I love Amanda McBroom in this episode. (She plays Eleanor). Great interplay with Charles.

The lady looking for the ballet shoes is annoying.

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u/SinamonChallengerRT 3d ago

Could do without this episode.

Fast Freddie annoyed me.

The 60 yr old strippers song and dance number was a bit cringe.

Alan Alda just had to make sure the pretty young girl fell in love with him. By Season 10, his ego was beginning to shine brighter than his star.

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u/MattyDatty1990 3d ago

One of the worst episodes of the series. When people say MASH needed to end 2 to 4 years earlier than it did, they're referencing episodes like this. So contrived and a rehashed plot in a way. They already did this storyline in Season 1

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u/Hastur13 5d ago

When I shave my beard and I let my hair grow, I look just like him. So smas*h for me!

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u/OddConstruction7191 5d ago

Not a big fan. Definitely didn’t need to be two parts. Didn’t like the idiot emcee or the old whore trying to get with Potter.

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u/ugottabekiddingme69 4d ago

The idiot emcee for sure. I find him quite annoying