M*A*S*H: Hawkeye Get Your Gun is an episode from the fifth season to this stellar comedy about the Korean War that I have issues with in terms of what happens in the plot; at least, at one specific point.
Colonel Sherman Potter (Harry Morgan) and Chief Surgeon Hawkeye Pierce (Alan …

M*A*S*H: The Korean Surgeon features Soon-Tek Oh once again. As I’ve said before, this Asian actor has been in everything under the sun, and he might as well be a regular on this wartime comedy because he’s been on a bunch of them. In this particular show, …

There aren’t that many episodes of this wartime series that give focus to William Christopher’s Father Mulcahy role, but in season five, M*A*S*H: Mulcahy’s War does just that. The good father feels like he’s not doing enough, like he needs to be at the front to really do …

The letter home theme gets a bit of a twist in M*A*S*H: Dear Sigmund when visitor Sidney Freedman, a psychiatrist, comes for the monthly poker game and starts a letter to his friend, Sigmund Freud. While doing so, he talks about the magic of the camp and the …

The title of this episode is slightly misleading, since Margaret isn’t abducted at all. Still, in M*A*S*H: The Abduction of Margaret Houlihan, everyone but Corporal Klinger (Jamie Farr) thinks that is what happened to the missing major. In reality, she went to deliver a Korean woman’s baby. …

M*A*S*H: The Nurses is a great episode, and it’s one I’ve always remembered from it’s original air date back in 1976. It’s extra hot in Korea, and tempers are short, especially between Major Margaret Houlihan (Loretta Swit) and her nurses. Things escalate when Margaret finds her nurses …

Master Sergeant Woodruff, played by Sandy Kenyon, stiffs Hawkeye Pierce (Alan Alda) in a poker game. Since he’d stiffed B.J. Huneycutt (Mike Farrell) in the prior game, the captains tell Woodruff he can’t play with them anymore. To get back into their good graces, he offers to …

Tom Sullivan, who is blind in reality, guest stars in M*A*S*H: Out of Sight, Out of Mind, a very nice show from early in the fifth season of this quality wartime TV series. Wounded and blinded as a soldier, his character provides support temporarily to Hawkeye Pierce (Alan …

This comedy series changes in a big way with M*A*S*H: Margaret’s Engagement, and it was about a year overdue. The writing was on the wall in season four. Loretta Swit had to be jumping for joy as this is the beginning of taking her Margaret ‘Hot Lips’ …

Season 5 begins with M*A*S*H: Bug Out, a show that is full of rumors that the 4077th is bugging out due to an expected attack. At first, it’s believed that the news is nothing but exaggerations and rumors, but then the news comes that they will be bugging …

M*A*S*H: The Interview, while giving credit to Larry Gelbart for both directing and writing, was done in huge part in an unscripted manner. I recall numerous interviews and articles about this when this show aired originally on network television. It received a lot of attention at that …

M*A*S*H: Deluge is an unusually filmed show that intertwines archive footage and action at the 4077th. Just as the personnel are hoping for an end to the Korean War, the Chinese join the action, assuring the war will not end but will continue.
The show opens with Movietone news …

M*A*S*H: The More I See You is essentially a love story, a real one, for the show’s main hero, Hawkeye Pierce as played beautifully by Alan Alda. We learn that Hawkeye lived with a nurse during his residency. He really loved her and still does, but she …

M*A*S*H: Smilin’ Jack is a symbol of the insanity of war in my opinion. It’s also an example of the human condition where we all need to be remembered for something, even if it’s something as ridiculous as a war record. Smilin’ Jack is a helicopter pilot …

This episode of the long running wartime comedy took place mostly as a flashback. In M*A*S*H: The Novocaine Mutiny, Frank Burns (Larry Linville) has once again brought Hawkeye Pierce (Alan Alda) up on charges, this time for mutiny of all things. With a colonel present to reside …

This episode, M*A*S*H: Some 38th Parallels, has a few storylines going on. The most poignant story surrounds Gary Burghoff’s character of clerk Radar O’Reilly. In this show, Radar notices that an IV has become detached on an injured patient and finds himself bonding with the serviceman as …

The problem with M*A*S*H: White Gold is that it’s too much of a vehicle for guest star Edward Winter who returns as Colonel Flagg, the rather odd CIA agent who often ends up at the 4077th unit. I was really surprised by how much time Winter got, even …

I first discovered Guiding Light when I was young I can’t even remember how old I was. I used to watch it on every holiday, and during the entire Summer of vacation. As I got older and began to do teenage things my faithfulness faltered as cable television and …

Clifford the Big Red Dog is not just a television show it’s a book series too! Clifford was once a little red puppy but he got to be bigger than a house so the Howard’s his loving family moved him to a place known as Birdwell Island. There we …

The Young and The Restless has been in the 11 am time slot on CBS in my location as long as I can remember. While it’s a good show to those that like it, I find it rather dull, and increasingly confusing. The story lines aren’t something that make …

Inappropriate Moments- I don’t usually watch all the celebrity blooper and paparazzi shows that come on VH1. But when I was flipping channels, I found this one extremely hilarious. The announcer and the participants have rounded up clips of paparazzi footage that shows the celebrities …

I can remember faithfully watching The Cosby Show every Thursday night on NBC when I was little. I always loved it although I was too little to have much of a memory of the show. Now I watch the show every Monday through Friday at 10 and 10:30 in …

King of Queens is only shown in reruns now and I’m thankful that it is. I was working too much during the original run of the series to get to watch it all but now I watch it faithfully Monday through Friday at 5 and 5:30pm and at 7 …

M*A*S*H: Hey, Doc is best remembered for the closing segments of the show which for me is the one real reason for staying tuned to this half-hour program. Not every show can be stellar all the way through, and this one has a couple of little gaps in …

M*A*S*H: The Late Captain Pierce is a very funny season four episode of this great series. As the title would indicate, a paperwork error has Hawkeye Pierce (Alan Alda) listed as dead. Even his father has been notified.
Of note here as well is that this episode is …

One of the things that is most noticeable about M*A*S*H: It Happened One Night is just how much Jamie Farr’s role on this hit comedy series has expanded. His Corporal Klinger character has really expanded, which is logical since he’s now in the opening credits. He really …

M*A*S*H: Change of Command marks the arrival of Colonel Sherman Potter to the 4077th. Played ably by Harry Morgan, who is extremely well known for playing the sidekick detective in Dragnet, Potter is very different from Colonel Henry Blake (McLean Stevenson), the often bumbling, fish hat wearing, mild …

This hit comedy show hadn’t even had a chance to work on the new commander for the 4077th unit when it suffered another blow. Wayne Rogers decided not to return, sending his Trapper John McIntyre home to the United States where years later he’d turn into Pernell Roberts …

Season three comes to a tragic close with M*A*S*H: Abyssinia, Henry. I remember this episode so well, and the plot has long been documented by the producers as to why the story evolved as it did. What this show should have been entitled is, “McLean, What On …

For all intents and purposes, M*A*S*H: Hawkeye is a one-man soliloquy as Hawkeye Pierce, traveling alone in a jeep, swerves to avoid hitting some Korean children and ends up turning over the vehicle and getting a bad hit in the head. Realizing that he might have a concussion …

Most of M*A*S*H: Der Tag is focused on Frank Burns (Larry Linville) flipping out because his lover, Margaret Houlihan (Loretta Swit) is in Tokyo. Even worse, she’s talking about some male physical therapist’s with some lust in her voice. It’s enough to send Frank over the edge, …

One by one, the producers are getting around to everyone having a chance to do a letter home show, and this time around, M*A*S*H: Dear Ma is Radar O’Reilly’s turn to pen a letter to his much beloved mother. Gary Burghoff follows the letter throughout the show. …

There are a few notable things about M*A*S*H: The Price of Tomato Juice from the fourth season of the medical comedy series. First, it’s just the fun of watching Radar O’Reilly (Gary Burghoff) trying to work some magic and get Colonel Potter (Harry Morgan) tomato juice for breakfast …

M*A*S*H: Mail Call Again is an interesting episode dealing with the most recent mail call for the 4077th. The big news is that Major Frank Burns (Larry Linville) gets a letter from his wife saying that she wants a divorce. It seems she’s been told about Frank’s …

In M*A*S*H: The Gun, Warren Stevens guest stars as Colonel Chaffey, an injured man who checks in a valuable Colt .45 gun that he carries around with him. When the gun disappears, Radar O’Reilly (Gary Burghoff) gets blamed for the loss. The truth is that Frank Burns …

There are some very watchable moments in M*A*S*H: Soldier of the Month from the fourth season of this great comedy series. Major Frank Burns (Larry Linville) is directed to choose a Soldier of the Month who will then get a week’s pass to Tokyo. Naturally, everyone wants …

There’s something I really notice about M*A*S*H: Of Moose and Men, and it’s something that applies to season four in its entirety thus far. It’s the Frank Burns character. Larry Linville plays the part so well. It’s not all that easy to play an idiot. …

It’s Captain B.J. Huneycutt’s (Mike Farrell) turn to write home, and the recipient is his wife, Peggy. It’s an okay show, but it lacks the cohesiveness of some of the early letter home episodes.
One of the fun tidbits is Hawkey Pierce (Alan Alda) going for the record book …

M*A*S*H: Quo Vadis, Captain Chandler is a bit of an off-kilter episode for me. It’s never been one that I enjoyed all that much. Alan Fudge guest stars as Captain Chandler, an injured soldier who believes he’s Christ. Most of what happens stems from this plot …

This episode from season four, M*A*S*H: The Kids, revolves around a small camp where Nurse Meg Cratty tends to local indigenous children. The place was the victim of an attack and Meg brings the kids to the 4077th for help and shelter.
The Meg Cratty character was previously played …

Alan Alda directed M*A*S*H: Dear Mildred, a fourth season episode of this long running comedy series. I’m not positive, but I believe this is the first show Alda directed. It’s a familiar theme, the letter home, and this time it’s written by Colonel Sherman Potter (Harry Morgan) …

What I like about M*A*S*H: The Bus is that it’s all done away from the 4077th and is more about the character interaction than gimmicks; at least, for the most part.
Colonel Potter, Hawkeye Pierce, B.J. Huneycutt, Frank Burns, and Radar O’Reilly are returning from an event on the 4077th’s …

It was Saira versus Tim in the finale of The Apprentice - UK, and it started off very wonky in my opinion. For one thing, just like in the American version, Sir Alan Sugar brought back the other contestants and the two finalists were allowed to choose three …

For some reason, Bobby Flay annoys me. I have really only seen about three or four of these episodes. But I think it’s a combination of his personality and his cooking. He seems a little condescending to people, and I have the feeling that he …

TruTV really has a lot of crime shows that I enjoy. Forensic Files is one of those shows that focuses heavily on the CSI aspect of criminal cases. I will say that I like the fact that producers give the viewers a lot of background information. …

This program came on TLC and I was so amazed by the families and the children that I saw. They were absolutely huge. Not just tall people, but actually really large. There was this one girl from Thailand who was to travel to England to find …

The special affects in this series are truly amazing and you’d swear the extinct creatures racing across your TV screen are real. They look that genuine. This is also the third in the BBC “Walking With” series, the series that started with “Walking with Dinosaurs”. The creatures in this …

This is another one of the great animated cartoons starring Charlie Brown, Linus and Snoopy. In this one, we learn how Charlie Brown got Snoopy: he bought him for five dollars from the Daisy Hill Puppy Farm. We also discover that Snoopy has a large family of brothers and …

Out of all of the Snoopy TV specials, this is my favorite. With the scenes of breakdancing and the energetic songs, it’s the one that says “1980s” the most. I grew up in the 80s so I love a lot of stuff from that decade. And there’s just something …

I was really disgusted when I watched this program. I am not trying to talk badly about fat people. But these shown in this TLC show have all admitted to having food addictions. What I wonder is why no one has addressed the food addiction …