Hi all,
This is about the classic 1974 or '75 M*A*S*H episode entitled "Movie Tonight." The camp gathers in the mess tent and attempts to watch the movie "My Darling Clementine." Their copy of the film repeatedly breaks. And, as Klinger works on getting it running again, they all sing "Gee Mom, I Wanna Go Home," several people impersonate Father Mulcahy, Margaret sings a song and Radar does a couple of movie star impressions. Something has always bothered me about Radar's impersonation of John Wayne, and I've finally figured out what it is: He does the famous "McLintock!" monologue "But, I'm not gonna hit ya. No, I'm not gonna hit ya . . ." Then, (thowing a punch) "Like Hell I'm not!" The problem is -- the movie "McLintock!" didn't come out until around 1963, and naturally could not have even been imitated, during the Korean War. (Oops)

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Later,
Art

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Or maybe Radar's "radar" was really workin' good that night and he sensed it from the future

sar,
That could be, but somehow, I doubt it.

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Later,
Art

Originally posted by Artfiore1
Hi all,
The problem is -- the movie "McLintock!" didn't come out until around 1963, and naturally could not have even been imitated, during the Korean War. (Oops)

A lot of gaffes like that in the series, for instance, Radar's comic books. Most of them are issues of Avengers or Spider-Man, which were created in the 1960's. The characters, especially Hawkeye, constantly mention Godzilla, when that movie didn't come out in the states until 1955 or so. There are others, but these are the most glaring.

Steve

Originally posted by mashfan


A lot of gaffes like that in the series, for instance, Radar's comic books. Most of them are issues of Avengers or Spider-Man, which were created in the 1960's. The characters, especially Hawkeye, constantly mention Godzilla, when that movie didn't come out in the states until 1955 or so. There are others, but these are the most glaring.

Steve two more are: in one episode, Hawkeye sings part of "The Mickey Mouse Club" theme (M-O-U-S-E) and that show didn't start until after the Korean war, sometimes, the "Bonzo" & the "Godzila" movies are mentioned, but these weren't made until after the Korean war.

While Gozilla is only after the Korean War ends I thought Bedtime for Bonzo was made in the late 40's or early 50's.

nope, it was made in the mid 50s. (about 54 or 55)

In the ep "Mad Dogs and Servicemen", the Radar's penfriend mentions her favourite songs in her letter, one of them being "Pretty Thing" by Bo Diddley - which wasn't recorded until the mid-1950s.

They also had shown "The Blob" and it wasn't made until after the war.

they would also sometimes mention the "Godzilla" films, and the "Bonzo" films, and these also didn't come out until after the Korean war, and once Hawkeye sang part of "The Mickey Mouse Club" theme, but that show didn't start until after the war, too. They'res tons of mistakes in that show, if you pay attention.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Artfiore1
[B] Hi all,
Then, (thowing a punch) "Like Hell I'm not!" The problem is -- the movie "McLintock!" didn't come out until around 1963, and naturally could not have even been imitated, during the Korean War. (Oops)

Gang:

How about Col Potter switching Religions !. in the beginning he was Methodist, but somehow switched to presbyterian. Or was it the other way around....

Didn't Henrys wife also have 2 different names ?

Hi again, all,
How about Col. Potter, in one of his earlier episodes, indicating that he was from Nebraska, and then for the rest of the series, he lived in Missouri?

Also, in an early episode, Hawkeye implied that he was from Vermont . . . before he became a Maine resident.

And, Hawkeye made more than one remark through the series, which indicated that his mother was alive -- like telling his father in a letter, "Say hi to Mom for me," or something like that. But later on, he said more than once that she had died when he was a kid.

(I suppose it's possible that "Say hi to Mom for me" could mean that he wanted his father to relay a greeting the next time he visited his wife's grave. But, I think that would be too much of a stretch.)

Later,
Art

I've always liked to think that the Maine/Vermont thing with Hawkeye could of been, that his father was vacationing in Vermont, since he says "Vermont" in a christmas episode. And when he says to his father, in the same episode, "say hi to Mom & Sis for me" maybe he meant pictures of hi mother and sister that were in his living room, or something. Or, like you said, his Moms grave.

treky,
Did Hawkeye once say something about "my dentist in Vermont"?

Later,
Art

no, he said once "my dentist back home".

In "For Want of a Boot" Hawkeye mentions his shoe store back in Vermont.

In numerous early eps, Margaret mentions that her father died, but he comes to visit her in "Father's Day".

treky,
Yes, initially, Henry's wife's name was Mildred, then later on, she became Loraine.


Later,
Art

More proof that Hawkeye once had a living at the Korean War time sister was that she sent him a sweater she specially knitted for him. Later Hawk acts too much like he was always an only child never mentioning his sister again like when his father became ill and he had to take a terribly delicate operation.

Larry Gelbart (the creater of MASH) has said that they didn't always pay attention to little details.

Larry Gelbart also said a few things about Linda Blair (of THe Exorcist), see my posting below. But many of the inaccuracies were not Gelbart's fault as he was a big part of the show just for the first great five years. Later innacuracies and inconsistencies were totally outside Gelbart's control. Hotlips also had a sister early on but later she too becomes seemingly an only child. Reurning to Hawk I think Alda deliberately dropped the sister angle from his character as in real life I don't think he ever had a sister and he didn't identify with that aspect of his character.

In earlier episodes, Hot Lips states that her father is dead, but he appears in a later show.

Henry's wife is fist called "Mildred", the name of Potter's wife. Of course Henry's wife is named "Lorain" in most episodes.

Trapper is from San Francisco, but in the M*A*S*H movie he is from Boston.

In the pilot episode, Ho-Jon is sent to school in the states, yet he appears in several more shows later that season with no explanation.

I believe Hawk said something about sending HoJohn to his (Hawk's) parents in the states. That is more proof (if so) that Hawk's mom was orignally alive at the time of the Korean War. If they just showed that pilot after they showed all HoJohn's other eps it'd be ok.

Nedrta,
That's right! In the very first episode, Hawkeye says, in reference to their plan of sending Ho-John to the States, "He can stay with my parents . . . "

Then in the much later episode "Sons And Bowlers", he tells Charles that his mother had become ill and died, " . . . when I was ten."

Later,
Art