Which early dropped character did you want to see stay the most? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

The Giant · 12-21-2000, 02:37 PM

The choice is between Spearchucker Jones, Lt. Dish, Ho-John, and Ugly Jon. These characters were regulars on Mash in the first half of the first season. Which character was the best to remain with the show throughout the series run? Logically Lt. Dish should have stayed with the show throughout. SHe was real pretty. As for Ho-John, too much like Radar. Ugly Jon ,no redeeming qualities. And Spearchucker only needed in the first few eps to show Hawkeye and Trapper weren't bigots.

Charybdis · 01-11-2001, 01:02 PM

I think that Spearchucker should have stayed. I alse think that Trapper should have stayed several more seasons.

02-12-2001, 02:08 AM

Being a football fan, I would have liked to have seen Tim Brown stay on as Spearchuker Jones. Apparently they removed him after a few episodes because when they went back and checked they found that there weren't any black surgeons who served in the Korean conflict. Would that have been anymore unrealistic than a 12 year war, BJ's cheesy mustache, all the 1970's haircuts, or any number of other anachronisms that popped up in the show? If Klinger could hangglide, the 4077th could have a black surgeon!

Purple Velvet Bohemian · 02-16-2001, 09:04 PM

Spearchucker, Trapper, Ugly John, Ho John, and Henry. I loved those guys!

02-24-2001, 02:38 PM

Sperchucker only played football for sure in the Mash the movie. We don't know anything about the background of the tv Spearchucker (outside of probably guessing correctly that he went to medical school).
And Trapper and Henry do not count as early dropped characters. They were on for three seasons each. And the series ran eleven not twelve years.

LLIIZZYY · 04-07-2001, 02:40 PM

Trapper should have stayed.

10-20-2001, 12:09 AM

Spearchucker Jones.

Does anyone know why he was dropped?

Billy Gilman's Best Fan · 10-23-2001, 10:17 PM

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Originally posted by Campana:

Spearchucker Jones.

Does anyone know why he was dropped?

I'd of liked to see Spearchucker stay longer too...he was dropped because the producers or someone found out that there were not black doctors during the Korean War.

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treky · 03-28-2002, 02:34 AM

Lt. Dish. Also, you didn't ask, but I'll say it anyway: I wish they had kept Duke Forrester (from the book & movie) instead of Trapper

ficlopri · 03-29-2002, 03:27 PM

In the movie Duke's last name was FORREST! Never read the book so I do not what Duke's last name there was. And there was a reference to a guy named Forrest (who used to live at the 4077th) on tv Mash in an ep about a baby.

TJL · 03-29-2002, 08:14 PM

It would have been nice if they kept Lt. Dish on a little longer, or even Nurse Cutler played by Marcia Strassman from "Welcome Back Kotter". Still, she lasted longer than Dish did.
I think they tried to throw as many characters as they could into the first season, them when they saw where the show's strengths were (with Alda and the other leads) the other characters had nothing to contribute.

treky · 03-30-2002, 02:36 AM

no, they dropped those other characters early on, because they found they didn't need that many.

Will Dockery · 01-22-2016, 08:11 AM

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Originally Posted by The Giant

The choice is between Spearchucker Jones, Lt. Dish, Ho-John, and Ugly Jon. These characters were regulars on Mash in the first half of the first season. Which character was the best to remain with the show throughout the series run? Logically Lt. Dish should have stayed with the show throughout. SHe was real pretty. As for Ho-John, too much like Radar. Ugly Jon ,no redeeming qualities. And Spearchucker only needed in the first few eps to show Hawkeye and Trapper weren't bigots.

Lt. Dish definitely would have been a welcome sight in more episodes. She could have lightened up the mood and storylines, given the only female lead was ever the dour Hot Lips.

At first, I really missed Painless Pole and Duke, or thought they would have made good incidental characters.

Will Dockery · 01-22-2016, 08:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Ferret Face

Being a football fan, I would have liked to have seen Tim Brown stay on as Spearchuker Jones. Apparently they removed him after a few episodes because when they went back and checked they found that there weren't any black surgeons who served in the Korean conflict. Would that have been anymore unrealistic than a 12 year war, BJ's cheesy mustache, all the 1970's haircuts, or any number of other anachronisms that popped up in the show? If Klinger could hangglide, the 4077th could have a black surgeon!

And since Spearchucker Jones was part of the original novel, clearly it would have been in keeping with the original concept to keep him on.

Will Dockery · 01-22-2016, 08:17 AM

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Originally Posted by ficlopri

In the movie Duke's last name was FORREST! Never read the book so I do not what Duke's last name there was. And there was a reference to a guy named Forrest (who used to live at the 4077th) on tv Mash in an ep about a baby.

A subtle Duke reference?

Anyone know?

12-21-2000, 02:37 PM	#1
The Giant Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Nov 28, 2000 Location: Methen, Ma.USA Posts: 43	Which early dropped character did you want to see stay the most? The choice is between Spearchucker Jones, Lt. Dish, Ho-John, and Ugly Jon. These characters were regulars on Mash in the first half of the first season. Which character was the best to remain with the show throughout the series run? Logically Lt. Dish should have stayed with the show throughout. SHe was real pretty. As for Ho-John, too much like Radar. Ugly Jon ,no redeeming qualities. And Spearchucker only needed in the first few eps to show Hawkeye and Trapper weren't bigots.

02-12-2001, 02:08 AM	#3
Ferret Face Guest Posts: n/a	Being a football fan, I would have liked to have seen Tim Brown stay on as Spearchuker Jones. Apparently they removed him after a few episodes because when they went back and checked they found that there weren't any black surgeons who served in the Korean conflict. Would that have been anymore unrealistic than a 12 year war, BJ's cheesy mustache, all the 1970's haircuts, or any number of other anachronisms that popped up in the show? If Klinger could hangglide, the 4077th could have a black surgeon!
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02-24-2001, 02:38 PM	#5
aaaaaacccc@webtv.net Guest Posts: n/a	Sperchucker only played football for sure in the Mash the movie. We don't know anything about the background of the tv Spearchucker (outside of probably guessing correctly that he went to medical school). And Trapper and Henry do not count as early dropped characters. They were on for three seasons each. And the series ran eleven not twelve years.
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10-20-2001, 12:09 AM	#7
Campana Guest Posts: n/a	Spearchucker Jones. Does anyone know why he was dropped?
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03-28-2002, 02:34 AM	#9
treky star trek fan Eternal Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Feb 25, 2002 Location: Conshohocken, pennsylvania Posts: 14,490	Lt. Dish. Also, you didn't ask, but I'll say it anyway: I wish they had kept Duke Forrester (from the book & movie) instead of Trapper
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01-11-2001, 01:02 PM	#2
Charybdis Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Nov 28, 2000 Location: N.C. Posts: 78	I think that Spearchucker should have stayed. I alse think that Trapper should have stayed several more seasons.

02-16-2001, 09:04 PM	#4
Purple Velvet Bohemian Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Feb 01, 2001 Location: Flint, Michigan USA Posts: 75	Spearchucker, Trapper, Ugly John, Ho John, and Henry. I loved those guys!

04-07-2001, 02:40 PM	#6
LLIIZZYY Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Apr 07, 2001 Location: Yakima,Wa,US Posts: 11	Trapper should have stayed.

03-29-2002, 03:27 PM	#10
ficlopri Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jun 27, 2001 Location: Methuen, Ma.USA Posts: 659	In the movie Duke's last name was FORREST! Never read the book so I do not what Duke's last name there was. And there was a reference to a guy named Forrest (who used to live at the 4077th) on tv Mash in an ep about a baby.

03-29-2002, 08:14 PM	#11
TJL Suburbanite Extrordinaire Forum Star Join Date: Dec 29, 2001 Location: New Jersey - the cradle of civilization Posts: 16,588	It would have been nice if they kept Lt. Dish on a little longer, or even Nurse Cutler played by Marcia Strassman from "Welcome Back Kotter". Still, she lasted longer than Dish did. I think they tried to throw as many characters as they could into the first season, them when they saw where the show's strengths were (with Alda and the other leads) the other characters had nothing to contribute.
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03-30-2002, 02:36 AM	#12
treky star trek fan Eternal Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Feb 25, 2002 Location: Conshohocken, pennsylvania Posts: 14,490	no, they dropped those other characters early on, because they found they didn't need that many.