Sparky is the mostly unseen telephone/radio operator at headquarters. Posted on February 28, 2019 by admin. )[27], She is the head nurse of the 4077th MASH, the highest-ranking female officer in the unit, and fiercely protective of the women under her command. [52] He was known for his slow, deep, Louisiana drawl (Bailey himself is in fact Texan) and his slightly disheveled look. In the first-season episode, "Major Fred C. Dobbs", Ginger is working with Frank in the O.R. Potter takes pride in the competency of the rest of the medical staff despite their antics. Episode 2/24, "A Smattering of Intelligence." He went through his military training at Fort Sam Houston. This was after he told the gun "You're fired. He ends up quitting the show before, due to feeling that creates burnout in regards to performing his character. "; in that episode's original script, Klinger was an effeminate gay man ("a silly fag character" as stated by Farr in the documentary Making M*A*S*H), but the writers later agreed that it would be more interesting to have Klinger be heterosexual, but wear dresses in an attempt to gain a Section 8 discharge. When McLean Stevenson decided to leave the show at the end of the third season, his character was scripted to be discharged and sent home as a way to write him out of the series. In the novel, Burns is a well-off doctor who attended medical school, but whose training as a surgeon was limited to an apprenticeship with his father in Fort Wayne, Indiana. after he is kissed by Margaret. second assistant Burns became even more erratic than usual after Houlihan's engagement and even a little before, such as when she was attending a meeting in Tokyo during Season 4 without him. The character also appeared as a new central character in AfterMASH, a spin-off starring the three cast members who had voted (unsuccessfully) to continue the first series. He makes it a point to play up his antics to visiting high-ranking officers in an attempt to gain their sympathy and convince them that he is unfit to serve. In both the film and the series, Hammond has a cordial relationship with Col. Blake. After season three, doing the series had become a strain on the actor's family life, and he had his contract changed to limit his appearances to 13 episodes per season out of the usual 24. [16] Burns longs for command of the 4077th himself and resorts to underhanded means in attempting to achieve this end, such as filing misleading complaints about Blake and unsuccessfully preventing Hawkeye and Trapper from testifying in Blake's defense. Judging by his full name he comes from a Catholic family. He has a keen but dry sense of humor and enjoys practical jokes as well as the occasional prank to get revenge on his bunkmates for something they did or for his amusement. There were a few different voices in the series, among them Todd Susman's and Sal Viscuso's. Between long sessions of treating wounded patients, he is found making wisecracks, drinking heavily, carousing, womanizing, and pulling pranks on the people around him, especially Frank Burns and "Hot Lips" Houlihan. In the novel, the phrase is first used by Trapper John McIntyre, when he is flirting with Margaret after learning about her affair with Frank Burns. A general who appears in a few early episodes. The announcer on the public address system is heard throughout the film and in most episodes of the series. But he was also a traditional conservative. When Colonel Potter denies his hardship authorization to go home to try to save his marriage, considering it another fake story, the frustrated Klinger tears his dress, shouting that his cross-dressing was fake. He also is the camp loan shark, getting Charles on his hook at one point to the extent he had to have money sent from home to clear his debt with the cigar-chewing sergeant. In the episode "Rainbow Bridge", he has to decide whether to send his doctors into enemy territory for an exchange of wounded prisoners, but he hems and haws before telling his doctors, "Whatever you guys decide is fine with me." After rehabilitation, he resumes his position as "Swampboy." The series finale, which aired in 1983, was watched by 105.97 million viewers according to the Nielson Company. Despite the popularity of the show, however, only four of the main cast members remained on the series for all eleven seasons. Webcase analysis examples with solutions. For the episode, see, "Frank Burns" redirects here. He is also sometimes tasked with duties with Radar, as seen in the season 5 episode "Mulcahy's War". Played by Odessa Cleveland on the TV series, Ginger is one of few nurses to have a recurring, speaking role in the series as the same character. [citation needed]. [56], "Hawkeye (M*A*S*H)" redirects here. Key episodes in this development include the season 5 episode "The Nurses", in which she plays the role of a stern disciplinarian, but breaks down in front of her nurses revealing how hurt she is by their disdain for her; and "Comrades In Arms" (season 6), in which Hawkeye and Margaret make peace as they endure an artillery barrage together while lost in the wilderness, though they had also shown more mutual respect for one another before, when they have to go help a front-line aid station in "Aid Station" (season 3). This contrasts with an incident in the pilot where he receives his college acceptance letter and leaves to tell his parents, who presumably live nearby. The show was set at the fictional General Pershing VA Hospital in Missouri, where he served as chaplain. It was these abilities that earned him the nickname "Radar". Government should get out of his liquor cabinet".[4]. In the TV series, Ugly John was present only in the first season. As an indication of their respect for him, in the final episode Hawkeye and B.J. formally salute Potter as he leaves the camp, one of the few times either is shown doing so. In the series pilot, it is clear that he is a surgeon as well as an administrator, and his first name is Hamilton. He also has exceptionally good hearing, able to hear helicopters before anyone else and to tell from the rotor sounds if they are coming in loaded or not. When Hawkeye and B.J. invite Potter to their tent for a post-surgery drink, he is very affable and complimentary of their brewing skills, even giving them tips on how to improve their gin still and get a higher yield of alcohol. as he is being shipped back to the United States and tells them that not only has he been cleared of all charges, but has been promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and assigned to a veteran's hospital in his hometown. She falls in love with him on the spot, and he quickly asks her to marry him. Now played by Pernell Roberts, the character is depicted in the then-present day as the middle-aged Chief of Surgery at a San Francisco hospital. In the novel, it is related that while a poorly paid resident, he had been scouted by the Philadelphia Eagles playing semi-professional football in New Jersey for extra cash, and had been signed by the Eagles, playing with them until he was drafted. [14] That means he was an enlisted man for at least eight years before he becomes a doctor. His name is only mentioned in the episode "Payday", though Hawkeye jokingly introduces him as his "brother-in-law Leroy" at the Officer's Club. Alternatively, in the lobby of Memorial Hall at Harvard University, the names of Harvard men who died in the Civil War are inscribed. He is later promoted to Sergeant ("Promotion Commotion") and begins to take his duties even more seriously; the writers had decided to "tap into his street skills" to flesh out his character. Private Igor Straminsky was generally portrayed by actor Jeff Maxwell, although Peter Riegert played him in two sixth-season episodes. [47] In a season 3 episode, when asked what happened to "that surgeon you had from Georgia", Trapper answers, "He got sent stateside! She is the Regular Army head nurse of the 4077th and begins allied with Major Frank Burns against the more civilian doctors of the unit. He mentions in one episode that he is from Brooklyn, which was the reason he didn't know what people who were heading to California in the late 1840s were looking for when quizzed. When Colonel Potter takes command, Klinger immediately tries the same with him, but Potter sees through the scam immediately. In 1972, M*A*S*H was made into a hit TV series that ran for 11 seasons. Freedman led Hawkeye to stop suppressing the memory of seeing a Korean mother smothering her crying baby to keep it silent, so a North Korean patrol would not find and kill or capture their group. 11 Seasons. [40] Another occasionally recurring gag is Radar's ineptitude with the bugle; he invariably mangles any calls he tries to play, and his bugle has suffered abuse such as being shot out of his hand and thrown into a roaring bonfire. [37] However, Winchester still has to adjust to the realities of field medicine. In the wake of her split with Burns, she becomes more comfortable with at least some of the unit's more unorthodox ways and as time progresses, becomes a willing participant in some of the hijinks. In the novel and film, Hawkeye is married with children, but in the TV series, he is a bachelor and something of a ladies' man. Calvin Spalding, played by Loudon Wainwright III, is a guitar-playing and singing surgeon who appeared in three episodes in season three (197475), "Rainbow Bridge", "There is Nothing Like a Nurse", and "Big Mac". "Spearchucker", a common racial slur, is said to refer in this case to his javelin-throwing prowess. Duke learns to appreciate Spearchucker when he is informed that he is a well-known professional football player, as well as when Duke sees Spearchucker's prowess as a surgeon. In "Run for the Money", he stands up for a wounded soldier whose comrades and commanding officer mock his stuttering, encouraging the young man to live up to his intellectual potential. Burns's only friend in the unit is head nurse Major Margaret Houlihan, with whom he has an ongoing affair. The character's original defining characteristic was his continual attempts to gain a Section 8 psychiatric discharge from the Army, by habitually wearing women's clothing and engaging in other "crazy" stunts. The deaths of Glee cast members Cory Monteith, Naya Rivera, and Mark Salling are at the center of The Price of Glee as well as other tragedies like Melissa The highly anticipated Staff Sergeant Luther Wilson Rizzo was played by G. W. Bailey. However, most fans of the show claim this is actually Flagg's first appearance, with Halloran simply being one of Flagg's many aliases. meatball surgery to increasing his efficiency with the large number of critical patients that typically arrive at a time. Hawkeye remarks "Watch the cake die of malpractice!". The marriage does not last long; she later finds out a visiting nurse had had an affair with him. [36] After Burns ran amok in Seoul on leave and was promoted and transferred back to the United States, Colonel Potter asked for, and got, Winchester's permanent transfer to the Double Natural. Clayton, like Hammond, is in charge of several medical outfits including the 4077th. For example, in "Death Takes a Holiday" he quietly gifts an orphanage with expensive chocolates (a tradition in his family) while the camp assails his stinginess because true charity must be anonymous. He is responsible for repairing the jukebox in the officers' club after the Marines bust it up. WebAge during show: 60-67 (He was a sprite 59 during The General Flipped at Dawn.) Potter joined the US Army horse cavalry as a private during World War I and subsequently rose to the rank of sergeant [An example of MASH Fantasy-the US Horse Cavalry never went overseas during World War I]. Radar almost always needs to go through Sparky when he makes a call to Seoul, Japan, or the US. The first name "Kealani" was never spoken on screen, but according to interviews with the actress, that was the first name used on set when referring to the character. "Max" Klinger appears in the television series M*A*S*H and the spin-off AfterMASH, played by actor Jamie Farr. In both the novel and the film, he is a surgeon assigned to the 4077th, who arrives with Hawkeye. Although just one of an ensemble of characters in author Richard Hooker's MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors, in the television series Hawkeye became the center of the MASH unit's medical activity. and a scene showing a jeep driving off with the deceased Ho-Jon, causing a brief pause in the poker game.[55]. It is sadly inappropriate to give dessert to a child who has had no meal." One time he accidentally had an unplanned one-night stand while comforting a nurse, and was also similarly tempted into having an affair with a visiting female journalist. She immediately attracts the attention of both Hawkeye and Trapper, so much so that Maj. Houlihan wants her transferred again immediately. After the "Swampmen" learn that Burns is having an affair with Major Margaret Houlihan, Hawkeye taunts him about it, baiting him to attack just as Blake enters the tent. Humbled, he retreats to the Swamp, where Klinger brings him a Christmas dinner (made up of party leftovers), and they exchange quiet Christmas greetings, on a first-name basis. In "Morale Victory", he sends for a copy of the score for Ravel's Piano Concerto for the Left Hand to encourage a pianist who can no longer play with his injured right hand. In the film, it is overtly sexual and broadcast throughout the camp when Radar puts a microphone under Hot Lips' bunk in her tent. His father, Joe, She is an experienced surgical nurse, so although she thoroughly disapproves of the surgeons' off-duty tomfoolery, she can set her personal feelings aside to appreciate their skills, such as when she came down with appendicitis and asked that Hawkeye, not Burns, perform the surgery if needed.[34]. First aired November 29, 1982. Cutler was played by actress/singer Marcia Strassman. Age during show: 44-47. Besides Houlihan, Burns has had affairs with his housekeeper, his receptionist, and two nurses at the 4077th. As the orphanage director apologizes, Winchester reflects: "It is I who should be sorry. Although the character was originally intended to develop a romance with Houlihan,[citation needed] the chemistry between the two was not there, so Charles and Margaret maintain a platonic, professional friendship. [42] He impishly refers to her as "my sister the Sister". The character on the television show was an anesthesiologist from Australia, often depicted wearing an Australian slouch hat. one from Korea, for being shot in the buttocks by a sniper; After the war, he went to medical school, and began his service as an Army doctor in 1932,[6] serving in World War II. She returns to the US to take a position in an Army hospital. When the Korean Armistice is announced, he states his intention to return to Crabapple Cove to be a local doctor who has the time to get to know his patients, instead of contending with the endless flow of casualties he faced during his time in Korea. Alda said of Pierce, "Some people think he was very liberal. The character returned to television in 1979 in the medical drama series Trapper John, M.D. On another occasion, he gave away a Bronze Star he was awarded because he felt he did not deserve it.[8]. She refuses to leave Korea until she finds her family, leading to the irony that although the end of the war means Klinger is free to return to the US, he chooses to stay with her in Korea and aid in her search. He is usually seen in a non-medical setting (such as guard duty), though he also does chores within the hospital. As he prepares to depart the 4077th to rejoin his unit, he thanks the doctors then turns and salutes Ginger, who returns the salute and wishes him well. [5] When he is ordered by Colonel Potter to carry his issue pistol on a trip to an aid station and they are ambushed on the road, he fires it into the air rather than at their attackers. In "Henry Please Come Home" Hammond is personally responsible for Henry's short-lived transfer to Tokyo. As Burns holds the same rank as Hawkeye in the novel Blake tries to make sure neither is on duty at the same time, but cannot do so when things get busy. His first appearance was in the fourth episode, "Chief Surgeon Who? Klinger is an Arab-American of Lebanese descent from Toledo, Ohio (like Farr himself). Clayton has somewhat less of a military bearing than Hammond, and seems to want to balance military expediency with "fatherly advice". scenes. He carries with him a pocketful of passes for any potential scam that might arise and has a racket of selling tickets for spying through a peephole into the nurses' shower. The characters are shocked by the news; the actors were shocked too, as they were not informed of the script change to have Blake die until just before the scene was shot.[11]. [35] Although she projects a tough persona she is an emotionally lonely person who had only four close friends in her adult life (once in college and three in nursing school). Played by Bonnie Jones, at that time the wife of M*A*S*H producer Gene Reynolds. He is repeatedly passed over for promotion but eventually rises to the rank of Captain after Colonel Potter intercedes on his behalf ("Captains Outrageous"). In the novel, he serves as a moral center and author's alter ego, chiding Trapper John for calling Major Houlihan "H In the series finale, following the sudden death of the Chinese POWs he has been teaching a work by Mozart, Winchester states that music has transformed into a haunting reminder of the horrors of the war. Another time, he cons nearly every member of MASH 4077 into buying mail-order shoes. For example, in the episode "Preventative Medicine" he refuses to participate in a scheme to relieve an overzealous officer of command by performing an unnecessary appendectomy on him. When Hawkeye walks into the mess tent naked, for example, Goldman is the first one to notice, dropping his metal tray in shock. Ginger appears to be a competent nurse who is well-liked by the medical staff but occasionally runs afoul of Frank Burns who blames her for his mistakes, leading to Hawkeye and Trapper coming to her defense by pulling pranks on Frank. In the M*A*S*H 30th Anniversary Special that aired on Fox in 2002, Arbus was the only non-regular cast member to be featured on the special. Penobscott is not seen until the season-ending episode "Margaret's Marriage", wherein Donald (played by Carroll) arrives to marry Margaret at the 4077th. Dennis has glasses and straight, light hair, and usually has a mustache. 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