Confirmed in a later episode. Though it was less about hiding the women's clothing and more to convince his mother he was serving at a stateside base so she wouldn't worry.
I stopped watching after McLean Stevenson left. He was THE BEST and imo it was a better show with him being cast. I hated when they killed Henry off, and seeing Radar giving everyone the news was heartbreaking. RIP McLean Stevenson. U have been missed
@@JamesSmith-jq6om How they didn't have him in the 'Princesses' segment', of *"Wreckit Ralph 'BREAKS' the Internet",* is one of the great mysteries of 2018!
"...But to chop off a man's legs, and to steal his drawers!" From the episode when every fuel/wood source was being swiped to keep warm, when they raided the desk in Henry's office.
The irony is that Jamie Farr was actually in the army. Alan Alda was too. Although it was way after the war, both actually served in Korea. Farr was very proud of his military service and wore his actual dog tags throughout the course of the show.
Your comment reminded me of a story about Jamie Farr. Did you ever hear the story of Jamie Farr at the 1980 Olympic Hockey game? The only seat he could get was in the Russian section. ruclips.net/video/RgY6VidMzGk/видео.html
Early in M*A*S*H, Margaret demands to talk with Henry, and she's obviously angry, so Henry agrees to see her, then says, "Radar, check the wire. Maybe the war's just ended and I won't have to hear her." That illustrates how their own little wars are often worse than the big one going on.
What I like is how bored Henry is having to listen to Klinger's crap yet again but doing so out of courtesy, THEN reaching for the file after the spiel's done with and reading out the record.
Diane Milligan I also prefer the Henry Blake years, loved Trapper. Started watching it reruns when I was a kid in the late 70’s... still catch it whenever I come across it. Never gets old.🙂
Did you know that when M*A*S*H ended, the late, great, news commentator Paul Harvey said "America needs to be reminded of the futility of a pulled-punches war"?
@@mikegilkey4173 Yeah, he had to tear the dress he was wearing and tell them all that his Section 8 act was fake for anyone to consider he might be in a real bad situation.
It's why, in the real-world modern-day Army, if something happened like that, they'd do a "Red Cross Message", where they would have the American Red Cross verify the basic facts and send a message through official channels to the unit commander.
Don't forge the final episode when everyone was telling what they were going to do and Klinger said, "I can't believe I'm saying this but I'm staying in Korea!"
"Klinger, you have to have lived before you can die." "You've said a mouthful, sir." "And they never did. You made this whole thing up." "How can you tell?!?" "Because every time you lie, your nose gets smaller." "I'll be back." "I'll be here."
Or when Klinger said he was the Toledo Strangler. He only strangled female motorcycle cops. It was the siren that made him do it. Or something like that but still Classics!!!
I also liked the one where Klinger carried the bowling ball,acting like he was in Toledo,and when Potter was filling out the section 8 papers,he asked his name and rank and when Klinger said " Privare",Potter said,"Gotcha soldier".
This is one of my favorite scenes. And I love it all the more knowing Klinger had been lying to his mom the whole time and telling her he was stationed stateside so she wouldn’t worry.
Klinger was a great character, whoever he was trying to scam. My personal favorite was after Klinger tried to talk his way out with both Potter and Frank Burns, he was ordered out of the office. Then Burns said “I don’t know why he’s trying to get out. I like it here.” And Potter replies “Great, one of you is nuts and now _I_ have to figure out which one!”
He originally auditioned to play Hawkeye. That's why he has the fishing hat. It's similar to the one worn by Donald Sutherland as Hawkeye in the MASH movie (1970)
Stevenson shaped the character based on his father, who was a country doctor in Central Illinois. He said his father was fiercely devoted; he died in his early 90s while making a house call. But he could not balance his checkbook or get other simple things done. McLean was the 2nd cousin, once removed of Adlai Stevenson and was the press spokesperson for his 1952 and 1956 presidential campaigns. The first campaign happened about the time Henry Blake was dying.
Accually Klinger's character was to be in the first episode only because he was suppose to be gay. He said no let's not make him gay let's have him a straight guy pretending to be gay trying to get out. That's how Klinger's character got started.
@@anthonydesroches8897 He wasn't pretending to be gay, He was dressing like a woman so that people thought he was mentally unstable. His uncle got out of the military during ww2 that way so he tried it but constantly failed. Actually no one on MASH was gay or trying to be gay.
@@anthonydesroches8897 I didn't say that you said he was gay. I said that no one on the show was gay or trying to be gay. Klinger dressed like a woman with facial hair so that people that met him on the show would think he was mentally unstable. I didn't misread what you said but what you said was incorrect.
I remember the first time I watched M*A*S*H back in 1981 , I didn't like it. It took me two episodes to finally understand the concept behind this show. I came to understand that these people were put under extreme, dangerous, and stressful situations, and the way they coped with what they had to do , they had to do some real crazy stuff in order to stay sane. What helped me understand this TV show is that I had a neighbor that was a Korean War veteran and he had shrapnel still in his head , he was considered crazy but , he was not violent . I had the honor to sit down with him one day and talk about this particular TV show. After talking to him for about an hour I finally came to understand what this TV show was all about. A lot of times when I watch this TV show I remember my neighbor , may God bless them all.
My son describes his work place as being a MASH, no not people being operated on but cars being serviced and there's a lot of tear downs and 25,000 dollars worth of parts to put on. It gets to him to do job 1, can't get to job 2, maybe he can do job 3, job 4 is unknown, and he tries to get all the jobs done in 6 hours.
In reality, it was about the Vietnam War. They set it in Korea and made it comedy, but the message was profound. Your lack of understanding the show comes from being too young to have been personally affected by Vietnam. Maybe you weren’t even born yet or were a baby when it ended. My father and two uncles served, and Uncle Jimmy didn’t return.
I don't mind watching it now, but I disliked this show as a child. One could say my reason was justifiable. I didn't like it because it would air on Saturday mornings in the same slot as the Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show. Mom wanted to watch MASH, but we the kids wanted the cartoons (followed by an episode of School House Rock).
These are like notes an 8-year-old would forge and send to the teacher to get out of class. Klinger --- the world's worst liar AND the world's worst woman. God, I love him.
As much of a screw ball that Klinger was, it never got in the way of his duty. especially when it came to the wounded. he had a big heart. Col. potter really loved him. this scene is priceless.
One of the funniest Henry Blake scenes, notice his name placard is facing the wrong way (towards Henry!) A lot of subtle gags that people never pick up!
I saw it, but never thought of it that way. It's saying he is so overwhelmed that he can't remember his own name. Or he's such a bumblehead, he can't remember his name.
An argument could be made that "MASH" was the greatest program in American television history. It started out as a Sgt.Bilko/McHale's Navy-type of comedy (with dramatic undertones) and ended up as a sometimes heavy drama with comic undertones. And in either mode, it was an excellently written and acted program.
We had a guy in my unit who was worse than Klinger. This guy went AWOL multiple times. He once went AWOL, got caught and brought back, given an Article 15 that included extra duty, and went AWOL immediately. Then he deserted. The fool was caught and brought back and the unit shunned him as a result. The guy confessed to me that he just wanted out, he was tired of the military. There were better ways of getting out. Instead, he became an idiot and wouldn't listen to reason. I say 'worse than Klinger' because, at least Klinger had some fashion sense.
Now the guy would be selected to star in information videos promoting inclusivity and the wearing of cause ribbons on uniforms that would be required viewing during a clear lower decks.
When klinger meet col. Potter first time I died laughing. One mad thought he was a made carried a colt in his arms, another thought he was a daisey said he needed watering everyday.
"Surely he will let you come home for your fathers funeral or his 65th birthday, whichever comes first." That tells you how long ago this was. Jamie Farr was around 39 then and is now 86.
Loved the shoe from the very beginning. Cried when Henry Blake died, wondered what was going to happen to the show when Trapper and Radar left, cried again when show ended.
It did but it gained a great deal too. The Season 4 premiere was so illustrative. The show became more rounded out and more effectively explored the horrors of war. It was darker but never pretentious because the great writing continued.
Agreed...I just didn't like the ridiculous story lines where everything worked out so nicely, with Pierce and Hunnicutt always saving the day. IMO, a handful of the shows were worth watching: the 'dream' episode was very good, and a few with David Ogden Stiers in the lead stand out.
I liked Henry and Trapper a lot too, plus Frank, but could they have gone 11 seasons with the early formula? True, there was a little too much Alan Alda directing in the later years, therefore too much schmaltz.
Klinger was so off the wall. He would blatantly lie to your face, then if you caught it, he'd improve a NEW lie to fit the scenario. Jamie Farr was BRILLIANT.
Depending what channel it is on they show an edited version of M.A.S.H, for example on SundanceTV or TVLand when showing the very first episode they cut out the opening scene that says Korea a 150 years ago. But fortunately own the DVD set as well and also on one of my Amazon firestick app there is a channel that shows all 11 seasons including the finale and the movie over and over.
Could not stand mash while it was airing 70s - early 80s , But for some reason after watching reruns late 90s something clicked, and now mash is my #1 all time fav sitcom
Jackandmel My mom wasn’t allowed to watch it when it was on the air initially, but after it went into syndication my grandma would watch it with me and my sister. When my mom pointed it out, my grandma simply said “Times have changed”.
it's hard to pick a favorite character from mash. they were smart enough to recognize the talent they had and wrote for all of them. where does Klinger rank as an all time character? he's got to be up there. Farr could do the funny but he could act too. he handled the drama parts just as well. I was always struck by how good of an actress Loretta Swit was. not sure she gets enough love. it was a brilliant show
Am I the only one who's noticed that the Norman Lear "socially conscious" comedies like "Maude", "The Jeffersons", and "All in the Family" feel about as contemporary today as an "I Like Ike" button, while "M*A*S*H" hasn't aged a day? This has nothing to do with the quality of the actors; Bea Arthur and Carroll O'Connor were as good as it gets as performers. It's the scripts; characters on "M*A*S*H" (except for Frank Burns, who was a caricature) grew and developed over the years: Hawkeye's faults got as much exposure as his virtues, Charles became far more open to others, Henry's death shook everyone to their core, and Margaret changed the most of all, progressing from a humorless martinet to a compassionate woman and good friend. Everyone involved with this wonderful series had a great deal to be proud of.
A brilliant series. I remember watching it with my Dad, he was a doctor. When it was shown in the UK, the laughter track was omitted, much better. One of the reasons it seems ageless, apart from the brilliant scripts and acting is that it was set in the past to begin with, like one of the UK’s best comedy Dad’s Army which was set in WWII, it ended production in the 70’s and is still shown on TV today.
@@petersyme7083 Excellent point about "M*A*S*H" seeming timeless because it was already set in the past. It was, of course, intended (only in part, mercifully) as an oblique commentary on Vietnam; but the allusion was kept subtle enough that it never got in anybody's way. Your reference to "Dad's Army" -- a series which I had never heard of until you mentioned it -- reminded me of my favorite story about Britain in World War II. After a blitz raid, rescue squads went out to save people who were trapped in rubble. One such unit heard a woman calling for help from under the wreckage of her home. She was fortunately not badly hurt; but, as they pulled her out, one of the rescuers looked at the mailbox, and saw that it read "Mr. and Mrs. Albertson". Anxiously, he asked her: "Madam, where's your husband?" Without missing a beat, she replied: "Fightin' in Libya, the bloody coward!"
@@Renville80 Agreed although to be fair, MASH definitely had a lot of in your face, shoved down your throat political messages, although they came later on as it became more and more of The Alan Alda All Wise show. The earlier seasons were more on the humor, even while the messages were there, albeit more in the background.
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"Here's an oldie but a goody, half the family dying, the other half pregnant." Best line ever from Henry Blake.
so i guess in the end it all evens out
"Aren't you ashamed, Klinger?"
"Yes, sir. I don't deserve to be in the Army."
He had some good lines to his troops as he was leaving the Mash unit and finally going home In a great,yet very sad episode.
Yep, that's one that I always remember 😅
Klinger: "Dear Son"
Col. Blake: "You obviously haven't sent her a recent picture!!"
ABSOLUTELY SOLID GOLD!!!!
👍👍
Take a load off your heels 😜😁😝🤣🤪
I confused why she didn't call her son by his name.
She was confused because she was pregnant. Or dying.
@@brianarbenz1329 She was pregnant AND dying. 🤣
"Dear Son."
"Obviously, you haven't sent her a recent picture."
Craig St. Cyr iii
Confirmed in a later episode. Though it was less about hiding the women's clothing and more to convince his mother he was serving at a stateside base so she wouldn't worry.
Henry gave and took no shits.
LOL!
I stopped watching after McLean Stevenson left. He was THE BEST and imo it was a better show with him being cast. I hated when they killed Henry off, and seeing Radar giving everyone the news was heartbreaking. RIP McLean Stevenson. U have been missed
M.A.S.H. was owned by Fox Entertainment, Fox was recently bought out by Disney, that makes Klinger a Disney Princess! :D
@@JamesSmith-jq6om That would be cool!
It's like a Harmony Korrine movie there. Full of pedophiles and rapists. That's California dude.
@@radio645 yes it would 😀
@@JamesSmith-jq6om How they didn't have him in the 'Princesses' segment', of *"Wreckit Ralph 'BREAKS' the Internet",* is one of the great mysteries of 2018!
And just like that, all his dreams came true.
"Half of the family dying, other half pregnant." My favourite line from the show. ♥
"I don't deserve to be in the army!"
True they should have kept mash like this
An oldie but a goody
Mine is "Radar, get up! You'll get dirt in your nose."
"...But to chop off a man's legs, and to steal his drawers!"
From the episode when every fuel/wood source was being swiped to keep warm, when they raided the desk in Henry's office.
The irony is that Jamie Farr was actually in the army. Alan Alda was too. Although it was way after the war, both actually served in Korea. Farr was very proud of his military service and wore his actual dog tags throughout the course of the show.
Your comment reminded me of a story about Jamie Farr. Did you ever hear the story of Jamie Farr at the 1980 Olympic Hockey game? The only seat he could get was in the Russian section.
ruclips.net/video/RgY6VidMzGk/видео.html
How is that irony?
@@sithlordofoz its ironic because his character is trying to get out of the army the entire time he's there
Didn’t Harry Morgan serve in WW2?
@@user-wf5co6ct7lalong with other actors he made training films.
“I hate to bother you in the middle of a war...”
That line cracks me up every time.
Early in M*A*S*H, Margaret demands to talk with Henry, and she's obviously angry, so Henry agrees to see her, then says, "Radar, check the wire. Maybe the war's just ended and I won't have to hear her."
That illustrates how their own little wars are often worse than the big one going on.
The writers really had a good sense of humour
The way the Klinger family endures is inspiring. All that tragedy in such a short time.
Must be difficult when half of them are dying and half of them are pregnant at any given time.
"Uh.., Klinger, the Rifle makes me nervous, actually, the purse does too."
Klassic Klinger
Classic Henry.
Actually his dress makes me really nervous.
Did you just spell Classic with a K? What us this mortal kombat?
Klassic Klinger Komedy
@@rasputout7330 GET OVER HERE!
I love how Henry knows exactly where to reach for Klinger’s special folder of family letters!
It's like Bart Simpson's file. It's the FATTEST one...🤪
@@laurabeane8862 Klinger: Hey Doctor Freeman. Corporal Klinger. Rememeber me?
Sydney Freeman: Remember? I had to buy an extra cabinet for your file.
This wasn't Henry's first rodeo. He was totally miscast as a military commander, but he was a good doctor, and he knew people.
He didn’t even need Radar to run the file down.
What I like is how bored Henry is having to listen to Klinger's crap yet again but doing so out of courtesy, THEN reaching for the file after the spiel's done with and reading out the record.
I still love M*A*S*H .... one of the best shows on network TV when I was growing up.
RealTomato Ketchup,Eddie? I agree. I love the entire series.
Diane Milligan I also prefer the Henry Blake years, loved Trapper. Started watching it reruns when I was a kid in the late 70’s... still catch it whenever I come across it. Never gets old.🙂
Hell, my Dad introduced me to the show a few years back, and it's a hell of a lot better than most stuff that's on TV now!!
I have the whole series.
Did you know that when M*A*S*H ended, the late, great, news commentator Paul Harvey said "America needs to be reminded of the futility of a pulled-punches war"?
Klinger has cried "Wolf" so many times, if he were to get an actual letter of a parent dying, no one would believe it.
That sorta happened. There was an episode where Klinger’s wife left him and people didn’t believe it.
@@mikegilkey4173 Yeah, he had to tear the dress he was wearing and tell them all that his Section 8 act was fake for anyone to consider he might be in a real bad situation.
It's why, in the real-world modern-day Army, if something happened like that, they'd do a "Red Cross Message", where they would have the American Red Cross verify the basic facts and send a message through official channels to the unit commander.
Especially when in the letter from his mother, she says "'fortunately' he's in a coma ..." fortunately????
I think Klinger should've been discharged would a sane person go to such great lengths to get out?
I love how he keeps looking up at Blake with big sad eyes to see how he's reacting.
Leto - I thought the VERY SAME THING!!!!
"Fortunately for us he's in a coma" This whole scene is GOLD okay I've watched it 100x in 2 days and I'm cracking up still!
Aa
Don't forge the final episode when everyone was telling what they were going to do and Klinger said, "I can't believe I'm saying this but I'm staying in Korea!"
Hawkeye: "Hey, Klinger! You can *STOP BEING CRAZY, NOW! We're ALL going HOME!"*
And his wife wore his wedding dress.
And yet, he and his wife end up the States in spinoff "After Mash"
@@karlsmith2570 That was after the show. Klinger and Soon Lee stayed in Korea initially to look for her family.
@@LilyRose8959 true, I didn't originally realize that until I watched a video clip from the series finale
Similar to what Klinger tried to pull on Potter when he said two brothers had died in an explosion at Toledo Harmonica factory. Also a classic!
Yep ,
"Klinger, you have to have lived before you can die."
"You've said a mouthful, sir."
"And they never did. You made this whole thing up."
"How can you tell?!?"
"Because every time you lie, your nose gets smaller."
"I'll be back."
"I'll be here."
Or when Klinger said he was the Toledo Strangler. He only strangled female motorcycle cops. It was the siren that made him do it. Or something like that but still Classics!!!
I also liked the one where Klinger carried the bowling ball,acting like he was in Toledo,and when Potter was filling out the section 8 papers,he asked his name and rank and when Klinger said " Privare",Potter said,"Gotcha soldier".
@@cindymalone4006 I loved that one, too -- particularly where "Mr." Klinger shouted "hold that bus!"
Gotta give Klinger an “A” for effort
That you do
And for determination.
One of the best scenes ever. Brilliantly Written and brilliantly acted
Agreed!
This is one of my favorite scenes. And I love it all the more knowing Klinger had been lying to his mom the whole time and telling her he was stationed stateside so she wouldn’t worry.
Klinger was a great character, whoever he was trying to scam. My personal favorite was after Klinger tried to talk his way out with both Potter and Frank Burns, he was ordered out of the office. Then Burns said “I don’t know why he’s trying to get out. I like it here.” And Potter replies “Great, one of you is nuts and now _I_ have to figure out which one!”
I loved both Klinger and Potter. They're my #1 and #2 favorite characters.
Klinger kept proving he _wasn't_ crazy by trying constantly to get out.
Don't know how Jamie Farr made it through that with a straight face!
Raja1938 he is a professional and they rehearsed scenes
Raja1938 I'm sure it took a few takes...
Scott Knode Even professional actors break character all the freaking time
C K I know they do but they have plenty of bloopers to showing actors break out laughing rehearsing scenes.
maybe it was his 1000th time rehearsing and he wanted to just get it done to go home finally :)
Classic Henry and Klinger scene. Whoever cast Mclean Stevenson in that role deserves a medal. He was a loveable leader.
He originally auditioned to play Hawkeye. That's why he has the fishing hat. It's similar to the one worn by Donald Sutherland as Hawkeye in the MASH movie (1970)
He was a buffoon but sharp when the pressure was on.....
Stevenson shaped the character based on his father, who was a country doctor in Central Illinois. He said his father was fiercely devoted; he died in his early 90s while making a house call. But he could not balance his checkbook or get other simple things done. McLean was the 2nd cousin, once removed of Adlai Stevenson and was the press spokesperson for his 1952 and 1956 presidential campaigns. The first campaign happened about the time Henry Blake was dying.
Henry Blake still one of my fav characters always
If mash is on tv I watch it, I bought the box set of all the episodes, I watch them all the time. Love 5 o'clock charlie, one of my favs
The writers back in those days were brilliant. Way better than the shit on tv these days.
Accually Klinger's character was to be in the first episode only because he was suppose to be gay. He said no let's not make him gay let's have him a straight guy pretending to be gay trying to get out. That's how Klinger's character got started.
@@anthonydesroches8897 He wasn't pretending to be gay, He was dressing like a woman so that people thought he was mentally unstable. His uncle got out of the military during ww2 that way so he tried it but constantly failed. Actually no one on MASH was gay or trying to be gay.
@@fourbypete I didn't say he was gay wow some so ignorant.
@@anthonydesroches8897 I didn't say that you said he was gay. I said that no one on the show was gay or trying to be gay. Klinger dressed like a woman with facial hair so that people that met him on the show would think he was mentally unstable. I didn't misread what you said but what you said was incorrect.
@@fourbypete then I'm sorry but the original Klinger was to be gay and discharged
I remember the first time I watched M*A*S*H back in 1981 , I didn't like it. It took me two episodes to finally understand the concept behind this show. I came to understand that these people were put under extreme, dangerous, and stressful situations, and the way they coped with what they had to do , they had to do some real crazy stuff in order to stay sane. What helped me understand this TV show is that I had a neighbor that was a Korean War veteran and he had shrapnel still in his head , he was considered crazy but , he was not violent . I had the honor to sit down with him one day and talk about this particular TV show. After talking to him for about an hour I finally came to understand what this TV show was all about. A lot of times when I watch this TV show I remember my neighbor , may God bless them all.
Needless to say,I felt the same way too.........!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My son describes his work place as being a MASH, no not people being operated on but cars being serviced and there's a lot of tear downs and 25,000 dollars worth of parts to put on. It gets to him to do job 1, can't get to job 2, maybe he can do job 3, job 4 is unknown, and he tries to get all the jobs done in 6 hours.
You definitely had an honor, to hear it from someone who was there.
In reality, it was about the Vietnam War. They set it in Korea and made it comedy, but the message was profound. Your lack of understanding the show comes from being too young to have been personally affected by Vietnam. Maybe you weren’t even born yet or were a baby when it ended. My father and two uncles served, and Uncle Jimmy didn’t return.
I don't mind watching it now, but I disliked this show as a child. One could say my reason was justifiable. I didn't like it because it would air on Saturday mornings in the same slot as the Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show. Mom wanted to watch MASH, but we the kids wanted the cartoons (followed by an episode of School House Rock).
These are like notes an 8-year-old would forge and send to the teacher to get out of class. Klinger --- the world's worst liar AND the world's worst woman. God, I love him.
The sad part is this, Klinger is a Disney Princess.
Or "Juan Epstein" from "Welcome Back, Kotter!"😂🤣😂🖊📒👨🎓B.W.
Me too! :)
As much of a screw ball that Klinger was, it never got in the way of his duty. especially when it came to the wounded. he had a big heart. Col. potter really loved him. this scene is priceless.
One of the funniest Henry Blake scenes, notice his name placard is facing the wrong way (towards Henry!) A lot of subtle gags that people never pick up!
wow a turned name plate is so funny........
@@LordTalax Not funny, but somehow characteristic of Henry's somewhat chaotic command.
I loved the "favorite" chewing gum on his fishbait hat...
I saw it, but never thought of it that way. It's saying he is so overwhelmed that he can't remember his own name.
Or he's such a bumblehead, he can't remember his name.
If I was commander in that outfit I'd have to turn my nameplate around, too. Most days It's the only proof he's in charge.
An argument could be made that "MASH" was the greatest program in American television history. It started out as a Sgt.Bilko/McHale's Navy-type of comedy (with dramatic undertones) and ended up as a sometimes heavy drama with comic undertones. And in either mode, it was an excellently written and acted program.
And still going on tv when wrestling is going down hill.
Love how Henry has Klinger's file on hand, knowing that this is a regular visit from him.
If I remember right Klinger wasn't suppose to be a regular on the show. But he turned out to be so popular, they kept him.
Yeah, he became a main character. Played that part brilliant.☺
I wish they made shows today like this again. Comedy that will never fade
Sad reasons being: War never fades and the ways of the armies almost never fade
The woke left would ruin it
If they did a load of people would be up in arms calling it ‘woke’
TV has never been as good now as it was then!!
We had a guy in my unit who was worse than Klinger. This guy went AWOL multiple times. He once went AWOL, got caught and brought back, given an Article 15 that included extra duty, and went AWOL immediately. Then he deserted. The fool was caught and brought back and the unit shunned him as a result. The guy confessed to me that he just wanted out, he was tired of the military. There were better ways of getting out. Instead, he became an idiot and wouldn't listen to reason. I say 'worse than Klinger' because, at least Klinger had some fashion sense.
Now the guy would be selected to star in information videos promoting inclusivity and the wearing of cause ribbons on uniforms that would be required viewing during a clear lower decks.
@@interestedobserver587 No he would be sent to the nearest hot spot
They used this scene more than once throughout the series; at least once with Col. Potter. Well played every time!
"Klinger, aren't you ashamed?!" Yes Sir, I don't deserve to be in the Army!"
The " purse" makes ME nervous 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 so many good 👍 lines.
"Uhm, Klinger, the rifle makes me nervous ... actually the purse does, too...!" ^_^
This was before don't ask don't tell.
The early years of mash were the funniest
Steven Coffman later years it became ‘the Alan Alda show’. More on the psycho drama and less humor.
When klinger meet col. Potter first time I died laughing. One mad thought he was a made carried a colt in his arms, another thought he was a daisey said he needed watering everyday.
Raoul Cruz Outstanding!!!!! I thought I was the only person that thought MASH became the "Alan Alda Show!!!!"
Yeah, the later seasons grew more serous and depressing
@@anthonydesroches785 the way he said colonel potter sir made me laugh so hard
"Surely he will let you come home for your fathers funeral or his 65th birthday, whichever comes first." That tells you how long ago this was. Jamie Farr was around 39 then and is now 86.
Klinger was the only real soldier who played a soldier part in M.A.S.H.
How they ever got through this scene, is a mystery! Absolute gold!
Wow. Whoever wrote these lines is without a doubt a comedic genius.
Loved the shoe from the very beginning. Cried when Henry Blake died, wondered what was going to happen to the show when Trapper and Radar left, cried again when show ended.
Here's an oldie but a goody !! Half the family dying the other half pregnant!! LOL!!!
been over 40 years since they made this but it still looks like it was made in the past 5 years
That's why I keep looking at these shorts clips of "M*A*S*H" or "L.A. Law," "All in the Family" or "Cheers." Today's TV bores me.
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I don't have cable. I just stream old TV shows and movies I grew up with.
The show lost something when Wayne Rogers & McLean Stevenson left.
It did but it gained a great deal too. The Season 4 premiere was so illustrative. The show became more rounded out and more effectively explored the horrors of war. It was darker but never pretentious because the great writing continued.
RememberEddieYork agree
Agreed...I just didn't like the ridiculous story lines where everything worked out so nicely, with Pierce and Hunnicutt always saving the day. IMO, a handful of the shows were worth watching: the 'dream' episode was very good, and a few with David Ogden Stiers in the lead stand out.
I liked Henry and Trapper a lot too, plus Frank, but could they have gone 11 seasons with the early formula? True, there was a little too much Alan Alda directing in the later years, therefore too much schmaltz.
The show explored the horrors of the war just as much with the original cast.
Klinger was so off the wall. He would blatantly lie to your face, then if you caught it, he'd improve a NEW lie to fit the scenario. Jamie Farr was BRILLIANT.
well.. actually the WRITERS were the brilliant ones.. Jamie Farr just acting out the words..
Lie, then have to lie again to cover the first lie ...hmmm! Sounds familiar!
The show was a classic, still watch it today I reruns..
Such a fantastic show, especially the first 5 or 6 seasons.
Colonel Potter > Colonel Blake. Winchester > Burns and BJ > Trapper
Their timing is so good in this scene. Both of them.
McLean Stevenson and Jamie farr we're hilarious in their roles. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
I have the mash dvd collection and i watch it on tv when it airs never get tired of. My fav tv show
Depending what channel it is on they show an edited version of M.A.S.H, for example on SundanceTV or TVLand when showing the very first episode they cut out the opening scene that says Korea a 150 years ago.
But fortunately own the DVD set as well and also on one of my Amazon firestick app there is a channel that shows all 11 seasons including the finale and the movie over and over.
Same here. Best comedy ever. Seinfeld is right behind it on my list.
Half the family dying, and the other half pregnant. 😂
I love it . Half the family dying Half the family pregnant . A classic line . Brilliantly written and preformed.
I am still watching MASH in 2018
Munky Spank and in 2019 !
@@dadaevan And people still will be in 100 years. I love this show.
welcome to ketchup crew
The CLASSIC Klinger scene!! Immortal. 😍
Here's an oldie but a goodie. 😆😆 best show ever
One of the funniest episodes, still. After all these years, and seen the repeats, can always enjoy watching these people!
i just love maclean stevenson in Mash..also the old cast..
“Here’s an Oldie but a goodie~ Half the family dying, half the family pregnant.~”
LOL XD
One of Klinger's best moments.
This is a show that MASTERED laughing and crying in the same episode. One of the funniest shows ever
Could not stand mash while it was airing 70s - early 80s ,
But for some reason after watching reruns late 90s something clicked, and now mash is my #1 all time fav sitcom
Jackandmel My mom wasn’t allowed to watch it when it was on the air initially, but after it went into syndication my grandma would watch it with me and my sister. When my mom pointed it out, my grandma simply said “Times have changed”.
Half the family dying Half family pregnant . Still extremely funny after all these years 😅
it's hard to pick a favorite character from mash. they were smart enough to recognize the talent they had and wrote for all of them. where does Klinger rank as an all time character? he's got to be up there. Farr could do the funny but he could act too. he handled the drama parts just as well. I was always struck by how good of an actress Loretta Swit was. not sure she gets enough love. it was a brilliant show
Am I the only one who's noticed that the Norman Lear "socially conscious" comedies like "Maude", "The Jeffersons", and "All in the Family" feel about as contemporary today as an "I Like Ike" button, while "M*A*S*H" hasn't aged a day? This has nothing to do with the quality of the actors; Bea Arthur and Carroll O'Connor were as good as it gets as performers. It's the scripts; characters on "M*A*S*H" (except for Frank Burns, who was a caricature) grew and developed over the years: Hawkeye's faults got as much exposure as his virtues, Charles became far more open to others, Henry's death shook everyone to their core, and Margaret changed the most of all, progressing from a humorless martinet to a compassionate woman and good friend. Everyone involved with this wonderful series had a great deal to be proud of.
A brilliant series. I remember watching it with my Dad, he was a doctor. When it was shown in the UK, the laughter track was omitted, much better. One of the reasons it seems ageless, apart from the brilliant scripts and acting is that it was set in the past to begin with, like one of the UK’s best comedy Dad’s Army which was set in WWII, it ended production in the 70’s and is still shown on TV today.
@@petersyme7083 Excellent point about "M*A*S*H" seeming timeless because it was already set in the past. It was, of course, intended (only in part, mercifully) as an oblique commentary on Vietnam; but the allusion was kept subtle enough that it never got in anybody's way.
Your reference to "Dad's Army" -- a series which I had never heard of until you mentioned it -- reminded me of my favorite story about Britain in World War II. After a blitz raid, rescue squads went out to save people who were trapped in rubble. One such unit heard a woman calling for help from under the wreckage of her home. She was fortunately not badly hurt; but, as they pulled her out, one of the rescuers looked at the mailbox, and saw that it read "Mr. and Mrs. Albertson". Anxiously, he asked her: "Madam, where's your husband?" Without missing a beat, she replied: "Fightin' in Libya, the bloody coward!"
Love this one.
Seen it loads of times
Still has me in fits of laughing.
Brilliant .
😹😸😂😁😀
Classic.
"I don't deserve to be in the army."
XD I'm dying laughing.
It''s a RIOT how Klinger keeps looking up from the letter to see Col. Blake's reaction!!!! HaHa!!!!
Probably one of the best scenes ever in MASH!
Yup! So stupid it's hilarious......
Mom was in a MASH. I'm 49 and my wife and I have worn out three dvd complete box sets haha. I love this program like it just aired.
This is what good tv looks like.
Now?...Complete garbage on tv.
what`s your problem? Got no humor :-/
Wenche Tollefsen Too much politicizing, too much agenda-driven pablum.
A few good ones on like mom Raymond mike and molly !
@@Renville80 Agreed although to be fair, MASH definitely had a lot of in your face, shoved down your throat political messages, although they came later on as it became more and more of The Alan Alda All Wise show. The earlier seasons were more on the humor, even while the messages were there, albeit more in the background.
If it ain't filled with SJW writing it ain't on TV.
I just love like how Klinger enters the room and sets his rifle AND PURSE aside like a real soldier! 🤣🤣🤣
One of the best shows ever.
One of the best episodes.
Loves these classic episodes I have season 1 and 2 and plan to get more great tv show and with the laugh track makes it so much funnier :)!
This show is a classic, pure American.I was able to watch each episode of this new. I was age 10 when it premiered on TV, and was 22 when it ended.
One of the best of many great Klinger scenes !
For sure! He played that part brilliant.
This makes me want to watch the whole series all over again.
It's on Hulu. Enjoy!
@@PlumbPitiful I own it on DVD. Two sets of it.
My second favorite scene entire series. My favorite scene is where Hawkeye announced the death of the imaginary Doctor Jonathan Tuttle.
I loved that episode too. "....There is a little Tuttle in all of us..."!!!!
I think my all-time favorite MASH scene.
Classic! Hilarious! Great writing! Flawless acting! Thank God for syndication!
Dear Son...
You obviously haven't sent her a recent picture. 😂
This is one of the funniest scenes from the show. I cry from laughing so hard every time I watch it.
Klinger has had a happy ending...I loved when in the last episode he got married!
I love how Colonel Blake just stares at Klinger.
Here's a oldie but a goodie.. Haha
One of the funniest scenes. The last line "I don't deserve to be in the Army" was fantastic way to end it 😂
"I don't deserve to be in the Army" is arguably the best excuse to beat the draft!
One of the great sitcom scenes ever.
Henry Blake was a classic.
"The rifle makes me nervous. Actually, the purse does, too..."😆
"The rifles makes me nervous...actually the purse does too. Just sit down take a load off your heels."
You know the excuses are either bad or frequent when they are in a file folder with your name on it near by
This anticipates the inches-thick file Toby Flenderson maintains on the complaints against Michael Scott.
@@tomh.2405 Huh?
@@rockylauffer8756 "The Office."
I have seen every single episode that has aired. I love M*A*S*H*
Always preferred Henry Blake over Colonel Potter, and Trapper John over B.J. Hunnicutt.
Still watching this masterpiece in covid 2020
One of my favorite scenes!
To be honest when he said "alright here we go" I thought that he was going to count the number of times Klinger tried it 🤣
I loved the Mr. Klinger episode he got so close Potter tricked him in the end.