@fmf saidIt’s awful; especially the American canned laughter of that era.
M*A*S*H is unwatchable with canned laughter.
In the UK, growing up, I liked M*A*S*H but BBC2 switched the laugh track off.
I remember, there was once an episode broadcast where they forgot to turn it off.
The BBC announcer apologized afterwards.
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@divegeester saidMind you, It Ain't Half Hot Mum is a lot better without it, too.
It’s awful; especially the American canned laughter of that era.
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@eladar saidIt was a comedy which was very funny and acceptable at that time period.
Mash makes fun of cross dressing men as if it is a behavior worthy of a discharge based on a mental disorder.
Of course Mash was right, but it is so politically incorrect today.
Even in todays world the man would have to dress in uniform.....lighten up some, you'll live a longer life!
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@shallow-blue said"It Ain't Half Hot Mum" doesn't deserve to be mentioned in the same
Mind you, It Ain't Half Hot Mum is a lot better without it, too.
thread as MASH. It wasn't funny and it did mock homosexuality.
23 Mar 20
@wolfgang59 saidWas Klinger a cross dressing man who got drafted?
If you think the series made fun of Corporal Klinger then you rather missed the point.
Or did Klinger become a cross dresser to get a section 8?
23 Mar 20
@wolfgang59 saidI think they gave Frank Burns a harder time.
If you think the series made fun of Corporal Klinger then you rather missed the point.
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Major Franklin Delano Marion Burns (aka "Ferret Face"😉 was ranking surgeon and second-in-command at the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital. ... His character was portrayed by Robert Duvall in the 1970 film and Larry Linville during the first five seasons of the TV series.
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@wolfgang59 saidYou've missed the point about IAHHM as much as Eladar has missed the point about MASH.
"It Ain't Half Hot Mum" doesn't deserve to be mentioned in the same
thread as MASH. It wasn't funny and it did mock homosexuality.
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@shallow-blue saidI’m not aware of that program.
Mind you, It Ain't Half Hot Mum is a lot better without it, too.
23 Mar 20
@shallow-blue saidI think you’re just touchy about being gay.
You've missed the point about IAHHM as much as Eladar has missed the point about MASH.
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I am talking about the nature of one politically incorrect character. No way would Mash be made today unless the Klinger character made drastic changes.
23 Mar 20
@eladar saidWhat are you blathering on about?
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No way would Mash be made today unless the Klinger character made drastic changes.
He made some quite drastic changes from week to week.
(Remember the yellow floral blouse?)
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@eladar saidThe ambiguity was deliberate.
Was Klinger a cross dressing man who got drafted?
Or did Klinger become a cross dresser to get a section 8?
Either way I do not remember him being the butt of any jokes.
The on-going "joke" was that everyone treated him as
normal, as normal as people coming in with limbs
hanging off and their guts hanging out.