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Re: Dan Rather is a Useful Idiot Extraordinare
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Fri, 28 Feb 2003 19:06:54 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Koudys writes:
In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal writes:

<snip>

That would be redundant.

That would be redundant.

You can say that again.

JOHN

That made me smile.  Reminded me of so many 'Hawkeye' moments from MASH.

All seriousness aside, I think I owe my incorrigible propensity to punning to
watching Hawkeye and Groucho in my formative years:-)

JOHN

Oh my goodness--last nights ep. of MASH is when that film crew was at the
4077th and Hawkeye 'took over' production.  He and Trapper did the whole
Groucho/Harpo thing (mostly with Radar as the patient).

It was a very funny episode.

  Ah, "Yankee Doodle Doctor."  A fine piece of celluloid.

  Much of Hawkeye's routine in that episode is a direct homage to Groucho in
"A Day at the Races," worth seeing despite some racial issues[1] that may be
uncomfortable to modern viewers.

     Dave!

[1] I'll elaborate, if anyone cares...



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  MASH--geat show was Re: Dan Rather is a Useful Idiot Extraordinare
 
(...) MASH did a pretty good 'racial' episode, in which a wounded soldier didn't want blood from 'those people'. Hawkeye sedated him and he and BJ took some dye and coloured the unconsious soldiers' skin a darker colour... Was a bit of a wake-up (...) (21 years ago, 28-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
  Re: Dan Rather is a Useful Idiot Extraordinare
 
(...) My biggest beef with MASH is that it was rather blatant in its bias, and worse, it was good enough that it made Alan Alda and Mike Farrell (useful idiots both) and other fellow travelers shedfuls of cash. But it's a pretty funny show (...) (21 years ago, 28-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal writes: <snip> (...) Oh my goodness--last nights ep. of MASH is when that film crew was at the 4077th and Hawkeye 'took over' production. He and Trapper did the whole Groucho/Harpo thing (mostly with Radar as (...) (21 years ago, 28-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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