So I know we aren´t supposed too much about the magic of MASH, however there is one thing I was wondering about... How the hell did Klinger get not one, not two, but three! tiaras to Korea?

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Ok, apparently they have six now, cool. This time, all is spelled A + 🙂. I may do a part 2, if this goes well.

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Col. Potter: Let's, uh,
clear the air, Klinger.
I think we both realize
you're no Radar.

Klinger: So they tell me, sir.

Potter: But by the same token,
Radar is no Klinger.

Klinger: I don't follow you, sir.

Potter: Folks around here were
awfully fond of Henry Blake
when he ran this fort,
weren't they?

Klinger: Well, sure!
The colonel was
a top-notch kind of a guy.

Potter: You bet he was.
And believe me,
my first days in his shadow
were a mite uneasy.
Nobody was jumping
for joy over me.

I was no Henry Blake.
Never tried to be.
That didn't mean I was better
or worse. Just different.
The thing is
the people here gave me
a chance to get comfortable
and to make this job
Sherman Potter's.

I guess maybe I forgot that
when you took over for Radar.
What I'm trying
to tell you is
you need the time
to take this job
and make it Max Klinger's.

So just do it!
And if you need some help,
if you've got a question,
just knock on my door.
Is that clear, Max?

Klinger: Crystal clear, sir.

Potter: All right.
As of right now,
Radar's office is closed.
Klinger's is open.

Okay. We'll open tomorrow.

Originally Aired: November 12, 1974

Episode Summary: Henry's departure to Tokyo leaves Major Burns in charge of the 4077th. He declares total prohibition of alcohol, which leads to a near riot amongst the camp, especially from Hawkeye and Trapper.

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I absolutely love this episode for several reasons. Hawkeye really makes me feel tired in his delivery, yes. But CEW3 takes this scene to the moon with his letter to the little girl chokes me up every. damn. time.

Anyone else remember this scene? Thoughts?

I doubt it was a conscious decision on the writers, but it seems like there were certain names that kept being reused for characters over the years. I don't mean how we had multiple Nurse Ables, Nurse Bakers, etc. but other names.

For example. . . .

We had Trapper John McIntyre, Francis John Patrick Mulcahy, Ugly John, Ho-Jon, among other Johns.

Henry's wife's name was originally Mildred, which was also the name of Potter's wife, then it became Lorraine, which was also the name of Margaret's childhood friend who was temporarily assigned to the 4077th along with Roy Dupree in "Temporary Duty".

There were also a few Franks aside from just Burns, including a Private Frank Daily who was first in line for Payday, and letter Major Frank Dorsett the "Unknowing Soldier" who was dead drunk A Night at Rosie's.

B.J.'s beloved wife's name was Peggy, which also was apparently Nurse Bigelow's first name.

Private Charles Lamb was certainly no Winchester.

There were even a couple of occasions where this was actually a plot point, such as "Officer of the Day" when Hawkeye saw and treated a total of five Kim Lucks ("A new Kim Luck record I hope will stand for a long time"), and later in "Mail Call Three" when Hawkeye finds himself receiving a number of romantic letters from women that are addressed to and intended for another Captain who happens to be named Benjamin Pierce.

And those are just some of the specific examples I can think of off the top of my head.

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One of Franks best scenes, imo.

Frank: oh that scent, what is it

margaret: forbidden furlough, $8 an ounce

frank: oh it’s worth it, it’s driving me mad

margaret: it’s not intended to do that major burns, it’s to remind me of him

frank: oh Margaret, I ache for you I yearn for you. You’re everything beautiful and fine and noble in this world.

margaret: uh huh

frank: you’re the moon, the sun, the stars in heaven. You make the angels feel unworthy

margaret: frank, really!

frank: I know god exists because you exist

margaret: I belong to him. You better than anyone ought to know, I’m a one man woman.

frank: you’re all woman.

margeret: Lt Col. penobscott’s all man.

frank: you smell like a French hooker.