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I didn't care for Sherman Potter. Henry Blake was one of the greatest characters in sitcom history IMHO and Stevenson played him perfectly. Henry>>>>>>>>>>>>Potter

And before anybody asks, Trapper>>>>>>>>>BJ

But as for Frank vs Winchester: This is the one exception for me. By the time Frank left he had become an idiotic buffoon. Charles was a worthy opponent for Hawkeye and could match him quip for quip -- some of their exchanges are pretty funny.

The rest of the show was starting to suck bad: BJ instead of Trapper, Col Potter instead of Henry, Hot Lips becoming "Margaret" and treated like one of the boys instead of an enemy, Alda's relentless liberal preaching -- but IMHO Charles was actually an improvement over late period Frank.

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Posted by Kafka

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Posted on 4/24/13 at 8:32 pm to Kafka

As for the original subject of this thread, I never really cared for Sidney Freedman. Arbus played him rather drowsily and he was a harbinger of bad Alda revelation scenes to come. The only really good Arbus episode was the poker game with Dr. Pak and the old guy who Radar keeps running over.

And we have a thread on AA but not one mention that he was married to the infamous Diane Arbus?

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Posted by Methuselah

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Posted on 4/24/13 at 8:42 pm to Kafka

quote:
And before anybody asks, Trapper>>>>>>>>>BJ

Dang. Took awhile for some Trapper John appreciation.

In a way, Trapper was just a watered down version of Hawkeye. So in that light, I didn't mind getting BJ as a bit of a different character - married, more stable guy. But yeah, BJ was kind of a vanilla character.

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