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re: Actors who left Successful TV Shows too early
Posted on 2/18/13 at 12:32 pm to Kafka
Posted on 2/18/13 at 12:32 pm to Kafka
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MS leaving MASH was even more disastrous since Henry Blake was one of my favorite supporting TV characters of all time, and an integral part of the show. His leaving damaged it permanently, and began a very long downhill slide -- perhaps the biggest in TV history.
Henry Blake was my favorite supporting TV characters too. Though I could tolerate Colonel Potter I utterly despised BJ. So Wayne Rogers was a big blow too. Plus, the reason the show started going downhill imho was because Wayne Rogers left along with McClean Stevenson. Trapper John and Hawkeye were supposed to be equals in the beginning of MASH. Alan Alda literally stole the show and once Wayne Rogers and McClean Stevenson left Alda was without a doubt the ruler of the show. He gradually gained more and more control which caused the show to decline because his vision was inferior to the creators.
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Posted on 2/18/13 at 12:52 pm to NavyLSUAlum
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He gradually gained more and more control which caused the show to decline because his vision was inferior to the creators.
Stevenson leaving hurt MASH badly, then the death blow came the next year when the show's creative leader, the brilliant Larry Gelbart, left. From that point there was no question Alda was the driving force behind the series, and it quickly devolved into a liberal guiltfest.
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