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re: Was MASH the original DEI show??

Posted on 8/22/26 at 1:18 pm to
Posted by uscpuke
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Posted on 8/22/26 at 1:18 pm to
The theme song makes me want to off myself. (Don’t post, won’t watch)
Posted by udtiger
Over your left shoulder
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Posted on 8/22/26 at 1:55 pm to
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BJ was queer on the show.


No. Spoke of his wife often.

Posted by Bestbank Tiger
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Posted on 8/22/26 at 2:45 pm to
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The theme song makes me want to off myself.


I mean, yeah. It's literally titled "Suicide Is Painless".
Posted by Kafka
I am the moral conscience of TD
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Posted on 8/22/26 at 4:18 pm to
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The subject line made me read through the whole thread just to see if anyone mentioned too many Koreans in the show
I wish they'd made Pat Morita as Dr, Pak a semi-regular at least
Posted by Kafka
I am the moral conscience of TD
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Posted on 8/22/26 at 4:19 pm to
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Donald Sutherland >>>>>>>>>>>>> Alan Alda
not playing comedy
Posted by MightyJoeYoung
Member since Jul 2026
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Posted on 8/22/26 at 5:56 pm to
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, the character of "Spear Chucker" was written off pretty quickly


Again why the film will always be superior to the show by 1000-fold.

The best joke in the movie is about Spear Chucker (played by Fred Williamson). It's also why the name is not offensive in the least bit.

Posted by Saint Alfonzo
Member since Jan 2019
31106 posts
Posted on 8/22/26 at 6:03 pm to
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I Love Lucy was based on a mixed race marriage.

Are mixed race marriages a DEI thing?
Posted by SouthEasternKaiju
SouthEast... you figure it out
Member since Aug 2021
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Posted on 8/22/26 at 6:05 pm to
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Are mixed race marriages a DEI thing?


No. People have been mixing 'races' since the stone age.
Posted by PowerTool
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Member since Dec 2009
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Posted on 8/22/26 at 7:48 pm to
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The best joke in the movie is about Spear Chucker (played by Fred Williamson). It's also why the name is not offensive in the least bit.


That’s one of those obscure “offensive” terms I wouldn’t have known if it weren’t for a little controversy. Did it used to be more common?

I got a warning on Reddit for “hate speech” for describing a certain hairstyle that was popular in the 90’s, with a part down the middle. I had to think about that being an old “offensive” term for a different group of people. Maybe it used to be more common, but I didn’t even think about that context.
Posted by moviefan8
Member since Aug 2024
72 posts
Posted on 8/22/26 at 7:57 pm to
I loved MASH. The love grew after Col. Potter and B.J. Honnicutt joined the show. They were better than Henry Blake and Trapper John. Winchester is better than Frank.

Didn't have any problems with the show.
This post was edited on 8/22/26 at 7:58 pm
Posted by Brosef Stalin
Member since Dec 2011
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Posted on 8/22/26 at 8:58 pm to
People here are constantly complaining about mixed race couples in commercials though that's usually black and white
Posted by Bestbank Tiger
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Posted on 8/22/26 at 9:25 pm to
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Again why the film will always be superior to the show by 1000-fold.

The best joke in the movie is about Spear Chucker (played by Fred Williamson). It's also why the name is not offensive in the least bit.


Spearchucker was in the book too.

Bridget McCarthy figured more prominently in the book and Augustus Bedford Forrest didn't make the cut at all.
Posted by Saint Alfonzo
Member since Jan 2019
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Posted on 8/22/26 at 9:56 pm to
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People here are constantly complaining about mixed race couples in commercials though that's usually black and white

I'll be honest, I'm not much of a fan of excessive black and white couples in commercials. Stuffing ads with it is definitely a DEI thing. It's not authentic. Commercials are a different thing than saying I Love Lucy was DEI. Lucy and Desi were actually interracially married. That is authentic.
Posted by TigerMyth36
River Ridge
Member since Nov 2005
41810 posts
Posted on 8/22/26 at 9:56 pm to
Not many people prefer Winchester to Frank. I am one of those people.
Posted by Kafka
I am the moral conscience of TD
Member since Jul 2007
159106 posts
Posted on 8/22/26 at 10:13 pm to
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Not many people prefer Winchester to Frank. I am one of those people.
I think Frank was a funnier character than Charles:

As you all know, tonight Colonel Blake will resume his command after a week in Tokyo. Now, unless I made a few remarks about my recent stint as your temporary supreme commander, I would be derelict in my officiousness.

I think you'll all agree that by trying to introduce more discipline, more order, I have hopefully made this a more enjoyable war for all of us. Leadership is a lonely business. Your Napoleons, your Kaisers, your Attilas the Hun... were all alone there in the front office as I have been this week. I have thought of you, and I know you have thought of me...

But some of the notes in the suggestion box were really below the belt! I mean, why drag my mother into this?


But by the time Frank left he had become an idiotic buffoon, just a punching bag for Hawkeye. Charles was a worthy foil for Hawkeye and could match him quip for quip -- some of their exchanges are amusing.

MHO Winchester was a more interesting character than Frank. He was the one good change the show made.
Posted by PowerTool
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Member since Dec 2009
23394 posts
Posted on 8/22/26 at 10:34 pm to
Charles did love his toboggan.
Posted by H-Town Tiger
Member since Nov 2003
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Posted on 8/23/26 at 9:06 am to
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not playing comedy


As Hawkeye Pierce
Posted by Saint Alfonzo
Member since Jan 2019
31106 posts
Posted on 8/23/26 at 10:07 am to
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He was a hero to the same people who thought Stephen Colbert was being himself on The Colbert Report. You know, fricking morons.

They also thought Clayton Bigsby was a hero.

Why is it that you come in these threads and condescendingly post vague insults about people you don't like for whatever reason? There's 35 years of separation between All In The Family and The Colbert Report. Are you sure the same people were watching both of them? You're always calling people stupid and/or racist. It's pretty retarded. Your username does not check out.
Posted by cgrand
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Member since Oct 2009
50862 posts
Posted on 8/23/26 at 10:11 am to
Winchester was a competent surgeon, Frank was not. I read somewhere that the writers did that intentionally to change the dynamic with a new character.

I still think the trapper/frank/henry MASH was more entertaining but rewatching those you really notice the intrusive laugh track
Posted by Cleathecat
Houston
Member since Feb 2021
1972 posts
Posted on 8/23/26 at 11:01 am to
I'm still amazed by the amount of people who

A. Didn't get my BJ being a queer joke
B. Asking liking BJ. When BJ gets that queer mustache turn it off cause it's gonna suck.
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