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Why did M*A*S*H spend 11 years pretending that Houlihan was a smoke show?

Posted on 4/22/19 at 5:59 pm
Posted by Scoop
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Posted on 4/22/19 at 5:59 pm
I don’t recall having a Lorreta Switt poster in my room.



Posted by Fewer Kilometers
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2007
36056 posts
Posted on 4/22/19 at 6:03 pm to
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Why did M*A*S*H spend 11 years pretending that Houlihan was a smoke show?

I will never understand this.
I know they had a limited number of non-Korean women there, but still.
Posted by Fun Bunch
New Orleans
Member since May 2008
115868 posts
Posted on 4/22/19 at 6:05 pm to
It’s the office hotness effect. A girl in your office is way hotter there than if you saw her at a bar.

Now magnify that times a billion for a 1950s foreign war zone.
Posted by LSUlefty
Youngsville, LA
Member since Dec 2007
26452 posts
Posted on 4/22/19 at 6:12 pm to
Why was the entire show about Hawkeye? Trapper was the better character IMO.
Posted by Froman
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2007
36217 posts
Posted on 4/22/19 at 6:16 pm to
There sure as hell wasn't a Hawkeye spin-off.
Posted by Korin
Member since Jan 2014
37935 posts
Posted on 4/22/19 at 6:17 pm to
Same thing with Diane on Cheers.
Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Member since Nov 2015
35516 posts
Posted on 4/22/19 at 6:40 pm to
They never act like she was super hot...which is what made Sam's attraction part of the humor.

But go back and watch the first season of Cheers, Diane is really really cute.
Posted by Scoop
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Posted on 4/22/19 at 6:41 pm to
Solid point.

Although, Cheers did go out of it’s way to make a point that Sam could pull any hot “Bimbo” he wanted but was attracted to Diane’s depth even if he didn’t want to be.
Posted by Mizz-SEC
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Member since Jun 2013
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Posted on 4/22/19 at 6:51 pm to
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I will never understand this.


Me either. Once she lost the baby fat out her face she went from passable to hideous.

She did have tremendous jowl potential though.




This post was edited on 4/22/19 at 6:52 pm
Posted by Frac the world
The Centennial State
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Posted on 4/22/19 at 6:53 pm to
Posted by Scoop
RIP Scoop
Member since Sep 2005
44583 posts
Posted on 4/22/19 at 6:59 pm to
If you need pics of Loretta Switt, you don’t understand the point of this thread.
Posted by rebelrouser
Columbia, SC
Member since Feb 2013
10621 posts
Posted on 4/22/19 at 7:00 pm to
I don't think they went that far. Sure Hawkeye, Trapper, and Henry would have nailed it out of spite and the older generals were wild about her but there were others. Lt. Dish.
Posted by Arksulli
Fayetteville
Member since Aug 2014
25197 posts
Posted on 4/22/19 at 7:21 pm to
Switt had the only female in a war zone thing going on for her. That and she was a pretty darn solid comedic actress.

In the movie her role was played by Sally Kellerman. Not the sexiest actress alive I grant you, but she did do some nude scenes.

Switt was... cute. Not gorgeous. Not amazing. Not asstacular. She was cute and she was funny.

That probably made her more appealing to a lot of folks because she seemed more accessible.
Posted by OliverQueen81
In The South
Member since Oct 2015
10494 posts
Posted on 4/22/19 at 7:30 pm to
Rebecca wasn't that hot either.
Posted by RD Dawg
Atlanta
Member since Sep 2012
27298 posts
Posted on 4/22/19 at 7:52 pm to
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Why was the entire show about Hawkeye? Trapper was the better character IMO


The characters were co-leads in the movie and Trapper was probably the more dominant role.

Wayne Rogers was great as Trapper and left because he started to get less lines and of course they replace em with a beta cuck like BJ.
This post was edited on 4/23/19 at 3:52 am
Posted by Jack Ruby
Member since Apr 2014
22775 posts
Posted on 4/22/19 at 8:45 pm to
Hell, they were almost tri-leads with Tom Skerrit in the film -- a character that was literally ignored in the series.

And for the movie, the Hot Lips nickname and how she got it is just one of the many reasons I enjoy the movie so much more than the show now.

She's cute in the movie to them, they even acknowledge it when Duvall hooks up with her, but she's the butt of the joke because she was such a square.
Posted by Fewer Kilometers
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2007
36056 posts
Posted on 4/22/19 at 9:05 pm to
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She's cute in the movie to them, they even acknowledge it when Duvall hooks up with her, but she's the butt of the joke because she was such a square.

Doesn’t Skerrit bop her too?
Posted by tossedoff
LP
Member since May 2009
1520 posts
Posted on 4/22/19 at 9:08 pm to
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Wayne Rogers was great as Trapper and he left because he started to get less lines and of course they replace em with a beta cuck like BJ.


Watch the first 3 seasons in order and as you go along, you see how Alda increases his overacting to get attention.
Posted by TrapperJohn
Louisiana
Member since Dec 2007
11139 posts
Posted on 4/22/19 at 9:18 pm to
quote:

Trapper was the better character IMO.


Preach
Posted by weadjust
Member since Aug 2012
15103 posts
Posted on 4/22/19 at 9:38 pm to
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Switt had the only female in a war zone thing going on for her.


Hawkeye always seemed to have nurse handy for a handy
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