Radar on M*A*S*H

[Yakima1]

Something just occurred to me regarding Gary Burghoff's or Coporal Radar O'Reilly's impersonation of John Wayne that he did a couple of times on M*A*S*H.

This was supposed to be the Korean War in the early 50's, and the impersonation was a paraphrasing of the Duke's famous "Somebody oughta belt ya" line from McLintock released in 1963. I guess Radar really could see the future!

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[DukePilgrim]

They never seemed to know what war they were supposed to be in at times

Mike

[Lt. Brannigan]

Seriously... MASH was at times an anachronism.

[jwduke]

I never thought about that, but it is correct!

[BILL OF PA]

after gary burghuff left the show a cast member was asked his thought's of gary. the reply was, loved Radar hated Gary.

[kilo 6]

funny how an actor can seem likeable on screen and off screen be something else. I once heard some negative feedback on working with Julie Andrews, sure let the air out of my sound of music baloon.

[The Ringo Kid]

after gary burghuff left the show a cast member was asked his thought's of gary. the reply was, loved Radar hated Gary.

I guess Gary outgrew Radar's pants. Looks like success, went to his head. I hate that in a person. I remember the samething could be said about Burt Ward (Robin) in the Batman TV series. Nobody liked Burt but everybody loved Robin.

[Ervserver]

Great observation, I've heard MASH was full of inaccuracies which doesn't bother me, enjoyed the series very much

[ethanedwards]

I agree, and I thought those two voice clips were great!

[Emmanuel]

Hi all,

I remember seeing the movie onboard an oil
tanker back in the early 70's and enjoyed it.
But didn't watch the TV show that much.