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R.I.P. Col. Potter


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#1 SunshineDrummer

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Posted 07 December 2011 - 05:41 PM

:sad: :heart:

http://www.nytimes.c...dies-at-96.html

#2 Tim the Beek

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Posted 07 December 2011 - 05:42 PM

:heart:

#3 unbroken_chain

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Posted 07 December 2011 - 05:45 PM

he shoulda never got on that chopper :sad:

#4 Jambear

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Posted 07 December 2011 - 05:50 PM

Damn Viet cong.:sad:

#5 In A Silent Way

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Posted 07 December 2011 - 05:51 PM

(((Officer Gannon)))

#6 Misha

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Posted 07 December 2011 - 05:52 PM

:heart::sad:

#7 Gwendolyn

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Posted 07 December 2011 - 06:28 PM

http://t0.gstatic.co...I6E9Gmr1PCib7ow

Oh HORSEFEATHERS!

#8 The Village Idiot

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Posted 07 December 2011 - 07:13 PM

:sad:

#9 gram-man

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Posted 07 December 2011 - 07:18 PM

he shoulda never got on that chopper :sad:


That was Henry Blake... :cry1:

(((Officer Gannon)))


Yeah...I remember him from there too.


Rest well cavalry man!

#10 shadeelady

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Posted 07 December 2011 - 07:31 PM

RIP. :heart:

#11 DF

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Posted 07 December 2011 - 07:51 PM

Damn Viet cong.:sad:


M*A*S*H was about the Korea war right?..not Vietnam.

#12 SunshineDrummer

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Posted 07 December 2011 - 08:01 PM

M*A*S*H was about the Korea war right?..not Vietnam.


Yes.

Damn North Koreans.

#13 jg

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Posted 07 December 2011 - 08:02 PM

M*A*S*H was about the Korea war right?..not Vietnam.


Correct.

#14 Jersey Thug

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Posted 07 December 2011 - 08:52 PM

(((old codger)))

rest in peace :heart:

#15 Phishfolk

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Posted 07 December 2011 - 08:55 PM

M*A*S*H was about the Korea war right?..not Vietnam.


Yeah but it was really about Vietnam

#16 SunshineDrummer

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Posted 07 December 2011 - 09:13 PM

Yeah but it was really about Vietnam


The movie, yes. I remember seeing a show about the making of the film and the creative team were definitely using M*A*S*H as a vehicle for some of their feelings about Vietnam.

#17 Joker

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Posted 07 December 2011 - 09:21 PM

:heart:

#18 Ravn

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Posted 07 December 2011 - 09:37 PM

:sad: :heart:

#19 Ravn

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Posted 07 December 2011 - 09:42 PM

I'm really bummed out about this. I can remember being wee tiny and sitting on my Dad's lap to watch M*A*S*H :sad:

#20 concert andy

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Posted 07 December 2011 - 10:07 PM

He was 96. I am sad, but he lived a long time.

#21 In A Silent Way

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Posted 08 December 2011 - 05:46 PM

You young'uns don't remember when Col. Blake was the CO of the 4077th MASH, or when Officer Gannon was Joe Friday's partner on Dragnet.

#22 JBetty

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Posted 08 December 2011 - 06:43 PM

Young'uns may have seen Officer Bill Gannon in the Dragnet movie.

#23 Jam Fan

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Posted 08 December 2011 - 08:32 PM

what about Maj. Gen. Bartford Hamilton Steele? :one:

a MASH unit should in fact be mobile

#24 In A Silent Way

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Posted 08 December 2011 - 08:38 PM

Wow, I forgot about that episode.

#25 gram-man

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Posted 09 December 2011 - 05:23 PM

what about Maj. Gen. Bartford Hamilton Steele? :one:

a MASH unit should in fact be mobile


Sterilize this tongue depressor!

#26 The Village Idiot

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Posted 09 December 2011 - 06:38 PM

what about Maj. Gen. Bartford Hamilton Steele? :one:

a MASH unit should in fact be mobile



That's three E's not all together...

Gen. Steele: You're insubordinate!
Hawkeye: Right!
Gen. Steele: You're insolent!
Hawkeye: Right! And you're nuts!!