Good bye Hot Lips....... and thanks.

not to mention all of the great roles.

RIP Hot Lips

was usual at that time. But the feminist movement in this country was beginning to take hold and her character evolved to become less of a sex symbol and more as a serious professional in her work. The earlier portrayals would make us all cringe.

and I absolutely LOATHED that movie. It took a lot of persuading to get me to watch the TV show, which slowly morphed into the exact opposite of what that movie was. Swit played one of the first characters to change into a human being instead of being a cardboard cutout.

RIP Loretta Swit, and thank you.

I'll admit I like the movie, but also that some of it hasn't aged well (and not just the sexism but the pacing and plotting, IMO). No shade on Sally Kellerman, but her Hot Lips was fairly one dimensional - though she had minimal screen time to develop her character. Loretta Switt's Hot Lips was much more fully developed, even though MASH the show was less sophisticated and subtle than MASH the movie.

I'm trying to think now of how many leads from either the movie or the tv show are still alive... I can name Alan Alda, Gary Burghoff, Elliot Gould, Robert Duvall, Mike Farrel, and Jamie Farr...and I can't think of any others...

There were so few European women over there they said they were treated like supermodels and movie stars and if any of them had been as relentlessly humiliated as the Houlihan character was, they could just about guarantee the coffee urn in the officers' mess would be well loaded with nux vomica and phenolphthalein the next morning.

And that I why I hated that movie, not just because Kellerman played a nothing character. Real nurses know how to apply literal potty training to anyone who needs it.

M*A*S*H is a daily ritual for me on MeTV. As a matter of fact, I'm watching the season three ep "Big Mac" right now.

Rest in peace, Ms. Swit. You made me laugh countless times.

R-I-P .. Loretta 🙏

where your favorite tv and movie stars, singers and musicians, and sports stars of your youth are passing away. As a youngster I was struck down by Beatlemania and my favorite from the beginning was Paul. Now just he and Ringo are the surviving Beatles so which will go first?

Let me throw this in about growing very old--it's the regrets that burden and haunt you to the end unless and if not you are an extraordinary person. I recently saw a YouTube video of a 59 year old chimp who was dying. She had stopped eating and was just lying there and waiting to die. Then a man came to say goodbye who had known her from a youngster and when she realized he was there she vocalized and raised her hand to stroke his head, then she put her arm down and died. I wondered, did she die happy and content without regret? It seemed so and I hoped for an end like that.

So heartwarming!

Imagine, in her very last moments she got to see an old friend and also that he took the time to come and see her to say goodbye. A final moment for her of happiness. Would that we all could have such an end.

First, that video was beautiful. Thank you both, for sharing the story and the clip.

Second - and completely different! - elocs , if you have MSNBC, they are currently showing a series on David Frost and his interviews. The first episode has Paul McCartney and, separately, John (and Yoko). Really great series, all episodes streaming.
https://www.msnbc.com/david-frost-vs

I thought she was terrific. Didn’t take long for her portrayal to transform a cardboard cliche into an important, highly relevant, and unforgettable character. “M*A*S*H” was all the better for having her in it.

her portrayal was one of my role models - yes indeed....I agree her character truly evolved, done so so well by an amazing actress

And sincere thanks for your service!

thanks!

I actually happened to watch an ep of MASH last night, although she wasn't in it.

Adam's Ribs - Hawkeke throws a fit over having "liver or fish" for 10, 11 days in a row. "We want something else!".😄
He schemes to get ribs ftom Adam's Ribs in Chicago.

I wanted practically every episode close to the beginning till the very last one.

For our "yougins" here; it was a major TV event watching the last episode after 10 yrs.

I tend to repeat on an ongoing basis.

One of those is the opening of M*A*S*H (another is California Gurls by Katy Perry, so there's that).

For whatever reason, I absolutely LOVE those Bell 47 helicopters, with the patient 'enclosure' on each side.

He (I'll call him Dr. J) served alongside another physician named Richard Hornberger (pen name - Richard Hooker, author of MASH). One afternoon, Dr. J and Hooker were in the mess tent grabbing a bite to eat between surgeries, when an extremely attractive new nurse entered the tent. Dr. J turned to Dr. Hooker and said, "How'd you like to plant one on those hot lips, Rich?" The rest is history.
I know this to be true, because the two men stayed in contact after the war, with Dr. J jokingly demanding royalties on several occasions, and I have seen one the correspondences between the two confirming the story.
As a huge MASH fan, I always thought this was one of the coolest things I ever heard.