tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242198036084484844.post4768333282283966928..comments2023-11-03T08:13:12.122-04:00Comments on AfterM*A*S*H: Episode 146 - Peace On Usrob!http://www.blogger.com/profile/17556471244882205031noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242198036084484844.post-20651859609697535102015-06-20T19:54:58.963-04:002015-06-20T19:54:58.963-04:00By the way Russell , we DID see BJ's red shirt...By the way Russell , we DID see BJ's red shirt for the rest of the series...including "Commander Pierce"!Bob Gasselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04748728107349857332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242198036084484844.post-28208838381300661502015-06-20T19:53:18.988-04:002015-06-20T19:53:18.988-04:00While there were plenty of good eps to come, this ...While there were plenty of good eps to come, this is the "Jump The Shark" episode to me....by premise, it should be an all-time classic (imagine Gelbart writing this), and it certainly seems to have been intended as the season premiere, as BJ is first growing his mustache.<br /><br />Perhaps the producers saw how this one didn't pan out, and quickly substituted the slightly better "Commander Pierce" to open the season.Bob Gasselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04748728107349857332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242198036084484844.post-66206323211818764762012-06-28T02:43:33.132-04:002012-06-28T02:43:33.132-04:00At the beginning of the episode, Potter tries to c...At the beginning of the episode, Potter tries to console the group after breaking the news about the failed peace talks by pointing out that "nobody's here for the duration". Ironic, no?Mikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242198036084484844.post-77942421091680626042009-11-29T10:40:53.190-05:002009-11-29T10:40:53.190-05:00I agree on the laugh track ruining the weight of H...I agree on the laugh track ruining the weight of Hawkeye's anger in the "why not a million?" scene. The laugh track has always been a distraction to me - when the series originally aired, as well as in reruns. For that reason, I've <i>never</i> watched any of my DVDs with the laugh track on. <br /><br />PhilAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242198036084484844.post-50294529354974377042009-08-31T03:31:24.188-04:002009-08-31T03:31:24.188-04:00I tend to read Margaret's marriage as ill-fate...I tend to read Margaret's marriage as ill-fated to begin with; the extended periods away from each other could not have helped matters at all. Just how well did they know each other? Not that well, as it turns out.<br /><br />The creators could have pulled off getting Penobscott transferred to the 4077th (the reason would be a little tricky), and I think that "Mr. and Mrs. Penobscott on the front lines" could have been woven to good effect into the dynamics of the cast ensemble. Imagine both using Charles as go-between to air their marital troubles!<br /><br />While divorces in the Fifties were rare, two factors, I think, mitigate that here. <br /><br />1) Margaret is by now very much a proto-feminist (in the 60s sense), and her decision rings true to the evolution of her character.<br /><br />2) Wars placed pressures on marriages (both in the theater and Stateside)not found in peacetime. I think that WW2 made divorce marginally acceptable, where prior it was a genuine taboo. <br /><br />3) Somewhat less seriously... what about the hair-dos some of the cast will sport between this point and the final season? A divorce does not seem out of place at all in California, 197.. er, I mean Korea, 1952-3. ;-)What the Parrot Sawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08039363570921658045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242198036084484844.post-9623381442812942142009-08-30T21:24:01.022-04:002009-08-30T21:24:01.022-04:00Margaret's marriage is a topic I've been t...Margaret's marriage is a topic I've been thinking about all day. How many women got divorced in the 50s? Not too many. I think this was another characteristic that the producers were using to relate to their audience. I know I read Gene Reynolds' comment somewhere that he didn't want Margaret to get a divorce, and in hindsight i think it was a mistake. Some of her fighting with Donald was funny last season, and at the very least I think it was a cop-out on the producers' part to not keep her married atleast a little longer. In real time, they would have been married, what, less than a year!?Russellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242198036084484844.post-66778552251569789172009-08-30T10:01:16.371-04:002009-08-30T10:01:16.371-04:00No, this is another one of my least favorite episo...No, this is another one of my least favorite episodes, partly because it is SO much Hawkeye, and partly because it is so odd. The scene with all of the MASHers wearing red is just weird, and it's even weirder when you stop and realize you never ever saw any of those red clothes worn in the series again, ever. (and Margaret's pants are obviously red slacks that Wardrobe picked up!) The whole ending just seemd too much like Gilligan's Island or Lost in Space--- you know, it's a little bit too convenient that the characters just happened to have enough red dye to make all these beautiful changes in the time it took Hawkeye to drive to Oujanbou. Bah!!! <br /><br />(oddly enough, I read that this episode was based on a true story...!)Russellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242198036084484844.post-55778537691273432662009-08-30T03:10:18.126-04:002009-08-30T03:10:18.126-04:00This may be one that M*A*S*H* detractors love to h...This may be one that <i>M*A*S*H*</i> detractors love to hate--and Hawkeye steps out of the tent (tent???) where the peace talks are being held not only one step ahead of the MPs but also one step ahead of seriously getting self-righteous in his spiel to the brass--but I love this episode. <br /><br />Margaret's sadness and rage over her now dead marriage ("look at the place I picked to have a marriage!") remains touching, while Hawkeye's cheek and quick-witedness in taking on the peace talk single-handedly works for me. <br />Again, however, his scene is just long enough to both amuse, but not annoy... even if it strains credulity somewhat that Hawk is allow to remain long enough to even say "Hi, General."What the Parrot Sawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08039363570921658045noreply@blogger.com