tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242198036084484844.post4982650212223292441..comments2023-11-03T08:13:12.122-04:00Comments on AfterM*A*S*H: Episode 215 - That's Show Bizrob!http://www.blogger.com/profile/17556471244882205031noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242198036084484844.post-51274897448433646922010-02-16T10:28:24.800-05:002010-02-16T10:28:24.800-05:00Granted, the jokes were bad, even for the fifties,...Granted, the jokes were bad, even for the fifties, but I am trying to identify the accordion song played to Charles when she said it was for someone so full of himself. I know the tune but can't put a name to it.<br />Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242198036084484844.post-30185448324408459692009-11-26T03:26:06.370-05:002009-11-26T03:26:06.370-05:00Heh. No apologies necessary, Russell. :-) I'm ...Heh. No apologies necessary, Russell. :-) I'm not a fan of this episode.<br /><br />Opinions vary on the series. I do know folks who love the 'dramedy' tone of the last few seasons. I think that the series was running out of gas by now, but there is still plenty of good in the last two seasons, even if the drama is by now generally better than the comedy.<br /><br />This is the closest the series ever got to a truly trite episode all the way through. First off, the traveling special services show was done way better at the end of the first season. I also (sad to say) care little about the backstory of any of the entertainers here, with the exception of Ellie. And the motif of matching each of the regulars with an entertainer- have I said trite yet?<br /><br />One of the few episodes I always skip over. Its understandable that the series would recycle plots from earlier seasons- the show was set in a fixed time and place, after all. But there is a creeping sense from here on out, that the creators' hearts are simply not into light humor- it shows here.What the Parrot Sawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08039363570921658045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242198036084484844.post-73882431995695787222009-11-25T10:43:41.878-05:002009-11-25T10:43:41.878-05:00I remember this episode, and, sorry, but I didn...I remember this episode, and, sorry, but I didn't like it. Freddie's jokes were TERRIBLE and not at all funny. The "old" Hawkeye would have slept with the girl no matter how "wide eyed" she was; so that didn't ring true, either. The Brandy-Potter situation was better played back in that earlier episode (Belle? whatever it was). Charles and Ellie, and maybe Father Mulcahy and Sarah were the only thing "new" about this episode, and it seemed to go on forever when the camera was away from DOS and WC. Sorry, Parrot!Russellnoreply@blogger.com