You’d be forgiven for never noticing this change in the opening credits of MASH. For the first 8 seasons of the show, the first shot in the opening credits is the back of Radar’s head as he looks up at the arriving helicopters. But after Gary Burghoff left the show for personal reasons, this opening … Read more
This is the second time I’ve found myself reacting to a Screen Rant article. What can I say, there is fact and there is just “let’s make some stuff up.” It’s not that any of the facts in this article are wrong; it’s that the heady consequences described never occurred. In the piece titled MASH’s … Read more
Just about every time Radar got on the phone, the first person he spoke to was Sparky. Sparky then connected him to wherever or whomever he wanted to be connected to. Radar and Sparky were pals and often did some horse trading for different luxuries or supplies. Did they ever meet on the show? Do … Read more
Gary Burghoff, the actor who played Radar O’Reilly on MASH, always hid his left hand because of a congenital condition called Poland Syndrome. This hand deformity caused the fingers on his left hand to be significantly shorter than his right. This hand deformity caused Gary Burghoff to cleverly hide his left hand, but not for … Read more
Although, admittedly, our beloved MASH TV show became the Hawkeye show in later seasons, he wasn’t the first character to speak in the show. That honor went, fittingly, to the only actor playing a main character who also appeared in the film version. Now, technically, I’m playing fast and loose with the truth if I … Read more