Hometowns of M*A*S*H characters

[Rob Petrie]

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How many M*A*S*H characters' hometowns (city, state) can you name?


Easier

Capt. Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce I know!
Cpl. Walter "Radar" O'Reilly I know!
Cpl. Maxwell Q. Klinger I know!
Col. Sherman T. Potter I know!
Maj. Charles Emerson Winchester I know!
Capt. B.J. Hunnicutt I know!
Lt. Col. Henry Blake I know!


Harder

Maj. Frank Burns I know!
Maj. Margaret Houlihan (I think I know)
Capt. Trapper John MacIntyre ?
Maj. Sidney Freedman ?
Sgt. Zale ?
Pvt. Igor ?
Col. Flagg (i.e., 'The Wind') ?



"The dreams are peaceful. It's reality that's the nightmare."
--Maj. Sidney Freedman

"In order to be crazy in this outfit, you have to stand in line!"
--Cpl. Max Klinger, watching Maj. Freedman and Capt. Pierce play imaginary
basketball.

#109 "Hawk's Nightmare" (Dec. 21, 1976)

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"The world has gone crazy: The best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer
is a black guy, the US is accusing France of arrogance, and Germany doesn't
want to go to war."
--Jimmy Buffett

[Doug Krause]

Post by Rob Petrie
Col. Sherman T. Potter I know!

Can you name BOTH states he claimed as home?

[Doug]

Post by Rob Petrie
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How many M*A*S*H characters' hometowns (city, state) can you name?
Easier
Capt. Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce

Crabapple Cove,Maine

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Cpl. Walter "Radar" O'Reilly

Ottumwa,Iowa

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Cpl. Maxwell Q. Klinger

Toledo,Ohio

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Col. Sherman T. Potter

Hannibal,Missouri

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Maj. Charles Emerson Winchester

Boston.....yes,heh,heh,Massachusetts

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Capt. B.J. Hunnicutt

Mill Valley,California

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Lt. Col. Henry Blake

Bloomington,Illinois

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Harder
Maj. Frank Burns

Fort Wayne,Indiana

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Maj. Margaret Houlihan

Was Margarets hometown ever mentioned?
Fort Bliss?

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Capt. Trapper John MacIntyre

Boston,Massachusetts

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Maj. Sidney Freedman
Sgt. Zale

Both from Brooklyn,NY

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Pvt. Igor

Don't know.

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Col. Flagg (i.e., 'The Wind')

Don't know that one either.

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Col. Sherman T. Potter
Can you name BOTH states he claimed as home?

Missouri AND Nebraska

[ESolomonso]

Date: 07/17/2003 8:37 PM

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Capt. Trapper John MacIntyre

Boston,Massachusetts

In which episode is this mentioned?

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Maj. Sidney Freedman
Sgt. Zale

Both from Brooklyn,NY

Zale was from Brooklyn, Freedman is from Manhattan.

Eddie
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If I want to chew the fat, I'll eat a sandwich.

[PAUL GADZIKOWSKI]

ESolomonso <***@aol.comnospam> wrote:
:>"Doug" ***@hotmail.com
My impression is
:>> Sgt. Zale
:>Both from Brooklyn,NY
:
: Zale was from Brooklyn, Freedman is from Manhattan.

I have a distinct impression that Sidney was at the University of Chicago
when he was called up.

Paul Gadzikowski, ***@iglou.com since 1995
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"I confess, captain, that I have yet to persuade the laws of probability
to describe the Doctor."

[ESolomonso]

Date: 07/18/2003 7:02 AM
: Zale was from Brooklyn, Freedman is from Manhattan.
I have a distinct impression that Sidney was at the University of Chicago
when he was called up.

Could be but I'm sure his home-town was NYC. (Just can't remember which ep but
Aussie Brad should know. He's the maven with these things)

Eddie
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If I want to chew the fat, I'll eat a sandwich.

[Gumbo ...]

Post by Rob Petrie
Capt. Trapper John MacIntyre ?

Wasn't it said he was from San Francisco but he interned at Boston
General...

[ESolomonso]

Date: 07/18/2003 9:15 PM
Wasn't it said he was from San Francisco but he interned at Boston
General...

In a recent thread, I mentioned that the only time I can remember Trapper
alluding to a home town was in the Pilot.
When Hammond wanted to arrest Hawkeye and Trapper, Trapper asked if they would
have the trial in San Francisco.
Wasn't San Francisco the first stop for GI's
returning home?
You're correct in saying Trapper interned in Boston, but I don't recall him
mentioning any hospital.

Eddie
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If I want to chew the fat, I'll eat a sandwich.

[Rob Petrie]

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:>Wasn't it said he was from San Francisco but he interned at Boston
:>General...
: In a recent thread, I mentioned that the only time I can remember

Trapper

: alluding to a home town was in the Pilot.
: When Hammond wanted to arrest Hawkeye and Trapper, Trapper asked if they

would

: have the trial in San Francisco.
: Wasn't San Francisco the first stop for GI's
: returning home?
: You're correct in saying Trapper interned in Boston, but I don't recall

him

: mentioning any hospital.
Boston was the novel Trapper John's home and the movie Trapper John's
home. The tv Trapper John specifies in 'Mad Dogs and Servicemen' that
Boston is "where I interned" (when he "wasn't trying to sneak into the
ballpark"); surely not a specification one would make about one's
hometown.
I always assumed that tv Trapper John was from the south somewhere, since
his accent's very like that of Wayne Rogers who's from the south
somewhere. But, with the oblique reference in the pilot and the setting of
TRAPPER JOHN MD, the argument for San Francisco as tv Trapper John's home,
or perhaps adult home but not birthplace, is at least as strong as mine
for somewhere in the south.

Wayne Rogers was born in Birmingham, AL (Apr. 7, 1933) but his voice on
the show doesn't sound to me as if he was from the South. Maybe he moved
somewhere else shortly after?
I had no idea he is 70! He looks terrific when I see him sometimes on
CNBC as a financial pundit.

Trivia from IMDB.com: "When he left MASH, he was sued for breach of
contract, but the case was thrown out because he had no contract. Producers
wanted him to sign a morality clause, in which he could be suspended or
fired at any time, and he refused because he wanted the same privilege
regarding the producers."

Now that's a great switcheroo in tv-movie making if I ever heard one:
an actor getting to fire the producers!

I think this discussion has acheived FAQ status, Elf.

Well, isn't that special!

[PAUL GADZIKOWSKI]

Rob Petrie <r*@att.net> wrote:
: Now that's a great switcheroo in tv-movie making if I ever heard one:
: an actor getting to fire the producers!

I understand that that happened on GENE RODDENBERRY'S ANDROMEDA a year
ago. To me it explains a great deal.



Paul Gadzikowski, ***@iglou.com since 1995
http://members.iglou.com/scarfman

"I confess, captain, that I have yet to persuade the laws of probability
to describe the Doctor."

[Mark S]

I think Hot Lips was born in Fort Ord, TX.

But I could be wrong.

Take Care!
Mark

[ESolomonso]

Date: 07/19/2003 12:03 AM
I think Hot Lips was born in Fort Ord, TX.
But I could be wrong.

I believe she served "under" Gen Barker at Fort Ord.

Eddie
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If I want to chew the fat, I'll eat a sandwich.

[PAUL GADZIKOWSKI]

Rob Petrie <r*@att.net> wrote:
: I would guess Fort Dix(?) in NJ since Loretta Swit is from Passaic, NJ
: (b. Nov. 4, 1937) and she might want to promote her home state. It's hard
: to imagine she will be 66 this November. And was almost 35 at the start of
: M*A*S*H.

That's about five years younger than the character was described in the
novel.

Paul Gadzikowski, ***@iglou.com since 1995
http://members.iglou.com/scarfman

"I confess, captain, that I have yet to persuade the laws of probability
to describe the Doctor."