Other than Hawkeye who was your favorite MASH character?

[WI_DEM]

[proud patriot]

1. Hot Lips

:hi:

[terrya]

2. Gotta be Klinger

Though he got to be a drag (sorry) for NOT wearing women's clothes towards the end of the series.

[WI_DEM]

4. yes, once he took over from Radar as company clerk

he stopped wearing dresses and the series also became less funny around that time.

[jpgray]

20. I think that trait of his was based on how Lenny Bruce got out of the army

Someone tell me if I'm wrong--I know I've heard that a few times.

[ret5hd]

3. it was that really hot out-of-work model that answered the door when...

oh wait...that was M*U*F*F*...completely different thing. sorry.

[Tripper11]

5. Hands down....Henry! eom

[WhollyHeretic]

6. Frank Burns- He is an absolute republican, such a weasly jackass

I'm very glad they are showing reruns again.

[MN ChimpH8R]

7. This country is now being run by Frank Burnses

and Major Flaggs (you remember him - the psycho CIA guy, M*A*S*H's own G. Gordon Liddy). It seemed for a while that the Potters and Hawkeyes would prevail in the real world, but sadly, no. :(

[Darth_Kitten]

10. Ferret Face

:)

[Gildor Inglorion]

8. Radar...that was so ME when I was in the army

:patriot:

[Darth_Kitten]

9. Captain Tuttle

Before his most unfortunate accident. :(

Colonel Flag was always a hoot. :) I knew somebody just like him when I was a sea cadet as a teen. :)

[The Spirit Of Radio]

11. Trapper *is* my favorite character.

:P

Followed by BJ. ;)

[Colonel Flagg]

12. Why didn't you put me in your commie pinko poll?

[WI_DEM]

13. Sorry, Flagg

Do you still "leave like the wind?" or something like that.

[Colonel Flagg]

16. Nobody sees me leave. I disappear like the wind.

It's my trademark. And if you don't close your eyes, I won't leave!

[Doctor_J]

21. I love Flagg - a couple quotes

"Don't play dumb with me Potter - I'm better at it then you are"

"Nobody leaves until I do and I never do"

to Winchester:"Fact - you want out of Korea"
CEW:"Fact - everybody does"

[Mizmoon]

14. HORSE HOCKEY!

Col. Potter should have more votes, dammit!

Radar!

[BikeWriter]

24. I voted for Potter, too.

[CBHagman]

15. I voted for Klinger but also liked Mulcahy.

Klinger certainly had one of the most memorable first appearances in a TV sitcom ever -- first in drag, then, it was implied, completely naked.

[skygazer]

17. Henry was wonderful

He was such a nut and a scatterbrain. I liked Potter but the show just wasn't the same after Henry left - for one thing, everyone got so NICE. Hot Lips was "Margaret" now and nice. Klinger stopped wearing dresses and was nice. Frank was gone and Winchester was just sarcastic, not really off the wall. BJ was just a nice guy. Blah. Got boring.

[Zenlitened]

18. B.J. -- he reminds me of my brother.

:loveya:

[barb162]

19. Klinger was wonderful but Radar was better

[Va Lefty]

22. Sherman T. Potter!

[El Fuego]

23. I liked Frank Burns

He was a coward, a snivelly conniving weasel, and totally self-righteous -- in short, the consummate republican.

He was such a pathetic loser that I felt sorry for him. So even here he gets my pity vote.

[Archae]

25. Sidney Freeman

The psychiatrist.

When he faced off against "super-patriot" Flagg, it was pure gold.

[MN ChimpH8R]

29. Weird detail

that I must have read on DU. Allan Arbus, the guy who played Sidney Freedman, was married to Diane Arbus at some point. I always thought that if I found a therapist as humane but persistent as Dr. Freedman, I'd make some progress. And I was right.

[WoodrowFan]

35. agreed

He's who I thought of, a great character...

[KamaAina]

26. I'll go with Mulcahy because I actually met William Christopher

at an autism conference in Toronto (he's a dad and wrote a book, Mixed Blessings, about his experience).

Actually they all rocked. That's what made MASH MASH.

Come to think of it, we once had a kitten we called "Ferret-face" (we ended up naming her Elsa)...

[Mojambo]

27. Winchester

A very nicely realized character.

[blondeatlast]

28. Dago Red was suitably befuddled by the irony of war and religion.

Please note I'm thinking of MASH the book, not the movie or TV show.

[TOhioLiberal]

30. Klinger...

...He's a hometown boy. Go Hens!

[driver8]

31. Col. Flagg, of course!!

What a great character!

"No one leaves before I do...and I never do."

[soothsayer]

32. Yup, Col. Flagg

[kick-ass-bob]

33. The Colonel.

Potter or Blake. I chose Potter, but that was just barely.

[LynneSin]

34. MASH jumped shark after Trapper John left

BJ was too preachy