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MASH Minute

Megan & Tierney

A Movies-by-Minutes podcast analyzing the 1970 Robert Altman film M*A*S*H

society & culture history

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0:27:18

Minute 96: What’s in a Name

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2019/11/12

In this tough minute, we learn about “Spearchucker” Jones and meet him as he starts football practice. We love Fred Williamson while hating his character’s nickname. Each of us finds some solace though. Tierney realizes Duke should be called “Augie”. Guest Jennifer Levasseur admires the parking skills of a Jeep driver in the background. And Megan fills us in on the amazing Dr. Alvin Blount, Jr. from the IRL MASH 8225th.

0:40:58

Minute 95: Hey Hawkeye, You Call Him Dr. Jones!

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2019/11/11

This minute is a doozy: it introduces a new important MASH character. But instead of using his given name, for some inexplicable reason, he is “nicknamed” a racist insult. This in the same 60 seconds where Hammond dismisses Houlihan’s charges with “Screw her”. So you can understand why Megan, Tierney, and Jennifer Levasseur needed to take a detour and talk about college football. But things get really interesting when discussion turns to the historical accuracy of this movie, the tv show, what the

0:28:45

Minute 94: Regular Army Astronaut

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2019/11/08

This episode came very close to being named “Ah, Toledo!” because native daughter Jennifer Levasseur is back and she has lots of stories about Jamie Farr, golf, Mud hens, and Walleyes. On screen, someone is manipulating someone into playing a football game, but we are as confused as Duke about exactly what’s happening. We continue trying to read the room as Hammond joins Henry in his office and inches closer to our sports spectacle while playing with a model helicopter and ignoring Blake’s

0:23:35

Minute 93: Doing Our Homework

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2019/11/07

Let the football begin! And the sexism continue. Today Hammond arrives at the 4077th (in an unidentifiably weird Jeep) along with his mysterious aide. After he and Vollmer exchange some of the world’s worst ADR, we dig in with guest Jennifer Levasseur to try to make sense of a few things. Like why everyone is on a first name basis with the brigadier general… or why there are all these jet planes flying overhead… or how this investigation into Houlihan’s complaints turned into a conversation about

0:45:22

Minute 92: Mail Call

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2019/11/06

Have you ever heard the tragedy of Colonel Henry Blake trying to regain a sense of normalcy in Korea by keeping up with his fishing? Today Alex Robinson joins us to watch Blake and Radar work together in perfect harmony. General Hammond follows up on Houlihan’s report, although he doesn’t get very far. We get very far afield as we talk about the Battle of Old Baldy, bobbins and culottes, Winona Ryder Halloween costumes, Dirty Harry… But it all comes back together when Alex issues us the challenge of

0:26:28

Minute 91: Be with Ya in a Minute

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2019/11/05

This minute is not going to go how you think it will. It starts in the O.R. and ends with Henry’s fishing habits, but really this is a minute about torturing your college roommates. Today we discuss important things like how do you lock a tent? If you say Maugham enough times, will he appear in your bathroom mirror? Does Margaret have a shot in the 1952 Hide-and-Seek Championship? Paint a Moorish symbol on your door, wear a blue bathrobe with army boots, slip into your muscle tank scrubs, whatever

0:21:58

Minute 90: Rosie’s Cousin

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2019/11/04

Crack yourself open a cold grape Ne-Hi, sit back, and make like Mulcahy by ignoring Trapper’s rudeness in this minute. Returning guest Chris Callaghan is here to discuss Robert Altman’s favorite part of the movie. We debate the practicality of golf shoes in the O.R. as well as the cast list for The Halls of Montezuma, the entrancing visuals, some subtle (and not so subtle) digs at religion, and the talents of both William Christopher and Rene Auberjonois. Even Socks, the Clinton’s cat, becomes a

0:28:01

Minute 89: There Goes My Colonel

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2019/11/01

Colonel Merrill may feel as firm as the Rock of Gibraltar but that’s no match against being gassed into a coma. When he comes to, he finds himself in bed with one of the ladies of the NEHWH… and the focus of a rather suggestive photography session! Jen Struzziero is back to talk about audio books, Sam Hills, and the amazing camerawork in this scene. Don’t be fooled into thinking all is well though: we uncover a golfing scene from the script that was mercifully cut.

0:18:59

Minute 88: Fis-tuli, Fis-tula Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha

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2019/10/31

Let’s get clinical, clinical… Today Me Lay asks the guys for help treating a newborn who’s have trouble and plans are quickly laid for getting him into the hospital for surgery. While Tierney and guest Jen Struzziero of The Big Brown Chair fawn over this adorable infant, Marston worries about getting caught by Colonel Merrill. We dig in to the hospital’s duty to this kid and the nonsensicalness of “mid season finales” in modern television shows, and still find time to teach Jen about MASH

0:34:47

Minute 87: “Maybe it’s not that kind of whorehouse”

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2019/10/30

Sean German joins us one more time as Hawkeye and Trapper escape the Colonel’s court martial and head for dinner at the NEHWH instead. In a minute that really rewards reading the closed captioning, we instead talk about Boston real estate including The Glass Slipper, Ruckus noodle shop, and the old Combat Zone. While Megan is startled at the sight of Hawkeye without a hat and Tierney bemoans the long list of uncredited actors from this film, we all band together to debate the difference between a

0:23:51

Minute 86: The Colonel’s Office

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2019/10/29

The Korean War is the top news story of 1951, there continue to be no consequences for the doctors, and Sean German is back for another episode! Maybe you didn’t think you needed head cannon for who decorated Colonel Merrill’s office or where these guys got their golf balls—but you did and you’re welcome. Move over Maslow, Trapper’s hierarchy of needs is in full swing this minute as Hawkeye explains how they’re going to get out of this latest jam while they practice their putting in the colonel’s

0:29:02

Minute 85: The Receptionist’s Revenge: A Spy Movie

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2019/10/28

Hawkeye is having the BEST trip to Japan: he has an in in Kokura after running into Ezekiel “Me Lay” Marston. Trapper just wants to get out to the golf course, but they are waylaid by the MPs. After being corralled into Colonel Merrill’s office they surrender and surely learn an important lesson in courtesy. Guest Sean German is just kidding, of course. No, Hawkeye and Trapper now pretend to be part of a totally different type of movie and they even enlist the movie’s score in helping them.

0:31:54

Minute 84: Hey, Can I Walk You Home?

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2019/10/25

It’s a small war after all: the gas passer for this operation in Japan is an old friend of Hawkeye’s. After a little more identity subterfuge between New Englanders, Trapper fills us in on “Me Lay” Marston’s unusual nickname and Marston fills us in on why he doesn’t have time to golf. Sean German joins us to help appreciate the genius of the New Era Hospital and Whore House—the NEHWH—a less problematic place than you might assume. We share strong opinions on what to do in a library, in the privacy

0:53:56

Minute 83: Dick Shawn with a Mustache

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2019/10/24

If you think this episode’s title is odd, just brace yourself. Today the tangents are flowing fast and furious between Megan, Tierney, and Jim O’Kane. This is an iconic minute of MASH where we see Captain Peterson bested, ask Trapper how he wants his steak cooked, start an operation on the congressman’s son, AND meet Colonel Merrill and his boss mustache. But if you think having that much to talk about will stop us from also discussing astronauts, Mr. and Mrs. Radar’s autumnal Ottumwa Iowa

0:38:24

Minute 82: You Have Not Seen Such a Pretty Lady

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2019/10/23

We have an absolutely packed episode of MASH Minute today. Onscreen, the fight with Marion Peterson escalates to the point that she calls for backup: Captain Peterson. Played by Cathleen Cordell, she quickly becomes a favorite of Megan, Tierney, and guest Jim O’Kane. Jaunty hats, good posture, and a last minute movies-by-minutes miracle all help us move on from “thirtysomething syndrome” and the terrible dialogue Trapper was spouting in the hallway.

0:30:52

Minute 81: The Ballad of Bobby Troup

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2019/10/22

What do Jim O’Kane, Julie London, and Harold E. Stine all have in common? They’re all incredibly important to this minute of MASH. As the trip to Japan begins, we meet Bobby Troup and his boss ring before being whisked into the hospital to find the congressman’s son. In this vignette, the role of the loudspeaker will be performed by a gong. Side discussions: the sideburn wars of Emergency!, wedding rings on All in the Family and The X-Files, and the startling realization that they made a tv series

0:30:41

Minute 80: Shirley, I Think This is the Beginning of...

MASH Minute ·

2019/10/21

Adam Liebreich-Johnsen rejoins the gang to debate the appeal of golfing, because while Hawkeye and Trapper are very excited to hit some balls in Japan, we would rather be mini-golfing. Everyone agrees two Captain John McIntyres is a terrible idea and that Vollmer’s awkward exit is superb. This is also a great minute if you want to realize that Richard Hornberger totally used the “pro from Dover” ruse that he included in the novel. Take two golf balls and call Elliott Gould when you get to

0:20:00

Minute 79: Tell Me Where It Hurts

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2019/10/18

Today Megan and Tierney are joined by Adam Liebreich-Johnsen for an actually fun minute! Vollmer is confused, Trapper teases this lieutenant by acting as if he’s a patient, and Hawkeye sounds a bit like Doc Brown from Back to the Future. What are they gonna do next? They’re going to Tokyo Disneyland! Ok, not really, but Trapper is to proceed to Kokura, Japan.

0:38:12

Minute 78: Communist Palazzo

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2019/10/17

An apple a day keeps the doctor away, especially if you throw some of it at his back. The Korean doctor tells Hawkeye “Nice try” and takes Ho Jon with him. (Ho Jon Lives! should be spray painted on the subway walls.) We are all whisked back to the 4077th to move on via golfing. We get a fun anti-war announcement, learn about Sedalia and their VFW post, conduct some fashion analysis, and realize that Mike basically lived MASH one evening on a rooftop.

0:28:05

Minute 77: Goose, Goose, Gourd

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2019/10/16

Chris Callaghan and Mike Logerfo join the ladies of MASH to talk about the results of Ho Jon’s medical exam. We’re all shocked at how bad a liar Hawkeye is… although no one is surprised that Tierney noticed the dogs in this minute. What do Burl Ives, Nova Scotian slang, and Sudafed have in common? Press “y” to find out! (Note from Tierney: I don’t know if that video game joke actually makes any sense.)

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