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MASH Minute

Megan & Tierney

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

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0:21:35

Minute 116: Leslie’s Last Look

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2019/12/10

Character analysis! Credits! Controversy! And TWO final jokes! For the last minute of the film, this is a jam-packed episode. The gong and loudspeaker are united at last as guest Pete Mummert realizes this means Duke and Hawkeye are just living in Japan now. Enjoy the long goodbye talking about our final thoughts on Altman and Altman’s final thoughts on endings. Leave with the Jeep that brung ya!

0:24:53

Minute 115: Amen, Farewell & Goodbye

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2019/12/09

Didn’t you ever go to Sunday School? Today Rene Auberjonois finds a prayer for a Jeep, Pete Mummert explains who is and isn’t going to Ethiopia, and we debate if any of these guys have been transformed by their experiences in the MASH. Being sad about the lack of goodbye between Duke and Margaret, we make it worse by imagining what that scene would have been like. Yikes. The only way to cheer ourselves up is to listen to the last movie announcement… and, hey, wait a minute! WE’VE been watching

0:40:30

Minute 114: Damned Perfectionist

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2019/12/06

As Duke and Margaret realize their relationship is over, MASH Minute experiences its first Beautiful Eyes Alert. Right after this silent emotional exchange, Altman cuts to the Swampmen saying good-bye because he hates Tierney and wants to make her cry. Pup Pup whimpers, for god’s sake! We recover by discussing Trapper’s stunted emotional maturity, debating the merits of the TV show’s spinoffs, and investigating deployment lengths. #LetColonelPotterRetire #TakeCareOfTheSquirrels

0:28:13

Minute 113: After D*U*K*E

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2019/12/05

Hawkeye, put a mask on! Donald Sutherland interrupts an operation to let Duke know they can go home, prompting a fantasy… or a flash forward… or what was an alternate ending. Megan is predictably cynical about Duke’s happy homecoming with his wife. Tierney predictably wishes she was excitedly leaping around on this tarmac too. And guest Pete Mummert is predictably worried about the dog running so close to the road. It’s all going to be okay (maybe) as we begin the last scene of the movie.

0:25:48

Minute 112: Tiers of Beers and a Body in the Background

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2019/12/04

After a victory celebration in the middle of the MASH unit, the scene changes to a poker game. Perhaps they’re spending all their winnings. Perhaps they’re drinking stolen beer. All we know for sure is that it’s NOT Ho Jon’s body being loaded onto a truck outside. Come for the confusion over what Trapper’s hand means, stay for the love of Margaret’s style and competitive instincts. Oh, also Megan, Tierney, and guest Dan Hoisington write the perfect sequel aka “AFTER MASH, The Movie: The Brotherhood

0:20:47

Minute 111: MASH Triumphant. Altman Stoned.

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2019/12/03

Welcome to Chaos Minute, where we analyze the end of this football game in all its glory. From the referee’s overenthusiastic gun shooting to Vollmer’s end zone “celebration”, from Mulcahy poppin’ bottles to whirly sound rings, we embrace the hectic energy of MASH winning the game (much to Hammond’s dismay). Dan Hoisington-McArthur is back to help us unpack what it means that the EVAC players are busy smoking a joint while poor Vollmer is left out of the locker room party. That’s him in the corner

0:19:53

Minute 110: My Dear Sweet Vollmer Boy

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2019/12/02

It’s the beginning of the end as Jones announces to the team huddle that he has a trick play to win the game! We’re joined by Dan Hoisington-McArthur to discuss the mysteries of Radar’s missing water bottle, the power of inflation, and how these crazy football plays actually work sometimes. As Vollmer becomes the most important person in this movie, we teach our guest about the O.G. mumblecore.

0:32:22

Minute 109: Jones Gets Hit So Hard, So Hard, So Hard

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2019/11/29

After realizing Houlihan just needs to play Powderpuff Football (and that Nirvana is now “classic rock” and we are all ancient), we dig into the 3-angle replay of a vicious tackle. Jen Deaderick isn’t a super-fan of football but she IS determined to get Tierney prescription goggles and to convince the world of the greatness of babies wearing hats. A real life Hot Lips and a real life pro footballer Deaderick end our week, but nothing will stop the fighting in this football game.

0:25:06

Minute 108: Hammond’s Work Wife

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2019/11/28

Oh, hang on a sec, Hammond needs to objectify this cheerleader real quick. Today a nonsensical insult from Blake leads to us to conclude that everyone is just meat, guest Jen Deaderick manages to connect Hammond and his aide with Charles and Ray Eames, and Megan chairs a meeting of the Elliott Gould Fan Club. We get political but tie it back to the atmosphere around MASH and the Cold War, so it’s relevant! Listener, you incredible nincompoop, we are finally getting through this football game.

0:29:35

Minute 107: Imagining Gladys

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2019/11/27

After Jones explains the old pro trick EVAC 88 (Mr. Bastard) has played on Judson, MASH 69 takes his revenge and it is indeed divine. His insulting of the guy’s sister reminds us of Slap Shot, which makes us think about Paul Newman, which is dreamy. Jen Deaderick joins us in admiring Altman’s use of sound and this movie’s comedic editing, which makes us think about Marcia Lucas, and it’s also dreamy. And we round out our analysis of this minute discussing Patton and George C. Scott (who some people

0:21:45

Minute 106: Combat Adjacent

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2019/11/26

Jen Deaderick brings the insight to this football game and how it stands in for war in this movie. The men are busy trying to prove their manliness via sports, which is why they’re so rude to the cheerleaders, and Houlihan is letting out her animal side watching them. We ruin The Wizard of Oz, try to make everything Blythe Danner, and appreciate Margaret’s DGAF attitude. On screen Judson gets into a fight and off screen Tierney is coming around on Robert Altman as a director!

0:40:31

Minute 105: Apples and Grandfathers

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2019/11/25

You will never hear a more pure reaction than the moment when Gary Roby is told about the nicknames in this movie. Poor Gary was not expecting football, but luckily his grandpa was a Panthers fan AND a veteran of the Korean Conflict. Between bouts of nostalgia, we admire the cool camerawork as the football game starts getting out of control, discuss genre fiction (Y not try some YA today?), and learn the origin of the phrase “How do you like them apples”. Surprise: apples are not involved at all

0:24:15

Minute 104: A Tale of Two Radars

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2019/11/22

Guest Paul Francis Sullivan returns to bring it with trivia about the actors from MASH—and his analysis of why we feel bad for Radar in this scene prompts a deep dive into how this story was adapted for the tv show. But, really, how could we not feel sorry for Radar as EVAC Number 88 literally just spits water all over him? Hammond and Blake double the bets, Johnny Mandel’s “The Football Game” kicks in, and Jones dominates on the field (and earns a new nickname) as the second half begins.

0:36:11

Minute 103: The NYU Fighting Violets

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2019/11/21

After Super Bug takes out the cheerleaders (in a joke that has always and will always get a laugh), the teams retire to their locker rooms. Blake’s inspiring halftime speech is cut short when he has to go press the bets. Our pal Sully learns a heartbreaking fact about the MASH cheerleaders. But no one can be sad too long with MASH pajamas, Father Mulcahy sipping a beer, and the firm knowledge that MASH and Jaws are forever linked.

0:29:57

Minute 102: Schuck Says F*ck

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2019/11/20

This is a confusing minute, and not just for EVAC football player Smith, who now believes he’s at a track meet after being drugged. Mike thought he was talking about Harold Ramis, Tierney never took physics, and Megan is swept away by her Norwegian Long Jump Lover. Also, the 220 and 440 are not track events, but the broad jump is. Also, this is the first f-bomb in movie history, but not really.

0:23:00

Minute 101: Do Not Football with Needles

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2019/11/19

Radar gives a lot more than water to the players: he delivers a needle of… something that instantly messes up our dear Super Bug after he is (safely) injected with it. We debate whose plan this was, how football teams are assembled for movies, and spoil the ending of Varsity Blues. Really, I cannot emphasize enough how blatantly we give away every major plot point of Varsity Blues. You’ve been warned. Mike Logerfo is back and he is definitely NOT encouraging us to commit crimes to get a copy of

0:27:43

Minute 100: Learning about Linemen

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2019/11/18

A lineman is not supposed to have the ball. Dads love to give history lessons about Nixon. Coffee is good. These are the truths Megan and Tierney hold to be self-evident as they watch Judson fall down, Trapper get mad, and the center sending the ball way over Duke’s head.

0:26:05

Minute 99: Hail! Hail! To MASHigan

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2019/11/15

This minute features all things football: old sports newsreels, actors pretending to be athletes, athletes pretending to be actors… There’s also plenty of fashion talk thanks to Houlihan (in a sporty look) and Jones (in the worst possible disguise!), and the popularity of Griffith Park for filming movies. We hear some of Fred Williamson’s thoughts on Dr. Ollie Jones. All that plus Ben Davidson and Super Gnat!

0:28:24

Minute 98: “Sports Expert”

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2019/11/14

Blake has a great idea: maybe they should have some plays. Guest Mike Carlucci has a great idea: let’s introduce the idea of a movie about a mule that plays football. That will keep us on topic! We talk about Jones as an off-field team leader, The Washington Post March by John Phillips Souza, the classic film Little Giants, and Lindsay Lohan. (Yes, again, back off.) Come for the argument that everyone should play flag football instead of tackle, stay for us convinced that’s Colonel Flagg hiding in

0:25:45

Minute 97: Radar, You’re a Coach!

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2019/11/13

Mike Carlucci joins us to watch football and cheerleading practice. Nobody looks very good, but the important thing is to have fun! Megan asks Tierney about her “vast football knowledge” which turns out to mostly be the names of dogs associated with the Cleveland Browns. From Everything You Know Is Wrong to My Favorite Spring, from pro athletes in the Korean War to M.D. football players now, we embrace a “very Altman-y” minute.

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