Season 6, Episode 18: Your Hit Parade
Special Guest Stars: Tim English and Britt Schramm
Air Date: January 24, 1978
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It’s the return of Radar! Hooray!
This episode was a bit of a throwback to the wacky days of Seasons 1 to 3, but in a good way.
Holy hell! I really hear my cold in this podcast! I had a blast recording this episode, it was a lot of fun with Rob and Britt. I also noticed that I started to go off on tangents at different points. But most importantly I had a blast on this episode.
Tangents are good & add a certain flavor to the discussion. Full disclosure: I am guilty of doing the same.
Great conversation about an enjoyable episode. I really do like these type of episodes, where all the characters are involved in different aspects of the same storyline, I prefer that to the divided A- and B-plots they tended to do a lot later on.
I have never thought about how old the “world’s smallest violin”-joke is (I’m not American and it’s not really a thing here), but maybe the show is telling us Margaret Houlihan invented the joke. She repeated it back in the States, and it caught on. Good for you, Margaret! 😉 😉 😉
I really like that small moment, with Charles’ “I though you were different”-line. There are so many moment on the show that we see how Margaret really is a lot like Hawkeye and BJ, and even Trapper. Even though she is aligned so strongly with Frank in the beginning, it’s always clear that in the way she cares about the wounded, relates to the locals, the orphans etc. she really has more in common with them in several ways. Like in “The Kids” for example, where BJ and Hawkeye gives Frank’s Purple Heart to the baby, she is all on board with that. Not to mention a tiny bit flirty with Hawkeye…
Had things been different, early Margaret really could have been friends with them, and it becomes clear how she truly was a party girl thrown into a very dangerous, frightening situation, with so much responsibility, and she grabbed on to the one person that resembled something familiar, that offered her some sense of safety and control. And respect.
Had party girl-Margaret, and not Major Houlihan, met Trapper and Hawkeye on R & R in Tokyo, for example, I think they would have had a great time.
In this episode, I really like that Charles comes to that realization too, that she might be a cute firecracker, an exotic creature in his world, but there can absolutely not be anything more.
This was a great episode & I felt lucky to be a part of the team that broke it down (my fondness for detailed trivia & love of highlighting the wonky MASH time aside).
Just one question remains – where is the Parrot Pod?
Like I said, I just need a steady co-host and I am ready to go.
I might fill the bill based on the schedule. As you could tell, I have no problem taking about tunes.
The confluence of our interests surrounding MASH & music made this almost the perfect episode to discuss. I felt honored to be on the pod.
One question remains – when does “ParrotPod” start? However, if it hasn’t been picked up, I would love the name “Pod of a Son of a Sailor” but the reasons for that name would have to wait until the first episode.
That is a PERFECT name.
broadcast tv stopped at midnight in San Francisco in 1951
As Johnny used to say “I did not know that”
re doris day, Maybe they wanted to use judy Garland but thought it was tacky?
I have had a lot of medical procedures in my life. I have been stuck too many times to count. But I can’t stand to watch the needle go in so I close my eyes until it is in and they have the bandage over it. I don’t mind seeing blood go out or IV fluids go in, I just don’t like seeing the needle inserted.
Radar had been absent for 10/18 of the season so it’s nice he got to be the focus of the episode and stretch his personality a bit. There was an AfterMASH episode where Klinger was a DJ.
Always loved the “little f” line.
Just got Hulu this week and watching from the beginning. Watching the Ah, Bach episode right now.
Great episode with great guests! But with this many general officers in one place, you know some serious taxpayer money is about to be spent.
Regarding the chow hall (AKA mess tent or dining facility): A menu telling the customers what’s being served is standard, even if it’s only one meal option. As a traveling defense contractor, I recently enjoyed the fare at the Pearl Dining Facility at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar. Compared to the 4077th’s mess tent, it is downright swanky. They make plates of all the meal options (three or four), cover them in clear plastic wrap, and place them on a table at the start of the line. So they show you what you can eat, rather than tell you. I can still taste that wonderful breakfast from the omelette bar…
Nowadays, if they can’t serve in the chow hall for whatever reason, they’ll offer takeout or MREs (meals ready to eat). Back then, they would’ve served takeout or C-rations. https://www.defense.gov/News/Feature-Stories/story/Article/1933268/c-rats-fueled-troops-during-and-after-world-war-ii/
The “smallest violin” joke actually dates back to the 18th century when Antonio Stradivarius complained to one of his friends. Once everyone knew how good his violins were, Stradivarius was overwhelmed with work working day and night to fill the orders. Cue the “smallest violin” joke from the friend, who was also a competitor. Stradivarius famously sighed and responded, “Pensavo che fossi diverso” — which, as we all know, means “I thought you were different.”
Well, that’s the way it happened in my head, anyway.
In 2014, while doing pre-deployment training at Fort Dix, I too escaped to New York on a weekend. I had a great time with family and friends, but I failed to run into Doris Day. Now, I just feel cheated.
Tim, I don’t mean to give you a hard time, and I very much respect and appreciate your work as an EMT. But I have questions. How exactly do you feel when you see your own blood being drained? Would you describe the feeling as…”oogy”? Because that nonsense word has lived rent-free in my head since I first saw this episode as a child. “Oogy? What the heck does that even mean?”
Iron Guts, I was gratified to hear your high opinion of the episode “Deluge.” It holds a special place in my heart, too, but maybe for reasons above and beyond its quality. They say you never forget your first…
I don’t know word I would use to explain it. “oogy” isn’t a word I would use in my everyday vocabulary. When I see my own blood being drawn/drained, I get light headed and feel like I am about to throw up. When I get tattoos, I don’t watch the person doing the work until he/she wipes the arm down before going back for more ink.
Well, the next time I have those symptoms — which could happen anytime; we all have different triggers — I’m telling whoever cares for me that I feel oogy. If they don’t know what it means, they’ll know as soon as I pass out or vomit. I’m making oogy happen, darn it!
Just finishing listening to the “Your Hit Parade” podcast. I really enjoy the podcast and appreciated the insight into this episode by all involved. I also felt the same when it was mentioned that Winchester was aware of Frank Burns. At times (unknown to us) of boredom at the camp, it is certainly within canon that one or even a few members of the 4077th would mention Frank Burns in passing, and it would pique Winchester’s interest. Also loved Ronny Graham, and all the cast interactions within the episode.
As a longtime fan of the show (and also a fan of “Murder By Death”), the podcast has provided information and perspective that I really appreciate hearing, and everyone is able to provide new input and opinions on a show that still ignites discussion to this day. Not bad for a 50 year old program.
Keep up the great work and episode breakdowns. I will continue to listen and hope one day to be involved in a future podcast if available.
Thanks,
Steve Bernasconi (MashFan716)
So now we know what became of Radar in the years after the war: All of that Nehi blew out his vocal cords, and he moved down to Mexico to get into radio, working under the name Wolfman Jack!
This actually made me laugh out loud.
I’m not a doctor but I’m an alcoholic and one time I was outside of the Walmart where there was a blood drive and you would receive a $50 gift card so I gave a pint of blood but one of the questions asked of me was whether or not I was intoxicated because they wouldn’t take blood from me if I was intoxicated so I sobered up they took a pipe and I was able to go into Walmart and get a big bottle of wine, so yes you cannot give blood intoxicated
The award for best opening line for a comment, 2023, goes to Dishwasher Danny. The judges are not accepting further entries.
Danny, I applaud your self-awareness and transparency. I hope and pray that you are sober now and living the recovering life, well-supported by people who care about you. If you need some help finding resources, I could do some research. You can reach me at captainentropy@hotmail.com.
Knowing that Father Mulcahy went deaf later in the series, it made me wonder if he ever did get to hear Tico Tico.
Rob Kinda confused why the words Cincinnati Dancing Pig don’t go together. Cincinnati’s history is in many ways connected to swine it’s Nick-name after all is Porkopolis. Pig drives use too be much larger in the States than cattle drives and the Cincinnati area use to be the end of the line for many of the drives either because the pigs were slaughtered there or loaded onto boats or trains and shiped further east or South.