Col Henry Blake or Col Sherman Potter who did you like Better on Mash.

[DanCa]

I really can't decide.

[ScreamingMeemie]

1. Col Blake, but really only because he reminded me of a favorite

uncle. Col. Potter was okay in my book too! :hi:

[DanCa]

2. Agreed. I willl say nothing bad about Col Potter.

[Crazy Dave]

3. That's a hard one, I'm undecided.

What a great show. I have the first two seasons on DVD and plan to add more. Would like to get "All In The Family" and "Sanford & Son" too.

[DanCa]

5. I agree with you about Sanford and Son.

But all in the family hits way too close to home.

[Crazy Dave]

14. What made "All In The Family" so funny to me was...

...poor old Archie never considered himself a racist or a bigot. The show was at it's best when the "Jeffersons" were their neighbors.

[DanCa]

21. I agree. I loved it though when Archie and Maud (sp) clided.

I wish they played "Maud" (sp) reruns on tv land. I busted a gut many a times watching that show.

[Rabrrrrrr]

4. Which one was Stevenson? and pssst.... it's "MASH", not Mash...

shhhhh....

[DanCa]

7. Blake was Stevenson and I know . I posted too early in the morning.

Shhhhh. :D

[Rabrrrrrr]

8. Thanks. Then it's Potter I liked better. He seemed a more real

character and worked with the other characters (from a story telling point) better than Blake did.

[ProfessorGAC]

6. Potter By A Lot

I always ask myself this question: If i had to have an operation, which of those two would i want operating on me. Henry seemed more or less a bumbling boob. The only thing that made him seem smart was that Frank Burns was around!

I like Potter's professionalism and his ability to adapt from regular army mentality to the one needed to run a MASH in wartime.

He just seems like someone i'd like to live next door to.
The Professor

[underpants]

9. "Better keep the brass monkeys in TONIGHT"

I love Henry Blake. Potter was good but Blake was an all time classic character.

"..he's a judge now. Every Fourth of July he comes over and shoots out my porchlight"

[DanCa]

10. What was the land mine line.

Remember when trapper was getting the kid out of the mine field and it turns out that Blake was readding a tourist map of some city. Classic line wish I could remember it.

[peekaloo]

13. wasn't it something like "well if you move 12 inches to your left, or 12

inches forward.....Trapper got pissed and yelled "Henry would you please pull your 12 inch finger out and read the map".

[peekaloo]

11. LOL...the long john episode....one of my favorites!

Second only to the one where Frank bans alcohol and Hot Lips gets 'faced.

Blake was the best. Harry Morgan as that crazy, racist General always overshadowed his Potter role for me.

[underpants]

16. This is captain Pak, R.O.K, this is lieutenant Mulcahy, G.O.D.

-Henry

YEs that was funny that Harry Morgan played the racist General "...but first boy, a song" "Sir?" "A song come on it's in your blood (jumps up and sings song about the Mississippi mud)

[DanCa]

29. Lol now am hearring that melody in my head.

[DanCa]

20. I liked the mail bomb one

when a propaganda bomb landed in the middle of the compound and Henry was giving instructions.
"Cut the blue wire, "but first" make sure the green wire is disconnected."

[underpants]

22. It's not one of ours

IT's CIA

CIA? They have their own bombs?

--something like that.

[DanCa]

23. Lol. I just remember the one where cowboy set a bomb for henry.

Remember the latrine exploded and Hawkeye asked "Henry what happened"
And Henry all covered with .. toilet paper and poop looked at Hawkeye and raised his hands and said "Boom"

[underpants]

25. A Pizza oven? Those would be great on movie nights

You sir have a refined taste in sitcom characters

http://swamp4077.tripod.com/mashquotes.htm

[DanCa]

28. "General what we need is a genuine regulation anti aircraft NUG."

LOL. Hawkeye "General we dont need a gun or a nug " :D

[underpants]

31. LOL

I actually laughed out loud at that one.

Loved the PA announcements.

(PA announcement)

Hawkeye (to Trapper):I thought the PA was broken

PA:Oh and we fixed the PA

Hawkeye: (gives nod to Trapper)

[DanCa]

32. Lol Speaking of PA announcements

Hot Lips to Potter unknowingly over the PA system "Col Potter I got a bad case of prickely heat on my rear end." :rofl:

[xmas74]

12. Potter.

"Oh, I like to go swimming w/ bowlegged women..."
His character worked well w/ the other characters, never stealing the scene unless it was appropriate. He just reminded you of a favorite uncle.

[skygazer]

15. Henry Blake

I really prefer the early episodes when it was zanily offbeat and wasn't trying to be overly realistic. It began taking itself too seriously, IMO, and everyone had to be a nice guy which made it boring. Hot Lips morphed into Margaret and was nice and decent, Frank left and we got Winchester who was annoying but basically okay, Klinger stopped wearing dresses and became a relatively good soldier.

That wasn't what MASH was originally about. Originally, it was about the insanity that is war and how people cope with that by pretty much being insane themselves. It was broad and politically incorrect and in your face. I liked that.

[hunter]

19. It really was two different shows.

I wouldn't say "boring" so much as I would "comfortable" (which is of course the same thing to some people.)

But hell yes, I'd rather work for Potter than Blake. I think some of us who overwhelmingly prefer Potter have been in bad situations with people like Blake.

[aclog]

26. I've been in those bad situations with guys like Blake

and what the fuck, they were a blast!

[hunter]

33. In retrospect, sure!

Going in, not so good...

:toast:

[DanCa]

27. I still can't believe they had a character named spearchucker

on the show. I agree I am way old school . Give Me Blake, Burns, and Trapper, over Potter Winchester and BJ. I am not saying anything bad mind you. I just perfer the early shows myself.

[aclog]

34. I've only ever seen the show in reruns

but the later episodes seem like vehicles for hawkeye and not much more. Maybe over-done morality plays from time to time

[Oeditpus Rex]

37. Yeah, but that didn't happen the minute Potter took command

It wasn't until somewhere in his third or maybe fourth season that "MASH" started to become overtly preachy. Harry Morgan's first two seasons were the show's best, IMO.

I mean, how's this for a parody of the insanity of war?

Potter: "Klinger, you look lovely in yellow."

Klinger: "Always the gentleman."

I always felt McLean Stevenson was a caricature of himself, whereas Morgan — one of the best second bananas of all time — was absolutely perfect for the role.

And Morgan wasn't responsible when the show did start to tank. A lack of good scripts was, as well as a sharp turn to some very poor directing.

I didn't dislike Blake. I just think Potter was the better character and Morgan the better actor.

[StaggerLee]

17. Apples and oranges bro

For me anyway.
They were both great.

:hi:

[NashVegas]

18. Potter

I liked that he had sympathy for just about everyone.

[CanuckAmok]

24. HORSE HOCKEY!!

You can't compare the two... they're night and day. Henry was a loveable buffoon, and Potter was a loveable curmudgeon.

[DanCa]

30. Blake to Hot Lips "Go ahead and report me."

"You and Frank went over my head so many times I got little majors feet on my scalp."

[driver8]

39. One of the best lines, ever!! I liked them both. Col. Potter really

hit home to me because he was a prior enlisted man who became an officer. You could really get a sense of how he cared so much for the people that worked for him. Plus, he had that "mid west sensibility".

Col. Henry Blake was great because he was just not the "Commanding Officer type." He did what he could to keep things running smoothly and keep his ass out of the sling.

"I know mommy thinks that she's the man of the house...but you really are."

[Orsino]

35. Potter: By-the-book, mostly, but with compassion...

...and a sense of humor. Valued the Pierce/Hunnicut zaniness as a necessary safety valve.

Though both were fine surgeons, Blake was fairly ineffectual otherwise. Potter's "Horse hockey!" was a great catch phrase.

[KFC]

36. Potter was a dipshit

Boring, unfunny - basically ruined the show.

[hopein08]

38. Potter...you should put up a poll for BJ or Trapper, DanCA