W*A*L*T*E*R
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ExplorerDS6789 — 9 years ago(January 31, 2017 01:03 AM)
Yeah, it's pretty bad. They just HAD to drag poor Clete Roberts out of the rest home to do another 'interview' show. And did you like how they just HAD to namedrop Hawkeye Pierce there? Oh, and don't forget the subplot of Radar carrying a photo of Hawkeye, Hot Lips and Henry in his wallet. I guess they figured people wouldn't know this was a MASH spin-off otherwise.
Radar as a cop had SO much pontential, but they wasted it on a boring story with boring characters. Plus, they had to make Radar an alcoholic suicidal depressant? Wow, that was nice of them.
I seriously like the idea of Radar joining the police force and think it deserves more attention.
Poor Gary. He looked absolutely miserable in every scene.
He must have REALLY needed the money, since he appeared twice on AfterMASH, and I guess MASH residuals alone weren't paying the bills.
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Jetfire1959 — 9 years ago(January 31, 2017 06:38 AM)
Gary was another MAS*H alumni who got a raw deal in the wake of the series and deserved better. I add McLean, Larry, and Wayne to that list as well.
Agree 100%. They all got the royal shaft.
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indy_go_blue44 — 9 years ago(January 31, 2017 09:44 PM)
Enlighten me please with a link as to how he got a raw deal after MASH ended (I ask kindly.) As I understood it he was able to spend time with his family, did some art and plays. I've never read where he was particularly suffering but then I might have missed it and I haven't found anything by googling.
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indy_go_blue44 — 9 years ago(February 02, 2017 04:23 AM)
I know that, but what was the raw deal? Did he get screwed on a contract or an offer? Did someone steal his money as happened to the members of the band "Badfinger"? Maybe my definition of "raw deal" differs from yours.
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crypticanomaly73 — 9 years ago(February 02, 2017 10:42 PM)
I don't know if he got a raw deal as such. Like many actors, people tend to like the character they play rather than the actor themselves. Sometimes, they only like the character in a certain situation. MASH is a perfect example of that, like Radar as a clerk in the Korean War, no like Radar as a cop in peace time America.
Same goes with McLean Stevenson who thought he was going to be a star and so left MASH to discover that people loved Henry Blake, not Mclean Stevenson. Something he said himself.
That's one reason why a lot of actors go on to be directors and producers etc as they know they have to expand their horizons when their show finishes.
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ExplorerDS6789 — 9 years ago(February 03, 2017 02:33 AM)
Same goes with McLean Stevenson who thought he was going to be a star and so left MASH to discover that people loved Henry Blake, not Mclean Stevenson. Something he said himself.
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FatherMulcahyFan — 9 years ago(February 01, 2017 11:10 PM)
They just HAD to drag poor Clete Roberts out of the rest home to do another 'interview' show.
You're not too far off on that one, Explorer. I read where Clete Roberts had a birthday yesterday (February 1) and that he died on September 30, 1984. Just two months after "WALTE*R" aired. -
ExplorerDS6789 — 9 years ago(February 01, 2017 11:27 PM)
They really didn't need to include Clete doing a catch-up interview show, following members of the 4077th MASH now home from war. It's all a little needless, isn't it? Following members of a specific unit? It could have easily just started off with Walter in his new life in a new town and gone from there. Why did spin-offs of MASH feel the need to have emphasize the fact that they were spin-offs of MASH so much?? The Jeffersons didn't need to keep reminded everybody that it was a spin-off of All in the Family, because it didn't need to. They could stand on their own.
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crypticanomaly73 — 9 years ago(February 01, 2017 02:13 AM)
Making Radar a cop was a bad move in itself. The original Radar maybe, but the soft naive juvenile he became, no way. The criminals would have eaten him alive.
I think they destroyed the possibility of expanding on the character when they infantalized him. If anything they could have had him trying to run the farm, starting up some kind of business selling his crops and produce. Less depressing too and lots of opportunities to have him move around and meet new people.
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johnny_burnaway — 9 years ago(February 01, 2017 10:10 AM)
Making a Radar a cop was a bad move in itself.
I agree, he doesn't play well as a cop. Now, if they'd gone the "Zootopia" route and made him more of a mundane public servant who nevertheless solved crimes or dealt with sticky situations through his wits and resourcefulness, that might have been something. It also would have been more in keeping with the abilities he displayed as company clerk of the 4077th. -
airborne3502 — 9 years ago(February 01, 2017 04:17 AM)
I thought the pilot had a certain charm to it.
My problem with it, was that Radar was still something of a childish dumbass. Coming back from war, his character should have been somewhat in the mold of Andy Griffith.
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