W*A*L*T*E*R
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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.
Not knowing history is like being a leaf that doesn't know it's part of a tree. -
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muchmeow — 9 years ago(February 10, 2017 04:12 PM)
I don't know Radar as a cop would be a bigger pushover than Enos on The Dukes of Hazzard. Then again, he was very organized and dependable, so maybe not a streetcop but a desk sergeant instead would have suited him better.