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Captain Tuttle
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1/28/2020 3:01:11 PM
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FinestKindinTN
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2/2/2020 9:10:09 PM
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Big Daddy O'Reilly
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2/5/2020 4:47:20 AM
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sparky58
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2/10/2020 11:10:42 PM
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Capt Tuttle does have points
I think Cpt. Tuttle has some points as I too have wondered the same thing. True, there were other reasons why Wayne and Stevenson wanted to leave, but overacting Alda might have part of it too. I think Alda is a good actor, better than most, but he doesn't have much range, his acting is about the same every time. Much of it is overacting. The solo "Hawkeye" episode isn't that bad to me as The Sneezing episode or the fake crying he does in it. Plus the "Crackers"? episode where Hawk stays up for like a week?? AND still operates?? In the end, Alda is Hawk and Hawk is Alda, but sometimes the overacting and Alda's ego is too much. Don't get me started on the "Preaching" episodes, (War is bad, killing is wrong, etc) shows. Some of the movies Alda did are okay, but are also some that he's just playing another version of Hawkeye in my eyes. On MASH, I think his head got big too.
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FinestKindinTN
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2/12/2020 3:21:45 PM
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Ruptured Brook
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2/16/2020 12:08:33 PM
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Big Daddy O'Reilly
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2/16/2020 4:23:34 PM
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The "Hawkeye" episode was an experiment on Larry Gelbart's part: he wanted to see if just one actor could carry the bulk of the show by himself.
Unfortunately, Alan Alda was a poor choice. Yes, Alan was very good at everything he did: acting, writing, directing, etc. BUT, the thing of it is, Hawkeye was already the "unofficial star" of the show, so to choose him to carry that entire episode was kind of senseless . . . it'd be like doing an episode of CHEERS with only Sam, or an episode of SEINFELD with only Jerry.
If anything, that episode should have either given some of the lower characters a chance to shine, like, say, Radar or Klinger use their respective kind of smarts (Radar being clever and resourceful, or Klinger being street-smart) to figure a way out of their predicament; or allow us to get better acquainted with either of the new kids on the block, like B.J. or Potter. But Hawkeye? That was a mistake.
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FinestKindinTN
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3/6/2020 10:41:57 AM
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wdm1219inpenna
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3/29/2020 1:14:55 AM
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FinestKindinTN
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3/29/2020 9:15:52 PM
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wdm1219inpenna wrote:
My understanding too was that Wayne was dissatisfied about the Trapper character. In the MASH book I own he discussed about how they made Hawkeye the chief surgeon in the series, yet in the movie, Trapper I think was chief surgeon, either that or Trap was supposed to be the chest expert and the TV show took Trapper's credentials away. McLean was dissatisfied with working ocnditions and also I think he wanted to be the star. They initially considered him for Hawkeye on the series too surprisingly.
My memory may be lacking, but in both the book and the movie, Trapper was both the chest-cutter and ultimately the chief surgeon. In the movie, though, even Trapper had the titles, Hawkeye was still the lead. In the book Trapper and Hawkeye knew each other in college a little (they played football against each other).
I never knew McLean was considered for Hawkeye, as the character was supposed to be much younger (28 in the book, if I recall).
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