I will not rest until the rest of MASHblr is as insane about the 80’s office AU ads as I am
So I wanted to compile the ads so I could just post one video and not like a whole YouTube playlist, but I quickly found out that there are SO MANY MASH IBM ads! So I decided to leave out ones that weren’t office related and were more ‘Alan Alda puts on a bunch of different hats’ and ‘Jamie Farr repeatedly tries and fails to enter a building’ and I actually had to cut one ad of Alan and some kids in a classroom that I wanted to put in cuz I think it’s cute.
But anyway, I am always gnawing at the bars of my enclosure thinking of the universe these ads take place in. Like, who flooded the office? Did Trapper ever get to go to Hawaii? Where’s BJ? (JK he’s at a gay picnic)
I feel like there’s a rich vein here and us weirdos, sickos, and perverts need to buckle down and really dig into the potential for office shenanigans.
↳ Replacement surgeon, Captain Steven Newsome (Edward Herrmann) reaches the breaking point. As sad and poignant today as it was when it aired 43 years ago. Beautifully directed by Mike Farrell. 😭
i can’t take it whenever colonel potter tries to keep from crying with an “ahem” or is very clearly trying to modulate his voice not to waver - like no grandpa please don’t cry!!!!!!
Debra was horribly neglected too... Harry punished her anytime she tried to be apart of things with him and Dexter. Throwing his beer at the walls, making Debra clean up glass and beer on her birthday.
Harry used his kids to vent his frustrations with the system. The irony falls on his moral superiority when you think of all the things he did.
On February 28, 1983, M*A*S*H ends after 11 seasons with a special two-and-a-half hour episode watched by 77 percent of the TV viewing audience. It was the largest percentage ever to watch a single TV show up to that time. #OnThisDay