#The Ringbanger

[oh-hawkeye]

'Never mind! What the major does is her own business. [...] And you would do very well to keep your stories to yourself and mind your own beeswax!' 'Take it easy, Frank. You're getting yourself into a lather.'

M*A*S*H, "The Ringbanger"

#S01E16 #The Ringbanger #warning: nakedidity #formerly wrongly tagged as “this moment appeared on tv exactly 50 years ago” #formerly wrongly tagged as “posted on the episode's 50th anniversary” #MASH 50th anniversary #mash anniversary #MASH #M.A.S.H. #M*A*S*H #MASH S01E16 #mash season 1 #mash series #mash tv #mash 4077 #hawkeye #hawkeye pierce #benjamin franklin pierce #frank burns #Alan Alda #Larry Linville #mashedit #mash edit #mashposting #my gifs #my post

[mashpoll]

The Ringbanger (s1 e16): Hawkeye and Trapper stop a Colonel from creating unnecessary battlefield casualties by having him sent stateside.

Deluge (s4 e24): With wounded pouring in, the 4077th performs admirably even under tremendous pressure and shortages.

#i think the tumblr queue ate this poll it was supposed to go up at noon #oh well. hopefully a duplicate doesnt show up #the ringbanger #deluge #season 1 #season 4 #round 1

[canmking]

E d d y

G r a n t

#eddy grant #reggae rock #pop #electro pop #funk #disco #soul #calypso #soca #ringbang #world

[variousqueerthings]

now that I’ve written about showers in MASH I feel more justified in making... 12 screengrabs... of the first official shower scene..........

#im rewatching MASH #it was in ringbanger #hawkeye pierce #and funnily enough... it was hawkeye and frank #and yes hawkeye DID flirt at him

[serpercival]

"I've got a feeling he wouldn't be so tall if he wasn't standing on a pile of bodies"

#KILLER quote from The Ringbanger #mashposting

[beej-machinations]

MASH + Tumblr posts 12/?? Oops, all White Gold! edition

...ok with one exception (the Ringbanger) cause i'm indecisive

#mash tumblr edits #mash memes #mash 4077 #m*a*s*h #ogmachinations #s3e23 White Gold #colonel flagg #trapper mcintyre

[amrv-5]

M*A*S*H: Season 1 - Episode 16, “The Ringbanger”

#if tunglr flags this I'm going to be so mad it aired on tv in 1972 #anyway. it seemed sad to silo this to not a public blog. nobody perceive me #and as always #sorry for aldaposting. it will happen again #alan's a-cups

[leonardcohenofficial]

what are your top ten episodes of MASH?

my favorite episodes have definitely shifted over the years (and will likely continue to shift)—some i enjoy for the comedic elements, some for personal sentimental value, some for the quality of the writing, some for the political interventions being made, some for the deep character work we get to see from the fantastic cast—i preface with all of this because whenever i'm asked this i inevitably get the "how is [abc] the best episode" or "what about [insert episode here]" or "how can you compare [x] and [y] episode" comments. there are much better episodes that happen to not be personal faves and as noted above i like all these episodes for a variety of reasons! thus—in airdate order, here's a list of ten episodes that are most personally resonant to me:

2x05 dr. pierce and mr. hyde 2x08 the trial of henry blake 2x11 carry on, hawkeye 2x21 crisis 4x10 quo vadis, captain chandler? 5x08 dear sigmund 6x08 in love and war 7x02 peace on us 8x17 heal thyself 8x22 dreams

honorable mentions go to henry in love, der tag, and the ringbanger for being household comedic favorites; also would be remiss to not mention the nurses, images, and bottoms up as great margaret-specific episodes

#mash #tv: mash #anon

[judgmental-eyebrows]

please tell me that I’m not the only one who can’t stop staring at the disappearing and reappearing glass of milk in 1.06 The Ringbanger.

it’s there, then there’s a cut that shows someone putting it there, it disappears…

it’s more entertaining than Hawkeye and Trapper playing mind games with a superior officer—using said glass of milk.

#mash #m*a*s*h #hawkeye #trapper john mcintyre

[mashtastic]

M*A*S*H S1:E16 - The Ringbanger

#hawkeye pierce #frank burns #mash #m*a*s*h #M*A*S*H

[marley-manson]

mash s1e16 - the ringbanger

#mash #m*a*s*h #my gifs #q

[oh-hawkeye]

Hey, listen, I'm not kiddin'. When that local wears off, you're gonna really feel somethin'.

Why don't you come by the Swamp later for some homemade painkiller.

M*A*S*H, "The Ringbanger"

#S01E16 #The Ringbanger #formerly wrongly tagged as “posted on the episode's 50th anniversary” #mash anniversary #mash 50th anniversary #MASH #M.A.S.H #M*A*S*H #MASH S01E16 #mash season 1 #mash series #mash tv #mash 4077 #hawkeye #hawkeye pierce #trapper #trapper mcintyre #Alan Alda #Wayne Rogers #mashedit #mash edit #mashposting #my gifs #my post

[transradar]

I love when Hawkeye and trapper use their upper-middle class white guy privilege for good

Watching the ringbanger (s1e16) right now and literally the only reason they’re getting away with anything is because the colonel thinks they’re like him, mens-men with the same ideals as him because they look like him and act like him somewhat. But they’re not!! They’re little infiltrators using their privilege for good!! We love to see it!!

#hawkeye pierce #trapper mcintyre #mash #mashblr #mash s1e16

[not-trustworthy]

someone in this melbourne newspaper from 1981 thought that the mash episode ‘the ringbanger’ was called ‘big noise go home’??

[variousqueerthings]

and now I’ve finished my rewatch of s1

(EDIT: yankee doodle doctor! I forgot to fuckn include it - done now)

which, I’ve gotta say -- considering I only watched it for the first time... in late August of this year? -- I think I’d already internalised this idea of the show “still finding its feet” in that season/generally not being as good

however while this is true in the sense that there are some concepts that are rougher now/better explored in later stories + character things that definitely don’t exist later on (Hawkeye mentions “mom and sis,” and Radar smokes and drinks I think are the two I noticed the most... there’s also Henry’s wife giving birth in showtime, which I don’t think is ever brought up again, but I can include it in my show canon)

(makes him cheating on her feel worse though)

(also saved this:)

(haha... ha.... oh no)

anyway, a lot of character stuff and concepts persist! 

the “dear” episodes of course, the depiction of the army as both inherently ridiculous and dangerous (the ringbanger, the army-navy game, tuttle) feels pretty consistent, even some early experimentation in episodes like yankee doodle doctor and showtime (which, I take back my previous post, showtime also feels like a season-ending episode, so that makes it s1,3,5,7 for me so far). And Klinger made appearances much sooner and more consistently than I remembered. Even that early on it feels like the writers could tell that character was something special

then there’s Hawkeye becoming Chief Surgeon in episode 4 already, early seeding for Margaret to become more friendly with especially Hawkeye (although they’re right in showtime -- she and Trapper always seemed to have a tension... she shoulda given some % of the perfect guy to him, she and Hawkeye bonding over wanting to lowkey bone Trapper), and Mulcahy’s series-long arc of not feeling like he’s necessary in comparison to the others in the camp

an early couple of entries into the “Hawkeye’s brain works a certain kind of way” with “yankee doodle doctor,” “bananas, crackers, and nuts,” “tuttle,” “sticky wicket,” “major fred c dobbs,” and the whole nude-camp-walk in “dear dad again” especially

a lot of same-sex flirting, including some of my favourite scenes, such as: Hawkeye and Trapper dancing, Hawkeye kissing Frank -- on the forehead and on the mouth, Hawkeye warning Frank that he’s going to call an usher if he doesn’t stop walking his fingers up his thigh, Hawkeye and Klinger discussing gaudy outfits, Hawkeye telling Trapper he won’t go home with him just because he gets him drunk, Hawkeye and Trapper flirting in Margaret’s bed, and Hawkeye telling the general he wants his baby, and also general vibes, such as Tommy saying young Hawkeye was “a bit of a sissy,” Hawkeye giving Trapper his long-johns because of one pathetic cough, and the way Hawkeye grabs the back of Trapper’s neck in relief and support in showtime

(not shown on this screenshot is how he shakes him a bit, like he’s holding onto the scruff of a puppy)

and then of course the first suggestion of the show’s overall trajectory with “sometimes you hear the bullet,” but would argue particularly “yankee doodle doctor,” “ceasefire,” “sticky wicket,” and “showtime” are also strong indications of that

Shower scenes: 3 (the ringbanger, sticky wicket, showtime)

Most shocking thing that never comes up again: Klinger threatening to use a hand-grenade in camp and Mulcahy talking him down

Favourite 3 episodes: sometimes you hear the bullet (yeah yeah it’s obvious but it’s That Episode!), tuttle (this was the first episode for me that really cemented how into the show I was going to be), aaand then a tie between sticky wicket and ceasefire 

Singing: I forgot to document that this season! Silly me...

Kind of insane about this:

Followed by Hawkeye refusing her advances and her pressing on regardless (with the line “I’m not interested in your mind,” interested in the role reversal happening here), and then Trapper comes in and interrupts them

#im rewatching MASH #hawkeye pierce #trapper mcintyre #henry blake #max klinger #MASH season 1 #MASH #I'll probably remember something I forgot at some point

[louisironson]

i will say though. drunk henry in the ringbanger is still really funny

#don’t move korea. this is a stickup! #‘you’re drunk!’ ‘that’s a dirty lie. and i intend to sue! the minute i’m sober’ #mash #henry blake