tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2827071479314474893.post3209099996582928387..comments2024-01-31T22:47:47.791-08:00Comments on Anglocat on the Prowl: Confessions of a Continuator: MASH Revisited: The Matter of MulcahyAnglocathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03218740053628978255noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2827071479314474893.post-56007436522563586422019-11-24T21:08:59.206-08:002019-11-24T21:08:59.206-08:00Thanks for that, Vinnie—I never knew!Thanks for that, Vinnie—I never knew!Anglocathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03218740053628978255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2827071479314474893.post-82325102270903090392019-11-03T15:23:50.814-08:002019-11-03T15:23:50.814-08:00John Patrick Francis Mulcahy never quite caught on...John Patrick Francis Mulcahy never quite caught on with the producers either. <br /><br />William Christopher was going to be dropped back in 1977. Bill caught hepatitis, and was going to be out of action for quite some time. Alan Alda, who know that Bill had an autistic son who required a great deal of care, refused to let them do it. Instead, he had an idea - write the hepatitis into the series.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.nationalenquirer.com/celebrity/alan-alda-mash-father-mulcahy/" rel="nofollow">Alan Alda: How He Kept ‘M*A*S*H’ From Firing Father Mulcahy</a>Vinnie Bartiluccihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12031831695722239873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2827071479314474893.post-39605618685897735682019-11-02T05:27:51.304-07:002019-11-02T05:27:51.304-07:00Thank you, Teramis—I’m rewatching the series and c...Thank you, Teramis—I’m rewatching the series and commenting here for at least as long as it’s fun. Every now and then, I’ll be commenting outside the episodic structure, a literary device borrowed from my friend Elizabeth Sandifer, whose Tardis Eruditorum is the single best Doctor Who commentary I’ve read. At the end of season 1, I’ll do the film.<br /><br />Thanks for reading, and for the comment!<br />Anglocathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03218740053628978255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2827071479314474893.post-5376746948461125052019-11-01T23:37:08.926-07:002019-11-01T23:37:08.926-07:00What a great commentary. I always liked the Father...What a great commentary. I always liked the Father Mulcahey character. Those are interesting vignettes you touch upon. I also haven't watched MASH in decades. I'm sure I'd see it with different eyes, now that I'm older. Teramishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03349734389760028739noreply@blogger.com