[splat]

Harry Morgan dead at 96

Harry Morgan, Col. Potter of ‘M*A*S*H,’ has died - Celebritology 2.0 - The Washington Post


I Have always loved watching Mash

 

[Jim Mac]

...and also of Dragnet. RIP.

 

[ultraNoob]

In all honesty... I was named after Col. Sherman T. Potter

RIP Colonel

 

[stevew]

 

[WestCoastHucker]

horse feathers...

r.i.p.

 

[stevew]

 

[MMike]

Horse HOCKEY

Monkey Muffins!

 

[Da Peach]

I'm sure Radar knew it was going to happen a few seconds before everyone else.

 

[mandown]

dang.

 

[stoney]

Is that why all of the flags are at half-staff?

*never mind. I just realized the date --> Pearl Harbor

 

[daisycutter]

He was a nice guy. 35 years ago he bought all the kids at my local shopping center ice creams. There must have been 30 of us.

 

[TreeSaw]

Rip!

 

[Rip]

Rip..

 

[stevew]

 

[mantispf2000]

I remember trying to watch MASH when I was staying with family friends in New Zealand. Some other show (Eastenders, actually) was on at the same time, and with only two channels, I lost out. The dad would joke that I've seen the re-run "xxx" number of times before. Hey, when it's a great series.........

Thanks for the laughs, Colonel.........

 

[uzziboy]

I remember trying to watch MASH when I was staying with family friends in New Zealand. Some other show (Eastenders, actually) was on at the same time, and with only two channels, I lost out. The dad would joke that I've seen the re-run "xxx" number of times before. Hey, when it's a great series.........

Thanks for the laughs, Colonel.........

Im right there with you, I seen every episode probably 10+ times. It still makes me laugh, the only show I can ever do that with..RIP Harry Morgan

 

[Ciaran]

Probably my all time favorite television show. IMO, one of the best shows ever made.

Thanks for the laughs Colonel!

 

[Montana rider]

Episode 187 - Old Soldiers
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Season 8, Episode 187: Old Soldiers
Original Air Date: 1/21/80
Written by: Dennis Koenig
Directed by: Charles S. Dubin

AfterM*A*S*H: Episode 187 - Old Soldiers


M*A*S*H (an Episode Guide)

In the middle of a night, a call comes in for Col. Potter. He's furious about being woken up at 330am, but after he takes the call he calms down and accepts the news, mentioning something about "Test results don't lie."

While Potter is gone, a Red Cross worker named Betty Halpern (Jane Connell) arrives with a gang of Korean kids who need some basic medical care and some tetanus shots after being stuck in some thorny bushes.

Potter checks in at the 4077th, refusing to say why he's gone. All he seems concerned about is a package due to arrive for him. He tells Klinger to guard it with his life.

Without wounded to take care of, the Korean kids take over the 4077th, running around and causing general chaos. Their stay is extended when the doctors discover the kids have a mysterious rash that they can't quite figure out how to treat.

The next morning, Potter returns, but is still mum about who he calls his "sick friend." After telling him about the kids' rash, Potter figures out that its because of their diet--they eat horse meat, which is causing a reaction to the tetanus serum.

After a tossed off joke by Hawkeye, Potter goes on a rant about the atrocity of people eating horses, reminiscing about, back in WWI, "A man's horse was his best friend--where do people get off turning them into porkchops?" It leaves everyone stunned into silence, and Potter mumbles an apology and leaves.

Later, Potter asks Klinger to deliver a series of sealed envelopes, addressed to the others. They all open them, and inside is an invitation to Potter's tent the next night. Everyone wants to find out what's going on, but Potter insists he wants to be left alone until then.

We see that Potter is spending his time in his office, listening to old French records. When a little boy wanders in, Potter is sweet and gentle to him, putting him on his lap and showing him old photographs of himself in WWI.

The next night comes around, and everyone arrives at Potter's tent at the prescribed time. Everyone is assuming the worst, that Potter is facing a divorce, or, even worse, a bad report from his doctor.

But Potter explains that its not anything like that--the news is that the last of his friends from a WWI unit he was part of in France has died. They created a tontine--a pledge--involving a bottle of French wine, to be drunk by the last surviving member.

Everyone is relieved, and they all share the bottle with Potter, who makes the first toast to his dear departed friends.

 

[Westy]

He had a good run, RIP. Used to love MASH, then I woke up one morning and couldn't stand Alan Alda anymore.

 

[MMike]

Bill hader does the best Alan Alda impression.