M*A*S*H! Remarkable, Memorable Scene!
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- Опубліковано 2 вер 2009
- Harry Morgan "Colonel Sherman "T" Potter" toast to his old buddies "old soldiers" episode. Each actor had something to say. Behind the scene, notice camera light reflecting from props as this was recorded on location "Malibu Creek" opposed to studio lights. Harry Morgan appeared on "M*A*S*H" as: Maj. Gen. Bartford Hamilton Steele,(September 10th 1974) Harry was the 2nd cast member to appear as a guest before landing a permanent roll. Jamie Farr was the first. Each cast Member replaced was opposite from the original character. Gary, Loretta, Jamie and McLean made game show appearances such as Match Game, Password, Password Plus, $25,000 dollar pyramid, Tattletales, Hollywood Squares and MGHS Hour. Edward Winter "Colonel Flagg" made several appearances on Password and appearance in 1984 on Tattletales. M*A*S*H holds the record for the longest run series of 11 years, 1972-1983.
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Memorial Day! Remembering those that serve to keep us safe and free. Several comments are of those that had or currently serve and family stories of loved ones lost and remembered!
My son came home from Drill tired. Worked his regular job today. May 27,2024 Memorial Day. Thank you to all the Veterans that made our country free & protect us. Thank you Dad for sharing experiences you had serving. All branches men and women. 🪖🫡🇱🇷
M*A*S*H*, The only show that can start off funny, make you cry and end on a funny note in the span of 30 minutes. This was TV at its finest.
I have always said that no show had better story telling in under 30 minutes.
Scrubs had a few tear jerking episodes on par with M*A*S*H. But never better.
I agree, I don't think I have ever seen such an accomplished TV show.
Scrubs was just as good.
@@SurvivorBri Honestly I never liked the series finale. I get the baby's death was sad but it's really not his fault and he's seen so much more over the years, I guess it's supposed to be the last straw that put him over the edge but still. I think Hawkeye should have had to have killed someone instead. Think about it; he's a conscientious objector, against the war, wouldn't even raise a gun self defense that one episode clearly willing to die versus betray his principles so imagine what it would do to his mind if he was put in a scenario where maybe to save a whole bus of people he had to take someone's life. I think that would have been a more impactful and emotional struggle for him then losing his temper and some woman accidentally suffocating her kid
The way his hand shakes just a bit more toward the end of his toast is a testament to the nuances of old school acting. This man was one of the greats.
He certainly was, MASH was an amazing series.
2023, i am 65 now and cry like a baby every time i see this, well done mash well done
This scene, Radar giving the news of Henry Blake and Hawkeye on the bus! Powerful moments.
"The plane spun in... there were no survivors."
"...You were the friends of my youth...". That line hits hard when you get older. Cheers Brothers!
Harry Morgan served in WWII, which makes me wonder if some of this scene might be based on experiences he had irl, hence the strong emotion in the performance, and the fact it took several takes before he got through it without completely breaking down. Whether that's the case or not, it's definitely a powerful scene!
That wasn't Colonel Potter; that was Harry Morgan, pure and simple. He was a damn fine actor.
He's a fine human being with a heart
David Ogden Stiers has the perfect reactions in this scene, as the slightly more cultured Maj. Winchester senses the decorum and the formality, as well as the appropriate sentiment. Terrific job of background acting.
My thoughts exactly.
And he alone holds his glass of brandy at the bottom, to warm it properly, as befits that drink. Such intelligent acting.
I got to meet Mr Stiers once, in a sizzler of all places.
winchester could roll with the taunts that Hawkeye and Honeycutt sent his way. he was a much better sport about it that Maj. Burns ever was
Well said.
"To Ryan, who died in WWI: the War to End All Wars. To Gianelli, who died in the war after that."
Ouch!
And let’s not forget Vietnam. The 58,000 American Heroes who died for no reason at all 😢
@@gwennlong5915 can't be a hero if you're invading someone else's country because you're afraid of your own government.
@@catsabotage3362 wow 😮 completely disrespectful, I hope you never have to serve in the military and fight on foreign soil and if you have, then I just feel sorry for you
@@derektereve286 Disrespectful? Perhaps. Axiomatic? Yes.
I respect what our fathers, grandfathers, and great grandfathers did for us, overseas and in our backyard. We are free and alive because of them. But i would think all wars are pointless. WWI was over politicians killing politicians. They didnt care that they would send millions to die over one person. WWII a madman was given power, and for politics the leaders stayed silent and let him kill innocent people, then send more to die. So many wars after that. So much life wasted. Didn’t solve anything. We still kill each other and call it politics. I wish the politicians would fight their own wars and leave the people to live. There would only be peace.
Amazing that Harry Morgan spent so many years before this in so many other excellent roles, and yet made an all-timer out of this one. It isn't too often that somebody does his most iconic role _after_ so many other memorable ones. Can't imagine the show without him.
If you were around when it was going on, you know there was no small amount of skepticism about whoever was going to replace the Henry Blake character. In retrospect, the way it happened was so natural and so like real life -- just a different guy with no attempt to pull threads from the previous one at all -- that it just couldn't have been better. Exactly what it would've been like if you'd been under one CO and then the next.
I could recognize his voice instantly, no matter how he tried to switch accent or cadence (which he never really did). He has one of those voices who are iconic, you recognize immediately.
I gave my Father-in-law a full collection of M*A*S*H*.
There were documentaries within, and some outtakes.
After seeing those, this scene has always hit me hard.
Everything is solid, until Harry says the first guy’s name and says he died in the War To End All Wars, and he breaks down.
Farrell approaches, and puts a reassuring arm around him.
That’s how close the cast was.
You can’t generate friends like that, you have to be in some sort of suffering together.
Very well said!
Considering that Col. Potter was not in the first three seasons, I think it’s fairly easy to imagine the show without him.
But he was a tremendous addition to the cast and had some of the best moments in the series.
Given that Harry Morgan served in the military during WWII, I can't help but wonder if there was a little bit of reality subtext behind Potter's toast.
Everything I've read says he never served. Closest he got to the war was a 1942 recruitment film, To the Shores of Tripoli
Wonder if he was thinking of Jack Webb too, I think he recently died when this was filmed.
Not impossible
What was really cool was after my father died, my family and I got to share in a tontine. My Dad was a paratrooper with the 507th PIR, 82nd Airborne and jumped outside of Grainges, France on D-Day. After the war, raising kids, and working for years he finally retired quietly in northern Wisconsin. It was somewhere on about 30 years ago an old Army buddy got a personalized bottle of brandy with his name, rank, medals, etc. After he received it, he got the idea to have his family, and any other buddies that could make it, to his gravesite on the day of his burial to have a drink and a toast to our lives together. In November 2020 that day came after 99 years of life. At his gravesite, the brandy came out as a small Army squadron flew overhead while one of them pretended to "bail out." It was all on the local news in Minneapolis, MN. We all toasted him there except for me, who saw it all on Zoom. It was COVID time then, and I live 1500 miles away and was considered at risk. But I saw the whole thing and it was quite moving. Last July, on what would have been his 100th birthday, I was able to fulfill the tontine that made his life, for me, complete.
This is very moving and meaningful. I am grateful to you for sharing this and allowing those of us who took the time to read what you wrote from the heart, share in the celebration of your dad's memorable life. how he bravely fought for freedom, and the legacy he leaves behind
Becca
USAF veteran Military Police
Wow wonderful story thank you for sharing that with us .
Got the opportunity to be a real life “Col Potter” in a USAF combat surgical hospital in Iraq. This character was a good model for a medical commander. Hope that, in the eyes of my medics, I at least partially, lived up to it.
Col. Potter brought to light the emotions and thoughts I, and all who served in our armed forces. We laughed, we cried, we went through some things best forgotten but, whatever the situation goddamm it we went through them together. I could count on them and, though unspoken, they could count on me. I can't honestly say if my own family would do that without judging. I have never been as close to anyone as I was to them. I swear I will never forget them. I loved you all then and still do today. God love and keep you and yours safe. Stay Calm. Be Safe. "Wiener"
We went together, we came back together, we watched each other's backs, and we stood together.
We developed trust, bonds and a standard of mateship regardless of rank no one else can never understand.
This episode draws those components together perfectly and also shows why the sequels wouldn't work.
MASH was a hell of a show. Preached without preaching, lots of emotions and even more laughs.
Hard to watch that scene without tearing up . Age is both a curse and a blessing . Hard to remember that when it aches just to get out of bed every day . Thanks for posting .
"To Ryan, who died in W.W.1 'the war to end all wars'. To Giannelli, who died in the war after that." Brilliant.
That was an especially ironic line.
Yeah. No anger or bitterness, just some regret.
@@colinmerritt7645 Good comment sir. Regret.
Writers made sure to show the diversity of the Americans who fought in war. (Stein, Gianelli, Ryan, Gresky and Potter) My only complaint here is timeline. Korean War and World War I were only 34 years or so apart. Potter said he was 17 in WWI, so he would be about 51 in Korea. he wouldn't be an old man in Korean War, if the timeline was true to history.
@@edwardcricchio6106 He meant he felt 17, but he was actually 27 :)
I'm 76, lost my last high school riding buddy, lost veteran friends and family. getting thin out here. Stay in the moment, live life, remember with pride and love.
Sorry for your losses. Remember there are good things and people in life still and remember how Hawkeye and the others found reasons to laugh amidst the pain.
Cheers to that.
Aw, I can't watch it again. It shreds me. One of these best scenes in a show with memorable scenes. Just incredible.
What a phenomenal actor. Harry Morgan was surrounded by fine actors in this scene who must have been blown away by his performance.
Yes I agree 👍💯
Wholeheartedly agreed.
Yeah they way he could show emotion reminded me of Robin Williams ability to do that. Both could do it so naturally
he started in the early years of movies
I'm sure his earlier castmates were impressed
Henry fonda John Wayne James Stewart
Im 64, Have out lived many dear friends. But, im lucky, I ve made new friends, Young ones that i admire deeply
I had never heard the word "tontine" until I saw this terrific episode. This was one of the best.
Me too 🤓😎✌🏻
Give that man a cheroot.
There’s a classic British comedy called The Wrong Box, which also involves a tontine. Peter Sellers is screamingly funny as Dr. Pratt.
One of the best shows on television. I watched every episode. They're never make shows like that again. So many were tearful, and some were hard to watch, but we watched them. Proud to be a Boomer.
My father was in the ETO and turned 20 after D-Day. In the late 80s he met up with an old comrade of his from their old unit, they started talking and it was if they never were separated. Somethings bind you to each other in perpetuity.
Harry Morgan was a great actor. The scene certainly shows that, and makes me tear up.
Can't recall a single bad line reading from him, ever. He really understood the sense of the writing.
Officer Bill Gannon in the late 60's Dragnet series was the first time I saw Harry Morgan. He was a serious partner for Sergeant Joe Friday, but every so often he provided some light comedy relief, which was always fun. I think for many fans Gannon and Colonel Potter were his most famous roles.
This felt like a very personal scene. It was a pleasure to watch and was beautifully acted. The writing was brilliant. FYI,
Harry Morgan died in 2011.
Following Morgan's death, Mike Farrell, who played B.J. Hunnicutt opposite Morgan in M*A*S*H, released a statement. I came across it, so hear it is:
*He was a wonderful man, a fabulous actor and a dear and close friend since the first day we worked together. As Alan Alda said, he did not have an unadorable bone in his body. He was a treasure as a person, an imp at times, and always a true professional. He had worked with the greats and never saw himself as one of them. But he was. He was the rock everyone depended on and yet he could cut up like a kid when the situation warranted it. He was the apotheosis, the finest example of what people call a ‘character actor’. What he brought to the work made everyone better. He made those who are thought of as ‘stars’ shine even more brightly. The love and admiration we all felt for him were returned tenfold in many, many ways. And the greatest and most selfless tribute to the experience we enjoyed was paid by Harry at the press conference when our show ended. He remarked that someone had asked him if working on M*A*S*H had made him a better actor. He responded by saying, 'I don’t know about that, but it made me a better human being.' It’s hard to imagine a better one."
A wonderful testament to his ability as an actor and his personality as a human being!
Thank you. That was touching.
Wow what a aspiring thing to hear.
He was arrested for beating his wife. Adorable.
@@dougr3142 "The actor’s lawyer, Harland Braun, said Morgan never hit his wife but grabbed her as she destroyed furniture in their home during a drunken dispute".
There is the chance he was not the aggressor.
But hey why not be an asshole and only mention that he was arrested. Way to go ass wipe.
@@dougr3142 And when did you stop beating your wife?
I remember watching this episode the night it first aired. I thought it very sad then.
Now that I'm only 3 years younger than Potter was in the series (he was 62) I think it's heartbreaking because now I've known loss. A LOT of it.
I knew pilots who were actually in the Korean War. Very brave chaps they were…. I was also in a war and this hits home.
@@milesbrown8016 Thank goodness my generation was spared having to go to war.
However, I had several relatives who were in World War II. That was truly an amazing generation and one in which I feel blessed to have known and who also helped raise me.
There will never be another show like MASH. It is a classic that stands the test of time. The writing, the stories, the actors. All magnificent. I watched it religiously with my parents every week, and it is good to revisit those memories now that they are gone too. Not many of the cast left alive today. Thank you for everything, all of you.
You really don't see actors like Harry Morgan anymore.
"We were so alive back then." - RIP
You don't really see people like that anymore.
He is good in every film I have seen him in.
Something I liked about him was that he was one of those people that once they hit a certain age, they take forever to look older than that.
He was recognisable as Col Potter, like he'd just stepped off the set of MASH, for a decent few years after the show ended.
I liked him as Bill Gannon too ... of course was a different style of show compared to M*A*S*H
RIP Harry Morgan, David Ogden Stiers, William Christopher, Wayne Rogers, Kelley Nakahara.
Sad they are gone but there is a tatterd tent in heaven where they are sitting and polishing off the rest of that magnificent brandy.
And please, let's not forget Wayne Rogers, MacLean Stevenson, Larry Linville and Allan Arbus.
@@ParkerKenpoist And Kellye Nakahara, Johnny Haymer, Timothy Brown and John Orchard.
...and Edward Winter.
@@dougr3142 Flagg!
Only Loretta, Mike, Jamie, Allen, and Gary remain now.
Word has it that Allen is now suffering advanced Parkinson's.
Harry Morgan was such an underappreciated actor.
The slight quaver in his voice at the end of his toast hits like a hammer.
To anyone who wonders why that television show earned so many Emmys, let me direct you to.....ANY episode.
Any episode before Alan Alda took over the show completely with season 6.
@@joewhite6868 , agreed. It got too political at that point. Still great acting and some good stories, but far from what it was.
I don't care what you guys say, it was my ALL time favorite show. Political or not. Still an awesome show.
Mr. Dana Covert Totally agree. And people need to remember that this was a 70s show...right after Vietnam. Alan Alda was afraid that the show was making war too funny and not enough seriousness. Korea was a SHITTY war and I think Alan Alda just wanted to make it a bit more real.
Michael Godsey - War is shitty but Korea was a just cause. The U.S. kept half if the peninsula free. South Korea is one of the most prosperous nations on Earth. NoKo is a large prison camp.
Col Potters speech hits different when you’ve served and lost buddies. I can’t watch this without tearing up. Its my favorite episode though
Harry Morgan was one of the best damn actors to ever grace the screen.
God rest his soul.
@matthew hempstead yes! Morgan was in some other films in which he was also great!
I feel so honored to have grown up watching MASH. Seeing Klinger and Charles just as loyal as the rest of the crew full of love is beautiful!
I didn't grow up when it was airing but my grandparents had the whole thing on dvd, so I watched all of it twice! Amazing, beautiful, wonderful show.
When a veteran says the friends in front of him mean more than those he served with previously, you know you’re a true friend.
So true. After spending 26 years in the Army I've saluted many a helmit and boots on a chair next to the chair an M16 and dog tags.
You wonder why you're still around but I guess it is to remember those who went before you and to keep their memory alive.
I would be honnoured to consider you a friend sir. God Bless You.
He means brothers, not by blood, but by experience and that is truly beautiful. May we all find such camaraderie in our fellow man, because that is the love that truly stands the test of time.
Your picture looks like Harry Morgan
@@ghostcityshelton9378 I guess serving must take it's toll on you one thing most civilian s myself included probably with hope will never have experience .
but respect to anyone willing to take up arms to protect his fellow man even if some good people are lost along the way .
The photo of Mildred on Col. Potter's desk was of his actual wife Eileen.
My Uncle Douglas was also a Gordon Bennett.... KIA Nov 44.
Now THAT (EDIT: the photo) is a wonderful bit of trivia. Thank you.
@Howie Feltersnatch Harry was known to have a temper, and his poor wife got the worst of it once or twice. Living in LA, this sort of stuff did make the local news. But Howie, out here we don't use the phrase "tune-up", but my brother in law, late of the FDNY uses it on occasion. I think it's a great phrase, and I've used it over the years when I had the chance.
@Howie Feltersnatch I was a DA in Los Angeles for 30 years, and glad to be out with this new jerkoff DA who's trying to destroy the Office. Anyway, I used 'tune-up' whenever it was appropriate, and I heard a few others use it, but it never caught on to the extent that I'd hear it around the 42 when I'd hang with my brother-in-law, or in general use on Long Island. In fact, I think I saw it used in a headline in the NY Post.
@Howie Feltersnatch I should say. My older daughter's going to Loyola Law there, and her fiance works for a utility company. Never mind the weather, Chicago is no place to be getting out and about.
I was a Cavalry Officer in Vietnam, and don't wear my Stetson much. But seeing this episode and watching my fellow Troopers slowly pass away makes me wonder who our last survivor will be. There aren't many of us old Dinosaurs left.
Thank you for your service!! 💖🇺🇲 I think you would honor your dinosaur buddies by breaking out that Stetson, even if you just wear it at home. Hugs to you all. 💖😻🐶🌹
RESPECT GOOD KARMA IS ON THE WAY TO YOU
Break out the Stetson and wear it with pride, we salute you sir, and your comrades.
He gave a terrific speech here I felt his emotions.
This hits hard now. 52 years after my time as a young Marine in I Corps, Vietnam. Our unit reunions are getting more and more sparse. Still talk to the surviving members of my unit thanks to modern media. Have a bottle of old great whiskey, back in the darkest corner of the kitchen cabinet I believe. Colonel Potter, different wars, different times but I think I'll go and join you.
One by one, day by day our youth and our heroes die. Janowicz, Templeton, Osgood, Guarino, Felix, Marshall, Young, McCarthy, Duncan...too many more are unknown.
Thank you for your service
I would tip one with you... 🥃🥃
I hear you. We are growing old but it's been a good run. My time came later, but I see the same among my team.
Would you share a drink with a cavalryman from the war after yours? It'd be my honor.
When my father entered into the final stages of dementia, the only thing he’d watch and pay any attention to was M*A*S*H. Even non-verbal, his eyes would be fixed on this show. As a career officer in the Navy, he connected somehow to this show. Thank you cast members, for giving my Dad that. May God grant peace to all of you. You gave him a glimpse into his past! Thank you for that.
Some of the best television ever. Harry Morgan was an inspiration and my favorite. What stories and incredible actors. “You were the friends of my youth…”
M*A*S*H, the only TV show that shared how the majority of us felt about war, crooked leadership and loss. It also taught us how to rise above it and laugh at it through the support and love for one another, no matter what walk of life you came from. Best show ever!
I've watched this many times. Love the emotion on Winchesters face. Pure, not acting. RIP David Ogden Stiers.
The way Potter's hands were shaking. That was pure too. RIP to both Stiers and Morgan.
Memorial Day 2021. Here's to our fallen comrades, who gave their all to our country. RIP service men and women.
yes
A friend of mine, Edgard Potts, still puts flags on graves at Henri-Chappelle (sp?) Memorial cemetery in France, having seen, as a 7-year old kid, some of the G.I.s push the Germans back from his neighborhood in Belgium, including my dad, who died long ago. He is grateful beyond words that those young men and women were willing to risk everything to help his neighbors and country. He still sends me messages every important occasion during the year, deeply touched by what they did. I always reply at length to thank him for his devotion.
@@dadlovelace6422 It is so easy, these days, to get wrapped up in our internet and social life....and forget that people died for this free lifestyle. Kudos to your good friend for his continual commitments to reminding us of the ones we lost.
When I was a young kid, our 18-year old next door neighbor Walter Koeppe Jr, went to Vietnam. He wasn't a great kid. He didn't finish high school. But he did give his life for our country. Now he is memorialized, one of the 142 - Sons of San Jose (California) who gave their lives from San Jose to that cruddy war.
Amen
@Tracy D sometimes I think it better to not come back than for some of them to live with what they have to. I thank God that I was on a Navy ship… MANY miles from any action.
It’s a whole different feeling knowing all the boys who marched off to war in WW1 and came limping back are all gone and laid to rest. To fade into memory and memory into legend and legend into history.
The line…”the war to end all wars…..and for the one after that” indeed….
I teared up when I was 5 yrs old in 1980 and I teared up again tonight at 45 yrs old watching this episode again.
What an amazing episode . Nothing else will ever follow this show.
You’re almost as old as I am (52), and like Sherman Potter, we have old friends we remember, and we have friends today. It is always good to remember the old ones, just as it is good to enjoy the new ones. We all should do this.
And I. At 65.
I think I have a piece of dust in my eye(s)......
@@georgebuller1914 yeah i got some dust in my eyes as well but im also crying :p
I did as well, at 62...
Give that man a cherrute, twisted cigar. Great writers.
When I first saw this scene years ago I thought this was an award winning performance. The subtlety of Morgan chocking back the tears as he gets to the end of his solo toast. The actual release of tension by all the other actors when they learn the Colonel is not sick. Those things are not easy to pull off and yet this was IMHO flawless.
MASH will always be a cherished classic. no other TV can duplicate the sincerity or quality of the writing and cast. MASH will never be forgotten.
How can a "sitcom," send chills down your spine? Good writing and a hell of an actor, that's what.
All in the Family. Archie at the dinner table with the young guy who avoided the draft by going to Canada and the father who lost his son in Vietnam. It has to be on UA-cam.
True passion Morgan gave his all to each and every role and it shows. I love M*A*S*H and it's cast to those who passed know you will live forever in our hearts.
This was definitely a shining moment for Harry Morgan. He made it all so REAL.
It is remembrance day here in Australia today. Lest we forget.
Well Said Sir.
I’ve been a huge fan of Harry Morgan since Dragnet. But his portrayal of Col. Potter was genius. Rest In Peace Harry Morgan. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Just an odd reminder. Before he was Col. Potter, Henry Morgan was a nutso general, one of the little oddities of this show.
I sold Mr. Morgan flooring and installed it in his condo in South Pasadena in Pinellas county, Florida. He sure loved his big ole stogies. He did not act like anybody special but instead, like anybody else and very pleasant.
@@artmiller2341 I had a former coworker who met him on numerous occasions because of her job and you echo everything she said he was very down to earth and personable.
@@artmiller2341 I lived there. when was this?
@@whattowatchrightnow 1978
It says a lot about M.A.S.H. that after 40 years it's still on our Radar.
no pun intended i'm sure ;)
Brilliant. I miss quality network television.
One of the most profound scenes in the history of television. Harry Morgan is just breathtaking.
I Agree shoud have got an Emmy.Take care.
Harry Morgan's performance here is so sincere and heartfelt that he had to be recalling real old friends that had moved on.
i just watched this. there is no fucking way he's acting. this is real. Morgan was in his 60s when this was filmed he's got actual tears in his eyes and his voice is about to crack. you can't fake that. i don't care how good you are.
Harry was always a great actor. My dad loved nick at nite and we watched dragnet. He was great on there too
Harry Morgan was an AMAZING actor but I think this goes beyond acting. They all cared about each other a lot.
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He’s got me crying.
@@danb2337 Ditto!
This is why mash was a success for 11yrs😀
I absolutely love this scene as I have gotten older I can appreciate it where Col Potter is feeling and coming from
When a scene hits home it's real! Even when acting!
That fact that Winchester is so choked up gets me even more. Maybe be because his walls are coming down and he is letting these people in. Makes me tearful.
His mom when asked is Charles really like that!? Nope! She said David was opposite of his character on the show.
It's because in many ways, Winchester was the most complex and sensitive character on the show. He was an aloof snob, but that was his necessary shield as he cared deeply about the suffering he saw all around him. Without that he pain of war would have broken him.
One of the best characters of the entire series. The show had a lot more maturity after the major cast and writer changes.
I always liked the Winchester character much more than Frank Burns, who was simply a foil for the others. Winchester is complex and formidable. I sympathize with Larry Linville for having to play such a doofus rather than a fully developed character.
@@marcschneider4845 Exactly my feelings.
Hell of an actor. Hell of script.
that was something HUGE and MIGHTY to say and salute , may he rest in peace and the rest of M.A.S.H who has gone , powerfull scene.
Beautiful scene. As good as it gets.
Wonderful scene, and a great show.
Damn that hits, doesn't it? My Grandfather was a Territorial British Soldier, then later in the 2nd SAS during WWII. About 15 years ago my Father was passing away in a hospital bed and my Grandfather came to say goodbye to his Son. He kept a stiff upper lip but told my Dad that he loved him. He and I were alone in the hospital lift on the way back down when he turned and said "I suppose you think me a hard man for not shedding a tear, but I've just lost so many". His eyes glassed over as I comforted him that everyone deals with grief in their own way. His Mettle came back to him and his composure returned. It must be so hard being an ageing Soldier. We asked and still ask so much. Lest we forget...
Toasting lost brothers in arms. Hits me hard.
Powerful scene. Those seem like genuine emotions.
This episode triggered a lot of tears. I remember watching the series finale while I was still in college. The TV viewing room in the front lobby of my dorm was packed. Not a word was uttered and quite a few tears. For me, it was a personal connection in that both my parents were teenagers who barely survived the Korean War and thank God it only lasted 3 years and not the 11 years M*A*S*H ran on TV. Too many people died in those 3 years. My parents both became doctors out of the ashes of that war. They eventually emigrated to the States and became American citizens. They passed in 2017 and 2021 and everytime i see a M*A*S*H episode i think of them.
The older I get the more I appreciate this show!
RIP Harry, David, William, Kellye, Wayne, Alan(Arbus)........Gone, but not forgotten.
Anyone who has been in the military knows, ultimately you will have to say good bye to your buddies and probably never see them or hear from them again. It's a sad experience whether you were a lifer or a draftee. Colonel Potter's speech and his toast was outstanding.
It happens to dependents, too. I was a brat who saw some duty stations and friends come and go before I was ten.
the feeling is closer to an amputation of a piece of ones soul.
I found out a mucker I served with was killed 3 years after I got out. I found out 15 years later. It hit me like it had only just happened, you never forget. RIP mate.
@@achosenman9376 Thanks for your service and your comment. Prayers!
@@Tommy1977777 Thank you for your comment, and service!
This scene, and the Henry Blake announcement are some of the best scenes out of the 4077.
Watching this scene as a teenager it was fine acting. After my military service this scene causes tears. My buddies are still alive and well, but I know the Grim Reaper is coming ever closer to all 3 of us.
I am one of the last surviving members of my high school class. This scene did bring me to tears. I very seldom cry at anything anymore.
You can see the passion in everyone's eyes during this scene. David Ogden Stiers is pretty close to crying. One of the best scenes ever on this show.
He wasn't close to crying..in 2 of his 4 cut away shots, you can see the tears coming down his face.
After looking at it again, I see he did show some tears.
This is what makes Charles so great a character. Arrogant, pompous and sarcastic 99 % of the time, but during the important moments, he always shows his caring and deeply human side. Mr. Ogden Stiers' performance was just wonderful.
lolomgmetobavi David Ogden Stiers was complete opposite of his character and was known to be funny, caring and well liked person on set as was Larry Linville whom everyone liked on set.
@@scottknode898 Yep, I read both Mr. Stiers and Mr. Linville were very popular among their colleagues and that Mr. Stiers was also very kind towards the fans.
When families sat down in the living room and watched television together
No doubt...no doubt.
And you knew that most of the country was doing the same thing you were.
The finest cast with the finest script with finest of intentions.
Finest kind
Charles might have been the only one who knew just how rare that brandy was. But I preferred the cast after Frank Burns left, it felt much more like a family.
Frank burns was a character you loved to hate he acted like he was a macho man all he wanted is to be the boss but he was nothing but a little panty waste a cry baby and a coward Larry Linvil did a great portraying him.
@@bryanvandergriff194 that he did. He still had one of the most memorable lines. Major Houlihan talking about Donald and Frank burns him with all brawn no brains.
Agree. MASH was good during the Trapper/Burns/Blake era, but it seemed rather shallow and whimsical.
I personally much prefer the Hunnicut/Potter/Winchester era. The show was not zany, but it was still funny and had a much deeper and mature feel to it.
Each to their own I guess, but the later seasons were much better in my opinion.
@@oilersridersbluejays much like the brandy, the show got better with age.
Doesn't take much acting when you have a real love for the actor you're working with. The entire cast loved Harry Morgan and it showed.
This is one of my favorite episodes from MASH. As a soldier, I always get a little teary eyed. Hell, sometimes, remembering all my buddies, I actually sob. It's kind of like when the angel tells George Bailey, "All those men on that transport died! He wasn't there to save them, because you weren't there to save Harry!" I love this episode. The most. Thank you, Jim Berthiaume for bringing it to me.
How Many tv shows make you think laugh and cry as l get older my self l look at my life just like Colonel Potter love watching M.A.S.H even reruns 😊👍
One of the best TV Shows ever. I have it all on DVD and have binge watched it. By far, the best assembly of characters ever.
I have no idea who wrote this part of the script, but he just rewrote Shakespeare re We Band of Brothers, We happy Few. And Harry Morgan delivers it perfectly. Those of us who wore uniform, served and grew loving mateship and a special relationship will know this so well. This is what we were all about.
I heard somewhere (memory is a little fuzzy as to where) that the toast was to guys he actually served with.
One of the many reasons that I love this show. It could make you belly laugh till you bust your gut, then turn right around in the same episode and make you cry your heart out, and then laugh one more time at the end, all in 30 minutes. Best Dang show on TV
Exactly. You defined the show.
MASH fan from England.
I'm the last of five friends from high school (1965) and the last member of a parenting class (1974)
The hard part is there is no one who knows or understands the things we said and did. Sometimes, I catch myself laughing or crying over the old days.
I'm 77, couldn't put it better. I salute all of my incredible friends and saviors over the years. Rest in peace, I will be there soon, then we will be happy, together 🙏🙏♥️👍🇺🇸
Henry Morgan's portrayal of Colonel Potter is so expertly done, as a Marine Sgt. Vet I would follow him. He plays it so real.
All of them, as goofy as they were... Drafted Doctors.. they all had a lot of love and respect for good ol' regular Army Colonel Potter.
We were young, and proud. I long for the past. Miss you Aaron, Shawn, Todd and Kyle, may you rest in peace.
Every time I watch that scene a bit of saltwater drains from my eyes.
It's great when a TV series allows a scene for an actor to show his skills, such a Harry Morgan gets a chance to do here. The audience can just feel the sobs just below Potter's self restraint.
This makes me think of the four friends I knew as a young man back in Illinois. The Vietnam draft fell heavily on the young men of draft age during Vietnam. There were only about 30 of us total and all but three served. Two died over there and two killed themselves shortly after getting home. I'm an old man now, 77 years old, in the near future I will sometime reunite with those who never went past their youth. I've never forgotten them.
Lovely comment.
Thank You for your service!
im 75 never in nam, 3 from HS died there
My grandfather served in the Army-Captain, WWI, France. Never said a word about it and we lived next door. He was a lifelong mechanic and during the depression never charged his labor when working on neighborhood vehicles. He spent his golden years hanging out in his garage with a neighbor, drinking a quart of beer and chewing Copenhagen(gave him cancer in 1969). As a child I was given a note to buy the beer and chew. He gave me 75 cents and I kept the nickel change.
How times have changed....
This clip brought back fond memories of my grandpa, Cap. Freisinger.
The best show ever on television. They could do more in 20 minutes than most movies nowadays can do in 2 hours. They couldn't make a show like this today, unless Aaron Sorkin got involved. I've seen each episode at least two dozen times and still I am moved by many of them, especially this one. I miss real television art. We used to gather and watch this in seminary and got as much out of it as we did in some of our classes. I tried to be a minister like father Mulcahy - compassionate and truly in touch with his own shortcomings and needs. Bless this whole cast and production crew for giving something timeless and meaningful. I think if I were teaching in seminary now, I would require a course in this show.
One of the best dramatic scenes of one of the best comedy series of all-time.
"I love you fella's, one and all", that line gets me everytime
If you can watch this without getting teary eyed there must be something wrong with you.