Thursday, December 29, 2011

Super-Limo and a Terrible View

I was very impressed by each Super-Limo.  No doubt a Russian prototype.  Certainly not a General Motors product.  The Portraitmobile was particularly impressive.  The hearse was so long it had two sets of rear-view mirrors.  I slept in and got there late and so my standing spot (each one geometrically measured and marked with a small masking-tape 'X') was awful and I couldn't see much:
Doesn't have much to do with M*A*S*H* but both happened on the Korean Peninsula.

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Fudge Factor

During a particularly hot spell in camp, Tony Baker, a soldier and husband of one of the nurses, is smuggled in to Hot Lips Houlihan's tent under 'quarantine'.  When Hot Lips finds this out, she confronts the nurses, who in turn air their concerns about her aloofness with them.  A terse nurse standoff is the result, with Hot Lips finally airing her exasperation by emotionally asking them, "Did you ever once even offer me a lousy cup of coffee?"

Now, I like fudge. I really like fudge and I have recently received some.  It reminded me of this episode.  And a whole pot of hot fudge gets thrown and wasted in this episode.  That notwithstanding, the take-home message here is that aloofness breeds exasperation.  But if you can live with the exasperation, aloof away the day.  Hot Lips is a damn good nurse and a leader, and all she really wants is to be respected, included and if it so happens, liked.

On right, Linda Kelsey, who later starred with Ed Asner on the television series Lou Grant as Billie, the crusading but soft-hearted reporter.