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Post by louise on Feb 19, 2017 6:52:02 GMT
I love the first three seasons, which were hilarious with just a touch of drama from time to time. Part of that was the portrayal of Frank Burns by Larry Linville. Kind of a thankless role but he was superb in it, and hilarious. The show was best when it had Frank, Trapper and Henry Blake and didn't take itself so seriously. When Winchester came on board is when the show lost its sense of humor. BJ wasn't much better. I find the latter seasons hard to watch. I remember on a thread on the old imdb board someone was discussing Frank Burns, and it occured to me that had MASH been a British sitcom, Frank Burns would have been the star. Our most popular sitcoms tend to revolve around silly people doing silly things. We tend not to make sitcom stars out of smart wisecracking types.
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