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Post by Rodney Farber on Apr 30, 2022 11:19:07 GMT
The Pros from Dover [M*A*S*H] - Where is Dover?
To the nurse in Tokyo (or was it Seoul), Elliott Gould refers to himself and Sutherland as, "the Pros from Dover". I believe he was referring to golf pros. Where is Dover? England? But they were Americans talking to other Americans.
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Post by Catman on Apr 30, 2022 11:27:54 GMT
Dover, Delaware perhaps?
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Post by Penn Guinn on Apr 30, 2022 17:58:07 GMT
IMDb trivia page :
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Post by Penn Guinn on Apr 30, 2022 18:00:26 GMT
A bit of new to me MASH trivia
The fourteen-year-old son of director Robert Altman, Mike, wrote the lyrics to the theme song "Suicide is Painless". Because of its inclusion in the subsequent television series, he continued to get residuals throughout its run and syndication. His father was paid $75,000 for directing, but his son eventually made about $2 million in song royalties, with payments continuing, from first syndication through the present day/2020, as M*A*S*H (1972) continues in syndication around the world.
According to Johnny Mandel and Robert Altman, the film's famous theme song was intended to be the "stupidest song ever written". After attempting to write the lyrics himself, Altman said he found it too difficult to write "dumb enough", and instead gave to the task to his fourteen-year-old son. Mike Altman allegedly wrote the lyrics in five minutes, not even expecting to be paid, since he was the director's son. He ended up making millions in royalties off the song.
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Post by Penn Guinn on Apr 30, 2022 18:05:53 GMT
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Post by Penn Guinn on Apr 30, 2022 18:07:44 GMT
more:
from the original book
"Hawkeye would walk confidently into a pro shop, smile, comment upon the nice condition of the course, explain that he was just passing through and that he was Joe, Dave or Jack Somebody, the pro from Dover. This resulted, about eight times out of ten, in an invitation to play for free. If forced into conversation, he became the pro from Dover, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New Jersey, England, Ohio, Delaware, Tennessee, or Dover-Foxcroft, Maine, whichever seemed safest."
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Post by novastar6 on May 1, 2022 13:19:38 GMT
A bit of new to me MASH trivia The fourteen-year-old son of director Robert Altman, Mike, wrote the lyrics to the theme song "Suicide is Painless". Because of its inclusion in the subsequent television series, he continued to get residuals throughout its run and syndication. His father was paid $75,000 for directing, but his son eventually made about $2 million in song royalties, with payments continuing, from first syndication through the present day/2020, as M*A*S*H (1972) continues in syndication around the world. According to Johnny Mandel and Robert Altman, the film's famous theme song was intended to be the "stupidest song ever written". After attempting to write the lyrics himself, Altman said he found it too difficult to write "dumb enough", and instead gave to the task to his fourteen-year-old son. Mike Altman allegedly wrote the lyrics in five minutes, not even expecting to be paid, since he was the director's son. He ended up making millions in royalties off the song.
So much for 'stupidest song ever written'. About 50 of them today could take that crown.
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