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M*A*S*H (1972) - 19 corrections

starring Alan Alda, David Ogden Stiers, Loretta Swit, McLean Stevenson, Mike Farrell, Wayne Rogers (add more)

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Entry Wouldn't Col. Flagg arouse suspicion to his superiors by regularly visiting an American medical unit? He wouldn't have been given orders on every occasion to check it out, and both Blake and Potter would likely have complained about his attitude towards their doctors (especially Hawkeye). [Because Flagg was supposed to be an intelligence officer and only appeared in 6 episodes between 1974-1979 it is likely his visits may not have gained much attention from superiors and he would probably often work unsupervised and somewhat undirected. As for Blake and Potter, as well as the rest of the MASH unit, Flagg was largely considered a joke and hardly worth the effort to seriously bother over.]
Corrected by OneHappyHusky
Entry In the pilot episode it says the year is 1950. In the episode Radar's Report, season 2 Radar says it's 1951, yet in the episode A War For All Seasons, season 9 we are told at the beginning of the episode they are going from 1949 to 1950. [I don't think even a TV show would make that error - the Korean War began on June 25, 1950. There is no way a US Army MASH would be in Korea in 1949 - especially taking war casualties.]
Entry In the pilot episode, the MASH unit holds the raffle to send Ho Jon to medical school. In the rest of the series, Ho Jon is still at the MASH unit. [According to IMDb character Ho Jon last appeared in "Ceasefire" aired 3/18/1973 in the second to the last episode of the first season. This would make sense for him to attend classes the following Fall term as in incoming freshman.]
Corrected by OneHappyHusky
Entry Throughout the series, several PA announcements are heard around camp, voiced by Sal Viscuso or Todd Susman. However, we never see anyone but Radar or Klinger manning the PA system, and as it is based in the clerk's office, it would seem odd for someone else to come in to make the announcements. [Too much of an assumption. I think this unknown soldier falls into the category I call "Invisible Characters": those people on some TV shows who are nearby, but are never seen. Among such characters are Pete's wife Gladys on December Bride, Carlton, the doorman on Rhoda, Norm's wife Vera on Cheers and, of course, Niles' wife Maris on Frasier.]
Corrected by Bob Blumenfeld
Entry Trapper John and Hawkeye have a gin still in the Swamp. Distilling gin requires a constant supply of freshwater, large amounts of juniper berries, coriander (and other flavourings), magnesium carbonate, and potassium carbonate. Burnt alum and pipe clay are needed for filtering. Where do they manage to find these things in war-torn Korea in the Fifties? [They are in a MASH unit. They could probably order most of the stuff as medical supplies. Some of the flavorings could be from the black market or sent from home. Also, they CALL it gin - but everyone pretty much agrees that it is mostly rotgut hootch - therefore, there are a lot of things that can be used for flavoring.]
Corrected by Zwn Annwn
Entry I don't know the episode number; I have seen it a few times. Hawkeye is in the Col office with a few of the boys, they have a discussion and Hawkeye says "here's to 1984". Seeing the Korean war ended in 1953. [He is making a sarcastic toast to the political and social situation in Korea during the war, comparing to the dystopian world of Orwell's "1984".]

The Long-John Flap (series 1)

Entry In this episode Radar trades a pair of long johns for a whole leg of lamb that we assume he plans to eat. But in the episode "Private Charles Lamb" Radar is horrified when the Greeks give the camp a live lamb for them to eat. [This is not an error. Radar is not vegetarian, and has no problem eating meat. However, he finds a big difference between a cut of meat arriving on his plate - and actually "meeting" the animal who will go on to become dinner.]
Corrected by pinkwafer

The Moose (series 1)

Entry Season 1 Episode 5 "The Moose". When they're playing poker, Hawkeye is sitting at an angle so that Sgt. Baker cannot see the earpiece that Hawkeye is wearing. However, Hawkeye sometimes turns his head enough for us to see his ear and, since the camera angle is over Baker's shoulder, Baker must have been able to see the earpiece too and realise he was being cheated. [Hawkeye is pretending to be listening to a football game with the ear piece.]
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M*A*S*H - The Pilot (series 1)

Entry Season 1 Episode 1 "M*A*S*H - The Pilot". Hammond calls Margaret "Hotlips" and Hawkeye and Trapper react as if it is the first time they have heard the nickname. However, Hawkeye called her this earlier on at the beginning of the party. [They were surprised the General knew her nickname, which was created in the movie after the two Majors "enjoyed" themselves.]
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The Incubator (series 2)

Entry In Season 2, Episode 12 (The Incubator), the Logan Ramsey character tells Hawkeye and Trapper that with enough notice he could get them anything, even a B-52. The first B-52A entered service in 1954, a year after the Korean War ended. [If it entered sevice so soon after, it would have been in development during the Korean War - it is possible he may be referring to a test version.]
Corrected by Andy Benham

5 O'Clock Charlie (series 2)

Entry When Frank learns he is to take command of the MASH, he says "I just wish I'd taken ROTC in school" However, in Season 2 Episode 2 "Five O-Clock Charlie" he says that he learned gunnery in the ROTC. [As demonstrated throughout the series, Frank is the type of person who will exaggerate or outright lie about himself to impress others. When put in a situation where he must actually perform, he usually fails spectacularly. Pumping up his ROTC credentials is just one example.]
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Abyssinia, Henry (series 3)

Entry The cast was not told that Mclean Stevenson's character Henry was going to be killed off until the last possible second so that the shocked reaction of the cast was used in the show to reflect the reactions of the characters at the death of Henry. [Larry Gelbart has stated numerous times that all of the actors knew exactly what was happening and that there were in fact two takes of this scene, with the second take being the one used. To paraphrase what Mr. Gelbart typed in alt.fan.mash "What we see on the screen is called acting, and Gary and the rest of the cast performed superbly"]

Check-Up (series 3)

Entry When Hawkeye takes Lt. Hoolihan's blood pressure, he attaches the cuff below her elbow. Blood pressure cuffs must go above the elbow. [I haven't seen the episode, but a blood pressure cuff does not need to be above the elbow, it just needs to be over an artery, any artery close enough to the surface to get a reading. Often, if the arms are too large, or if there are problems with the upper arm, a cuff may be placed below the elbow, around the wrist, even on legs if there is no other place, though that doesn't happen very often.]

Soldier of the Month (series 4)

Entry When Radar gets his breakfast he is given a large dollop of mashed potatoes. When he sits down to eat, the potatoes are gone and there is something unidentifiable in their place. [The mashed potatoes remain on the tray throughout. We see Klinger pour gravy over them as Radar reaches the end of the serving line, which is why the colour is different when Radar takes his food to the table.]
Corrected by pinkwafer Time

Bug Out (60 mins.) (series 5)

Entry While Klinger is collecting toilet paper from the latrines, he's singing/chanting the theme music from "Bridge on the River Kwai" (known as the Colonel Bogie March, BTW). That movie wasn't released until several years after the war. [The music itself was written during World War I and was associated with soldiers during both World Wars. Klinger would have been familiar with it before the release of the film that kept it famous.]

Mail Call Three (series 6)

Entry BJ gives his home phone number as 555-2657; in the 1950's, phone numbers were generally given in a TWo-letter-five-number format e.g. "PEnnsylvania-6-5000" or "BEechwood-4-5789". [This is not a mistake. First 'generally' doesn't cut it - they might be the exception. Also, film makers are required by law to use unassigned telephone numbers, and have always used 555 as a prefix as such numbers are never used in real life.]

Life Time (series 8)

Entry When they get the soldier into the OR, Hawkeye tells Klinger to get his canvas tub from the swamp. Yet they gave away the tub in episode titled "None Like it Hot". [And they could not have gotten another?]
Corrected by Bob Blumenfeld

Heroes (series 10)

Entry When Father Mulcahy is talking to the Champ on his deathbed, he is wearing Captain's bars on his shirt despite being a Lieutenant. [He was promoted to Captain in Season 8, Episode 13.]
Corrected by William Bergquist

'Twas the Day after Christmas (series 10)

Entry The officers are supposed to change places with the enlisted, Nurse Kelly is a Lt, but she supposedly changed places with another officer. [It seems all of the nurses were at least Lts. You never met a corporal or private nurse. So to switch, they "promoted" a lower ranking nurse.]

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