Good afternoon - I just want to talk about what could have happened before this scene that resulted in Hawkeye lounging on BJ's cot and not his own. That's all.

My drawing of William Christopher (1932-2018) as Father Mulcahy in M*A*S*H

bringing this back... truly has anyone noticed he might be fairly nice looking??

guys... I think... I think Alan Alda might be attractive???????

Hello, so i am in process of rewatching MASH, and a cursed, very much unwell thought has occurred to me. Well, what if (as an AU concept) MASH universe is like Life on Mars/Ashes to Ashes (idk, if you've seen those, but basically the characters are stuck in purgatory/limbo), that's why it goes for 11 years, that's why time is wibbly-wobbly for them. Probably not the first person to have that thought. Anyway, i was bored, sorry, i may come and talk to you about BJ/Hawkeye off-anon at some point

HI ANON I LOVE THIS!!! Me and @mashbrainrot have entertained a similar concept in the past and I am eager to hear any and all ideas of this sort (even if it also breaks my heart a little). I would love if you talked to me about Beejhawk off anon!!! More Beejhawk pals is always a good thing 💓

I’d like to thank @scuzbrains for accurately roasting me w this gift

M*A*S*H 3.10 "There Is Nothing Like a Nurse"

oh my GOD ANON please come and talk to us about this pleeeease, this is literally my first and still my favourite kinda-AU for mash!!

- the 4077th as a limbo for those who fought and died while serving in the US military, specifically with some medical element... in the same way the police of the LoM/A2A are there to continue to Help People, and trapped due to unfinished business plus sudden death/injury, so too are those trapped at the 4077th there to help soldiers killed in various wars of the last 100 years...

- those who leave (Trapper, Radar, Henry) are those who Move On (whether willingly or not). Specifically Trapper leaves completely willingly and it is why we never hear from him again (much like Sam Tyler seems to not just die but disappear)

- some are more aware of it than others, and to different degrees... Radar being an obvious choice, but also I see Sidney as a benevolent higher up in some way to help aid people, perhaps like a more knowing and kind Gene Hunt?

- Hawkeye as a Sam Tyle type figure and BJ as an Alex Drake type figure (trying to get back to his daughter specifically)... are both of them only in comas?

- explains why there are some key moments of canon confusion, eg. Potter getting the names of/amount of grandkids wrong (he is finding it harder to remember/projecting), Margaret saying her dad was dead and then him turning up later... (he IS dead... that's why he's there!!!)

- also ofc the frequent references to the shaky reality of the place, and Hawkeye's regular breaks from that reality and his repeated assertions that he is dead specifically

- it is literally canon that 'ghosts' exist, only here the ghosts are struggling to linger in the limbo-esque 4077th and are closer to crossing over to whatever is on the other side

Hello, so i am in process of rewatching MASH, and a cursed, very much unwell thought has occurred to me. Well, what if (as an AU concept) MASH universe is like Life on Mars/Ashes to Ashes (idk, if you've seen those, but basically the characters are stuck in purgatory/limbo), that's why it goes for 11 years, that's why time is wibbly-wobbly for them. Probably not the first person to have that thought. Anyway, i was bored, sorry, i may come and talk to you about BJ/Hawkeye off-anon at some point

HI ANON I LOVE THIS!!! Me and @mashbrainrot have entertained a similar concept in the past and I am eager to hear any and all ideas of this sort (even if it also breaks my heart a little). I would love if you talked to me about Beejhawk off anon!!! More Beejhawk pals is always a good thing 💓

Old men serving cunt!!

The energy in these images is so powerful

insane thing to say

I often wonder what Alan & Mike’s relationship is like. Then I see Alan posted (well, approved) this gif for 4th of July…

Alan Alda Opens Up About Living with Parkinson’s and His Torturous Battle with Polio as a Child In the new issue of AARP the Magazine.

In the new issue of AARP the Magazine, M*A*S*H star Alan Alda opens up about life, love, and what he’s learned

At 84, Alan Alda is a survivor — and he’s doing just fine during the current pandemic, riding out the storm at his home in Long Island, New York, with his wife of 63 years, Arlene, 87.“I’m having a good time under the circumstances,” he tells the June/July issue of AARP the Magazine, shared exclusively with PEOPLE. “I’ve found a lot of positive things. I’m very happy about some of the changes we’ve had to go through. For one thing, my wife Arlene is looking for ways to be creative during this time, so she’s gone back to painting and drawing, and she plays the piano every day and she’s experimenting with cooking.” He adds: “I haven’t eaten this well since the last epidemic."The actor and science buff, who was at a time best known for his years playing surgeon Franklin "Hawkeye” Pierce on the hit show M*A*S*H, knows a thing or two about getting through tough times.As a 7-year-old, he was diagnosed with Polio, and underwent six months of therapy that involved having scalding blankets wrapped around his limbs every hour. “It was hard on me,” he tells AARP. “It was harder, I think, on my parents, who couldn’t afford a nurse and had to torture me themselves. It’s always better to pay somebody to torture your kid.”

Decades later, in 2015, he discovered he had Parkinson’s disease. His reaction to the diagnosis? “I began to exercise a lot,” he says.

“A lot of people hear they have Parkinson’s and get depressed and panicky and don’t do anything, just hoping it’ll go away. It’s not going to, but you can hold off the worst symptoms. Movement helps: walking, biking, treadmills. But also specific things: I move to music a lot.” He tells the magazine, “It’s not the end of the world when you get this diagnosis."So how does he retain his positive attitude, especially with all the uncertainty in the world?"You know, with the world changing so rapidly, there’s no point in being optimistic or pessimistic about anything. You’ve just got to surf uncertainty, because it’s all we get."Always curious about science (in 2009 the actor founded the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science at Stony Brook University on Long Island), he says he turns to educating himself on the mysteries of the world 25 years ago, and encourages others to be more curious as well, to learn real facts instead of believing everything they might see online. "It’s clear our lives depend on it,” he says of embracing science and sharing information outside of your inner circle.He adds, “One of the most basic things I’ve tried to do is give people a greater understanding of how science works — the importance of evidence, the importance of many trials, of rigorous studies, and the idea that we learn only a little bit at a time. No single study is the end-all answer for everything.”

To maintain an active lifestyle and help hold back the progression of Parkinson’s, the star said that he regularly exercises. “I work out. You can hold back the progress if you do a lot of specific exercises. So I do a lot of crazy things,” he said.

Among the physical activities that Alda enjoys is boxing, juggling, tennis, swimming, marching and bicycle riding.A unique one that he regularly does? “I march to [John Philip] Sousa music,” he said with a smile. “A lot of Sousa music going on all the time in my house.”

not to go full conspiracy theorist....but....what if it's not just a time loop and is instead part of a larger time quangle

You slackers do what you want. But I'm going to show the general we're military! And I order you to clean up the unholy mess in there, and if you don't, I will!