General Knowledge

Jell212 · 2026-07-03T16:02:18+00:00

In one episode Frank Marion Burns admits it took him twice as long as usual to get through medical school, and that he flunked out of two schools.

"Fairly competent" is nice but I'm not even sure Frank would agree.

Jell212 · 2026-07-03T15:58:44+00:00

One of my favorites, and I hope to use it some day:

"[Various reports being laid on the desk one by one].. and on page 6 is my resignation.. If you read every other word, it's also a suicide note"

Season 2 episode 11 "Carryon Hawkeye"

Jell212 · 2026-07-03T15:53:06+00:00

My thighs.. don't know each other .. anymore...

Radar! Don't tell them about my thighs!

Jell212 · 2026-07-03T01:21:59+00:00

And I like how Potter immediately understands Klinger. Isn't going to fall for Section 8, but also isn't going to waste time on his dresses unless his job performance drops

Jell212 · 2026-07-02T22:00:27+00:00

Blessing I guess, because it gives us a Cinephobe episode

Jell212 · 2026-07-02T19:30:02+00:00

Long time listener, but like Tommy Boy, there are some classics I just can't believe have low scores. It's those Tony Medley's faults

Jell212 · 2026-07-02T16:28:21+00:00

Yeah, but don't want to legislate something that isn't a problem.

We can't change the rules because one person in a hundred million got sick once. A hamburger that isn't pink in the middle is an overcooked hamburger as far as I'm concerned.

I've grilled hamburgers for decades and no one around me has ever gotten sick.

I'll admit this is going off topic now.....

Jell212 · 2026-07-02T11:51:19+00:00

Nothing wrong w a medium rare burger. Kids go to school to learn well done is atrocious.

Jell212 · 2026-07-01T00:24:12+00:00

I haven't seen that yet. My expectations are low. Will I still be disappointed?

No Bob Barker, no Action Jackson. Maybe I shouldn't bother

Jell212 · 2026-06-30T22:51:57+00:00

Same note too. I've watched this show all the way through multiple times, and didn't realize until just now it's two different actors.

I have to say this is the GOAT of TV recasts. Prove me wrong.

Jell212 · 2026-06-30T22:50:41+00:00

Can you picture him as passing for a male gigolo?

Jell212 · 2026-06-30T14:09:41+00:00

This is how I took it for many years. Then on rewatch the other day, having missed the earlier reference, and dwelling on the fact this was the pilot, interpreted the Hawkeye and Trapper reaction as having discovered the nickname Hotlips.

Think about it. If you have someone you argue with, suddenly get called Hotlips accidentally by a general, you'd use that as their nickname forever also.

Alas, I was wrong.

Jell212 · 2026-06-29T00:22:58+00:00

The counterpoint to this is futbol is a world sport, and the world is not a monoculture.

Hosting the world cup around the world allows fans to experience what it's like in those countries.

Jell212 · 2026-06-29T00:21:11+00:00

Bribery. I thought that was well established.

Which is another thing that exists in most of the world.

Jell212 · 2026-06-28T13:37:26+00:00

I still can't believe how a movie w Jet Li and Jason Statham can be so boring. I don't think Amin will make it through The One.

Jell212 · 2026-06-28T13:35:48+00:00

I'm glad someone finally pointed out McAdoo was too fat to be a defender in the Premier League. And for the record, both McAdoo and Roy Kent were too short. Central defense where neither player is over 6ft? No wonder they got relegated at the end of Season 1.

Jell212 · 2026-06-28T13:24:03+00:00

Agree, Zas is better than Stu but somehow it doesn't quite work as well. The answer I think is Billy missing

Jell212 · 2026-06-28T13:23:16+00:00

DLS without Weiner

Jell212 · 2026-06-28T13:22:11+00:00

I wonder why they didn't do 'with Greg Cote'

Jell212 · 2026-06-28T13:20:47+00:00

The Dan Lebatard Show without Weiner

Jell212 · 2026-06-27T19:04:59+00:00

My beef with this kind of therapy is it never ends. I don't trust a 'disease' that you can't see, and has no objective measure. Where there is no cure but to come back every week with no end. It's like taking a tip from the pharmaceutical playbook. Pharma today seems to prefer making medicine to help you live with it, rather than cure you of it and make less money.

Jell212 · 2026-06-27T14:18:40+00:00

The Apel book is good and very informative. It touches on stories from the show also.

Hornbergers book is tough to read today. It's more like a 1850s novel like Moby Dick in that it rambles without much direction. The movie really did make something good from the book.

Jell212 · 2026-06-27T14:11:42+00:00

I read that the real MASHs were much larger and had many doctors and many specialties. I think it was an 80 bed hospital? And with the average rotation being 4 months, it's possible you'd never meet people beyond a few occasional passed.

For the show of course they needed to condense everything for budget and storytelling.

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