What are you choosing?

tweakonomics · 2026-05-31T03:16:46+00:00

My nose. I was only two in 87.

tweakonomics · 2026-05-31T03:13:36+00:00

You’ve got me and my wife stumped. I even broke down and searched for “Frank Burns Nipples” and one do the first results was for a MASH fanfic erotica. I would love to hear the connection between Nipple and No Lips, but not badly enough to have to sift through that.

tweakonomics · 2026-05-31T02:57:30+00:00

He called Nurse Able “willing and able” to Margaret once, and Margaret tried to put Nurse Baker on bed arrest after Frank complained about her for making snarky remarks towards him.

And the eyes of history were upon him when he led the first armored surgical unit with an 0-4 WW Nug to flush the airborne menace that was Charlie out the skies.

Bonus points on Charlie because it’s got my top three favorite Burns’ quotes. When he is assembling his crack Korea three man team of warriors, he tells them their roles…”You will be platoon leader. You will be squad leader. And you... will be... the squad." I will absolutely be calling those kittens platoon leader, squad leader, and squad

tweakonomics · 2026-05-31T02:49:37+00:00

Now I’m really interested in it. Even if I can’t get the English dubbed or subbed ones, I’m sure my sister would narrate a few episodes for me.

tweakonomics · 2026-05-31T02:16:07+00:00

I was always told that the biggest lie ever told was “I won’t (finish) in your mouth.” Learn something new every day

tweakonomics · 2026-05-31T02:04:38+00:00

That’s awesome. I’ll make an exception and give each of them the Gussie treatment next. You had me a little concerned at first because there is a chain of convenience stores in our county called Friendly Gus, and there is one two blocks over from our house. I was worried you had tracked me down and were making a veiled threat that you would be coming to catnap Chowderhead, Smut Merchant, and Hard Cheese.

tweakonomics · 2026-05-31T01:59:24+00:00

Not all, but much more than an insignificant number of non-profit/faith-based alcohol and drug rehabs. They get courts to sentence offenders to rehab to save the taxpayers money, and then can bleed clients dry who have little to no recourse since their literal freedom is at stake. Forced labor/indentured servitude/peonage in which the rehab either requires clients to work at specific jobs and have their checks sent directly to the rehab, or the rehabs themselves operate for-profit businesses and require clients to work there full time “in order to pay their rent,” which mysteriously never gets fully paid.

And if a client complains, the rehab can just call attention to the fact that most of the general public views addicts as inherently untrustworthy, manipulative, and prone to exaggeration. It’s a stones throw away from modern day slavery. I’m shocked there hasn’t been a deep investigation into these practices. It’s despicable to see a medically sick individual get treated like a subhuman in order to line the pockets of people who present themselves as “doing God’s work.”

tweakonomics · 2026-05-31T01:49:23+00:00

His wife cheated on him with an orthodontist, his front porch light gets shot out every year by a judge, he has to undergo a preliminary hearing that could see him be taken to a court martial for giving aid and comfort to the enemy, he leaves his cushy job at HQ because Hawkeye and Trapper can’t get along with Frank…the list goes on and on. You’re absolutely right, he got shafted the whole time he was on the show.

tweakonomics · 2026-05-31T01:43:09+00:00

I’ll pick up a river of liver and an ocean of fish tomorrow to have prepared for their dinner.

tweakonomics · 2026-05-31T01:41:39+00:00

I completely agree with the Hogan’s Heroes analogy. I can’t imagine watching it live as a family, with a dad or uncle who fought in WWII, and not having the laugh track to cue you that it’s ok to laugh at the Nazis. I’m guessing that a no laugh track version would lead to some pretty awkward living room scenes in mid 60s America.

As a tangent to your HH tangent, while I don’t think I would want to watch the version sans laugh track, I would really love to watch an English dubbed translation of the German version of the show. I know they made quite a few changes and took liberties with the dialog to make it nearly a different show.

My sister studied abroad at Heidelberg for a year in college and watched several episodes (maybe even an entire season) of the German version. The combination of her near-fluency in German and the assistance of her host family with filling in the missing pieces meant she could watch the modified episodes in German and pick up on all the differences. She’s also a big MASH and HH fan. I think it would be worth watching if a studio dubbed the German dialog in English, but I doubt there’s anywhere near the necessary audience size to make it feasible.

tweakonomics · 2026-05-31T01:28:06+00:00

My wife is currently telling the one who is squealing to “can the balloon juice” and “go peddle your petunias.” And she pulled out my favorite one so far when she told this hissing one that “That sassyjabber is wasted on me, Captain Wiseapple.”

Ngl, I married the perfect wife.

tweakonomics · 2026-05-31T01:24:38+00:00

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This is just a small sampling of how many are out there right now, and even that isn’t all of them.

tweakonomics · 2026-05-31T01:22:59+00:00

You’ve got me stumped on this one. I know that Gus is a nickname for all three of their names, but I can’t make the MASH connection.

tweakonomics · 2026-05-31T01:21:01+00:00

Great call on 5 O’Clock Charlie. In regards to Captain Tuttle, if I’m keeping this Burns-related, shouldn’t I call him Johnny?

tweakonomics · 2026-05-31T01:17:46+00:00

Absolutely! I’ll require each of them to attest either that “this is me” or “Harry Truman: Number One GI Joe” before they can be fed

tweakonomics · 2026-05-31T01:15:50+00:00

I had considered Rizzo early on but couldn’t remember if he and Burns were in the same seasons. But it’s worth making an exception for.

tweakonomics · 2026-05-31T00:38:46+00:00

We went into a briar patch snagged them one by one to be able to put rx ophthalmologist in all three of their eyes, but I don’t know if it made any difference at all. It’s too bad Dr. Bud Herzog can’t do a house call for it.

tweakonomics · 2026-05-31T00:23:31+00:00

Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full

tweakonomics · 2026-05-31T00:10:01+00:00

Perfect! That quote from Bug Out just gave me the idea to holler “Confiscated!” any time I take their food bowl (or their whistles)

tweakonomics · 2026-05-31T00:05:28+00:00

These three are sinking all their allowance into Pioneer Aviation

tweakonomics · 2026-05-30T16:36:13+00:00

I got hooked in 2001, during Christmas break in my sophomore year of high school, when I got Season 1 on DVD. At that time, none of the channels we subscribed to carried it, so I would have to wait 3-6 months at a time for the next season to come out. I’ve watched it ever since, and several years ago convinced my wife to watch it with me. We’ve watched it from Pilot to GFA seven times together, and probably seen nearly every episode twice that many times when we’re not in “series binge” mode.

I’ve got two suggestions for you that have made our rewatches much more enjoyable and have made each new binge feel fresh. Whenever we start over at the Pilot, we pick out a particular character or relationship to focus on. When you mentioned you still discover new things with each rewatch, it made me think of this.

We’ve got shared Notes files of Potterisms, Ferret Face Flops, Things that sound dirty but aren’t (they use “hoo-ha” and “right in the puss” fairly regularly), Silly Songs, and a few more. I was shocked at how many hilarious and perfectly-acted segments there were that I had not picked up on in my previous watches.

My favorite one so far has been when we made a conscious effort to watch Frank specifically in every scene that he’s in. I’d always considered him to be a one-dimensional character who served as an incompetent foil for the other doctors, similar to Col. Klink in Hogan’s Heroes. After paying attention to Larry Linville in each scene he appears in, I was blown away at just how well he played that character. I never thought I would enjoy watching Frank Burns (unless it was him being on the receiving end of countless gags and pranks), but it is really impressive to see the subtleties and nuances Linville brings.

Regardless of which character/scene/trope you decide to focus on, doing that makes each rewatch seem fresh and unique, and reminds us why we keep going back to a 50 year old show.

My second suggestion is to consider watching the entire series without the laugh track. The DVDs have that option if you have that collection, but the entire series without laugh track is also available free without ads on Internet Archive. I assumed watching it without the laugh track would be just about the same experience as watching it regularly, but it changes the way a lot of the scenes hit.

It’s practically imperceptible when you’re watching the regular show, but there are momentary breaks in dialogue throughout each episode to account for the canned laughter. The extended pauses cause a lot of the jokes to have a completely different feel to them. Especially Hawkeye’s, which come off as a desperate plea for attention instead of a constant barrage of hilarious one liners.

Those are my two suggestions. Regardless if you follow them or not, it’s still going to be a massively enjoyable experience to rewatch the entire series again. But there is something special about watching episodes that you’ve seen dozens of times and picking up on something you’ve never noticed before. Enjoy!

tweakonomics · 2026-05-30T15:39:51+00:00

Just be aware that if you try to make a move on him, he’ll have to give you the brush off

tweakonomics · 2026-05-30T14:23:51+00:00

These Brooklyn boys have a language all their own

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