March 30, 2009

M*A*S*H Folklore

Gotta love folklore.  Gotta love popular culture.  Folklore about popular culture - double the love!

Apparently there is a story circulating the interwebs about the episode of the television series MASH in which the news of the character Col. Blake's death is announced.   It seems that the writers waited to make the announcement at the last minute - during filming - so as to get the best surprise reaction from the actors.    This is great for so many reasons.  The first thing that amazes me is that there is an item of folklore circulating about an episode that initially aired over thirty years ago!   Second thing that I love is that no one should really care about this - but we do!  

Anyway, great article about this over at Snopes.

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