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Darwins_Retriever

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205. During that time period
Tue Oct 8, 2024, 11:39 AM
Oct 2024

How many people of color graduated from medical schools?
How many people of color were Army officers?
How many people of color in the Army were in positions to order white folk around?

Actually MASH was pretty accurate. Think of the movie. How did the unit, or why did the unit get the black surgeon? He had been one of the great pro football players prior to the war, and the MASH unit needed him for their football game against the general's team which had several AA players such Buck Buchanan and Nolan Smith (who by the way was sitting next to me when I was a kid when I went to the movie, yes I was underage)

Whole different story. Just sitting there at the movie MASH and the black guy next to me looked down the row and called to my brother, they knew each other. My brother looked at me and told me that was Nolan Smith. My brother worked at one of the public golf Courses in KC. and He met several Chiefs through working there: Nolan, Buck Buchanan, Ernie Ladd, Emmitt Thomas, and few more Chiefs.

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In the UK they used to have the Black & White Minstrel Show OnDoutside Oct 2024 #1
Yuck. The UK also had the Benny Hill Show-terrible. debm55 Oct 2024 #3
Yes indeed, and Alf Garnett was hugely popular. OnDoutside Oct 2024 #12
Did ALL in the Family take that show and Americanize it? debm55 Oct 2024 #48
Hmmm that's a great question ! Apparently yes, All in the Family was based on Til Death Do Us Part. OnDoutside Oct 2024 #108
Thank you , the woman looked like Edith. Thank you for looking that up. debm55 Oct 2024 #109
Edite, lol Kittycatkat Oct 2024 #173
Thank you debm55 Oct 2024 #174
But they also had The Two Ronnies VMA131Marine Oct 2024 #25
Oh, I loved Benny Hill. Meadowoak Oct 2024 #206
I didn't understand the humor. Thank you though. debm55 Oct 2024 #207
Three's Company Freddie Oct 2024 #2
I also didn't think it was funny. And very seldom watched. Thank you. debm55 Oct 2024 #4
Cringe-inducing, for sure. hlthe2b Oct 2024 #9
agree debm55 Oct 2024 #110
Seinfeld for me. Haven't watch since Richard's insane N-word rant. brush Oct 2024 #10
Thank you ,brush and i totally agree with you. debm55 Oct 2024 #106
and the whole personality of Jack was that he was a horn dog BlueWaveNeverEnd Oct 2024 #183
Almost all of them. The only sitcom worth watching was M*A*S*H. Ocelot II Oct 2024 #5
Yeah. M*A*S*H was the only one I could come up with that I continue to enjoy. There might be others, but hlthe2b Oct 2024 #8
M*A*S*H had a character nicknamed True Dough Oct 2024 #11
Yeah, that was unfortunate and why the character was abandoned after six episodes. hlthe2b Oct 2024 #14
The spearchucker character was in the original MASH movie 10 Turtle Day Oct 2024 #26
I'm pretty sure Delarage Oct 2024 #62
Ah yes, you are correct! 10 Turtle Day Oct 2024 #69
He was in the book, before the movie. Charlie Chapulin Oct 2024 #144
Thank you Charlie Chaplin. debm55 Oct 2024 #146
Yeah, no POC as main characters. I remember Margaret Cho who is of Korean descent mucifer Oct 2024 #47
During that time period Darwins_Retriever Oct 2024 #205
The Forgotten MASH Surgeon: The Story of Alvin Vincent Blount Jr, MD Historic NY Oct 2024 #80
One of my very favorite programs was/is "Barney Miller" ailsagirl Oct 2024 #16
Agree. Good writing, acting and deadpan delivery wrapped around clever situations. yonder Oct 2024 #20
"This is a police station, not a horror movie" bedazzled Oct 2024 #60
Dietrich was hilarious!! ailsagirl Oct 2024 #64
The cast was excellent bedazzled Oct 2024 #66
He was wonderful!! ailsagirl Oct 2024 #73
I had quite the crush on him. Nt Figarosmom Oct 2024 #84
I still do! bedazzled Oct 2024 #88
Yeah he did Figarosmom Oct 2024 #90
Me, too ailsagirl Oct 2024 #169
And the writing!! ailsagirl Oct 2024 #171
Finally got a chance to look at that - still smiling here. yonder Oct 2024 #91
his character reminds me of the HR guy on "The Office" BlueWaveNeverEnd Oct 2024 #184
Hysterical!! ailsagirl Oct 2024 #168
Yeah that was a good episode Figarosmom Oct 2024 #83
I remember that episode and LMAO debm55 Oct 2024 #114
There was a horrible episode of Barney Miller where the main joke of the episode was mucifer Oct 2024 #35
I agree with that. That is terrible. debm55 Oct 2024 #37
I vaguely remember that one-- not exactly a funny premise ailsagirl Oct 2024 #61
I was watching reruns and came across it mucifer Oct 2024 #65
Thats one of the episodes i liked because it did show how a lot of guys thought of it Figarosmom Oct 2024 #86
Thank you ailsgirl Agree debm55 Oct 2024 #113
Agree with you debm55 Oct 2024 #130
Absolutely. thucythucy Oct 2024 #165
Thank you Ocelot II Agree debm55 Oct 2024 #112
MASH had some problematic scenes, thucythucy Oct 2024 #150
Agree debm55 Oct 2024 #155
A lot of those shows make me cringe. ''All in the Family might not make me laugh but it was ahead of its time hlthe2b Oct 2024 #6
Agree with the laugh tracks debm55 Oct 2024 #39
All in the Family - still relevant legallyblondeNYC Oct 2024 #213
Just Shoot Me... MiHale Oct 2024 #7
One of the Thursday night NBC space fillers underpants Oct 2024 #52
Was that Hill Street Blues? debm55 Oct 2024 #132
Hill Street then I think it was Law & Order or maybe LA Law. underpants Oct 2024 #139
Thank you underpants. debm55 Oct 2024 #142
I named this one too. Nt Figarosmom Oct 2024 #87
Thank you MiHale. I don't remember ever seeing the program. I guess good for me. debm55 Oct 2024 #116
My Little Margie Otto_Harper Oct 2024 #13
Thank you Otto_Harper. debm55 Oct 2024 #133
I mostly liked the CBS country comedies of the 1960s: rsdsharp Oct 2024 #15
Thank you rsdsharp, Didn't like Green Arcres except for the little dog and the opening song. debm55 Oct 2024 #134
I thought Edgar Buchanan (Uncle Joe Carson) and Pat Buttram (Mr. Haney) were great. MichMan Oct 2024 #189
Thank you MichMan Uncle Joe --Petticoat Junction and Mr Haney -Grren Acers I watched both shows and but I could never debm55 Oct 2024 #191
Friends MaryMagdaline Oct 2024 #17
Thank you MaryMagdaline. I have never watched it. debm55 Oct 2024 #136
Going way back it is.. BittyJenkins Oct 2024 #18
"Fronk" the well meaning gardner. It would never Klarkashton Oct 2024 #22
Yes! I remember BittyJenkins Oct 2024 #46
Thank you Klarkaston. debm55 Oct 2024 #138
Thank you PittyJenkins. debm55 Oct 2024 #137
The Honeymooners sanatanadharma Oct 2024 #19
Except... ProfessorGAC Oct 2024 #32
Yes domestic abuse is so funny, I never liked Jackie Gleason because of that show debm55 Oct 2024 #40
I always disliked that show, even when I was little. He was always angry and EVERYBODY was pnwest Oct 2024 #154
Thank you pnwest. It was too much like my family. debm55 Oct 2024 #159
Back when TV was awesome!! aeromanKC Oct 2024 #21
Disagree. Elessar Zappa Oct 2024 #30
Agree. debm55 Oct 2024 #141
All in the Family - one particular episode Not Heidi Oct 2024 #63
I do... appmanga Oct 2024 #72
All in the Family debuted when I was nine. Different Drummer Oct 2024 #119
I do, Paul was a member of the JDL. Also I remember the storyline with Beverly LaSale -a Drag Queen. and the murder of debm55 Oct 2024 #143
Yeah. I watched it recently on MeTv. ellemb Oct 2024 #210
Thank you aeromanKC Tried to watch on stream and it wasn't like I remember it. debm55 Oct 2024 #140
There are a lot that didn't age well.. CabbageAndBeans Oct 2024 #23
Agree debm55 Oct 2024 #145
I think Taxi still holds up pretty well VMA131Marine Oct 2024 #24
Agreed. Classic. NT CabbageAndBeans Oct 2024 #31
That was my favorite episode debm55 Oct 2024 #41
there are some types of moments in Mash that didn't exist Tetrachloride Oct 2024 #27
Thank you Tetrachloride.Disliked the Honeymooners. debm55 Oct 2024 #147
Honeymooners. "BAM Alice, to the moon!" while cocking his fist at his wife BlueWaveNeverEnd Oct 2024 #185
Thank you and I agree, I never liked Jackie Gleason after the Honeymooners debm55 Oct 2024 #193
I Love Lucy no_hypocrisy Oct 2024 #28
Never thought it was even as a kid watching reruns. debm55 Oct 2024 #42
Even as a little girl (born in 1951, same year I Love Lucy premiered)... 3catwoman3 Oct 2024 #93
Agree and thank you, 3catwoman3 debm55 Oct 2024 #94
Anyhting with with that rapist Bill Cosby in it. canuckledragger Oct 2024 #29
Thread winner! nt Shermann Oct 2024 #67
Thank you canuckledragger. I feel the same way. debm55 Oct 2024 #148
Cosby show was so big, traffic was light in LA when it was on. Nothing else compares to it. BlueWaveNeverEnd Oct 2024 #186
After watching MASH for decades I don't find it funny today. I find Hawkeye just plain doc03 Oct 2024 #33
I have never seen an episode of Friends. debm55 Oct 2024 #44
The thing about M*A*S*H was that it was really about the Vietnam war LisaM Oct 2024 #180
Agree, Thank you LisaM debm55 Oct 2024 #197
Agree. Thank you doc03 debm55 Oct 2024 #195
Three's Company The Madcap Oct 2024 #34
Agree. with you The Madcap debm55 Oct 2024 #149
I still watch All in the Family. It is funny to me still. They took on a lot of issues. ellemb Oct 2024 #36
I still watch it too. johnp3907 Oct 2024 #85
Yep ellemb Oct 2024 #92
Thank you ellemb. debm55 Oct 2024 #151
Bewitched Keepthesoulalive Oct 2024 #38
In the end she did get her way Sequoia Oct 2024 #156
Agree debm55 Oct 2024 #157
Gladys Kravitz was gaslighted Bok_Tukalo Oct 2024 #208
She had cancer on the show and worked almost up until her death. I didn;t like her character but I thought she was a debm55 Oct 2024 #209
The Cosby Show CanonRay Oct 2024 #43
He also did jello and the pudding commercials.too. debm55 Oct 2024 #45
That's the first one I thought of FullySupportDems Oct 2024 #81
I Love Lucy is the worst. arkielib Oct 2024 #49
I've never watched a full episode underpants Oct 2024 #53
This show is still LOL phunny even today... NewDayOranges Oct 2024 #129
Most likely in 50 years the programs we watch in 2024 Polly Hennessey Oct 2024 #50
Hogan's Heroes MichMan Oct 2024 #51
The cast was largely comprised of Jewish German exiles and camp survivors. Ursus Rex Oct 2024 #111
Yes, portrayed as bumbling, yet likeable characters, not ruthless villains. MichMan Oct 2024 #117
No, because today's Nazis would not permit the writers to make them so foolish. malthaussen Oct 2024 #118
Me either. Terrible concept for a comedy. debm55 Oct 2024 #121
That show was a weekly staple in our house Turbineguy Oct 2024 #135
Thank you Turbineguy. My uncle was a young pilot shot down and place in a POW camp. We never watched it. debm55 Oct 2024 #153
Some people apparently thought Married With Children was funny.. Permanut Oct 2024 #54
Funny then, not funny now. FuzzyRabbit Oct 2024 #55
Agree Permanut. Never thought it was funny. debm55 Oct 2024 #122
Columbo is still awesome! Original Law & Order I still love as well. Kittycatkat Oct 2024 #56
The original Law and Order shows were excellent and still are. Polly Hennessey Oct 2024 #152
Thank you Polly Hennessey. debm55 Oct 2024 #162
Thank you Kittycatkat. debm55 Oct 2024 #160
Kittycatkat..... Upthevibe Oct 2024 #175
He is sooo good, even 50 years later! Kittycatkat Oct 2024 #176
Kittycatkat.......... Upthevibe Oct 2024 #178
I know. It's crazy. Oh, just one more thing Kittycatkat Oct 2024 #179
Agree debm55 Oct 2024 #196
You really come up with great leisure thread topics! bedazzled Oct 2024 #57
Thank you bedazzled. debm55 Oct 2024 #161
The Jack Benny Show... USAF Brat Oct 2024 #58
Agree, debm55 Oct 2024 #163
Well... Mike Nelson Oct 2024 #59
I LOVE Lucy! Zambero Oct 2024 #89
Thank you Zambero. I agree with your two choices. they were very funny. the rest were not. debm55 Oct 2024 #126
thank you Mike Nelson I agree on the rest. But I have to say that Lucy didn't hit me as funny. I felt sorry for her. debm55 Oct 2024 #164
The Rifleman, to a large extent. GoCubsGo Oct 2024 #68
Thank you GoCubsGo, both are dreadful. debm55 Oct 2024 #128
Amos and Andy sinkingfeeling Oct 2024 #70
Thank you sinkingfilling. absolutely terrible. debm55 Oct 2024 #127
My subjective opinion. Your mileage may--and likely willT--vary. Different Drummer Oct 2024 #71
Yes Dear_Prudence Oct 2024 #79
Thank you Dear_Prudence. I didn't know that. debm55 Oct 2024 #103
Thank you Different Drummer. Totally agree.on both. debm55 Oct 2024 #102
O.K. Crackerby rubbersole Oct 2024 #74
Thank you rubbersole debm55 Oct 2024 #100
Friends- rewatched it a few years ago and Luciferous Oct 2024 #75
Thank you Luciferous. I have never watched that show debm55 Oct 2024 #99
I quit watching most if not all cable and broadcast TV after 9/11. Ursus Rex Oct 2024 #115
Ursus Rex. I have never watched Friends. debm55 Oct 2024 #125
Sanford and Son RandySF Oct 2024 #76
Thank You RandySF, Totally agree debm55 Oct 2024 #98
The People's Choice (1950s TV) Doc_Technical Oct 2024 #77
Thank you Doc_Technical debm55 Oct 2024 #97
Chico and The Man. nt TexasTowelie Oct 2024 #78
Agee and I would add Sanford and Son. debm55 Oct 2024 #96
Just Shoot me Figarosmom Oct 2024 #82
Thank you Figarosmom debm55 Oct 2024 #95
Beverly Hillbillys OLDMDDEM Oct 2024 #101
Thank you OLDMDDEM , very silly. Same with Green Acres debm55 Oct 2024 #104
I agree. OLDMDDEM Oct 2024 #105
The only episode of Green Acres I ever liked was the pilot episode with.... Different Drummer Oct 2024 #120
I lliked the song. and the little dog.. but that is about it. debm55 Oct 2024 #124
Early 2000s Reality Shows epreic01 Oct 2024 #107
epreic01 Agree. debm55 Oct 2024 #123
I'm surprised nobody has mentioned "The Dukes of Hazard" yet. Enter stage left Oct 2024 #131
Thank you Enter stage left. Was in college at the time and had no TV, When we finally got one, I watch one episode and debm55 Oct 2024 #158
Frasier had a few cringey moments Freddie Oct 2024 #166
Thank you Freddie and I agree. Haven't watched the new one yet. debm55 Oct 2024 #167
Rosanne & Home Improvement n/t snpsmom Oct 2024 #170
Thank You snpsmom. I totally agree debm55 Oct 2024 #172
I was channel surfing last week and ran across an episode of Prairie_Seagull Oct 2024 #177
Thank you Prairie_Seagull. That is funny. debm55 Oct 2024 #199
the Love Boat. Perv doctor. back when it was considered "cool" for a man to openly lust after women BlueWaveNeverEnd Oct 2024 #181
Sanford and Son had an episode where Sanford thought his son (Lamont) was gay BlueWaveNeverEnd Oct 2024 #182
Agree. I didn't like that show. Thank you BlueWaveNeverEnd debm55 Oct 2024 #200
Dobie Gillis. I'll give Bob Denver props; and Tuesday Weld was in character, but it's not worth watching Dwayne Hickman NBachers Oct 2024 #187
Thank you very much. NBachers. debm55 Oct 2024 #201
I'm sure I'd still love parts of MASH (tv), All In The Family, I Love Lucy.... electric_blue68 Oct 2024 #188
Thank you electric_blue68 I agree with you on the Lucy episodes. debm55 Oct 2024 #202
Two and a Half Men MichMan Oct 2024 #190
thank you MichMan. Totally agree. debm55 Oct 2024 #192
"From Agnes-With Love" episode, "Twilight Zone." Paladin Oct 2024 #194
Thank you Paladin. debm55 Oct 2024 #198
Tabitha Joe Cool Oct 2024 #203
Yes it is shocking. I never saw the show. I am glad I didn't. Thank you JoeCool. debm55 Oct 2024 #204
Both of those shows are still great. valleyrogue Oct 2024 #211
Thank you valleyrogue for sharing. debm55 Oct 2024 #212
Not a TV show, but the movie "The Odd Couple". PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2024 #214
I know how you feel. Thank you , debm55 Oct 2024 #217
"To the Moon, Alice..." legallyblondeNYC Oct 2024 #215
Agree debm55 Oct 2024 #216
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