I remember watching it alone, in my very first apartment at college—wow. 25 years? I used to rush home after school every day to watch reruns of the show—my friends and I memorized so many lines much like we did the Carol Burnett show and Star Trek (the original series)...at that time I didn’t know what liberalism and conservatism were, I just really enjoyed the mix between comedy and drama. Who can forget the practical joker turning out to be clean cut BJ (what does that stand for anyway?!) after he filled a hole with water and yelled into the Swamp,”AIR RAID!!!!” to see Frank Burns come running out screaming like a little girl and falling in that hole? :-)
I remember crying all through the finale, it was so sad to see the character of Hawkeye so broken, but like someone else said, I rewatched not long ago and it was kind of slow...still one of the best shows I’ve ever seen.
LOL, they actually spent an entire later episode on this. It stands for BJ's parents, Bea and Jay Hunnicutt. Bea-Jay. :)
I thought that, taken as a group, that show had very good actors top to bottom, which made it an excellent show. I am trying to think of other shows that had comparable talent?
I never missed a show. Neither did my parents who were conservative and LOVED it!