Posted on 05/07/2025 9:04:03 AM PDT by dayglored
I always felt that Klinger needed some padding in the upper story.
Nice boomer joke. đ
There bee missed on this one. The whole point is that Klinger wasnât a fruitcake, he was faking it to try to force the army to get rid of him. Potter wasnât buying his act.
Young kids just donât get references to old shows.
Ironically in the last MASH episode it turned out he was the last to leave Korea.
Klinger was malingering.
Klinger: I hope my attire doesn't shock you, Doctor.There is no way that last line could get on TV today.
Inga: No, not at all.
Klinger: The outward trapping of my unfortunate insanity.
To tell you the truth,I don't belong here. If two doctors will sign a form,I'll be able to go home. And so far,I've got all but both of them.
Inga: You know,I may be able to help you.
Klinger: Oh, you can?You mean it?
Inga: Yeah, well, I have a colleague in Copenhagen who does sex-change operations.
Klinger: Yeah? What's that?
Inga: Well, you would finally be transformed into a woman. It's very sophisticated surgery,but, uh, it's possible.
Klinger: You mean, somebody-- You mean, take a knife and--and--
Inga: -Yeah.
Klinger: -They're crazier than I am!
“”The whole point is that Klinger wasnât a fruitcake””
WHY would you think it was necessary to clarify that? Those who watched MASH didn’t know that? If it was intended for the YOUNGER SET - do they even know what MASH is/was? Doubtful...
GOOD satire....
Not really “trans”!
Love it!!!
Yes. Nobody in the MASH was buying it.
Klinger claimed to be a woman, and dressed like a woman. He didn't have hormones or surgery, but in fact most of the "trans" people today do not have surgery, and many do not take hormones.
All it requires, to be considered "trans", is to claim to be of the opposite gender.
Which is exactly what Klinger did. Granted, we all knew he was faking, but so are a lot of so-called "trans" people today, e.g. these guys in prison who get transferred to the women's prison, without surgery, and start having sex with the real women.
Exactly right! The author must not understand that.
So Radar never got a promotion after all these years?
Cpl. Walter “Radar” O’Reilly received a hardship discharge after his Uncle Ed passed away, and he had to go home to run the family farm.
Indeed. Klinger was putting on an act, and everybody knew it. And most of the time, he was attired in proper Army green fatigues.
Coincidence...
I think Not.
Yep⌠true
Didn’t he finally marry a Korean girl?
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