Alan Alda reveals he has Parkinson's disease: "I'm not angry"

CBS News ^ | July 31, 2018 | Jessica Kegu

[DIRTYSECRET]

Not angry means he’s not such a lefty.

[gr8eman]

Don’t go away angry...just go away!

[Mr. K]

When someone says “I’m not angry” they are usually angry

[BenLurkin]

Why would he be angry?

[Cowboy Bob]

Not angry means he’s not such a lefty

Leftys lie. Besides, he's an actress.

[Yaelle]

I don’t wish it on anyone. Who knows, maybe it does help people dx’ed when they know famous people struggle with it too.

[2ndDivisionVet]

He’s from a completely different generation than this one.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Yeah, that’s like saying I’m angry about my amputation. Angry at who?

[oh8eleven]

Well, we all have to go from something, nevertheless, it's still sad news.
    Also sad that the cast of MASH is almost gone.
Probably my favorite TV show of all time - for it's longevity, if nothing else.

[2ndDivisionVet]

....after graduation, he served for a year at Fort Benning, and then six months in the United States Army Reserve on a tour of duty in Korea.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Alda

[Opinionated Blowhard]

Today, I like Alan Alda. Back in the 1970s and early-to-mid 1980s, I thought of him as a preachy liberal. He almost ruined MASH with his liberal plot lines and preaching. But he stopped with the preaching and every time that I’ve seen him recently, he just seems like a nice guy.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Never cared for his whiny liberal, sarcastic, smart aleck humor.
 

[OKSooner]

Sorry to hear this for him. Prayers up for him for as favorable outcome as possible.

I wouldn’t wish this on anyone...

[Skywise]

Because he’s a narcissist and it’s all about him. I got a disease and I should be angry that I’m going to die but I’m so enlightened that I accept my death unlike the unwashed masses that cry out in fear and anguish but I am accepting of my fate.

BS.

[CodeToad]

He’s an angry left-wing idiot. Always has been.

[Poison Pill]

Today, I like Alan Alda. Back in the 1970s and early-to-mid 1980s, I thought of him as a preachy liberal.

He does his best work when he's playing a villain. M*A*S*H missed a huge opportunity by not letting it's characters develop in a way they normally would have in war. They kept them too one dimensional. I remember a scene where BJ goes out into the field and has to leave a patient behind to keep the op on track. Back at camp Hawkeye gives him the liberal line and BJ tells him to shove it because BJ was thinking like a soldier now. The show need a lot more of that, but it stayed cookie cutter. Maybe the 70s wasn't ready for that kind of character development on TV?

[Opinionated Blowhard]

Agreed. My favorite Alda character is Lester from Crimes and Misdemeanors.

[ScottinVA]

At least Alda saw war through an experienced point of view, having himself served in Korea. Yes, he’s a lefty, but he manages to come across as likeable.

Sad to hear about his diagnosis.

[Bullish]

Alan, you've always been a worthless, liberal POS. You're sitcom was unwatchable garbage because of you and you did everything you could possible do and say to trash our side for decades.

You better consider finding Jesus or you're going to end up where you truly belong. You made your own bed and I dont’ feel one iota of sympathy for the likes of you.