[boop]

"I thought Gloria was as ridiculous as Mike in her thinking...and despite how Archie formulated his positions...he was generally right...and the majority of the listening audience knew that."

Yep. I remember a conservative friend of mine telling me how she hated MASH because they made fun of Frank Burns' conservative views.

She said:"Frank Burns was made out to be a clown, but his politics made sense if you actually listen to him. But Alda had to make sure that the liberal view 'won'".

And another "irony" is that Nixon supposedly made some comment about the show making fun of a hard-working man like Archie was wrong.

[caww]

I didn’’t care for Mash at all. There were several programs then I didn't care for. But then I wasn't a part of the druggie, hippie fad either. Just seemed quite stupid to me and irresponsible to say the least.

My mom had a commune open near her rural home in a farm nearby....needless to say those people fast learned you cannot change human behavior....it was funny actually to hear them talk about how rewarding their life was while they had to organize among them the “rule of law” as things got out of hand. Some would do the work, others were there for the ride. etc. etc.

Needless saying they lasted about a year...didn't take long before the “group” had jealousy issues, stealing, and major disagreements leading to the police being called there.