RIP Charles Emerson Winchester

[BLAKE]

That's too bad. He did a great job on that character. MASH is one of the all time greats.

[helosailor]

He outclassed almost everyone else on the show as an actor, especially his predecessor, Larry Linville. Likable or not, he was very multi-dimensional.
I have seen every episode more times than I can count, and watched it all when it was first-run.
The summer after it went off the air, my family took a trip that included Washington D.C. Of course, we visited as much on The Smithsonian as we could, but spent a LOT of time in the Museum of American History. There, much to my delight, they had a MASH exhibit, complete with the actual swamp and OR. In the gift shop, you could buy an actual piece of the wood from Rosie's Bar, which I did. Sadly, I have since lost it.

[AdRock]

He outclassed almost everyone else on the show as an actor, especially his predecessor, Larry Linville. Likable or not, he was very multi-dimensional.
I have seen every episode more times than I can count, and watched it all when it was first-run.
The summer after it went off the air, my family took a trip that included Washington D.C. Of course, we visited as much on The Smithsonian as we could, but spent a LOT of time in the Museum of American History. There, much to my delight, they had a MASH exhibit, complete with the actual swamp and OR. In the gift shop, you could buy an actual piece of the wood from Rosie's Bar, which I did. Sadly, I have since lost it.

I would love to have a piece of Rosie's bar. The main cast of actors was so good together. But even when new people came in they picked the right people for the character. I got into the show as a little kid around 1978 because I would watch it with my dad and got enough of the adult humor to find it funny. I've also seen every episode multie times and I still watch it today. As I got older I came to appreciate the realism they put effort into having. They had a bunch of people from that war as consultants to make it as authentic as possible.

I know the show isn't everybodys bag but it'll always get watched when I come across it.

[dcs13]

As I got older I came to appreciate the realism they put effort into having..

Same here. Wasnt til I was older that I "got" what the real meaning was..

[Chili]

I really liked the show, and his character.. I HATED Major Burns though.

I never really watched the show until I was stationed in Korea and the Armed Forces Network played several besides a day.. And where I was stationed there were only a couple of channels available, and not much else to do. I also got a kick out of the fact that they would mention city names that I recognized.

I'm pretty sure I've seen every episode, many multiple times.

[CexMashean]

I just realized this was someone who was in a few Star Trek and Stargate episodes.

[Jimbo]

Aw hell. Great show, great character, sad to see him go.