I wonder if the writers of that episode were paying tribute to a (I think) Johnny Cash song about a guy that worked in a Cadillac factory and built one with parts he smuggled out in his lunch box. "Had one square headlight"...etc. I remember a friend that worked in the GM factory in Van Nuys, and they would xray/scan lunchboxes and ghetto blasters. Maybe there was a kernel of truth to the idea.
I posted the Johnny cash song, and cars, in 2009 http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/12/you-may-not-know-what-this-is-but-its.html ... and hey, you still in Uncle Sams yacht Club?
The scheming Radar seen in this episode is soon replaced by a more naive Radar who wouldn’t think of trying to ship a jeep home part by part. Larry Gelbart discussed this in a December 2007 post to the alt.tv.mash Newsgroup: Once l became aware (through research) that some enterprising serviceman did in fact mail a jeep to his stateside home, one or several pieces at a time, l knew that we had to have someone do it in an episode – and who was more enterprising than Radar? After that, it became a matter of indicating very specifically where in the episode’s script Radar would be seen carrying a steering wheel or whatever jeep component or any other designated item and then somehow paying the whole business off. https://www.mash4077tv.com/.../episode-spotlight-dear-dad/
I wonder if the writers of that episode were paying tribute to a (I think) Johnny Cash song about a guy that worked in a Cadillac factory and built one with parts he smuggled out in his lunch box. "Had one square headlight"...etc. I remember a friend that worked in the GM factory in Van Nuys, and they would xray/scan lunchboxes and ghetto blasters. Maybe there was a kernel of truth to the idea.
ReplyDeleteI posted the Johnny cash song, and cars, in 2009 http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/12/you-may-not-know-what-this-is-but-its.html ... and hey, you still in Uncle Sams yacht Club?
DeleteLarry was a wonderful actor, and played that role perfectly. I hadn't heard that he was still discussing the role and Mash, so recently
ReplyDeleteThe scheming Radar seen in this episode is soon replaced by a more naive Radar who wouldn’t think of trying to ship a jeep home part by part. Larry Gelbart discussed this in a December 2007 post to the alt.tv.mash Newsgroup:
ReplyDeleteOnce l became aware (through research) that some enterprising
serviceman did in fact mail a jeep to his stateside home, one or
several pieces at a time, l knew that we had to have someone do it in
an episode – and who was more enterprising than Radar? After that, it
became a matter of indicating very specifically where in the
episode’s script Radar would be seen carrying a steering wheel or
whatever jeep component or any other designated item and then somehow
paying the whole business off. https://www.mash4077tv.com/.../episode-spotlight-dear-dad/