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Title: RIP Colonel Potter Post by: Ingmar on December 07, 2011, 09:52:19 AM I am just old enough to remember watching M*A*S*H as a kid, for whatever reason his was one of my favorite characters.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/08/arts/television/harry-morgan-mash-and-dragnet-actor-dies-at-96.html?_r=1 (Any minute now Nebu will talk about being old enough to remember him in the Dragnet TV show. :grin:) Title: Re: RIP Colonel Potter Post by: 01101010 on December 07, 2011, 10:50:54 AM I am just old enough to remember watching M*A*S*H as a kid, for whatever reason his was one of my favorite characters. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/08/arts/television/harry-morgan-mash-and-dragnet-actor-dies-at-96.html?_r=1 (Any minute now Nebu will talk about being old enough to remember him in the Dragnet TV show. :grin:) Ahhh fuck. I just read something about him still going strong after all these years. He was the first real character change I encountered in a show I liked. Hated his ass at first, but I had gotten so used to Col Blake that I had no tolerance for this guy, but after that first transition season, I really grew to like this guy's character a lot more. He really made it work and gave the show a second wind - not that it needed it. However, the show did take on a more serious, rather than slap-stick routine. I never was a Dragnet fan, slightly before my time. side note, I never liked BJ replacing Trapper... That one never sat with me. Title: Re: RIP Colonel Potter Post by: Johny Cee on December 07, 2011, 02:37:51 PM File this under: "He was still alive???"
I was shocked when I watched Red to find out that Ernest Borgnine was both still alive and actively working. Title: Re: RIP Colonel Potter Post by: Abagadro on December 07, 2011, 02:48:53 PM It's because he masturbates a lot.
/The Soup Title: Re: RIP Colonel Potter Post by: Merusk on December 07, 2011, 04:48:13 PM He hadn't worked in a while so I didn't know he was still alive. Hell he was actually younger than I thought. Good run, can't be too sad.
Title: Re: RIP Colonel Potter Post by: Bunk on December 08, 2011, 05:57:59 AM Put me on both lists; big M.A.S.H. fan and part of the "he's still alive?" club. It will always hold a place for me as one of those shows I would sit down and watch with my parents when growing up.
Told a co-worker yesterday as he walked by. He asked me what he died of. I replied, "He was 96. Being old." Title: Re: RIP Colonel Potter Post by: Surlyboi on December 08, 2011, 10:11:51 AM :heartbreak:
Rest in peace, Sherman. |