The loudspeaker calls all personnel to the OR. Arial shots of soldiers in fatigues racing through camp, some holding their hats as they approach helicopters. Nurses running out of the shower tent, with dripping hair and skimpy robes. These scenes…
Tag: the distant past
M*A*S*H Revisited: Season 1, Episode 2 – To Market, To Market
It’s been a while since my last M*A*S*H post; writing about a series which ended over 25 years ago doesn’t always feel like the freshest news on the planet. But I keep coming back to it. M*A*S*H is something which…
Pop Music Comics: The Maniaks
I’ve discussed many of the ways that comics and rock and roll have intersected over the years, but there’s one particular type I’ve forgotten to mention ’til now: The blatant cash-in. The Monkees were the hottest thing around in 1967,…
M*A*S*H Revisited: The Pilot Episode
By the way, this is not going to be a scholarly, informative lecture series about the long-running TV series. I might point out a tidbit or two you hadn’t heard, but I’m no expert or insider. There are countless resources…
From The Archives: Rolling Stone on Marvel Comics, 1971.
Rolling Stone No. 91, September 16, 1971. This is something I’d been wanting to track down for ages, as an interesting historical document, a missing piece of my pop culture education, and just something fun to read. When it was…
M*A*S*H Revisited: a brief intro
I watched the first episode of M*A*S*H when it aired, though at one year (and 6 days) old, I don’t actually remember it. I do, however, acutely remember sitting on the couch in my school uniform, wrapped in an afghan,…
Stuck In My Head: “The Cannibal Song”
Man, kids’ entertainment used to be so much… Edgier. Creepier. Just plain weirder. I’m currently obsessing over “The Cannibal Song”, a insanely catchy little ditty from Walt Disney’s Addition And Subtraction. This was an educational record from 1963, and the…