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The story behind the MASH theme song is gold:quote:Director Robert Altman had two stipulations about the song for Mandel: it had to be called "Suicide Is Painless" and it had to be the "stupidest song ever written".[3] Altman attempted to write the lyrics himself, but upon finding it too difficult for his 45-year-old brain to write "stupid enough,"[4] he gave the task to his 14-year-old-son Michael, who wrote the lyrics in five minutes.[5][6][7]
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Not sure if it was the stupidest song ever written. I mean maybe it was, but only because "My Humps" didn't exist yet, but it's certainly the darkest lyrics for a TV comedy.
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RoboRodent posted:MASH is good television, and MASH reruns is the only excuse for the History Channel still existing. “Two men crying about a chicken? I thought this was supposed to be a comedy show?”
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Flash Gordon Ramsay posted:Not sure if it was the stupidest song ever written. I mean maybe it was, but only because "My Humps" didn't exist yet, but it's certainly the darkest lyrics for a TV comedy. well the lyrics never appear in the TV comedy so I'm not sure that's a fair statement neither is the stupidest lyrics ever claim since Roddenberry wrote lyrics to the TOS theme so he would get royalties from it and
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*looks at the lyrics* Uuuhh I hope this isn't just telling on myself but I think that's a drat good bit of lyric writing Especially for a 14 year old kid doing it in 5 minutes as a joke
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He's joked that how the contracts worked out his son gets more money per broadcast of the TV show than he does royaltieswise. No idea if it's true.
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Growing up in an Army family it was must-see. Dad was career Army but he laughed right along with it. There were others, especially retired, who hated the show.
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When I was a kid, there were two old war series on TV. Mash, and Hogan's Heroes. One of them probably wouldn't be re-run nowadays. And Allo Allo but that wasn't old.
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nerdz posted:There's also the whole evergreen thing about food trends, trendy food spots and knowing the "legit" and "authentic" places for new yorker cred Seinfeld, table of four!
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Data Graham posted:*looks at the lyrics* Uuuhh I hope this isn't just telling on myself but I think that's a drat good bit of lyric writing Yeah, I just looked it up and thought the same thing.
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Owling Howl posted:Caught an ep of M*A*S*H the other day. It was neat. For half a second, I thought this was going to be about the comedy group, Two Episodes of M*A*S*H. Scaramouche posted:He's joked that how the contracts worked out his son gets more money per broadcast of the TV show than he does royaltieswise. No idea if it's true. Altman took a huge paycut to direct the movie, without any of the percentages a director would usually have, so his son made more from the movie than he did.
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Jerry Cotton posted:When I was a kid, there were two old war series on TV. Mash, and Hogan's Heroes. One of them probably wouldn't be re-run nowadays. Both are re-ran on some Dish Network channel at my in-law's house. It's basically all my FiL since he's laid up after a hip surgery
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In the US, on Comcast, Hogan's Heroes is rerun on a channel that only broadcasts older (pre-90s) TV shows.
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 [not shown: me doing the Michael Fassbender thing except for peoples' fat bellies and bodypaint]
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poo poo, thought I was in the cursed pictures thread. Please accept these as penance.  
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The hero we need, not the one we deserve.
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Inceltown posted:The hero we need, not the one we deserve. can't decide if I should or shouldn't rub one out for him
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Wanna see that follow up video after they read that post.
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RFC2324 posted:can't decide if I should or shouldn't rub one out for him Schrodingers fap
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*takes critical damage*
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Hellblazer187 posted:
It's the kid's expression that slays me.
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Shameless theft from meme thread, sound 100% required https://i.imgur.com/qz4idIW.mp4
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Oct 16, 2019 05:23
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What is that song from it's driving me nuts
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Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
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TITTIEKISSER69 posted:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island You should have taken a bit longer to answer that if you wanted to be cool. you weren't wrong though
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Inceltown posted:You should have taken a bit longer to answer that if you wanted to be cool.  
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Oct 16, 2019 06:46
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This might be the funniest thing I've seen in ages
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Oct 16, 2019 07:08
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Milo and POTUS posted:This might be the funniest thing I've seen in ages Turn your monitor on
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Milo and POTUS posted:This might be the funniest thing I've seen in ages Turn your monitor off
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Oct 16, 2019 07:22
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Milo and POTUS posted:This might be the funniest thing I've seen in ages Turn your monitor around.
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Oct 16, 2019 09:34
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Shai-Hulud posted:Turn your monitor around. But I won't be able to post?
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Oct 16, 2019 09:49
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Milo and POTUS posted:This might be the funniest thing I've seen in ages Turn your monitor upside down
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Turn... on your monitor.
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Oct 16, 2019 10:53
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Turn on the monitor - Nah, gently caress IT!! Turn it off! Fear is your only god on the monitor - Nah, gently caress IT!! Turn it off! Turn it off, turn on the monitor - Nah, gently caress IT!! Turn it off! Fear is your only god on the monitor - Nah, gently caress IT!!
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Turn you're monitor gay.
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