Robert Altman Dead At 81

[BEST45CAL]

Caustic, super lib and director of "M.A.S.H." dead at 81.
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[Lubbock]

I once heard this Liberal Bastard laugh as he told how, during Vietnam, he got his anti-war message into a public venue via M.A.S.H. How he put it over on the network.

As far as I'm concerned, Altman lived eighty or so years too long.

Wayne Rogers was the only good thing to come out of M.A.S.H. Certainly, everyone else was Liberal to the max.

[DesertFox]

Never hearda the bastid. Thank God.

[BEST45CAL]

Altman was a rabid, anti-American subversive, despite serving in the armed forces. Film executives would not let Altman do an anti-war movie about Vietnam, so he used the Korean War as a backdrop.

[Trevelyan]

I've only ever seen "Gosford Park" and "Short Cuts." The former sucks, and the latter is a great film

[Air-Warrior]

Maybe Alan Alda will soon go with hara-kiri for us as a tribute?

[Incident_command]

Mike Farell was another, crappy actor, major lib.

[Lubbock]

Mike Farell was another, crappy actor, major lib.

Ferrell is a virulent anti-death penalty advocate. I had an up close and personal confrontation with him years ago.

I can't say I went toe-to-toe with him, since he's about 6'6" and I'm 5'2", but I got my point across to the snotty bastard. He could have spouted whatever Lace Panty Whine he wished to the press, but he made his mistake when he slammed Southerners as a bunch of unsophisticated, blood thirsty redneck hicks.

That's when I couldn't keep my mouth shut.

[DesertFox]

Good for you, Lubbock. I ain't 6-6, but I'd relish a similar encounter with that arrogant snot. Ultimately libs are nothing but self-opinion, which is why they're always so snotty and full of themselves.

[Riverboat]

Wayne Rogers was the only good thing to come out of M.A.S.H. Wayne Rogers was in the television series, so Altman can't really get the credit for that. I also liked Radar, Major Burns and that guy with the fishing hat (it's been years since I've seen it). The show jumped the shark, as all successful shows do, when the producers allow the stars to direct their own episodes. It became insufferably preachy.

I think I watched the movie once. Hated it. Then I hated Altman for making it.

[Beowulf]

The guy in the fishing hat was McLean Stevenson, who played Lt. Col. Henry Blake, died on Feb. 15, 1996.
I didn't know Altman so I can't judge him but MASH, IMO, was one of the best T.V. comedies I've ever watched. When I can, I watch re-runs.

Oh yeah, Larry Linville (aka: Maj. Burns) died a few years ago too.

[Lubbock]

I never knew what Henry Morgan's politics was. He was Col. Potter, and the best thing about it after Larry Linville left.

The thing that I always thought was an absolute hoot was Gary Burghoff [Radar] when he got just way too big for his britches and demanded money, and more money; when he didn't get what his over-inflated ego told him he was worth, he left [or got bounced] and was never heard from again. Has anyone ever seen him in any role since?

Loretta Swit: the original Pattern for every PETA Wacko that came after her.

Boat is right about how insufferably preachy the series became.

I never saw the original move that the series came from.

[DoctorDoom]

Burghoff's (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0121400/) career has been less than stellar. As for MASH, it had its rare moments, but it reeked of liberal propaganda. On the Yawn Scale, it was about a 9.

[Proud American]

Mike Farell [sic] was another, crappy actor, major lib.

Farrell, Alda, Stevenson were not in the movie M*A*S*H. They were on the TV show. IIRC, Altman wasn't involved with the TV Show. The only actor to be in both was Gary Burgoff who played Radar.

Some of Altman's films were quite good especially M*A*S*H, Short Cuts and The Player. I couldn't stand Nashville or Gosford Park.

Altman to his credit made films that were not conventional formula films. Sometimes they worked, sometimes they didn't. However they were quite original.

R.I.P.

[Bluemoon_Rising]

Altman: overrated and undercooked.

[Incident_command]

Farrell, Alda, Stevenson were not in the movie M*A*S*H. They were on the TV show. IIRC, Altman wasn't involved with the TV Show. The only actor to be in both was Gary Burgoff who played Radar.

Some of Altman's films were quite good especially M*A*S*H, Short Cuts and The Player. I couldn't stand Nashville or Gosford Park.

Altman to his credit made films that were not conventional formula films. Sometimes they worked, sometimes they didn't. However they were quite original.

R.I.P.

He was a POS, and Farrell is a crappy actor and is a major lib.