RIP hot lips Hulihan

[Votto]

Loretta Swit, ‘Hot Lips’ Houlihan on ‘MASH,’ Dies at 87

Loretta Swit, who played Major Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan on seminal TV comedy “MASH,” died Friday at her home in New York City. She was 87. Her rep Harlan Boll said she died of natural causes. For her work on “MASH” Swit was Emmy nominated for outstanding performance by a supporting actress...

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Loretta Swit, who played Major Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan on seminal TV comedy “MASH,” died Friday at her home in New York City. She was 87.

Her rep Harlan Boll said the New York police reported her time of death at 12:01 p.m. on May 30, of suspected natural causes.

 

[WEATHER53]

Great show and she was an excellent part

 

[1srelluc]

RIP but I never cared for her character in M*A*S*H.

 

[Unkotare]

Great show and she was an excellent part

Stupid show, but RIP.

 

[Mashmont]

RIP but I never cared for her character in M*A*S*H.

Agreed. Actually I hated the whole leftwing aspect of the characters. The real Hawkeye Pierce was a conservative who despised Alda's portrayal.

 

[skye]

RIP Loretta Swit

 

[fncceo]

RIP but I never cared for her character in M*A*S*H.

I believe that was the point. You were supposed to hate her and Frank ... it was supposed to make Alan Alda a little less insufferable.

After Larry Linville left the show, they tried to make her character more sympathetic.

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

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She was really a beauty in her younger days.

RIP Loretta.


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[TimFitz]

Agreed. Actually I hated the whole leftwing aspect of the characters. The real Hawkeye Pierce was a conservative who despised Alda's portrayal.

Hawkeye Pierce was a fictional character.

 

[Mashmont]

Hawkeye Pierce was a fictional character.

Based on a real person. Read up.

 

[TimFitz]

Sally Kellerman in the movie.

 

[TimFitz]

Agreed. Actually I hated the whole leftwing aspect of the characters. The real Hawkeye Pierce was a conservative who despised Alda's portrayal.

There was a reason for that.

MASH may have been set in the Korean War, but it was really about American’s growing discontent with the Viet Nam war.

 

[Mashmont]

There was a reason for that.

MASH may have been set in the Korean War, but it was really about American’s growing discontent with the Viet Nam war.

You mean it was intended to sway opinion about the Vietnam War.

 

[skye]

I liked the the show and I liked her.......that was a great show if you compare it with the shit they have today.

 

[TimFitz]

Based on a real person. Read up.

He was, actually.

 

[Mashmont]

I liked the the show and I liked her.......that was a great show if you compare it with the shit they have today.

Her "spunkiness" was irritating and inconsistent. LIke, why would she consort with an idiot like Burns?

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Hawkeye Pierce was a fictional character.

"And his son, William Hornberger, told the New York Times that his father hadn’t intended to write an anti-war book. “My father was a political conservative, and he did not like the liberal tendencies that Alan Alda portrayed Hawkeye Pierce as having,” he explained."

Why the Real-Life Hawkeye Pierce Hated ‘M*A*S*H’ | HISTORY

Richard Hornberger was famous for his wisecracking characters, but his real accomplishments were as a surgeon.

www.history.com

 

[fncceo]

I liked the the show and I liked her.......that was a great show if you compare it with the shit they have today.

A 24-hour fixed camera of a dead bird would be a great show compared with today's (non-streaming) fare.

 

[Unkotare]

"And his son, William Hornberger, told the New York Times that his father hadn’t intended to write an anti-war book. “My father was a political conservative, and he did not like the liberal tendencies that Alan Alda portrayed Hawkeye Pierce as having,” he explained."

Why the Real-Life Hawkeye Pierce Hated ‘M*A*S*H’ | HISTORY

Richard Hornberger was famous for his wisecracking characters, but his real accomplishments were as a surgeon.

www.history.com

 

[lg325]

She did a lot more than M.A.S.H. She had a fine career on stage and T.V.

Loretta Swit - Wikipedia

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