![]() ![]() ![]() The helicopter is now for sale for an undisclosed price, and has been so for a while now. It was saved from that life and once again brought back to its former glory. It also shows up in the second scene as it approaches the landing pad.Īllegedly the helicopter stayed on set and was used on various occasions “both as set dressing and in flying scenes.“ It is also the one shown in the final departure shot of the final episode, “Goodbye, Farewell and Amen,” one that has been watched at the time by some 106 million people.Īfter it ended its filming career, the 47 moved on to a farm, where it was used for crop-dusting and counting cattle. The Bell is for sale and, according to the description, it is one of two such machines being shown in the opening scene (the one closest to the camera), where two of them are flying in formation. It is a well-known fact that actors get bored after playing the same character for years and then they want to prove their mettle by doing versatile roles. It then entered the private circuit and was completely rebuilt in 1973. Successful television shows often suffer the same fate, which is their famous characters leaving to explore more opportunities. ![]() One of them is this example here, a 47-D1 made in 1951. Apparently, the helicopter was first used by the U.S. Since M*A*S*H was centered on medical care, there were quite a number of Bell helicopters featured in the series. While Radar tries to stop the camp from being shelled by their own artillery, Frank finds a wounded enemy soldier wired to explode, Margaret and Trapper get stuck in a supply shed and Henry and Father Mulcahy get blown up in the latrine. They were used for a variety of purposes, from reconnaissance to medical evacuation. With Alan Alda, Wayne Rogers, McLean Stevenson, Loretta Swit. military deployed in Korea during the three-year war. When scenes happen there, or in the compound and then move on to Radars office or from Post-OP, immediately before or after an. While this worked in the movie version, in the TV show, the radio/PA equipment is in Radars office. The insect-like machines were Bell 47 helicopters, not unlike the ones the U.S. If theres one thing thats bothered me throughout the episodes is the fact that the PA announcer is never there. Oh, and let’s not forget the funky shaped helicopters that flew above the set. It also created a series of icons back in the 1970s (some of them enduring to this day), like Hawkeye, Hot Lips, or Radar. Still, this meme is funny for its references and truthfulness to an extent.The M*A*S*H TV series became a worldwide phenomenon thanks to the way it showed the grim realities of the Korean War, wrapping them in a package all of us could understand and react to. While this is true time-wise as M*A*S*H predates The Last of the Mohicans 1992 movie, let alone The Avengers, the book The Last of the Mohicans was based on was written in the 1800s making its protagonist Hawkeye technically older than the others. The main humor of this meme comes from the subtitles, as each guy claims to be the ‘true’ Hawkeye with M*A*S*H’s Hawkeye pointing at himself and implying he’s the one the others got their name from. RELATED: 10 Things That Make No Sense About M*A*S*H This meme highlights a few examples with Hawkeye from the 1992 remake of The Last of the Mohicans at the top, followed by the superhero Hawkeye from The Avengers, and then ending at Hawkeye from M*A*S*H. Yet who people associate it with has changed across several generations, as various characters in movies and TV shows of varying genres have been called Hawkeye. ![]() Because Hawkeye is such a distinct name, it’s hard to forget. ![]()
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