Guitar Guy?

[Jason Barber]

Patrick M. Geahan wrote in message <7ljk3m$m0g$1...@campus1.mtu.edu>...
>So I've been watching MASH on FX the last coupla days, and I noticed
>something weird. Earlier seasons, I;ve seen two episodes the last couple
>days that have this guy playing guitar in them. One was the ep where the
>4077th is threatened, and they send the nurses to the 44th field hospital.
>Both eps were written by Larry Gelbart, and directed by Hy Averback. The
>episodes focus directly o him a couple times - who is this guy? Why was
>he featured so proinently? Was he a Gelbart or Averback pal?
>

I'm not sure, but I think that was a guy named Loudon Wainwright. Was in
about 4-5 episodes.

Kind of like the guitar player from "There's Something About Mary" wouldn't
you say?

--JKB

[grosse]

In one episode it was mentioned he was a dentist, but that's all I remember
about the guy.

Jason Barber <bar...@u.washington.edu> wrote in message
news:7ljlgg$9ui$1...@nntp1.u.washington.edu...

[George Hiebert]

Loudon Wainwright III, a folk singer who was used in 3 episodes in
season 3 playing Captain Spalding.

[art vandelay]

Captain Spaulding (another salute to Groucho) was payed by Louden
Wainright III, folk/rock singer/songwriter. Husband of Kate McGarrigle
and father to Rufus Wainright.

I'm sure there's a ton of info on ths musical family on the web.

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[Patrick M. Geahan]

So I've been watching MASH on FX the last coupla days, and I noticed
something weird. Earlier seasons, I;ve seen two episodes the last couple
days that have this guy playing guitar in them. One was the ep where the
4077th is threatened, and they send the nurses to the 44th field hospital.
Both eps were written by Larry Gelbart, and directed by Hy Averback. The
episodes focus directly o him a couple times - who is this guy? Why was
he featured so proinently? Was he a Gelbart or Averback pal?

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[Mikael Uhlin]

art vandelay wrote:
>Captain Spalding (another salute to Groucho)

No doubt!

>was played by Loudon Wainright III, folk/rock singer/songwriter.

Was Charles Emerson Winchester the third a tribute to Loudon Wainwright the
third?

grosse wrote:
>In one episode it was mentioned he was a dentist, but that's all I remember
>about the guy.

No, he was surgeon. In one episode when they're operating, Blake says
something like "Take over here, Spalding".

[Fotograffa]

He had one popular record in the 70s called Dead Skunk....rememeber it?
Sharon
Reach For The Sky

[M Hecubus]

I also read somewhere that Loudon Wainwright III also sang Suicide is Painless
for the movie. I can't be sure if that's true though.

Akua Tuta and Happy Canada Day!!!!!,
Dorian

[PAUL GADZIKOWSKI]

grosse (gro...@rmci.net) wrote:

: Jason Barber <bar...@u.washington.edu> wrote in message

: news:7ljlgg$9ui$1...@nntp1.u.washington.edu...
: > Patrick M. Geahan wrote in message <7ljk3m$m0g$1...@campus1.mtu.edu>...

: > >Both eps were written by Larry Gelbart, and directed by Hy Averback. The

: > >episodes focus directly o him a couple times - who is this guy? Why was
: > >he featured so proinently? Was he a Gelbart or Averback pal?

: >
: > I'm not sure, but I think that was a guy named Loudon Wainwright. Was in
: > about 4-5 episodes.
:
: In one episode it was mentioned he was a dentist, but that's all I remember
: about the guy.

Loudon Wainright played Captain Calvin Spaulding in three episodes, "Big
Mac", "There Is Nothing Like A Nurse", and "Rainbow Bridge". I don't think
he was a dentist - he appeared to be performing regular surgery in his OR
scene in "There Is Nothing Like A Nurse".

--
Paul Gadzikowski, scar...@iglou.com
http://members.iglou.com.scarfman

Change is good, but transition is hell.

[Egbert Hannink]

art vandelay <Arthur-...@webtv.net> schreef in berichtnieuws
10191-37...@newsd-101.iap.bryant.webtv.net...

> Captain Spaulding (another salute to Groucho) was payed by Louden
> Wainright III, folk/rock singer/songwriter. Husband of Kate
McGarrigle
> and father to Rufus Wainright.
>
> I'm sure there's a ton of info on ths musical family on the web.

At Eduard Hereide's site there are a few links to LW3-sites.
His URL is http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Land/8407.
I haven't checked if the links on it are any good, but he does rate
the sites.

eH

[Mikael Uhlin]

M Hecubus wrote:
>I also read somewhere that Loudon Wainwright III also sang Suicide is
Painless
>for the movie. I can't be sure if that's true though.

I'm pretty sure he didn't. But his character and songs are reminscent of the
guitar picking in the movie - and of course more late 60s-early 70s than
early 50s.

[David Brunt]

Mikael Uhlin wrote in message ...

The film titles and soundtrack album don't credit a singer. The album
credits the song to *The MASH*, which does seem to suggest that it was an
unknown session singer. It's anybody's guess who that was though. My
money's on it *not* being Loudon.

BTW, Loudon was guest starring on a few comedy/music shows in the UK in the
mid 1980s when that MASH season was being rerun. On one show, a clip was
shown and he was asked how he came to appear on MASH and he said, rather
abruptly. "they asked me to do it, and I did it." His tone suggested that
he didn't want to talk about the experience for some reason.

David