Radar/Potter/Binoculars????

JSaari7367

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Jul 2, 1997, 3:00:00 AM7/2/97

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My husband wanted me to ask if anyone remembers the, we think, practical
joke episode where Radar hands Potter the binoculars and when Potter pulls
them off his face, there are black rings around his eyes. When Radar sees
this he starts laughing uncontrollably and falls off the jeep. What my
hubby wants to know is if this was a setup to Gary Burghoff and his
reaction and subsequent falling off the jeep was real, or if it was a
setup to Harry Morgan and he didn't know his eyes were now rimmed in
black, or was it totally scripted. Either way, it's a great episode, as
they all are.

Janice Saari
Olympia, Washington
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I think animal testing is a terrible idea;
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answers.

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LMiller

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Jul 3, 1997, 3:00:00 AM7/3/97

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On Thu, 03 Jul 1997 15:08:58 GMT, tro...@online.no.antispam (SEE)
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>On 2 Jul 1997 18:29:40 GMT, jsaar...@aol.com (JSaari7367) probably
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>My answear
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>I can`t remember that this happend in Mash, but I do remember that
>this happend in one of the Police Academic movies.
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It happened in Mash. I'm pretty sure it was the episode where BJ was
pulling practical jokes on everyone and nobody knew who was doing it.

Lauré

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Jul 3, 1997, 3:00:00 AM7/3/97

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Jul 4, 1997, 3:00:00 AM7/4/97

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Quoting jsaar...@aol.com (JSaari7367) regarding Radar/Potter/Binoculars????
in a message dated 2 Jul 1997 18:29:40 GMT:

>My husband wanted me to ask if anyone remembers the, we think, practical
>joke episode where Radar hands Potter the binoculars and when Potter pulls
>them off his face, there are black rings around his eyes. When Radar sees
>this he starts laughing uncontrollably and falls off the jeep. What my
>hubby wants to know is if this was a setup to Gary Burghoff and his
>reaction and subsequent falling off the jeep was real, or if it was a
>setup to Harry Morgan and he didn't know his eyes were now rimmed in
>black, or was it totally scripted. Either way, it's a great episode, as
>they all are

I believe it was meant to be a joke on Col. Potter (H. Morgan). I think
Radar's falling off the jeep may have just been incidental to his laughing.

I'm pretty sure this is from the "Dear Sigmund" episode, one of my very
favorites.

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Arnold.

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Logan

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Jul 5, 1997, 3:00:00 AM7/5/97

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On Thu, 03 Jul 1997 15:08:58 GMT, tro...@online.no.antispam (SEE)
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>On 2 Jul 1997 18:29:40 GMT, jsaar...@aol.com (JSaari7367) probably
>wrote this:
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>>My husband wanted me to ask if anyone remembers the, we think, practical
>>joke episode where Radar hands Potter the binoculars and when Potter pulls
>>them off his face, there are black rings around his eyes. When Radar sees
>>this he starts laughing uncontrollably and falls off the jeep. What my
>>hubby wants to know is if this was a setup to Gary Burghoff and his
>>reaction and subsequent falling off the jeep was real, or if it was a
>>setup to Harry Morgan and he didn't know his eyes were now rimmed in
>>black, or was it totally scripted. Either way, it's a great episode, as

>>they all are.
>>
>>Janice Saari
>>Olympia, Washington
>>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>I think animal testing is a terrible idea;
>>they get all nervous and give the wrong
>>answers.
>>
>>"A Bit of Fry and Laurie"
>>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>My answear
>
>I can`t remember that this happend in Mash, but I do remember that
>this happend in one of the Police Academic movies.

No no it happened i remember it.

Captain Infinity

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Jul 5, 1997, 3:00:00 AM7/5/97

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In article <33bb946d...@news.sol.no>
tro...@online.no.antispam (SEE) wrote :

>I can`t remember that this happend in Mash, but I do remember that
>this happend in one of the Police Academic movies.

I think Potter appeared in the second of the Police Academy movies (as
an angry restaurant patron) and Radar appeared in the eighth (as a
mime.)

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....or perhaps I dreamed it.

Captain Infinity

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In article <19970702182...@ladder02.news.aol.com>
jsaar...@aol.com (JSaari7367) wrote :

>My husband wanted me to ask if anyone remembers the, we think, practical
>joke episode where Radar hands Potter the binoculars and when Potter pulls
>them off his face, there are black rings around his eyes. When Radar sees
>this he starts laughing uncontrollably and falls off the jeep. What my
>hubby wants to know is if this was a setup to Gary Burghoff and his
>reaction and subsequent falling off the jeep was real, or if it was a
>setup to Harry Morgan and he didn't know his eyes were now rimmed in
>black, or was it totally scripted. Either way, it's a great episode, as
>they all are.
>
>Janice Saari
>Olympia, Washington
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I think you are mis-remembering one of the AfterMash episodes. It was
probably the one where Potter was having trouble with his glasses (one
of the ear-loops had bent) and Klinger tried to fix it for him by using
some special wire from inside one of the radio station electronic
consoles. Later, Potter went to use the console and got a large shock
which made his hair stand up and his eyes bug out. Klinger, sitting on
the edge of a desk, laughed...and Potter (singed, blackened, and smoking
like in a cartoon) slugged him and Klinger fell off the desk.

That's probably what you are thinking of.

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Simone

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Jul 5, 1997, 3:00:00 AM7/5/97

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Innf...@ix.netcom.SPAMBLOCK.com (Captain Infinity) wrote:

It also happened in one Mash-episode, I think the one in which the
psychiatrist writes a letter to Sigmund Freud.