Karen Phillips/Lt. Dish (Reason for Leaving???)
Radagast5
actress who portrayed Lt. Dish in the first few episodes of M*A*S*H) appeared
in an issue of Playboy back in the fall of 1972.
I'm assuming that a TV star (even a minor one) doing a Playboy pictorial was a
reasonably taboo thing to do back in 1972. So, I was curious to know if this
pictorial led to her dismissal from the series, or if she was written out for
entirely separate reasons. Anyone know? (Mr. Gelbart?)
Thanks.
Jeff
Elsig
The Playboy issue was not an issue. We just had too many regulars on our
hands. She was not so dismissed, as not referred to again.
LG
Steve Parker
>The Playboy issue was not an issue. We just had too many regulars on our
>hands. She was not so dismissed, as not referred to again.
I think it says alot for Elsig and the entire M*A*S*H crew that they didn't
exploit the Playboy situation. If this had happened in today's surroundings,
Lt. Dish might have been promoted to head nurse and had a more prominent role
in the series.
Further proof that M*A*S*H was truly cut from a different cloth.
Elsig
>I think it says alot for Elsig and the entire M*A*S*H crew that they didn't
exploit the Playboy situation.
>
You may or not remember that in the pilot episode, written before Ms. Phillips
appeared in Playboy, that Hawkeye fantasized her sitting naked in the Mess
Tent.
Ah, those carefree, mindless, Politically Incorrect days.
Mikael Uhlin
>You may or not remember that in the pilot episode, written before Ms.
Phillips
>appeared in Playboy, that Hawkeye fantasized her sitting naked in the Mess
>Tent.
Aaah, so you purposely provoked and tricked Playboy (against their own weak
will) into portaying her in this state of nakedness?
Elsig
will) into portaying her in this state of nakedness?
>
Never underestimate the power of suggestiveness.
LG
Joe Richards
Well, on behalf of scores of inidividuals who have seen her pictorial, thank
you. (I am not speaking from experience, mind you.)
-=- Bandit -=-
Elsig wrote in message <20000424122016...@ng-md1.aol.com>...
>>I was talking to someone the other day who mentioned that Karen Phillips
(the
>actress who portrayed Lt. Dish in the first few episodes of M*A*S*H)
appeared
>>in an issue of Playboy back in the fall of 1972.
What month in 1972 did Dish appear?
Brad Filippone
: In article <20000424122016...@ng-md1.aol.com>, el...@aol.com (Elsig) wrote:
: >The Playboy issue was not an issue. We just had too many regulars on our
: >hands. She was not so dismissed, as not referred to again.
: I think it says alot for Elsig and the entire M*A*S*H crew that they didn't
: exploit the Playboy situation. If this had happened in today's surroundings,
: Lt. Dish might have been promoted to head nurse and had a more prominent role
: in the series.
Too much gets read into these things. I can remember in 1988 people were
saying Denise Crosby got fired from Star Trek: The Next Generation because
she appeared in Playboy around the same time. The truth is Playboy was
capitilizing on her TV appearance on a popular show to publish pictures
that were shot years earlier. Denise actually left the show on her own
decision.
The Other Brad
Brad Filippone
: >
: >I think it says alot for Elsig and the entire M*A*S*H crew that they didn't
: exploit the Playboy situation.
: You may or not remember that in the pilot episode, written before Ms. Phillips
: appeared in Playboy, that Hawkeye fantasized her sitting naked in the Mess
: Tent.
Actually, that was in Germ Warfare (sorry to nitpick) but it usually gets
cut in syndication.
The OTher Brad
Elsig
Phillips appeared in Playboy, that Hawkeye fantasized her sitting naked in the
Mess Tent.
>
>Actually, that was in Germ Warfare (sorry to nitpick) but it usually gets cut
in syndication.
>
Thanks for finding some of the memory I seem to have lost.
LG
Mary C.
December 1953
Nurse Dish
Bust 34" Waist: 24 Hips: 32
Turn-ons: Generals in war
Turn-offs: War in general
Ideal man: Blue-eyed Italian, good neck kisser
Ambition: Head nurse, wife, mother
Elsig
>Turn-offs: War in general
>
Love it.
LG
Michael Mastro II
Audit. That is if anyone cares.
Michael
"Brad Filippone" <al...@chebucto.ns.ca> wrote in message
news:8e462j$9an$2...@News.Dal.Ca...
> Elsig (el...@aol.com) wrote:
> : >
> : >I think it says alot for Elsig and the entire M*A*S*H crew that they
didn't
> : exploit the Playboy situation.
> : >
>
> : You may or not remember that in the pilot episode, written before Ms.
Phillips
> : appeared in Playboy, that Hawkeye fantasized her sitting naked in the
Mess
> : Tent.
>
> Actually, that was in Germ Warfare (sorry to nitpick) but it usually gets
> cut in syndication.
>
> The OTher Brad
Brad Filippone
: >: You may or not remember that in the pilot episode, written before Ms.
: Phillips appeared in Playboy, that Hawkeye fantasized her sitting naked in the
: Mess Tent.
: >
: >Actually, that was in Germ Warfare (sorry to nitpick) but it usually gets cut
: in syndication.
: Thanks for finding some of the memory I seem to have lost.
Believe it or not, I didn't even notice it was you I was correcting. I
feel like I told a god he was wrong!
The Other Brad
Elsig
like I told a god he was wrong!
>
That's spelled with a capital G, please.
Lg
Mikael Uhlin
>That's spelled with a capital G, please.
god or gelbart?
C. Robin Timmons
Elsig wrote:
> >Believe it or not, I didn't even notice it was you I was correcting. I feel
> like I told a god he was wrong!
> >
>
> That's spelled with a capital G, please.
>
> Lg
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David Brunt
Brad Filippone wrote in message <8e6pmh$fn2$1...@News.Dal.Ca>...
>Elsig (el...@aol.com) wrote:
>: >: You may or not remember that in the pilot episode, written before Ms.
>: Phillips appeared in Playboy, that Hawkeye fantasized her sitting naked
in the
>: Mess Tent.
>: >
>: >Actually, that was in Germ Warfare (sorry to nitpick) but it usually
gets cut
>: in syndication.
>: >
>
>: Thanks for finding some of the memory I seem to have lost.
>
>feel like I told a god he was wrong!
Remember, God may have made the world in six days, but he couldn't remember
where he left his car keys.
David
Elsig
>>That's spelled with a capital G, please.
>
>
>
Both.
And in alphabetical order.
LG
eltr...@gmail.com
> I was talking to someone the other day who mentioned that Karen Phillips (the
> actress who portrayed Lt. Dish in the first few episodes of M*A*S*H) appeared
> in an issue of Playboy back in the fall of 1972.
>
> reasonably taboo thing to do back in 1972. So, I was curious to know if this
> pictorial led to her dismissal from the series, or if she was written out for
> entirely separate reasons. Anyone know? (Mr. Gelbart?)
>
>
> Jeff
Wow, she was a beautiful young woman w perfect female form in all respects, the photos from that shoot are timeless and her face, hair and body could almost be from the last 15 years in style and look. Pretty tasteful images really. Maybe not for that era, but she was incredibly sexy!
