Dave Damaschek
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
We've talked about it in movies, too.
In MASH, you mentioned MASH, too.
MASH held up as the greatest sitcom of all time.
And we've gone over it.
It was two phases, basically.
You know, the early days where it was slapsticky comedy, you know, sort of like Marx Brothers bantering and stuff.
And then it turns into a melodrama that really should have just been turned into an hour-long self-serious thing.
And by the way, as though there are two sides to that argument.
Like, hey, war stinks.
That's the message of every week.
Like, man, war is hell.
As though there's a portion of the population that needs to be convinced.
What beach makes the scene?
It starts going down.
Oh, I bet I can predict it.
Yeah, because Trapper.
Straight out of Tattletales, an episode of Tattletales in 1978 is exactly where you would see that.