Funny Radar Has It Under Control Mash
"This is pretty expert. Someone should exist writing this down. To my golden tongue!"(Sherman T. Potter in Commander Pierce)
Before there was a certain magician, in that location were the original Potterisms from Colonel Sherman T. Potter.
These normally came in the form of unusual expressions and exclamations, used equally a response to what was happening at the 4077th Mash. At other times, the Potterisms would be in the course of paradoxical statements which independent nuggets of profound folk advice for his subordinates. So characteristic were these expressions that, whenever the 4077th crew needed to impersonate him on the phone, they also needed to insert their own Potterisms to audio believable.
Collecting Potterisms has become a serious topic of research among fans of M*A*S*H. Some fans confess that they tin can inappreciably avoid saying "buffalo bagels" or "beaver biscuits" in exclamation. Other fans have produced memorabilia such as rugs and T-shirts featuring Potterisms.
This page intends to exist a comprehensive collection of Potterisms. Delight aid add to information technology. But please limit this list to those witty phrases and the one or two sentence pieces of folk communication from Potter. At that place are other occasions when Potter would have an extended humorous dialogue with someone. Celebrate those under the memorable quotes department of the articles for the relevant episodes instead.
At that place are two tables. The starting time is for those characteristic short exclamations which you must acquire if you want to imitate him on the phone. The 2nd is for those longer pieces of communication and folk wisdom for those who may ane day wish to study at the Sherman T. Potter School of Management.
| Episode | Context | |
|---|---|---|
| Season four | ||
| "Horse hockey!" | Change of Command | Dismissing a Klinger scam |
| "Horse hockey!" | Quo Vadis, Captain Chandler | Dismissing Frank'due south allegation that Hawkeye and B.J. must be upwards to some shenanigans |
| "Jumpin' jodhpurs" | Of Moose and Men | Trying to impress upon Col. Tucker that Hawkeye saved his life |
| "Sufferin' saddle lather!" | Of Moose and Men | Same as higher up |
| "That was the oyster's ice skates" | The Price of Lycopersicon esculentum Juice | Praising the tomato juice Radar got for him |
| "Buffalo fries!" | Love Ma | He has been hit past a sniper and Klinger tells him not to dice |
| "Pig feathers!" | Dearest Ma | He doesn't want to be anesthetized |
| Flavour 5 | ||
| "Crock of beans!" | Issues Out | Dismissing rumor of issues-out - to Klinger |
| "That is course-A, 100% balderdash cookies!" | Bug Out | Dismissing rumor of bug-out - this fourth dimension to the whole camp |
| "...scuttlebutt is as mutual as cooties in your skivvies!" | Bug Out | Same as in a higher place |
| "If you aren't Klinger, who the Sam Hill are you?" | Eagle Go Your Gun | To Klinger, who is dressed equally Zoltan the gypsy king |
| "Radar, what is this cow flubdubbery?" | The Most Unforgettable Characters | On hearing Radar'southward duty log written in fancy prose |
| Flavour vi | ||
| "Road apples!!" | Fade Out, Fade In, Role 2 | Dismissing Schaeffer's need for a review board for Klinger's Section eight |
| "the most bellicose butt full of Bull Durham" | Fallen Idol | Describing the fashion Hawkeye has blown upwardly at Radar |
| "pimple on a flea" | Fallen Idol | That's how minor Hawkeye has fabricated Radar experience subsequently the above |
| "This unit is running equally smoothly every bit a pig on stilts" | State of war of Nerves | Telling Sidney Freedman how poor the morale of the camp is |
| "Mule fritters!!" | The Lite That Failed | On a shipment of hot weather condition supplies in the midst of winter |
| "Moo-cow cookies! This is group is limp as a noodle! Your wonton is wilted!" | The One thousand*A*S*H Olympics | On seeing how weak the members of the 4077th are |
| "Sweet Nefertiti!" | The Grim Reaper | Winchester collapses in the O.R. |
| "Sufferin' sheep dip!" | The Olfactory property of Music | On the dissonance Winchester, Hawkeye and B.J. are making |
| "Well, zip-a-dee-doo-dah!" | What's Up Physician? | Later hearing Margaret might be significant |
| Flavor 7 | ||
| "How's things in the 4-O-double-natural?" | Commander Pierce | In the game of craps, a dice roll of 7 is called a "natural". Hence 4-O-double-natural means 4077. |
| "Sweet Limburger!" | Dear Comrade | On sniffing Kwang's boiled tree bark training for treating rashes |
| "Shiverin' shinbones!" | Out of Gas | On the cold conditions |
| "Who in the Sam Hill is that?" | Out of Gas | Winchester and Mulcahy return to the MASH in a beat up truck |
| "Aw, pony pucks!" | Rally 'Round the Flagg, Boys | Discovers Flagg in his role |
| Season 8 | ||
| "Well, if it isn't budget cuts, what in Sam Colina are you here for?" | Are You lot Now, Margaret? | Virtually Williamson's purpose for visiting the Mash |
| "Dove pellets!" | Adept-Bye Radar: Role 1 | Klinger can't become a generator for the camp |
| "What in the proper name of Sweet Fanny Adams happened here?" | Menstruum of Adjustment | B.J. has just knocked Eagle out |
| "At present who in San Juan Colina is that?" | Mr. and Mrs. Who? | Arrival of Donna Marie Parker |
| "I feel like Snow White with a house total of ill dwarfs." | The Yalu Brick Road | He has to accept care of a military camp total of sick people by himself |
| "Mule muffins!" | Yessir, That's Our Baby | Winchester offers to back-trail him to run into a Korean official because of his superior dignity and sensitivity |
| "Who gives a rat's lid?" | Canteen Fatigue | Winchester is being too fussy nigh his choice of liquor |
| "Hang on to your homburg, Winchester" | Canteen Fatigue | Potter is annoyed with Winchester for waking him in the middle of the nighttime |
| "This is no time for experimenting. That'south a Commie Pineapple!" | Bottle Fatigue | A Korean Pow has brought a grenade into the OR and tries to set it off. Potter tells Hawkeye not to experiment with information technology and to find the pivot earlier it blows. |
| "Buffalo bagels!" | Quondam Soldiers | When Klinger tells him everything is nether command |
| "Mind your own beeswax." | One-time Soldiers | When Klinger asks how Potters friend is doing. |
| "Who in the name of Annie's argyles are all these kids?" | Old Soldiers | Potter has just returned from Tokyo and meets all the orphans who are in the army camp |
| "Morale hither is lower than a gopher's basement." | Morale Victory | Appointing B.J. and Hawkeye equally morale officers |
| "Great balls of fire!" | Bye, Savage World | Klinger has decorated the company role in his special style |
| "Jumpin' Jack Armstrong!" | Back Pay | Tells Eagle he cannot ship the Army a bill. |
| "Bushwa!" | April Fools | He doesn't concord that the April Fool's Day has arrived. It is still March |
| "Simply just include me out. Understandez vous?" | April Fools | He was hoping that he wouldn't get pranked |
| "Holy hemostat!!" | April Fools | On reading that Col. Tucker is coming to inspect the Mash |
| "This an A-1, 4-alarm, red, white and blue alert!" | April Fools | He wasn't enthusiastic about Col. Tucker coming to the 4077th |
| "Pierce, are you lot deef? I'g giving your hijinks the heave-ho, post haste!" | Apr Fools | On noticing that Eagle isn't listening to his orders |
| "What in the name of Marco Blest Polo is going on hither?!" | Apr Fools | Wondering what was going on out past Margaret's "tent" |
| "Oh, yous're a peck of pips, all right!" | April Fools | Reprimanding the doctors and Margaret for continuing with their practical jokes against his orders |
| "Where in the name of Carrie's corset is your tent?" | April Fools | On discovering that Margaret's tent is missing |
| "You look like a furry Claudette Colbert." | April Fools | Finds Klinger in his Cleopatra outfit. Claudette Colbert played Cleopatra in a 1934 film. |
| Flavour nine | ||
| "Hot mustard!" | The Best of Enemies | On news that Mildred has won a bridge championship |
| "What in the Sam Hill?" | The Best of Enemies | Margaret has only called Winchester a debauchee |
| "Beaver biscuits!" | The Best of Enemies | Subsequently losing a game of bridge |
| "Hot sausage!" | Letters | He has but broken the camp free-throws record |
| "What in the name of George Armstrong Custer do yous call up y'all're doing?" | Your Retentiveness, Delight | On seeing Klinger riding in like Lady Godiva |
| "Great Caesar'southward salad, Klinger!" | No Sweat | On discovering Klinger in the middle of the nighttime taking apart the P.A. arrangement. |
| "not going to be worth a hill of limas" | No Sweat | What he's going to be if he doesn't become plenty sleep |
| "What in Hannah'south hell accept you done at present?" | The Scarlet/White Dejection | He thinks Klinger has ordered the wrong medicine |
| "What in Samuel Hill hit this identify?" | The Red/White Blues | On seeing the mess in his office |
| Season 10 | ||
| "Hot damn!" | Sons and Bowlers | Later having a good frame of bowling practice |
| "Hot hush puppies!" | Picture This | Afterwards figuring out what to give his wife for an ceremony nowadays |
| Flavor xi | ||
| "Bang-up Mother Macree! I retrieve I'k going to die!" | The Joker is Wild | After getting "pranked" by B.J. Hunnicutt |
| "I suspect there'due south some 'cahootinizing' going on." | Run for the Money | About how Male parent Mulcahy made LeMasters throw the race |
| AfterM*A*South*H Season 1 | ||
| "A family unit-sized sack of Minnesota marbles" | Shall We Dance | On Alma Cox's beliefs that certain books should exist banned in the hospital. |
| Episode | Context | |
|---|---|---|
| Season iv | ||
| Season v | ||
| "Heed, it'due south too big a globe to be in contest with everybody else. The only guy I have to get better than is who I am right at present. And in your case, that's tough enough." | Hepatitis | Advice to Hawkeye who feels frustrated that an "incredibly average" quondam classmate is doing better than him. |
| Season 6 | ||
| "That's more than like information technology. At present you're fighting to stay alive, aren't you? The part of you lot that wants to stick around is stronger than the part that wants to end it all. Okay. Hang on to that." | The Smell of Music | Telling the suicidal soldier to stay alive |
| Season 7 | ||
| "And I'm acting like one (like a commander), staying out of it 'til I'm needed. It'due south all in the timing, son. In that location's a time to step in and a time to back off." | Commander Pierce | On why he is not stepping in to stop the dispute between Hawkeye and B.J. even though he is the commander. |
| "Pull the reins too tight and the horse'll buck. You had good people nether you. You lot should've permit 'em go through their paces." | Commander Pierce | On how Pierce should take managed the unit in his absence. |
| "If you own't where you are, yous're no place." | Love Sis | Advise to Mash crew to be content with their circumstances. |
| "Simply remember, there's a correct way and a wrong way to do everything. And the wrong way is to keep trying to make everybody else do it the right fashion." | Inga | Advise to Eagle when he can't get used to Inga taking the lead in the relationship. |
| Season 8 | ||
| "Yous're like an unbroken colt, and all I can do is give you rein till you wear yourself out." | Back Pay | He knows there is no signal ordering Hawkeye to return the jeep he has taken considering he will just find some other way to protestation. |
| Flavour 9 | ||
| "I've long suspected that one sure style to get this ornery bunch off their back pockets is to tell them that something tin't be done. And without knowing I was doing it I plant I was right." | Cementing Relationships | Commending the 4077th on laying their own cement floor for the operating room. |
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