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R.I.P. David Ogden Stiers (1942-2018)

I didn't care for Major Winchester till that episode.

;.)

I've always hated the modern haircuts on the soldiers on this show. You MIGHT be able to get away with a little bit with the officers in a field hospital, but the regular army wounded with the long hair and blow dry? Come on! Such a wonderful show with plenty of authenticity, and yet the producers didn't insist on a soldier from 1950-52 looking like a soldier from then?

Depth, the one thing missing so often in life and tv today. Depth

I remember this from the Nick-at-Nite re-runs. Like so many moments, this one hit me right in the guts. Even all these years later, it still makes me cry.

Yep. Life-long stutterer here, and I've tested as high as 171 on IQ tests.

I actually love the humanity of Charles in this episode it should remind us all about giving kindness out to those who need it.

Reveal... 🤗

Wasn't king George the sixth a stutter?but yet he gave those soul stirring speeches that the people needed in their time of peril.

Very heartwarming

I can’t watch an episode without my eyes burning.

Charles was a way more deeper character then Burns ever could be

If you think it is easy to act like that...try it... great acting by that kid....

His best work was "Better off Dead".🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Just kidding but watch that one as well.

Good for you Major Winchester, you hit the mark! No, there is no connection between stuttering and intelligence. As a former stutterer myself, I can attest to that. Those who judge you negatively or are prejudiced against you because of your stutter are ignorant, and have no idea of what a speech impediment like stuttering is. That would especially go for little kids who used to make fun my stutter. Little kids can be so cruel....but I had to learn to toughen up, and have confidence in myself or I would have gone under a long time ago. Looking back on my life, I can say that I've come a long way since those painful childhood memories. I used to dream of what it would be like to be a fluent talker....and fortunately I was lucky enough to realize that dream of standing in front of audiences and delivering lectures and speeches, being a radio announcer, and doing character acting.

0:15 It's savage *BREAST* not beast.

I never watched that episode, but will now. MASH was a great show, and ironically many never realized it was set in the Korean War.

David was an excellent addition to the show. As a kid I loved to hate his elitist manner from the start but slowly he warmed in my heart. Episodes like this did that and after the show ended I enjoyed seeing David appear is other shows. A truly talented man.

Kindness can really go a long way. We are all God's children, and we should be looking out for each other than judge anyone cause of religion, skin color or anything else. I believe we can be there to watch out for each other and show compassion.

i used to stutter really bad when i was younger so this hit home

MASH was a vastly better program after swapping out Burns for Winchester, Blake for Potter, and Trapper for BJ. and a much more lovely Margaret.

It's different now but back then a stutter would have disqualified the poor kid from the draft. Thing is, he would have had to prove it. And it's hard to prove something you're ashamed of and try to hide. Nowadays they let people with a stutter serve proudly. ...They probably won't let you call in artillery, though. You have to prove you're deaf and blind for that.

Beautiful scene from an outstanding series.

This was a good episode for sure

Isn't that shelley long on the tape?

The fact of the matter, a suttering can be corrected through speach training. I believe King George was able to manage this. Not easy, but not impossible.

What a powerful episode and a great show. They were so good at making Charles seem like a jerk but as we got to know him he was an honorable and caring man. Watching Mash as a kid was good but it’s different as an adult. I’m in my early 50’s now and it’s still a great show but over the years I have definitely come to love and respect Charles E Winchester.

The ST-TNG episode _Half a Life_ is David Ogden Steirs and Majel Barrett putting on a epic performance.

Those are some long haired soldiers.

Absolutely the only time I liked him!

Charles has heart, something Burns didn't have. He was a great addition to the cast.

One of the best episodes of MASH when it showed the Human side of Charles

Absolutely brilliant actor. I love the British Way.so civilized. So classy.

I agree

How Winchester held his composer and didn't knock the hell out of the captain is beyond me

Charles was a good dude.

Three main cast members were replaced, each with their opposite. Henry Blake undisciplined, civilian pushover, replaced by Sherman Potter a regular army career soldier. Trapper, a womanizing alcoholic who constantly cheated on his wife and would break every rule including lying to investigators replaced by BJ who was a wholesome family man not as willing to do unethical acts even if they were good in the big picture. Frank Burns the not too bright backsliding hypocrite, wannabe soldier and incompetent surgeon replaced by Winchester, the snobbish intellectual yet caring man who is arguably the best surgeon in the unit.

If it wasn't for Charles's tour in Korea, he'd still be a haughty piece of crap. He grew a lot during that time.

M*A*S*H was/is such a great show. The writing in general, was wonderful. Major Winchester was played so well by Stiers. No one else could be Winchester. RIP David Ogden Stiers.

It's been awhile since I've been pleasantly surprised. Like hearing a catchy new song, or enjoying eating something I thought wouldn't taste good. The ending of this scene, when he's listening to his sister, was just a beautiful full circle episode. What a pleasant surprise.

M*A*S*H was a show that matured over time when the writers & producers knew they had a responsibility to do so. That's why they made Winchester the way they did.

Screaming and crying and throwing up

Charles is the anti-Frank Burns. He comes off as an arrogant aristocratic asshole but is in fact quite the humanitarian :)

Winchester was one of the best written and acted characters on a masterpiece of a show. This episode, like so many in this series, goes straight for the heart. RIP David Ogden Stiers

Yese

Having just watched this for the umpteenth time, I now have a bit of an idea how to help a fellow work colleague who is struggling with some mental health issues. thank you Major Winchester.

Everyone hates the Rich posh Charles, till he let you inside.

Charles was a good change from Burns. Burns was just one of those people there for laughs and always felt he didn't have much depth. Charles had so much more than skin level.

Good for him❤