M*A*S*H and Mother's Day

[Dana Grant]

For all of you M*A*S*H fans -- Mike Farrell was in Tucson yesterday for a book signing. So, my family drove over to Barnes and Noble fully expecting it to be too crowded for us to be able to see him, but we were pleasantly surprised. Well, especially Lindsey, the die-hard M*A*S*H fan. She was so excited!

I was able to just keep snapping pictures while we waited to get to the table. He was very pleasant and unhurried. Posed for many pictures, wrote many autographs -- can you say WRITER'S CRAMP??? LOL I would think so by the end of the day, anyway.

So, I'm sharing a few pictures of Mike Farrell. It was a fun Mother's Day outing, a little different. Enjoy....

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[Lindsey Grant]

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EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That was so so so so so so so so so so so so SO much fun!!! He's so BJ in every way! He's got the same smile, his eyes light up the same way, he talks the same...it was SO cool and so surreal to be meeting the coolest M*A*S*H guy ever! Fun fun fun! :)
And of course, having the coolest Mommy to go do that with didn't hurt...
:D

[Brian Hammons]

Lindsey,
I am so envious.
I used to live in Toledo. I missed Jamie Farr by about 10 minutes in Tony Packo's one time. He was there on a casual hometown visit. Oh, so close. . .

[Dana Grant]

Personally I'd like to meet Radar.......

[Susan Unger]

Personally I'd like to meet Radar.......

Radar [the actor who played him] was born on my birthday so I have always felt a kinship with him :)

That is one of my favorite shows. Pretty nifty!

[Ed Laubster]

Is it bad to say I'd like to meet Hot Lips?


:)

[Dana Grant]

Is it bad to say I'd like to meet Hot Lips?


:)


HA HA -- no, not bad! Mr. Farrell told a couple of really cute stories about the cast of M*A*S*H and their playing jokes on one another. I'm actually glad we went, it was fun.

(Although, I must tell you, Eddie -- Hot Lips is a bit too old for you these days.....)

[Cecil Wallace]

I'm putting the green smilie here :basic05 because I'm just a little jealous.
That would be really neat to meet ANYONE from the cast.
We still watch the re-runs.

[Dana Grant]

I'm putting the green smilie here :basic05 because I'm just a little jealous.
That would be really neat to meet ANYONE from the cast.
We still watch the re-runs.


I haven't watched it for a while now; I got kind of burned out on it there for a little bit, because it seemed we watched it all the time -- so much so that Lindsey could pretty much quote most of the dialogue. LOL As it is, she knows what episodes go with which season, which season you're watching by the sound of the opening theme song......well, you get the idea. HA HA

So, right now my old-TV-show watching includes the Bob Newhart show, Leave it to Beaver, and now the Brady Bunch. I love the old sit-coms. I try to sit and relax for 25 minutes every day and watch at least one episode of SOMETHING comical. It is a good stress reliever!!

[BobHunt]

soooooooooo jealous! I love that program!

[Dana Grant]

soooooooooo jealous! I love that program!


Awwww, I'm sorry......keep looking in your area Barnes and Noble, he is on a tour right now promoting his book, so you might be fortunate enough to find him close somewhere. Lindsey says the book looks quite interesting.

[Billy Rolfe]

I wanted to reply to you and say that is so cool that you got to see him. I love M*A*S*H as well. So, would it be safe for me to say that you liked him on the show better than Trapper? :basic01
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EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That was so so so so so so so so so so so so SO much fun!!! He's so BJ in every way! He's got the same smile, his eyes light up the same way, he talks the same...it was SO cool and so surreal to be meeting the coolest M*A*S*H guy ever! Fun fun fun! :)
And of course, having the coolest Mommy to go do that with didn't hurt...
:D

[Joanne Vergin]

Beej was much cooler by far. IMHO. :)

[Lindsey Grant]

I wanted to reply to you and say that is so cool that you got to see him. I love M*A*S*H as well. So, would it be safe for me to say that you liked him on the show better than Trapper? :basic01

Oh yes, most definitely :) BJ had always been my absolute favorite MASH-er. so this was extremely exciting :basic07

[Ed Laubster]

BJ had always been my absolute favorite MASH-er.

MASHer? Did he have potatoes with him too? now that would have been worth seeing! A big tv star mashing his own potatoes!