Birthplace: Though Trapper John plays a prominent role in Seasons 1, 2, and 3 and is praised for his surgical skills, Hawkeye holds a commanding position over his best friend. Omigod, he trapped me! Some argue these were left in on purpose to make it less Korean war focused and more about the universal experience, but the more likely answer is that the writers and producers cared more about making a good story and jokes rather than avoiding time errors. The two were caught by a conductor, at which point the woman turned against him shouting, "He trapped me! After feeling as though he was being shafted from a more developed character arc, Wayne made the decision to quit the show. He was initially supposed to audition for Hawkeye Pierce role, but was persuaded by the writers to play Trapper while Hawkeye would be played by Alan Alda. All of them were career Army nurses who eventually rose to high rank. In the film he had a very dry and sardonic sense of humor, while in the TV series he was more of a clown. Season 1 of "M*A*S*H" retains an interesting detail from the novel: Hawkeye and Trapper John have their own personal assistant in a bright Korean teenager named Ho-Jon (Patrick Adiarte). A recurring joke is that Margaret and Frank are convinced that nobody else knows about them, but their affair is actually a poorly-kept secret throughout the Army. In the TV show, all of these traits except the doctor part slowly fade away as the seasons go by. So I did a little searching to find out where the other characters were from, to see how many of the towns I've actually been to. Why was radar written off MASH? Onboard the ship that struck the fateful iceberg and sinking was John Harper, a Christian minister. Ironically, nearly three months after Trapper John, M.D. It was the first spin-off to feature a character from the series in civilian life after the war. The television show started out as a screwball comedy, but slowly got more dour as time went on. When Trapper first arrives at the 4077th, he is very ambiguous about himself; all Duke can get out of him is that he is from Boston and that he has been in the Army two months. Despite a guarantee that his character would have a better development arc in this series, as Trapper would then be the show's main character, he decided to decline the offer. In the movie, he's also a married man but he repeatedly cheats on his wife, reasoning that the distance between them and the stress he faces as a combat surgeon justifies his philandering. Margaret is even more appalled by all the goings-on in camp, particularly when the others sing a bawdy version of "Hail to the Chief" for Trapper who was just named chief surgeon, and Margaret becomes Trapper's prime target for sexual insults and innuendo. But on its fateful maiden voyage on 15 April 1912, it sank killing 1500 people. She cites her father, Colonel Alvin "Howitzer Al" Houlihan, as her role model. Hawkeye is supposed to be speaking to an army doctor, listing where he can go to help in Korea, when the actor accidentally repeats his line twice. Anybody else would be scared out of their bones if this happened to them.