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Draining the Swamp
by Zach and Maxie
Zach and Maxie perform an autopsy on the long-running sitcom MAS*H, which dared to say "maybe sending people off to die and kill in a war halfway across the globe purely to suppress communism is bad actually." We'll take you through the series as it gradually refines its vision and identity, and see just how well it holds up after all these years.
Episodes
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S1:E7 – Make Up a Guy
Episode Notes When one of the nurses - sorry, let me start again. When Radar gets jilted by his girlfriend, Hawkeye and Trapper play matchmaker to lift his spirits. Hawkeye invents a fictional officer, "Captain Tuttle," to justify smuggling supplies to an orphanage, only for Tuttle to become a...
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S1:E6 – Depressing Slapstick
Episode Notes Hawkeye writes a letter home to his father, telling him what all the folks at the 4077 get up to around Christmastime. One of the nurses labors under a curse so terrible, it causes the unthinkable... nobody wants to fuck her. Okay we're pretty sure they've officially given up on...
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S1:E5 – Piss Take
Episode Notes When people's belongings start going missing, everyone blames Hawkeye, which is maybe an overreaction but still kind of understandable honestly. Hawkeye and Trapper suspect Frank may have hepatitis, so they try to keep him from performing surgery(?) or fucking until they know for...
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S1:E4 – Funny PTSD
Episode Notes A cowboy helicopter pilot attempts to murder Henry via Agent 47-style schemes. He then fucks off to Tokyo to hang out in a soapland and Frank does his best to ruin everything, as usual. Maxie explains what a "Dear John" letter is; boy this show sure is weird about Asian people huh;...
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S1:E3 – The First Big Oof
Episode Notes CW For discussion of sexual assault starting at around 30:40 Did you know this show almost got canceled after Season 1? Can't imagine why.
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S1:E2 – Meese
Episode Notes Season 1 is not impressing with its casual attitude towards human trafficking, but at least Klinger showed up.
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S1:E1 – Suicide is Podcast
Episode Notes Like the first episode of a long-running sitcom, we haven't quite found our footing yet. Please excuse a tired Zach and echo-y Maxie as they step foot off the helicopter into the 4077th.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Zach and Maxie perform an autopsy on the long-running sitcom MAS*H, which dared to say "maybe sending people off to die and kill in a war halfway across the globe purely to suppress communism is bad actually." We'll take you through the series as it gradually refines its vision and identity, and see just how well it holds up after all these years.
HOSTED BY
Zach and Maxie
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Zach and Maxie perform an autopsy on the long-running sitcom MAS*H, which dared to say "maybe sending people off to die and kill in a war halfway across the globe purely to suppress communism is bad actually." We'll take you through the series as it gradually refines its vision and identity, and...
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