The Actual Hawkeye Detested M*A*S*H
Show: M*A*S*H
Original Network: CBS
Est. Production Budget: $250,000 per episode*
Many people adore Alan Alda’s legendary performance as Captain Hawkeye Pierce on M*A*S*H. Many who knew him say that Alda did a fantastic job portraying Dr. H. Richard Hornberger, the character’s real-life inspiration. One of the few Americans who did not fall in love with the show was Hornberger, who wrote the book MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors, which served as the basis for the television program, and was a surgeon in the Korean War. How come? Based on his real-life experiences, he was paid only $500 for each episode of the show.
The Actual Hawkeye Detested.
Mission: Impossible Spoke A Language All Its Own
Show: Mission: Impossible
Original Network: CBS
Est. Production Budget: $200,000 per episode*
The IMF (Impossible Missions Force) team in the television series Mission: Impossible spoke in a code language known as “Gellerese,” which was a mashup of international terms, numbers, and symbols that were challenging for outsiders to understand but not unmanageable. Weekly memos with new words and phrases were sent to actors. To follow the show’s complex plots, some fans even made their own decoder. This distinctive vocabulary became a defining characteristic of Mission: Impossible and contributed to the show’s mystery and suspense.
Mission Impossible Spoke A Language All Its Own
