to be away from your loved ones. mash, in its conceit, was comedy amidst tragedy. come on, we ve got trouble. somebody s been hit by a sniper. when mash did a christmas episode, it didn t pander to the holiday. sorry to ruin your holiday, folks. forget ours. his is shot to hell. and you realize, oh, the violence the war never ends. set up two units of plasma. what for? it s a waste of time. doctor, if there s no point if we can delay it long enough, his kids won t have to think of christmas as the day their daddy died. that episode, it showed me as a writer that comedy could stop being funny and be very impactful and moving. it s over. let him rest. this young man dies, and hawkeye changes the clock so that it s after 12. look, he made it. time of death, 12:05, december 26th. you got your hopes up that he had lived. but there was no christmas miracle on that day. my gloria says she ll be over in a few minutes. i ll take it. thank you.
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when mash did a christmas episode, it didn t pander to the holiday. you realize, oh, the violence the war never ends. set up two units of plasma. what for? there s no time. if we can delay it, these kids won t have to think of christmas as the day their daddy died. comedy can stop being funny and be very impactful and moving. it s over. let him rest. this young man dies, and hawk eye changes the clock so that it s after 12:00. look, he made it. time of death, 12:05, december 26th. you got your hopes up that he had lived, but there was no christmas miracle on that day. it should be over in a few minutes. i ll take it. thank you. hi, mike. all in the family did politics probably better than