# MASH question: Klinger **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 24, 2001, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mash-question-klinger/95002 "2001-11-24T06:02:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2001, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mash-question-klinger/95002/21 "2001-11-26T15:37:55Z")
IIRC, Klinger did indeed continue to wear a single earring, in honor of his gypsy ancestors. ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2001, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mash-question-klinger/95002/22 "2001-11-26T21:23:32Z")
Klinger wasn’t Gypsy; he was Lebanese. ---
**Author:** ![Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harvey_The_Heavy)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2001, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mash-question-klinger/95002/23 "2001-11-26T22:17:34Z")
Originally posted by tevya: > [@](#): > > I was under the impression that Klinger stopped dressing in drag when he found out his wife (fiance?) was having an affair back in Toledo. He decided then that he didn’t want out of the army. I could have just hallucinated that though. Originally posted by Otto: > [@](#): > > The dresses were largely abandoned after his wife filed for divorce (“This is phony! \ And this is phony! \ And this! \”). I saw this one just the other day, and I believe this episode was the turning point. Both Radar and Winchester were in it, so it must have been just before Radar left. It’s hard to place the episodes because FX doesn’t really run them in order. ---
**Author:** ![Venkman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ec9cab/32.png) [@Venkman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Venkman)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mash-question-klinger/95002/24 "2001-11-27T01:45:50Z")
For a bit of a hijack, I have some questions about Klinger’s wife. For one thing whether or not he had a wife seemed to waver at the whim of the writers. I know at one point he was married in an episode (via shortwave radio, while wearing a wedding dress), and I also remember an episode about his girl leaving him but I don’t think it was clear whether this was his wife or just girlfriend. And what was her name? Was it Lorraine? I know Blake’s wife name was sometimes Lorraine (and sometimes Mildred), but can’t remember about Klinger’s wife. So what’s the scoop? ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mash-question-klinger/95002/25 "2001-11-27T01:59:53Z")
Klinger’s wife was named Laverne. ---
**Author:** ![Lady\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f1d935/32.png) [@Lady\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lady_Ice)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mash-question-klinger/95002/26 "2001-11-27T02:07:27Z")
Klinger’s wifes name was Laverne. She left him for a sausage maker. I can’t remember what his name was though. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mash-question-klinger/95002/27 "2001-11-27T02:18:05Z")
I should have said Klinger’s _first_ wife was named Laverne. He married the Korean woman in the last season and dragged her off to suffer through “After M_A_S\*H.” I want to say her name was Soon-Lee. The sausage maker was named Morty. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mash-question-klinger/95002/28 "2001-11-27T15:39:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Olentzero \* > \*\*Klinger wasn’t Gypsy; he was Lebanese. \*\* Yeah, a Lebanese gypsy. He’s said so himself, probably referring to his ancestors’ nomadic way of life. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mash-question-klinger/95002.md?page=1)