# Sitcom Trivia Thread: 03/07

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-trivia-thread-03-07/395397>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 10, 2007, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-trivia-thread-03-07/395397 "2007-03-10T18:21:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-trivia-thread-03-07/395397/41 "2007-03-15T02:03:38Z")

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[Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_Flytrap_%28WKRP_in_Cincinnati%29) says desertion, not refusal to serve.

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**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-trivia-thread-03-07/395397/42 "2007-03-15T02:20:33Z")

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> Spearchucker, on the other hand, was erased after the fifth episode when the producers became aware that there were no African-American surgeons in the Korean War.

Here’s the explaination given by the creator of the TV version of MASH.  
[http://tinyurl.com/23pu6m](http://tinyurl.com/23pu6m)

Note that he uses the name Elsig. That’s El for Larry, Si for Simon and G for Gelbart.

He’s said the same thing several times on the MASH newsgroup. It was partly because they realised there were no black surgeons in Korea, but largely because the cast was too large, and they needed to cut a few charaters.

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**Author:** ![Saltire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saltire/32/553_2.png) [@Saltire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saltire)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-trivia-thread-03-07/395397/43 "2007-03-15T03:06:01Z")

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[QUOTE=5 time champ]  
Gordon Simms was a draft dodger.  
[/QUOTE]  
Yes, it was desertion. He’d come home from Viet Nam, and left the base for good before being processed out of the Army. He had a hell of a story about what had happened in country just before he was shipped home.

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**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-trivia-thread-03-07/395397/44 "2007-03-15T18:34:58Z")

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Just thought I’d bump this last unanswered question:

[QUOTE=want2know]  
15. Married With Children : Which store carried Peg’s “special” bra? And where was it located?  
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I’m kinda surprised–I thought this was the easy one. One of MWC’s funniest eps, IMHO.

Hint: The location in the name of the store is _not_ where the store is actually located.

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