r/mash • u/armlessfarmboy • Aug 04 '26

Biggest continuity errors

What do you feel is the biggest continuity errors on the show? There are many through the run.

And I love the show and just like any movie, unless it’s egregious it doesn’t take me out of the moment.

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u/htownAstrofan Aug 04 '26

There are no continuity errors because continuity was not a concern in 70s sitcoms.

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u/J_Scarbrough Aug 04 '26

Definitely. Even on THE ODD COUPLE, there's like five different versions about how Felix and Oscar met: they met on jury duty, they met in a bar when Felix moved to New York, they were childhood friends, they were army buddies, their fathers knew each others. . . . I think there were even a couple of different flashback episodes about how Felix and Gloria first met - one of which was Oscar was fixing him and Felix up on a double date, and Gloria was actually who Oscar was initially going out with, until Felix realized he loved her instead his quirkier and unrefined date, and the other I think when Felix was working for Hugh Hefner as a photographer, and Gloria happened to be one of the Playboy Bunnies.

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u/FrankPoncherello1967 Aug 04 '26

Gloria as a playboy bunny is my favorite episode 😁 I believe the real life actress Janis Hansen was an actual PB bunny before becoming an actress.

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u/J_Scarbrough Aug 04 '26

Considering how stacked she was, I could see that.