fine whine

Well, it took some eight or ten M*A*S*H episodes of heightened vigilance, but I finally caught a glimpse of Gary Burghoff's missing fingers (well, just the ends of them). I'm up to the fourth season, thanks to cheap DVD stores and my local library, and I've come to respect it as decent television, though I can no longer recall which doctor other than Alan Alda's Hawkeye that I had previously thought was on the show--Trapper John (the actor's name eludes me) had thrown me for a loop the first three seasons but now the cast looks funny without him.

I'd put even money that nobody else has ever pointed out Gary Burghoff's sinister secret. Now that I know it, though, it's rather obvious that he's always concealing his hand. Some times it looks natural, but often enough it looks like he's up to something, especially in light of the fact that everybody else makes no effort to hide their hands. But did I ever notice before? No. Does it matter now? Still no. It's just another useless bit of information that I can use to frighten and bewilder people.

Sinister, ha ha ha. Get it?