Can you guess who wrote these letters on M*A*S*H?

Crack the code on letters to Dad, Mildred, Peggy, Sis and Uncle Abdul.

On M*A*S*H, every character had plenty going on back at home, and we learned a little bit more about their backstory through the letters they wrote throughout the show.

Think you can tell who's writing who when it comes to M*A*S*H's most memorable letters home?

See if you can read through the lines below.

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  1. Which character on M*A*S*H do you think wrote: “Come to the mess tank with me, dad, and I’ll buy you a cup of coffee.”
  2. Which character on M*A*S*H do you think wrote: “See, uncle, it’s not wonder I never got a Section 8. There’s nothing special about me. Everybody here is crazy.”
  3. Which character on M*A*S*H do you think wrote: "Pierce and Hunnicutt were regaling each other with their version of wit, dirty laundry and nose hair. Constant exposure to these two cretins annoys me.”
  4. Which character on M*A*S*H do you think wrote: “It’s kind of funny being a civilian human again. There’s no one to give me orders, except mom, of course.”
  5. Which character on M*A*S*H do you think wrote: “Our biggest enemy is boredom. We don’t know what to do with ourselves. I’ve taken to writing obscene prescriptions and throwing them into the nurse’s tent.”
  6. Which character on M*A*S*H do you think wrote: “As for me, I’m still trying to get used to this outfit. It’s not easy. I’m the new kid on the block, and they’ve all got their own little ways.”
  7. Which character on M*A*S*H do you think wrote: “I realize, sis, that you’ll get this letter around Ash Wednesday, but here it’s the week before Christmas. It’s a time of anticipation and hope.”
  8. Which character on M*A*S*H do you think wrote: “Not 5 feet away from me, I see Trapper John McIntyre, cutting his toenails. He sells them to the tourists as war souvenirs.”
  9. Which character on M*A*S*H do you think wrote: “Yes, I do get very close to the people we treat. In fact, there are some patients I don’t think I’ll ever forget.”
  10. Which character on M*A*S*H do you think wrote: “I remember reading Justice Holmes. He said, ‘War is an organized bored.’"

Can you guess who wrote these letters on M*A*S*H?

Your Result...

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36 Comments

Cowgirl 18 months ago
You got 10 out of 10
Congratulations, winner! (That's definitely something to write home about!)
DerekBird 32 months ago
You got 10 out of 10
Congratulations, winner! (That's definitely something to write home about!)
CaptainDunsel 32 months ago
9/10
I blew it on #6, forgetting *which* "new kid" it was that wrote that.
ndebrabant 45 months ago
You got 10 out of 10
Congratulations, winner! (That's definitely something to write home about!)
TexasGreek 50 months ago
You got 10 out of 10
Congratulations, winner! (That's definitely something to write home about!)
JohnKarr 52 months ago
Who remembers the first time they saw mash? I do I was in a military hospital and all the old diggers used to watch it. That was 1981
TinaMarieHaddadRhodes 59 months ago
M*A*S*H it will never be a organized bore...
JoDeMarc 61 months ago
Thanks for the day-brightener!
My roomies & I tell our friends we have a doctor's appointment @ the 4077 - lol!
DonWolfer 61 months ago
As much as I love Mash, I would really really love it if we could watch Mash episodes as if they were new. Like no cutting clips out so there is more commercials. from the pilot - season 11, episode 18. plus goodbye & farewell....... please?
JeffTanner 61 months ago
You got 10 out of 10 -----------Congratulations, winner! ( That's definitely something to write home about!)
KevinMeerschaert 62 months ago
Hey MeTV! The "letter" regarding Trapper's toenails was a TAPE RECORDING! So Hawkeye didn't "write" it. Ferret Face!
djw1120 64 months ago
9 out of 10.
The only one I got wrong was number 6.
I thought it was BJ, but obviously it was Col. Potter.
Thinking back, I realize that it WAS Col. Potter.
mike3316 65 months ago
You got 9 out of 10 ... Congratulations, winner! (That's definitely something to write home about!)
Deepizzaguy 66 months ago
Three out of 10 on this quiz.
djw1120 Deepizzaguy 64 months ago
You must not watch M*A*S*H too much.
Jeffrey 66 months ago
You got 8 out of 10 --------------Congratulations, winner! (That's definitely something to write home about!)
anthony 66 months ago
If i'm not mistaken there was one with the psychiatrist Sydney Friedman called "Dear Sigmund"(as in Sigmund Freud)that I always thought was one of the better letter writing episodes.
daDoctah 66 months ago
Only one I missed was #6, and I knew someone who called himself the "new kid" wasn't going to be Frank Burns, but it could as easily been either Potter or B.J.
djw1120 daDoctah 64 months ago
That's what I thought too.
Obviously we were wrong.
jamesreyes65549 66 months ago
I got 8 out of 10 correct. Now that's something I would write home to
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