Loretta Swit

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... that was Loretta Swit.

I'm sorry.

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What?

I just saw the blonde.

Yeah, Loretta Swit.

Great show.

Developed by Larry Gelbart, starred Alan Alda, Gary Burghoff, William Christopher, Jamie Farr, Mike Farrell, Larry Linville, Harry Morgan, David Ogden S- Stiers, and Loretta Swit.

Show aired a total of 256 episodes over 11 seasons on CBS.

And in 2023, Variety Magazine ranked the show number 24 on its list of the 100 greatest TV shows of all time.

Smile all you want, I tell them, but if you try it once, you'll keep on coming back for more.

And finally, perhaps on the tail end of this popular period of needlepoint, Loretta Swit, an actor who played Major Margaret Houlihan on MASH, wrote a needlepoint book.

Today, Needlepoint is having a moment.

There has been an explosion in demand for Needlepoint canvas, painted Needlepoint canvases, and printed Needlepoint canvases.

Gene Reynolds was essential to MASH as well.

And the MASH episode, Nurses, in which, as you may recall, Loretta Swit, couldn't you just invite me in for a cup of coffee? I'd like you to talk a little bit about that episode, working with Loretta Switt and the words of Linda Bloodworth Thomason, who became the showrunner for Designing Women and such a talent, such a big part of 80s sitcoms.

So Nurses, what are the best stories you like to tell from shooting that with Gregory Harrison, by the way? Kind of a dreamboat.

Yeah, that was really hard work, work.

Who's a lovely guy.

Yeah, I mean, once again, wow, everybody wanted to be on MASH, of course, and I was thrilled, and it was a great part, and it was great for Loretta Swit.

It was a big deal for her to have a script written with the focus on her character in the way it was.

It's kind of iconic for that reason, and it's also just a lovely, lovely script.

Hot Lips Houlihan.

Yes, Loretta Swit is in this movie and she plays just the wife of Warren Oates, which is kind of hanging out and getting screaming, lots of screaming in the movie by the two ladies.

And you know, they seem like they were going to be go-getters, man.

They're

And then from that show, Julie won an Emmy for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 78.

She won the award over Loretta Swit of MASH and Nancy Walker, who played the mom of Rhoda.

That's right.

I had no idea Rhoda had that much pull with the Emmy.