From: wayne@aelle.cs.odu.edu (C Wayne Huling) Message-ID: <WAYNE.93Jun28072639@aelle.cs.odu.edu> Date: 28 Jun 1993 12:26:39 GMT Subject: Re: To Beej or not to Beej
In article <C97G1t.JF8@freenet.carleton.ca> ac323@Freenet.carleton.ca (Perry Deraps) writes:
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> I want to start a discussion on whether Hawkeye was closest to Trapper
> John or BJ Honneycutt and once he was stateside who would he likely visit
> first (I believe that Trapper and BJ both lived in California so Geography
> isn't a factor).
>
> I believe that Hawkeye was closet to Trapper John. My reasons:
>
> 1) They were both womanizers (BJ was not)
> 2) They both seemed to participate more together when it comes to camp
> activities (ie: the peeping show of the nurses showers, golfing at the
> landmine field, etc...)
> 3) They always worked in tandem when it came to playing pranks on Frank
> and irritating Margaret
> 4) When there was R & R in Tokyo they were always going together (I don't
> think Hawkeye and BJ ever went to Tokyo together. Oh by the way, I'm not
> counting the time that Hawkeye went alone to Tokyo when Trapper left. That
> was just a way to get through an awkward scene since Wayne Rogers had
> already left the series)
> 5) While BJ played more of a moral equilibrium to Hawkeye excesses, I
> believe that Trapper was more of a pal with excesses of his own. (Besides,
> I always thought that there was more of a comraderie between Alan Alda and
> Wayne Rogers)
>
>
> In conclusion, I believe that if Hawkeye ever happenned to be in
> California he would visit Trapper first. There was just more happier
> memories to share than with BJ.
>
>
> Thanks for listening, any opinions?
>
> Perry
>
I dunno, I think that Hawk and BJ were closer friends, at least in heart.
Think about the things Hawk did for BJ:
On BJs first anniversary away from Peg, Hawk taped a conversation with
BJ about what he would do, and Hawk sent the tape to Peg and they got
a movie sent back.
When Hawk was writing his Last Will and Testement, he had trouble
finding something for BJ, so instead he made a list of names of the
people BJ saved for BJs daughters so they would know why their father
was gone for the first part of their lives.
While Trapper and Hawk were buddies and did alot of things together, I think
that the friendship and feelings he had for BJ were alot stronger.
Wayne