Talk:Jamie Farr

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"Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic presented by Kroger" ... jeez.. how pretentious

Contents 1 Religion 2 Korean War era vet?? 3 Hot Potato not a panel show 4 Only Image? 5 Original MASH P.A. Announcer

[edit] Religion

Jamie Farr is not Catholic. He's Orthodox. See: http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20000328/SRATOLEDO12/10328005/-1/SRATOLEDO ——Preost ^talk contribs 23:33, September 12, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Korean War era vet??

According to the article, he "spent the entire war stationed in Japan". Farr was born July 1, 1934, and according to the Korean War article, it started June 25, 1950, a few days before Farr's 16th birthday. It is very unlikely that the then-peacetime U.S. Army would have had a 15 year old serving, or for that matter, a 16 year old. As I recall, they took 17 year olds during WWII with their parent's permission, but I am not sure that would have been the case during in the early 50's. If so, he may have enlisted on his 17th birthday, July 1, 1951, and by the time he went thru basic and advanced training, he might have been in Japan by late 1951 maybe 16 months into the 37 month conflict. --rogerd 00:58, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

According to the bio on his page, his military service was after The Blackboard Jungle, serving in Japan and Korea. That film was released in 1955, so his service was well after the Korean Conflict was over. --rogerd 16:54, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hot Potato not a panel show

Hot potato wasn't a panel game show.

24.228.70.72 19:50, 9 July 2007 (UTC)nextbarker

[edit] Only Image?

There's one image from MASH that's used twice on this page. Is there no other image of Farr that can be used to replace either usage?

[edit] Original MASH P.A. Announcer

I've read several times, IMDB site included, that Jamie Farr was the P.A. announcer in the very first episodes of MASH, before he played Klinger in Episode 4. I suggest we add this to the article. If one listens closely, Farr's voice can be made out as the announcer. It has been mentioned that Farr, Alda, and Swit were the only MASH actors to be in the first (pilot) and last (Goodbye, Farewell, & Amen) episodes of the show. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.115.103.137 (talk) 02:15, 5 November 2007 (UTC)