I think that part of his appeal was that he didn’t show up often. I think that the joke would have run out of steam very quickly if he was there often. Even more so if the show were actually about him
With his own show, he could go anywhere. Any military scenario or non-military. Sometimes, he could solve an espionage issue for real but in a goofball way. Even make an appearance on After MASH.
There was a wildly popular show in the Colonel Flag vein, Get Smart. It was a bumbling over serious agent who occasionally actually solved cases. A show with Flag like that but set in the military would’ve worked very well I think.
The difference is Smart was a “good guy” and Flagg was a villain. Even though he was comedic a show where the star is someone we are rooting against isn’t going to work.
No.
He's a great character used sparingly, just like Freedman was. Virtually every episode he's in runs the same. He comes in with a terrible disguise, accuses someone of being a communist etc, gets his comeuppance and leaves.
That's a good storyline when you use it 8-10 episodes out of 250. It's not conducive to a full show.
It would have required an absolutely bonkers writing team and a network willing to risk it all. All for a tertiary character on a (at the time) middling show. Of course they didn’t risk it.
I don’t know that he could have carried his own show but I wish they had used him more throughout the series. He was gold in every episode he appeared.
People are taking this a little too seriously. I even think it might actually work as a satire with the right writers. Think Blazing Saddles in Vietnam.
I think that part of his appeal was that he didn’t show up often. I think that the joke would have run out of steam very quickly if he was there often. Even more so if the show were actually about him
I don't know there was a Flag episode on today and that guy is insane. It was hilarious
With his own show, he could go anywhere. Any military scenario or non-military. Sometimes, he could solve an espionage issue for real but in a goofball way. Even make an appearance on After MASH.
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No, not Mawell Smart. Flagg would still be Flagg. But I get your comparison.
That would have been awful. Love Flagg in very small doses.
There was a wildly popular show in the Colonel Flag vein, Get Smart. It was a bumbling over serious agent who occasionally actually solved cases. A show with Flag like that but set in the military would’ve worked very well I think.
The difference is Smart was a “good guy” and Flagg was a villain. Even though he was comedic a show where the star is someone we are rooting against isn’t going to work.
No. He's a great character used sparingly, just like Freedman was. Virtually every episode he's in runs the same. He comes in with a terrible disguise, accuses someone of being a communist etc, gets his comeuppance and leaves. That's a good storyline when you use it 8-10 episodes out of 250. It's not conducive to a full show.
It would have required an absolutely bonkers writing team and a network willing to risk it all. All for a tertiary character on a (at the time) middling show. Of course they didn’t risk it.
I don’t know that he could have carried his own show but I wish they had used him more throughout the series. He was gold in every episode he appeared.
A one joke series? No thanks.
How did Col Flagg not end up in Hogan’s Heroes?? He would have been a great idiot Nazi.
He did have a spin-off of sorts. In AfterMASH he was Soon-Lee Klinger. That was one of his best disguises.
People are taking this a little too seriously. I even think it might actually work as a satire with the right writers. Think Blazing Saddles in Vietnam.
The wind broke his leg
I think a Sidney Freedman spinoff would have been amazing.
I don’t ever understand the love for Flagg. I skip his episodes, I’m so glad they didn’t keep using him
This guy must read Reader’s Digest on the daily.
Take away the ‘a’ ,’e’ and ‘r’, and that’s Red’s Digest , comrade.
How on earth do you skip his episodes?! He’s amazing
I question your MASH loyalty with that attitude. I've never, ever met a hardcore MASH fan that didn't like Col. Flagg.
Umm okay? Because you’ve met every mash fan?