Talk:Jamie Farr/Archive 1

Pretentious

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

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)

During the wars, it was not uncommon for a boy to lie about his age to get inducted. And since the military was pretty desperate for soldiers, they didn't exactly go out of their way to verify any of this. So it is possible that a 16 year old could have been serving in Korea. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.43.22.100 (talk) 02:13, 17 August 2012 (UTC)

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

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?

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)

Santa Claus Conquers the Martians

Once and for all: Did Jamie Farr have a bit part as a Martian soldier in "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians?" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.43.22.100 (talk) 02:14, 17 August 2012 (UTC)

Section on Harry Morgan

There is a long paragraph about Harry Morgan, placed just after the mention of AfterMASH (the TV show), which is basically a formula statement issued after a celebrity death, and likely written by a publicist. It doesn't seem to be appropriate for a biography of Farr, so I am removing it under WP:BOLD and will wait discussion.Paragraphbee (talk) 19:06, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

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)

He may not be Catholic, but why does the article become discursive about this? It goes into the matter of which churches that his church is in communion with, and specifies that it isn’t in communion with Catholicism; this may be true, it may be interesting, but it doesn’t seem germane to the subject of Jamie Farr. Surely the article should just mention his particular faith, and then any other matters about it can be read up on by clicking the link to that topic? Jock123 (talk) 08:05, 30 June 2014 (UTC)