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Topic ID: 303
#0, Loretta Swit, 1937-2025
Posted by MoonEyes on May-30-25 at 04:50 PM
Good night, Major Houlihan. Thank you for the laughs.

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#1, RE: Loretta Swit, 1937-2025
Posted by StClair on Jun-01-25 at 01:36 PM
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A fixture of my childhood. More Margaret to me than Kellerman; her version of the character was allowed to grow far beyond that one-note (and in hindsight, rather "cringe") joke.

#2, RE: Loretta Swit, 1937-2025
Posted by Gryphon on Jun-01-25 at 02:35 PM
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>A fixture of my childhood. More Margaret to me than Kellerman; her
>version of the character was allowed to grow far beyond that one-note
>(and in hindsight, rather "cringe") joke.

To be fair, the TV version had something like 110 hours over which to do so, as opposed to... uh... two.

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