Let us now praise Trapper John McIntyre!

[Bunny]

Those broad shoulders! That curly brown hair! That smile! A hunka hunka burnin' love if ever I saw one! :loveya:

[Lancer]

1. The "real"

Trapper John was a native of my hometown! (Greensboro, NC).

Isn't Wayne Rogers a stock market analyst for CNBC?

[King of New Orleans]

2. His name popped in papers here a year or two ago

He was a major investor in a chain of convienence stores (E-Z Serve) that went bankrupt. They literally just locked the doors one night and everything in the store sat there until it could be liquidated by the courts--I imagine the milk got a little ripe.

[Bunny]

3. Maybe. He's done very well in the financial sector.

I've heard conflicting stories as to why he left M*A*S*H - one being the focus shifting to Hawkeye, and the other being that he was doing so well with investments that he left acting to focus on finances.

[NightTrain]

5. I don't know about the "investments" theory.

A few years after he left M*A*S*H, Wayne Rogers turned up in a new sitcom called "House Calls." If memory serves, he co-starred with Lynn Redgrave.

Of course, Rogers may have initially left M*A*S*H to pursue his investments and found it necessrary to return to TV after one or two bad ones! :shrug:

[Catch22Dem]

8. I used to love House Calls

I thought it was a good show.

ON EDIT: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078626/

[Bunny]

9. I remember that show.

I don't remember where I heard that thing about his financial acumen. Maybe it was a combination of both?

[AngryAmish]

4. Didn't he live in a trailer in the parking lot?

[Bunny]

7. Booooooooo!

That was Gonzo, on that alleged "spinoff". We're talking Wayne Rogers here! The one! The only!

[HEyHEY]

6. I LOVE TRAPPER!

He was the funniest M/F on that show~!