W*A*L*T*E*R (1984) (TV)

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Director:

Bill Bixby

Writers:

Everett Greenbaum (writer)
Bob Schiller (writer)

Release Date:

17 July 1984 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Short

Plot:

The neurotic but perceptive Walter "Radar" O'Reilly joins the police force after the Korean war.

Plot Keywords:

Acronym In Title | Spin Off | TV Series Pilot | M A S H | Asterisk In Title

Cast

Gary Burghoff	...	Walter Eugene 'Radar' O'Reilly
Ray Buktenica	...	Wendell Micklejohn
Victoria Jackson	...	Victoria
Noble Willingham	...	Sergeant Sowell
Clete Roberts	...	Interviewer
Meeno Peluce	...	Elstin
Sam Scarber	...	Haskell
Lyman Ward	...	Bigelow
Sarah Abrell	...	Judith Crane
Larry Cedar	...	Zipkin
Francine Gabel	...	Pretty Girl
Victoria Carroll	...	Bubbles Sincere
June Berry	...	Dixie Devoe Bobby
Bobby Ramsen	...	Singer
Dick Miller	...	Theater Owner

Also Known As:

Meet Me in St. Louis, Walter (USA) (subtitle)
Radar (USA) (working title)
Walter (USA) (alternative spelling)

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Trivia:

Set in St. Louis, Missouri in 1954.

Movie Connections:

Spin off from "After MASH" (1983)

I kinda liked this

It's really a pity this show didn't get picked up. I really think it had some potential. I'm a big M*A*S*H fan and Radar was my favorite character in the whole show and I do realize I might be a bit subjective, but for this show really seemed to be able to get some laughs. I don't know why AfterMASH was picked for a while and this wasn't but I really wish it was the other way around. I enjoyed seeing Potter, Mulcahy and Klinger in that one, but it seemed to me they veered in a different direction from the one they ought to have gone towards, so I guess that's one of the reasons people didn't like it too much.