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M*A*S*H - Name My Wife, Please

At first, Henry Blake's wife's name was Mildred, then it was changed to Lorraine. You have to watch an early episode and then a later one, before Henry was killed.

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KA writes:: In one episode for certain, Henry Blake's wife's name IS Mildred...it's the scene where Radar goes to wake Henry up, and Henry is laying in his bed with eye shades on. Radar has just won a ton of money in a poker game. Henry comments (as he is being awakened): "Please, Mildred, I've had a tough day!"; 1 of 1 people found this comment helpful. Did you?

Peter Shams-Avari writes:: Actually, I recall another episode where Henry called his wife Louise. Of course Frank's wife is Louise, as is Trapper's...guess the writer liked the name.; 2 of 3 people found this comment helpful. Did you?

leopardkitty14 writes:: Potter also appeared as General Steele in one episode...; 3 of 5 people found this comment helpful. Did you?

DD666 writes:: Yes Henry's wife's name was Mildred at first but later changed to Lorraine. Why? Only the writers know. Mildred was later kept for Col. Potter. P.S. Yes Hunnicutt play some jokes but it wasn't Hawkeye who caught him, it was Dr. Sydney Freeman who caught B.J. filling Frank's air raid trench beside their tent.; 3 of 5 people found this comment helpful. Did you?

Purple writes:: The writers must have REALLY liked the name Mildred, because they used it three times. In addition to using the name Mildred for Henry Blake's wife (temporarily) and then Col. Potter's wife (permanently), they also had Trapper John refer to an old girlfriend, "a redhead in Chicago" named Mildred Feeney.; 1 of 1 people found this comment helpful. Did you?

riverdealer@yahoo.com writes:: henry's wife was loraine. he refered to the others when he was just woken up or wounded, like the episode "army - navy" game; 1 of 1 people found this comment helpful. Did you?

Boonya writes:: another comment about Col. Potter is that he was seen before he was Col. Potter. He appeared on an episode as a crazy General and they played a practical joke on him and gave put shoe polish on his binoculars. Then he reappeared as Col. Potter.; 3 of 6 people found this comment helpful. Did you?

Matrix3311 writes:: Sorry Jekey, but he's right, Col. Potters wife's name was Mildred and so was Henry Blakes. I started watching M*A*S*H from the Potter episodes and then saw the Blake episodes in rerun and noticed this slip up...; 1 of 2 people found this comment helpful. Did you?

John writes:: I think that at one time Colonel Blake's wife was named Bernise.; 2 of 4 people found this comment helpful. Did you?

Candie writes:: I own all the seasons that are released on DVD and have watched every episode in order and otherwise...I can tell you that Henry Blakes wife had 3 names: Lorraine, Louise, and Mildred. Sherman Potter's wife was also named Mildred, and a couple of times is named Louise. Peggy, Hunnicut's wife, and Louise, Frank Burns' wife are the only two who haven't had different names throughout the show.; 1 of 2 people found this comment helpful. Did you?

Purple writes:: Not only is Henry Blake unable to remember his wife's correct name, he also can't get his story straight on how they met. In one episode showing home movies of his daughter's birthday party, he tells the guys a long involved story about how he met Lorraine at a freshman mixer at Univ. of Illinois/Normal. Then in a later episode ("Adam's Ribs") he tells the guys he met her at the Dearborn Street train station in Chicago.; 0 of 0 people found this comment helpful. Did you?

Manos writes:: Actually it wasn't when Harry Morgan was playing General Steele that he was the victim of the practical joke, that was after he took up the role of Col. Potter. As a matter of fact it was Hunnicut who was playing jokes on a lot of people. Hawkeye finally caught him.; 1 of 3 people found this comment helpful. Did you?

Crazy Ivan writes:: Henry was quite scatterbrained and his womanizing was blatant. Maybe he is just getting his wife's name mixed up with all of his girlfriends.; 2 of 5 people found this comment helpful. Did you?

jekey writes:: Mildred was the name of Col. Potters wife. Remember him, the old guy with the horse?; 3 of 12 people found this comment helpful. Did you?