More from Eric about Trek and M*A*S*H:

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Date:    Sun, Jul 27, 1997 8:29:24 PM

How about the similarities between Star Trek and M*A*S*H?
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<li> TNG featured a gruff, grey haired commanding officer who liked to ride 
horses (Picard).
  MASH featured a gruff, grey haired commanding officer who liked to 
ride horses (Potter).

<li> TOS, TNG, DS9 and VOY all feature Doctors.
   MASH featured Doctors.

<li>Everyone in Trek goes to Risa for a good time
Everyone in MASH goes to Tokyo for a good time

<li> In a TNG episode (A Fistful of Datas), Data dressed as a woman.
  In many MASH episodes, Klinger dressed as a woman.

<li> In DS9, Bashir was a bit of a snob with a distinctive accent
   In MASH, Winchester was a bit of a snob with a distinctive accent

<li> TNG & DS9 featured a character of Irish descent  who was a father 
(Chief O'Brien)
 MASH featured a character of Irish desent who was a father (Father 
Mulchahy)

<li> TOS, TNG, DS9 and VOY feature Klingons
MASH features Klinger

<li> MASH featured a character named after a Native American (Hawkeye)
 VOY features a Native American character (Chakotay)

<li> In the last MASH episode, Klinger married a woman who was played by 
the actress who would  later play O'Brien's wife.  

<li> MASH spun off two other shows 
(Trapper John MD and After M*A*S*H*)
<li> TOS spun off TNG which spun off DS9 and VOY.

<li>MASH featured a character with extra sensory abilities (Radar)
<li> TOS (Spock), TNG (Troi), ang VOY (Kes) feature characters with extra 
sensory abilities.

<li>MASH was a movie that became a TV series
<li> TOS and TNG were TV series that became movies

<li>Kennedy had a secretary named Lincoln
Lincoln had a secretary named Kennedy (oops, I'm getting carried away.)
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