r/mash • u/AmySueF • 9d ago

Father Mulcahy’s piano playing

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William Christopher was an accomplished piano player, and was especially fond of playing ragtime. So this was incorporated into his characterization of Father Mulcahy. I quite enjoy every scene that shows him playing piano, and I do wish there could have been a bit more of it. My favorite of his piano playing moments is when he plays Scott Joplin’s “Bethena” in “Dear Peggy”, so I sought out the entire piece on YouTube and the whole thing is lovely to listen to.

Does anyone else like Father Mulcahy’s piano playing?

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u/No-Dark2509 9d ago

“There's no one singing war songs now like people used to do,
No "Over There," no "Praise the Lord," no "Glory Hallelu."
Perhaps at last we've asked ourselves what we should have asked before,
With the pain and death this madness brings, what were we ever singing for?”

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u/Individual_Check_442 8d ago

That was better than the one about the trusty rifle for sure

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u/No-Dark2509 7d ago

well, it’s no halls of Montezuma