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MASH is (mostly) excellent. There are a handful of episodes that are infuriating, and those lapses are regrettable, but considering the series ran for 11 years, it fares pretty well.
It does bug me that none of the characters smoke cigarettes like the tobacco fiends they should be, being in 1950-53. 
Potter puffed a cigar a few times (one time in front of children!) but of course we have to pretend that "good people" didn't do "bad things" (even when it's historically accurate).
Hawkeye's and BJ's longish hair wasn't really period either.
And the fatigues worn by the characters were not Korean War era.
Ok, I'll stop.
In any case, Nakahara was an appealing non-regular performer, and though her character was never one of the "stars", I appreciated how, over time, she was brought more into the foreground (eventually being the focus of one episode).
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Feb 18, 2020 - 10:15 PM
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Bob DiMucci
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Kellye Nakahara's first feature film appearance came in the 1985 mystery comedy CLUE. Based on the popular board game of the same name, CLUE found six guests anonymously invited to a strange mansion for dinner. But after their host is killed, they must cooperate with the staff to identify the murderer as the bodies pile up.
Kellye Nakahara played the chef in the film. In the opening scene when "Wadsworth" (Tim Curry) checks on "Mrs. Ho" (Nakahara), the live-televised Army-McCarthy hearings are on the kitchen's television. One phrase spoken by Senator Joseph McCarthy that can be heard clearly as Wadsworth departs, is "professors and teachers, who are getting their orders from Moscow." This Senate hearing is also the same one in which the famous quote of "Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?" is spoken by Head Counsel for the Army Joseph N. Welch. With the coverage of the hearings taking place on live television, the events of this movie take place on Wednesday, June 9, 1954.
Tim Curry and Kellye Nakahara in CLUE
Jonathan Lynn wrote the film and made his directorial debut with CLUE. John Morris' score was released by La-La Land in 2011.
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Feb 19, 2020 - 3:10 PM
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Bob DiMucci
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I am curious what kind of pay her very minor but reoccurring character on the show (like Igor and Sgt. Zale and Goldman) could make. Enough that that could be your only job? If so, sounds like a sweet (and fun) gig for a show like MASH.
Here's what the pay-scales were 5 years ago (2015): If an actor receives a “Guest Star,” “Special Guest Star,” “Starring” or “Special Appearance By” screen credit, they have to be paid as top of show “Major Role” performers – eight days of pay, plus 10% (for their agent's cut). But if they receive no such credit, they can be hired as Day Performers, or as Three-Day Performers.
“Major Role” performers on new half-hour shows make a minimum of $4,983 a week, while Major Role performers on new one-hour shows make a minimum of $7,973 a week, though for cable series, those numbers can be lower, with cable dramas sometimes paying in the $5,500 range per episode. By contrast, actors who don’t receive “Guest Star” billing can be hired for as little as $906 a day, which slides down to the $800 range for some shows, or as Three-Day Performers for as little as $2,294, or as Weekly Performers for only $3,145 or even less.
What the pay was back in the 1970s is anyone's guess. But consider that Alan Alda made around $10,000 per episode for his portrayal of "Hawkeye" at the start of the series. By the end of the series, this increased substantially to an approximate $235,000.
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Feb 19, 2020 - 3:23 PM
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Bob DiMucci
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I found this list of the 2018 Screen Actors Guild rates:
SAG Television Rates (episodic)
Major Role ½ Hour Program $5,258.00 / Week
Major Role 1 Hour Program $8,413.00 / Week
Multiple Program: ½ OR 1 Hour Shows $2,460.00 / Week
Multiple Program: 1 ½ Hour Shows $2,892.00 / Week
Multiple Program: 2 Hour Shows $3,408.00 / Week
I'm guessing that "Multiple Program" refers to actors that aren't contractually tied with a single show, and thus are able to work on multiple programs (if they can get the work).
So, today, Nakahara would probably be considered as having a Major Role on a ½ Hour Program and would start at $5,258 a week. These are minimum rates. They would probably also increase as your years went on in a show. The show's stars earn much more. Consider that Alan Alda started at $10,000 per week 50 years ago.
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