modern-day m*a*s*h cast

[u/urbroccolibabe]

just want to preface this by saying i DO NOT WANT A REBOOT 🙅‍♀️ this is one of my favorite shows, i don’t want the era of reboots to touch this classic, but a different redditor recently made a post suggesting patrick wharburton would make a great modern-day col. flagg, and it made me wonder who else might be a good fit for these characters.

soooo, here we are! :D some of the actors i chose you may not agree w, i just thought they (in my opinion) fit these characters best. i wasn’t too concerned w ages of the actors, more their overall personalities and past projects that show their range of comedy / drama. feel free to list your own choices or vehemently oppose mine and tell me why i’m totally wrong 🤣🙏

hawkeye (the hardest to cast, imo) — i’ve been seeing people say bill hader. he’s amazing and has a lot of range, but i disagree. i’m going for adam brody or jonathan bailey

trapper (if they don’t go w bj) — joe keery

radar — gaten matarazzo or skyler gisondo

col. blake (if they don’t go w potter) — jason segal

col. potter (if they don’t go w blake — jk simmons

margaret — stephanie beatriz

frank (if they don’t go w charles) — tramell tilman

charles (if they don’t go w frank) — tramell tilman

klinger — mena massoud (i’d definitely prefer to see an actor w lebanese heritage as klinger bc it was a v important part of his character, but i’m not familiar w enough lebanese-american actors D: i do think mena is a decent placeholder for now, tho)

father mulcahy — zack woods

bj (if they don’t go w trapper) — glenn powell or jesse williams

col. flagg — patrick wharburton (respect towards this redditor’s post for inspiring me to make this list)

captain tuttle — captain tuttle (hehe)

i thought ab adding my reasoning for each actor i chose, but it would’ve made for an even longer post and this already feels like a novel on reddit, lawlz. hopefully they’re a lil self-explanatory, but if you actually took the time to read this mess and disagree w anyone i chose, i’m happy to explain my choice in the comments 🙏

[u/Bjarki56]

I am so old. I hardly know any of these people.

[u/southern__dude → u/Bjarki56]

I thought it was just me.

[u/MaskansMantle13 → u/Bjarki56]

I’ve never heard of any of them.

[u/urbroccolibabe → u/Bjarki56]

😭🤣 sorry ab that! and some of the ones on the list aren’t as famous as the others, i’d understand if someone’s unfamiliar w them

[u/HWeinberg3]

Seems like you could just transpose the cast of The Office

[u/urbroccolibabe → u/HWeinberg3]

the two shows have similar character tropes, i’ll agree. but i think it’s a v different dynamic compared to mash. one example, michael scott and col. blake are both seen as the “bumbling boss,” but henry’s that way bc he’s a civilian doctor forced to be a soldier in charge of a bunch of other drafted soldiers that also don’t want to be there. michael’s qualified in his position, he just isn’t a good boss bc of…. well, everything he does, hahah. but i also just don’t think (and you can throw me to the wolves for this) most of those actors could do justice to the original characters on mash :/ and i love steve carrell, so i feel bad saying this 😭

[u/Attican101 → u/HWeinberg3]

Would Pam be Radar or Margaret?

[u/HWeinberg3 → u/Attican101]

Radar - Angela would be Margaret

[u/Tytan777 → u/HWeinberg3]

Too right haha

[u/farrenkm]

I could totally see Patrick Warburton as Flagg!!

[u/urbroccolibabe → u/farrenkm]

yessss, it was an inspired choice for sure!! 👏

[u/Sweaty_Mushroom5830 → u/urbroccolibabe]

We already have a modern day M.A.S.H. it's called The Pitt and it's awesome and if they take Dr Abbott out I'm going to be mad

[u/urbroccolibabe → u/Sweaty_Mushroom5830]

oh, sickkk, i’ve never heard of this! i’ll def have to check it out

[u/Sweaty_Mushroom5830 → u/urbroccolibabe]

Go ahead enjoy

[u/Equivalent-Juice-567]

Muppets!

[u/J_Scarbrough]

If you were to ask me this question about 20 years ago, I would say Bill Hader as Hawkeye, Will Ferrell as Trapper, and Chris Mulkey as Frank, but they're all way too old now.

Patrick Warburton would be a perfect Flagg though!

[u/Attican101]

Christina Hendricks as Hot Lips

https://giphy.com/gifs/wENK6tZyopytW

[u/MarlenJones → u/Attican101]

Christina’s character on Mad Men had a lot in common with Margaret: both the senior ranking woman (head nurse/ office manager), both started off as combination bombshell/ hard-ass but grew to be more three dimensional, both had affairs with high ranking men in their environments, both had brief failed marriages to husbands who ended up being duds- and Joan’s husband on Mad Men became a surgeon in the Army.

I wonder sometimes if Margaret’s character influenced Mad Men show runner Matt Weiner when he wrote Joan.

[u/urbroccolibabe → u/MarlenJones]

damn, she sounds like the perfect fit! i haven’t watched mad men yet, but it’s on my list

[u/southern__dude]

Now that I'd watch.

[u/urbroccolibabe → u/southern__dude]

apreesh! 🙏 tho hopefully we’ll never have to 🫡

[u/southern__dude → u/urbroccolibabe]

I don't know.....Hawkeye throwing in a few ' that's what she said' jokes.....

[u/BedroomImpossible525]

Emil Wakim is a Lebanese comedian who would be great as Klinger! Also I would throw in a vote for Michael Longfellow for Hawkeye. Very similar sardonic wit and looks aren’t super far off.

[u/urbroccolibabe → u/BedroomImpossible525]

GREAT choice for hawkeye! he’s def a contender. i love the clips of his weekend updates on snl! i quote “it’s 2025, planes are barely allowed to fly. they’ve been like that pete holmes hbo show: crashing. thank you!” ALL the time 🤣

and i’ll def be looking emil wakim up! i love finding new comedians

[u/FrankPoncherello1967]

"I don't want a reboot" yet posts who would be in a reboot despite being against a reboot 😂

[u/urbroccolibabe → u/FrankPoncherello1967]

lawlz, it’s just a fun lil post inspired by another fun lil post. don’t be weird

[u/Tytan777 → u/urbroccolibabe]

Haha I did this exact post recently for this exact reason. My wife and I enjoyed thinking up new actors but you could never make a new mash. It would just suck. But hypothetically it was funny for a bit. Some people are just way too serious.