I was very sad to read on the BBC that Harry Morgan the actor who played Colonel Potter in the TV show MASH has died.
For me, the Colonel Potter character was a kind of role model. I have always admired his gentle, avuncular style and the way that he could act firmly and wisely when he had to.
TV normally portrays leaders and managers along the lines of George C. Scott’s Patton – tough and hard-charging. Dragons Den and The Apprentice definitely fit this pattern. I’d like to think there’s a wiser, wittier, more humane approach.
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He made war so warm and fuzzy I almost enlisted. Then my neighbour, the one with shrapnel in his skull, reminded me that war is not warm and fuzzy. So I stayed home and watched TV.