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Vietnam is never mentioned in any episode of Gomer Pyle either directly or indirectly.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gomer_Pyle,_U.S.M.C.

Another thing I never thought I'd see on HN, Gomer Pyle, USMC.

I didn't exist in the original airings, but Nick @ Nite and TV Land gave me all those awesome shows when I was a kid. Dick Van Dyke, I Love Lucy, Bob Newhart, Rhoda, Mary Tyler Moore, Taxi, The Munsters, Happy Days. The list goes on and on.

Before Nick @ Nite, those same syndicated shows were the primary content for channels in the UHF band. The major networks were in the VHF band. Back then, a show didn't qualify for syndication until it hit 100 episodes. That's why they made such a big deal about it. That's also why they would have 20+ episodes per season to get to 100 in as few years as possible. Once you got to 100, you didn't worry about getting canceled as much because you now could earn mail box money from syndication fees.

In the meantime, the Korean war has been mentioned countless number of times in MASH.

...which everyone read as "Vietnam".

?? I've never met anyone that confused the conflict setting of MASH as Vietnam. Where do you base that on? Because of the time it was aired/produced?

The show was set in Korea but wad made during the Vietnam war. The Korean setting was a facade for a show that was making commentary on the contemporary situation.

I always thought MASH was about Vietnam tbh

It was set in Korea, but the subtext was entirely the Vietnamese conflict, which was happening or recent (ish) for the film (Altman, 1970) and early years of the TV show (1972-1983).

Ewok and Jawa are never mentioned in the original Star Wars trilogy. Maybe never at all?

Luke, in Episode 4: "Why would Imperial troops want to slaughter Jawas?"

Well I'll be. OK just ewok then.

LUKE: These are the same Jawas that sold us Artoo and Threepio.

BEN: And these blast points, too accurate for Sandpeople. Only Imperial stormtroopers are so precise.

LUKE: Why would Imperial troops want to slaughter Jawas?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTKHZN8c2L8

I'm pretty sure the terms "X-Wing", "Y-Wing" and "TIE Fighter" are never mentioned in A New Hope, yet when when the movie came out everyone knew them.

Thaaaaaat's the one I was thinking of instead of Jawa. Dang.

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