14 What are some significant addresses on (or from) MASH?
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This article is from the M*A*S*H FAQ, by Doug Krause mash-faq@lido.com with numerous contributions by others.
14 What are some significant addresses on (or from) MASH?
These addresses might prove interesting to the MASH fan who wants to do
a "MASH Tour of the World". :-)
Adam's Ribs: Located beside the Dearborn Street Station in Chicago, Illinois.
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Phone number (on the show) of the Dearborn Street Station was
Dearborn 5-7500 and Adam's Ribs was Dearborn 5-2750.
Shyam K. Sriram claims that Adam's Ribs exists and gave me this address:
1514 North Broadway, Joliet, Illinois, USA, 60521
He also says that there really is a Dearborn Street Station, and that
Dearborn St. and North Broadway intersect, so Adam's Ribs is indeed
located "near the Dearborn Street station".
(Phone number to follow soon, hopefully.)
Tony Packo's Hungarian Hot Dogs: 1902 Front St., Toledo, Ohio, USA, 43605.
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Bryce A. Glass <balang@bgnet.bgsu.edu> visited this establishment and
posted the following write-up to the alt.tv.mash newsgroup:
Subject: Tony Packo's
Date: Mon Jul 24 15:02:38 EDT 1995
Over the weekend, I visited Tony Packo's Cafe in Toledo (Klinger's old
haunt) and I thought I would post a little about the place and encourage
anyone within a day's drive to visit there.
I'd been there before, about five years ago, but this time I really took
in the surroundings and noticed some of the MASH memorabilia. They're
very proud of the exposure that MASH brought them and they display framed
art of the show, and other MASH momentoes to this day. Their menu boasts
that Tony Packo's was mentioned in "seven episodes of MASH." Can this be
right? It almost seems like a dozen or more to me.
A Packo's tradition is the signed hot-dog buns that line the walls of the
cafe. Such notables as Bob Hope, Bill Clinton, Burt Reynolds and
countless others have signed these buns (originally, they used real ones,
but some years ago they switched to plastic.) And, of course, the entire
cast of MASH is represented on these hallowed walls.
In addition, I spotted a prop from an episode that featured Packo's very
prominently. Remember the episode where Col. Potter had Kinger get on
the horn to Packo's for some sausage casings to use in some jury-rigged
medical apparatus that BJ had designed? (I can't remember the actual use
for this apparatus right now.) (Note - an alert reader said that it was
probably a kidney dialysis machine.) Yep, Packo's has the very box that
was "sent" to Korea in that episode, signed by the cast at the time.
(Hawkeye's inscription? "Yumm --Alan Alda." Father Mulcahy just wrote
"God bless.")
Spotting this box, with an authentic-looking "50's-era" Packo's sticker
was a real charge for this old MASH fan. The box was addressed to Cpl.
Maxwell Klinger, MASH 4077, Korea and even had a postal stamp from an
army air-freight station in San Francisco!
Besides the MASH paraphernalia, the atmoshosphere at Packo's is
first-rate. On Friday's and Saturday's live music is featured with
Packo's own Cake-Walking Jass Band, a fantastic group of musicians that
have been playing old ragtime "jass" together for years. It's really
rare to hear this kind of music (in this part of the States) played by a
band that's been doing it together for so long.
If you go, be sure to get a Packo's Hot Dog (actually a kind of Hungarian
Sausage), and don't think you'll get away from there without heartburn.
:-) It seems as if 95% of the menu is chili-based. But its well worth
the later discomfort, believe me. Packo's is truly an original spot, and
it's one of the few reasons left to come to Toledo. ;-) I can see why
Klinger (and Jamie Farr) was so hung up on the place.
If you can get there, I'd definitely go. And any international MASH fans
that are coming to the States should try to make Toledo a stop on your
intinerary, if only to spend an evening at Tony Packo's. It'll bring
some of your fondest MASH memories back to life.
Tony Packo's Cafe West: 5827 Monroe Street, Sylvania, Ohio, USA, 43560
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This is a second Tony Packo's restaurant, which was opened quite a while
after M*A*S*H had put the original Packo's on the map. It is located in
Sylvania, which is a suburb of Toledo.
Outdoor filming location for M*A*S*H:
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The site of the MASH outdoor set is in Malibu Creek State Park, which
is in Calabasas, north of Los Angeles. Take the Ventura Freeway north
(actually west, but that sounds silly) to Las Virgenes Road/Malibu Canyon
Road. This is about 15 miles from the intersection of the Ventura Fwy
with the San Diego Fwy. Exit and turn left. Go about 6 miles past the
stoplight at Mullholland Highway. About a quarter of a mile on the right
is the entrance to the park. It costs a buck to park your car, and the
ranger will give you directions to the place where the set was. They
also have a nature center where they've kept a few MASH items that didn't
burn up in the brushfire that shut down shooting of the final episode.
At the site, all you should expect to find is a burned out ambulance and
jeep, a post marking the location, and a lot of great memories. If you
know the show, you can find the chopper pad, then figure out where things
were from there.
Bring your walking shoes, because it's about a 2 or 3 mile hike in
from the parking lot. If you're going in the summer, carry some water
with you. Temperatures will be around 95-100 degrees.
You can also get there by taking Pacific Coast Highway to Malibu
Canyon Road (which is where Pepperdine University is located). Turn
inland and go about 5 miles. The entrance will be on your left. If you
come to the stoplight at Mulholland, you went too far.
Remember that summer is fire season, and if it gets very dry, the
rangers may close the park to visitors. You can check with the rangers
by phone at (818)880-0367.
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