I am looking for confirmation of the subject above for following names:
1. SCHERWIN (this spelling only but could be S Cherwin or SC Herwin or
SCH Erwin) or SCHIEWIN
2. KUNG JAE PARK (again, only this spelling but division is my guess).
I need an answer by Thursday June 10th. The price below is for both
questions -- unfortunatly, one answer has no value for me, only both
as a set.

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Clarification of Question by puzzleman-ga on 30 May 2004 21:57 PDT

One clarification: Possibly, the person was in some fashion attached
to the show (MASH), not necessarily a character or an actor -- maybe a
member of the show crew.

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Request for Question Clarification by tutuzdad-ga on 01 Jun 2004 07:29 PDT

Can you tell us in what context you heard these names? I'm wondering
why there are so many variations to the first one. I have been
assuming you must have "heard" the name spoken somewhere and you are
not sure about what you heard. Can you tell us where and how you came
to know of these names? It might help.

tutuzdad-ga

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Clarification of Question by puzzleman-ga on 01 Jun 2004 08:40 PDT

to: tutuzdad-ga. As you may guess from my screen name, I do a lot of
puzzles, many for money. This particular puzzle is a word search type,
all about MASH, where contestants must find a list of given words and
also an additional list where only the first and last letters of each
is given. The way I came to the names:
1. S------N, the only words that fit (in the grid) are SCHERWIN & SCHIEWIN;
2. K---------K, the only word that fits is KUNGJAEPARK.
The additional problem is that occasionally a puzzle may have a
clinker thrown in, i.e. something that sounds right but doesn't exist
or something that is misspelled on purpose. Item l. I suspect may be
the former, item 2. is a dilemma: if it is an intentional misspelling,
it would be an odd coincidence that there is such a (misspelled)
reference as you discovered! The only absolutely sure way would be if
I could get a hold of the actual episode and see how the name was
listed in the credits -- but Season 8 of MASH is not yet available on
video/DVD (at least I can't find it). Incidentally, there are three
different spellings: the one you amazingly found on the blog of the
little girl in Micronesia, and HUNGLAEPARK as well as HUNGLEEPARK.
I hope you are not bored out of your skull by all this but now you can
see why I won't know until the results of this particular contest will
be announced whether I am a winner. The precise definition in the
instructions reads: "These additional words hidden in the puzzle
matrix are words and names that were part of MASH's TV program's
episodes."
Thanks for your patience!

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Request for Question Clarification by tutuzdad-ga on 01 Jun 2004 08:57 PDT

I suggest you check the TOME MASH guide

http://www.tvtome.com/MASH/guide.html

Or the Internet Movie Database
http://www.imdb.com

tutuzdad-ga

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Clarification of Question by puzzleman-ga on 01 Jun 2004 14:28 PDT

To: tutuzdad-ga. Thanks again but Sherman is not in the grid, and
besides, it is one letter short (remember, it's S------N). I am
inclined to think that this is a red herring, and the correct answer
is no answer. As for your other note, I did check TVTOME, also HELMI,
but I am no closer to a resolution of the Park "mystery" -- I have one
week from now to decide what to submit. I tried to contact someone
connected with the MASH production through CBS but without success.
We'll see.

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Request for Question Clarification by tutuzdad-ga on 01 Jun 2004 15:27 PDT

I'll keep an eye open. If I develop anything new I'll let you know.

tutuzdad-ga

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Clarification of Question by puzzleman-ga on 01 Jun 2004 20:41 PDT

to: tutuzdad-ga -- thanks for your latest promise to keep your eyes
open -- I sincerely hope that I'll be successful, I fell you are
practically a partner by now!

This is about as close as I can come. May or may not be the
information you were looking for - just let me know.

Mako Iwamatsu (credited simply as ?Mako?) played Lt. Hung Lae Park in
episode #172, ?Geurilla My Dreams?

Gary Erwin played Corporal Dobson in episode #126, ?The Light That Failed? 

TV TOME: M*A*S*H
http://www.tvtome.com/MASH/guide.html

Regards;
tutuzdad-ga

To: tutuzdad-ga
Thank you for your effort -- but unfortunately it does not help me, as
I said the spelling has to be exactly as I indicated. There is however
a slight chance that a negative answer (i.e., there are no such
characters/actors) will be helpful in my project -- if that is the
case, I shall let you know and pay the fee, but it won't be until
about the first week of July. Thanks again!!

As I suspected, the Park I mentioned is probably the one you are in
reference to. I found this list of M*A*S*H quotes where someone has
mistakenly idenfied the character portrayed by the actor "Mako" as.
"Lt. Kung Jae Park - "Guerrilla My Dreams".
 
http://www.wotmania.com/yourwotmaniaprofile.asp?UserID=16262

I am failry confident then that this is at least one of the people you are seeking.

tutuzdad-ga

to: tutuzdad-ga
Thanks again -- that was brilliant work on Park. I am sure we got that
nailed. Still need SCHERWIN though, and I am not hopeful such a
character/actor/MASH contributor in any capacity exists. If you find
something, let me know. In the meantime, I won't forget my promise and
let you know as soon as I know about the results of my "quest".

There's no Scherwin that I've been able to track down, however, there
are two Sherman's.

One is Sherman T. Potter (Harry Morgan), who I'm sure you would have
figured by now if he'd been the guy you wewre after. The second,
however, is Captain Dr. Mandel Sherman (Stuart Margolin), who was a
much less frequent character and played a psychiatrist who often
referred to as simply Sherman.

Margolin was in one episode as Sherman (ep. 7), and in another (ep.
42) he played someone called Dr Stanley.

Dunno if that helps, but there it is.