SPQR: SenÄtus Populusque RÅmÄnus. In Latin, SenÄtus is a nominative singular noun meaning Senate. Populusque is compounded from the nominative noun Populus, the People, and -que, an enclitic particle meaning and which connects the two nominative nouns. The last word, RÅmÄnus (Roman) is an adjective modifying the whole of SenÄtus Populusque: the Roman Senate and People, taken as a whole.
Two other actors played Trapper in other incarnations. Elliot Gould was the same character in the âMASHâ feature film that preceded the TV show, and Pernell Roberts played the title character in the 1980s spinoff drama âTrapper John, M.D.â.
While MASH was on the air Alan Alda directed The Four Seasons (1981), starring friends like Rita Moreno, Bess Armstrong, Sandy Dennis and Carol Burnett. The Woody Allen-ish tale of a clique of yuppies and their trials and tribulations was a big hit for Alda, and eventually led to a spinoff series in 1984.