I can see why McLean left the show!

[Jude The Obscure]

By Season 3, his role was reduced to maybe a cameo every other episode. The role of Ron Havey as played by Paul Smith was beefed up and given the funnier lines and situations. So no wonder when M*A*S*H* came around he jumped ship! (ok, we all know his leaving that show was a mistake,but not leaving Doris)

[treky]

he didn't leave "TDDS" voluntarely; he was fired from it.

[Jude The Obscure]

Really? do you have the info behind the firing?

Was Rose Marie fired from the show as well?

[treky]

I think I read somewhere that the 2 of them, along with that other guy-I think his name's Paul Smith-were all fired because the characters weren't working out.
Also, I remember seeing McLean hosting "THE TONIGHT SHOW" once back in the 70s-he was a frequent guest host of it back then-and he was talking about it once and saying that he had been fired from it.

[Jude The Obscure]

Well that is indeed interesting. Rose Marie had nothing but nice things to say on her interview on the Season 2 set and that she is still friends with Doris.
The characters I saw not really working were the Palucci's as played by Kaye Ballard and Bernie Kopell.