Maxwell Klinger is from which Ohio city in M*A*S*H?

Maxwell Klinger is from Toledo, Ohio, in the M*A*S*H television series.

Klinger, played by Jamie Farr, is an Arab-American of Lebanese descent who repeatedly tries to obtain a Section 8 discharge by wearing women’s clothing and staging supposedly outlandish behavior. His Toledo background is part of the character’s identity, not merely a detail about the actor: Farr himself was born in Toledo and the show often incorporated local references into Klinger’s dialogue.

The series gives Klinger several Toledo connections. He is a fan of the Toledo Mud Hens, the city’s minor-league baseball team, and mentions Tony Packo’s, a real Toledo restaurant famous for its hot dogs and Hungarian-style food. Those references helped make his hometown unusually vivid for a sitcom character.

Viewers sometimes confuse Klinger’s religion or ethnicity with his hometown. The character is Lebanese-American, while Farr was a real-life Antiochian Greek Orthodox Christian; neither detail changes the answer to the city question. Klinger eventually abandons his Section 8 campaign and becomes the unit’s company clerk.