M*a*s*h

[billyjack]

M*A*S*H Is The Best Show I Hope Some Of You Agree With Me
I Want To Know Your Opinion My Father Sometimes Bought Me Grape Nehi
In A Can

[hippychickmommy]

For some crazy reason, I used to adore the show when I was a child. I have no clue as to why, considering my age at the time, but my mother told me that I absolutely loved it, even had a little T-shirt with Radar on it. ;)

Now? I'm not sure what I'd think of it.

[Rael]

I love it, but for some reason never though hot lips houlihan was that hot.

[Trickster]

That last ep was sad. When Hawkeye was going up in the chopper and BJ was trying to tell him something. Then he saw the big goodbye in giant stones. It was a great show, very funny and had character that bounced well off each other. We have the re runs on free to air and i watch them all the time.

[robbie 3945]

It was an awesome show, especially in its earliest seasons, with Henry Blake, Spearchucker and all the others who were in the books. If you haven't done so already, read those books by Richard Hooker.

[Reckless Parody]

but for some reason never though hot lips houlihan was that hot.


She wasnt, it was her name because she hated it.




I have a couple seasons on DVD

[Lodog]

The original movie is better.

[ihmurria]

I LOVE Mash

especially radar, he's such a cute little dork

[MattInVegas]

I own on VHS not only the Original film, but the Final episode from the series.
I think my T-shirt is in storage.

[tuatara]

the original M*A*S*H movie is way better because it is truer to the book ...when it started on tv it was a comedy as it was supposed to be ,but as the years went by they turned it to a drama and it turned me right off ........and as someone else mentioned ..if you do get a chance to read the other M*A*S*H books,do it ..there are 15 in all ...too bad that dr. richard hornberger (richard hooker) is no longer with us but last i heard ,william e. butterworth ,his other co-writer still is .been quite a while since i read them all ..they mostly came out in the early 70s but i'll try
1.mash
2.mash goes to paris
3.mash goes to new orleans
4.mash goes to morroco
5.mash goes to las vegas
6.mash goes to london
7.mash goes to vienna
8.mash goes to montreal
9.mash goes to maine..............this is the second in the mash series
10.mash goes to san francisco
11.mash goes to miami
12.mash goes to texas
13.mash goes to hollywood
14.mash goes to ???????
15.mash mania
mash mania is the last one as far as i know ......after 30 years my memory ain't as fresh as it used to be ......i'll write it in when i think of the 14th one

[gertie]

i have the original movie and a number of te seasons on dvd. i love them. (you have to appreciate the movie and the series on somewhat of a seperate level.) sometimes it amazes me the issues they tackeled early on that tv is still struggling to deal with. (racism, homosexuality... war, violence... even sexism at times.)

[SpliffVortex II]

Actually MASH WAS more about vietnam than the korean conflict but it was mascarade by making in the korean conflict since vietnam was a touchy subject holywood was not ready to deal with until the 1980s "apocolypse now" "full metal jacket " and this were movie only they still did not do have a tv series dealing with vietnam . But Mash is not about korea . "in the deep sense" . and helicopters were not that heavyly used in the korean conflict to move wounded :"this is 1 of the hints .

[tuatara]

actually M*A*S*H was about korea ..the helicopters were used there ..and the name of the 14th M*A*S*H book came to mind .....M*A*S*H goes to moscow .the second to last book ..............i have all 15 somewheres in my boxes of books .richard hornberger (richard hooker) was wrtiting about the korean conflict ..........maybe larry gelbart did thinly veil the tv series about vietnam but the books were definitely not about vietnam ..............watch the original movie with donald sutherland as hawkeye and elliott gould as trapper john ........you will see the real gist of the book .......robert duvall makes a good frank burns too ..rene aubernejois of benson fame is the priest

[SpliffVortex II]

we all know it took place in korea . few helicopters were used back then most wounded were transported in jeeps and trucks. the tone of Mash was about vietnam the book is a difrent thing since little of the book is used on the tv series.

[SpliffVortex II]

the show was to much on the liberal side " the army of the 1950s korea had the same mentality as the 1940 -1945 . had you dress as woman in those days you would not lived long enough. the others would had been in prison for being communist. they took the sentiments of the 1960s and stuck it in a korean war period.

[SpliffVortex II]

all done very convinient by holywood

[Flight From Ashiya]

I agree with the differenciation between M*A*S*H the original film & M*A*S*H the t.v.series.I thought that the T.V.series was a bit 'soap-opera-ey'.Alan Alda became a huge star.It used to be shown in Britain at 9pm weekdays on BBC2 throughout the 1970s & 1980s.It seemed a relaxing & convivial show.I also have a few of the MASH paperbacks.The last episode had a huge audience.

Unlike many U.S. tv shows that were bigger in the U.K. than U.S. e.g.: 'Happy Days', 'Starsky & Hutch' , MASH's cult-following was more U.S. home-grown.

[SpliffVortex II]

becouse we could relate it with what went on in vietnam with this show. korea was long forgoten

[Flight From Ashiya]

becouse we could relate it with what went on in vietnam with this show. korea was long forgotenOh right I see what you mean.
It was a show that superficially replaced Vietnam with Korea.
In Britain,we would not have picked up on the U.S. experiences in Vietnam;but not forgetting that Britain was heavily involved in the Korean conflict.

[SpliffVortex II]

Bingo

[SpliffVortex II]

Had M.A.S.H being directly aim at Vietnam hell would had broken loose. specialy in the 1970s as hippies were quite but no where near gone.

[tuatara]

the book M*A*S*H was written before vietnam and the TV series started after or at the end of the war ..it started in the fall of 73 .the movie was filmed in 1970 but the movie is true to the book which was started back in the early 60s or late 50s

[rayne_lyric]

M*A*S*H is my favorite show. However, I am depressed that I have seen all episodes now, because I find I watch it less than I used to since nothing about it is new anymore.
I agree, that the series seemed to deal a lot with the Vietnam War type stuff too. But look at it, the wars were basically the same: Both were over a country divided over communism, both took place in the same general region of asia, both were draft wars, etc. A lot of people didn't protest wars before vietnam though.
Historically though, wasn't Korea the last war that actually had M*A*S*H units? I know they hat battalions and hospitals and stuff, but did they actually use M*A*S*H units after that? I could be wrong...

But the show was very figuartive in the issues it confronted. In that tone of figuratism, it doesn't have to be EXACTLY the same to be figuarative.

The movie is also good. But as someone else mentioned, they both have to be appreciated in seperate ways. Just like American Grafiti and the spin off TV show Happy Days (if you like either one... I did when I was a lot younger but don't care for them anymore...)

[SpliffVortex II]

The only tv i watch this days when something decent is on either History channel, discovery or PBS the rest is trash saved for a few sports .

[DQ Veg]

Mash was a good show-it really had an antiwar theme to it and was done during Vietnam. In many ways it probably was intended to capitalize on the antiwar sentiment of the time. It's interesting how TV series that were on during Vietnam never dealt with Vietnam directly-Gomer Pyle was on for years at the height of the war and it was as if the war didn't exist-and we're talking about Marines, really the first to go there anyway. You would think a show about Marines that was set in that time period would have mentioned the war-they were all stateside and no plans to ship them anywhere. Anyway, I had always had a crush on Nurse Kelly, the heavyset Hawaiian nurse on M*A*S*H-I thought she was a real dish. Nurse Kelly, if you're out there, you're the girl!

[Justwow]

Even though I'm a HUGE fan of this show (especially the seasons with Major Charles Winchester), I STILL haven't seen the last episode! I guess I'll have to rent it.


I hear it's VERY powerful.

[Love Fest1969]

I'm watching M*A*S*H on the Hallmark channel now, I love the show I think it's great but I do like Trapper John & Henry better than B.J. & Potter.

[Make Mangoes Not War]

Ashleigh is sitting next to me. She likes M*A*S*H. I like M*A*S*H. She is telling me about a supposed spin off (very short lived) called "W*A*L*T*E*R. Anyone else heard anything about it? Frank was awesome. As was Klinger. Hehehe. He eats jeeps.

[Big Bull]

I'm watching M*A*S*H on the Hallmark channel now, I love the show I think it's great but I do like Trapper John & Henry better than B.J. & Potter.
I must agree with LOVE FEST1969! The early years were the best, when Alan Alda took control, it went down hill!

Plus you got to love the character of Frank Burns!

[lucyinthesky16]

i love the show simply because my mom adores it, and i love doing things together with her like watch old tv shows from "the good old days" ;)

[MellowFellow]

Hehe.. I Love M*A*S*H :D I recently bought all the episodes:) I'm sort of like a Long haired Version of Radar:)

[SpaceTrippin]

M*A*S*H was and still is a terrific series. LONG LIVE M*A*S*H reruns.

[HonorSeed]

liked the episode where radar hands potter the binoculars and his eyes get all black around them.


http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e31/TheOriginalB/hammer4kr2kp.gif

[Love Fest1969]

Today the Hallmark channel is showing the last episode of M*A*S*H if you are in NYC the channel is 107 and they will be showing the last episode at 5pm and again at 11pm. Don't miss the last episode of the greatest show ever I know the show has been off the air for 30+ years but the last episode always makes you cry.

Goodbye, Farewell & Amen

[HonorSeed]

thanx for the pic new yorker, I think it's the same one on my DVD

[LdyNimue]

It's a great show. I'm watching the last show as I type this, they are all going home. It's always been a fav. As I wipe away a tear

Goodbye ;)







M*A*S*H Is The Best Show I Hope Some Of You Agree With Me
I Want To Know Your Opinion My Father Sometimes Bought Me Grape Nehi
In A Can

[Love Fest1969]

I just finished watching the last episode of the greatest show ever and it always makes me cry. Long live the re-runs!!!!!

[myself]

M*A*S*H Is The Best Show I Hope Some Of You Agree With Me
I Want To Know Your Opinion My Father Sometimes Bought Me Grape Nehi
In A Can
I loved watching the show when I was in junior high and then in highschool! It's not on anymore now... :(

PS. Thanks for the MASH pic, Love Fest 1969!

[Love Fest1969]

The very first episode of M*A*S*H will be on at 5pm and again at 11pm the early episodes are so important because they have Trapper (Wayne Rogers) and Henry (McLean Stevenson) in them. Wayne and McLean were only on M*A*S*H for the first three seasons after that they left because it became The Alan Alda Show and they were not getting any good lines and Trapper was being treated as Hawkeye's sidekick and not his partner in crime. I always will love M*A*S*H but after Wayne Rogers and McLean Stevenson left the show it got a little too serious for it's own good and it became kinda lame, but these are the episodes we should cherish because this may be the last time The Hallmark Channel shows every single episode of the show. If you cried on Friday because of the last episode then your heart will break when the episode where Henry dies, but that won't happen for a couple of months. I've seen every single episode several times over but the first three seasons always puts a smile on your face and tugs at your heart. So watch M*A*S*H even if you have never seen an episode before believe me you won't regret it, help support the greatest show of all times.

[Waitin4thesummerrain]

That was an awesome show !! My mom loves it she got me into when i was a little kid we watch it all the time now !! its soo funny man I love hawkeye he was funny as shit ... hell they were all funny man
what a Great show!!

[flowerchild23-91]

I never used to like but recently started to get into it.

[forrealz]

One of the best shows ever made.I never liked the original movie though,and not only because it was very different from the show.MASH went off the air in 1983,by coincidence it seems 1983 was the first year where television shows started going downhill.

[Jennifer19]

Good show. I have been renting it off netflix