The One Co Star Alan Alda Couldn't Stand On MASH

[@VidClips858]

Alan Alda couldn't stand this guy for not giving us the answer.

[@WW-wf8tu]

As vague as it was, it was in fact Mike Farrell. He did not come out straight and say " the person Alan couldn't stand was..." But the answer is there.

[@casparuskruger4807]

@@WW-wf8tu Stop sticking up for the dickhead side.

[@yourroyalhighness7662]

Where?

[@JohnFranko-rp2jj]

Great one. His false baiting has insured that I will never view anything of his again.

[@blabbermouth777]

I can't stand this guy either. MASH only lasted 3 years. Don't know why they called it MASH after that. Stevenson made that show.

[@patrickdrazen2031]

My favorite line was delivered by Colonel Blake: "All I know is what they taught me in command school. Rule Number One is: in a war, young men die. And Rule Number Two is: Doctors can't change Rule Number One."

[@richstrobel]

I remember that, but then again I've seen some of the episodes close to 20 times. That was from Sometimes You Hear the Bullet when Hawkeye's friend Tommy died on the operating table. Hawkeye decided he wasn't going to let the underage soldier (played by Ron Howard) die in action trying to impress a girl. So he turned him in then got him a purple heart anyway.

[@chenoamiller7177]

Not according to interviews vith Alan Alda and other cast members

[@skaizun]

My favorite quote: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hH-wopSCqpaVgLM

[@darlenebissonnette2581]

That line is a classic!! So very true!

[@smith041958]

I remember that line and also one of my favourites. I used the line in a way to help a friend. She was a nurse in a cardiac ward for terminal cases. She mentioned somedays it was difficult to work because she knew that the patients didn't have long to live. I said to her that there were two rules in medicine. Rule one was that people die and rule two was that doctors and nurses can't change rule one. All she could do was help make their last days comforting and pleasant. That seemed to help her a lot.

[@davidnash8208]

In one early episode there was an unexploded bomb in the compound: "What should we do?" "We should evacuate." "I think I already did!"

[@dickon728]

I loved mash but never found it funny. What you provided here is, however, funny.

[@jasonmeadors3524]

You can only act so much. It was obvious in the last episode that when Margaret Houlihan said to Colonel Potter, "You dear, sweet man," and embraced and kissed him, it was Loretta Swit talking to Harry Morgan. Very moving. The show just had no equal in its writing quality, its humor, its character establishment and development, and its gravitas.

[@veltonmeade1057]

I have also noticed that it was "Swit talking to Morgan". She became her realself during that line.

[@BigBri550]

The first half of the series was good, anyway.

[@gizzyguzzi]

it's horrible today. one one liner after another. Alda's character is horrible.

[@dothehokeypokeyandgetbusy6359]

My favorite show of all times. Gallows humor in medicine is important to decompress.

[@anonamust8697]

Funny how opinons vary. MASH was never one of my favorites. The constant attempts at humor in the face of the harsh realities of the Korean War I found to be phony and off-putting after a while. Adding to that for me was the fact that the characters became very tiresome; Alan Alda with his constant cyncism about practically everything, and his eternally sarcastic mouth (and as I think someone else pointed out here, his insufferable constant self-righteousess.) If I wanted to get annoyed with someone's personality (actually, several charcters on MASH did that for me), I could get that at work. I didn't need to turn on the TV on my Saturday night to do it. Frank Burns is next. Need I even say more? Are explanations even necessary? And Houlihan with her constant abrasiveness, as though she was pissed at everyone all the time. Tell me that didn't get old. And yet, her and Frank were an item. Yeah, they probably deserved each other. Gag me with a pitchfork. And Klinger. Stop, already..........Just gimme a great big fat break, and stop, will you please? And then there's Radar, with his preposterous and totally NOT BELIEVABLE ability to know what everyone was going to say before they said it. Nope, sorry. Ain't buyin' it. It was the same old, same old, same old S**T, week in and week out, year in and year out. And then they graced us with Winchester mid-way through the series, who was himself a boorish thorn in the side, and more than a mild disappointment, IMAO. Thanks for bringing HIM along for the ride, when you had the perfect opportunity to actually bring a LIKEABLE character into the fold, instead; an opportunity which you squandered in flying colors. Personally, I got a lot more comic relief and entertainment value out of watching ALL IN THE FAMILY on Saturday nights back in the day. That brand of humor always made a lot more sense to me.

[@RANDALLBRIGGS]

So, the hook line is never directly addressed. Are we to guess that Wayne Rogers was the co-star whom Alan Alda couldn't stand? For my part, by the last few years of the series, I couldn't stand Alan Alda.

[@jackrogers2333]

i would guess that the unloved mystery person would have been the guy who replaced trapper

[@su-rv2uq]

So who cares?

[@dededenver9560]

I didn't like the series after Radar left.

[@calebbrown7602]

Wayne rodgers and alda were best friends. The co star he didnt like was gary burgough.

[@daninnj8580]

Actually Alda and Rodgers were tight. They stayed close right up till Wayne's early death. It was Mike Farrel that Alda never liked; but he didn't actually dislike him, just could never feel friendly toward him.

[@pennypackmtb2542]

I joined the US Army in 76. I chose to become a Medic because of this show and after training I went to Germany. The field unit I was assigned to was just the same group of guys, just the names and faces changed. It's been 45 years since I last saw any of my brothers. Too long.

[@fadeblac5633]

Yes, thank you for your service 🙏.

[@gayejohnson4551]

Welcome home!

[@odysseusrex5908]

I joined the Army in 1982. In my basic training unit, there were a remarkable number of men whose sole experience of the Army was old episodes of M*A*S*H, and they came in expecting the Army to be like that. Boy, were they in for a shock. It was funny to watch. Some of them shaped up, some of them couldn't handle it.

Me too! Baumholder, West Germany!

[@iancannon2825]

Please catch up with your friends again!!!🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻G'day from Australia!!!👋🏻🇦🇺😉...🦘🤠🐨

[@markmarsh27]

I rented Loretta Swit a car when she was doing a play in Toronto in the early '90's, delivered it to her hotel. I was shy to meet her, (BIG M.A.S.H. Fan here!) but her shyness was far greater than mine, a very humble Lady, nothing "Diva" about her.

[@gutenbird]

Loretta said you never rented her a car and that she never met you. She told me that years ago.

[@bzbzob]

@@gutenbird If you really knew her, you'd know she always talks about "The shy guy in Toronto." I doubt you even know her man.

[@gutenbird]

@@bzbzob I think she may have mentioned this weird guy who hung out by the water cooler.

[@peterm1826]

😏

[@PierreLupien]

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[@juliewaterfield1804]

so who was the co-star that alan alda couldn't stand ???????

[@chenoamiller7177]

I was going yo ask the same thing😊

[@juliewaterfield1804]

@@chenoamiller7177 sort of makes you feel deflated, like your waiting then nada

[@robertgillett5724]

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[@dthomas9230]

The gun?

[@juliewaterfield1804]

@@dthomas9230 lol could be, you never know

[@TheOtherBoleynGirl336]

It’s nice to be nice to the nice!

[@davidfusani]

I taught public speaking for 40 years. I was kind in my critiques of even the worst speakers. They were college students, not "professionals" on an internet channel. I'll be as kind here as possible. Nails on a blackboard comes to mind.

[@joefaber1381]

Here is something that you missed... many of the writers, support personnel and background actors came straight over from the cancelled Hogan's Heroes.

[@eloiseockert9233]

...and so???

[@corriecrazy]

I did not know that. Interesting.:)

[@draco4540]

i didn't know that. but it makes sense given how good Hogan's Heros was. i'm 59 years old. when i was 14, my family had a german exchange student for the summer. he and the other german kids loved watching hogan's heros.

[@draco4540]

@@eloiseockert9233 both shows were well written and acted, good comedy, etc. there were a lot of similarities.

[@secuga]

I know William Christopher (Father Mulcahy) came over from Hogan's Heroes. I didn't know about others.

[@larslarsman]

Haven't heard this narrator for a while. His rising squeaky pitch at the start of each sentence and rising squeaky pitch with vowels, sounds like someone is torturing him with pliers on his privates. Squeak on brave narrator. I want an award for sticking with this video for 6 minutes.

[@jameslocke1416]

And judging by how poorly he pronounced some of the names, he clearly never watched the show.

[@ameliafroehlich2577]

It's computer generated not a real man.

[@123xqp]

I made it to 23 seconds. Then I spent 6 minutes reading the comments.

[@gaden002]

@@123xqp I didn't time it, but I'm sure you both beat me, it couldn't have been more than 2 or 3 seconds before I realized what kind of video it is.

[@coinholio6863]

@@jameslocke1416 Donald Penobscot(t)

[@TallulahBelle3276]

So who was it? The narrator never actually made it clear.😮 On another note, this was my Mother’s favorite show. I watched it with her as a teenager n loved it myself. I have fond memories of hearing her exuberant laughter n how happy her face looked when she laughed watching it. Laughter is like a sweet desert for the soul. My Mom had it rough. She was a single Mother to 3 young girls after my parents got divorced. She rarely got child support and at times worked 3 jobs to pay bills n feed us. Watching M.A.S.H. was a sweet escape for her from all the stress she was enduring. She not only managed to keep her head above water n handle everything by herself but she was an exemplary example to her children. She got Alzheimer’s in her late seventies. My sisters and I were her sole caregivers for almost 3 years before she transitioned. I miss her and her contagious laughter. 💝

[@johnypitman2368]

I too remember how my mother loved Mash. Certainly something she cherished. When the series ended it went into returns and she watched those until the end of her days

[@jacklow9611]

I was wondering which co-star he couldn't stand, also.

[@DafTaf1]

What a touching tribute to your mom.

[@rla1000]

Nice story.

[@SPenny-my4we]

Your Mother had a Heart of Gold ! For Loving you and your Sisters the way She did, and that absolutely breaks my heart about rarely getting help! God bless you and your Sisters and especially your Mother, may She Rest in Peace! ✝️🙏❤️❤️❤️ ALWAYS!

[@calinasagilitypartner4444]

My dad LOVED this show. My dad was a surgeon and told me that he learned how to do surgeries by watching the show (I was really little when he said this), lol.

[@gerdd6692]

For the sake of his patients, I hope he didn't mean that!

[@dickon728]

Maybe he was joking with you.

[@martynlester9869]

The detail about it being broadcast without a 'laugh track' in the UK is absolutely right. I'm sure that most viewers over here assumed that it was shown that way in the US and considered it a decision of genius, or something close to it. That a show so finely balanced between comedy and tragedy had the guts to treat the audience as being sophisticated enough to make its own mind up which bits were laugh-out-loud funny and which just sharply scripted. The first time I saw a re-run with the unaccustomed laugh track, I was deeply shocked - and I mean close to the point of nausea. That was the first clue I ever had that it was the BBC and not the US show-runners who had made the laugh-free move. If you ever get a chance to see an episode that way, grab it. It feels almost like a different show. With no laugh track and no ad breaks, the BBC format treated MASH viewers with something like the respect you'd show to cinema audiences. And whether the viewers deserved that respect or not, the show certainly did.

[@MirlitronOne]

Absolutely right.

[@Banana_Split_Cream_Buns]

As an Australian, I would love to see that. Only the later seasons had no laugh track for us.

[@trevorbrown6654]

@@Banana_Split_Cream_Buns The BBC showed it without the laugh track but on freeview channel 42 (called 'Great Action' ) they show it with the laugh track. For me the laugh track ruins it at the show was always intended as a dark comedy so telling you where the humor is, is quite an insult.

[@magneto7930]

The whole DVD series allows you the option to view it without the laugh track. Honestly, I almost prefer it with the laugh track only because that's how I originally saw it, though it certainly wasn't necessary to have it.

[@frankieecanales8827]

@@magneto7930 The later seasons had no laugh track.

[@JoeMotionVideos82]

I can't believe MASH will be 50 this year. I can honestly say (with most of your viewers) that I grew up watching the show and still enjoy to this day!

[@rhuephus]

well ... since it started in 1972 - you are correct. the 50th year was in 2022.

[@vaskylark]

Me too! I remember watching the last episode. It was a HUGE and popular show and then I'd watch the reruns too. Wonder if it's streaming anywhere? I'd like to watch it allover again.

[@jameshope6917]

​@@vaskylark😅

[@epena2805]

My spouse and I enjoyed MASH so much, even the reruns out of order when it was in syndication. At one point, he even splurged and bought the boxed set which included the original movie. Honestly, the movie couldn’t hold a candle to the series.

[@JoeMotionVideos82]

@E Pena Thank you for sharing that! I agree, about the pilot movie. The humor was lackluster compared to the series. That being said, in defense of the movie, they had to keep the " jokularity" down. Thank you, Fathe Mulkahey. My favorite episode is when B.J. joined the cast, he and Hawkeye showed up to camp 3 sheets to the wind, and he said, ", what say you Ferret face?" To Burns!! I'm laughing just writing this.

[@stevendimmock4791]

I'm 63 and most of my life I've had MASH around me, in the seventies everybody watched it. It was funny, but also sophisticated and had a message, but the great thing about watching it in Britain was that there was no laughter track. Even Alan Alda said that he never watched the show unless He was in Britain at the time of broadcast. Now I look at it and they all seem like old friends to me .

[@veltonmeade1057]

No laugh track? Interesting and I would also like to watch the show in that manner.

[@tonyfulford3175]

@@veltonmeade1057 I have watched the "No laugh version", I couldn't stand it. Almost every scene with a joke in it wasn't even funny. I had to go back to the "canned laughter" version.

[@veltonmeade1057]

Hey thanks. I have wondered if the "no laugh version" was funny. Helps me to decide if I ever want to buy that version. @@tonyfulford3175

[@gregswanson1521]

One of my favorite scenes in MASH was when Potter had been drinking with BJ and Hawkeye and he fell down and said, "Did I fall down?" BJ/Hawkeye said, "no, no" and Potter replied, "I didn't think so."

[@jeffg.6110]

My favorite Potterisms were his angry… pastoral… exclamations. Especially “buffalo bagels!” and “horse hockey!” And “pony pucks!” 🦬💩 Also “sufferin’ sheep dip!” I guess there’s just too many. 😂

[@scottgoodrich5825]

“I couldn’t hit the barn side of a broad.”

[@Kulumuli]

I watched a lot of MASH before I did my military service in 1994-1995 (in Norway). One fellow recruit was like BJ Hunnicut (Mike Farrel). He even looked like him. He was always calm and kept his locker in pristine order all the time. I saw only once he raised his eyebrows when our recruits took a joke too far. Everybody liked him. A good guy.

[@billk5296]

David Ogden Stiers (Charles Emerson Winchester) was a guest narrator one year for Epcot’s Candlelight Processional, a large holiday production every year. He asked for a fairly substantial spread of food and beverages in his dressing room, which was honored. His first night, he told the crew members that he was amazed by their skill and work ethic, and that the spread was for them, his door remained open. He was a very kind, approachable man, and this was typical of how he treated everyone he interacted - and guess who was treated like royalty by everyone backstage? ❤

[@vlmellody51]

Hawkeye was played by Alan Alda, NOT "Aaron Alda." The last name of Margaret Houlihan's ex-husband was Penobscot, not whatever that jumbled mess was that the narrator gave us. Who was it that Alan Alda couldn't stand?

[@cheechwizard60]

Maybe the guy who called him "Aaron Alda" was Korean.

[@ronfry3324]

My favorite character was Col Flagg. After a few seasons Alda got tedious to watch. Never cared for Farrell much

[@terryrose4804]

Edward Winter made the character so popular they didn't ask him back. Big mistake. A "Tales of Col. Samuel Flagg" spin off would have been something to see ("you didn't see me!").

[@corriecrazy]

Ron Fry: I loved Col Flagg, too. But Mike Farrell was definitely one of my favourites, along with Colonel Potter (probably THE favourite), and Klinger. It's tough to pick just one from this incredibly excellent cast!

[@chollythecrazycorgihesinsa6505]

Totally agree!!!

[@gutenbird]

Farrel kind of ruined the show for me. Wayne Rogers was by far the superior costar. Farrel played the Hawkeye kiss up. Rogers was more of an equal who challenged Alda.

[@gutenbird]

@@corriecrazy Farrell? Please. He was such a let down from Wayne Rogers.

[@erictaylor5462]

The finally of that show was so damn good. "You start out asking, "Why is he in the loony bin? What happened to Hawkeye, who had spent the entire series joking and laughing just as a way to deal with the insane devastation wrought on the young men who passed by his operating table." When he finally remembers, saying "It was a baby!" The delivery of that line utterly destroyed me. Especially when you discover, that had actually happened. Did you know that a baby's cry is one of the most noticeable sounds a human may hear? If your hiding, knowing that you will all be killed should those searching found you, a fussy baby is one of the deadliest things you could have.

[@Mapatcom]

He belongs there.

[@DanaTheInsane]

@@Mapatcom jackass.

[@DanaTheInsane]

I'll never forget the line. It was a baby.........

[@AmericanSoldierLakotaSioux1969]

My favorite recurring character from the show was (Major) Dr. Sidney Freedman. I would've loved to have seen him as a regular. I know he's a fictional character but still a hell of a lot better than my ACTUAL shrink at the V.A. , that's for damn sure!

[@bobma6342]

He said that people would come up to him and want to talk about psychiatry and he'd have no idea what they were talking about.

[@paulgianni]

Good luck, Soldier. I never had luck with VA psych doctors, either. The best I got was from an intern from Johns-Hopkins in the early 2000s, when I lived in Vermont and from a social worker in the Durham, NC VA about five years later. Semper Fi

[@AmericanSoldierLakotaSioux1969]

@@paulgianni thanks fellow Soldier / Marine. As long as the V.A. keeps paying my 100% service-connected disability, then I can do without one. Good luck back my friend. Semper Fi / Hooah.

[@StamperWendy]

My mom & I LOVED Dr. Sidney!

[@MikeCormack-q9i]

My favorite character was also Dr. Freedman.

[@lotusmanb3832]

Colonel Flagg best recurring character hands down.

[@milttrugood4817]

Yup. Agreed.

[@bobma6342]

Captain Perkins

[@moosette11]

yes!!

[@jorgefiguerola1239]

I'm the wind. It's my trademark. Lights out. No one sees me leave.

[@bobma6342]

Yeah, they could have had him in more episodes working with Frank

[@steppenwolf3252]

So who was the one co-star Alda couldn't stand? What a rip off! They never say!

[@MadMomma-kj9ks]

Who couldn't stand Alan Alda? Jackie Cooper who directed the show. Refer to his autobiography "Please dont shoot my dog" I never liked Alda either.

[@johnjacobs_______]

I think it was Gary Burghoff (Radar)

[@genedryer-bivins8314]

@@johnjacobs_______ I've read that Gary Burghoff was disliked by most of the cast.

[@terryanding2735]

My favorite character was the psychiatrist. Dr. Sydney Freedman.

[@kathleengegax9664]

Mine too!

[@MsLane61]

Love him, too, but my favorite parody character was Colonel Flagg!

[@k8conant]

Yes!

[@KezzerUpload]

Trying to find the bit where he interviewed a deluded soldier who thought he was Jesus. Col. Potter demanded a diagnosis. "He's Jesus," said Sydney. "If you look closely you'll see that I'm not laughing," said Potter.

[@canadianfortrump4057]

I read that Gary Burghoff as the kind and gentle Radar was the opposite of his tv character and was difficult to work with. Larry Linville who played the obnoxious and miserable Frank Burns was also the opposite of his character and was a nice guy in real life.

[@markwright6496]

I heard the same thing

[@johncook2748]

I will only comment, I heard more than once Larry Linville was well liked by Alan, Loretta Switt, and others. Many good likable actors play love to dislike characters. Edward Winters - Colonel Flagg.

[@canadianfortrump4057]

@@johncook2748 Edward Winters appeared as Colonel Flagg in six episodes. I wish they had utilized the character more often. He was hilarious.

[@michaelf6705]

Ive cooked and met everyone frmo sinatra to michael jackson , don rickles etc I could go on and on, and i found , how they portraid on screen, they were almost just the opposite in real life.

[@canadianfortrump4057]

@@michaelf6705 You've cooked for these famous people? You must be a gourmet chef.

[@LifesPeachy321]

It was obvious in the beginning of MASH that the show was actually the *"Alan Alda"* show. They did Wayne Rogers a huge disservice...never gave him any good lines...always made him the little sidekick to Hawkeye. I hated that. I've watched the series many times over...I'm in my 60's own it, and the more I watch it, the more I dislike Hawkeye's character. Once they brought in BJ and Col. Potter...the show became more of an ensemble instead of a one-man-show. IMO However, if you ever watch it...notice that any dramatic parts are always always given to Alan. There are a few episodes where they focus on the other main characters...but these are just one and done episodes.

[@egrogan6482]

Many years ago when I was a flight attendant, I had the man who played Charles (David Ogden Stiers) on the plane as a passenger. Very nice man, with a sweet smile, very different from the character he played. I told him how much I loved his acting and he was genuinely pleased.

[@lucyboosmom]

He was great in everything I've ever seen him in.

[@murasaki848]

My favorite role for David Ogden Stiers is Reverend Eugene Purdy in the T.V. series The Dead Zone. Interesting coincidence here, in an episode in season 2, called "Cabin Pressure", Stiers' character saves a flight attendant's life. It's one of the rare episodes when Stiers' character is involved in a life and death situation.

[@Kinkle_Z]

My sister was a flight attendant for United. She was based out of JFK living in Rowayton, CT back in 1972 and I was living with her briefly. I remember when she came back from this one trip working in First Class and she told me about meeting an interesting guy... "McLean Stevenson" who was going to be acting in a weekly series called MASH based off the original movie... wow... I thought that sounded cool. Turns out it was cool and highly successful to boot. lol

[@rogerfinney6809]

My immediate reaction when I heard about the TV series based on the movie was, "No way they can pull that off." Shows why I never worked in the entertainment industry.

[@cheechwizard60]

Turns out McLean Stevenson was a cousin to Adlai Stevenson

[@augustseptember3503]

Now I am older, I can say Hawkeye would have driven me insane with his endless chatter & preaching! A character so utterly full of himself, look at me, look at me, in real life he'd have become the most unpopular, insufferable person of the unit!!

[@arthurc1805]

The show hasn't stood the test of time well at all. The politically preachy shows seem pretty cringeworthy now.

[@DanaTheInsane]

@@arthurc1805 I thought us politically correct people ran everything now, You conservative snowflakes really need to keep your story straight.

[@CrazyBear65]

You didn't mention anything about David Ogden Stiers. The grenade episode. The dummy grenade was supposed to be a prank, but Charles threw himself on it without hesitation and told Klinger to run. Just take a moment to ponder that. A doctor diving on a grenade to save a clerk. My dad was a medic/ambulance driver in WW2. He was stationed with a MASH unit. He fought in the battle of the bulge. I think his favorite character on MASH was Rizzo (GW Bailey) if I'm not mistaken.

[@jennifersignsoflife1375]

GREAT comment~ Thanks!

[@meagain2898]

No. It was Rizzo that was messing with Charles with grenade. He pulled pin and expected Charles to run. But Charles jumped on it and told Rizzo to run. He knew beforehand it was fake.

[@AllenArt64]

@@meagain2898 Doubtful Winchester would have dived on the grenade if he knew it was real, but he actually did know ahead of time that it was fake. LOL

[@geraldineclarke5434]

David Ogden Stiers was an a artist in residence at my university. He starred in a production of King Lear. His was the best Lear I've ever seen and he was only 22!

[@jeanengstrom1267]

I knew it was Farrel, because he was blessed with the sobriquet, 'F**k you Mike' for his not-so-palsey habit of saying JUST that...quite often.

[@3rdandlong]

I will never forget the day I was asked to assist with a production that involved a commercial for a RV/Motor Home company here in Oregon. Little did I know(at first) that that star of the commercial was none other than Radar himself, Gary Burkoff. He apparently bought an RV from this lot just off I-5 and liked it so much that he was willing to do a commercial for the place. I met him during the shoot and found he was genuinely warm and friendly. A very nice guy. Will always remember that day. And let us not forget on the final episode that apparently in (New York?), that a tid-bit came out after it was over: Several million toilets flushed all at once during the commercials wrecking havoc on the water treatment facility.

[@calebbrown7602]

The think about New York is a myth. It was just a joke.

[@leighatkins22]

Disney has since purchased the company that created MASH, which technically would now make Klinger a Disney Princess!

[@michaelarrabito8332]

My favorite mash episode was when father Muclaey, felt he was useless and it was during Christmas and Winchester was feeling low and radar gave him a gift that was his old tabago hat, which Charles cheered up, and when informed it was Father Mulcahley he goes over to thank father mulchaey, which proves a point every good deed you do, does have and affect on every one life.

[@badigalinkin6461]

I talked with “radar” before an interview and he was very pleasant to me. The writer Alan Katz i met and visted with pre interview and he was so funny he left me in stitches.

[@wordzmyth]

Where were the interviews?

[@PRR5406]

Radar was cloyingly sweet on the TV series, whereas in the film, he was a gritty soldier in a dangerous situation. I found Alda's ego soiled a great deal of the last years of the series.

[@CollaborativeDataAccounts]

You actually never watched the movie, did you? "Gritty soldier" come on now.

[@nowirehangers2815]

Ego? He was the main character by the end

[@CollaborativeDataAccounts]

@@nowirehangers2815 Alan Alda wrote checks his 'acting' couldn't cash.

[@blabbermouth777]

You are so right. Apparently the original plan was to let Stevenson back if his show failed but Alda didn’t think he should because of a lack of commitment. So Gelbart killed him🤮. Such an egotistical ass. Hornberger liked the movie but not the show I think mainly because of Alda. Although Hornberger didn’t like the liberal stuff on the show and I did. It’s very unpatriotic to not be a liberal. But I think the show also got too far away from the novel.

[@blabbermouth777]

Radar was funnier in the film and early part of the series when he would help with the pranks.

[@joey_bonin]

I feel it was the writers that decided Alda was the lead character, not Alda himself. They were responsible for him becoming the central character. Stevenson had thought he would be playing the Hawkeye character, and was not happy with how it turned out. I think he made a big mistake cutting out so early, and maybe he did as well.

[@archeredutainment8453]

stopped at the 57 second mark knowing I had wasted enough time

[@RealWolfmanDan]

? It's a decent list of trivia

[@hollypatrick1050]

stopped 13 sec went to comments

[@nitrorc4life1]

@@RealWolfmanDanthat is not the point

[@RealWolfmanDan]

@@nitrorc4life1 what is then

[@b3j8]

I can still remember the 1972 commercial featuring Alan Alda talking about this new show "M star A star S star H." while scenes from the show played on the screen.

[@lynnkjjones7066]

weird! The only member of the Mash cast I couldn't hack was Alan Alda. All the rest were great.

[@hellkat909]

in real life a self righteous quiche eater

[@michaelf6705]

I thought I was the only one, he reminded me of todays modern snowflakes.

[@michaelf6705]

of course im talking of his role , not him as a person for all the modern day snowflakes.

[@sanman187-]

I thought he had the toughest role of all...he had to be consistent, and funny, and mesh with the other characters. (I had to do that as the lead in a Neil Simon play once, the third night was the best, and it was very difficult...I only did it right, or at least well, on the third night.

[@michaelf6705]

@@sanman187- Paverotti was amazing, just doesnt do anything for me, he may have played the role impeccably, but his role got irritating, not him as a person.

[@nanana9637]

The first four seasons were comedy gold. Great cast with lever and witty writing, yet you never forget the characters were in a war zone. I still watch those seasons and am frequently amazed at how clever funny they were. After trapper left, there was a noticeable shift in the tone of the show. Humor largely vanished. Instead a new direction became increasingly evident, a new preachy heavy hand was in place with rare splashes of humor (most of it falling flat); worst of all, it was a humor centered more on teaching a lesson than for the sake of simple laughter. It's no surprise that Alan Alda had a greater role in directing and the writing of the show,. By the end of it's run, he was completely in charge.

[@bufnyfan1]

I never liked Hunnicutt (Mike Farell). I got sick of his schtick--"Peg this and Peg that" and they even did a show where he talked about the "potty training" of his kid. He was far too "sappy" a character unlike Trapper (Wayne Rogers). Rogers admitted years later that if he knew MASH would have gone on for 11 years he would have stuck around. Behind the scenes they forced Rogers to sign some kind of "morals" clause in his contract that upset him and he wouldn't sign it.

[@nita7561]

Post script…..the line I loved was when Jamie Farr was dressed up as Scarlet O’Hara and he told Charles “ get your hand off of me you damn Yankee!” I’m from the South and when I heard that line I fell off my chair!! Also, when Sidney wrote in his journal to Dr Sigman Freud. ❤

[@amypagekaviani5661]

I am Southern Belle too. I, too laughed so hard. Jamie Farr did a good job!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@angiemusicbox2189]

Whoever AA couldn’t stand I’m sure the feeling was mutual. 😂😂😂

[@nicholausbuthmann1421]

"Scotch and Fig Newtons."I remember that line well from "Harry Morgan" !

[@Fatherflot64]

Barely mentioned the 1970 Robert Altman film that preceded the TV series. The film won the Palm d'Or at Cannes and earned 5 Oscar nominations, including one for best picture. It was the 3rd highest grossing American film of 1970. Gary Burghoff created the role of Radar first for the film.

[@mikemiller659]

I remember the adds for the movie. I was 15 then

[@gregoryboyd7176]

On the DVD commentary track of his original film, Robert Altman explains why he rightfully DESPISED the TV version of his work saying it ripped his cinematic vision to shreds, flatly refusing when M*A*S*H Producers asked to use some of his footage onscreen. But contractually, Altman always retained some measure of control over his movies and M*A*S*H was no exception. So as a minor capitulation the only shots you ever see from Altman's movie are under the opening credits showing a helicopter sweeping in and landing on a hill with a wounded soldier, which was blended with new closeup footage of the TV actors. And, you can easily see the difference since Altman only allowed them to use old, scratched footage instead of anything that would match more closely. Another thing missing from the TV show are the sung lyrics to the theme song, "SUICIDE IS PAINLESS" which were deemed inappropriate by network censors for TV-viewers since suicide among the military was and still largely is a taboo topic. But overall, Robert Altman especially disliked Alan Alda's portrayal of "Hawkeye Pierce", thinking he turned the character into an annoying immature parody of the original. And, he was correct.

[@brianlupiani587]

@@gregoryboyd7176 Good thing, then, that Robert Alda's son Alan played Hawkeye in the TV series. 😬 Sorry, I couldn't resist the cheap shot.

[@gregoryboyd7176]

@@brianlupiani587 What are you talking about? Robert ALTMAN was a renowned film/television director long before Robert ALDA ever memorized a word of dialogue. BUT: ROBERT Alda [Alan's Father] did actually guest star on an episode of M*A*S*H. Next time try actually reading before replying.

[@chrisn7259]

@@brianlupiani587 Are you confusing Altman with Alda?

[@lisica8458]

Always loved David Ogden Stiers and his character, Charles Emerson Winchester III.

[@DrSkull1939]

May he rest in peace. Yeah, I loved his character. He was a good hearted foil for the lead characters. Though he was sorta a enemy because of his upbringing, he wasn't a complete A hole

[@Gregory11811]

I met David Ogden Stiers through his support of a local choir in Newport, OR. He was warm and kind and seemed genuinely caring. I’ll never forget the meeting.

[@lisica8458]

@@DrSkull1939 Winchester was kind of a loveable a-hole.

[@rogerfinney6809]

Yes, he was a major improvement over the cartoon character the writers turned Frank Burns into. Stiers (and the writers) gave Winchester quite a bit of complexity. Two things for which I cannot forgive the writers: Frank Burns and Radar's teddy bear.

[@lasinmt106]

This video never even paid respect to Charles Emerson Winchester III or David Ogden Steirs for that matter. Seems a lot of good people were skipped right over. I don't think other than competition there were bad blood or true dislikes between the cast. I do recall the actor for Blake going on several talk shows about leaving the series early and saying it was his choice and needed to get untied from a long series to move on and as he put it up. The up never happened and he was SOOO GOOD at his role it was sad he choose poorly as one scene in one of Indiana Jones movies puts it....he chose poorly verses of course choosing wisely. I think THEY number one ignored character that was fantastic comedy acting was Frank Burns. It took not only a great actor but one with a great humility to play that role with the straight face he managed. And he so deserved more than for some reason he was recognized for. And yes NO LAUGH TRACK PLEASE. They are horrible things. Too bad there are not MUTE Laughter track buttons.

[@billday8796]

I have the TV Guide issue that has three articles devoted to the demise of MASH.. , One by Alan Alda about his favorite episodes, one by Alastair Cooke in a long learned evaluation, and one by Burt Prelusky written just before the final episode was aired. In it, he discusses all the major characters and finally gets to Radar... "Although nobody wanted to be quoted for the record, the feelings about Gary Burghoff's leaving were fairly unanimous... Loved Radar, hated Burghoff. As summed up by one of the principles, "Gary had personality problems. He always felt there was a conspiracy against him. He was rude to everyone, but if anyone ever said anything back to him, he throw a tantrum. Once Mike Farrell told him that his problem was that he could dish it out but he couldn't take it, and Gary said,'and I'm getting real sick and tired of dishing it out. the poor guy didn't even realize what he had said." There is a lot of other stuff discussed in the article, and I have seen at least parts of it quoted on a couple of websites. This KZbin analysis is obviously NOT by an expert, but by someone else. It may be done by a computer generated voice due to the mispronunciations.

[@veltonmeade1057]

Well, this does not surprise me. I have worked with the Army and in engineering since 1996 and I have worked with many guys like him; short guys always have a big chip on their shoulders. I think this is because they got teased a lot as kids and with his deformed left-hand, I imagine he got teased a lot for it while growing. I have learned how to work with guys like him which to focus on the job, not the person.

[@angelbulldog4934]

It's a real human. I know the voice and the name but can't think of it at the moment. My ex is now retired from a lifetime career in hroadcasting. Before the days of Google, he would make phone calls til he found the correct pronunciation. Smart.

[@parrot849]

@@angelbulldog4934 I

[@thomaswashburn3513]

Garry Burghoff could be annoying! Watch the end of Match Game 74 and the beginning of Match Game 75. He substituted about 100 +/- episodes. He always seemed to want to outdo everyone else on set. Just my opinion.

[@mrparlanejxtra]

The narrators voice is very tedious.

[@jennasamuels5308]

Colonel Flagg, Frank Burns, Hawkeye, Trapper & Colonel Blake were my favorites

[@theunhingedbohemian5115]

There's 11 mins and 14 seconds of my life I'll never get back🙄

[@BottomTen]

No other show in history did such an excellent job of making you laugh and making you cry.

[@gutenbird]

The soundtrack to Mash is also etched in my mind for all times.

[@sevinstorey4365]

Have you ever watched Andy Griffith Show? His father and son moments will make you weep like an old lady if you have a soul.

[@gutenbird]

@@sevinstorey4365 Ron Howard was such a great young actor. I love Leave it to Beaver but Ron Howard could act circles around those kids.

[@BottomTen]

@@sevinstorey4365 Watched Andy Griffith all the time growing up. It was good, but M*A*S*H had poignant moments pretty much every episode.

[@bopmathews]

Scrubs did a better job of making you laugh and cry

[@jodypalm303]

Am I hearing the narrator call Alan Alda, "Aaron" Alda several times? I know I heard him say that Hot Lips married someone whose name I couldn't even understand. It was supposed to be Donald Penobscot (Peh-NOB-scot). And I'm still not clear which cast member Alda couldn't stand.

[@montarakid1943]

AI.

[@tomterrell3088]

@@montarakid1943 Easy to pick up on Al when it flubs a word.

[@MarianeLarsen]

Gary Burghoff. He was very difficult to work with. He was demanding and laborious. Not like Radar at all. Everyone has said it.

[@johnpace3903]

Your clip of McLean Stevenson at 7:37 was not actually from MASH but from a Piedmont Airlines commercial I produced. Thank you for including it in your video.

[@TakayasMom]

I was 7 when MASH started and my whole family would sit and laugh. I remember being confused and saying, 'That wasn't funny'. It was several years before I was old enough to get the adult humor, then it was my favorite show, too.

[@eileenschenck1264]

Brilliant work. I've probably watched MASH dozens of times and still catch quick quips i have missed. Tight wonderful script. We'll not see it's like again.

[@judypasqualone3819]

I still watch it every weekday morning. Dvr records 6 episodes and I randomly watch off and on till evening…then I’ll delete and start over again the next morning. It’s 8:19 am now and I have it on the tv.😀😀❤

[@milttrugood4817]

Well, dedication.

[@marcoosvald8429]

To this day, one of the Greatest shows of all time on television. You want real laughs, this show, The Carrol Bernette Show, Laugh In, The Bob Newhart Show. They never cease to bust you up. Honorable Mention, The original Saturday Night Live with the Not Ready for Prime Time Players

[@dankimrey8039]

I have to mention Andy. He and Don Knotts were perfect together.

[@linsmith3767]

Yes!!! when Korman and Conway got together It was magic!! don't forget the dean Martin roasts with Don rickles, charlie callas, Red buttons🤣🤣🤣so funny!!! I still watch that on YT..

[@simonagree4070]

Don't forget The Dick Van Dyke show -- Jamie Farr actually appears on that as the danish and coffee delivery guy.

[@rr7firefly]

I sometimes watched the Carroll Bernadette Show but people keep telling me now it was jus a hallucination.

[@georgeandrews6454]

Also known as Carol Burnett.

[@erictaylor5462]

My sister and I grew up watching this show. I wanted to see the original movie, but my parents refused to let me, until I was old enough. I figured the movie had T&A and that was why, but when I did finally see it, wow, I was totally not expecting that. Even the theme song was shocking. The wonderfull theme song was also used in the movie, but with the lyrics intact.

[@olinewright6877]

The Books by Hooker were good. I read as many as I could. I don't have them any more especially since I moved to Australia.

[@sirlawrencet]

The lyrics to the theme, Suicide is Painless.were written by the director's 15 year old son - Mike Altman, son of Robert Altman. The father made $70,000 for directing the movie, the son has made over a million for co-writing the song.

[@montarakid1943]

@@sirlawrencetGlad to hear it. What a great piece of music.

[@JP51ism]

@10:00 it's stated that one can't win more than one Purple Heart, which is not the case.

[@marionconnell5074]

Watching re-runs of MASH helped get me through several stay at home months during the Covid pandemic. Each episode is a guarantee of at least one good laugh.

[@jonweiss4223]

One minor error, military awards, including the Purple Heart when awarded subsequent awards of the same medal, are displayed on the uniform by Oak Leaf clusters on the base ribbon. But at the award ceremony, when subsequent awards of medals, including the Purple Heart, are awarded, the presenting officer actually pins a medal on the recipients uniform and gives the award set to the soldier. A second, third or fourth award of a medal is not simply handing the soldier an oak leaf to add to the base ribbon. In my career, I was awarded several medals multiple times, and I have a separate medal for each award instance .

[@2manycatsforadime]

does this include for duty in Viet Nam as well? Asking as a friend was wounded 3 times, 3rd time he was sent home only to die later from Agent Orange.

[@johnnydogg746]

Anyone remember Colonel Potters horses name? Sofie....❤

[@gutenbird]

No. But thanks for letting us know.

[@oksana8100]

And "Sophie" was not a mare...it was a stallion or a gelding. 😂🙃

[@daninnj8580]

Kudos. One of my favorite trivia questions.

[@dickon728]

You could have let us remember the answer first.

[@danielmoore7342]

In Sopie's first appearance 'she' was a 'he' - a gift from Radar. In the final episode, Potter climbs aboard to leave, and while cantering away, it's obvious Sophie is no mare 😂

[@nrnoble]

Did I miss it? Where in the video does it reference what co-start Alad could not start?

[@fadeblac5633]

I love Stevenson character. I think I did cry when Rader came in and said the plane crash with STEVENSON DIED.

[@robertearl963]

Don't feel bad. When Radar announced that Col Blake's plane has been shot down and there were no survivors. I grew up watching MASH. My mom was a nurse for more than 30 years. I guess I got attached as well.

[@samandros3451]

McClean Stevenson didn't die in a plane crash. Henry Blake did.

[@oldtradingpost]

This show had so many wonderful episodes! Being That I am a Cowboy at heart my favorite episode was from Season 1 Episode 8 "COWBOY" where a wounded cowboy is itching to get back to the states to keep his marriage intact, but his request is denied. Henry becomes the target of a mad bomber. In this episode McLean Stevenson (Lt. Col.Henry Blake) is absolutely brilliant, I never laughed that hard at any one show before or since it was HILARIOUS.

[@NGMonocrom]

There have been individual soldiers who have been awarded multiple Purple Hearts.

[@cheechwizard60]

A guy in my squad had five of 'em

[@SPenny-my4we]

People, I remember watching this show with my friends and barely being able to stay in my chair from laughing so hard ! Our sides would hurt from laughing so hard, and it was great when one of us would drop a line a couple days later and we'd all Crack up again ! We grew up with MASH, we laughed so hard, and cried so many times because they made it the way it needed to be made ! I'll never forget MASH, we'll never forget MASH that is ! That's definitely a FAMILY CLASSIC ! GOD Bless Them All !

[@johnwattdotca]

This American comedy about Americans attacking an Asian country, reminds me of Hogans' Heroes, an American television comedy about a German World War Two prisoner of war camp. You probably wouldn't like that one because it was just in black and white.

[@mikemcwilliams7801]

@@johnwattdotca not all of them

[@mkvv5687]

@@johnwattdotca Interestingly, the US was over there due to fact that an Asian country attacked another Asian country who happened to be a friend of the US. Actions have consequences.

[@johnwattdotca]

@@mkvv5687 Does this mean your brain is limited to generic cliches that misrepresent sadistic weapons use? I can see you already use brain-washed words when you say "another Asian country who happened to be a friend of the US." Somehow the thought of American soldiers and their weapons visiting an Asian country to be friends doesn't seem friendly. I can understand your perspective only if you don't know what soldiers do.

[@katerinaneoralova8403]

I love MASH, my most favourite show ever. What makes me love it even more is the fact that in czech dabing there is no laughter at all

[@chenoamiller7177]

MASH did not use a laugh track so there would not be

[@gregwilliams3120]

@@chenoamiller7177 They certainly did use a laugh track, except for the Operating Room scenes.

[@brianlupiani587]

@@gregwilliams3120 I'm pretty sure they eventually stopped using the laugh track, though I have no idea when that was.

[@OmosThings]

I have the whole dvd collection and thank God there is no laughing track. Also, growing up with the czech dubbing, makes me realize how well they translated most of the jokes 😂 considering the language/cultural barriers, the czech crew managed to keep the jockularity mostly intact ❤ including the voice actors who sounded almost 100% like the original characters

[@fantasticsound2085]

Who the heck is "Aaron Alda"?? (4:09 & 5:12) You should probably research who the heck you're talking about and maybe put some work into editing. 🙄

[@spoonerfive]

I'm 70, and to me, MASH is the greatest TV sitcom of all time! In many ways, it transcended the label of sitcom, and was more an hysterically funny drama show. Other finalists- The Carol Burnett Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Honeymooners, All in the Family, and Roseanne. The humor in Friends and Seinfeld, didn't hit home quite as much, although there were many hysterical moments.

[@der22672]

Pretty sure it was Gary Burghoff that Alan didn’t name. It was common knowledge that he was difficult to work with and he didn’t get along with the rest of the cast.

[@gregoryboyd7176]

Actually, a few cast members have been pretty candid about how they resented Alan Alda's ego snatching up so much creative control of the series and this was the real reason why both McLean Stevenson and Wayne Rogers abruptly left the show. Once he became a producer on M*A*S*H it became nothing but a showcase for the "Hawkeye Pierce" character with every episode centered around Alda instead of the ensemble performances of both Altman's original film and the first few seasons of the TV show. In fact, one crewman at the time was heard to have said that M*A*S*H really stood for "More Alda Shi**y Histrionics."

[@davidmitchell6873]

It was Burgoff.

[@FenderBender5150]

...Sorry to be that guy, but Capt. Tuddle was actually Traper John's Idea... In the episode he says "Like when we ware kids, who broke the window? Tuttle Who stole the bike? Tuttle"

[@amiblueful]

I remember Jackie Cooper, who directed some of the earliest episodes, wrote in an article about his experience. He said that McLean Stevenson was NOT a nice guy. He also said that the easiest cast members to work with were Wayne Rogers and Larry Linville.

[@whatscookingresearch]

I made it 4:15 out of 11:14 before boredom made me leave. Some people just don't know how to tell a story. Videos about entertainment shouldn't sound like a text book.

[@KV-nh1ts]

LOL @ "Hawkeye was never shown carrying a gun...and when he was..."

[@zaphodbeatlebrox4906]

Covering the conclusion of M*A*S*H for TV Guide in 1983, Burt Prelutsky wrote, "Although nobody wanted to be quoted for the record, the feelings about Gary Burghoff's leaving were fairly unanimous: loved Radar, hated Burghoff. As summed up by one of the principals: 'Gary had personality problems. He always felt there was a conspiracy against him. He was rude to everyone, but if anyone ever said anything back to him, he'd throw a tantrum. He had a particularly heated relationship with Alan Alda. Once, Mike Farrell told him that his problem was that he could dish it out but he couldn't take it, and Gary said, "And I'm getting real sick and tired of dishing it out." The poor guy didn't even realize what he'd said.'"[1]

[@zaphodbeatlebrox4906]

I’d read the same thing.

[@juliekeenum9143]

Someone commented that Alda didn't like Radar. I never heard the narrator say he didn't like Radar. If this is true then please explain why. Inquiring minds want to know.

[@harperstacey9604]

Alan alda didn't like Gary burghoff because he said that Gary was constantly late to the set and that he whined and complained a lot. Ms. Harper Stacey.

[@Mftjan2000]

Opposites politically, maybe.

[@laurasmith9726]

Google it

[@tbolt2948]

I loved After MASH! It was set in Col. Potter's hometown of Hannibal, Missouri. I'm surprised they never mentioned another Hannibal native, Mark Twain. Radar was from Ottumwa, Iowa which is only 140 miles from Hannibal. In case you haven't guessed, I'm from Hannibal.

[@patrickprendergast9589]

did u see him

[@ArchibaldBagge]

Who cares.

[@schmined8050]

"You're always wrong Frank, that's what's so right about you". Col. Blake to Major Burns - best sitcom line ever.

[@jimbomaltby4457]

I am an Englishman and was big fan of the movie. My introduction to the TV series was on our TV and it did have the laughter track at first. I was very disappointed and it seemed that viewers over here agreed with me because the viewers figures were poor. So they took the laughter track off and up went the figures. I have since watched it again on Cable TV with the laughter track and it is a poor reflection on how it is without the track. Why won't TV executives learn?

[@samwisner]

In the Hot lips getting married episode she did not marry Donald Prezzenbot, she married Donald Penopscott.

[@peteperez7741]

Donald Penobscott

[@sarasotasage6135]

@@peteperez7741 Are you some sort of Maineiac?😜

[@SingleTrackMined]

@@peteperez7741 Penobscot. I'm from Penobscot County Maine.

[@pmreltd.2251]

My DAD use to yell at the TV when M A S H came on , b/c he went to FORDAM UNIVERSITY w/Alan.

[@richstrobel]

10:04 I only remember Frank earning 2 purple hearts and both of them were given to others. The first to a soldier played by Ron Howard and the second to a baby whose Mother was shot just before she went into labor. Radar was only wounded once and received a purple heart. Then again, Radar was reading an X-Men comic book which didn't exist until 1963 and there are other chronological issues with the show.

[@georgebreakfast5890]

Because MASH wasn't about Korea it was absolutely about Vietnam but they couldn't say so. There are lots of similar anachronisms.

[@GeoffCK]

@@georgebreakfast5890pavement

[@daninnj8580]

Actually the baby got the Purple Heart because he was nicked in the butt by the bullet himself.

[@theresaa9789]

On one episode he quotes John Wayne from a 1963 movie. Eleven - twelve years too early.

[@heli-crewhgs5285]

The haircuts always bug me. Male and female characters all seem to have 1970s ‘big hair.’ Black characters have hair that is way too high, given that the show is set in an early 1950s military setting.

[@elixtido1448]

I liked Col. Flagg - "I had to put a couple in him!" or "My finger is a deadly weapon!"

[@kayedeedid]

no mention of Winchester or the fact that David Ogden Stiers was a classical music conductor in real life or how in the finale, his pain was perhaps the deepest of all.

[@terrylkumpf3894]

I loved MASH it was one of the best shows on TV.

[@mikepayton7290]

Some of us couldn't stand Allan alda on mash

[@montarakid1943]

Most of us could.

[@christheother9088]

I had a friend who said that his idea of hell would be to spend eternity in a room with Alan Alda. I agree now.

[@johnhamilton6330]

He was fun until Klinger out-did him in the drama department, showbiz tunes, etc. Then he seemed to back off the slapstick and get more serious.

[@stevekandt7574]

My personal favorite episode was when Harry Morgan played he mentally unstable Maj. Gen. Bartford Steele before he took over as Potter. Outrageously funny.

[@collegeman1988]

It’s okay. I couldn’t stand Alan Alda, or MASH. My sister’s ex-husband once said that the best way to get guests out of your house if they stayed way too late into the night was to put MASH on the TV because they would realize they’d overstayed their welcome and immediately go home. This is similar to the strategy of Carrie Fisher putting The Star Wars Holiday Special on the TV as a way of getting her guests to go home. Putting The Last Jedi on the TV (if you were dumb enough to buy a DVD/Blu-Ray copy or subscribe to Disney+) might also get rid of unwanted guests, too.

[@exile220ify]

Well, that was time I'd like to have back. Thanks for NOT telling us who Alan Alda couldn't stand.

[@karencahill4798]

We were hooked to this show- Got to see it from beginning to end! I’d watch re-runs if I could. One of the best! I’m 67 now- Good run.

[@bjbo72]

If u have dish they r on it..

[@jmmlpn286]

If your cable company has it, MASH plays on TVLand each weekday morning from 7a-10:30a

[@elbertsorrell8394]

Too bad that the person Alda hated is not actually named. Although the rivalry between he & Farrell is mentioned.

[@debbieellett9093]

My thoughts exactly!

[@joannesuzieburlison7128]

yeah, WTF? It was interesting but I clicked on the damn thing to find out. Anyway I loved MASH, my family and I watched it when I was a kid. My Dad loved it which is a tribute to the writing as he normally didn't care for anything too left leaning.

[@user-bl6ne3hc6n]

It's Stevenson,

[@tiffany123178]

Actually i can’t stand Alan Alda.

[@bobbywyatt4355]

I think it was Wayne Rogers, their politics couldn’t be more opposite

[@jeffreyjacobs390]

Mash was brilliant comedic drama and VERY FUNNY, EASY TO LOVE THE CHARACTERS .... until the Producers were foolish enough to give an EGOCENTRIC Power Hog some influence in script and writing ....Namely Alan Alda ! His far too many silly, corny and relentlessly nerve wracking puns, pokes and prima donna antics wore thin soon thereafter ! I literally can't watch the last several seasons - for his meddling !

[@Osmien118]

agreed

[@SpockMonroe]

Sadly, I've always felt this way.

[@blabbermouth777]

Amen! First three seasons were great.

[@xenbear]

Surely Leslie Nielsen was a star before mash - he was one of the stars of 'Forbidden Planet' probably the best sci fi ever made - years before MASH

[@tarnishedknight730]

While in the Navy and on liberty in a port, I held a door open for an attractive blonde woman that was exiting a restaurant that I was about to enter. She smiled, gave me a quick nod and quietly said "Thank you." For the rest of the night I kept wondering why that woman looked so familiar. Try as I might, I just couldn't think of where I had seen her before. The next morning, at muster, we were informed that Loretta Swit was vacationing in the port and that we are ordered by the commanding officer to "LEAVE HER ALONE!" It was at that moment that I realized where I had seen the attractive blonde, from the restaurant, before.

[@1111atreides]

We're watching all of MASH together as a family. There are some real clunkers in there...anything that's Hawkeye-heavy can be a bit of a slog. But my 17 year old daughter changed her vocation choice from vet to paramedic in large part due to this show. We'll see. She might follow Igor's footsteps and become a cook.

[@brucefredrickson9677]

Really...because of a TV show? You need to have a talk with her about influencers.

[@1111atreides]

A dull and dreary life bring you here Bruce? Cheer up man!@@brucefredrickson9677

[@ericgugi8912]

Spearchuckered me on that one...

[@willdwyer6782]

Between the movie and two TV series, the name Trapper John was played by three different actors. Elliott Gould played the role in the movie, Wayne Rogers on the TV version, and Pernell Roberts as the lead on Trapper John MD.

[@Awaywrdson]

Love the show !!! Klinger was my favorite of the cast. My favorite episode was "B.J.'s name !!! I thought of all kinds of names and when he says " my Mother Bea and my Father Jay" I was rollin on the floor !!!😂

[@641starman]

I'm a vetnam veteran. I love the show and still look at the reruns. A d I got the cd box set. Great show mash and all in the family. But mash was the best