I never cared for Alan Alda
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Mash was brilliant. Alda was great in it but not the best. He does play a good crazy killer type. I don't follow all his work.
I did sit next to Loretta Swift in first class going to Vegas once. She's hideous
Hope this helps,
FDC
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I did sit next to Loretta Swift in first class going to Vegas once. She's hideous
Hope this helps,
FDC
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My question is what was better in the era? All in the Family? Jeffersons? ( maybe my favorite of all time)
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for those of you here who are to young to have watched one of the 5 greatest shows in the history of broadcast television.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M*A*S*H_(TV_series)
M*A*S*H is an American television series developed by Larry Gelbart, adapted from the 1970 feature film MASH (which was itself based on the 1968 novel MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors, by Richard Hooker). The series, which was produced in association with 20th Century Fox Television for CBS, follows a team of doctors and support staff stationed at the "4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital" in Uijeongbu, South Korea during the Korean War. The show's title sequence features an instrumental version of "Suicide Is Painless", the theme song from the original film. The show was created after an attempt to film the original book's sequel, M*A*S*H Goes to Maine, failed. The television series is the best-known version of the M*A*S*H works, and one of the highest-rated shows in U.S. television history.
The series premiered in the U.S. on September 17, 1972, and ended February 28, 1983, with the finale, "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen", becoming the most-watched and highest-rated single television episode in U.S. television history at the time, with a record-breaking 125 million viewers (60.2 rating and 77 share),[SUP][1][/SUP] according to the New York Times.[SUP][2][/SUP] It had struggled in its first season and was at risk of being cancelled.[SUP][3][/SUP] Season two of M*A*S*H placed it in a better time slot (airing after the popular All in the Family); the show became one of the top 10 programs of the year and stayed in the top 20 programs for the rest of its run.[SUP][3][/SUP] It is still broadcast in syndication on various television stations. The series, which depicted events occurring during a three-year military conflict, spanned 256 episodes and lasted 11 seasons.
Many of the stories in the early seasons are based on tales told by real MASH surgeons who were interviewed by the production team. Like the movie, the series was as much an allegory about the Vietnam War (still in progress when the show began) as it was about the Korean War.[SUP][4][/SUP]
The episodes "Abyssinia, Henry" and "The Interview" were ranked number 20 and number 80, respectively, on TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time in 1997.[SUP][5][/SUP] In 2002, M*A*S*H was ranked number 25 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.[SUP][6][/SUP] In 2013, the Writers Guild of America ranked it as the fifth-best written TV series ever[SUP][7][/SUP] and TV Guide ranked it as the eighth-greatest show of all time.[SUP][8][/SUP]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M*A*S*H_(TV_series)
M*A*S*H is an American television series developed by Larry Gelbart, adapted from the 1970 feature film MASH (which was itself based on the 1968 novel MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors, by Richard Hooker). The series, which was produced in association with 20th Century Fox Television for CBS, follows a team of doctors and support staff stationed at the "4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital" in Uijeongbu, South Korea during the Korean War. The show's title sequence features an instrumental version of "Suicide Is Painless", the theme song from the original film. The show was created after an attempt to film the original book's sequel, M*A*S*H Goes to Maine, failed. The television series is the best-known version of the M*A*S*H works, and one of the highest-rated shows in U.S. television history.
The series premiered in the U.S. on September 17, 1972, and ended February 28, 1983, with the finale, "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen", becoming the most-watched and highest-rated single television episode in U.S. television history at the time, with a record-breaking 125 million viewers (60.2 rating and 77 share),[SUP][1][/SUP] according to the New York Times.[SUP][2][/SUP] It had struggled in its first season and was at risk of being cancelled.[SUP][3][/SUP] Season two of M*A*S*H placed it in a better time slot (airing after the popular All in the Family); the show became one of the top 10 programs of the year and stayed in the top 20 programs for the rest of its run.[SUP][3][/SUP] It is still broadcast in syndication on various television stations. The series, which depicted events occurring during a three-year military conflict, spanned 256 episodes and lasted 11 seasons.
Many of the stories in the early seasons are based on tales told by real MASH surgeons who were interviewed by the production team. Like the movie, the series was as much an allegory about the Vietnam War (still in progress when the show began) as it was about the Korean War.[SUP][4][/SUP]
The episodes "Abyssinia, Henry" and "The Interview" were ranked number 20 and number 80, respectively, on TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time in 1997.[SUP][5][/SUP] In 2002, M*A*S*H was ranked number 25 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.[SUP][6][/SUP] In 2013, the Writers Guild of America ranked it as the fifth-best written TV series ever[SUP][7][/SUP] and TV Guide ranked it as the eighth-greatest show of all time.[SUP][8][/SUP]
My older brothers got me hooked on MASH. Was one of those great series where each episode could stand on its own. There were running storylines but you didn't have to be up on the series to watch and enjoy any episode. Shows aren't done that way anymore it seems.
I did not watch very much TV growing up in the 70's. Saturday night special was cool. I was a latch key child, I played guitar and met up with friends back in those days at night. I watched sports on TV and not much else. Mash did not interest me much at all. Michigan football ruled:0074
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Not to happy about certain comments
Not to happy about certain comments
But who cares right?....
Yes there is few that did not like him ( CAPITALISE the F in few for me please )....His work will always be remembered by the many that enjoyed him ( CAPITALISE the M in many please )....
To each there own....Even if *Your* on the bottom side....( I don't care if you don't get it )
Not to happy about certain comments
But who cares right?....
Yes there is few that did not like him ( CAPITALISE the F in few for me please )....His work will always be remembered by the many that enjoyed him ( CAPITALISE the M in many please )....
To each there own....Even if *Your* on the bottom side....( I don't care if you don't get it )
I watched Mash once in awhile, but I was busy doing blow and partying. For me the 70's was the best time of my life.
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Need NO...................Like, Love the Blue pill...........so do 20 million men in America. :0corn
eeh it was funny i watched quite a few episodes and i think Loretta swift was kinda hot with those big red lips mmmmmmmmmmmmmm rub my cock on them baby....
M A S H was an award tv show whether you like it or not it ran for years...
Wanna talk about one show i coulkdnt stand ever not even lil biut was The Drew Carry show with that fat panacke make up slob that was secratary which if i saw naked in my bedroom i'd run the other way fast.
I think the show was to get cLEVE OHIO SOME THING WHEN THE BROWNS MOVED OUT TO BALTIMORE TO BECOME RAVENS.
:mj07:
M A S H was an award tv show whether you like it or not it ran for years...
Wanna talk about one show i coulkdnt stand ever not even lil biut was The Drew Carry show with that fat panacke make up slob that was secratary which if i saw naked in my bedroom i'd run the other way fast.
I think the show was to get cLEVE OHIO SOME THING WHEN THE BROWNS MOVED OUT TO BALTIMORE TO BECOME RAVENS.
:mj07:
