The final episode of M*A*S*H was quite an event. I was in college at the time, and some instructors canceled their classes the night it aired so their students could watch. I watched at home with my mom, grandpa and a friend. We readied the popcorn and sat glued to the TV for 2 1/2 hours. There were even a few tears shed during the final "Goodbye" scene. Suffice to say there will never be another TV program like this. True classic!
I was working at a restaurant and the place was dead. I remember a bunch of us working that night, watching the show, all of the TV's in the place tuned to it.
@@kendallrivers1119 I guess I watched both, but, aged 55, I can only recall watching the M*A*S*H finale (I have watched it enough times since then to have large sections of the script memorized without special effort). The 4077th wins that contest in my book on that basis.
The final episode of MASH filmed was this one, but the "Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen" movie was shown as the last episode. Truly, the end of MASH was the event of the '82-83 season, and it will live on as one of the major Television events of our time! Thanks for the posting...
Hawke eye was my first crush.A character of laughter sadness and principles who cared for strangers . Well played by a caring person.Not bad really to instilled this into the world.Thanks.😷
One of the reasons I loved and in some ways hated this show, I was assigned to a MASH unit and it was almost a carbon copy of my experience. Overall I really enjoyed the series. I could remember alot of individuals in my unit that were like some of these characters, especially Radar. There wasn't a alphabetic form our company clerk didnt know or regulation he couldn't cite! And yes! there's no MASH unit complete without a Frank Burns. We had one too! Never will be another show like this!
That's a testament to how excellent MASH was if as you say it was a carbon copy of your own experience. The only thing I found unrealistic about the show was the Frank Burns character. I don't see how any person that dim witted could ever have made it as a surgeon. Hopefully the person similar to Frank Burns in your unit wasn't a surgeon.
I'm not afraid to admit that I shed several tears over the years, watching MASH. There will never be another show like this, with the ability to touch your heart and make you laugh
Absolutely. I have all 10/11? series on disc. I watch it through regularly. The quality of the show never dropped with the new characters ie Winchester III, Sherman Potter and BJ. Just wonderful
Watched that show while in hospital at Staten Island, recovering from having my appendicitis removed. . I was in the Coast Guard, but they put me in a "charity ward" and there was an kind African American elderly gentlemen in a bed next to mine. He had rented the TV, but he turned it so I could watch it with him. Good man.
+dasboot19801 You were a Coastie but they put you in the charity ward??? That sounds like how I remember the military. Which is also why I found so much of M*A*S*H so funny.
How cool! I still remember watching that episode and being so sad that one of my favorite shows was ending. Decades later I got to meet Radar in person & told him how my desire to become a nurse came from watching this show as a child
I can remember watching the very episode where Potter showed up. Back in 1975 i believe. After having basically grown up with Henry Blake and going through all the sadness of him leaving it seemed the show was rudderless. When Potter showed up i didn't like him at all. But that was just old emotion for the previous character. I gave Potter a chance and i found i actually liked Harry Morgan BETTER than Mclean. A very caring person and that grew on me.
i only missed one original airing of the show .. and that was the one where radar got to leave .... saw it a day later as a repeat .... but other than that i saw every single episode on it's original air date and time
He certainly was different from Henry. I thought a VERY clever choice by the produces. From a very non army doctor, to a doctor, very much an army man with discipline.
may all of the mash cast stars that passed away rest in peace. they will all be remembered and always loved. you all showed us how hard physically and mentally it must've been for all of our soldiers and all of the Dr that put them back together so they could go back and fight...god bless you all. Donna Johnstone
you are so right--acting, directing, writing, production were FIRST CLASS. its tv at its finest---a work of art without trying to be so. art for the masses, so to speak.
T cpc28655 Trapper John MD was actually a drama that was supposed to take place 28 years after his discharge played by a completely different actor. Strange concept but had very little to do with the Trapper we know from MASH beyond the name.
MASH-tv tried to sue the Trapper John, MD people, but they (TJMD) argued to the court that it's Trapper was modeled after the movie character, not the tv one. They won. Actually the book, movie and tv Trapper's are three very different types of characters.
I would watch an hour of this over most shows currently on TV. To watch a group of true professionals working their craft, and especially showing the "family" that they had become in the way they react to trying to film these scenes, is a joy to behold. Thank you to the doctors and nurses of the "double natural" and the actors who portrayed them for hours of enjoyment on screen and for sharing these precious moments off screen.
lol back to back to back hour of mash and monty pythons flying circus and carol burnett ... just add pizza and wings and a good drink ... and im happy lol
😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 Started crying when Loretta Lynn started crying. All of them felt like family as i was raised up watching this wonderful show. God bless them all.
We lost another fantastic member of MASH in 2016. Rest in peace, William Christopher. Your kind nature and gentle good humor were a true gem on M*A*S*H and you will always be remembered and loved for it.
I converted my wife to a MASH fan recently, we watched the entire box set together and I finally realized why MASH was a good show that will never be replicated, I came to this moment of clarity on the episode where Radar leaves the show..... the show ended and I said to my wife, "I hope Radar found that girl he left at the airport" That statement made me realize that MASH had the ability to connect with its audience in a way that no show today will ever do. The characters had such a presence that convinced the viewer that these were real people. No T.V. drama today would ever be able to make me think twice about the characters outside of the show. It is a shame that television viewers will never see a show of this caliber again.
That is so true. I think what really made that connection was the letters and films from home. They were real people with kids, spouses, or moms and dads back in the states. The writers did a great job of putting everyday life in the script and the actors did an excellent job of making you feel their joys and sorrows.
There will never, ever, be another MASH. The occasional talk of a remake is ridiculous. I can't even begin to imagine anything that can shine like this series did, and continues to do.
You just have to look at "After MASH" to see how tacky it can be. The only way they could pull this off now is to have Alan Alda working as a doctor in Maine, and receive letters from his "Son" Hawkeye.
So true. Besides why would a masterpiece need a remake? And I don't know if it's just me but if it's not with the original actors I don't want another MASH...
I hate remakes, but i always thought I could have lived with the M*A*S*H movie versions of all of the characters, in the series. I thought Sutherland was a good Hawkeye in his own way , and I thought Sally Kellerman and Robert Duval were a great Frank and Margaret. So , maybe a successful remake would be possible, if they hit bullseye on casting.
I grew up in the 70’s, so I grew up watching MASH. One of my top two all time shows, ever. The characters that left the show were replaced by better one's. My favorites were BJ and Dr. Freedman. I read that they offered Alan Arbus a full-time job after Larry Linville left but apparently Alan didn't want the grind of a sitcom week to week. He was happy with Dr. Freedman's part-time gig. IMO that is the only way that MASH series could've improved, if Dr. Freedman became the 3rd doctor bunking in the SWAMP. As for Radar, Gary playing a 19 year old was never convincing. I think he was 30 when he started the series. That was really the only thing that ever seemed out of place on the seires. I never knew that he had a left hand deformity until I read about it long after the show had ended. I read that after Mclean Stevenson's multiple failed attempts at starring in another series he finally realized that the public wasn't enamored with Mclean, it was Henry Blake who the public loved. I guess he was the last one to know. I never cared much for Blake or Burn's. The show improved with their replacements. BJ's integrity and devotion as a father and a husband was inspiring. Incidently, my other top all time favorite show is NYPD Blue. Thank you for posting this video.
Im sad I wasnt around to see this cause i was born in the late 90's but because of my dad i was able to see this and i love it. I cried at the last ever episode!
I see why I loved this show the WAY I did. It had all the makings of a family. A family that came together through good times as well as bad. I had nothing but bad growing up.5 foster homes ,being homeless with dad and 4 other brothers as we journeyed across the USA 8 times looking and searching for some way to keep surviving. We all came out of the dysfunction in 1990. The last episode ..was just too much for me. My other M*A*SH family was breaking up too and going their separate ways. I cried. ,by myself. And still today, I watch any episode that can make me feel included just for 30 minutes.I'm now a dad, married 26yrs, and have 2 sons and 2 grandchildren. I'm a radar/pierce type by the way. I guess it was M*A*S*H that kinda taught me just what a family is like.
Sincerest congratulations on making it despite the odds. Yeah, I find family "elsewhere" too....now over the hump of 50, I can have "moments" with those who by blood or law or experience are in various ways "my family", but it was a long road, and well too late for me to think about one of my own. I've been surprised and delighted to find other current shows out there that still do for me what MASH did and does for so many, so I'm not quite as down on the present and future as some...
MASH was my absoloutly favorite show of all time. I eagerly looked forward to each new episode back then. I was laughing all the time watching these wonderful actors and actresses do their craft. I was so sad when the show eneded, but still laugh and fondly remember the good 'ol days of watching a classic show. Rest in Peace Colonel Potter/Harry Morgan. You are one of the greats and you will be sorely missed. The same goes for Larry Linville.
fewer words .. Carol Burnett . mash is an awesome show ... and will always be an awesome show ... the cast and crew made you part of the group ... the carol burnett show is just perfection ...mash gave her a run for the money though
This wonderful, raw footage is incredible, and historical. I am, and always shall be the biggest M*A*S*H fan. Thank you so much for sharing this with the world.
Watched this b roll while watching MASH on TV. I bought all the seasons, on DVD, but my ex got to keep them. But, I took the Hogan's Heroes and Get Smart DVD's! The greatest decades of comedy TV shall never fade away! RIP to my fellow Muskegon-ite, Harry Morgan, and to all those we've lost over the years. You all brought joy into my, even during a time of grief, through your talents and hard work. Thank you!
This is one of those rare instances where BOTH the original Film and the TV Series are both excellent. They really both had their own personalities. The TV Series was a huge part of my childhood, but when I got older, I watched the movie. It's really set the tone for the humor or the series, but the Series really added the heart. I'm glad we have both.
Ironically the series became so iconic and beloved that very few people remember that there ever was a movie. When most people think of MASH 9\10 the tv series comes to mind. Same thing with The Odd Couple, The tv show became greater and far more memorable than the film.
very difficult---I think Alan was ready though--tired--there wasn't supposed to be a 11th season but he oked it. they had more than explored the characters and dramatic situations by then--still sad--
I will NEVER forget that show on TV called M*A*S*H! It was a fantastic show! My dad and I used to watch it a lot! I really do miss the FAMILY SHOWS! They were so much better than what we see now. No I am not BASHING anyone! Loved the show!🙏💝💯👍⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹👏👏👏👏👏👏
My father served as a F9F pilot on the USS Oriskany. He was the same... never said he liked the show... but he could be occasionally found watching it...and laughed his ass off at some scenes with Frank.... Thanks for your service.
I love this series and I believe that a MASH channel would be great. The show shows what people need. What should be going on in the world. Humanity is something you don't see and most people don't get. Caring, understanding, loving, both as person and in feelings. MASH hits on issuses that you can't help to think that if the world was like the show maybe it would be a better place. I own two copies and I watch it all the time when I'm sad, depressed, or life just is too much for me. It helps.
This show is what professors should teach in film school. Gold never goes out of style. Thank u for the many years you gave so that us viewers could enjoy quality shows.
I love that it is hard to tell when they are acting and when they are being themselves, It is as if the actors are very similar to the characters. Although I did not grow up with the show I have a great amount of respect for the show and what it meant to my parents generation. I too have grown to love MASH thirty years after the final filming.
grew up on this show, use to sit on my dads lap while watching at a very young age. now it only gets better and reminds me of my time spent with my dad, he left this world when I was 11yrs old. thanks for sharing. :)
RIP David O Stiers. In addition to his terrific portrayal of Major Winchester, he directed several episodes, and those episodes showed an understanding that every episode didn't need to be a dissertation on the evils of the US military or a ham handed attempt to display a feminist sensibility, as some of his cast mates did when they got behind the camera.
I have seen every single episode of MASH and watched them all as they debuted and were shown weekly.I love this show and could watch it all day long with no complaints.They just don't make 'em like this anymore,that's for sure!!
Harry was my friend. A more zany & fun soul you'd be hard pressed to find! You are missed... And Yes!, I am still guarding "The Fort" Col! LoL! Nobody will get that one except thee 'n me harry. But, I shall Never forget you.. Lotsa pictures of us all there at the 'ol 4077 hanging above the fireplace, right up there! As is said: "Those Were The Days!" TTFN ... Sincerely, Miss M*A*S*H ~ : )
Huh? Sweeps what? I was simply telling the truth. I lived in "The Swamp Tent" for the last 5 yrs of the show. If you ever run into anyone associated with M*A*S*H 4077 I know they remember me just as well as I do all of them. I have sooo many pictures it would take some time to look thru 'em all. My friends & I do & we have some total side bustin' laughs! In fact, just last night a few of us were laughing until our sides ached at some of the antics! Both mine 'n theirs! Well, Happy Trails kind sir. ~ Love, Miss M*A*S*H. (That was what they all called me) Even Charlie Dubin, he "adopted" me cause he knew I would watch out for his 2 'lil dogs on set. They were mom 'n daughter & Charles Loved them dearly. Well, TTFN.... "Lived" defined= I Resided in "The Swamp Tent!" You know, OD Green canvas, stake pole in the middle holds it up, door with small window & screen. Maybe you never saw the show, Hawkeye & BJ only pretended to live in there, for the TV show. I actually resided, dwelt, lived in "The Swamp Tent" for 365 days a year for the last 5 years of the show. If your curious,, it was filmed on "The Fox Ranch" bought by the State of Ca. The State calls it: "Malibu Creek State Park" It is located in Agoura, Ca. Up the hills from Malibu Beach. Well kind sir ~ Happy Trails... Most Sincerely, Miss M*A*S*H ~
Carol E. Johnson Is this metaphorical? Why would anyone live in a set in a studio for five years, and how would the production company have allowed it? Sounds way, way out there.
Easily my favorite show of all time. Well-written, compelling characters (Although Margaret always has kind of annoyed me, her character is still interesting.). Alan Alda is tough to beat, and I always really liked Winchester. The show got even better after he joined, giving Hawk and B.J. a much more worthy foe/ally. House is #2 for me, but it's a distant second.
Mash will live on in all our heart, those of us who watched it from the very start, this folks was one of the lonewolf's series that spoke to millions on the truth of war, suffering, and death..
No doubt one of the BEST TV shows. You just cant find that many cast members who could work together so effortlessly, for so many years and continue to produce such a high quality of writing and acting. It's such a rare thing for TV today. Six Feet Under had it. So did Lost. Now The Walking Dead fills the void. But still, when I watch an episode of M*A*S*H, I smile, I laugh, and I cry.
I was in the Marine Corps in the 1970`s and I remember everybody would be in the tv part of the open squadbay wating every week for MASH...........those were great and fun years............MASH always bring back those memories
Almost 35 years later and the shows finale is still in the top ten most watched televised broadcasts in the U.S.. Matter of fact, there is no other show in the top 20 besides the Super Bowl. To sit alone among that NFL list, is a testament to the wide raging impact M*A*S*H* had. I was fortunate enough to see the episodes when they first aired.
We had 2 tv's in our house in the 80's-the color one in the lounge room and a crappy tiny black and white one in a small bedroom. Every week night Mum and us kids would crowd into that small bedroom and watch MASH, while Dad sat alone watching Sale of The Century. Good times.
One of the best shows ever made. A reunion would be great but it would be sad without Col. Blake and Frank. They were the two funniest actors in the whole show.
I´m thinking that Mash its the best tv comedy ever aired on tv. Its was like two years ago i started watching Mash reruns on swedish tv and i fell in love with the show so i recently bougth the dvd box and i took me like 3 weeks to watch it from the very beginning to the end. My favourite caracter on the show is Hawkeye/BJ and Dr Sidney Freedman! And Wayne Rogers may you rest in peace.
I used to watch MASH religiously with my Mum and now thanks to the complete DVD collection we are watching it again. Brilliant, it just doesn't get any better than this.
IF the kids of today would take the time to watch some of MASH they would realize just how much TV sucks these days. Such a great show, a great cast and crew. Thanks for the smiles and laughs guys.
Excellent ! This is like a short documentary / docu - drama (?). The actors seem more human during rehearsal, working to put a finish on the " product ".
I was a kid when this show ended and didn't understand the adult content but laughed at the pratfall humor, but now as an adult who served in the military I laugh even more no matter how small the nuances within the show. Sometimes military life can be a little harsh but thats the life we signed up to do. This is the greatest show to ever air even with some of the anti-military propaganda.
The final episode of M*A*S*H was quite an event. I was in college at the time, and some instructors canceled their classes the night it aired so their students could watch. I watched at home with my mom, grandpa and a friend. We readied the popcorn and sat glued to the TV for 2 1/2 hours. There were even a few tears shed during the final "Goodbye" scene. Suffice to say there will never be another TV program like this. True classic!
I was working at a restaurant and the place was dead. I remember a bunch of us working that night, watching the show, all of the TV's in the place tuned to it.
The only other show that came super close to having that same event level hype was the Cheers finale. That was very huge ten years later.
@@kendallrivers1119 I guess I watched both, but, aged 55, I can only recall watching the M*A*S*H finale (I have watched it enough times since then to have large sections of the script memorized without special effort). The 4077th wins that contest in my book on that basis.
The final episode of MASH filmed was this one, but the "Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen" movie was shown as the last episode. Truly, the end of MASH was the event of the '82-83 season, and it will live on as one of the major Television events of our time! Thanks for the posting...
Hawke eye was my first crush.A character of laughter sadness and principles who cared for strangers . Well played by a caring person.Not bad really to instilled this into the world.Thanks.😷
this really was one of the best shows out there...im only in my 20s and i love watching this show because of how well it plays.
Now you’re in your 30s :)
One of the reasons I loved and in some ways hated this show, I was assigned to a MASH unit and it was almost a carbon copy of my experience. Overall I really enjoyed the series. I could remember alot of individuals in my unit that were like some of these characters, especially Radar. There wasn't a alphabetic form our company clerk didnt know or regulation he couldn't cite! And yes! there's no MASH unit complete without a Frank Burns. We had one too! Never will be another show like this!
That's a testament to how excellent MASH was if as you say it was a carbon copy of your own experience. The only thing I found unrealistic about the show was the Frank Burns character. I don't see how any person that dim witted could ever have made it as a surgeon. Hopefully the person similar to Frank Burns in your unit wasn't a surgeon.
People just don't know what they went through
another stolen Valor story sad
@@dcollier7239 another unnecessary and unprovable comment on your part. Sad.
A scientific explanation for Radar would be appreciated
I'm not afraid to admit that I shed several tears over the years, watching MASH. There will never be another show like this, with the ability to touch your heart and make you laugh
I did to
@@ethelhoose7624 other than The Wonder Years.
Absolutely. I have all 10/11? series on disc. I watch it through regularly. The quality of the show never dropped with the new characters ie Winchester III, Sherman Potter and BJ. Just wonderful
Thanks for posting this :) It was amazing seeing how patient they were & Margaret Houlihan (Loretta Swit ) was getting so emotional !
Watched that show while in hospital at Staten Island, recovering from having my appendicitis removed. . I was in the Coast Guard, but they put me in a "charity ward" and there was an kind African American elderly gentlemen in a bed next to mine. He had rented the TV, but he turned it so I could watch it with him. Good man.
+dasboot19801 You were a Coastie but they put you in the charity ward??? That sounds like how I remember the military. Which is also why I found so much of M*A*S*H so funny.
How cool! I still remember watching that episode and being so sad that one of my favorite shows was ending. Decades later I got to meet Radar in person & told him how my desire to become a nurse came from watching this show as a child
I can remember watching the very episode where Potter showed up. Back in 1975 i believe. After having basically grown up with Henry Blake and going through all the sadness of him leaving it seemed the show was rudderless. When Potter showed up i didn't like him at all. But that was just old emotion for the previous character. I gave Potter a chance and i found i actually liked Harry Morgan BETTER than Mclean. A very caring person and that grew on me.
i only missed one original airing of the show .. and that was the one where radar got to leave .... saw it a day later as a repeat .... but other than that i saw every single episode on it's original air date and time
He certainly was different from Henry. I thought a VERY clever choice by the produces. From a very non army doctor, to a doctor, very much an army man with discipline.
may all of the mash cast stars that passed away rest in peace. they will all be remembered and always loved. you all showed us how hard physically and mentally it must've been for all of our soldiers and all of the Dr that put them back together so they could go back and fight...god bless you all.
Donna Johnstone
I agree, the mash cast, living and dead, gave us a real gift.
Rest In Peace, Wayne Rogers! You have joined forces with all others soul that went before you!
Chevaneese Clarke along with William Christopher a year later in 2016 and now David Ogden Stiers (Winchester)
Margaret started crying that got to me. They knew this was the end. I love this show always will
You mean Loretta? hehe I knew what you meant, just had to say it. :)
I know though it was sad. Poor thing.
southsyde Sasha lol yeah i havent cried in years but this might do it..
Yeah, that got me too.
I felt so bad for her for that moment in time. It's not about the show I'm sure, it's about losing her family there.
There will never be another MASH 4077 like that best cast ever #Mash4077
MASH is the show that sets the standard for good television and will be for all time.
Very True. MASH, Trapper John, MD, and even Hogan's Heroes were probably that last sitcoms worth watching.
cpc28655 I have to also add The Dick Van Dyke show...
you are so right--acting, directing, writing, production were FIRST CLASS. its tv at its finest---a work of art without trying to be so. art for the masses, so to speak.
T cpc28655 Trapper John MD was actually a drama that was supposed to take place 28 years after his discharge played by a completely different actor. Strange concept but had very little to do with the Trapper we know from MASH beyond the name.
MASH-tv tried to sue the Trapper John, MD people, but they (TJMD) argued to the court that it's Trapper was modeled after the movie character, not the tv one. They won. Actually the book, movie and tv Trapper's are three very different types of characters.
mash is one of the best things to come out of the u.s.a I still watch them now 40yrs later I just love it
I would watch an hour of this over most shows currently on TV. To watch a group of true professionals working their craft, and especially showing the "family" that they had become in the way they react to trying to film these scenes, is a joy to behold. Thank you to the doctors and nurses of the "double natural" and the actors who portrayed them for hours of enjoyment on screen and for sharing these precious moments off screen.
lol back to back to back hour of mash and monty pythons flying circus and carol burnett ... just add pizza and wings and a good drink ... and im happy lol
Gone but not forgotten, lve seen every episode more times than I can count!!! M*A*S*H 4077, thell never be another like it!!! 🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸💞
😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 Started crying when Loretta Lynn started crying. All of them felt like family as i was raised up watching this wonderful show. God bless them all.
RIP Wayne Rogers - Trapper John ... such a funny and thought provoking guy ... now I need to binge-watch MASH on netflix soon.
+Rug Ratz that's why I started. Hear of Wayne's passing and remembered just how much I loved this show.
jomac841 bedsides him we have lost William Christopher in 2016 and David Ogden Stiers on March 3rd at age of 75
We lost another fantastic member of MASH in 2016. Rest in peace, William Christopher. Your kind nature and gentle good humor were a true gem on M*A*S*H and you will always be remembered and loved for it.
charmedfan7704 amen
Mcnight Smith... Sad to say, he is
nate smith... Amen🙏
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We just lost another star in 2018 ... Rest in Peace David Stiers . Farewell Windchester the III
Never get a show as good as that with so many good characters
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they should have a 24 hr MASH channel
Agreed
Yes I agree
I converted my wife to a MASH fan recently, we watched the entire box set together and I finally realized why MASH was a good show that will never be replicated, I came to this moment of clarity on the episode where Radar leaves the show..... the show ended and I said to my wife, "I hope Radar found that girl he left at the airport" That statement made me realize that MASH had the ability to connect with its audience in a way that no show today will ever do. The characters had such a presence that convinced the viewer that these were real people. No T.V. drama today would ever be able to make me think twice about the characters outside of the show. It is a shame that television viewers will never see a show of this caliber again.
That is so true. I think what really made that connection was the letters and films from home. They were real people with kids, spouses, or moms and dads back in the states. The writers did a great job of putting everyday life in the script and the actors did an excellent job of making you feel their joys and sorrows.
that is so true, it connected to people in a very real way--one of the secrets of its success. they were 'real' people in every sense--
John Snow I don't even watch t v today, it's junk. MASH was real acting that did draw you in.
youre so right--we connected with characters--got to know them--they became friends for me!!
so true!
There will never, ever, be another MASH.
The occasional talk of a remake is ridiculous. I can't even begin to imagine anything that can shine like this series did, and continues to do.
You just have to look at "After MASH" to see how tacky it can be.
The only way they could pull this off now is to have Alan Alda working as a doctor in Maine, and receive letters from his "Son" Hawkeye.
So true. Besides why would a masterpiece need a remake?
And I don't know if it's just me but if it's not with the original actors I don't want another MASH...
I hate remakes, but i always thought I could have lived with the M*A*S*H movie versions of all of the characters, in the series. I thought Sutherland was a good Hawkeye in his own way , and I thought Sally Kellerman and Robert Duval were a great Frank and Margaret. So , maybe a successful remake would be possible, if they hit bullseye on casting.
I grew up in the 70’s, so I grew up watching MASH. One of my top two all time shows, ever. The characters that left the show were replaced by better one's. My favorites were BJ and Dr. Freedman. I read that they offered Alan Arbus a full-time job after Larry Linville left but apparently Alan didn't want the grind of a sitcom week to week. He was happy with Dr. Freedman's part-time gig. IMO that is the only way that MASH series could've improved, if Dr. Freedman became the 3rd doctor bunking in the SWAMP.
As for Radar, Gary playing a 19 year old was never convincing. I think he was 30 when he started the series. That was really the only thing that ever seemed out of place on the seires. I never knew that he had a left hand deformity until I read about it long after the show had ended.
I read that after Mclean Stevenson's multiple failed attempts at starring in another series he finally realized that the public wasn't enamored with Mclean, it was Henry Blake who the public loved. I guess he was the last one to know.
I never cared much for Blake or Burn's. The show improved with their replacements. BJ's integrity and devotion as a father and a husband was inspiring. Incidently, my other top all time favorite show is NYPD Blue. Thank you for posting this video.
Amazing, historic rehearsal footage. Really shows the process and attention to detail. Bravo!
Im sad I wasnt around to see this cause i was born in the late 90's but because of my dad i was able to see this and i love it. I cried at the last ever episode!
I remember coming home from cub scouts to watch this every week in it's first season. Would watch it every day if I could and did
I'm 16! Glad to know someone as young has heard of it and loves it as much as I do :)
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BJ and Henry's fishing lure got me. Mike Farrell absolutely nailed that.
I just loved this show
I see why I loved this show the WAY I did. It had all the makings of a family. A family that came together through good times as well as bad. I had nothing but bad growing up.5 foster homes ,being homeless with dad and 4 other brothers as we journeyed across the USA 8 times looking and searching for some way to keep surviving. We all came out of the dysfunction in 1990. The last episode ..was just too much for me. My other M*A*SH family was breaking up too and going their separate ways. I cried. ,by myself. And still today, I watch any episode that can make me feel included just for 30 minutes.I'm now a dad, married 26yrs, and have 2 sons and 2 grandchildren. I'm a radar/pierce type by the way. I guess it was M*A*S*H that kinda taught me just what a family is like.
Sincerest congratulations on making it despite the odds. Yeah, I find family "elsewhere" too....now over the hump of 50, I can have "moments" with those who by blood or law or experience are in various ways "my family", but it was a long road, and well too late for me to think about one of my own. I've been surprised and delighted to find other current shows out there that still do for me what MASH did and does for so many, so I'm not quite as down on the present and future as some...
please keep in touch at harleypiper@gmail.com. and thank you
Thanks for sharing that with us my man.
Shit happens.
That was really beautiful. I'm glad you were able to find that role model.
MASH was my absoloutly favorite show of all time. I eagerly looked forward to each new episode back then. I was laughing all the time watching these wonderful actors and actresses do their craft. I was so sad when the show eneded, but still laugh and fondly remember the good 'ol days of watching a classic show. Rest in Peace Colonel Potter/Harry Morgan. You are one of the greats and you will be sorely missed. The same goes for Larry Linville.
Love this show. Not surprising that this show STILL has an impact after all these years.
in the fewest words possible...MASH was the best show of all time, of any genre. Period
serge shibitsky Couldn't have said it better myself
Best American comedy programme ever. It has a serious point as well as being a comedy
Yep
fewer words .. Carol Burnett
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mash is an awesome show ... and will always be an awesome show ... the cast and crew made you part of the group ... the carol burnett show is just perfection ...mash gave her a run for the money though
I have ALWAYS said that and always will
This wonderful, raw footage is incredible, and historical. I am, and always shall be the biggest M*A*S*H fan. Thank you so much for sharing this with the world.
If you were, would you not have this footage on your computer already and not have to watch it on UA-cam?
Watched this b roll while watching MASH on TV. I bought all the seasons, on DVD, but my ex got to keep them. But, I took the Hogan's Heroes and Get Smart DVD's! The greatest decades of comedy TV shall never fade away! RIP to my fellow Muskegon-ite, Harry Morgan, and to all those we've lost over the years. You all brought joy into my, even during a time of grief, through your talents and hard work. Thank you!
This is one of those rare instances where BOTH the original Film and the TV Series are both excellent. They really both had their own personalities. The TV Series was a huge part of my childhood, but when I got older, I watched the movie. It's really set the tone for the humor or the series, but the Series really added the heart. I'm glad we have both.
Ironically the series became so iconic and beloved that very few people remember that there ever was a movie. When most people think of MASH 9\10 the tv series comes to mind. Same thing with The Odd Couple, The tv show became greater and far more memorable than the film.
Must have been very difficult knowing after playing these characters for all those years that this was the end.
very difficult---I think Alan was ready though--tired--there wasn't supposed to be a 11th season but he oked it. they had more than explored the characters and dramatic situations by then--still sad--
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I will NEVER forget that show on TV called M*A*S*H! It was a fantastic show! My dad and I used to watch it a lot! I really do miss the FAMILY SHOWS! They were so much better than what we see now. No I am not BASHING anyone! Loved the show!🙏💝💯👍⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹👏👏👏👏👏👏
I watch it every night, and never tire of these charachters that I think of as family
My father served as a F9F pilot on the USS Oriskany. He was the same... never said he liked the show... but he could be occasionally found watching it...and laughed his ass off at some scenes with Frank....
Thanks for your service.
This show, more than anything, helped us heal from Vietnam.
I am so glad that MeTV airs MASH... it will always be one of my favourite shows. It shows what we don't see often enough... humanity
I love this series and I believe that a MASH channel would be great. The show shows what people need. What should be going on in the world. Humanity is something you don't see and most people don't get. Caring, understanding, loving, both as person and in feelings. MASH hits on issuses that you can't help to think that if the world was like the show maybe it would be a better place. I own two copies and I watch it all the time when I'm sad, depressed, or life just is too much for me. It helps.
This show is what professors should teach in film school. Gold never goes out of style. Thank u for the many years you gave so that us viewers could enjoy quality shows.
This is really cool! I got to see them film the last episodes outdoor scenes at Malibu Creek State park.
Best TV show ever! They just can not make shows like this anymore!
I MISS M.A.S.H..... one of my all time favorites..... thank you
I'm just about in my mid 30s but I watch this show every time it's on. Especially the marathons nearly every week. Just never gets old
This is my favorite tv show ever. I have watched all of the seasons 3 times and I am 16. Nothing compares to this in todays tv shows
I love that it is hard to tell when they are acting and when they are being themselves, It is as if the actors are very similar to the characters. Although I did not grow up with the show I have a great amount of respect for the show and what it meant to my parents generation. I too have grown to love MASH thirty years after the final filming.
I love this show so much, i even have everyepisode saved on my dvr and still watch everyday
Man when I watch the show I completely forget they are actors. Man I love that show.
This was great, sooooo wonderful. I saw (nearly) every episode when it first aired. This vid is like visiting an old friend
grew up on this show, use to sit on my dads lap while watching at a very young age. now it only gets better and reminds me of my time spent with my dad, he left this world when I was 11yrs old. thanks for sharing. :)
My Favorites...Margeret...Klinger--Heck,I love em all!
THIS IS PURE GOLD
RIP David O Stiers. In addition to his terrific portrayal of Major Winchester, he directed several episodes, and those episodes showed an understanding that every episode didn't need to be a dissertation on the evils of the US military or a ham handed attempt to display a feminist sensibility, as some of his cast mates did when they got behind the camera.
I own all seasons on DVD, and this will be my favorite show for ever, and I will always get wet eyes when I watch GFA.
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I love this show, always have,I have all the DVD's+ the movie, I never get tired of it, there is nothing on TV anymore.
you are right--sad but true. I watch nothing else but the 4077th!
I have seen every single episode of MASH and watched them all as they debuted and were shown weekly.I love this show and could watch it all day long with no complaints.They just don't make 'em like this anymore,that's for sure!!
Mash will live forever !
nothing lasts forever
Why so pessimistic ? For me it will live forever.
Just the facts mam, Just the facts !!
Oh, you are right, that is a fact.
Concidering I lived in "The Swamp Tent" the last five years of the show, I can tell you that It Was the Best five I could of ever lived!
Harry was my friend. A more zany & fun soul you'd be hard pressed to find! You are missed... And Yes!, I am still guarding "The Fort" Col! LoL! Nobody will get that one except thee 'n me harry. But, I shall Never forget you.. Lotsa pictures of us all there at the 'ol 4077 hanging above the fireplace, right up there! As is said: "Those Were The Days!" TTFN ... Sincerely, Miss M*A*S*H ~ : )
Huh? Sweeps what? I was simply telling the truth. I lived in "The Swamp Tent" for the last 5 yrs of the show. If you ever run into anyone associated with M*A*S*H 4077 I know they remember me just as well as I do all of them. I have sooo many pictures it would take some time to look thru 'em all. My friends & I do & we have some total side bustin' laughs! In fact, just last night a few of us were laughing until our sides ached at some of the antics! Both mine 'n theirs! Well, Happy Trails kind sir. ~ Love, Miss M*A*S*H. (That was what they all called me) Even Charlie Dubin, he "adopted" me cause he knew I would watch out for his 2 'lil dogs on set. They were mom 'n daughter & Charles Loved them dearly. Well, TTFN.... "Lived" defined= I Resided in "The Swamp Tent!" You know, OD Green canvas, stake pole in the middle holds it up, door with small window & screen. Maybe you never saw the show, Hawkeye & BJ only pretended to live in there, for the TV show. I actually resided, dwelt, lived in "The Swamp Tent" for 365 days a year for the last 5 years of the show. If your curious,, it was filmed on "The Fox Ranch" bought by the State of Ca. The State calls it: "Malibu Creek State Park" It is located in Agoura, Ca. Up the hills from Malibu Beach. Well kind sir ~ Happy Trails... Most Sincerely, Miss M*A*S*H ~
Carol E. Johnson still don't know what you mean by living in the tent.
Carol E. Johnson oh. OK.
Carol E. Johnson
Is this metaphorical? Why would anyone live in a set in a studio for five years, and how would the production company have allowed it? Sounds way, way out there.
Easily my favorite show of all time. Well-written, compelling characters (Although Margaret always has kind of annoyed me, her character is still interesting.). Alan Alda is tough to beat, and I always really liked Winchester. The show got even better after he joined, giving Hawk and B.J. a much more worthy foe/ally.
House is #2 for me, but it's a distant second.
Mash will live on in all our heart, those of us who watched it from the very start, this folks was one of the lonewolf's series that spoke to millions on the truth of war, suffering, and death..
Damn, Filming has changed so much. Used to mob all up and down these hills after MASH left. good show.
No doubt one of the BEST TV shows. You just cant find that many cast members who could work together so effortlessly, for so many years and continue to produce such a high quality of writing and acting. It's such a rare thing for TV today. Six Feet Under had it. So did Lost. Now The Walking Dead fills the void. But still, when I watch an episode of M*A*S*H, I smile, I laugh, and I cry.
I was in the Marine Corps in the 1970`s and I remember everybody would be in the tv part of the open squadbay wating every week for MASH...........those were great and fun years............MASH always bring back those memories
I LOVED WATCHING THIS GREAT CAST AND THEY MADE IT LOOK AS REAL AS POSSIBLE.WATCHED IT EVERY WEEK.
I even watched as a kid (im 49 now) That must be a mark of a goid show meant for adults..when a kids eyes are glued to the tv every week.
Almost 35 years later and the shows finale is still in the top ten most watched televised broadcasts in the U.S.. Matter of fact, there is no other show in the top 20 besides the Super Bowl. To sit alone among that NFL list, is a testament to the wide raging impact M*A*S*H* had. I was fortunate enough to see the episodes when they first aired.
I watched and loved the show when it came out, and I watch it every time I can find reruns of it.
Watched the last episode when it originally aired. What a trip.
We had 2 tv's in our house in the 80's-the color one in the lounge room and a crappy tiny black and white one in a small bedroom. Every week night Mum and us kids would crowd into that small bedroom and watch MASH, while Dad sat alone watching Sale of The Century. Good times.
My # 1. It's amazing how many great characters left the show, in it's prime. Henry Blake and Frank Burns, were incredible...
I watched MASH when I was younger and now be older, I still watch Re-runs of MASH on TV
Serge, you right!
AWESOME!!!
We love it!!!
This series will never be matched
I absolutely adore and love this show. It is by far the best show ever made. It is my favourite
one of the best shows ever, I look forward to reruns.
Very cool! It's like watching Jacques Pepin cooking behind the scenes. Thank you for posting!
I've seen this episode 1000 times, so cool to see it from this angle
One of the best shows ever made. A reunion would be great but it would be sad without Col. Blake and Frank. They were the two funniest actors in the whole show.
Great show.My dad was a radio man in Korea as he and I watched every episode.Loretta was teary eyed as I.
This is the TV show that all other TV shows inspire to be.
THE smartest, funniest and most thought-provoking TV comedy every made!!
It is so much more than a tv show, it was our childhood for many of us.
I met Margaret Houlihan , Pat St. John And Mrs. Bertinelli on the same day because my father was their Vet.
-"everyone cover ur eyes!"
-"her favourite BOOTS, gutter brain!" (Margaret)
LOL 😂
Such a great show, I still watch it today.
I watch Mash today also it is a good classic show.
God I do love M.A.S.H. I am fixin to watch every season.
I´m thinking that Mash its the best tv comedy ever aired on tv. Its was like two years ago i started watching Mash reruns on swedish tv and i fell in love with the show so i recently bougth the dvd box and i took me like 3 weeks to watch it from the very beginning to the end. My favourite caracter on the show is Hawkeye/BJ and Dr Sidney Freedman! And Wayne Rogers may you rest in peace.
second best tv comedy carol burnett holds number one .. mash does hold the best tv drama comedy show title though
It turns out that Loretta the actress personally pushed to get her character more well rounded in the later shows, a very smart choice.
actually she had worked on it for 3/4 of the series but I know what you mean--the Margaret at end is unrecognizable from Hot Lips at beginning
I used to watch MASH religiously with my Mum and now thanks to the complete DVD collection we are watching it again. Brilliant, it just doesn't get any better than this.
IF the kids of today would take the time to watch some of MASH they would realize just how much TV sucks these days. Such a great show, a great cast and crew. Thanks for the smiles and laughs guys.
Excellent ! This is like a short documentary / docu - drama (?).
The actors seem more human during rehearsal, working to put a finish on the " product ".
I was a kid when this show ended and didn't understand the adult content but laughed at the pratfall humor, but now as an adult who served in the military I laugh even more no matter how small the nuances within the show.
Sometimes military life can be a little harsh but thats the life we signed up to do.
This is the greatest show to ever air even with some of the anti-military propaganda.
corporal klinger was the best
I remember the last episode as i was actually off from one of my jobs that evening!! Watched this with one of my sisters and cried at the end❤❤❤