The Only Co-Star Who Truly Hated Alan Alda on M*A*S*H
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- One of the most popular and successful American TV shows of all time is M*A*S*H. Among the cast members who became a star thanks to the show was Alan Alda, who played what became the lead role of “Hawkeye” Pierce. Alan Alda is also, without a doubt, one of the most respected actors in show business as well as one of the best-liked personalities. But not everyone liked working with Alan Alda on the set of M*A*S*H.
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00:00 - Intro
00:29 - Gary Burghoff
02:25 - Mike Farrell
04:00 - Wayne Rogers
05:51 - Larry Linville
07:22 - Outro
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Actor Gary Burghoff left the show after 7 seasons. While this wasn’t said out loud, it was later revealed that many of the cast members had difficulty working with him. He particularly had a difficult relationship with Alan Alda. But he also grew tired of the show and wanted to move on to other things and wanted to focus more on his personal life.
Mike Farrell and Alan Alda were great friends but also had a friendly rivalry. At times, their friendly rivalry was able to translate on-screen and this made things interesting for their characters’ dynamic relationship. But there were times when they also had creative differences as Alan Alda was later heavily involved behind the scenes for the show.
Wayne Rogers was given a heartfelt sendoff when he passed away from Alan Alda. But the two of them had their issues as Wayne Rogers felt that his co-star got more attention at the expense of the other cast members.
As one can see, there were many behind-the-scenes issues that one wonders how the show managed to carry on for so long. Larry Linville, for example, had a reputation for being difficult to work with and this caused many issues for his co-stars and even won him the ire of fans.
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M.A.S.H. yes; Alan Alda no. My favorite character was Winchester.
One of my favorite shows is when Trapper John gets a new suit and the stripes go the wrong way. While everyone in the tent laugh he thought he looked cool. He was sharp
Just a word of note Parnell Roberts played on Bonanza
I love Alan Alda, him and Loretta Switt are my two all time favorites on MASH.
Never cared to watch Alda in anything
I remember reading an interview with Larry Linville about how he created the character of Frank. He said he gathered all the lousy traits he could think of from people he had known and put ALL of them into the character of Frank Burns. Wonderful character building. And it takes guts to play the annoying and hated character.
I loved Larry Linville as Major Frank Burns!! The poor man never lived down that "Ferret-face" insult!!! A shame!!!
Frank was the guy you wanted to play jokes on, or have the jokers in the camp do it for you! Be like Larry, not like Frank.
Just like Sheldon Cooper in The Big bang theory.
Nothing will ever top the home video of his wedding, when his wife makes him get out of the drivers seat!😂
He still took the eye from GOOD OL' HAWK & so, he had to go. At least he wasn't written out between seasons.
Just a word of note, Wayne Rogers DID NOT play Trapper on the spin off "Trapper John MD". That was the late- great Pernell Roberts.
And he never “briefly came back later for a few episodes”.
Maybe Hawkeye kept a picture of him in the Swamp?
@@wayner651 They did show him in the war correspondents flash back show with Clete Roberts.but still not a "return"
And Pernell Roberts was on Bonanza
Wayne Rogers played on a show called House Calls with Lynn Redgrave
My favorite line from show is when Burns says "Why does everyone take an immediate disliking to me?" Trapper replies "saves Time Frank"
I am sorry to see that David Ogden Stiers was not mentioned. He was outstanding in the show and portrayed very well a character so different from himself.
Yeah why wasn’t he mentioned.
I loved the character development of Charles Emerson Winchester. At first he was a pompous ass but became "one of the guys" even playing practical jokes. I hope that David Ogden Stiers had a blast portraying Winchester.
As much as I disliked the character David depicted, I certainly admired his performances. We were meant to "dislike" David's character, and thus his addition to the series was a successful casting!
Yeah, he played a straight guy in the show. In real life he was a pole smoker.
I studided mr stiers and he was a good actor i was shocked to find out he was gay i would have never expected that but he really dud a good job after frank left the show he was a great fit
If you think Wayne Rogers came back to do guest spots in MASH and that he played the part of Trapper John in the spin off then how can we trust you are right when you say Gary didn't like Alan?
Exactly-he cannot get the simple things right.
Quite right.
AMEN. I've figured-out that HE knows the truth, as it is readily available (makes awful mistakes on other shows/stars). He is doing this to garner input, and to keep his reviews alive. Pernell Roberts did TJMD for 8 years, ya gotta be a total moron to miss that. Beyond this, Gary did several reunion shows w Alan, even joking w him. CRAP piece.
@@Forensource There are things wrong in his commentaries on other popular shows. Of course, true fans of these shows are going to know better. If you weren't around in that era, do some research.
@@RichPaschall I was around and did watch it, Sluggo.
Gary was self-absorbed. I met him several times. He dated the wrong women, over estimated his value, and walked with a chip on his shoulder. Alda was not his problem. He was his own problem.
Col. Potter - the father figure, Klinger - the guy who would give you the shirt off his back, Burns - the guy you loved to hate, and Winchester - the stuffed shirt that would occasionally show his human side. These were my favorites. Great supporting cast. Even Margaret had an arc where you got to see her change/grow from the start to the end of the show. Great casting all around.
Klinger might give you the bra/ blouse off his back.
@@scottliberati5137 well done sir!
I really enjoyed the episodes where Charles showed his human side.
The first three or four seasons of MASH with the original cast were my favorites.
I loved Larry Linville's role. He was a classic jerk playing against Alda's role.
I had read some time ago that one of the reasons that Rogers left was that when he was hired he was told that he and Alda had equal billing. As the show progressed he realized that he played second fiddle to Alda.
Yes, I read a long time agio that Wayne Rigers felt he was there to mix Hawkeye's drinks.
They were my favorites too . Larry Linville did justice to his role
@@barbaraallen435 His character was so indeliable as a weak weasel that reruns of Mannix where he played a hard nosed police lieutenant (recurring character but not a regular) seems so out of place.
@@tombucsfan666 I haven't seen that show ,it wasn't shown here in the UK . I shall see if I can find it on u tube .
The Trapper John and Henry Blake characters were never fully developed by the writers.
A few years ago I wrote to the cast of M*A*S*H and requested autographs for my fiancee!
Wayne Rogers was the first to respond in 2015 with an autographed photo addressed personally to her! Little did we know that at the time he was terminally ill and sadly passed away later that year!
Mike Farrell also sent a personalized autographed photo to her as well!
Alan Alda responded two years later after I sent 3 separate letters!
Gary Burgoff I wasn't so lucky on!
All the letters I sent came back stamped "Return To Sender"
Sadly David Ogden Stires passed away before he could respond!
But the three she received are ones she treasures with all her heart!
It was so kind of them to take time out of their busy schedules to answer!
Especially Wayne Rogers being that he was so ill! But from what we've heard, he made his last couple years a goal to answer as much fan mail as he could!
Gary Burgoff was NOT a nice person. He was a good actor tho bcz he seemed like a good soul on the show. But he reputedly was hateful & stuck up.
I' m not surprised . Wayne Rogers and McLean Stevenson were the best actors on the program (I also liked the guy playing Col. Flagg !) . After Rogers and Stevenson left, it became the Alan Alda Show , complete with increasingly liberal political themes . The movie was a masterpiece ...in a league far above the program . The movie's casting was perfect !
Liberal, was it? I thought the creation, and the development of Houlihan -- how she was regarded and treated by the other, ostensibly much hipper, characters was debasing.I hated that aspect of the movie.
@@emmalancaster2013 Well, we can see where that got him, ha!
I'd assume that most popular celebs would have a staff to take care of those things. IN the old Hollywood days, the studio did that service.
I doubt that the stars even saw your request except maybe a very few like Wayne.
For me it was John Patrick Francis Mulcahy . In the " heavier episodes, he had lines, that he delivered so well,that you couldn't believe it was Fr. Mulcahy delivering the line. I also had a Chaplain in the military that helped me get through difficult times. When I received my Honorable Discharge, I went to school to Chaplaincy School, so I could helpothers in difficult situations. William Christopher portrayed a Chaplain very well ..
when I was in my doctoral program, we had to introduce ourselves the first day. One man, Father Frank Toste said he was Bill Christopher' advisor and told us funny stories from behind the scenes. Farnk said his dad visited the set and told everyone that Harry Morgan was a great actor. Harry replied, " You better listen to Father Toste's father!
I remember HARRY MORGAN from the very early days of tv like SEPTEMBER BRIDE and DRAGNET. He also played GLENN MILLER's piano player CHUMMY MCGREGOR in the GLENN MILLER STORY. He IS a great actor and lots of experience.
@@garycalvin1178 he was also in a ton of westerns - his relationship with his horse Sophie was completely natural for him. He was a perfect addition to the show!
I liked him to.
One of the many ways in which the TV series watered down the great movie version by Robert Altman was making the chaplain a character taken seriously by the other characters. In the movie, Mulcahy was a useless boob. Considering how cynical everyone was at this frontline hospital, it was not surprising that the well-educated doctors would dismiss the religious nut. But TV inevitably seeks the lowest common denominator, so no denigrating superstition!
Also, Trapper John was supposed to be an equal to Hawkeye, the two best surgeons at this MASH unit. Alda started to take over the show fairly early on in its long run, so Wayne left, Larry left, Gary left. Trapper’s replacement was a teetotaling christian wimp, Henry with an old-school asshat & Gary with the ridiculous Klinger. The first year of the series was the best year, when there was some commitment to both the great movie & the very funny original novel.
It was during MASH, that I fell in love (non-romantically) with Larry Linville as an actor. It takes a tremendous depth of talent to portray all of those different characters that he played -- all rolled into one, as Frank Burns! Very impressive acting!!
He WAS a good actor, with an unbelievable range. He impressed me when I saw him in another role in which he sounded and even looked entirely different. I realize that's what actors do, but man, he was really good at it.
There wouldn't been a Haweye Pierce without Frank Burns
He still eats worms though...
@@mis4nthr0p3 Actually, I believe the worms are now eating HIM!! 🤐
David Schwimmer in Band of Brothers another brilliant actor who can do comedy and serious including characters we're supposed to dislike
The episode that stands out for me is the one where Colonel Blake is finally going to be sent home. We see him fly away in the helicopter and think, "Well, someone is getting his happy ending." Only to have our hearts broken when word comes during OR duty that Blake's chopper crashed and he was killed. That was just devastating.
Was written on purpose out of spite for leaving to do Hello Larry......so he could never come back😮
That episode scarred me. I loved Henry, he reminded me of my dad.
@@whiskeywhiskeyromeo3730 I didn't know that. That's a real shame. Henry Blake was one of the more lovable characters on the show. He always had his heart in the right place and did his best to hold things together,
@@suzzannegabel1636 yep evil Hollywood...Hello Larry flopped and he kinda never rebounded.....shame, I loved the original cast and non drama filled story lines
Yes. Still a heartbreaking scene. After all these years.
I didn’t know Gary disliked Alan Alda. My favorite Characters were Trapper John and Colonel Henry Blake. The Entire Cast were gifted Actors! I interviewed for Radar’s Part and obviously didn’t get it. I was Drafted into the army shortly thereafter. I became Radar’s character in real life…I was a Company Clerk! 😂God has a sense of humor!
@@ShannonFreng Absolutely! 😊💯 There we’re indeed!
Usually, the funny guy is easy to like but I had a problem with ALAN, he probably was a really nice guy in real life but I started to have different thoughts about that. Something about him!
@@ShannonFreng there are so many! The Captain,Lieutenant, and First Sergeant depend on the Company Clerk to know things they don’t like all the Army Regulations. I’m a type A and like to do everything well. That gave me an advantage about not doing things I didn’t want to do. In time…they cut me a lot of slack. An example, the day I arrived I was fresh out of training, and 3 Lieutenants we’re fighting to get me because Company Clerks were hard to come by. I immediately recognized I was a commodity, so when I walked in to meet the Captain, he was overjoyed to meet me and shook my hand and thanked me for coming!!! Lol like I had a choice…so I said “Sir, don’t thank me, Promote me!” He turned to the Sergeant and ordered him to type up my promotion papers. He told me he could take it away as fast as he gave it, and I told him “Sir, I won’t let you down.” So now I’m an E-3 in rank. Private First Class. Now there’s an Army regulation that you cannot be promoted to E-4 until you’ve been in the Army for 365 days. So, on my 366th day, I typed up my Promotion and put In between a bunch of other paperwork the Captain had to sign. Well…I heard him yell my last name and to report to him immediately! He said, “what the hell us this Murphy? You think you deserve a promotion?” I’m standing at attention and said, “Sir Yes Sir!” He shook his head and said laughing…oh all right and signed it! 😁
Man plans; God laughs!
I loved M*A*S*H. My favorite character was Col. Potter. He was like a father figure. And his remarks such as "horse hockey" were priceless.
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He played two characters in it if I remember rightly
@@DropdudeJohn You are right. Before Harry Morgan landed the role of everyone's beloved colonel he had a guest appearance as the truly bonkers General Steel. I have no idea if one role led to the other, but it's a fun bit of trivia.
Christ your joking aren't you, boring as f.... Nothing on Henry Blake
@@FactsVerse I personally love the Five O'clock Charlie episode.
My favorite character is Trapper John. I met Wayne Rogers and he was very nice funny man. I loved him in Murder She Wrote. He was a very talented man but more important a very nice human being. God Bless His Soul!
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I think Charles was the only character that was allowed to grow. The rest were stuck in a groove. Underneath he had heart, warmth, under that Boston facade.
Yes,there were several scenes where Charles was portrayed as a thoughtful,decent guy. The Christmas episode where he bought the orphans candy was one. It was recently shown on ME TV.
A diamond in the rough, he wanted to be one of the boys but that BOSTON upbringing fought him along the way, he played that so well.
Hawkeye and Margaret Hoolihan grew as well.
Colonel Flagg was the best! Not enough episodes with him in it!
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I totally agree. I loved Colonel Flagg.
My daughter would agree. She thought Flagg was hilarious. Some of the stuff he said was priceless!
I could never get enough of Col Flagg. Every time he came on, I lit up. His character was hilarious. "I am the wind" lol lol
@@MaryMartinez-db3hm I think the wind just broke its leg. 🤣
Absolutely loved every episode and every character! M*A*S*H* is just perfect! I still remember feeling choked up when they announced the death of Col. Blake (Which apparently was kept from the rest of the cast until filming to get a proper shocked reaction from everyone) and the final episode? Well that was a magnificent ending to the greatest series of all time (By the way, I got choked up watching that as well!)
It WAS PERFECT!
I can still recall that feeling when we lost Henry and Trapper at the end of season three. How many shows could've survived the loss of its two favourite characters ? But somehow Mash did, and that final episode was another gut-wrenching goodbye to characters and a show that is still greatly loved.
I found the first 3 series of MASH superb. But when Trapper and Henry left it went downhill. The utterly appalling BJ Hunnicutt played by Mike Farrell was the worst. He was absolute saccharin PC garbage. And Jamie Farr playing the one joke cross-dressing Klinger, used repeatedly later in the series as they ran out of ideas. Hawkeye, Trapper, Hotlips, Frank, Henry and Radar. They were brilliant early on in the early series. Possibly with the wonderful Frank Burns almost stealing the show. And the wisecracking dialogue between Hawkeye and Trapper.
My most memorable line was when Henry had had a brief fling and felt guilty about it. He confessed it in a letter to his wife and to his great delight she forgave him. He was reading her letter to Hawkeye and Trapper walking behind them in the camp. Reading from the letter his wife says, (roughly, from my memory) "Henry, I understand the pressures you're under over there, living like animals in tents ..." Hawkeye replies, " I didn't know animals lived in tents?" One of the great comedy lines to me.
It was a strong reminder that war takes great people away from us. What a tearful episode! Radar breaking the news to the staff was one of the saddest moments in TV episode history.
WHY are they so memorable? BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T ALL FOCUSED ON WHAT 'GOOD OL' HAWK' DID TO THAT SHOW: Gone were the skirt chasing Buddies & in came dry, wife 'n kids guy. Gone was the incompetent & funny Spouse cheater & the dynamic w/'Hotlips' & Cool Col Blake who'd let them get away w/the funny Buddies stuff & in came an over the hill actor wagging a finger at Hawk. What's left to laugh at?
Larry Linville was the best actor on that show by far. He always portrayed the bumbling idiot and Alan Alda and his cohorts were always the neverending hero's. Few(if any) actors could have pulled off the character of Frank Burns as well as Linville did. He was never really given the proper credit he deserved for making that show the huge success it was
Disagree. Linville was the best actor on set until Morgan came in as Colonel Potter. Morgan set his own standard, later remarked by Jamie Farr, who considered him his acting mentor. Sofar I didn't read about a castmember choosing Linville as mentor.
It's my understanding that, aside from Gary Burghoff, Larry Linville was the only actor who left the show that didn't regret it. (The truth might be much murkier than this, but…) He'd taken Frank as far as he could go and knew it was time to move on.
Yeah Frank was great very funny man him and the cia bloke Flagg great characters
Oh I so agree, I sure missed Frank!
He was also perhaps THE most difficult actor on the set, as he was also a raging alcoholic.
Also, FYI Wayne Rogers NEVER reprised his role as Trapper in ANY later episodes.
Well, you know how it is. Some people just love to make things up.
Wayne Rogers was not in Trapper John, MD, either.
Yeah Pernell Roberts ( Adam Cartwright on Bonanza) played Trapper John MD, Wayne Rogers later played a doctor again on House Calls which was a hit until they fired Lynn Redgrave (for breast feeding her baby on the set), Wayne also played Tony Nelson on I Dream of Jeannie 15 years later bc Larry Hagman didn't want to do it again.
In the Season 4 episode Welcome To Korea, Hawkeye learns that Trapper got his discharge papers while he (Hawkeye) was on R&R. Hawkeye along with Radar tried to catch Trapper before he left but unfortunately missed him by ten minutes.
Yeah I was like wait what? He never came back lmao
Looking back on the show ... the Frank Burns character was so awesome ! I loved hating that guy ... and then sometimes would even feel sorry for him . Quite a talented actor - RIP Larry Linville
You are so right. After Larry left the show wasn’t the same. Come to think of it Larry and/or Loretta Swit were indispensable characters. You could never lose them both and one was bad enough.
I agree. Just when I would want to pity him for some of the tricks played on him he would do something that would change my mind.
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Not only that but Larry was quite intelligent I read that he was an Aeronautical Engineer (not just an actor).
@@richardlewis4288 Hot Lips and Ferret Face were quite an interesting power couple
I met Alan Alda a few years ago. He was so nice. Great to have seen him. Talked to him. Great actor.
Alan Alda also had played in several other really good movies like in BRIDGE OF SPIES the role of the boss of the Insurance Company.
Actually met Larry. He came to speak at our college. Nothing like the Burns character- as pleasant and charming as can be. Can’t say the same for some of the students in the audience
You silly goose!
What collage did you attend?
@@darrenshearer6779 Macalester College, St Paul, MN
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I've read more than once that Larry Linville was,in fact,very well liked by his fellow cast members. So it's not surprising to learn that he was a nice guy.
That just shows what great actors Alan Alda and Gary Burgough are. I don't know that many viewers, including myself, would have guessed they didn't get along. For them to make their characters look like they have good chemistry when they themselves didn't is an amazing talent.
Very perceptive observation! So true.
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I wouldn't have guessed, their chemistry was amazing
Great show. Overdosed on it years ago when a stupid roommate insisted on watching the show 12 hours a day. The upside is that I now have practically the entire run of the show memorized. Not a bad deal considering it was some of the best TV writing ever done.
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@@FactsVerse S08E11 "Life Time."
Larry Linville was one of my favorite characters. I hated to see him leave, but David Ogden Stiers done a magnificent job of filling that void. The casting for M*A*S*H was incredible!
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Larry left because Frank Burns was never allowed to evolve unlike the others.
Linville way better.
Larry was the best. I think the funniest line from the whole series comes from him. When Margaret makes Hawkeye throw him a surprise party and she says to him "Frank they love you" He replies "It was their hatred that fooled me" Sheer genius line!
When I was a kid. My dad and I watch this show together. It brings back I memories of him. I still watch it today.
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My dad and I also watched the show together. Good times!
A TV show that had so many great characters and actors. My heart belongs to Trapper John ❤❤❤
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@@FactsVerse When Henry Blake gets killed.
It's a testament to the talent on the show that apparently Larry Linville was in reality one of the nicest people in real life, and that Radar looked up to Hawkeye as part older brother, part idol, Hawkeye looked at Radar as part little brother and part adopted stray puppy and both made you think the actors felt as close as their characters.
Radar was supposed to be a teenager, or very close to it. I never could buy into that. He looked too old. And his deformed left hand that they always had to hide added another air of unreality. But I still liked him better than Klinger. Even as a little kid, I just couldn't respect a guy who disrespected the Army so much as to wear dresses. Guess growing up with a very decorated officer daddy had something to do with that, lol.
@@s.c.7362 Gary Burghoff was 27 when they made the MASH movie, and 36 when he left the show. I never saw him as a teenager, a guy in his early 20s maybe at best.
Nah Klinger didn't do it out of disrespect, he just wanted to go home. When Radar left and Klinger realised he wouldn't go home, he took over Radar's role as the very loyal clerk of the regiment.
At the end of the day, Linville said the further development of Margaret left little else for the Frank Burns character. Alda also said the character was being written as more and more mentally unstable and, after awhile, it wasn't funny anymore mocking someone "literally crazy"
War can do that like killing off Colonel Blake.
Ironic, that how Hawkeye's character ended in the finale.
For a show to last eleven seasons shows that it has the rare gift of resonating with viewers, even with significant cast changes throughout. The ensemble cast was able to collaborate even if personal differences existed, and there was enough variety in the storylines to hold the viewers' interest. The show was still on top when it ended in the two-hour finale.
I agree, but I thought the last 2 seasons were terrible.
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As a WW2 & Korean War veteran, my paternal grandfather loved M*A*S*H* & was greatly dismayed when it was cancelled. I upset him when I told him, as a teenager, that I couldn't care less about whether it went or stayed on the air, but what do kids know? How I wish that Grandpa was still around these days to ask questions about his 23 years of military service! He rarely spoke about that time in his life, but he must have found much that was similar to that time in M*A*S*H*.
Trapper John MD was played by Pernell Roberts from Bonanza. Rogers played DR. Charley Michaels on House Calls for 3 seasons
I remember House Calls was a hit until they fired Lynn Redgrave for breast feeding her baby on the set, I watched it even after that (they replaced her with Sharon Gless) but the ratings dropped and it was cancelled, Wayne also played Tony Nelson on I Dream of Jeannie 15 years later bc Larry Hagman didn't want to do it (he was doing Dallas and also he didn't like his time on I Dream of Jeannie).
@@sherri419 : if Larry Hagman was doing Dallas at the time, he wouldn’t have the time to do any other show. He was the star!
Even if he wasn't doing Dallas everybody says he wasn't happy when he was doing I Dream of Jeannie maybe he felt Barbara Eden was the star of the show not him?, he was much happier doing Dallas bc he was definitely the star of that show.
@@sherri419 : that makes sense. I doubt, though, that he would take a break from Dallas to do a little tv movie anyway.
Why did he not play his MASH role? I liked PERNELL in darker stuff - whereas Wayne was great for comedy.
Frank's laugh was a little girl laugh, not a goose honking -- that might be Felix Unger's nasal condition.
I am a fan of M*A*S*H just like I am a fan of Alan Alda. I am a fan of all the actors of the show; they were what made the show so remarkable. I still watch the reruns on MeTV and enjoy each one of them. Brings me back to my childhood when it was "tradition" to watch it every week in my family.
We also usually watch MASH on MeTV as many days as my schedule will permit. I loved all the characters, in their good and bad, and just about all the episodes ( few notables excepted - the dream sequence one particularly). During college - MASH was on 2-3 times /day and was was frequently watched. The series closer was a real heartbreaker, and is not shown very often, compared to the others.
The two actors I think were the most memorable were McLean Stevenson and Harry Morgan. Harry did a hell of a job filling in, and added so much to the show. I still remember them drinking a salute to his former and present friends.
Harry Morgan was without a doubt my favorite in the whole series. But even Col Potter devolved into a caricature by the series's dismal end.
McLean Stevenson and Harry Morgan appeared together in a 1978 Disney film called, the cat from outer space. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
@@harperstacey9604 Now that's some Grade A trivia if I've ever seen it! 👌
@@BigBri550 thank you. Also Jamie farr, who played Klinger and William Christopher, who played father mulcahy, appeared together in the 1968 Doris Day film, with six, you will get an egg roll. They both played hippies. Thank you for responding to my comment. From Ms. Harper Stacey 💜.
@Harper Stacey Another good one!
If memory serves me correctly, Jamie Farr and Wm Chistopher also did a run in a live production of The Odd Couple. Do you have any info to verify that one?
Of course I became a lifelong fan of every MASH character and actor. But it was Larry's Frank and David's Charles that gave me the most laughs, esp when featured in an episode. RIP, guys.
The actor who played Charles is dead ??? I didn't know this,so sad.I knew of Larry Linvilles passing tho.
@@powerbadpowerbad Sadly, David passed three years ago this month. They were sweet guys, and both gone too soon.
@@johncmitchell4941 I really loved the character David played on an episode STTNG
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Both actors played their characters fantastically though Charles was better utililized as the show went from a comedy with dramatic touches to a drama with comedic tones. He was still rather pompous but he had a sympathetic side to him and he knew how to dish out pranks and insults back. Charles earned a degree of respect Frank never got from Hawkeye.
I just miss all of these actors.
The writing and characters, with the chemistry of the people they'd chosen for us, was amazing to watch, and wait for ever week.
I hope whom ever is left from those sets are doing well today.
And, thank you for your part in the making of a show that was worth the time, to share among our families/families of friends.
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Thank you for posting, that does explain some of the contempt you catch, briefly, throughout the series. Great presentation ("
The Trapper J.horizontal pin-stipe suit by camp Korean tailor was memorably funny, looking for clip now
I heard years back that it was Colonel Potter that was not too fond of Radar in real life. I loved this show, one of the best ever shown on the tube. My favorite was LtCol Henry Blake played by McLean Stevenson and lost interest in watching the show when they killed him in a plane crash. I thought Larry Linville did a masterful job of playing Major Burns, the officer we loved to hate and he reminded me of way too many officers in the military. All in all, one of my top ten all time shows.
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I liked Frank and Larry Linville was perfect for that role. As time went on, the writers went a little to far and made him out to be a total idiot. Then Charles came in and, after one season, became buddy buddy with everyone.
Not to be a nitpicker, but Col . Blake's plane didn't just crash, it was "shot down over the Sea of Japan", as I recall...
@@davidfinch7407 "...It spun in.....there were no survivors. " I cried too. McLean Stevenson was a riot. He was also funny as hell when he talked about his day on The Tonight Show. He also married one of the crew members on the show. After telling Johnny about the baby, his wife walked out and Mac held her on his lap for the rest of the interview.
@@davidpanetta6400 I really thought they were explicit that it got shot down. It's been a long time, it wouldn't be the first time my memory has failed me. Or maybe it's the Mandela effect. You know, I still remember the final episode. I was in college and went to my favorite bar (the long-gone "Improper" bar on Main Street in Kutztown); the entire bar watched it in near silence the whole time, sucking down beer and the free ring-bologna they kept at the bar. Good times...
Wayne Rodgers was not on the show Trapper John MD. Pernell Robert's played Trapper John.
It's hard for me to pick a favorite character because they're all very unique. Hawkeye's humor, Frank's cynicism, Radar's effectiveness, Clinger's insanity. They're all fantastic characters.
Klinger wasn't insane. That was the whole thing. He was gunning for a Section 8 but they all knew he was faking it. That's actually very cowardly and he wouldn't have ever gotten by in any real Army outfit. (I'm the daughter of an O5 and Viet Nam veteran. Needless to say, I was raised on this show, and we loved it, but it was VERY much not based on any amount of reality. That's what made it funny.)
Wayne Rodgers didn’t star in Trapper John MD so he didn’t have a great career, afterwards. But he did have bit parts on Murder She Wrote. What a honor. 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
yeah. that confused me too.
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Wayne Rogers was worth $75 million at the time of his death. He obviously did something right besides Murder She Wrote. It may not have been acting but he had a great career doing something to be worth that much money. Alan Alda is worth $50 million and Mike Farrell is worth 10 million. I’d say that Wayne Rogers must have done something right.
Pernell Roberts played Trapper John on what was more of a sequel to the MASH movie than MASH the TV show was…..
Wayne Rogers made a fortune as a financier and restaurant owner so money was no object for him
@@elizabeth500 It wasn’t personal, Lizzy Beth. I was just pointing out the obvious. Wayne Rogers was not a huge success after he left M*A*S*H* as this video made him out to be. He was my favorite character on the show, so please unwind your panties.
Wayne Rogers also said he left MASH because it was costing him money, he could make more money in the business worlds than working on Mash.
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I heard Wayne Rogers say he left mash because he didn't think the show was going to be on much longer. 4 or 5 seasons is typical for most sitcoms. Wayne also said when the show ran for as long as it did, he regretted leaving
@@FactsVerse Too many to narrow it down to one
@@thomasdonohue1833 I've heard that one too
It’s hard to choose a favorite character on Mash! Each one was unique and the actors portrayed them so perfectly. I think Radar and Klinger could be my favorites if I didn’t like Hawkeye or Winchester and so on. I liked them all so much!
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One of my all time favourite shows. I love the way Loretta Swit gradually turned Margaret from a somewhat one dimensional shrew into one of the greatest characters on the show. ❤Margaret❤
Actually I hated how sappy the show became in later years, especially Margaret. Different strokes 😂
I love Loretta swit
If you ever want to see Gary Burghoff outside of Mash, check out some of his appearances on the old Match Game show. Hes about as annoying as a person could be. As for Wayne Rogers...I get his point about being a sidekick. Even at that point, Alda would get most of the dialogue and Rogers would get a line or two. Id be annoyed too
Trapper John h had the best facial expressions of anyone on the show. His looks during the ‘Liver/Fish’ scene is worth watching again and again. Classic.
I’ve eaten a river of liver and an ocean of fish…lol
@@dominicklicciardi Classic!!!
I am glad so many people enjoyed the TV series. I am a HUGE fan of the movie and was spoiled by it and, while I watched the TV series on and off, I could never fully get over the differences how characters differed from the movie and felt I was being lectured to, especially by Alan Alda. Still, the success and influence of the series cannot be denied.
Just stick to Seasons 1-3. No lectures- just pure comedy. The show becomes a completely different show in Season 4-11.
Seasons 1-3 are the only ones to watch
I agree! Never took to the TV show, because for me Hawkeye and Trapper were ALWAYS Donald Sutherland and Elliot Gould! And the Robert Altman film remains fabulous - as do their performances!
Mash will remain one of my favorites for its originality. It wasn't until I watched the movie that a lot of the TV series made sense--particularly Hot Lips.
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@Facts Verse it has been more than a decade since I watched it. I can't think of a particular episode, but I can think of certain scenes that always made it funny. Radar is funny in how he always foresees what Hunnicutt is about to order. Of course, the episode when Hotlips gets her name. There are so many clips to remember.
Max Klinger was my favorite along with colonel Potter.
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For me it is impossible to pick a favorite character. They were all great! However, I loved the evolution of Margaret. The contributing events (nowhere relationship followed by a faithless marriage) could have embittered her but instead she became delightfully human!
As an Army veteran I saw a lot of reality in the cast and goings on of the show, and my fave was Loretta Swit.
Absolutely the best series in TV EVER.
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Wayne Rogers was NOT in Trapper John MD.... Pernell Roberts played the title role in that show.
Briliant show all round. A friend of mine served as a doctor in Afghanistan several times (one quarter of each year). For his birthday, I wanted to send him the complete MASH collection. But then I decided that that might not be quite proper, especially as much of what he experienced there was like the show in different ways, and not necessarily in good ways or something to laugh about at that time. I must say that I found a lot of things I experienced in the military myself in that show. The way the characters are portrayed, I must say I questioned my own attitude towards some of my officers and comrades and my service. Hawkeye may in some ways be admirable, but in others he also is a pretty holier-than-thou hypocrite and pain in the a**. In a real army, his attitude would be the straight way to Bedlam.
I loved that show, in first run and forever reruns. So many strong actors, with big characters to play. Yes, there will be friction between these strong personalities. But they made it work beautifully.
I love M*A*S*H and have probably seen every episode from the pilot where they raffled off Lt Dish and a weekend in Tokyo to the Farewell episode. I have to say that although the entire series was a classic, my favorites were Seasons 1, 2, and 3. The following seasons could never come close to the chemistry of the original cast and my heart belonged to Trapper John from the beginning. ❤
I agree. The first few seasons were just hilarious. The newer seasons were ok but they became a little drama filled. I think that was because of Alan.
When I was in the army,I was most like Trapper John. LOL.I hope that's a good thing,because I hated every minute,every week,month and all 7 yrs I was in the army. LOL.
The real Benjamin Hawkeye Pierce was based on real life Army surgeon H Richard Hornberger. Hornberger came to hate the show. He felt that Alan Alda trampled his memories of his time in the Korean War and that Alda took off with his own liberal values because Hooker was a strong political conservative.
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@@ShannonFreng Totally agree!
Loved the show, it was one of a kind and the actors were fantastic, no matter who came or went, it was always admirable to see that most of the cast got along with each other.
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I grew up watching MASH and I loved it! I don't have a favorite character as I liked all of them for different things. I didn't know about the rivalries or who was hard to work with and who wasn't, but I really appreciated the character development that they put into the characters. I did like that Gary Burghoff played the drums, both on the show and in real life. I guess I could identify with Radar more than the other characters because I am short, quirky and play drums as well. Thanks for the great video and trip down memory lane.
All the characters were either very good, awesome or even exceptional. Every character improves the show in some way or another, my favourites( in order) were Hawkeye, Winchester, burns, trapper, Col Potter, BJ, Radar, Father M, Clinger, and hot lips.
I put Hawkeye first because he was glue that tied the shows characters together and it wouldn’t be mash without him.
Definite fan of mash …and Trapper John and hawk eye together were my favorites
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This was really interesting, but I wish you had made a little room to discuss Loretta Switt.
Gary (Radar), came immediately to mind, very different personalities, Alan always so intense on and I would guess off camera, Gary, more cautious and reserved. Have to say I loved everyone in the cast, they were perfection. Thank you for sharing, one of the best series ever!
I loved the early years with McClean Steven's and Wayne Rogers and Frank Burns. After that it was the Alan Alda show and I quit watching.
You and me both, Alan Alda hogged the series, it became preachy and Hawkeye was so obnoxious he made me sympathize with Frank Burns. I can only watch the first three seasons also. Alda's big movie career never panned out.
Fav. character for me, Frank Burns by far. His leaving the show was the greatest loss for me!
Who is doing the research for this channel? Wayne Rogers did NOT reprise his role in Trapper John, MD and he did NOT come back later for a few episodes of MASH. Is "Facts Verse" supposed to be an ironic name for the channel?
poor baby Gary Burgough, the hollywood life was too hard for him, how about working 40 years in a factory like my father did
This is my favorite show of all time. My favorite character is Trapper, although the Frank Burns character is just one you love to hate. My dad had the good fortune to meet McLean Stevenson when he worked for Piedmont Airlines and McLean did the commercials. He said he was very cordial and willing to talk quite a bit about the show. He said in later years he wondered if leaving the show was a good thing after all. At the company picnic my dad told him I was a huge fan and he got an autograph on a paper plate for me. Dad also met Gary Burghoff at an airline party with BF Goodrich, which had a MASH theme. He said he was nice and gave him an autograph for me. My favorite episodes were Crisis, Private Charles Lamb, and The Incubator.
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The Incubator has my favorite "military" joke in it. The US military (especially the Navy, but all branches) loves "portmanteau" words: words that abbreviate phrases using syllables instead of initial letters. "COMSURFLANT" for Commander, Surface Fleet, Atlantic for example.
So after Hawkeye and Trapper confront a general over the Incubator and they are back at camp with Henry reading about the incident, Henry says "Did you really call a 2 star general a NINCOMPAC?"
Well, I laughed...
@@evilpenguinmas Yes, that line was great. My daughter and I love when he asked if they really said give me an incubator or give me death. It resonates with me because I work with poultry and we have incubators for hatching our eggs. They are really old and frustrating, so I've often wanted to use that line to our supervisors. If they don't know the show, they wouldn't get it though.
Alan Alda was making mash all about him, hence him being called Hawkeye, reason Wayne left Alda was getting more air time then others Alda was writing it that way
He only wrote 19 out of 251 episodes
You got that right! I don't even care to watch the latter episodes because Alda took over the lions share of the show.
I agree with Charles Clager, as far as the characters of Hawkeye & Trapper. I saw the movie "M.A.S.H." & Trapper John was the chief surgeon. I heard that Alan Alda wanted the name of Hawkeye & to become chief surgeon. As much as I love the show (I have the full series & movie), what I didn't like was that it became the Hawkeye show & the M.A.S.H part was just there. Everything was done to Hawkeye, he kissed all the nurses, went to the field hospitals, holes in his boots, etc. My favorite character of all the shows was Klinger (Jamie Farr). Every time I see him, even now makes me laugh. My other favorite is Col Blake.
I'm with Bughoff here. Professor John Gordon put it a little bit like this in 1982: "Why, despite a lifetime of trying to avoid learning such things, do I know that the estimable actor Alan Alda has never cheated on his wife? Marital fidelity may be a fine thing, but advertising it is an entirely different matter."
Larry Linville was a fantastic actor, the character he played made you love to hate him. When he left, the show lost a great character, MASH was at its best and funniest thanks to Linville’s ability and at the expense of Frank Burns. I have difficulty believing Gary Burgoff disliked Alan Alda.
For sure, but the writing was making him too goofy and though it was in the Korean War which can do strange things to folks, it was essentially a comedy people wanted to watch and laugh and it just so happened to be set-in war-torn Korea. Lighten up, writers, it wasn't about war or how great the doctors were but how folks can use humor to defuse otherwise bad situations. If they took it too seriously they would all go bonkers. Humor is the best medicine.
So many great characters, but my fave was Radar. I met Gary Burghoff when I was 11 years old and he was very nice, and that must have been around the time he left the show. My aunt's boyfriend had a small part in an episode and took me to the set (where I met Burghoff). The boyfriend was in the running to join the cast as a new character replacing Radar, but the show runners increased Klinger's part (and others?) instead. Acting is a tough business.
From across the pond...so blooming old...can't tell folk how much I loved the show and the repeats I have watched . Klinger and Charles ... just my all time favourites !
I am awestruck that Gary Burgoff and Alan Alda didn't get along. I guess we only knew Gary Burgoff as Radar, and not the real person tho. Rip Radar
Larry Linville was the unsung hero for this series..
I've watched Mash over and over and over again, its always great, I'm still watching it on TV.
Major Burns was the icing on the cake, best show ever
The writers gave Hawkeye the funniest lines and I thought Alda delivered them to a tee. The Season 6 episode called “Images” was one of the saddest in my opinion. A dog Margaret had befriended was killed by a jeep causing her to be overcome with grief. The dog came into her life at a time when she felt especially lonely, unappreciated and stressed out. Consequently when the dog seemed to be her only friend, she was shattered when hearing of its demise.
M A S H and Hill Street Blues were my favorite US shows ,here in the UK
Both were excellent! Superbly written. Hard to find scripts of that quality anymore!
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@@FactsVerse lol where live its raining quite normal . Thank you for the post ,what about doing one on Hill Street Blues .
I was surprised to not hear Jamie Farr among the cast members that Loretta Switt is friends with. At a recent FanX she shared that not only are they friends, but Jamie would call and visit her mom before her mom’s passing. Apparently he lived closer to where her mom was staying too.
Wayne Rogers didn't come back to M*A*S*H for a few episodes. Once he left, he was gone forever. Also, Wayne didn't play Trapper John in Trapper John MD. He was played by Purnell Roberts.
Been watching the show since '74. Love every episode...my fav char varies as the years go by.
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@@FactsVerse Maybe when Col Potter's best friend passes away.
I had heard that Gary Burghoff was a pain in the butt. My favorite actors and characters was Father Mulcahey and Cornell Potter and Dr. Sydney Freeman. Have a great day everyone
Col.Potter....I really liked Radar, Father Mulcahey,Hot Lips, Klinger and Col.Potter plus I had thought that Frank Burns was a pain in the neck and I really liked Nurse Kelly
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Sidney was a great character. I love that thing in the O.R. where he said the poem ending in pull down your pants and slide on the ice.
Father Mulcahy was my favorite. He was a person I could admire, as his behavior mirrored his beliefs. They all were wonderful though and I continue to enjoy the show. It is like being with dear friends.
I was in elementary school when I first started watching MASH along side my dad. I loved the show even though I didn’t get the “adult” humor until I rewatched the show in reruns. My favorite character was Hawkeye. I knew in my heart that I was going to grow up and marry him someday.😊 I even told my dad that he was invited to our wedding!
Odd, Wayne was never a part of Trapper John, M.D.
There was something different about MASH. We loved every character and with the replacement of every character who was replaced, came a new character whom we loved as much. The writers and casting directors are the ones who deserve the kudos. The actors merely bring the characters conceived by the writers to life. If the characters are weak, or roles are miscast, there is nothing the actors can do to make it work.
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I loved them all and enjoy watching the repeats ❤
I was annoyed that the narrator made no mention of Charles Emerson Winchester III. What a unique replacement for Frank Burns! The character brought an even greater foil to get under Hawkeye and BJ's skin. David Ogden Stiers played Winchester remarkably. I often wondered if the actor's personality was akin to the character he portrayed?
I agree, the show would never have lasted as long as it did if the writers, producers, directors or even the cast just tried to replace each departing character with the same type. I was only a tween or young teenager when the movie came out and my parents didn’t enjoy it at all as I think the timing of release was wrong for my parents, yet our entire family loved the series on t.v. The U.S. and Canada to a lesser extent were in the middle of the Vietnam War and it had been less than 15 years since the end of the Korean Conflict and less than 25 since the end of WWII not to mention the turbulent 60’s domestically.
McLean Stevenson was my personal favorite cast member. Harry Morgan was as good as could be hoped for as his replacement, but Stevenson's performance as Col. Blake added something great that couldn't be replaced.
You can tell the cast and crew put there hearts and soul into the show
Storytime. When I was but a young lass in the 90s, I took a trip with a truck driver friend of mine. We had various adventures, but one trip ended up at almost the top of a mountain at a bar/truck stop in Titpea Pennsylvania. I met an interesting bohemian couple whom I talked to while imbibing a couple of pints. The girl, (I'm sorry, both their names escape me) told me about her time as a bartender in the Florida Keys. She met famous celebrities from time to time and she said that the one she hated to serve was Gary Burghoff, because he became rude and loud. I'm assuming that this was mid to late 80s when she was in the Keys. So I don't know what happened, but he was definitely upset about something in his life.
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Mash got me through some tough times and continues to do so. To this day, it still holds the record for most t.v viewers, during its final two episodes. (It was an hour long, two parter.) The odd thing about that fact, is they never play the last two episodes on TV. (At least not that I know of.) I watched every episode in a massive 3 day binge on Hulu a couple of years ago. It's my all time favorite TV show.
In 1980 I lived in LA and employed by caterer that was working a banquet after the premier of "9 to 5". As we were busy opening bottles of wine and champagne, I got an uneasy feeling and on turning, there was Mike Farrel starring daggers at me for some unknown reason. Never even met the man.
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Great show!
Great cast!
Unforgettable Alan Alda 💖
This is very poorly researched. Wayne Rogers never came back to the show for a few episodes and he never played the character in Trapper John MD as other people have mentioned in the comments.
Loved Mash. It was repeated too soon and too often after it finished and so fell out watching it, but would love to watch it all over now. (Like the original Flintstones, Top Cat and others.)
The original Thunderbirds too!
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@@FactsVerse Don't think I ever had a best episode. Can't remember exactly anyway. Well I do remember the gay one.
Perhaps the earlier series were the best generally, before anyone left? This doesn't mean the later characters and stars took away from the show. Far from it.
One thing I did hate, but it's a production value that wasn't in every series, is that obnoxious canned laughter. Someone must have been fighting to get rid of it. It's very low brow and treats people with contempt. If it's funny, they will laugh. At home or out.
You and I have a lot in common. I loved MASH, especially the ones with Henry Blake. I also love cartoons. Jetsons, Top Cat, Flintstones, Scooby Doo (The first two seasons), and Looney Tunes. I am 63 right now and have the DVD of all of them except the Looney Tunes. I have been recording the ones I grew up with, but it's a long process. The channel I record then from shows other cartoons which I don't care for. When I was little, I would watch Sally Star, but I hated Popeye and some other toons she showed. The only other one I need to get is Johnny Quest.
@@davidpanetta6400 wow, I'm envious!
Fantastic. Thank you for doing this. I Loved this show so much ❤
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M*A*S*H is my all time favorite show and to think it first aired before I was born. My favorite episodes were the deeper ones. Slapstick humor is nice but I'll take those deep soul searching episodes everyday and twice on Sunday. When BJ, Col Potter, and Maj Charles Emerson Winchester arrived were my favorite seasons. Winchester's tobagin cap on Christmas, the soldier who lost his memory when his kid brother died, Hawkeye giving the peace delegates a piece of his mind and Potter saying we're tired and want to go home.... some of my favorite episodes.
I love mash. All of it, but personally I enjoy the older shows with the original cast. “Hot lips” changed once Frank burns left. Maclean Stevens was a fumbler but good hearted leader. BJ was a bit too much and Charles was insufferable (but a great actor)