MASH has been my favorite show since I was a kid! Reruns showed from 7-8 every weeknight, so I’d finish my homework and watch it during dinner. My favorite episode is definitely Yankee Doodle Doctor!
Great informative video! I grew up with M*A*S*H and it was a direct influence on my career choice as a critical care nurse on a surgical/trauma unit. China Beach was another great show. I personally would have enjoyed a longer video, you have such great content!
Dear Professor, I so enjoyed this video! I liked your take on the show, the exhibit and your museum curator point of view. My father-in-law served in the Korean War as a MASH dentist. He found the depiction of the war and the day-to-day depiction of that era, very realistic, as portrayed in the Altman film. Thanks for this walk down memory lane. You are a storyteller extraordinaire.
I loved M.A.S.H. In the UK we didn't have the canned laughter, but newer reruns do. I hate the canned laughter. I didn't know about the exhibition but I'm not surprised it was so popular. Another interesting video, I love your take on things. Keep up the good work.
I don't think any other television show has made me cry as much as this one. There was always that masterful balance of light-hearted hilarity with bitter reality. Even the iconic title song, a catchy, easy, hummy tune, is called "suicide is painless". Like, ouch. I idolized Pearce so hard as a kid and waited every episode to see when radar and klinger would appear. Recently i named my little lawn mower "chopper" cause it sounds like a helicopter. Thanks for this one. Over.
I was in DC on holiday in December 2022 and a new entertainment exhibition has just opened at the Smithsonian. The MASH signpost is back on display. I can send you a photo if you want.
Dang…. M*A*S*H* was in the background of my life growing up. My parents always never missed it. I remember trying to “sneak out” of bed to watch it from the hall when they had it on. I was probably 9 or 10! 😂 Thanks for a great video. I would have loved to have seen the exhibit.
Thanks for this video! My father served in the Korean War & MASH was practically required watching in our house when I was growing up. I think it was a way for my father to share with us a little of what the war was like, although he was in intelligence, not medical service. The war changed his life profoundly (& not positively), & therefore affected his wife & children profoundly. Perhaps this is part of the reason I married a registered Conscientious Objector (and our son is one as well). I'm glad MASH has been around for so long to remind us what war can be like.
For some reason the most memorable deep and hard scene for me is when Hawkeye(?) “reprimands” an Air Force bomber pilot (or bombardier) who doesn’t see the raw destruction wrought by his payload because he’s metaphorically and _somewhat_ literally too ‘far’ away to see it. That one always sticks out in my mind although there’s plenty of other gut wrenching scenes. Great video 🎉
Hawkeye Pierce forever ✌️His dark sense of humor and general pacifism has always resonated with me. Radar and Klinger are definitely up there as well but I think the only person who doesn't make the "favourites" list is Frank Burns
Both the Swamp & the O.R. were set up with objects like Klinger's dress. I bought Radar's cap, too small, the real Radar recently died, he was military intelligence, maybe C.I.A. Got a picture of a pretty girl who was selling memorabilia. About 95% of the Smithsonian's objects are not on display at one time, exhibits like this one may go on loan to other museums. Washington D.C. is not cheap to stay but most of the things there to see are either cheap or free. I'm 65, I was into M*A*S*H since day one.
MASH has been my favorite show since I was a kid! Reruns showed from 7-8 every weeknight, so I’d finish my homework and watch it during dinner. My favorite episode is definitely Yankee Doodle Doctor!
Great informative video! I grew up with M*A*S*H and it was a direct influence on my career choice as a critical care nurse on a surgical/trauma unit. China Beach was another great show. I personally would have enjoyed a longer video, you have such great content!
Dear Professor,
I so enjoyed this video! I liked your take on the show, the exhibit and your museum curator point of view. My father-in-law served in the Korean War as a MASH dentist. He found the depiction of the war and the day-to-day depiction of that era, very realistic, as portrayed in the Altman film. Thanks for this walk down memory lane. You are a storyteller extraordinaire.
Thank you (as always) for your lovely comment and sharing the story of your father in law!
I loved M.A.S.H.
In the UK we didn't have the canned laughter, but newer reruns do. I hate the canned laughter.
I didn't know about the exhibition but I'm not surprised it was so popular.
Another interesting video, I love your take on things. Keep up the good work.
I don't think any other television show has made me cry as much as this one. There was always that masterful balance of light-hearted hilarity with bitter reality. Even the iconic title song, a catchy, easy, hummy tune, is called "suicide is painless". Like, ouch.
I idolized Pearce so hard as a kid and waited every episode to see when radar and klinger would appear. Recently i named my little lawn mower "chopper" cause it sounds like a helicopter.
Thanks for this one. Over.
It's a show that can make you cry with laughter one moment and have you crying from the tragedy of it all the next
I went to that exhibition. I had family in DC so my mom and I would go to Smithsonian museums. I had the patch from the museum store for years.
That's amazing! I'm jealous. Was it super crowded?
@@professorpeachez Yes. Until they did “From Field to Factory,” that was the largest crowd I’d ever seen there.
I was in DC on holiday in December 2022 and a new entertainment exhibition has just opened at the Smithsonian. The MASH signpost is back on display. I can send you a photo if you want.
Saw it in Washington D.C. just bought a coffee mug from the 1980's exhibit.
Dang…. M*A*S*H* was in the background of my life growing up. My parents always never missed it. I remember trying to “sneak out” of bed to watch it from the hall when they had it on. I was probably 9 or 10! 😂 Thanks for a great video. I would have loved to have seen the exhibit.
Thanks for this video! My father served in the Korean War & MASH was practically required watching in our house when I was growing up. I think it was a way for my father to share with us a little of what the war was like, although he was in intelligence, not medical service. The war changed his life profoundly (& not positively), & therefore affected his wife & children profoundly. Perhaps this is part of the reason I married a registered Conscientious Objector (and our son is one as well). I'm glad MASH has been around for so long to remind us what war can be like.
Thank you for your comment! It's interesting to hear everyone's stories about growing up with this show over the decades. Truly multi-generational!
For some reason the most memorable deep and hard scene for me is when Hawkeye(?) “reprimands” an Air Force bomber pilot (or bombardier) who doesn’t see the raw destruction wrought by his payload because he’s metaphorically and _somewhat_ literally too ‘far’ away to see it.
That one always sticks out in my mind although there’s plenty of other gut wrenching scenes.
Great video 🎉
I certainly had a lot of scenes to choose from! Definitely cried on the rewatch of the "chicken" revelation in the finale.
@@professorpeachez Damn forgot about that scene, so I looked it up. I’m leaking a bit now.
An excellent video. You had a longer script you say 🤔 🤩
I got to know the series in the nineties brought to me by a friend. Really loved it! Radar was my favourite, which one was yours?
Hawkeye Pierce forever ✌️His dark sense of humor and general pacifism has always resonated with me. Radar and Klinger are definitely up there as well but I think the only person who doesn't make the "favourites" list is Frank Burns
Both the Swamp & the O.R. were set up with objects like Klinger's dress. I bought Radar's cap, too small, the real Radar recently died, he was military intelligence, maybe C.I.A. Got a picture of a pretty girl who was selling memorabilia. About 95% of the Smithsonian's objects are not on display at one time, exhibits like this one may go on loan to other museums. Washington D.C. is not cheap to stay but most of the things there to see are either cheap or free. I'm 65, I was into M*A*S*H since day one.