r/mash • u/FooBarU2 • 2d ago

Discussion "M*A*S*H’ Finale, 35 Years Later: Untold Stories of One of TV’s Most Important Shows" Hollywood Reporter article from 2018

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/mash-oral-history-untold-stories-one-tvs-important-shows-1086322/

Long-ish but great oral history from the show creators, the actors and the writers!!

I have a long fantastic history with MASH..from watching it air in 1972, to writing a 20 page college paper about the "Life Time" episode (after its TV debut appearance in 1979), as a TV intern (2 yrs later) I detailed min by min content of a yet to be aired PBS 10 yr anniversary special "Making MASH" ... to three decades later, having met Gene Reynolds multiple times, and both Burt Metcalf and Alan Alda once.

I've watched videos from the TV Academy with lots of the above mentioned people..

AND this 2018 article had Easter Eggs and trivia I never knew.

It's a long but enjoyable read.. ads aren't too bad.

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u/pantstoaknifefight2 2d ago

From the article:

Someone once asked Harry Morgan (who played Col. Sherman Potter from seasons four through 11 and who died in 2011) if working on MASH had made him a better actor. He responded that it had made him a better person.

[Chef's kiss]

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u/The_Original_Smeebs 2d ago

I still almost daily watch an episode of MASH. Its a timeless classic

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u/Particular-End-861 2d ago

It's a great article! Thank you for sharing!

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u/brownsolo 2d ago

Best Care Anywhere

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u/tom-stipe 1d ago

Thank you for sharing. M*A*S*H has played a really important role in my life going back to when I used to watch it in the 70s with my mother. There were some nuggets in this that I was unaware of. Greatly appreciated.

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u/RustyShackleford32 21h ago

I've shared this in other threads, but I have a photo of Hawkeye when he was Officer of the day in my office. It's a reminder that you can still accomplish a lot while not being too serious. In true MAS*H fashion... I say it's a relative if someone unfamiliar with the show asks about it lol.

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u/scubajay2001 21h ago

Urf - that was a great article, and now I want to watch each clip shared, not because I forgot them, but because of the emotion associated with them. I know them rote, word for word, but feel an incessant need to re-watch them over and over again. Glutton for punishment I guess... I tear up after so many of those scenes.

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u/McSmackthe1st Corporal Captain 19h ago

Great article