M*A*S*H (1972–1983)

The staff of an army hospital in the Korean war find that laughter is the best way to deal with their situation.

Stars:

Alan Alda, Loretta Swit, Jamie Farr

Won 8 Golden Globes. Another 52 wins & 152 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Alan Alda	...	Captain Benjamin Franklin Pierce (251 episodes, 1972-1983)
Loretta Swit	...	Major Margaret Houlihan (238 episodes, 1972-1983)
Jamie Farr	...	Corporal Maxwell Q. Klinger (212 episodes, 1972-1983)
William Christopher	...	Father Francis Mulcahy (210 episodes, 1972-1983)
Harry Morgan	...	Colonel Sherman T. Potter (179 episodes, 1974-1983)
Mike Farrell	...	Captain B.J. Hunnicut (178 episodes, 1975-1983)
Gary Burghoff	...	Corporal Walter Eugene O'Reilly (155 episodes, 1972-1979)
David Ogden Stiers	...	Major Charles Winchester (131 episodes, 1977-1983)
Larry Linville	...	Major Franklin Marion Burns (118 episodes, 1972-1977)

Storyline

The 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital is stuck in the middle of the Korean war. With little help from the circumstances they find themselves in, they are forced to make their own fun. Fond of practical jokes and revenge, the doctors, nurses, administrators, and soldiers often find ways of making wartime life bearable. Nevertheless, the war goes on,

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Plot Keywords:

nurse | doctor | colonel | korean war | korea | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | War

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 September 1972 (USA)

Also Known As:

M.A.S.H.

Filming Locations:

Malibu Creek State Park - 1925 Las Virgenes Road, Calabasas, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

20th Century Fox Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

25 min 25 min (255 episodes) 25 min (256 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Photophone Sound Recording) Mono (1972-1973)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

4:3

Did You Know?

Trivia

After Harry Morgan and Mike Farrell both joined the cast for the fourth season, they both appeared in each and every episode, with the exception of 1 ("Hawkeye").

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Goofs

As a rule in the service, a person is only awarded one Purple Heart (the first time they're wounded) and then oak leaf clusters for subsequent injuries. However, multiple characters throughout the series have or receive more than one purple heart.

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Quotes

Frank Burns: It's the way these yellow devils think. It's burned into their brains. Kill Americans, kill, kill. They don't respect human life the way we do. I'd like to take him out and shoot him.

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Crazy Credits

The pilot episode opening credits (only seen in original network airings and on DVD and video releases), feature the legend "KOREA, 1950. A hundred years ago..."

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Connections

Featured in The 60th Primetime Emmy Awards (2008)

User Reviews

The golden achievement of television.

Of all the sitcoms made, this still stands out as the greatest. Maybe it's because it's so different from every other comedy that makes it so awesome. Instead being stupid to get it's laughs, it instead uses black humor and sarcasm, but it also showed the effects of war not only on those fighting, but those that repaired the ones who were fighting. The whole cast, even after the cast changes, was simply wonderful, something to be marveled at. As good as "The Drew Carey Show" is, every sitcom pales in comparison to this. One thing that makes it really great was the casting of Jamie Farr, who was from Ohio, both in real life and the show, and always talked about going home to Toledo, so it also hits close to home. Our local FOX station currently shows re-runs at midnight, and watching it alone, the experience is stunning. An added bonus is it isn't like modern sitcoms one bit. This show tries and does get a point across about how horrible war is, which is something modern sitcoms wouldn't even come close to doing as effectively even if they tried. This is the greatest sitcom of all time, there will never be another like it, ever.