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Overview

User Rating:
8.6/10   7,036 votes
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Writers:
Linda Bloodworth-Thomason (writer) (5 episodes 1973-1976)
Elias Davis (writer) (17 episodes 1981-1982)
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Seasons:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 full episode list
Release Date:
17 September 1972 (USA) more
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Plot:
The staff of an army hospital in the Korean war find that laughter is the best way to deal with their situation. full summary
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Awards:
Won 8 Golden Globes. Another 42 wins & 130 nominations more
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(24 articles)
Party Favors: Trumbo
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Screenwriter, Playwright Larry Gelbart Dies at 81
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Cast

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Alan Alda ... Captain Benjamin Franklin Pierce (251 episodes, 1972-1983)
Loretta Swit ... Major Margaret Houlihan (247 episodes, 1972-1983)

Jamie Farr ... Corporal Maxwell Q. Klinger / ... (211 episodes, 1972-1983)
William Christopher ... Father Francis Mulcahy (209 episodes, 1972-1983)
Harry Morgan ... Colonel Sherman T. Potter / ... (180 episodes, 1974-1983)

Mike Farrell ... Captain B.J. Hunnicut (179 episodes, 1975-1983)
Kellye Nakahara ... Lieutenant Kellye Yamato / ... (165 episodes, 1973-1983)
Gary Burghoff ... Corporal Walter Eugene O'Reilly (159 episodes, 1972-1979)

David Ogden Stiers ... Major Charles Winchester (130 episodes, 1977-1983)
Larry Linville ... Major Franklin Marion Burns (120 episodes, 1972-1977)
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Also Known As:
MASH (USA) (alternative spelling)
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Runtime:
25 min (255 episodes) | 25 min (256 episodes)
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1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Photophone Sound Recording) | Mono (1972-1973)
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Australia:M (some episodes) | USA:TV-PG | Finland:K-7 (2006) (DVD) | New Zealand:M (Complete Box Set) | Australia:PG (some episodes) | Singapore:PG | Australia:G (some episodes)

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The show's first season had the lowest ratings of the entire run, finishing at number 46, while the eleventh and final season was the highest rated, finishing at number 3. more
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Revealing mistakes: Powerlines are visible in the background of some exterior shots. more
Quotes:
Dr. Sidney Freedman: I haven't washed my hands since I became a psychiatrist. more
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What does MASH stand for?
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107 out of 118 people found the following comment useful.
I'll never forget that day, 20 April 1999
Author: Varlaam from Toronto, Canada

... that day in 1975, when we were watching our favourite TV show, "M*A*S*H", "we" being big brother -- that's me! -- and little brother. "M*A*S*H" had always been our favourite, probably because it seemed so grown-up, but also because it was so irreverent (a word we wouldn't have used back then) and smart-alecky (a word we would have). And so funny. It was tough to say which was the top episode. The one with the wounded Luxembourg soldier? (And the crazy Turk, of course.) One of the ones mentioning our very own Canadian troops? Maybe the one about Capt. Tuttle, graduate of the Berlinisches Polyteschnicum, and the best friend Maj. Frank Burns had ever had? Or possibly any episode even alluding to the wacked-out Col. Flagg?

Anyway, this was an important day because Col. Henry Blake had received orders to ship back home to the States. We were feeling pretty sad; we really loved Henry. Hawkeye and Trapper were always putting things over on poor Henry, but Henry always took it with good humour. And probably a little wisdom, and common sense. So Henry had been sent home. The show went to commercial. We were both feeling a little glum. We were sitting quite close to the television; you had to adjust the controls by hand in those days. The show came back from commercial. Radar came into the operating room. "The plane containing Col. Henry Blake", if I may paraphrase from memory, "was shot down over the Sea of Japan. There were no survivors." My brother was to my left. We just sat there with our mouths open. Then we ran to tell our parents what had just happened. I can still get a little choked up thinking about it 25 years later. That was the first death I ever experienced in my "family"; the show seemed that real to us at the time.

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