I remember seeing Harvey Korman (who also made a big mistake by leaving a hit show-in his case THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW) and he said .whenever I feel sad I call McLean Stevenson and we talk about our careers andhave a good cry. (he said that last part laughingly), I watched it faithfully when it came on TV in 1972 and still watch at least 2 episodes everyday. I doubt if there will be another show this loved. I was not aware we had lost Charles Emerson Winchester the 3rd). The rest of the series did a great job with racial equality. Equivalent to Seinfeld .never tired of it, Before going to Nam I thought MASH was a mockery of the military. I enjoy the show.My father-in-law used to watch it. Mash is a part of my day. When he got back to the states he got a job as a grave digger. This show has meant more to me as the years have passed. For a long time, I felt so wounded having seen the guest spot on Dinahs show interviewing Alan Alda about the MASH finale. And sometimes bringing the dead back for the families to have someone to burry. hide caption. We record them all and enjoy them nightly. I can only thank all the people involved in the show for creating a real treasure in my life ( and many other peoples lives too Im sure). From 1984 to 2012, Farr lent his name to a womens professional golf tournament played in Sylvania, Ohio every year (except for 1986 and 2011). My husband and I watch MASH every week night from 7P-8P. Miss Mash but now I believe they are shown on channel 72. My dream wish is to meet any member of the 4077 in person even for a second. Hawkeye and the gang were funny as hell. How I still miss not having new episodes to enchant me with the truth of war. There are so many moments that make you laugh, tear up, and want to fight for whats right. Peter As per the last comment and we believe it would be coming back on or already has please let me know if and when this will happen, we love the characters, Hawkeye father mulcahy and Margaret Houlahan. I named my Jeep Hot Lips. Life is to short and not much time to do things. Over the next three decades, he worked regularly on television. Facts Verse After a hard day at work cone home and watch Mash it is very up lifting show have seen re runs after re runs but still watch, they dont make TV shows like that anymore. January 19, 2022, 6:17 pm, by The totality of MASH is greater then the parts. In January 2007, Rogers hosted the Hallmark Channels M*A*S*H Bash 07 marathon. MASH is timeless, it is still funny this many years after the fact, and never gets old. Finally watched the final episode. I am only 11 but I still know mash season 3, 4, and 5 by heart and my children will also watch these seasons. I dearly love MASH. It was the biggest role that Stevenson ever had. MASH was the first American programme that as a family to watch in the 70s and really enjoyed watching it, and today me and my mum are again rewatching it .oh what fun to have a laugh. Apparently, they arent subscribers to the old adage that too much of a good thing can actually be a bad thing. RIP William Christopher. Below youll find brief summaries of what the cast (and producers) of M*A*S*H have been up to since they either left the series or it came to an end in 1983. She was 84. In the mid 80s, I returned to college. Hassan Burghoff released an autobiography, Gary Burghoff: To M*A*S*H and Back: My Life in Poems and Songs (That Nobody Ever Wanted to Publish! Peace. MASH will never get old. I like mash good people and funny , caring , loving It was brilliantly written, produced and skillfully played. I couldnt watch this program when I first got out, it made for nightmares. Farr was interviewed for the Archive of American Television in December 2011. I was in the Korean War during the time frame that MASH depicted..Being close to 83 years of age I still watch MASH on Net Flex.It is painful to know that so many have died,but so many great taughs make up for the pain. At one point we knew the episode Mail Call so well we pretty well quoted the whole thing once when the power went out. I watched them through my entire Navy career and loved to find similarities between MASH and my real life. Which MASH actors are still alive today? - We Got This Covered If you live in little ol Waldport Oregon, you can see David Ogden Stiers at the grocery store, post office, video store. Despite his many years in the service, Potter was a relatively laid-back commanding officer who occasionally engaged in a little bit of shenanigans and hijinks to boost the morale of his comrades. Love the show, I grew up watching it every night.still watch it once in a while.dont watch much t.v. I watch MASH everyday. Does anyone know where in Australia I can purchase AfterMASH? The actor was known was playing the part of Spencer Downing and Director Charlie on NCIS, first in 2003 and in 2020. I watch M*A*S*H every night from my DVD collection.the 1st 3 seasons were the B*E*S*T.some of the deleted scenes in the episodes from the DVD collection are absolutely hysterical. I like all of the characters but the show was never quite the same without Radar. He played it so well that I hope he didnt quit because he was hated by the public. And likewise navigated through various situations with either a great deal of thoughtfulness or humor whenever called for. Somehow MASH never gets old and tired like many Tv shows! Its funny what kind of impact a show can do but back in the day, television did make an impact and I thank you and the writers and producers of the show for entertaining us with an influential twist. A great reminder that war is not good . Not only hes the first M*A*S*H cast member to leave the show, but also the first to die. After my second or third year the MASH series ended. I know of very few shows that can withstand the test of time as well as this show. From 1985 to 1987 she appeared on Broadway in The Mystery of Edwin Drood. It just showed that war was not the answer and they were there just too do a job. it brings back so many memories . Always sorry and sad to hear of the death of one of the cast, but life marches on. He was my least favorite character. This featured my all time favorite bit characters in any TV show- Col. But if I was to pick Id say Hawk-eye Pierce and Walter Radar Oreiley. Cheers Robin . Corporal Walter Eugene O'Reilly 10. Thanks for a million laughs. My DVDs (I have Season 1-4) dont include any deleted scenes (or any other extras for that matter). But I was in my 40s when M.A.S.H. I also love watching it when I am depressed, sad, or life has me down. After moving to New York, I kept watching it and rediscovered its multilayered humor and well-written episodes. After getting homee I accidently caught MASH on TV and changed my opinion drastically. Then moved to Twin Falls, Idaho and M*A*S*H was compulsive viewing. Thanks MASH. God bless them all including the ones who have left us. "For the first time in my life I took chances, I didn't suck in my cheeks, or worry about anything.". I have just found Mash again and reliving the laughs I had years ago, now recording every episode, really wish it was possible to bring them back and do more, still feel that there is a script writer out there to do a new show like Mash. 17 Things You Might Not Know About M*A*S*H | Mental Floss LOS ANGELES Sally Kellerman, the Oscar and Emmy nominated actor who played Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan in director Robert Altman's 1970 film "MASH," died Thursday. He appeared in a few films in the early 1990s. List of M*A*S*H cast members - Wikipedia The characters are old friends of ours by now. He was also in the sequel, North & South, Book II, the following year. Watch it every night on true entertainment I love MASH watch it every day, Alan Alda is my favorite, I love him and everyone on the show. He would roar with laughter at During high school I would stay up on Fox, waiting for midnight to come, as they would play 2 glorious episodes of this masterpiece of a show. She would work primarily in film in the years following "MASH," including 1972's "Last of the Red Hot Lovers" and 1975's "Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins," both with Alan Arkin, 1973's "Slither" with James Caan, 1979's "A Little Romance" with Laurence Olivier and 1980's "Foxes" with Jodie Foster. You cant improve perfection. The amount each of them say non-verbally with facial expressions and body language adds so much humor to many scenes. I think it has the most recognizable musical score. Each story is great and we look forward to it every week. In 1975 I was at my great aunts apartment and i remember like it was just yesterday i was 7 yrs old and Mike Ferrall who played BJ. I noticed that there were only two women on staff when i read the credits at the end of the show. How do you keep your DVD from filling up?? MY PHONE RING TONE IS THE THEME SONG. As we realized it was the end of a very special show. I hadnt seen them since their initial run in 1983. I just recently bought the entire series off of Amazon. This is the video that M*A*S*H fans have been waiting for, so stick around. It never gets old. We lost our son to a drug overdose on December 10, 2016, Shirtly after, I saw the episode: The Life You Save n which Stiers character goes on a spiritual journey of sorts while reliving a personal loss thru a patients death. The social commentaries shine in stark contrast to the polarized views that gain so much publicity these days. He also had NO clue that Korea took place when we were known as The Great 48 (no Alaska or Hawaii yet). The best television show ever. My parents were both dying of Cancer in 79. The clever word play is hysterical. I shall always be grateful to the actors for bringing them happiness at the end. Trapper John was my first (memorable) crush. Im confused, they said in memorium re: Alan Alda Has he passed?? Wish there were quality TV like that now, i watched the originals, and up till last nite the reruns, but the wife and I were out for veterans day yesterday, 11/11/2015, and we missed the last program, lucky we had seen the orig, and can still remember it as very sad, all the people in the series were the best, and as one said already, to bad they cant come up with another program as good, some day it will probly be a classic. Yes, I love M*A*S*H. See rerun episodes on Me Tv. My 3 children also likewise when they stopped with free TV, one of my 6 brothers bought the series & they didnt miss TV,even their friends got into it! The likes of you will never be seen again. Ii am Canadian in British Columbia Canada, at 79 years old MASH IS the only program I watch before going to sleep at nite KEEP IT GOING forever,, its the best,. So when he gets home from work, Fox News, American Pickers, Pawn Shop on put on the TV, even if I was watching something. M*A*S*H is greatest. He is a surgeon and the original commanding officer of the 4077th MASH unit. Im now retired and originally from the UK, now living in Poland, we are able to watch Mash 4077 on Fox Comedy TV. M*A*S*H has been a favorite of mine for years , theres no other series like it.a writing and acting masterpiece. Always remember Larry Linville being asked about how he created Major Frank Burns. In 1998, he had a regular role on the ABC sitcom Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place, although his character was soon phased out. It was quite an emotional evening (Kleenex helped). It was human, and never for a moment did it play down the fact that a war was going on and people were being killed. It was at that moment my entire understanding of his character took on new clarity. Yes I know they changed nane but thats what it is to me! They were all fabulois actors! He was over rated I think!! I watch it as often as I can on Hulu. he said that you would go crazy. One of the most memorable television moments that has stuck in my memory was when Hawkeye lost his mind over a suffocated baby. Extremely sad so many of them are gone. lol. And she was a regular in Altman's films, appearing in 1970's "Brewster McCloud," 1992's "The Player" and 1994's "Ready to Wear. She is survived by her son Jack and daughter Claire. I still watch reruns of M*A*S*H on ME TV ( Memorable Entertainment TV, channel 64.2 on digital TV). That is a testament to this show. Getty. 10 Actors who Died During TV Shows - Listverse He said it was a mixture of every idiot he had ever met. loved the series.thought provoking and moving episodes.extremely clever dialogue and wonderfully crafted characters. He hosted Pets: Part of the Family, a how-to series about pets that aired on public TV from 1999 to 2000. What about the other nurses? The last episodes, including the finale, can now be seen on HULU if you have it. Where Is The 'M*A*S*H' Cast Today? Then And Now - DoYouRemember? We are of that age where we can remember it when it first came out, and feel warmed again by the quality of it all. Loretta Swit on the 'M*A*S*H' series finale and why she disliked the The list of actors begins with Elliott Gould and Donald Sutherland and includes Robert Duvall, Sally Kellerman, and Tom Skerritt. Arbuss first major role as an actor was in Robert Downey Sr.s 1972 cult classic Greasers Palace as the messianic figure Jesse. Not only that, the Vietnam war was still going on during the first three years of MASH and they did several shows that dealt with Vietnam war issues. After leaving M*A*S*H in 1975 at the end of its third season, McLean Stevenson starred in four different sitcoms, all of which were unsuccessful. There has never been a show to equal MASH. I loved knowing that I can still watch it every day on YouTube, Hi I love the television show mash 4077 I wish we could see all the series including the after mash I still watch the show today even though I have watched the before. And when he finally when home we couldnt be happier and sadder at the same time. I love MASH. Also, farewell to Major Charles. The earlier episodes were more comedy with Trapper, Blake, and Burns. In San Antonio, TX we can watch MASH on MI TV Monday through Friday and on Sunday. I still laugh just as hard. William Christopher co-starred in AfterMASH on CBS from 1983 to 1984 alongside Harry Morgan and Jamie Farr. The humour has stood the test of time, still so funny and I like the way the characters bounce off one another. Thank you. Many a conversation about surgery or something we have seen on an episode, can go late into the evening. Alan Alda played perhaps one of the most memorable M*A*S*H characters, Hawkeye Pierce. He released an autobiography, Just Farr Fun, in 1994. In the early 2000s, he appeared in a handful of feature films like Frozen with Fear (2001), Three Days of Rain (2002), and Nobody Knows Anything! The images for Larry Linville and McLean Stevenson are from Memories of M*A*S*H, which aired in 1991. Facts Verse Diane C..please tell me how you get your DVR to hold them all!! Ive been watching Mash 4077 now 40+ years and still loving it.. I watch it every Evening, and all of the Mash marathons. I am very saddened that William Christopher, Harry Morgan, McLean Stevenson, Wayne Rogers, David Ogden Stiers , Larry Linville, have all Passed.