Tag: M*A*S*H
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One Thing M*A*S*H Got Wrong Was Marvel Comics History
What do “M*A*S*H” have in common? Well, for one thing, they’re both era-defining TV shows of the 1970s that took place in the 1950s. “M*A*S*H” — there’s a small but telling one in season 4, episode 21, “The Novocaine Mutiny,” as first noted in “TV’s
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M*A*S*H Cut What Would Have Been A Hilarious From Here To Eternity Parody
It’s easy to forget that “M*A*S*H” was actually a period piece. The acclaimed sitcom was filmed in the ’70s and borrowed liberally from compassionate discussions surrounding the Vietnam War, but it took place two decades earlier, in 1950s Korea. Despite anachronistic ’70s mustaches, a timeline that reimagined the relatively short Korean War as near-endless, and…
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How M*A*S*H’s Alan Alda Pushed For The Series To Be More Than A Comedy
For one of television history’s most beloved sitcoms, “M*A*S*H” was always walking a tight line. Premiering in 1972, it would go on for 11 years, depicting with raunchy humor and deep pathos the plights of a mobile surgical hospital on the frontlines of the Korean War. Early on, the show adopted the anarchic, bawdy comedic…
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Where to Watch and Stream ‘M*A*S*H’
Most TV executives wouldn’t think that a TV show full of bloody operating scenes, a foul-mouthed satire of the Vietnam War and an unapologetic critique of US Military involvement would be suited for primetime television. Lucky for us, CBS took a chance on a dark comedy called M*A*S*H, a dark comedy loosely based on the…
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Revisiting the 1980 SAG-AFTRA Strike with ‘Mash’ Stars, an Emmy Boycott and All-Night Negotiating Sessions: ‘We’re Going to Strike Like Hell’
Loretta Swit remembers well the night she won her first Emmy Award.On Sept. 7, 1980, the “Mash” star sat in her agent’s living room in Beverly Hills, watching the ceremony on TV when she heard her name called out and saw her picture flash on the screen. Swit was not in the audience at the…
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The ‘M*A*S*H’ Series Finale Is Still the Perfect Episode
On a crisp February morning five years ago, I was enjoying an unexpectedly familiar classical piece on the radio. As the piece ended, the soothing voice of Carl Grapentine, the morning host, wafted across the airwaves, announcing that it was on that same day 35 years before that the final episode of M*A*S*H had aired.…
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The Daily Stream: M*A*S*H Is An Endlessly Groundbreaking Anti-War Sitcom
(Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you can stream it.)The Series: “