Tag: Richard Hooker
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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…