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...franchise first manifested as “MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors,” published by Richard Hooker in 1968. Two years later, Robert Altman’s tremendously well-received film version premiered. Two more years later, and TV’s “M*A*S*H” was born. When I think of a show-based-on-a-movie-based-on-a-book, I don’t imagine a cultural icon...
...profound majority. It’s an affront to “M*A*S*H” to toss its crown so casually to a yearly sporting event identified only by a generic Roman numeral. This is a series that won 14 Emmy Awards, and in the decades since it went off the air, has been homaged on everything from “The Simpsons” to “Sesame Street” (and twice in this season of “Community” alone). A few hundred thousand Super Bowl viewers shouldn?...
...M*A*S*H” took place during the Korean War, following the doctors and soldiers stationed at the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital in South Korea. A thinly veiled allegory for the Vietnam War, the show pioneered the “dramedy” genre. Its producers were famously among the first to fight against the use of a laugh track. “M*A*S*H” ran on CBS for eleven years, outlasting the Korean War itself by eight years. And given the obstacles faced, it really should’ve been awful...
...Rockin’ Eve,” and “Sealab 2020”—influential for their time, certainly, but I don’t think you want to order those DVD box sets any more than I do. However, “M*A*S*H” holds up, and beautifully...
...television show’s greatest asset: Benjamin Franklin “Hawkeye” Pierce, played by Alan Alda. Hawkeye, the camp’s head surgeon, was gently insubordinate, quick-witted, and altogether adorable (Mr. Alda, if you’re reading this, I’m still interested). As the series—and the Vietnam War—progressed, “M*A*S*H” grew increasingly serious in tone, and the character of Hawkeye increasingly liberal...