M*A*S*H

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rudd1

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-frank burns was a thin skinned pansy...but in his defense trapper john and Hawkeye were scoundrels.
 
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Perhaps the most overrated "comedy" ever put on TV. Does not stand the test of time. A half hour of snarky comments does not equal funny.
 
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Difference when they lost Trapper and Colonel Blake. Alda took over the writing and made it a drama with snarky comments instead of a comedy. Issue driven drivel, some left wing rhetoric.

"The wind just broke his leg".
 
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Kooky Kats_anon

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Some say the writers for M*A*S*H were CHICKEN... However, most of the later episodes were PLAIN and CHEESEY.
 

GhostVol

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It's on every day on MeTV. But they do rotate shows so since it's a new month, it might not be on at 7pm Eastern.
 

UKGrad93

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I've heard there are some lost episodes of M*A*S*H. I hope they can be found.
 

Lexie's Dad

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Trapper > BJ

Col Blake and Col Potter were a wash.

Radar > Klinger

Klinger in dress > Klinger without dress

I'm a lifelong Catholic, never had a priest like Father Mulcahy (sp?)

Winchester less deplorable than Burns

The episode where Henry Blake dies ...
 

Nubb16

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My old man records and watches mash all day now. Mash is a good show but not sure I can watch them endlessly like he does but I do watch with him a lot.
 
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jedwar

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M*A*S*H is very entertaining. The majority of the public agrees. It is a shame that M*A*S*H got canceled by The Man...who often oversteps his boundaries. There really is no way to Deefend that type of behavior.
I much dislike MASH. The show. Not sure what I dislike more, that show or chili.
 

MdWIldcat55

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MASH was an extremely profound show. Before I watched it I had no idea that war sucked but could be ameliorated with a smirky attitude, or that arrogant American military types were much more of a threat to the freedom of South Koreans than communism.

I asked my dad who was a Marine in the Chosin Reservoir if the show was realistic. He said it was uncannily realistic. I later met a Korean who came to Washington in the 1950s from Seoul. He said the same thing.
 

Glenn's Take

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MASH may have been the best TV show ever for about the first 8 seasons when it was a TV show that threw some politics in. Not so much the last couple seasons when it was strictly a political show that threw in some TV.
 

jedwar

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Sorry, Uncle Jed, but you are The Man. Your opinion matters not on this subject.
 
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mhroe1984

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Perhaps the most overrated "comedy" ever put on TV. Does not stand the test of time. A half hour of snarky comments does not equal funny.

Thank you! I'm 33 and MASH was a little before my time, but it's constantly regarded as one of the greatest comedies ever. I've watched a few episodes from time to time and I just don't get it. I've never remotely laughed once at that show. I guess that's what passed as comedy 40 years ago, but it just doesn't stack up to the modern era. Not even close!
 

BBUK_anon

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We can all agree that MASH is overrated and can be annoying at times, but it did come up with a few interesting and funny things every once in a while.

I cannot agree with your take. Anything can be annoying at times. Even me. (Not hardly) One of the first things I do when I come home is turn on the TV to get the day out of my head. Andy Griffith and M*A*S*H...You don't have to over-think the show even if they wanted you to. They had some good points that address the wrong and they had good points that address the right. It is entertaining if you take it at face value. (I never watch TV to learn, just enjoy the break.)
 
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