MishM*A*S*H 42: Transogram M*A*S*H Board Game

I have written about a number of M*A*S*H licensed products including trading cards, board games, trivia games, action figures, and model kits. Most of those products were released in the late 1970s and early 1980s, so they featured the later cast from the series. The trading cards, for example, don’t include Henry, Trapper, Frank, orContinue reading “MishM*A*S*H 42: Transogram M*A*S*H Board Game”

MishM*A*S*H 26: Alan Alda’s Dog Tags and Boots Auction (July 2023)

In July 2023, Heritage Auctions sold Alan Alda’s boots and dog tags from M*A*S*H as a fundraiser for the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science. The auction was held in Dallas, Texas, and the dog tag and boots sold for an incredible $125,000 (including buyers premium). Alda was interviewed before the auction and said thatContinue reading “MishM*A*S*H 26: Alan Alda’s Dog Tags and Boots Auction (July 2023)”

From the M*A*S*H Library 17: “Entertainment Nation”

What is it? Cohen, Kenneth and John W. Troutman, eds. Entertainment Nation: How Music, Television, Film, Sports, and Theater Shaped the United States. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Books, 2022. Why should M*A*S*H fans care? The Smithsonian is currently displaying (2023) the M*A*S*H signpost, and the exhibit catalog features the signpost and discusses M*A*S*H in its introduction. As a M*A*S*H fan,Continue reading “From the M*A*S*H Library 17: “Entertainment Nation””