As we enter fall, I am beginning to run out seasonal based episodes to review each month! In 2025, though, I have been rewatching one season of M*A*S*H per month. For season ten, I looked through the list of episodes and picked one at random. The winner was “Blood and Guts” (10×12). I knew theContinue reading “Script Spotlight 49: “Blood and Guts””
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M*A*S*Hish 16: 1979 Commencement Address by Alan Alda
As the popularity of M*A*S*H grew in the 1970s, so did the popularity of Alan Alda. As Hawkeye Pierce, Alda was the lead actor of M*A*S*H, and it is primarily from the perspective of Hawkeye that we see life at the 4077th. This makes sense as this was how the original Richard Hooker novel andContinue reading “M*A*S*Hish 16: 1979 Commencement Address by Alan Alda”
M*A*S*H Rewatch: Season 9
Throughout 2025, I will rewatch M*A*S*H and review each season on the final day of each month. I am rewatching the episodes in broadcast order using the DVDs from the 2000s with the laugh track left on. You can find an archive of these rewatch posts here. In 2007, I bought my first set of M*A*S*HContinue reading “M*A*S*H Rewatch: Season 9”
From the M*A*S*H Library 48: “M*A*S*H: The Comedy that Changed Television”
What is it? Sheinfeld, John. M*A*S*H: The Comedy that Changed Television. Crew Neck Productions, 2024. Why should M*A*S*H fans care? This is the first full length M*A*S*H documentary to be released since M*A*S*H: When Television Changed Forever in 2022, and this documentary features never before seen interviews with the cast. Since those interviews were filmed in theContinue reading “From the M*A*S*H Library 48: “M*A*S*H: The Comedy that Changed Television””
MishM*A*S*H 48: M*A*S*H Beach Towel (1974)
Over the last year, I have featured a number of M*A*S*H licensed products. By the late 1970s and early 1980s, Twentieth Century Fox Television licensed M*A*S*H and there was a variety of products ranging from M*A*S*H themed alcohol, action figures, Halloween costumes, games, a train set, toys, and clothing (I previously wrote about a licensed products kit distributed by Twentieth Century FoxContinue reading “MishM*A*S*H 48: M*A*S*H Beach Towel (1974)”
Press Pass 44: Alan Alda AP Photo (1973)
When I first started collecting M*A*S*H items in 2007, I quickly realized that the scripts, press materials, etc. from the late 1970s and early 1980s were fairly easy to find. However, since M*A*S*H wasn’t as popular in its first season, it is harder to find anything that was saved from the earlier seasons. This isContinue reading “Press Pass 44: Alan Alda AP Photo (1973)”
Script Spotlight 48: “Tell It to the Marines”
In the early 2000s, M*A*S*H aired in syndication on the cable network FX. I watched daily and kept track of the episodes that aired. I had a binder with the names of episodes, and I would note when they aired. That rewatch and binder is how I memorized the episodes titles, but it was alsoContinue reading “Script Spotlight 48: “Tell It to the Marines””
M*A*S*H Rewatch: Season 8
Throughout 2025, I will rewatch M*A*S*H and review each season on the final day of each month. I am rewatching the episodes in broadcast order using the DVDs from the 2000s with the laugh track left on. You can find an archive of these rewatch posts here. Season eight turned out to be a milestone seasonsContinue reading “M*A*S*H Rewatch: Season 8”
From the M*A*S*H Library 47: “M*A*S*H Goes to Maine”
What is it? Hooker, Richard. M*A*S*H Goes to Maine. New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1971. Why should M*A*S*H fans care? Following the publication of the novel M*A*S*H: A Novel about Three Army Doctors in 1968, M*A*S*H Goes to Maine (1971) and M*A*S*H Mania (1977) are the only sequels to be written solely by Richard Hooker,Continue reading “From the M*A*S*H Library 47: “M*A*S*H Goes to Maine””
Announcement: M*A*S*H: The Comedy that Changed Television Available on Blu-Ray [Updated]
Blu-Ray Release: September 16, 2025 UPDATE 9/16/2025: M*A*S*H: The Comedy that Changed Television was released on Blu-Ray on September 16, 2025. The Blu-Ray release features the full length documentary and nearly an hour of bonus materials and extended interviews with the M*A*S*H writers. I ordered a copy, and I will post a full review ofContinue reading “Announcement: M*A*S*H: The Comedy that Changed Television Available on Blu-Ray [Updated]”
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