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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M*A*S*H Headlines 3: Death of Col. Henry Blake Garners Strong Reaction
“M*A*S*H Headlines” is a new, limited time post that will focus on the press reaction to various events in the M*A*S*H timeline. The Press Pass posts focus on the press materials released by 20th Century Fox and CBS, but this series of posts will focus the press coverage of various M*A*S*H events including the release of RobertContinue reading “M*A*S*H Headlines 3: Death of Col. Henry Blake Garners Strong Reaction”
Press Pass 42: McLean Stevenson and Cher (1975)
For years, M*A*S*H fans swore that a show in the mid-1970s had a scene of McLean Stevenson as Lt. Col. Henry Blake in a raft saying that he had survived the plane crash. Then, in 2016, RJ at mash4077tv.com found the clip and solved the mystery! There was a scene in which Blake says thatContinue reading “Press Pass 42: McLean Stevenson and Cher (1975)”
Script Spotlight 42: “Abyssinia, Henry”
On March 18, 1975, the season three finale of M*A*S*H aired on CBS. It had been advertised as the final episode for Col. Henry Blake, but fans of the series were shocked by how the episode ended. The death of Henry Blake was a defining moment for M*A*S*H, and I would argue, a defining momentContinue reading “Script Spotlight 42: “Abyssinia, Henry””
Press Pass 35: Press Pass 35: Mike Farrell Joins M*A*S*H
Last week, I reviewed the script for “Dear Peggy” (04×10), and in that episode we get a glimpse at B.J.’s inner thoughts about the 4077th and learn more about his wife in California. That episode was only the tenth episode to feature Mike Farrell as Captain B.J. Hunnicutt, and that was one of two majorContinue reading “Press Pass 35: Press Pass 35: Mike Farrell Joins M*A*S*H”
M*A*S*H-ish 1: The McLean Stevenson Show Script
This is the first in a new series of posts that will look at an item that is related to M*A*S*H but does not directly come from the series. Since they are kind of M*A*S*H related, the series of posts is called “M*A*S*H-ish.” There are not a lot of these items in the collection, so this willContinue reading “M*A*S*H-ish 1: The McLean Stevenson Show Script”
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