Mash is part of the lived experience of many of us. Hearing an Al narration that mispronounces so many iconic names is insulting.

Well te one thing they did hide was the opening photo. That's Sally Kellerman who played Hot Lips Houlihan in the MOVIE, not Loretta Swit,

@BELCAN57

28 күн бұрын

Click bait

MASH is an iconic TV masterpiece of a show

The blend of comedy and drama, coupled with the talented cast, made it a timeless classic.

The final episode will always be remembered as having the highest viewer numbers of any single TV show ever and will never be beaten.

@cheriem432

22 күн бұрын

I agree. It was amazing. I'll always remember Hawkeye holding that chicken.

From Star Trek, Hogan's Heroes, Mission Impossible, It Takes a Thief to MASH... I came of age.

You missed other cast members that were ex-military. Wayne Rogers (Trapper) was in the Navy (Ensign/Navigator) and served during Korean War, McLean Stevenson also served in the Navy post WWII, and was a hospital corpsman.

I believe it is an excellent modern version of Greek Comedy & Tragedy. It is iconic, classic, human. The characters spoke when real life denied rral people their deeper feelings and insights. I laughed and wept. The stories never grew old. I’ve watched the entire series 3 times and always learned something new.

To this day MASH is great, I now own the whole series and am re-watching it and enjoying it all over again.

@cheriem432

24 күн бұрын

Please tell me, how do you own the whole series?

@WesternAustraliaNowAndThen

24 күн бұрын

@@cheriem432 When I say own I mean I own the whole series on DVD...

@cheriem432

23 күн бұрын

Cool!@@WesternAustraliaNowAndThen

@philiprice7875

20 күн бұрын

from the UK i loved that we did not have the laugh trak even remember the mistaken ep, now with 40 digital channels when one started showing it again i was looking forward to it i lasted 2 mins because of the laugh trak

@WesternAustraliaNowAndThen

19 күн бұрын

@@philiprice7875 Thankfully the DVD copies have no laugh tracks. Putting that nonsense on anything ruins it.

Why are clips of Cheers and Hogan’s Heros popping up in this video???

@asinglemaleinuk

23 күн бұрын

Bad editing 🤣

@surferdude4487

7 күн бұрын

"Cheers" because of Shelly Long. "Hogan's Heroes" I haven't a clue.

The thumbnail for this clip is deceiving. The hotlips shower scene is Sally Kellerman from the Movie, but Trapper John in the Window is Mike Rodgers from the TV show. Just sayin'

I remember being able to turn the TV and being able to watch MASH on some channel at any hour.

@cheriem432

22 күн бұрын

Where do you live? I'd kill for that experience!

What's up with the Cheers and Hogan's Hero images at 18:32, 18:42, 18:44, 18:57 and 19.02? There's no link between the narration and those images. Even if we are supposed to see some type of anti-Vietnam message in Hogan's Heroes, which I don't think many really would; the same can't be said about Cheers which was filmed 6-7 years after the Vietnam War.

@jaewok5G

Ай бұрын

i thought that was odd too, unless there was a cut script piece about 3 of the longest running 'sitcoms' or bit parts as launch pads for actors?

@frednutz1604

Ай бұрын

"Even if we are supposed to see some type of anti-Vietnam message in Hogan's Heroes" Not sure what you mean here as Hogans Hero's was set in WW2. But I agree that both HH & Cheers had nothing to do with the Mash narrative.

@markgowans

13 күн бұрын

The only reason I can think of having clips of Cheers is because Shelley Long(Diane Chambers) & George Wendt (Norm) were in episodes

I remember watching this when i was babysitting as a teen back in the 70s. Always hated the end because tv was garbage after that, The theme tune never dies Love everything about it

@cheriem432

22 күн бұрын

Do you mean you hated the fact that the series ended? I agree; it was awesome!

@user-wq1cf7ms5r

22 күн бұрын

@@cheriem432 I loved it and still do. Takes me back to better and happier times

I found it odd this popped up in my feed on the day the original Hawkeye died. R.I.P. Donald "Hawkeye Pierce" Sutherland. A true Canadian icon.

So...let me get this straigh, the bear was in the Smithsonian, then put up for auction in 2005 selling for 14k AND was lost for 30 years eventually being bought buy Gary from someone who bought it at auction in 2005 for 11500...got it!

@glenhill9884

Ай бұрын

Don't forget that it was buried in the time capsule, too.

@WesternAustraliaNowAndThen

26 күн бұрын

LOL, their maths leave a bit to be desired.

I enjoyed the show when it was shown over here in the UK. Needless to say it has been repeated ever since and is still on even now. It made me laugh and at times cry. I found your revealing comments very interestin Thanks for showing.

The book, movie, and series were instrumental in my decision to become a medic when I joined the Army. I eventually served in a MASH unit during Desert Storm, and later as a nurse during several deployments with a CSH, and FST during the GWOT. I watched the final episode in the Hacienda at Ft. Sam Houston just as I graduated from AIT. When I retired in 2010 Army bands still played Suicide Is Painless quite often during ceremonies involving medical units.

I remember being stationed in Korea in the 1980's and due to a four month runway shutdown, living in a tent next to a runway and watching Mash reruns. Most people born after 1980, have probably never read the book, seen the movie or TV series and many probably did not know about the Korean war and would have difficulty finding Korea on a map. "Korea" is just a place where crappy cars, washing machines and TEE VEE sets come from.

@cheriem432

22 күн бұрын

I agree. Most people today, especially Gen Z, can't find the US *or any other country* on a map. I've seen this. It's so sad.

The biggest thing I remember is on the MASH TV show the "Suicide is Painless" theme song was never sung, just the musical score from the movie.

@cheriem432

23 күн бұрын

The words were sung in the movie.

@user-vj2wt7jh7j

23 күн бұрын

@@cheriem432 That is my point the words of the song from the movie were never sung on TV- MASH.

@cheriem432

22 күн бұрын

I'm agreeing with you.@@user-vj2wt7jh7j

You know, I had forgotten that small, small part of my growing up, what it meant, and how it impacted all of us. MASH was something special, and should be remembered as one of the greatest of all TV shows ever (IMO). Guess I need to hand the baton onto my kids. Not sure where I can see the re-runs, but now it's on my radar again.

Clips from Cheers and Hogan's Heroes? Seriously?? And no real secrets revealed here. Just more clickbait.

❤❤mash miss it !!!

I often wonder about the Teddy Bear idea for the show. In 1967 when I enlisted my girlfriend gave me one to take with me. He is now retired like me and I can see him as I type this. Whenever I packed my duffle bag to move on he was last item to go in and first out. He was written about in the Stateside, European and Vietnam 'Army Times' papers and several American and international papers. He has seven parachute jumps, combat and flight time. He Retired as a Sargent Major out ranking me. I have numerous funny stories and some not so funny I could tell. He's well worn as you can imagine. The 82d Airborne Division Museum wanted him but I couldn't part with him. So I wonder if that is where the fuzzy character came from.

Gary Borghoff (Radar) was a key character, and used wonderfully, its too bad Gary felt short changed and pushed for more air time.

I love that Ms Piggy on the Muppets was inspired by Hot Lips Houlihan. Sally Kellerman even appeared on the Muppet show.

50 years ago and the tv show never gets old. even the people, you would expect to meet them at a studio some place and they should look the same as they did

This show helped me her through my time in the military. I’d go home and watch it and I just let off the pressure from the day. I love the cast and characters. It was good memories, there’ll never be another like it. One of my favorites was when Hawkeye fell for that Asian woman who sold the car for the ox. I was happy and sad at the same time for him because I knew they’d never see each other again. Like I said good memories.

What is probably not known by the vast TV audience of M.A.S.H. is that Hooker wrote 2 more books that portrays Hawkeye's life after Korea. He also collaberated with an American author, William E Butterworth in 9 more novels of the travels of the crew to various destinations in Europe and America. Lots more fun on offer.😂😂😂

my single favorite line might be from hot lips "You're ruining this war … for everyone!" if you were also a fan of "Cheers", in an episode of MASH, george wendt played a marine with a billiard ball stuck in his mouth. also Squire Friddel, the "Toyotathon" guy, played a patient in another episode.

@archstanton_live

29 күн бұрын

Was that line from M*A*S*H the movie, or from the TV show (the focus of this episode)? Suicide is painless, it brings on many changes, and you can take or leave it as you please.

@AussieJohnny

19 күн бұрын

My favourite line was from my favourite episode; Tuttle S01E15. In Hawkeye's eulogy of the fictitious Tuttle he says "There's a little bit of Tuttle left in all of us - in fact, you might say that all of us together made up Tuttle". The camera panned to Radar who cringed at the remark.

@jaewok5G

19 күн бұрын

@@AussieJohnny oh yes! the heroic capt jonathon tuttle!!

Since MASH portrayed the early 1950's I was always a little irked that the women's hair didn't represent that era. I found it incongruous, seeing current hairstyles on women playing people from the fifties. Am I the only one? By the way, I loved MASH.

@BELCAN57

22 күн бұрын

The men's styles were no better.

The lack of authentic early fifties’ hairstyles irks me. ‘Soldiers’ with really thick, or lengthy hair, as well as, black actors with Afros, just spoiled the authenticity.

2:30 yep I remember watching that episode with the laugh track as a kid in England, and it was horrendous. [the following week I didn’t tune in] It bore the question in everyone’s minds “do the Americans need to be told when something is funny and when to laugh ?”

I went to the Drive In , in 1970 and watched " MASH " with my high school friends .

@cheriem432

22 күн бұрын

Me too. At the drive-in. Great memories!

And the teddy bear tattoo 😂

I saw the movie first. It was great! But the TV series just didn't cut it for me. I rarely watched it. The "laugh track" was an abomination. I just wonder how many others felt this way.

Gary Burghoff really played the drums in an episode of Mash. Prior to Mash he was a drummer with Linda Carter's (aka Wonder Woman) band.

Why did you insert clips from Cheers and Hogan's Heroes? Weird.

@WesternAustraliaNowAndThen

26 күн бұрын

Poor editing...

The very best of all

I recognized the narrators voice from Modern Marvels.

some of the 5 gallon trash cans were plastic painted green

would have liked more info on Radar. Nothling mentioned about the priest nor Winston nor Sydney.

@cheriem432

22 күн бұрын

An overall shoddy production

Thank you... this is a truly honest and informative post... You should be proud of this...

I love mash just one problem I have is the time setup

Did you know that the M*A*S*H units have been disbanded.

My Dad was a Korean War vet. He didn't like MASH. He felt it cheapened/made fun of the experience of Korean War vets.

'did you know it's a book' seriously? you think that's a secret?

I watched Mash for 2 years straight. Then i did not watch for 2 years because i was suffering from terrible depression. When i came out of my depression i watched Mash and was happy again.

If NK could see what life is like 70 years later, the war would have lasted 1 hour.

Very little of this was a surprise. One thing it left out was that the author didnt lile the series bc it was anti war and anti military. The author was more like Frank Burns than Hawkeye, he was gung ho to be serving there, was pro the war as fighting the communists,etc. one other thing I read was the character of Kilnger was inspired by either the author or another officer who dressed as a woman at a camp halllween party, but unlike klinger apparently they were really convincing ( I hear another story thar the person got hit on by several officers, male and female).

Don't know where you got you information. However, a lot was wrong, misleading or only partially accurate. Klinger was not a regular permanent character until season 4. Prior to that he played on here and there and usually for a short part of the script. Usually for laughs.

At 18:32, why was there two seconds of Cheers?

Why are scenes from Cheers spliced into the video for no apparent reason?

I have been watching Mash and in the last season and every season and every episode except for a couple, there was a laugh track. If they had ever stopped it it would have not been in the rest of the seasons

Sadly there is some very sloppy editing in this video. Nothing in it is a surprise to anyone who is a real fan of the show.

Before M*A*S*H Alan Alda appeared as a guest star on another military sitcom, YOU'LL NEVER GET RICH starring Phil Silvers as US Army Sgt. Ernie Bilko.

The show lasted longer than the war.

Anyone that's done any real time in the military would understand jockeying for way to get home early. There's nothing unpatriotic or unamerican about it. While it is an honor to serve, there's still no place like home. Spending extended amounts of time away can wear even the best of us down.

Gunnery officers don't enlist.

Well past the halfway mark, and nothing about things producer hid from us. Gave up.

So... why are there scenes from "Cheers" mixed in with the M.A.S.H. scenes? Major faux pas!!

One obvious difference between the original M*A*S*H film and TV show (the focus of this YT) is the absence of the theme song lyrics: "Su!c!de !s pa!nless, !t br!ngs on many changes and u can take or leave !t as you please." They have helped many of us survive since then.

I figured that out.

klinger in dresses had long since ran its course so i am glad they ended it.

But it only ran (generally) once per week for 11 years, which comes to less than two years if you're counting days.

@WesternAustraliaNowAndThen

26 күн бұрын

and your point is?

The movie was made in 1969 not 1970. I saw the movie in vietnam in 1969. In 1970 it was copyrighted. Not what the narrator stated.

Where were the required name tags on their uniforms?

@jasonrusso9808

23 күн бұрын

Not necessarily true in 1950-53

Anyone who doesn't know these things is asking, "What's Mash?"

It would seem the written script is out of sync with the video and was not proofread for a logical sequence of events either.

Read the book, seen the movie, still like the TV show, and your point ❓. 🇺🇲M.A.S.H🇺🇲

For me Mash was over after Henry left.

No surprises here. Just a collection of things I've heard for years. Mostly an Alan Alda promo piece.

You must not have served in the military, it’s just a spuf of military life and how redundant some things are in the military.

One reason Wayne Rogers felt Trapper was 2nd fiddle is probably 'cause he knew TRAPPER was the best surgeon in the camp, and TRAPPER was supposed to be Chief Surgeon. We learn all of this in the movie. Alan Alda's ego took over both traits for Hawkeye, of course.rfffdd The first sequel novel to "MASH" is "MASH Goes to Maine", which is a hoot. There are a few sequels after that one, but they all suck.

@njlauren

27 күн бұрын

I am sorry they never filmed mash goes to Maine. There was an attempt, the 4 actors agreed to do it, but only if Robert Altman would direct it.

Dude could have told the story and wrapped it up in 3 minutes.

I thought that the show was about a Roman Army M.A.S.H. unit. 11:14)We are looking at an ERROR right here. A few things from before Viet Nam. The first thing Enlisted Men (EM) did after getting transfer orders was to to remove the stripes.This applied all the way up to the most senior EM.The unit's Officer Commanding (OC) would appoint someone else to the rank.There was no Private 2nd Class. Ranks from Private 1st Class up to the 1st Sergeant were all ONE pay grade lower. A 1st Sgt had 2 rockers under the diamond and 3 rafters. Master Sgts E-8) were appointed by the battalion OC and they worked at battalion. 11:18)Stevenson and Alda knew that Blake would not leave alive. Stevenson and the movie Col. Blake died within 48 hours of each other. 18:40) He could be talking about the Points System. Blake got his "points".

@jasonrusso9808

23 күн бұрын

The Technician grades were at 5,4 & 3. Cpl, Sgt & SSgt at battalion level. So this indicates that in WWII to Korea there were 6 pay grades from Pvt. Pfc,Cpl,Sgt,SSgt, Technical Sgt/1Sgt pre1942, MSgt/Regimental Sgt Maj. Prior to 42 a SSgt could be Battalion Sgt Maj, but was not out ranked by grade 5 company 1Sgt.

I cannot watch shows with a laugh track or live audience.

clickbait but somewhat interesting

liked the movie, hated the TV series....

Couldn't stand Hawkeye after a while when Alan Alda started getting all sanctimonious. I liked it when it was an ensemble more than when he was trying to play all the instruments at once saying "Look at me. Look at me."

@markgowans

13 күн бұрын

I agree. I went off Mash a bit when it became The Alan Alda show.

I luv ❤M*A*S*H!

Very interesting but the running order is a complete miss mash

History has proven that the Korean War was nessasarry. The North Korean people have and continue to suffer under the North Korean dictatorship . They are subjected to horrible suffering and demeaning living conditions . Selden having enough food to eat . A nighttime satellite photograph of the peninsula dramatically shows the contrast between starving north and prosperous South.

Great show. Then they decided to change society with moral lessons. Felt like going to church instead of entertainment.

How about a real announcer!

i despise these artificial voices . it ruins any of these channels . cheap and undermining real people . plus they can never speak properly. ffs whats one and 500 dollars .. thumbs downs fail

i always hated any laugh track on television shows. They are horrible and stupid.

Hate when they can't even pronounce the names correctly, screw this

The show was anti-war and anti-military. It began in '72 even as the Vietnam war was winding down. Every officer,save the MASH staff, was portrayed in a negative light, racist, glory hound, inept, etc.

@Paulftate

11 күн бұрын

I'm thinking you didn't like Blazing Saddles then

What's wrong with you?? You can't even pronounce Alan Alda's name!

The first 5 seasons were incredibly racist and sexist! "Spear Chucker" (the African American surgeon that they quickly phased out of existence) and Hawkeye trying to bed anything that moved... I was really disappointed when I revisited the series a few years back. The early 1970s were so archaic and primitive (I lived in that time). But I thought we were making strides...I discovered we weren't (and still aren't). Golden Rewind didn't help either. Loretta Swit wasn't even mentioned in this presentation until 19:45 in this video.

@WesternAustraliaNowAndThen

26 күн бұрын

It was a different time and needs to be viewed in the light of the times it was made. The world has been trying to move on but in reality, all the racism and sexism is still there simmering under the surface.

Major Gen????

@leondillon8723

Ай бұрын

Major General (O-8).

the character Hawkeye and his compatriots were all classic bullies just like the USA bullies the rest of humanity

Did you take a good look at that picture? You got the original 'Hot Lips' Sally Kellermen from the 1970 movie in the shower. And you have the TV Trapper John played by Wayne Rogers all in the same photo. Hmm? Photo - Shopped? But Why??? Studio Shit Indeed To Get You To Hook Into This Video....⛑️