Paul e-mailed me a few days ago to let me know that Alan Alda was interviewed on an Australian television show called Elders with Andrew Denton (the program was broadcast on Monday, November 16th over ABC Television). According to Paul it was a “funny, heart-warming interview” that covered “Alan’s childhood, his mother’s schizophrenia, M*A*S*H (of course), his father, his books, the play he is writing and more.” The ABC Television website has a complete transcript of the interview available here. The two discussed the second episode of M*A*S*H in which Alda’s father, Robert Alda, had a guest role (“Lend a Hand“). They also talk about how M*A*S*H made Alda incredibly famous.

You can watch three lengthy “web extra” videos here. They appear to include parts of the broadcast interview as well as additional dialogue that wasn’t shown on television.

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