The M*A*S*H Mountains: Then and Now

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Flickr user T Hoffarth recently traveled to the Malibu Creek State Park in California, where external shots for M*A*S*H were filmed, and took photographs matching scenes from the series. Here’s how the mountains looked in the opening credits and how they look today: The M*A*S*H Mountains: Then and Now Additional comparisons can be found here, …

William Self (1921-2010)

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If you don’t recognize the name William Self, don’t worry. He was an executive at 20th Century-Fox Television, the production company behind M*A*S*H. According to James H. Wittebols in Watching M*A*S*H, Watching America, “William Self at 20th Century-Fox Television saw a potential situation comedy in the movie and recruited Gene Reynolds, a solidly credentialed producer, …