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For years someone (or multiple someones) has been selling four scripts said to be unfilmed episodes of M*A*S*H, with the following titles, writers, drafts and dates: “Father Hawkeye Knows Best” – Len Kaplan & Frank Ridgeway – 2nd Draft (March 3rd, 1972) “Peace is Hell” – Daryl G. Nickens – 1st Draft (November 1st, 1981) …
I wrote about characters played by more than one actor or actress last week. Almost immediately after posting it, I remembered that the character of Boone was played by two actors during Season One. In “M*A*S*H – The Pilot,” he was played by Bruno Kirby, Jr. (credited as B. Kirby, Jr.). In “Chief Surgeon Who?,” …
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I haven’t written about bloopers (continuity errors, like Hawkeye saying he had a sister at one point) in the past, instead focusing on goofs (mistakes made during production, such as a character wearing shoes in a scene and then suddenly not wearing any). But while watching part of There Is Nothing Like A Nurse I …
When M*A*S*H premiered on September 17th, 1972, viewers were introduced (per the opening credits) to Alan Alda, Wayne Rogers, McLean Stevenson, Larry Linville, Loretta Swit and Gary Burghoff. Guest stars in that first episode included G. Wood as General Hammond, Patrick Adiarte as Ho-Jon, Karen Phillip as Lt. Dish and George Morgan as Father Mulcahy. …
As every M*A*S*H fan knows, Harry Morgan played two different characters on the series. In the Season Three episode “The General Flipped at Dawn” he played the eccentric Maj. Gen. Bartford Hamilton Steele, a role he won an Emmy for. But he is better known as Colonel Potter, who took over as commander of the …
Earlier today, Lizard sent me the following e-mail: In season 7, episode 6, I swear I see Beeson Carroll (Donald Penobscot) make an uncredited appearance in the scene where there is a line waiting to use the tub. He appears early in the scene, approaching the line and then disappearing into it. Is this correct, …
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Believe it or not, M*A*S*H premiered in Canada before its debut in the United States. According to television listings in The Montreal Gazette the first episode of M*A*S*H was seen on Friday, September 15th, 1972 from 8-8:30PM. That’s two days before it aired on CBS on Sunday, September 17th. The show was broadcast by the …
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According to a September 28th, 1972 article in The Montreal Gazette, M*A*S*H was broadcast in Canada on the CBC, Fridays at 8PM. L. Ian MacDonald reviewed the series, suggesting that “successful television series are seldom derived from the cinema and, at first glance, MASH seemed a most unlikely prospect.” He continued, writing that “the film’s …