I often browse eBay to see if anything interesting related to M*A*S*H is up for auction. In August of 2007 someone was selling what I believe is a press photograph for the series featuring McClean Stevenson and Gary Burghoff. They’re in character but Burghoff appears to be holding a script. If I had to guess …
Kathy Denny Fradella Confirms She’s the Brunette in the Opening Credits
This past January I wrote about the identity of the brunette running in the front of the nurses during the opening credits of M*A*S*H. You can read all about the “running nurses” here (two are still unidentified). Back in 1978 someone wrote to the TV Talkback section of The Los Angeles Times asking about this …
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The Los Angeles Times Reviews M*A*S*H
Cecil Smith of The Los Angeles Times reviewed M*A*S*H on September 18th, 1972 (the series had premiered the previous day). He called it “a smash” and “the best thing that’s happened to weekly television since it grew out of diapers into long pants and launched All in the Family.” He noted that it was “obviously …
M*A*S*H and the 1979 Los Angeles Women’s Marathon
On Saturday, November 3rd, 1979 the first (and, I believe, only) Los Angeles Women’s Marathon was held in Los Angeles, California. The race covered 26 miles and 386 yards in Los Angeles County, tracing the exact route taken by the competitors in the 1932 Olympics. According to The Los Angeles Times, the race was being …
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The M*A*S*H G*A*M*E, Created by Alan and Arlene Alda
Now this is an interesting bit of M*A*S*H history I came across on eBay the other day. Someone was selling a board game put together by Alan Alda and his wife, Arlene, in December of 1973 as a Christmas gift for Perry Lafferty. Lafferty, who died in August of 2005 at the age of 87, …
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TIME Reviews M*A*S*H
Here’s a two paragraph review of M*A*S*H by Gerald Clark for TIME magazine, originally published on October 16th, 1972. Be forewarned, it’s brutal: This show, which began as one of the most promising series of the new season, is now one of its biggest disappointments. Based on the 1970 movie of the same name, which …
M*A*S*H Stars Favorite Episodes Footage
In the 1980s, members of the cast filmed special footage introducing their favorite episodes. Some of the footage was included as a bonus feature with the Martinis & Medicine Collection.
Attempted Assassination of Reagan Pre-Empted M*A*S*H
On Monday, March 30th, 1981 at roughly 2:30PM Eastern, John Hinckley, Jr. attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan in Washington, D.C., wounding the President and several others. As news of the shooting spread the TV networks–ABC, CBS and NBC–interrupted their regularly scheduled programming for live coverage that continued into the evening. ABC scrapped its planned …
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