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Joe sent me an e-mail containing pictures of a signpost he built out of Popsicle sticks. It’s pretty impressive: Joe’s Signpost Check out Prop Spotlight: The Signpost for another picture and for pictures of three other signposts built by fans of M*A*S*H.
Chicago PBS station WTTW interviewed Mike Farrell this past Friday (October 30th) for its The Friday Night Show. Most of the discussion focused on his new book, Of Mule and Man, which was released in May of this year. The book chronicles Farrell’s 2008 book tour for his autobiography, Just Call Me Mike, and his …
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This article about William Christopher at Omoha.com is a few days old (it was published on October 10th) so it’s too late to catch him in “Church Basement Ladies” at the Arts Center at Iowa Western Community College. But check this schedule to see where the musical will be next. For the most part I …
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According to Hallmark Channel’s online schedule M*A*S*H will return to the cable channel on Monday, October 19th with a three-hour block running from 5:00PM to 7:00PM featuring the first six episodes of the series. Here‘s a static version of the day’s schedule. Last Monday (October 5th) both Hallmark and ION dropped repeats of M*A*S*H from …
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A collection of 38 scripts from M*A*S*H and 20 from Trapper John, M.D. will go under the hammer on Saturday, November 7th as part of Heritage Auction Galleries‘ 2009 November Signature Music & Entertainment Auction #7011. The auction, which will run two days, includes a total of 1,450 items (714 of which fall into the …
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Due to the fact that I no longer receive Hallmark Channel or ION, I wasn’t aware of this until a few days ago when Shawn contacted me, but both cable channel Hallmark Channel and broadcast network ION have stopped airing repeats of M*A*S*H. Sitcoms Online reported on September 17th that ION would replace the 4-5PM …
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This slipped past me but Aaron Handy III sent me an e-mail reminding me that it was 35 years ago last week that the feature film version of MASH had its network broadcast premiere. CBS aired the movie from 9-11PM as part of its CBS Friday Night Movie (it followed the series premiere of Planet …
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Alan Alda has written a moving tribute to the late Larry Gelbart for The Los Angeles Times that can be found here. Thanks to “Mary Lou Wallace” at alt.tv.mash for bringing this to my attention. Titled “On the front lines with Larry Gelbart,” the appreciation recalls Gelbart’s humor and kindness, warmth and wit. Here’s my …