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His breakthrough role came in 1987 when he starred in Dirty Dancing but on April 6th, 1981 Patrick Swayze guest-starred on M*A*S*H (in “Blood Brothers“) as Pvt. Gary Sturgis, a terminally-ill soldier more worried about his wounded buddy than himself. Swayze passed away today at the age of 57 after battling pancreatic cancer. He was …
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Larry Gelbart, the man most responsible for bringing M*A*S*H to the small screen, has died at the age of 81. He wrote the pilot episode, which premiered in September of 1972, and stayed with the show through the end of its fourth season in 1976. He wrote or co-wrote several dozen other episodes and directed …
Last week a young M*A*S*H fan named Steven e-mailed me with pictures of the signpost he built over the course of three months. It’s quite impressive. I’ve updated Prop Spotlight: The Signpost with a large picture and Steven’s description of how he put it together. I wonder how many other replicas of the signpost are …
For the most part I stopped reporting news that wasn’t directly related to M*A*S*H some time ago. But I’m making an exception today for Alan Alda’s Emmy nomination in the Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series category. He was nominated for his role in an episode of NBC’s 30 Rock (“Mamma Mia”). Alda was …
It looks like Gary Burghoff has joined many of his fellow M*A*S*H alum and penned an autobiography. According to Amazon.com, Gary Burghoff: To M*A*S*H and Back (subtitled “My Life in Poems and Songs (That Nobody Ever Wanted to Publish”) was released just last week on June 10th. Larry Gelbart provided the foreward. Here’s the summary …
The latest issue of TV Guide (June 15th-28th) includes the venerable magazine’s latest list of television greats. This time around it’s “TV’s Top 100 Episodes of All Time.” There’s no indication of how the episodes were ranked but there is a note that says readers helped pick the episodes which were then ranked by TV …
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MAGNA, a “global media forecasting and investment strategy unit” of Mediabrands (itself a “media holding company” and part of Interpublic Group) has released a report detailing the state of comedies on television today. Written by Steve Sternberg and titled, appropriately enough, “Comedies on Television,” the report notes that while the number of comedies currently on …
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The Seventh Annual TV Land Awards (taped Sunday, February 19th) were shown on TV Land last night, which is a cable channel I don’t get. Thankfully, TV Land has put highlights from the show on its website, including a 13-minute segment showcasing the presentation and acceptance of the Impact Award. Martin Sheen introduced the award …