Another year, another pair of anniversaries. Thursday, September 17th, 2009 was the 37th anniversary of M*A*S*H premiering on CBS while Saturday, February 28th, 2009 was the 26th anniversary of the series finale. Sadly, this will also be remembered as the year Larry Gelbart, the man most responsible for bringing M*A*S*H to the small screen, passed …
Site Outage Yesterday
I don’t know exactly how long the site was down yesterday evening and/or early this morning but I do apologize for the outage. My web host was having problems that I don’t begin to understand but hopefully everything should be working now. This sort of thing happens occasionally. Often I don’t even realize but I …
Use of Minox Camera Not Anachronistic
I’ve updated Anachronisms on M*A*S*H for the first time in years to correct an error involving the Season Two finale, A Smattering of Intelligence.” In the episode, Captain Stone is seen using a small silver camera to take pictures of the Swamp. I was contacted by someone who told me that the camera in question, …
“Running Nurses” From the Opening Credits Update
I’ve updated my analysis of Nurses of the 4077th: The “Running Nurses” from the Opening Credits with information provided by Kathy Denna Fradella, who e-mailed me a few days ago to confirm that she is the brunette at the front of the “running nurses” seen in the opening credits to M*A*S*H. So that settles that …
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M*A*S*H at the Smithsonian Article
Following the filming of the final episode of M*A*S*H, 20th Century-Fox donated two of the sets used in the production of the series to the Smithsonian Institution. The O.R. and the Swamp were taken down and packed up at the studio’s Stage 9 sound stage in Hollywood, California and moved to the National Mall in …
Various Updates to the Site
I’ve spent the past few days doing maintenance and rearranging some parts of the site. I’ve been trying to think of a way to make it easier for visitors to the site to find their way around. So, for starters, I’ve put together a new site map. I’ve also changed the way the Features page …
Closing the Forums
I’ve closed the Television Obscurities forums which is where I was hosting the rarely used M*A*S*H, Finest Kind forum. Every article and feature here can be commented on as well as everything I post on the main page. So there was really no need for the forums.
M*A*S*H Exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution
Following the filming of the final episode of M*A*S*H, 20th Century-Fox donated two of the sets used in the production of the series to the Smithsonian Institution. The O.R. and the Swamp were taken down and packed up at the studio’s Stage 9 sound stage in Hollywood, California and moved to the National Mall in …
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