Alan Alda has written a tribute to the late Wayne Rogers for The Hollywood Reporter.
Alan Alda Remembers Wayne Rogers
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Alan Alda’s M*A*S*H Festival
Larry Petit, who was kind enough to provide an in-depth look at the original broadcast of “Goodbye, Farewell and Amen” (read it here if you have not already) has come across an interesting curio about M*A*S*H in syndication: a few promotional spots for something called Alan Alda’s M*A*S*H Festival from 1980, broadcast on WNEW-TV in …
Alda on International Emmy Honor
Back in September, I reported that Alan Alda would be receiving a special Founders Award from the International Emmy Awards. The awards ceremony was held last night. Here’s an excerpt from a CBS News article about the ceremony that includes a quote from Alda: At the end of the ceremony, [Ryan] Murphy returned to the …
Alda to Receive International Emmy Award
Deadline.com reports that Alan Alda and Norman Lear will both receive special Founder Awards at the 40th International Emmy Awards ceremony to be held November 19th in New York City. From the official press release announcing the awards: To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the International Emmy Awards Gala, the International Academy of Television Arts …
Alan Alda on America in Primetime
The fourth and final episode of PBS’s America in Primetime aired last night. The episode focused on “The Crusader” character from television. One of these crusaders was Hawkeye Pierce from M*A*S*H and Alan Alda was among those discussing the character. You can watch the entire episode at the PBS website. Some excerpts: Alan Alda on …
Alan Alda to Discuss M*A*S*H Tonight on PBS
Tonight at 8PM, PBS will broadcast the fourth and final episode of America in Primetime, which from what I’ve read is not your typical documentary but rather a collection of interviews with actors, directors and writers attempting to explain how contemporary television has been influenced by decades worth of creativity and effort. Each episode has …
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Catching Up on the News
The world didn’t grind to a halt while I was on hiatus. Here, in no particular order, are some newsworthy M*A*S*H-related goings-on from the past five months: M*A*S*H America’s Third Favorite TV Show of All Time According to a March survey conducted by Harris Interactive, adults in the United States ranked M*A*S*H their third favorite …
See the M*A*S*H Cast as Children
I’ve been going through some of my archived M*A*S*H content and came across the following two page excerpt from an unidentified magazine that features photographs of the cast (from the later seasons) as children. Someone sold the two pages on eBay in 2004 and I saved the images but failed to write down any information …