M.A.S.H.
M.A.S.H. (Mobile Army Surgical Hospital) was released on 17 September 1972 and ended in February 1983.
It spanned over 11 seasons with 256 episodes. Episodes were mainly half an hour long. Based on a novel called “MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors”. The opening theme “Suicide is Painless” was composed by Johny Mandel.
The show remains one of the highest-rated in US television history, and the final episode was the most-watched tv episode in history from 1983 to 2010.
The Show
M.A.S.H. is best described as a situation comedy, set in the Korean War of 1950 to 1953.
The Cast
- Alan Alda as Benjamin Franklin “Hawkeye” Pierce
- Wayne Rogers as Trapper John McIntyre
- McLean Stevenson as Henry Blake
- Loretta Swit as Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan
- Larry Linville as Frank Burns
- Gary Burghoff as Walter Eugene “Radar” O’Reilly
- Mike Farrell as B.J. Hunnicut
- Harry Morgan as Sherman T. Potter
- Jamie Farr as Maxwell Q. Klinger
- William Christopher as Father John Patrick Francis Mulcahy
- David Ogden Stiers as Charles Emerson Winchester III
Awards
Nominated for well over 100 Emmy Awards nominations and won 14 in total.
- 1974 – Outstanding Comedy Series
- 1974 – Best Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (Alan Alda)
- 1974 – Best Directing in Comedy
- 1974 – Actor of the Year, Series (Alan Alda)
- 1975 – Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series
- 1976 – Outstanding Film Editing for Entertainment Programming
- 1976 – Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series
- 1977 – Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series
- 1977 – Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
- 1979 – Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Series
- 1980 – Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Variety or Music Series (Loretta Swit)
- 1980 – Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Variety or Music Series (Harry Morgan)
- 1982 – Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (Alan Alda)
- 1982 – Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Variety or Music Series