Sirgets

I was wondering who here loves this show....I am totally hooked on it ....i am now in the middle of the 3 season. And Arik was kind enough to tell me there was a book the other night.

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Arik

Actually, there were a few books about MASH. Although, from what I hear, they were about as good as the spin-off series that didn't feature Trapper John.

I liked the early MASH with Trapper John, Hawkeye Pierce, Hot Lips, Burns, Radar, and Colonel Blake. When Blake & Trapper left, the show lost something. By the time Burns left, it wasn't the same show (though, one of my favorite lines from the show was when Winchester went into Hot Lips' tent and said "Let me be Frank." ).

I thought the movie was about as good as the early episodes, but is infinately better than the later episodes.

And the book was the best of all three.

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Brikar

I like the show, but I've never seen it enough to be able to adequately discern the eras like that.

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Stag

I agree with Arik the early stuff was great, but later on when the cast changed and they started getting political with their stories, I just started tuning out. They thought they were being subtle but really the story telling became ham fisted and they really beat yo over the head with the whole anti-war message.

Side note: I met Larry Linville aka Frank Burns once, really nice guy. Soft spoken but really friendly. Got the impression that he didn't care for Alan Alda that much. He came to my college and spoke for about 2 hours which I thought was pretty cool, taking Q&A and such.

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Stag

By the way Sirgets, just a warning, the real military isn't like that. So be forewarned. Oh wait, you're going into the Canadian Army. You should be ok.

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Arik

I think most of the cast was resentful of Alda. At least, that's the way they come across in some of the interviews that I've read/seen. After all, alot of MASH was just "Hawkeye Pierce and Friends", while the novel and the movie was "A Tale of 3 Army Doctors".

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Brikar

Hm, I should try and find the novel.

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Bean

The later seasons when they started getting political and such was directly a result of Alda getting too much creative control. I've watched alot of the interviews too, and that's the chief reason Trapper John left in the first place. The show wasn't the same as what he'd been told, it had become "Hawkeye Pierce and his morale quandries".

I suppose I should clarify that I stll love the show, just the earlier stuff moreso.

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