- MASH is a set of military/comedy T.V. shows that started in the 1970's.
- It follows a team of doctors that served in the Korean War.
- It was a medical drama/ black comedy that was produced in association with CBS.
- It premiered on Sept. 17, 1972 and ended Feb. 28, 1983, which was the largest watched fanale up until Super Bowl 44 in 2010.
- had 251 episodes and covered a three year military conflict.
- It was an allegory to the Vietnam War even though it was based upon the Korean War.
Background
- It was based off the 1970 featured film MASH.
- The movie was based off the book MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors by: Richard Hooker
- It was developed By Larry Gelbart.
- It follows a team of doctors stationed at the 4077th Mobile Army Sugical Hospital in Uijeongbu, South Korea, during the war.
- They did their best to fill in realistic live while keeping it humerous.
- Most senarios reflect the lighter side to the wars.
Physical and Goegrophical
- The external shots were filmed at the Fox Ranch in the Santa MonicaMountains area of California, which was eventually donated by Fox to the state of CA and renamed to Malibu Creek State Park.
- The filming of internal shots (inside buildings and selected close-upshots of outside areas such as the compound) was done on stage #9 ofthe 20th Century Fox Studios in Hollywood, California
- The Camera's point of view was that they only used one perspective and this was that they filmed from one camera.
Main Characters
- Benjamin Franklin "hawkeye" Pierce- He was the captain and chief surgeon of the army.
- He was in the show for all 11 seasons.
- He was older with gray hair and he usually wore scruffy jeans with a blue button up jacket.
- He was a drinker and did not care much for military authority.
- He was played by Alan Alda.
- Margaret "hot lips" Houlihan- She was the Head Nurse and a major in the army.
- She was in all 11 seasons.
- She had long blonde hair and she wore jeans with a old white shirt.
- She was acted by Loretta Swit
- She was a hottie for all of the patients to attend to
Supporting Cast
- Nurse Kealani Kellye, a recurring character in the 4077th (appearing in 82 episodes), played by Kellye Nakahara. A warm character, she got more to say than the other nurses. She is often seen dancing with Radar, and later, Charles. The first name "Kealani" was never used in the series. On one occasion, David Ogden Stiers and Loretta Swit have inadvertently referred to her as "Nurse Nakahara" and "Lieutenant Nakahara", respectively.
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- Jeff Maxwell appeared as the bumbling Private Igor Straminsky in 66 episodes. In his earlier appearances, he was the camp cook's aide, complaining that despite not actually cooking the food, he still had to listen to everyone's gripes about it. He was often the target of Hawkeye's wrath because of the terrible food, and the recipient of his "river of liver and ocean of fish" rant in "Adams Ribs". His bumbling even ticked off Father Mulcahy when he creamed the fresh corn Mulcahy grew in "A War for All Seasons". In at least two episodes, he was called a sergeant by Major Burns because of his hatred of enlisted staff. In another episode, Burns asks his name and he replies "Maxwell", the actor's actual surname, Burns then replies with that name.
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKTsLRUBzIU
- http://www.kellyesart.com/biography/mashinterview.htm
Plot
MASH was created as an anti- war film in the 1970’s. It was told to express the life of an American soldier. Hawkeye Pierce and his colleagues work to stop the men from fighting while help them heal. They story gave a lighter life to the American people at the time. Many of the stories in the early seasons are based on real-life tales told by real MASH surgeons who were interviewed by the production team. Army Surgical Hospital is stuck in the middle of the Korean war. With little help from the circumstances they find themselves in, they are forced to make their own fun. Fond of practical jokes and revenge, the doctors, nurses, administrators, and soldiers often find ways of making wartime life bearable. Nevertheless, the war goes on, Written by.
From June 25, 1950 to July 27, 1953, America waged war with Korea. To tend to the wounded, the government sent the Mobile Army Surgical Hospital to the front lines to nurse the soldiers. In the camp called the 4077th, Captain Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce witnesses this ferocious yet pointless fight go on while trying to keep the mood light with wise-cracking and practical jokes. He meets many illustrious people, such as the near-psychic company clerk Corporal Walter "Radar" O'Reilly, the short-tempered Head Nurse Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan, Maxwell Q. Klinger who will do anything to be sent home, stern Colonel Henry Blake, the neurotic Major Frank Burns (Hawkeye's roommate), likeable Father Francis Mulcahy, countless other doctors and nurses, and Hawkeye's best friend, fellow fun-loving prankster Captain "Trapper" John McIntyre. During the war, Hawkeye sees many changes occur around him: Trapper, Frank and Radar are sent home, Klinger takes over as company clerk, B.J. Hunnicutt becomes Hawkeye's new best friend and plays around with him instead, arrogant but educated Charles Emerson Winchester III becomes Hawkeye's new roommate, and Blake's plane is shot down over the Sea of Japan, spinning in and killing him. He is replaced by Colonel Sherman Potter, an experienced man who becomes a father figure, albeit a strict one, to the group. Countless doctors and nurses appear throughout, and you can always count on the insane Colonel Samuel Flagg to try to screw everything up.
SCENES
- Season 6 Episode 4 is regarded as one of the funniest scenes in MASH.
- Hot lips is angry with the system and she wants Radar to break protocal with the personal call conduct.
- She wants to talk to her husband in Tokeyo and Radar cannot get through.
- Margaret goes balistic and begins to destroy the entire office.
- She Shouts that she is sick of thearmy and that she wants to go home.
- Then she starts beating up on little Radar.
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBUTt-TyIME&feature=related
- Goodbye, Farewell and Amen= The Last One
- Although reports that the war is almost over reach the camp with increasing frequency, the 4077th is still full with refugees and pri- soners of war. Fresh casualties pour in as both sides try to gain ground before the armistice. Other members of the unit are coping with the final days of war, and making plans to get out. Hot Lips' father is trying to find her a glamorous Army post. B.J. is determined to make it back for his daughter's birthday. Charles wants a plum appointment at a Boston hospital. Klinger worries about Soon-Lee's attempts to find her parents. The normal business of the camp is interrupted by a runaway Army tank that crashes into the compound and destroys the half-built latrine. With two results. First, Charles wanders off to relieve himself and stumbles on a group of Chinese musicians. They surrender and come back with him to the camp. When B.J. examines him, he detects a hearing loss that Father Mulcahy begs him to keep from the rest of the company. The barrage continues as the unit fails to move the tank out. Hawk- eye returns to the 4077th and is called straight into the O.R. He is urgently needed because B.J. has received orders permitting him to go home. Charles learns that he has been appointed to him Boston hospital but quarrels violently with Hot Lips on discovering that she has pulled strings for him. He consoles himself by teaching the Chi- nese musicians a little touch of Mozart. Klinger, meanwhile, has brought back a reluctant Soon-Lee to the safety of the camp, al- though she is still determined to find her parents. He is obvi- ously in love. The pressure on the company is temporarily relieved when Hawkeye, who has coped successfully with his return to surgery, drives the tank into the 4077th's trash dump. But only temporarily. Fires started by incendiary bombs in the surrounding woods are visible from the camp and Colonel Potter orders evacuation proceedings. Klinger proposes marriage and is accepted by Soon-Lee. He is over- joyed. Charles, however, is not so happy when he loses his "orches- tra" to a relocation center. The end of the war is only hours away, but the casualties keep coming in -- among them Charles' flutist. Finally, the surgical teams learn of the immediate ceasefire as they operate on a group of desperately wounded soldiers and civilians. The war is over. At the noisy, joyful camp party that night, members of the company talk about their lives after the war. Colonel Potter looks forward to be- coming a semi-retired country doctor. Hot Lips declares she has opted for the States and a big city hospital. Charles is still going to Boston, despite Hot Lips' "meddling." B.J., of course, wants to go home, yet refuses to actually say "goodbye" to the others. And Hawkeye? Perhaps, after all, he will not be going to the big city surgical post that he always dreamed of. By now, the camp is a ghost town. Father Mulcahy leaves to start a new life ministering to the deaf. Hot Lips is kissed and hugged. Finally, B.J. and Hawkeye go together on B.J.'s motorbike to meet Hawkeye's chopper. As Hawkeye looks down over the desolate camp, he sees a message B.J. has left on the pad: a GOODBYE marked out in stone.
- http://www.faqs.org/faqs/tv/mash/guide/
MASH: By Andrew Fogg
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