I could listen to Alan Alda talk all day, his voice hasn’t changed at all. I’m a OTR trucker and listen to lots of Audible while driving and he was a narrator on the World War Z audiobook, hearing Hawkeye Pierce talk about zombies was priceless 🤣
If you like podcasts, you might want to try his Clear and Vivid series. You'll not only get his voice, but deeper insights into his fine character, too.
I am also an otr trucker and listen to audio books. My favorite narrator is Simon Vance. I have all 6 Dune Audiobooks by Frank Herbert. Well worth listening to.
It's 2019 and still watching MASH. Two episodes back to back week nights. Laughing and crying. Thanks to all the cast for all the pleasure you are still giving us!!!! Well done!!
Me too I love mash I'm only 35 and I wasn't alive when the show was originally on I wasn't born until 1985.but I'm just now starting to collect the seasons on DVD and I love every season it's amazing!! Such a Fantastic show!! I can't believe that killed off Captain Pierce I was very sad about that. I don't like that radar left after the 6th season same with the fact that trapper John left the show after the third season. I'm just glad that Alan alda never left the show
I agree, one of the finest shows and cast assembled from begging to end. The show will go on for many generations to come. To the cast members who have parted R.I.P to all the cast ..thank you for the tears and laughter
I'm 28 and got into it as a teenager when the reruns would come on everyday on Hallmark and that show feels more like my teenage years then current shows were. I feel like you know a show is iconic when even decades later it's gaining new generations of fans.
I don't think anyone who watched MASH, who wasn't touched by the characters, humility and storyline has a soul. I grew up watching this series and it can still evoke every emotion possible. The statement it made still stands true today.
pretty amazing that when it came out it didn't do well at all, and then look what happened, put it out again and in a different time slot and the rest is history....
All I can say is thank you to the crew of M.A.S.H. for what you showed. I was saved by a M.A.S.H. unit during Vietnam and I know how hard you work and how much you care. Every time I watch a show it reminds me of how much I owe to all the doctors and nurses
I love Mash. Cried like a baby during the last episode. Alan, you and all your cast mates were phenomenal. Love you all. You all brought us so much. Thank you and I'm sorry your last day of filming was completely ruined and you didn't have your moment. That is sad.
Whichever episode was the one where Hawkeye was forced to help a North Korean soldier at gunpoint from another. Neither spoke the other’s language but they managed to have a moment
M*A*S*H is like the Energizer Bunny: It keeps going, and going, and going... All kidding aside, M*A*S*H keeps being watched because it is high-quality work.
I've always loved the way Alan Alda tells stories because it was rarely linear. He'd take really interesting detours with his narratives. Not many media personalities do that these days.
I remember when MASH ended, it almost felt as though members of my family had died. Weird to be that invested in a TV show but I guess that was how good it was.
sadly, they sold the set to the highest bidder... and didn't preserve it as a cultural landmark. Typical of our plastic (throwaway disposable culture). That is also what this show sort of depicted.. the disposible nature of war, where people become statistics (dead/wounded) in wars that revolve around greed.
I was in grade 12...coming home from band practice it was on at 8.30 Thursday night ...staying at my best friend's house overnight..When I watch this its 40 years ago.where has the time gone...as funny as it is they were all my family too....the show left a time print on my soul...and I miss them all...
Just finished binge watching the episodes back to back. It’s not the first time I have seen them but the first time, back to back and in order. Still a powerful show.
They really didn't know how their efforts would form a legendary series. Everyone contributed in making this a success. As one cast member left, a new personality fit right in to remake a new milestone in the saga. Absolute genius.
I missed this show I first watched it when I was 8 my grandmother used to watch it all the time. I'm now 25 and i still get emotional seeing the final episode this show was amazing. all the old shows are way better then anything on TV now
My dad got us kids started watching mash when I was a teenager and I still love it! I am now 57! Now you know it is a damn good show when you love it for that long!
The show MASH was genius. It was a comedy, medical, and war show all rolled into one. I think the word "dramedy " was coined for this show. Even though the viewer didn't see a lot of actual combat scenes in this show, it conveyed the horrors of war, both physically and emotionally. And I could tell that this show was a labor of love for everyone involved in it, because of the care that went into making every episode. MASH was a prime example of what a television series could and should be.
Always liked Alan Alda....he's a great actor and a very good guy in reality! My favorite movie he was directed and acted in is The Four Seasons...wonderful movie!
Shelley Ruble your right Alan Alda was the one who helped shape Mash into success it became as went from being the star to directing episodes and being writer of many along with having creative input. He was the one who helped with scripts and decisions on actors hired including when Harry Morgan was hired on as Colonel Potter and several others.
Benjamin Frankin "Hawkeye" Pierce was an amazing meatball surgeon and beautiful human being. I always imagined Hawkeye living the rest of his life up in Crabapple Cove and even though he was happy and relieved to be home, he would always be missing the piece of himself that he left in Korea.
Well, he should have taken up that man's offer and took the time capsule back!😂 obviously Alda didn't care about it because be didn't want it back when the man found it...
Of course, Charles, in this final episode, makes music making involving the Mozart Clarinet Quintet as he taught the itinerant Korean musicians. We clarinetists took note. If you ever want to hear the entire thing, look it up here on TH-cam. I’m one of those guys who takes humble joy in performing this masterpiece.
God bless you Alan alda, mash was such an incredible part of my childhood. It made me understand that war is bad, by bringing it into my living room each evening. Sometimes it was lighthearted and funny, sometimes it was serious. I know mash is fiction, but the chicken scene with Hawkeye in the bus still makes me cry to this day. I am nearly 50 years old and I can not watch that scene without tearing up. The Korean lady’s silent scream, and Hawkeye crying it was a baby, she smothered her own baby, still too this day haunts me and stirs up horrible emotions in me. Mr. Alda you played a man with ptsd brilliantly. Thank you for everything
Thank you Alan I remember laying on the floor, my Pop in his chair watching Mash every Saturday night. My Pop fought in Korea, he loved that show with a beer after supper.
I love MASH. I discovered it in reruns as a kid in the 70s and I watched both the reruns and first run episodes until the series ended in the 80s. I was a sophomore in hs then. Now it’s 2019 and I still watch it! I never gets old. Absolutely wonderful show.
@Hand Solo you literally disagreed with him about Hawkeye being a good role model because of #metoo which is a moronic thing to say since Hawkeye was a fantastic person.
@@2themoon863 My uncle was killed in a training mission right after the war and sadly my aunt committed suicide when her only child was 7 years old. I have often thought her experiences in the MASH unit contributed to her decision.
@@2themoon863 My uncle was killed in a trainig mission after the war and my aunt actually took her own life, leaving a 7 year ols daughter I have often thought that if she experienced ANYTHING like the show portrayed, it HAD to have an effect.
Betty Bartley i agree, but then again i think M*A*S*H wouldn't of been M*A*S*H without all of them, although Alan Alda was the Main Character of the show for many good reasons, everyone else complimented the show in their own way, and that also includes complimenting Hawkeye ❤
@@janshegers7667 True, Alda needed to have others to play off but he was the star of the TV show. Then, Alda became the creative force behind the show in later years to its conclusion in 83. Still, I loved Wayne Rogers and Maclean Stevenson and Larry Linville and the rest. They were all great. As for the movie, actors Donald Sutherland and Elliot Gould shared the honor, i believe, of making a fantastic film -- aside from director Robert Altman. Gould and Sutherland together helped make the movie -- a grittier, darker piece -- work brilliantly. Fan of both the film and TV show.
When I was in kindergarten during the seventies, I knew this man's voice, Klinger in a dress, Radar's teddy bear and him hearing choppers, and the name Hot Lips Hooligan. The last one used to crack me up, but at the time I had no idea what it meant. Mr Alda's voice is forever soothing to me.
Have the complete series on DVD and I go sleep every night, with M*A*S*H playing. All time greatest show. Have watched it for 40+ years. Love every episode.
Colby Thornton what you described is exactly what I do every single nite ... I grew up watching it with my dad(rip Fats) and now one of my twin daughters Katie watches it with me .i love it brilliant show
Allen Alda, you are one of the most greatest entertainers, I have ever seen ! You have done so much for humanity plus!! God Bless You !! Your well loved by so many!
from watching this show as a child after school to watching it as an adult it has so many life lessons laughs cries etcetera this is one of the best television shows ever made well done Alan Alda and all your cast members for the memories thank you so much
An amazing show! I was a young kid in the early 80s as Mash was finishing up its run, but now in my mid 40s I can appreciate the incredible show that it was. I watch it every night at 7pm on MeTV!
I really enjoyed watching MASH. It was one of the best sitcoms I ever watched. Hawkeye Pierce is a hero. He is a truly iconic character who brings a perfect blend of wit, humour, and compassion to the show. His quick wit and sharp sense of humour not only provide much-needed comic relief in the midst of the chaos of war but also reflect his ability to cope with the difficult situations he faces. Live long and prosper Alan!
This show must have been so important to people who actually served and survived the Korean war. And the Vietnam war. I know that many service people who came back from Vietnam have committed suicide because of the horrors that they went through and the lack of help they received after. The same thing seems to be happening all the time. People returning from tours in the Middle East and Afghanistan are not receiving the help they need to manage with the mental and physical wounds that they acquired while in active service. I know it was "just a tv show" and was a comedy at that, but the people working on the show did try to present the fact that people were killed and maimed in war. We seem to have forgotten that.
The writers did base the show of real life Doctor turned author who wrote Mash and he was like the real Hawkeye Pierce. His name was Richard Hornberger and penned the book Mash under Richard Hooker. He was a recent medical school graduate who was drafted during Korean War and served on real Mash unit to be a surgeon. Hornberger said he did things in surgery that were against army regulations. He used the character of Pierce in his book to be like himself with his humor and wit to help get through the grueling hours in surgery and stress of being on fighting lines in Korea.
I'm only 26 and this is my favorite show and has been since I first watched it at 13. A great group of actors that really did care about the show and each other really shun through the show
This is something to see! A great and detailed explanation of the end of mash. He is a terrific storyteller. I have watched the show so many times I can almost utter the dialogue before the actors do. Plenty of laughs and emotion. Thanks mash and utube.
I remember one episode that John and Hawkeye were practicing boxing for a boxing match against a SGT from another military base and they were using Frank's duffel bag for a punching bag and Margaret Houlihan walks by saying "Isn't that Frank's bag?" John without missing a step said " I thought you were Frank's bag" I laughed so hard and coffee shot from my nose.
I like the scene where Colonel Flagg was trying to get a prisoner being tended to at the M.A.S.H. released so he could execute him. He needed two doctors to sign off on it and Trapper and Hawkeye weren't about to. Margaret realizes Frank could and exclaims, " Wait a minute! You're a doctor, Frank!" Hawkeye quips "Your secret is safe with me. Certainly your patients will never know". Classic 🤣
Have started watching it again on 'Great TV', am luving it again, more than ever! Feel blessed that I grew up with these guys and still feel blessed watching it all again...💖
I did meet Alan some years later when he was hosting his program, "Great American Frontiers" at my work. It was about a robotic surgery instrument and the setting was supposed to be a Mobile Army Field Hospital. I was working with the equipment and keeping folks from coming looking for autographs. During some director time I spent about an hour with him just chatting about this and that. Very pleasant man easy to be with and funny.
Steven Weiler Sudance channel shows M*A*S*H Marathon every Saturday evening & Monday mornings on AT&T DISH. I love Alan Alda, too! Sometimes they put M*A*S*H on as a filler between movies, also. 😄
After watching MASH for eleven years, essentially being raised on it, the last episode was airing while I was in a night class in college. I fretted until the class break, when my roommate and I slipped away to our room and watched the entire episode with a half dozen other classmates. I have never regretted it.
I was in college myself, but my family had a VCR (or was it a Betamax, can’t remember); I had set it to record as I was in class for the early part. At the time it was said that would be the only time that episode would be shown. Ten years later I caught an ad that the episode was going to be rerun, so I set my VCR to record it no matter whether I was there or not-I was home and watched the whole episode, then saw it again a few years after…and played my recording a few times as well.
Been watching MASH everyday for the last 10 years. Only reason I have Hulu put it on anytime I’m around tv. Seasons back to back prolly 100 times but still haven’t watched the finale. Just can’t get myself to do it. Time capsule then restart like it’s never ended.
That reminds me so much of when a movie ends and you feel moved. So you want to "take it in"...savor the moment as you listen to the music while watching the last scrolls run up the screAND SUDDENLY. The next movie promotion appears on your screen before you're ready. MASH has always been, and will continue one of the best tv shows.
@@halenarouzer4472 , Murder Mystery. No, No... Its a Romantic Comedy. But, in my opinion its a Romantic Drama. He goes on a business trip. He meets a woman. Both are married. But, every year same weekend they meet at the same place. Its a great movie.
I ran EMS for many years. I swear Hawkeye is my twin. The way he would crack jokes after a rough day, and have the occasional emotional reaction, is EXACTLY how I coped with my years on the bus.
It's been said many times already by many others, but the quality of this show is so much higher than nearly all that is out there today that it's shocking.
By the way I was never in the military, but truly thank you so much for all those years of showing us comedy during the times of a real live war You guys did a absolute outstanding job
I like Hawkeye's character. His mother had died but he was close to his father. He was single and a doctor. He was extremely witty and had a sense of morality.
M*A*S*H* was excellent show. The actors made us laugh and cry. Especially when it was a show about being doctors in Army during Korean War. My father was there he was a young man in his early 20's. Thank You for such a moving show.
funny that he used the voice of the 'greatest clean joke' to imitate the construction guy... "what, that's all you do? Bird imitations?!?"... lol. Mr. Alda is awesome.
For me, M*A*S*H* was the best show ever. I love, I cry , I laugh..and I miss this serial verry much. God bless you everyone! And..R.I.P who past away....❤
I could listen to Alan Alda talk all day, his voice hasn’t changed at all. I’m a OTR trucker and listen to lots of Audible while driving and he was a narrator on the World War Z audiobook, hearing Hawkeye Pierce talk about zombies was priceless 🤣
If you like podcasts, you might want to try his Clear and Vivid series. You'll not only get his voice, but deeper insights into his fine character, too.
@@lettisnet I have never even heard that he has a podcast....I will definitely check it out, thank you for the information 👍🏻
I am also an otr trucker and listen to audio books. My favorite narrator is Simon Vance. I have all 6 Dune Audiobooks by Frank Herbert. Well worth listening to.
He also did one called " Things i heard while talking to y myself "
I’d listen to him read a cookbook. Lol
It's 2019 and still watching MASH. Two episodes back to back week nights. Laughing and crying. Thanks to all the cast for all the pleasure you are still giving us!!!! Well done!!
Yep me too on MeTv lol
Same
Don’t forget Sunday’s after the loveboat
TH-cam has full episodes.👍
Me too I love mash I'm only 35 and I wasn't alive when the show was originally on I wasn't born until 1985.but I'm just now starting to collect the seasons on DVD and I love every season it's amazing!! Such a Fantastic show!! I can't believe that killed off Captain Pierce I was very sad about that. I don't like that radar left after the 6th season same with the fact that trapper John left the show after the third season. I'm just glad that Alan alda never left the show
One of the most distinctive and recognizable voices in show business.
Could be mistaken as Howard Stern too, I think
😅friendship
M*A*S*H* Will live on as one of the finest television shows ever done...will always love it
It ages like a fine wine.
Mash Fam, To the Swamp!!!!
I agree, one of the finest shows and cast assembled from begging to end. The show will go on for many generations to come. To the cast members who have parted R.I.P
to all the cast ..thank you for the tears and laughter
I'm 28 and got into it as a teenager when the reruns would come on everyday on Hallmark and that show feels more like my teenage years then current shows were. I feel like you know a show is iconic when even decades later it's gaining new generations of fans.
Agreed. In 200 years, it will still be great. It's literally like fine art.
I don't think anyone who watched MASH, who wasn't touched by the characters, humility and storyline has a soul. I grew up watching this series and it can still evoke every emotion possible. The statement it made still stands true today.
pretty amazing that when it came out it didn't do well at all, and then look what happened, put it out again and in a different time slot and the rest is history....
Frank burns was by far the best on the show tremendously talented
All I can say is thank you to the crew of M.A.S.H. for what you showed. I was saved by a M.A.S.H. unit during Vietnam and I know how hard you work and how much you care. Every time I watch a show it reminds me of how much I owe to all the doctors and nurses
Recently purchased the complete series and am rewatching it for the UMPTEENTH time.
I love Mash. Cried like a baby during the last episode. Alan, you and all your cast mates were phenomenal. Love you all. You all brought us so much. Thank you and I'm sorry your last day of filming was completely ruined and you didn't have your moment. That is sad.
Linda Smith Nicely put ❤
Ya.....I lost it also
Whichever episode was the one where Hawkeye was forced to help a North Korean soldier at gunpoint from another. Neither spoke the other’s language but they managed to have a moment
K ris no idea, but it was a great episode! “Chung Lee!” Isn’t that what they were saying??
I cried too.
It’s 2020 and I’m still watching M*A*S*H one of the best shows ever made no doubt about it♥️
It's 2022 and my wife and I just finished the watching the DVD set, for the 2nd time. Nice to be able to watch it without the laugh track.
M*A*S*H is like the Energizer Bunny: It keeps going, and going, and going... All kidding aside, M*A*S*H keeps being watched because it is high-quality work.
I've always loved the way Alan Alda tells stories because it was rarely linear. He'd take really interesting detours with his narratives. Not many media personalities do that these days.
I love Alan Alda. I could listen to him talk about anything.
Me too!
Totally true.
I Loved everyone of the characters, They made it so real, Every part was played so well
He has a podcast show you can listen to.
Same here
I remember when MASH ended, it almost felt as though members of my family had died. Weird to be that invested in a TV show but I guess that was how good it was.
sadly, they sold the set to the highest bidder... and didn't preserve it as a cultural landmark. Typical of our plastic (throwaway disposable culture). That is also what this show sort of depicted.. the disposible nature of war, where people become statistics (dead/wounded) in wars that revolve around greed.
Don't cry😊 it was a happy ending😊 the men finally got to go home to their families😊
Still the best TV show ever. I definitely cried watching the final episode. Still do every time I see it.
It was definitely sad.
I was in grade 12...coming home from band practice it was on at 8.30 Thursday night ...staying at my best friend's house overnight..When I watch this its 40 years ago.where has the time gone...as funny as it is they were all my family too....the show left a time print on my soul...and I miss them all...
Just finished binge watching the episodes back to back. It’s not the first time I have seen them but the first time, back to back and in order. Still a powerful show.
They really didn't know how their efforts would form a legendary series. Everyone contributed in making this a success. As one cast member left, a new personality fit right in to remake a new milestone in the saga. Absolute genius.
I missed this show I first watched it when I was 8 my grandmother used to watch it all the time. I'm now 25 and i still get emotional seeing the final episode this show was amazing. all the old shows are way better then anything on TV now
Chernbyl STALKER m
agree..the bachelor and boy band and dancing with the stars..yeah they put out crap today
Chernbyl STALKER know what you meen
Chernbyl STALKER amen brother, amen
i completely dissagree, there is so much good television now (i mean its not MASH by any means) if you look for it there are wonderful shows
My dad got us kids started watching mash when I was a teenager and I still love it! I am now 57! Now you know it is a damn good show when you love it for that long!
Grew up watching MASH. I had then, and still do now, the biggest crush on Alan Alda. I love him sooooo much.
Still holds the record for most watched TV episode in history. In the age of internet streaming this record will never be broken.
could listen to Alan Alda forever.. what an amazing man. so humble and so soft spoken.
The show MASH was genius. It was a comedy, medical, and war show all rolled into one. I think the word "dramedy " was coined for this show. Even though the viewer didn't see a lot of actual combat scenes in this show, it conveyed the horrors of war, both physically and emotionally. And I could tell that this show was a labor of love for everyone involved in it, because of the care that went into making every episode. MASH was a prime example of what a television series could and should be.
Too true.
Always liked Alan Alda....he's a great actor and a very good guy in reality! My favorite movie he was directed and acted in is The Four Seasons...wonderful movie!
Alan Alda rules! He was a major reason why MASH was such a great TV show, for so long a time.
I can't agree more about the Four Seasons, love it.
me too. great movie
You should see Same Time, Next Year.
Shelley Ruble your right Alan Alda was the one who helped shape Mash into success it became as went from being the star to directing episodes and being writer of many along with having creative input. He was the one who helped with scripts and decisions on actors hired including when Harry Morgan was hired on as Colonel Potter and several others.
Great man…much respect to him, his voice, his laugh and mannerisms sucks you back in time 🥰
Benjamin Frankin "Hawkeye" Pierce was an amazing meatball surgeon and beautiful human being. I always imagined Hawkeye living the rest of his life up in Crabapple Cove and even though he was happy and relieved to be home, he would always be missing the piece of himself that he left in Korea.
Well said
Dude's voice literally hasn't aged since the show lol
Right???!! Everything down to mannerisms still the same. Lets you know how much of Alan was in Hawkeye.
he must not drink or smoke
well keep in mind his hair was starting to turn when he was still on the show. voices almost never change after your hair does.
My first thought!
even his voice in his earlier acting days is exactly identical, such a trip!
I can just feel Alan Alda's dissatisfaction at how their own personal time capsule was treated so flimsily by the minions of corporate America.
I'm skeptical.
Well, he should have taken up that man's offer and took the time capsule back!😂 obviously Alda didn't care about it because be didn't want it back when the man found it...
Alan Alda is the most genuine actor ever. I love mash and watched every episode many times
2019 my dad showed me mash today and I'm in love with it. It's a shame when I realized there can't ever be anymore episodes of this amazing show
Kid who sits in the corner you are so right .👍🇺🇸
No one cares
@@ishmael802 who asked for your opinion?
But there are over 250. That is lot to watch.
@@ishmael802 aisha cared
Of course, Charles, in this final episode, makes music making involving the Mozart Clarinet Quintet as he taught the itinerant Korean musicians. We clarinetists took note. If you ever want to hear the entire thing, look it up here on TH-cam. I’m one of those guys who takes humble joy in performing this masterpiece.
I have always loved Hawkeye’s laugh. It’s so infectious that it makes you laugh. Even if you don’t know what the joke is.
God bless you Alan alda, mash was such an incredible part of my childhood. It made me understand that war is bad, by bringing it into my living room each evening. Sometimes it was lighthearted and funny, sometimes it was serious.
I know mash is fiction, but the chicken scene with Hawkeye in the bus still makes me cry to this day. I am nearly 50 years old and I can not watch that scene without tearing up. The Korean lady’s silent scream, and Hawkeye crying it was a baby, she smothered her own baby, still too this day haunts me and stirs up horrible emotions in me.
Mr. Alda you played a man with ptsd brilliantly. Thank you for everything
Thank you Alan I remember laying on the floor, my Pop in his chair watching Mash every Saturday night. My Pop fought in Korea, he loved that show with a beer after supper.
I love MASH. I discovered it in reruns as a kid in the 70s and I watched both the reruns and first run episodes until the series ended in the 80s. I was a sophomore in hs then. Now it’s 2019 and I still watch it! I never gets old. Absolutely wonderful show.
I grew up on MASH. I’ve actually used Hawkeye Pierce as a role model. Alan Alda actually shaped the man that I would become
So cool
So you have a still and live in a swamp?
@Hand Solo you're a moron. Hawkeye never raped anyone.. he was a great person and the girls on the show were the ones always obsessed with him first.
@Hand Solo "Not such a good thing in the current #metoo climate."
@Hand Solo you literally disagreed with him about Hawkeye being a good role model because of #metoo which is a moronic thing to say since Hawkeye was a fantastic person.
My aunt was a MASH nurse and my uncle a pilot....it helped put the reality into this show for me.
Given their backgrounds, did they ever say anything as to, how close the series came to their real life experiences?
@@2themoon863 My uncle was killed in a training mission right after the war and sadly my aunt committed suicide when her only child was 7 years old. I have often thought her experiences in the MASH unit contributed to her decision.
@@2themoon863 My uncle was killed in a trainig mission after the war and my aunt actually took her own life, leaving a 7 year ols daughter I have often thought that if she experienced ANYTHING like the show portrayed, it HAD to have an effect.
Me and my dad watch all of mash this summer. BEST SUMMER EVER
Just finished watching MASH and now relaxing. No matter how many times I watch the re-runs I still laugh.
Its 2021 now and I'm re-watching the series again on TV. Still love it! It had every human emotion.
Whenever I reflect on MASH...I am grateful that they showed us the futility of war. Thank you.
That final episode of MASH, that I watched as an 18 year old, is forever engrained in my mind.
G O O D B Y E
Mash wouldn't have been mash without Alan alda
Betty Bartley i agree, but then again i think
M*A*S*H wouldn't of been M*A*S*H without all of them, although Alan Alda was the Main Character of the show for many good reasons, everyone else complimented the show in their own way, and that also includes complimenting Hawkeye ❤
Alan Alda made that show
Donald Sutherland dummy
@@kamuelalee But only thanks to the other characters as well... Never underestimate side characters or even smaller parts in a show to make it.
@@janshegers7667 True, Alda needed to have others to play off but he was the star of the TV show. Then, Alda became the creative force behind the show in later years to its conclusion in 83.
Still, I loved Wayne Rogers and Maclean Stevenson and Larry Linville and the rest. They were all great.
As for the movie, actors Donald Sutherland and Elliot Gould shared the honor, i believe, of making a fantastic film -- aside from director Robert Altman. Gould and Sutherland together helped make the movie -- a grittier, darker piece -- work brilliantly.
Fan of both the film and TV show.
One of my very favorite shows on tv. I cried on the last episode and I bet all the actors did too
When I was in kindergarten during the seventies, I knew this man's voice, Klinger in a dress, Radar's teddy bear and him hearing choppers, and the name Hot Lips Hooligan. The last one used to crack me up, but at the time I had no idea what it meant. Mr Alda's voice is forever soothing to me.
One of the best actors ever. A unique personality and a great talent.
Mash was and is the best TV series ever done. Timeless
Have the complete series on DVD and I go sleep every night, with M*A*S*H playing. All time greatest show. Have watched it for 40+ years. Love every episode.
So do I, nice you write it
I watch it on Hulu now. It's great to go to sleep with it playing. Brings back my childhood
Colby Thornton what you described is exactly what I do every single nite ... I grew up watching it with my dad(rip Fats) and now one of my twin daughters Katie watches it with me .i love it brilliant show
I watch it every night too. It's like an old comfortable shoe. It helps me sleep. My favorite show of all time.
Allen Alda, you are one of the most greatest entertainers, I have ever seen ! You have done so much for humanity plus!! God Bless You !! Your well loved by so many!
I agree, thank you Alan
from watching this show as a child after school to watching it as an adult it has so many life lessons laughs cries etcetera this is one of the best television shows ever made well done Alan Alda and all your cast members for the memories thank you so much
I was 12 when it went off tv and now at 51 I still watch it every week, timeless show
What channel?
Besides MASH I always liked Same Time Next Year. It's timeless.
There are moments in your life, and that movie captures a lot of them.
clubredken one of my favorite movies! I have to watch it at least twice a month!
An amazing show! I was a young kid in the early 80s as Mash was finishing up its run, but now in my mid 40s I can appreciate the incredible show that it was. I watch it every night at 7pm on MeTV!
Fantastic network, MeTV. Definitely my favorite channel!
They play it on TV Land also 5-7pm central
@@stacyorth Entire series is currently on Hulu.
I also have it saved on HULU...when I need a good show.
I have the whole series & movie on DVD. Bought it with a gift card I got for Christmas
I really enjoyed watching MASH. It was one of the best sitcoms I ever watched. Hawkeye Pierce is a hero. He is a truly iconic character who brings a perfect blend of wit, humour, and compassion to the show. His quick wit and sharp sense of humour not only provide much-needed comic relief in the midst of the chaos of war but also reflect his ability to cope with the difficult situations he faces. Live long and prosper Alan!
This show must have been so important to people who actually served and survived the Korean war. And the Vietnam war. I know that many service people who came back from Vietnam have committed suicide because of the horrors that they went through and the lack of help they received after. The same thing seems to be happening all the time. People returning from tours in the Middle East and Afghanistan are not receiving the help they need to manage with the mental and physical wounds that they acquired while in active service.
I know it was "just a tv show" and was a comedy at that, but the people working on the show did try to present the fact that people were killed and maimed in war. We seem to have forgotten that.
The writers did base the show of real life Doctor turned author who wrote Mash and he was like the real Hawkeye Pierce. His name was Richard Hornberger and penned the book Mash under Richard Hooker. He was a recent medical school graduate who was drafted during Korean War and served on real Mash unit to be a surgeon. Hornberger said he did things in surgery that were against army regulations. He used the character of Pierce in his book to be like himself with his humor and wit to help get through the grueling hours in surgery and stress of being on fighting lines in Korea.
I'm only 26 and this is my favorite show and has been since I first watched it at 13.
A great group of actors that really did care about the show and each other really shun through the show
This is something to see! A great and detailed explanation of the end of mash. He is a terrific storyteller. I have watched the show so many times I can almost utter the dialogue before the actors do. Plenty of laughs and emotion. Thanks mash and utube.
That final episode was hard to watch. Made me cry.
Alan will always be Hawkeye! Wonderful actor and wonderful TV Series!!! To this day I can t watch the final episode with out tearing up.
I remember one episode that John and Hawkeye were practicing boxing for a boxing match against a SGT from another military base and they were using Frank's duffel bag for a punching bag and Margaret Houlihan walks by saying "Isn't that Frank's bag?" John without missing a step said " I thought you were Frank's bag" I laughed so hard and coffee shot from my nose.
Thankfully I wasn't drinking coffee when I read your comment...
There were a lot of great lines in that show. I frequently quote them.
Radar said about the other boxer that he once punched a jeep and that he was big enough to be a platoon. Haha
I just watched that episode lol
I like the scene where Colonel Flagg was trying to get a prisoner being tended to at the M.A.S.H. released so he could execute him. He needed two doctors to sign off on it and Trapper and Hawkeye weren't about to. Margaret realizes Frank could and exclaims, " Wait a minute! You're a doctor, Frank!" Hawkeye quips "Your secret is safe with me. Certainly your patients will never know". Classic 🤣
I wish I knew how many times I've seen the reruns of M*A*S*H over the years since it was first on.
From the final season, RIP Harry Morgan, and David Ogden Stiers.
Have started watching it again on 'Great TV', am luving it again, more than ever! Feel blessed that I grew up with these guys and still feel blessed watching it all again...💖
I watched Mash in my early twenties, now I watch the show with my grandson.
Alan, thank you for making all of us a little happier. And thank you for making me and many others all the more proud to be an American.
love Alan Alda he was so awesome in MASH my favourite of all time would love to meet him very much I watch the show every night over and over.
I did meet Alan some years later when he was hosting his program, "Great American Frontiers" at my work. It was about a robotic surgery instrument and the setting was supposed to be a Mobile Army Field Hospital. I was working with the equipment and keeping folks from coming looking for autographs. During some director time I spent about an hour with him just chatting about this and that. Very pleasant man easy to be with and funny.
Steven Weiler Sudance channel shows M*A*S*H Marathon every Saturday evening & Monday mornings on AT&T DISH. I love Alan Alda, too! Sometimes they put M*A*S*H on as a filler between movies, also. 😄
After watching MASH for eleven years, essentially being raised on it, the last episode was airing while I was in a night class in college. I fretted until the class break, when my roommate and I slipped away to our room and watched the entire episode with a half dozen other classmates. I have never regretted it.
I was in college myself, but my family had a VCR (or was it a Betamax, can’t remember); I had set it to record as I was in class for the early part. At the time it was said that would be the only time that episode would be shown. Ten years later I caught an ad that the episode was going to be rerun, so I set my VCR to record it no matter whether I was there or not-I was home and watched the whole episode, then saw it again a few years after…and played my recording a few times as well.
I never get tired of watching it again and again...I"m watching it right now and I"m so sorry there are only a few episodes to run...
I bought the complete set one Christmas and our family watched 3-5 episodes a day and it did not stop for over three years. Love M*A*S*H!
Been watching MASH everyday for the last 10 years. Only reason I have Hulu put it on anytime I’m around tv. Seasons back to back prolly 100 times but still haven’t watched the finale. Just can’t get myself to do it. Time capsule then restart like it’s never ended.
Watching it again from the beginning. Had forgotten how great it was
That reminds me so much of when a movie ends and you feel moved. So you want to "take it in"...savor the moment as you listen to the music while watching the last scrolls run up the screAND SUDDENLY. The next movie promotion appears on your screen before you're ready.
MASH has always been, and will continue one of the best tv shows.
Favorite movie with Alan Alda was Sametime next year.
Ever see Manhattan Murder Mystery ? It's a good one, too...
I heard about it but never saw it.
@@halenarouzer4472 , Omg!!! You have to find it on Amazon. That was a funny sad Very loving movie. In my opinion. Its one of his Great movies.
fade blac what kind of Murder mystery is it? What is it about?
@@halenarouzer4472 , Murder Mystery. No, No... Its a Romantic Comedy. But, in my opinion its a Romantic Drama. He goes on a business trip. He meets a woman. Both are married. But, every year same weekend they meet at the same place. Its a great movie.
Even today everytime M.A.S.H is run on TV or i watch the DVD, that last episode still gets me.
I remember the time capsule show. Like so many others, it was a great and funny episode. M*A*S*H was some of the best TV ever. A timeless classic!
alan alda looks exactly like my father. I wish I had a picture to share with you guys to show you.
grand father
He sounds just like my dad.
Mine also.
2021 i am watching 2 episodes every week night as it is being rerun here in Vitoria Australia. Love the show.
Thank you Alan & crew!
I ran EMS for many years. I swear Hawkeye is my twin. The way he would crack jokes after a rough day, and have the occasional emotional reaction, is EXACTLY how I coped with my years on the bus.
What a gift. I hope he knows how much he's loved.
MASH, the laughter, heart aches, & the will to go on
Watch it every day in re runs.. never gets tiring.
I loved the series and still do. I was in the Air Force in Biloxi ms. It's just a moment in history you experience you never forget.
I miss quality shows like this. Writers, actors, cameras and lighting....so cost money. Since Survivor first aired, everything went downhill. Sad😖
seeing him tomorrow in my home town! so excited!
3 years late but how was it? What was it like?
I finally got round to seeing the very last installment of MASH. Wonderful show.
Best Show Ever. Thanks cast for the gift that keeps on giving...
2021 and I still love MASH.
Am watching the box set at present. Brilliant show and brilliant actors. My dad was in the Korean war.
I remember watching the last episode and I cried uncontrollably. So sad
It's been said many times already by many others, but the quality of this show is so much higher than nearly all that is out there today that it's shocking.
By the way I was never in the military, but truly thank you so much for all those years of showing us comedy during the times of a real live war You guys did a absolute outstanding job
Truly one of the greatest of all time. Such a humble and respectful person.
I like Hawkeye's character. His mother had died but he was close to his father. He was single and a doctor. He was extremely witty and had a sense of morality.
Mash is my show I fall asleep to. It's the best one I can use.
M*A*S*H is one of my most beloved shows. There will never be another like it again.
M*A*S*H* was excellent show. The actors made us laugh and cry. Especially when it was a show about being doctors in Army during Korean War. My father was there he was a young man in his early 20's. Thank You for such a moving show.
funny that he used the voice of the 'greatest clean joke' to imitate the construction guy... "what, that's all you do? Bird imitations?!?"... lol. Mr. Alda is awesome.
That was a funny one
bevin g xD I just watched that episode!
For me, M*A*S*H* was the best show ever. I love, I cry , I laugh..and I miss this serial verry much. God bless you everyone! And..R.I.P who past away....❤
MASH - Marvellous, Awesome, Sensational and Hilarious. 2020 and still watching MASH and its on tonight
Awesome interview
THANKS, YOU ALL MASH SHOW OVER MANY YEARS AS GREAT WATCH VERY TIME