Rest in peace to all weve lost. He later hosted a marathon called The Best by Farr for MeTV in 2016. Oliver Harmon "Spearchucker" Jones was a surgeon who appears in the MASH novel by Richard Hooker, the MASH movie and also in the M*A*S*H television series. You cant improve perfection. i love watching the reruns . In 1986, she published A Needlepoint Scrapbook. From 1978 to 1979 he played Major General Kevin Kelley on NBCs Grandpa Goes to Washington. He was found in his own driveway, pinned between his Jeep. We have the first three seasons on DVD. In 1983, shortly after the series wrapped, he produced The Four Seasons for CBS. The flashback show and interviews of actors, writers directors etc. and as always, enjoyed each show. Funny all these years later this episode would being me peace on a personal level. He was heartbroken having to restrain a dear friend. watch the show on me tv thank for allgreat show, best tv show ever..i laughed i cried and the same thing happens now with the reruns.which i watch 2/day..bob lavinski, Many thanks to True TV for the rerun, I love the series, excellent with a capital E. This is April, 2014. Though it has been written some of the characters did not get along well, all of them portrayed nothing but professionalism making each character seem larger than life. I remover watching it when my son was Being born in a hospital Setting in the waiting room the nurse came and got me to go to The Delivery room .. Oh my goodness, Im thinking how much this show with the brilliant story lines and excellent characters and the setting effected me all these years. According to director Charles S. Dubin, there were multiple reasons why Gary decided to walk away. I have always enjoyed Mash and I still do.One of the episodes were a cast member winds up preforming surgery on another cast member for a compartment hemerage put me on the spot when a patient in a locoal hospitol in Dearborn Michigan suffered from the same illness.I also delt with a nurse that Lorretta Switt protrayed.I loved the show then and even more now. I continued rewatching episodes ever since. He was everyones friend confidant and mentee although hed grow to impart a lot of. I never did see a doll episode and all of my years of watching MASH they just fit together all of them all of the cast and I still watch it. After MASH, he went on to have various roles in films such as Woody Allens Another Woman, Shadows and Fog, and The Curse of the Jade Scorpion. Diana played in only four episodes of the first season before falling ill. She was diagnosed with breast cancer and died March 27, 1977, 12 days after the first episode aired. The cast was phenomenal. That is the True Legacy of the show. was the only sound I wanted to hear. I love the guest appearances of Ron Howard and John Ritter, to name a few actors who played parts on this program. Rogers appeared in numerous made-for-TV movies during the 1980s, including I Dream of Jeannie: 15 Years Later in 1985. Is he a regular on that show, or ??? Burghoff chose to leave the shows cast after its 7th season following the tragic death of wife and daughter in a California brush fire. I can still laugh and get teary-eyed watching the reruns on Netflix and METV. I do truly miss these wonderful people. I love this show, they have I LOVE LUCY AND GOLDEN GIRLS, but it would be great to have this on tv, even if is Above said Col Blakes YO! If youre enjoying this video so far, make sure you give it a like and subscribe to our channel if you havent already. The show centered around the staff of an Army Hospital during the Korean War as they discovered that laughter really was the best way to deal with their dire situation. Take care son. I dont watch much anymore because the quality and meaning arent there anymore. I loved this show and will follow it in reruns for as long as I live. currently still tv. Otherwise I love Mash and everyone else except Klinger. Laughed too hard for things that werent so funny. Though I felt that David Ogden Steirs was nowhere near as funny as Larry Plainville. I am 54 now, and have recently Marathon Watched ALL of the Episodes. Hello, I do have an autograph signed by Radar himself he was tour when they had the slot machine of the tv show. The actors all were brilliant, but no more brilliant then when they played their respective roles. He had so many variations in pronouncing it and every one was hysterical. They were a family away from family there! I got a lot of respect for my dad & all the vets of the forgotten war. Just love this show. It has inspired the viewer to be better people then they have ever been before viewing this iconic series !!! My husband was a Korean veteran, and he says so much of it is real.He passed away in 2011. Hi I am now 72 and watched every episode of MASH right from the first one. Required fields are marked *. I love each of the characters. After leaving my first year of college and working for 3 years I decided to return to college . were featured in MeTV Remembers the M*A*S*H Finale,, a half-hour special titled M*A*S*H Memories & Magic., Hallmark Channels M*A*S*H Bash 07: Klinger Edition marathon, Hallmark Channels M*A*S*H Bash 07 marathon, https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/clear-vivid-with-alan-alda, 40th Anniversary of Goodbye, Farewell and Amen, 50 Years of M*A*S*H: The Army-Navy Game, Found! Like many of his cohorts, he got his start in theater before making the jump to television in 1976 when he played Kojak on The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Its really hard to think of only one comment when it comes to the impact that this crew made on my life. Facts Verse I laugh and cry in equal measures. What a strange comment. It made you laugh and cry, often st the same time! . As any war! In Tehran, Iran about 40 years ago when I was teaching English with Language House International, my wife and I watched it on AFRTS TV and on the Iranian international channel. When a corporate stockholder dies, the stock becomes an asset of their estate. The t.v. Thanks for those wonderful years cast and crew! His final regular TV role was Dirty Dancing on CBS from 1988 to 1989. This was good television. I love both the characters and storylines. I worked at a CBS tv station in Erie,Pa. He also did quite a bit of work for Disney as a very proficient voice artist. The greatest TV show ever When Trapper, Frank Burns, and Major Blake left, the show took on a wussified, Politically Correct slant. It ran for 10 episodes on NBC from 1976 to 1977. How many Korean War specials have you seen on Memorial Day, Veterans Day, etc? he sit in his chair and would hold me in his arms. Its funny. His next regular TV role was Love & Money, a short-lived CBS sitcom that aired briefly during the 1999-2000 season. I recently purchased the entire series on DVD, and I continue watching my favourite episodes (without the laugh track, which is an option on the dvds). I know everyones lines better then they do I am so thankful I was able to enjoy in this time of my life. Watched and cried through the whole of last nights offering showing the end of the War. His most recent TV appearances were a February 2007 episode of The War at Home in February 2007 and an episode of Bella and the Bulldogs in April 2016. Whenever I can find it, I also watch MASH on LOGO cable TV and WGN TV. I laugh so hard.the writing was superb; and the actingwell their timing was just great. Shes still singing and dancing in Branson, Mo, on stage at the HOT HITS THEATRE in her own show, From Broadway to Hollywood! MASH to my husband and is the best show that was ever on TV and we are still watching it every weekday on METV and still enjoying it as much as we way back when. I am heartbroken to hear that another great actor from that just passed and then to read this post and see the two more as well mister Colonel Flagg funny as hell especially the episode where he has a broken arm in a cast and in front of Hawkeye he smashes the X-ray down on it just to make sure he stays around longer its just sad to hear these people passing I was maybe 3 when I remember my first episode and I was born in 82 and I still know all of the episodes because of my dad and I show I fell in love with as a kid its just sad to hear that all the people I looked up to are passing its just heartbreaking and they will all be missed and always remembered never forgotten especially by true fans, Still is and forever will be the Greatest show ever put on television God bless you all I was in my 20s and early 30s when the show was on and I can remember most all of the shows Colonel Blake was one of my favorites he was a nut especially when he would say Radar and his face would hit the door or Radar would always come in the room before Blake call for him they do not make shows like that NO MORE what memoriesthank you. My dad was there in the war. It touch so many issues in life just not in TV land but in real life. Wayne Rogers dies at 82; actor played Army surgeon Trapper John on TV's 'MASH' Wayne Rogers, center, with fellow "MASH" stars Alan Alda and Loretta Swit in 1972. Many other people dressed for the occasion also. and no show is like it, My husband and I watch MASH and have introduced it to our teens. Greatest sit-com ever produced. We are both Disabled Veterans USARMY. From 1989 to 1990, Metcalfe helped produce FM, a sitcom that aired on NBC. Great show, we make a pilgrimage to the M*A*S*H site in Malibu Creek State Park almost every July. His character conceived as a different type of commanding officer compared to his predecessor. I remember a day when the last Mash episode aired, I made a martini and wore a Hawaiian shirt and brought a folding chair to the dinner Hall in my dorm. She would work into her 80s, with several acclaimed television performances in her final years. Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP Im 50 now and my childhood was full of the 4077th. NOW: Roger passed away Dec. 31, 2015, due to complications from pneumonia. Every day from Mon through Fri from 6 to 8pm Im sitting in front of my TV to watch MASH. Now it is repeated on another channel than the BBC with the canned laughter It kills the atmosphere some what. Can anybody get me a B.J. ( A real legend !). But it really is love. I was delighted to find that on the True Entertainment Channel in the UK they are running repeats of MASH. Some of his film credits include Cool Hand Luke, Pocket Money, Ghosts of Mississippi, and Chamber of Horrors. I just started watching Mash, and I am 59, I absolutely Love this show! That would be super cool. I was 10 when this show started and still love watching it everyday now as a adult. Ive watched every episode numerous times. I love M.A.S.H Episodes ., He boarded a plane that would be shot down over the sea of Japan, killing everybody on board. Stiers was a cast member of M*A*S*H from 1977 until its finale in 1983. When I was in high school I was always busy. Can i have a small complaint? The series followed a group of soldiers during the Korean War. I hope it is played for ever so the next generations can enjoy a perfect program. I watch M*A*S*H every night from my DVD collection.the 1st 3 seasons were the B*E*S*T.some of the deleted scenes in the episodes from the DVD collection are absolutely hysterical. love the show and we have decided to do MASH 4077 for our annual Fun Float theme this year. Dont miss this chance to own personal items from Loretta Swits wardrobe. Each story is great and we look forward to it every week. Major Frank Burns was always a thorn in the side of leadership on "M*A*S*H" on CBS. Sorry my comment disappeared and name was still on screen so wrote it again..DUH! As an 80 year old I have always been watching mash, and as long as the show Plays on me TV I still watch it every night at 7:0clock every night. I agree with every thing i have read here,mash is the best comedy show that i have ever watched,the comedy is still on a par with any comedy show of today, My husband who is 87 and I (80) watch one or two episodes of M.A.S.H every evening before we go to bed. The movie would be turned into a TV series that lasted 11 seasons, with Loretta Swit in Kellerman's role. I have been a M*A*S*H fan since the mid-70s and still watch it almost daily. MASH will never get old. I believe it was extremely hard to play a guy that was not liked by the other characters. So I felt it was only right to use Radar as my Facebook photo. I WAS IN THAT WAR AND THAT IS EXACTLY EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS LIKE. Have just read about Trapper lost the site for a while, but now l have got it back. Great show and I wish all take notice on what the message was. of laughs and memoribilia (for those who remember the FORGOTTON WAR). There will never be another program like M*A*S*H. McLean Stevenson, aka Colonel Blake added a new dimension of comedy to the show. I will always enjoy watching the episodes! No, Alan has not passed. I had been left with five children & no husband so when M.A.S.H. M.ASH, my favourite program of all times. ive watched mash when I was a kid and I still watch it now whenever its on.Well I have cried a couple of times over tv shows,maybe three times and two of those have been when I watched to final going home episode.I just finshed watching it and I can barely talk so im typing.Just chokes me up everytime.Maybe it reminds me of my youth but I think its because I loved every character dearly. Nothing on TV compares to the quality of MASH. I am almost 49 now. Simply Wonderful. This featured my all time favorite bit characters in any TV show- Col. All of the actors and writers were and are the best. Theres too much not to love. I watch MASH daily . Sandrich, the director who helmed most of "Mary Tyler Moore's" 168 episodes, was 89 when he died in September. David Ogden Stiers: October 31st, 1942 March 3rd, 2018. Loved al the cast. I know it was about the Korean War, and I was in during Vietnam, but things werent that much different. david ogden steirs reminds me of peter ustinov. So what, exactly? And likewise navigated through various situations with either a great deal of thoughtfulness or humor whenever called for. I have always been a huge fan of MASH, due in part, to the fact I had served in Korea on the DMZ in the US Army (1973-74) and had experienced so many of the same sorts of situations and characters that the show portrayed. Just this week I have been through so many emotions watching MASH- Colonal Potter giving his horse away- Father Mulcahy doubting his usefulness- brilliant script and brilliant acting- a classic series- I will never tire of watching it. Finally watched the final episode. at night to the soothing music that begins the show. Ill watch a few CDs and then turn on METV at 1900! We had many favourite characters but greatly enjoyed the early series and the rapport between Hawkeye and Trapper, and the humour of Maclean Stevenson. Time passers on you cannot stop that it comes to us all,but its still nice to watch the ups and downs of the show on TV as if its happening today,I watch the shows most nights here in ENGLAND and still get a lot of laughs remembering the ones that are no longer with us. A lot can happen in that amount of time. And I watched the series when it first began from the pilot episode to Goodbye, Farewell, Amen. we enjoyed it . we get mash on freeview on 2 channel,s in the uk iwould wach it 24 hrs aday. i admire each and every cast member for what theyve given us. Klinger too is so much fun and i loved the cameo of colonnel Flag. Found out Trapper died today. Love the programe and enjoying the re runs now in New Zealand, with it and last of the summer, my evening is complete. Jamie Farr played Sergeant Maxwell Q. Klinger on MASH. Best Regards Richard Smith, You bet, I dont watch much TV but I do try to catch the local news and the world news from 5pm to 6 pm. They dont make TV like this anymore. I absolutely love MASH. Reynolds directed episodes of numerous TV shows, including Heartbeat (1988), Life Goes On (1989-1990), Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993), and Touched by an Angel (1995-1998). A great reminder that war is not good . This show helped him and myself to bridge the generation gap! His facial expressions were priceless. Wow! Your email address will not be published. Thanks for the good memories. I just wanted to say i have enjoyed M.A.S.H since i was a child. Btw love your laugh. MASH never gets old. Mash is just the thing that makes me laugh. RIP those who have & Good Job to those still with us. She retired from acting in 1998 after starring in Beach Movie but returned to the screen once again in 2019 in the obscure Christian film Play the Flute as the character Mrs. Kinkaid. . he said that you would go crazy. Kellerman had a career of more than 60 years in film and television. Have watch mash from the begining I left birthing class for my son early to watch the farewell show no series before or after can compare. I found the re-runs on METV and taped them all (They were out of order) and my brother told me he had the entire set and loaned it to me. I loved MASH very much, then & now in reruns, but it came as a big surprise to learn that several members ( casts ) have past.away. Thanks!!! We too watched it together. William Christopher co-starred in AfterMASH on CBS from 1983 to 1984 alongside Harry Morgan and Jamie Farr. I suppose I would have to say, that for some reason, MASH is still my All-Time favorite television series. He was twice nominated for Emmy Awards for the role, winning in 2006. Kellye Nakahara, who played Lieutenant Nurse Kellye on "M*A*S*H," has died . Christopher died Saturday,. But I cant remember their real names. Now I watch Saturday evening on Cable. My favorite episodes are with Harry Morgan as Col. Potter. I was a young PFC in the Marine Corps when mash started. And who can forget Radar who was the absolute backbone of the whole series. I remember watching it way back when and watch it now jus about everyday on ME TV. If anyone out there would like to see all the 11 seasons please check with your local library.. you should be able to borrow a season at a time (about 4 discs per season). When I bought it my friend said hey your car reminds me of MASH (because of the headlights) a bulb went on over my head. Benjamin also doubles up as the team captain, and he is famously known as Captain Hawkeye Pierce. The series was a spinoff of the . It is one if not the best ever tv show ever aired. I was not aware we had lost Charles Emerson Winchester the 3rd). Kunhunni Mash died on 2006-03-26. Who is dead from MASH tv show? Now I watch it on MeTV four or five nights in a row. I dont think I have ever seen an episode of mash where are you bringing I laugh to my lips and joy to my heart. And the way the POWs were treated after that war is a huge embarrassment to our government. Swit was interviewed for the Archive of American Television in August 2004.