Members dragonflies Posted June 29, 2018 Members Share Posted June 29, 2018 So excited to finally be able to binge watch one of my favorite shows!!!!! https://www.cordcuttersnews.com/hulu-just-added-all-256-episodes-of-mash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faulkner Posted June 29, 2018 Members Share Posted June 29, 2018 Oh wow. M*A*S*H was one of those shows that was always on when I was a kid, but I never really sat down to watch because it seemed so depressing and dreary-looking. (I saw Altman’s movie in college.) I know the sexual politics probably won’t hold up very well, but I wonder if I should try to watch a few episodes. I always found Mike Farrell oddly attractive, even when I was much younger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dragonflies Posted June 29, 2018 Author Members Share Posted June 29, 2018 It more than holds up. It can be dreary but there's a lot of hilarious moments too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faulkner Posted June 29, 2018 Members Share Posted June 29, 2018 Yeah, I guess it was ahead of its time with some of darker comedies we’ve seen in recent years. Sometimes it’s tough to watch people die all of the time in a sitcom. But I suppose it’s an essential part of TV history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dragonflies Posted June 29, 2018 Author Members Share Posted June 29, 2018 It's kind of interesting we dealt with all this stuff with Korea and in current time we're also having issues with them AGAIN. It's like we've come full circle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members YRBB Posted June 29, 2018 Members Share Posted June 29, 2018 Nice. I've never seen an episode, but always wanted. Same with The Mary Tyler Moore Show. I'm also anxiously awaiting for more than the first season of St. Elsewhere to be added. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members I Am A Swede Posted June 29, 2018 Members Share Posted June 29, 2018 Really?! Please register in order to view this content I didn't think anyone had missed M*A*S*H! It feels like that show has always been around on some channel, even here in Sweden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soaplovers Posted June 29, 2018 Members Share Posted June 29, 2018 I never saw more than two episodes.. and it wasn't my cup of tea... but of course, I loved Small Wonder so my tastes run a little different than most peoples Please register in order to view this content However, I did read that the earlier seasons were funnier and once Alan Alda inserted some influence.. it became more political, etc. Is that accurate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted June 30, 2018 Members Share Posted June 30, 2018 Pretty much. Larry Gelbart, who had developed the series for television and produced the first four seasons, left; and most M*A*S*H fans agree that the show wasn't as funny after that. Not that it ever became a BAD show, or an unwatchable show, but it definitely became more sentimental (and, some might say, preachy). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DAMfan Posted June 30, 2018 Members Share Posted June 30, 2018 M*A*S*H probably my favorite and still watch btw 1983, M*A*S*H bows out after 11 seasons, airing a special two-and-a-half hour episode watched by 77 percent of the television viewing audience. It was the largest percentage ever to watch a single TV show up to that time. I also like Small Wonder I am all over the map what I like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wendy Posted June 30, 2018 Members Share Posted June 30, 2018 I like the Trapper John/Henry Blake/Frank Burns years. After that, it wasn't bad, but definitely less funny and the slapstick element some early episodes had takes a hike. And the only actor that appeared in both the movie and series was Gary Burghoff's Radar, who seemed much savvier in the film than he was in the series which, IMO, sort of infantilized the character. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members YRBB Posted July 1, 2018 Members Share Posted July 1, 2018 LOL! I don't think the show was on (or at least don't recall) when I was in Greece. And, sure, the show is in reruns in the US but I guess I never checked it out (cos I barely turn on the TV anymore) and I wanted to start from the beginning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members All My Shadows Posted July 2, 2018 Members Share Posted July 2, 2018 M*A*S*H has been in reruns constantly for as long as I can remember, everywhere, and never an episode at a time, ALWAYS in large blocks, way before that even became common. It goes up there with Lassie and Gunsmoke as one of those quintessential Saturday afternoon syndicated rerun shows that your grandparents fell asleep in front of. And still, I've never seen a complete episode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faulkner Posted July 2, 2018 Members Share Posted July 2, 2018 M*A*S*H came on at 10 pm after back-to-back episodes of Mama’s Family in my hometown. So I’d watch Thelma and the gang, and when those mournful horns of “Suicide is Painless” chimed, I knew it was time for bed. I guess that Pavlovian response just persisted for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SoapDope Posted July 2, 2018 Members Share Posted July 2, 2018 Ha Ha Ha Yes ! It is one of those shows that has always been in reruns even when it was still in primetime. Anytime there is a network showing old programming they always purchase Bonanza, MASH, Gunsmoke, Andy Griffith, The Rifleman. In my neck of the woods there are about 6 networks running big block of it into the ground on a daily basis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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