Why was M*A*S*H such a Great Show?

[Brew]

Straights razor and that watch (not yet available during the Korean War, oops)!

 

[FarmerTan]

GREAT thread idea. Here's why it was a great show. Writing.

And Alan Alda. He was Robin Williams and Groucho Marx's illegitimate child!

 

[HMan]

Because even though it was a political show, it managed to still be enjoyable for people on both sides of the issue. (It had to be since my family watched it religiously.)

 

[FarmerTan]

Because even though it was a political show, it managed to still be enjoyable for people on both sides of the issue. (It had to be since my family watched it religiously.)

Same here. It was "must see TV" for us!

 

[Brew]

My folks permitted us kids to watch 30 mins of tv a week, plus all the nature shows we wanted, plus MASH.

 

[dangerousdon]

I will still come across MASH on TV from time to time and always get sucked. So I will watch it for like three or four hours at a time. I liked it when I was a kid and din't quite understand all that entailed. But today I can appreciate it more having some of the experiences I have. I will admit...there are times with this show that I audibly cheering for a character or a an out come. And other times the show will bring me to tears invoking emotions from times in my life. I think @HMan hit it on the head...it was a show that was relate-able to a lot of people...especially at the time it came out.

Now...can we get a thread started about Hee-Haw!

 

[Lbkindy]

Because it was replete with shaving scenes. With the exception of Radar and Klinger I can recall every major male character shaving at least once.

 

[dangerousdon]

Because it was replete with shaving scenes. With the exception of Radar and Klinger I can recall every major male character shaving at least once.

Guess I have a reason to go and re-watch!

 

[Shavin’ Yeti]

I will still come across MASH on TV from time to time and always get sucked. So I will watch it for like three or four hours at a time. I liked it when I was a kid and din't quite understand all that entailed. But today I can appreciate it more having some of the experiences I have. I will admit...there are times with this show that I audibly cheering for a character or a an out come. And other times the show will bring me to tears invoking emotions from times in my life. I think @HMan hit it on the head...it was a show that was relate-able to a lot of people...especially at the time it came out.

Now...can we get a thread started about Hee-Haw!

It is on Hulu and part of the regular rotation of old tv shows we watch. Hawkeye is hands down the one character that makes the show great.

 

[NurseDave]

I was a kid and my dad was a campus minister when the show went off the air. I vaguely remember being brought to a watch party he organized for the students and folks dressed up in olive drab. Love Alan Alda

 

[Brew]

Love Alan Alda

He did a movie with Ellen Burstyn called Same Time, Next Year that is one of my favorites.

 

[HMan]

He did a movie with Ellen Burstyn called Same Time, Next Year that is one of my favorites.

I remember that one!

 

[elmerPHuD]

The mix of comedy and drama. The episodes where Psychiatrist Sidney Freedman would visit.

 

[elmerPHuD]