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“M*A*S*H” (developed by Larry Gelbart) is a series adapted from the 1970 feature film ‘MASH’ (based on the 1968 book “MASH: A Novel About 3 Army Doctors” by Richard Hooker), created after a failed attempt to film the original book’s sequel (“M*A*S*H Goes to Maine”). With the Korean War as the setting, the show originally aired on CBS 09/17/1972 to 02/28/1983, becoming 1 of the highest-rated series in US TV history, despite a horrendous 1st season which almost caused it to be canceled. A better time slot in Season 2 (after the immensely popular “All In The Family”) launched the series to the Top 10. The show’s theme song was an instrumental-only version of the original movie’s theme, “Suicide Is Painless”. Since the actual Korean War lasted 1,128 days, the 256 episodes over 11 seasons averages to ~4.5 days of real time for each episode.
2 sets comprised the 4077th: outdoor area near Malibu CA (today known as Malibu Creek State Park) & an indoor sound stage at Fox Studios in Century City CA. When a 10/09/1982 brush fire destroyed most of the outdoor set, writers factored that into the final episode as a forest fire caused by bombs, forcing out the 4077th. The series’ exhibit at the National Museum of American History (07/30/1983 – 02/03/1985) drew more than 17,000 people in a single record, a Smithsonian record. At least 1 of the vehicles used in the series, a WC-54 Dodge ambulance, remains at the outdoor site, having been burned in the aforementioned fire.
Spin-offs included the short-lived “AfterMASH” (1983-1985), featuring many of the show characters reuniting in a Midwestern hospital after the war, & the more successful “Trapper John, MD” (1979-1986), taking place ~3 decades after the “M*A*S*H” events with McIntyre as chief of surgery at a San Francisco hospital. Various retrospective specials have also aired.
The cast list is extensive, with the main cast featuring Alan Alda, Loretta Swit, Jamie Farr, William Christopher, Wayne Rogers, McLean Stevenson, Larry Linville, Gary Burghoff, Mike Farrell, Harry Morgan & David Ogden Stiers. Recurring &/or guest stars include: Kellye Nakahara, Jeff Maxwell, Odessa Cleveland, Patricia Stevens, Rita Wilson, Johnny Haymer, Enid Kent, Allan Arbus, Edward Winter, Marcia Strassman, Herb Voland, Robert F Simon, Loudon Wainwright III, Eldon Quick, Joshua Bryant, Pat Morita, Karen Philipp, Sorrell Brooke, Robert Seymonds, Robert Alda, Sal Viscuso, Todd Susman, Timothy Brown, Val Bisoglio, John Orchard, Dennis Dugan, Gary Burghoff, Tim O’Conner, Dick O’Neill, Philip Ahn, Clyde Kusatsu, Robert Ito, Jack Soo, Stuart Margolin, Oliver Clark, Antony Alda, Red Skelton, Ron Howard, Leslie Nielsen, Patrick Swayze, John Ritter, Alex Karras, Bruno Kirby, Laurence Fishburne, Shelley Long, George Wendt, Ed Begley Jr, Blythe Danner, Teri Garr, Susan Saint James, Andrew Dice Clay & George Lindsey.