where i live they show re-runs of M*A*S*H every night around 2 am and every damn night i sit up late to watch it even if i have to get up early the day after. quite simply the best damn tv-series ever! it's funny, hilarious but also features thoughtful episodes about the horrors of war and things like that which makes you think.

does anyone agree?

If not the best....it is pretty damn close!!! The funniest episodes in my opinion are the ones with Frank Burns!!! And also the episodes with the infamous Col. Flagg!!! :D

I really like this show they have it on FX for 2 hours each day, and once in awhile I watch it at 1:30am locally.

In my humble opinion, I prefer the:

Mike Farrell
Harry Morgan
David Ogden Stiers

cast WAY OVER:

Wayne Rogers
McLean Stevenson
Larry Linville

Don't you think that MASH really got good when it took off the laugh track and became sort of a drama as well?

M*A*S*H is number one in my book

I love most of the episodes. Never know if I'm going to laugh or cry.

Its on 6-8am and 7p-8pm on FX in my area. I catch as many episodes as I can.

And I too prefer the later cast.

i prefer the later cast as well.

i like it's mix of comedy and drama, some episodes are just pure fun and some are very dramatic/tragic.

i seriously shed a tear when i saw the final episode.



trivia #1: the replacement cast was on the show longer than the ones they had replaced.

trivia #2: the tv-series lasted three times longer than the actual korean war.

Maybe older people prefer this but I for one would have to go with Cheers.

FX: All M*A*S*H All the Time. I don't think I've ever seen that channel when it wasn't playing M*A*S*H.

M*A*S*H is awfully good, but I might put Barney Miller ahead of it. Those were classic.

I'm 25, spent most of my teen years watching Cheers and I still prefer M*A*S*H*. I always liked Cheers, but when I try to watch the local reruns of it, it just doesn't hold up as well as M*A*S*H* has. Cheers went off the air in the early 90s and it already seems a bit stale to me. M*A*S*H* has been off the air for like what? nearly 20 years? And it still is fresh and funny as ever.

But then again, I may not know sh*t. I also always loved the Nick at Nite re-runs of The Many Loves of Dobey Gillis. :)

Absolutely one of my top five of all time. Toward the end of it's run it did get a little stale, replacing comedy with silly puns. "Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen" is the best finale of any show I have ever seen.

Trivia: Alan Alda is the only cast member to appear in every episode.

By the way, FX is playing a M*A*S*H marathon followed by an airing of the series finale "Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen" at 5.

JoeC...great show

It's certainly one of the all time greats. Embarassingly, a search will also reveal how many people on this Forum absolutely hate it with a passion.

das

Losers. :rolleyes:

I came across that one thread about it being the most overrated, but I didn't want to have to go off on some of those people...;)

So I did not open...

never watched the show till it came out on DVD, thanks for ruining it for me

I read the book, didn't get it. Rented the movie, also didn't get it. I didn't bother with the series.

It was way before my time, so I'm not going to trash it or anything.

It is up there with Law & Order (original) and The Simpsons as the only shows I catch regularly in re-runs.

I forget - how many seasons will we be buying?

And when did cast changes occur?

Oh. You're welcome. Let me know if you need anymore spoilers, okay.

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Bumping an old thread, I just finished up a MASH binge, the first time I have seen many of these episodes since their original air date (or at least since the late 1980s when I stopped watching the re-runs)

What a great show, it is interesting watching it being in my mid-40s compared to a teenager, much more deep than I remembered

The first few seasons were tough to get through, the show was much better with the Season 4 cast and it maintained a solid level all the way to the end.

I "found" a copy of AfterMash ...really bad, I cannot believe it lasted as long as it did

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I honestly don't think I've ever watched a full episode. I've seen bits and pieces of it but the series was just never really anything I found myself drawn to. I like a lot of classic sitcoms and shows so it isn't the age necessarily.

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I haven't seen an episode in years, but I was always of the opinion that the original cast episodes were the only ones worth my time. No Frank Burns = no sale.

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Frank Burns' replacement had his charms. I still watch a handful of repeats whenever I visit my parents. I have to say, the HD airings can be a bit wonky when it comes to the color timing...sometimes the characters skin tones are sunburn red, other times they flicker on/off between red/natural skintones. I still would not go back to standard def, as the picture quality is at times stunning, considering the age of the show.

Also, I have seen the majority of each episode at least 3-6+ times each, so I am definitely a fan of the show.

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It's my nightly viewing now 10 mins at a time

First klinger sighting is episode 4

This show is great

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M*A*S*H is a great show no doubt. Started rewatching it from S4 after Henry and Trapper exited. Like Potter as C/O better than Blake.

More Trivia: Gary Burghoff was the only cast member to appear in both Altman's M*A*S*H and the TV show as corporal Walter "Radar" O'Reilly in both.