M * A * S * H (TV series)

M * A * S * H was a American comedic television series based on an earlier film from 1970. The series was first broadcast between 1972 and 1983.

The series deals with the adventures of the crew of a mobile field hospital during the Korean war in the 1950s. The tragedy and misery of everyday life is being supplanted by humor. The abbreviation M.A.S.H. State official for Mobile Army Surgical Hospital.

William Self, Director of 20th Century Fox, decided to make a television series following the movie. The decor was still available and Fox had the rights to the story line, so the production of the series was relatively cheap. Gary Burghoff, who played the character Radar O'Reilly, was the only actor from the film that was asked to play in the series. McLean Stevenson played the role of Henry Blake, while he would rather Hawkeye wanted to play. The right person for the role of Hawkeye was only found at the last minute. Alan Alda kept the boat until the last moment, because he had his doubts about playing in a potentially long-running series and because he wanted to do the war seem not more fun than was the case in reality. To avoid this, he left in his contract that must contain at least one scene in each episode, set in the operating room.Alda, who also directed the series, partly to see if any character was in each episode. During the eleven years that the series played, he traveled every weekend from Los Angeles, where the series was recorded, to his family in New Jersey. In 1980 he earned $ 200,000 a week for his contribution to the series.

The series came to an end after 251 episodes, after winning numerous awards, including 14 Emmy Awards. The last episode is one of the most watched programs ever.

In Netherlands, the sitcom M * A * S * H aired by the AVRO. The series was repeated on several occasions by commercial broadcasters.

The entire series has now appeared on dvd . ==Division Of Roles[ Edit] == The main characters:

Supporting Roles:
 * Alan Alda plays Capt. Benjamin Franklin Pierce aka Hawkeye
 * Wayne Rogers -Capt. John Francis Xavier McIntyre alias Trapper John
 * Mike Farrell -Capt. B.J. Hunnicut
 * Loretta Swit -Maj. Margaret Houlihan alias Hotlips
 * McLean Stevenson -Lt. Col. Henry Braymore Blake
 * Harry Morgan -Col. Sherman T. Potter
 * Larry Linville -Maj. Frank Burns
 * David Ogden Stiers -Maj. Charles Emerson Winchester, III
 * Gary Burghoff -cpl. Walter Eugene O'Reilly alias Radar
 * Jamie Farr -Cpl./Sgt. Maxwell Q. Klinger
 * William Christopher -John Patrick Francis Mulcahy/Capt. Father 1st Lt.

==Episodes[ Edit] ==
 * - John Orchard Capt. ' Ugly John ' Black
 * Bill Snider -Soldier, Snider, Barkeeper, Driver
 * Jo Ann Thompson -Jo Ann
 * Shari Shari Saba -Nurse
 * Eileen Saki -bareigenaresse Rosie
 * Kellye Nakahara -Nurse Kellye
 * Jennifer Davis -nurse (unnamed)