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Like the TV incarnation of The Odd Couple, the MASH series has supplanted the original film in the publics consciousness. Legendary comedy writer Larry Gelbart (Your Show of Shows) deserves a medal for developing Robert Altmans bloody, funny 1970 classic for television with much of its anti-establishment spirit intact. These 24 first-season episodes--bracingly less politically correct than the shows in the final seasons--chart the programs sometimes bumpy evolution as it tried to remain true to the films anarchic spirit while finding its own voice. The most memorable episodes include "The Pilot," which establishes the characters in broad strokes "Sometimes You Hear the Bullet," in which a friend of Hawkeyes (Alan Alda) dies on the operating table (look for "Ronny" Howard as an underage soldier) "Cowboy," in which someone is trying to kill clueless commander Henry Blake (McLean Stevenson) and the pivotal "Dear Dad," the first of what would be a series of multistory episodes in which Hawkeye writes to his father about life at the 4077th. It is interesting to note film characters who made early exits from the series, including Timothy Browns Spearchucker and Karen Philipps Lt. Dish (George Morgan, who plays Father Mulcahy in the pilot, we hardly knew ye). Klinger (Jamie Farr), bucking for his Section 8 discharge, doesnt appear until the fifth episode, "Chief Surgeon Who?" And Gary Burghoffs Radar is a much more wily and savvy partner in crime to "Yankee Doodle Doctors" Hawkeye and Trapper John (Wayne Rogers) than in later seasons. In its 11-year run, MASH earned 14 Emmy Awards, and it remains one of TVs most beloved series. Though it is a staple of syndication, the episodes are presented here uncut, probably for the first time since their original broadcast. For MASH devotees, this three-disc set is just what the doctor ordered. --Donald Liebenson
Description
Korea, 1950. They were a MASH (Mobile Army Surgical Hospital) unit stationed three miles from the front. Incoming helicopters full of wounded brought the horrors of war to them daily and sometimes bullets flew right outside the operating room door. Occasional hilarity and constant hijinks were all that kept them sane.
Loosely based on real-life MASH unit 8055, life at the 4077 revolved around the day-to-day routines of Captain "Hawkeye" Pierce, Captain "Trapper" McIntyre, Lieutenant Colonel Henry Blake, Major Margaret Houlihan, Major Franklin Burns and Corporal "Radar" OReilly. Through these characters, viewers traveled beyond the long hours and the horrors of the operating room to a place where friendships were forged, laughter was found and drinks were served.
Rate Points :4.5
Binding :DVD
Brand :Twentieth Century Fox
Label :20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Manufacturer :20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
MPN :FOXD2000616D
ProductGroup :DVD
Studio :20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Publisher :20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
UPC :024543006183
EAN :0024543006183
Price :$39.98USD
Lowest Price :$22.93USD
Customer ReviewsWar is Hell but MASH is Comedy Heaven
Rating Point :5 Helpful Point :2
MASH is one of the finest American TV series ever to come out of the old network system. As practically everyone who searches Amazon for information on this great show will have undoubtably already read the excellent highlighted reviews, Id like to add my case for starting your MASH collection with this particular DVD set.
First, as this was the first season, the show has yet to fully evolve into what we all remember it as from syndication. Theres an endless parade of cute young nurses, and multiple characters from the film appear here and nowhere else in the series. Also, much of the comedy leans toward what other military-based sitcoms had already done. Thus, certain things happen in this DVD set that we dont usually associate with MASH. I dont regard this as a debit as it keeps this particular box set from being predictable.
Second, continuing with the shock of surprise comes the revelation that the producers seldom insisted on period accuracy. The aforementioned nurses, for example, wear mod hairstyles and Radar OReilly reads comic books that werent published until the 1960s long after the Korean War was over. The nonconformist attitudes of many of the doctors is definitely not what one would have expected in the 1950s and neither are most of their haircuts. Back in the early 1970s, this might have been seen as a flaw. Today, it helps to remove the period piece stigma that so many other early 1970s sitcoms suffer from. Coupled with the use of film stock rather than videotape and this is certainly one of the freshest-looking TV comedies over 30 years old.
Third, theres the opportunity to appreciate actors portray characters who either were not there for the full run of the series or who evolved into something very different. McLean Stevensons Colonel Blake may never win awards as a model of military efficiency, but I sure would love to have someone that easygoing as my boss! Wayne Rogers approach to Trapper John make him seem like Dean Martin to Alan Aldas Jerry Lewis-like Hawkeye Pierce. Gary Burghoffs early version of Radar OReilly is a very sly, shifty, deceptively dimwitted corporal who is far removed from the lovable innocent we all remember. And was there ever an actor better capable of playing a pompous twit than Larry Linville as Frank Burns? Linville also shows incredible ability as a straight man to both Rogers and Aldas antics the same jokes would likely fall flat without a steady straight man as a target.
On the downside there are no extras. We do get the chance to turn off the laughtrack, which makes the TV show seem even more cinematic than before. But there are no cast interviews (not even contemporary talk show interviews), no still galleries, no commentary tracks. We do get a mostly noninformative booklet with some tiny photos and a track listing, along with original airdates. I didnt feel cheated by this, as the price of the set makes it very affordable, but I do think its a missed opportunity.
In sum, I was very impressed with how fresh MASH is, and how nearly impossible it is to date the series. The first season may not be as good as the later ones, but to me the differences are so slight that this DVD set easily deserves 5 stars. I strongly suggest you start with this set and then work your way through the others in sequence.
Rating Point :5 Helpful Point :2
Every once in a great while someone comes along with a great idea for a TV show. They tell just the right person and they just happen to come together and are the best possible writers for this kind of show. They just happen to find some broadcasting company crazy enough to trot out a pilot.
Then by chance they assemble actors that are so good at playing their roles that they become synonomous with them.
You add in some of the greatest TV directors of all time and you have MASH.
Season 1 starts out with a bang with some of the more memorable episodes like, the desk and yankee doodle doctor.
I love this show, and would reccomend it to everyone.
Just what I wanted!
Rating Point :4 Helpful Point :0
I got this as a gift for my father for fathers day, he loved it! He has always been a huge fan of the show and loved that he could now watch the episodes whenever he wants! Ill definately be getting him the rest of the seasons for future gifts.
Best show in the world.
Rating Point :5 Helpful Point :1
This is the best show in the world. Its that simple. I didnt find a thing wrong with it. And the laugh track is a cool bonus. If you like MASH but your not getting your fill of it on tv then this is what you want. Ive said it once and Ill say it again this is the best show in the world. If I could I would give it ten stars. Same goes for all the seasons.
A great Show, Season 1
Rating Point :4 Helpful Point :1
MASH is one of my top 10 favorite TV Shows of all time and it is a joy to see the antics of these Mobile Army Surgical Hospital doctors. I am not a big fan of seasons 1-3 because the characters seem to too cartoonish for me and story lines seem a little weak. I guess the producers wanted to keep close to the movie which was a little on the corny side. With these faults, the show remains a classic for all generation and the dialogue is rather simple to understand. Season 1 set the tone for the introduction part of the show to millions of viewers.
If I rated Films or TV Series based on whether I liked them, I would have rated the entire series a 5 or a 6, but I rarely do this. Each episode is high quality and the sound is great. They bring back the joy I originally had when I first saw them minus the commercials (which are really not that important.) One problem exists the DVD itself dose not have a lot of features. You can not "play all", there are no filmographies or even a list of the extra and cameos that made MASH one of the best shows. It would have been more interesting to see where all those extras went off to do.
I highly recommend the series with these limitations.
Enjoy
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