30 years ago today - famous TV ending

[underpants]

[Moondog]

1. Geez. Was it that long ago?

Sigh.

[In_The_Wind]

10. now I really feel old. eom.

[Mojorabbit]

12. Me too! I have had a host of things come up today besides this to make me feel ancient. nt

[In_The_Wind]

13. then

My good wishes extend to you Mojorabbit . . . . . . . . .



M.M.

[Liberal_in_LA]

29. +1

[liberal N proud]

2. That shows messages are still fresh.

[Wounded Bear]

4. Set in Korea....

entirely appropriate to Vietnam.

Yeah, kind of covers war in general.

[truegrit44]

3. I even remember where I was and what I was doing....

Had gone to the city that day to buy a water bed and meant to get home in time to watch it and knew we would miss it, but the furniture store had a tv and even tho they were closing they let us stay and watch it and they locked up and watched it with us.

[Ron Obvious]

5. The script had leaked...

Funny... I haven't thought about this in a long time, but I suddenly recall that someone gave me the script to that famous final episode as leaked to -- I think -- the National Enquirer. It turned out to be entirely accurate, sadly enough, thus rather spoiling the episode for me.

[graham4anything]

6. McLean Stevenson was the best. And his ending the worst, and biggest shock.

I actually always thought McLean's role was somewhat based on Gen. Waverly in White Christmas.

But the jarring off screen ending.

Radar crying

[Scruffy Rumbler]

7. Wow! Missed it!

Was in basic training at Ft Jackson. Wasn't watching it much by then. Hotlip's razor cut hairdo was a little too much. It was feeling forced toward the end.

[mucifer]

8. I totally agree. How many women in the '50s had Farrah hair?

And how many episodes about it being too cold or too hot or they reallllllly wanted a_____ because they missed being home. But, it was a very good show for a long time before it got stale.

[Scruffy Rumbler]

16. Totally agree!

[Boomerproud]

19. Happy Days and The Waltons had the same problem with the out-of-date hairstyles

Maybe they all had the same stylist. MASH was a great show though.

[ConcernedCanuk]

9. That was one of my favorite shows

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Never got to the end of a half hour episode without laughing out loud

now

If I could just meet a woman that could do the same thing . . . .

even just once every day or two . .

sad that

but true

(sigh)

[progressoid]

11. I remember coming back to my dorm room and seeing half a dozen people watching it on our tv.

I've only ever seen the last 10 minutes.

Did I miss anything?

[AngryOldDem]

20. To be honest, no.

But then "MASH" had long since jumped the shark before the finale anyway, so I guess the finale shouldn't have been such a big disappointment.

To me, it's right up there with the "St. Elsewhere" series finale as being about the worst I've seen, and I was a huge fan of both shows. The "MASH" finale was overblown, preachy, and sadly badly acted. To say I felt cheated as a loyal viewer of both goes without saying.

But other people's mileage may vary.

[progressoid]

21. Yeah, I watched occasionally after Henry, Trapper and Frank left

but it was pretty lack luster.

I don't watch the post Mclain Stevenson and Wayne Rogers reruns.

[underpants]

22. AS a fan I agree that the last few years were overly preachy

and they completely lost sight of it supposedly being the 50's. The haircuts alone were just horrible.

I agree it was a good last show but it was a really big event at the time....when there were only 3 TV stations.

[AngryOldDem]

26. It was an event.

I was a huge fan of the show. I still watch the reruns but somehow toward the middle of its run the anti-war theme began to be a cudgel. The show just started to take itself way too seriously. The characters lost their edge, and it just wasn't funny anymore. But still, I recall really looking forward to the finale, and feeling let down afterward. I was in sixth grade when MASH started, and it ended my senior year in college. That's a LONG time.

[underpants]

27. If you get the chance get Alda's "Never Have Your Dog Stuffed: And Other Things I've " autobiography

I listened to it on audio book. An incredicidle story of a chaotic family and his walking on the set having NOTHING in common with his character.

He was a kid on a road show. His parents never considered that he had to go to school. His mother had a lot of mental troubles.

Carl Reiner after reading the book said, "You have every reason to be f@#&ed up"

[AngryOldDem]

28. Thanks. I'll check it out.

I've always respected Alan Alda.

[underpants]

24. I agree with some of the comments below

but not to argue but the final show actually dealth with PTSD. You would have thought that it really raised awareness (maybe it did) but it was remarkable for them to actually deal with the after effects of a war. Still it was preachy.

[MrScorpio]

14. Two years later, I went to the REAL Korea

It was much better than the TV version

[ConcernedCanuk]

25. "It was much better than the TV version" - ummmm

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maybe there was no war going on when you visited??

[MrScorpio]

31. Bingo!

Although WWIII almost started up a couple of times while I was there.

But those are stories for another day.

[cyberswede]

15. Loved the show - hated the last episode

I found the episode completely upsetting, and I had to leave the room after the part with Hawkeye & the "chicken." I probably missed anything that came after that scene. I've never watched it since.

[Yavin4]

17. "Goodbye, Farwell, and Amen"

was the title of the show. I used that as the subject line of my farewell email to a job that I left.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

18. I liked the way the Chinese prisoners tortured Major Winchester

by playing Mozart. Badly.

Mozart. The piece the way it's supposed to sound:

[ConcernedCanuk]

32. Mozart, - interesting - my first Album was Mozart - dat be around 1963

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and the first CD that went into the new (used) van I just bought is Mozart

"Mozart in Prague" is the name of the album I bought in my early teens - 33lp

back then you could take the album into a booth and listen to it before you bought it

Most of my listening is what I call soft rock, but listen to almost anything from metal, country to rap when the mood strikes me

I guess I'm sorta a music slut -

????

[cliffordu]

23. My ex wife and I premiered our singing act that night.

The ONLY person to show up was a great friend and at the time, our drug dealer.

We played two sets and the bartender asked if we wanted to watch the final episode of MASH.....

We did.

[LiberalElite]

30. I looked at that photo and the MASH theme instantly started up in my head eom