I could listen to Alan Alda talk all day, his voice hasn’t changed at all. I’m a OTR trucker and listen to lots of Audible while driving and he was a narrator on the World War Z audiobook, hearing Hawkeye Pierce talk about zombies was priceless 🤣
If you like podcasts, you might want to try his Clear and Vivid series. You'll not only get his voice, but deeper insights into his fine character, too.
I am also an otr trucker and listen to audio books. My favorite narrator is Simon Vance. I have all 6 Dune Audiobooks by Frank Herbert. Well worth listening to.
It's 2019 and still watching MASH. Two episodes back to back week nights. Laughing and crying. Thanks to all the cast for all the pleasure you are still giving us!!!! Well done!!
Me too I love mash I'm only 35 and I wasn't alive when the show was originally on I wasn't born until 1985.but I'm just now starting to collect the seasons on DVD and I love every season it's amazing!! Such a Fantastic show!! I can't believe that killed off Captain Pierce I was very sad about that. I don't like that radar left after the 6th season same with the fact that trapper John left the show after the third season. I'm just glad that Alan alda never left the show
I remember when MASH ended, it almost felt as though members of my family had died. Weird to be that invested in a TV show but I guess that was how good it was.
sadly, they sold the set to the highest bidder... and didn't preserve it as a cultural landmark. Typical of our plastic (throwaway disposable culture). That is also what this show sort of depicted.. the disposible nature of war, where people become statistics (dead/wounded) in wars that revolve around greed.
I agree, one of the finest shows and cast assembled from begging to end. The show will go on for many generations to come. To the cast members who have parted R.I.P to all the cast ..thank you for the tears and laughter
I'm 28 and got into it as a teenager when the reruns would come on everyday on Hallmark and that show feels more like my teenage years then current shows were. I feel like you know a show is iconic when even decades later it's gaining new generations of fans.
I don't think anyone who watched MASH, who wasn't touched by the characters, humility and storyline has a soul. I grew up watching this series and it can still evoke every emotion possible. The statement it made still stands true today.
pretty amazing that when it came out it didn't do well at all, and then look what happened, put it out again and in a different time slot and the rest is history....
All I can say is thank you to the crew of M.A.S.H. for what you showed. I was saved by a M.A.S.H. unit during Vietnam and I know how hard you work and how much you care. Every time I watch a show it reminds me of how much I owe to all the doctors and nurses
M*A*S*H is like the Energizer Bunny: It keeps going, and going, and going... All kidding aside, M*A*S*H keeps being watched because it is high-quality work.
I've always loved the way Alan Alda tells stories because it was rarely linear. He'd take really interesting detours with his narratives. Not many media personalities do that these days.
I love Mash. Cried like a baby during the last episode. Alan, you and all your cast mates were phenomenal. Love you all. You all brought us so much. Thank you and I'm sorry your last day of filming was completely ruined and you didn't have your moment. That is sad.
Whichever episode was the one where Hawkeye was forced to help a North Korean soldier at gunpoint from another. Neither spoke the other’s language but they managed to have a moment
I was in grade 12...coming home from band practice it was on at 8.30 Thursday night ...staying at my best friend's house overnight..When I watch this its 40 years ago.where has the time gone...as funny as it is they were all my family too....the show left a time print on my soul...and I miss them all...
Just finished binge watching the episodes back to back. It’s not the first time I have seen them but the first time, back to back and in order. Still a powerful show.
They really didn't know how their efforts would form a legendary series. Everyone contributed in making this a success. As one cast member left, a new personality fit right in to remake a new milestone in the saga. Absolute genius.
My dad got us kids started watching mash when I was a teenager and I still love it! I am now 57! Now you know it is a damn good show when you love it for that long!
The show MASH was genius. It was a comedy, medical, and war show all rolled into one. I think the word "dramedy " was coined for this show. Even though the viewer didn't see a lot of actual combat scenes in this show, it conveyed the horrors of war, both physically and emotionally. And I could tell that this show was a labor of love for everyone involved in it, because of the care that went into making every episode. MASH was a prime example of what a television series could and should be.
I missed this show I first watched it when I was 8 my grandmother used to watch it all the time. I'm now 25 and i still get emotional seeing the final episode this show was amazing. all the old shows are way better then anything on TV now
Benjamin Frankin "Hawkeye" Pierce was an amazing meatball surgeon and beautiful human being. I always imagined Hawkeye living the rest of his life up in Crabapple Cove and even though he was happy and relieved to be home, he would always be missing the piece of himself that he left in Korea.
Always liked Alan Alda....he's a great actor and a very good guy in reality! My favorite movie he was directed and acted in is The Four Seasons...wonderful movie!
Shelley Ruble your right Alan Alda was the one who helped shape Mash into success it became as went from being the star to directing episodes and being writer of many along with having creative input. He was the one who helped with scripts and decisions on actors hired including when Harry Morgan was hired on as Colonel Potter and several others.
I love MASH. I discovered it in reruns as a kid in the 70s and I watched both the reruns and first run episodes until the series ended in the 80s. I was a sophomore in hs then. Now it’s 2019 and I still watch it! I never gets old. Absolutely wonderful show.
God bless you Alan alda, mash was such an incredible part of my childhood. It made me understand that war is bad, by bringing it into my living room each evening. Sometimes it was lighthearted and funny, sometimes it was serious. I know mash is fiction, but the chicken scene with Hawkeye in the bus still makes me cry to this day. I am nearly 50 years old and I can not watch that scene without tearing up. The Korean lady’s silent scream, and Hawkeye crying it was a baby, she smothered her own baby, still too this day haunts me and stirs up horrible emotions in me. Mr. Alda you played a man with ptsd brilliantly. Thank you for everything
@@2themoon863 My uncle was killed in a training mission right after the war and sadly my aunt committed suicide when her only child was 7 years old. I have often thought her experiences in the MASH unit contributed to her decision.
@@2themoon863 My uncle was killed in a trainig mission after the war and my aunt actually took her own life, leaving a 7 year ols daughter I have often thought that if she experienced ANYTHING like the show portrayed, it HAD to have an effect.
Of course, Charles, in this final episode, makes music making involving the Mozart Clarinet Quintet as he taught the itinerant Korean musicians. We clarinetists took note. If you ever want to hear the entire thing, look it up here on RU-vid. I’m one of those guys who takes humble joy in performing this masterpiece.
Thank you Alan I remember laying on the floor, my Pop in his chair watching Mash every Saturday night. My Pop fought in Korea, he loved that show with a beer after supper.
@Hand Solo you literally disagreed with him about Hawkeye being a good role model because of #metoo which is a moronic thing to say since Hawkeye was a fantastic person.
When I was in kindergarten during the seventies, I knew this man's voice, Klinger in a dress, Radar's teddy bear and him hearing choppers, and the name Hot Lips Hooligan. The last one used to crack me up, but at the time I had no idea what it meant. Mr Alda's voice is forever soothing to me.
Have the complete series on DVD and I go sleep every night, with M*A*S*H playing. All time greatest show. Have watched it for 40+ years. Love every episode.
Colby Thornton what you described is exactly what I do every single nite ... I grew up watching it with my dad(rip Fats) and now one of my twin daughters Katie watches it with me .i love it brilliant show
Betty Bartley i agree, but then again i think M*A*S*H wouldn't of been M*A*S*H without all of them, although Alan Alda was the Main Character of the show for many good reasons, everyone else complimented the show in their own way, and that also includes complimenting Hawkeye ❤
@@janshegers7667 True, Alda needed to have others to play off but he was the star of the TV show. Then, Alda became the creative force behind the show in later years to its conclusion in 83. Still, I loved Wayne Rogers and Maclean Stevenson and Larry Linville and the rest. They were all great. As for the movie, actors Donald Sutherland and Elliot Gould shared the honor, i believe, of making a fantastic film -- aside from director Robert Altman. Gould and Sutherland together helped make the movie -- a grittier, darker piece -- work brilliantly. Fan of both the film and TV show.
from watching this show as a child after school to watching it as an adult it has so many life lessons laughs cries etcetera this is one of the best television shows ever made well done Alan Alda and all your cast members for the memories thank you so much
Allen Alda, you are one of the most greatest entertainers, I have ever seen ! You have done so much for humanity plus!! God Bless You !! Your well loved by so many!
An amazing show! I was a young kid in the early 80s as Mash was finishing up its run, but now in my mid 40s I can appreciate the incredible show that it was. I watch it every night at 7pm on MeTV!
I'm only 26 and this is my favorite show and has been since I first watched it at 13. A great group of actors that really did care about the show and each other really shun through the show
I really enjoyed watching MASH. It was one of the best sitcoms I ever watched. Hawkeye Pierce is a hero. He is a truly iconic character who brings a perfect blend of wit, humour, and compassion to the show. His quick wit and sharp sense of humour not only provide much-needed comic relief in the midst of the chaos of war but also reflect his ability to cope with the difficult situations he faces. Live long and prosper Alan!
This is something to see! A great and detailed explanation of the end of mash. He is a terrific storyteller. I have watched the show so many times I can almost utter the dialogue before the actors do. Plenty of laughs and emotion. Thanks mash and utube.
Been watching MASH everyday for the last 10 years. Only reason I have Hulu put it on anytime I’m around tv. Seasons back to back prolly 100 times but still haven’t watched the finale. Just can’t get myself to do it. Time capsule then restart like it’s never ended.
This show must have been so important to people who actually served and survived the Korean war. And the Vietnam war. I know that many service people who came back from Vietnam have committed suicide because of the horrors that they went through and the lack of help they received after. The same thing seems to be happening all the time. People returning from tours in the Middle East and Afghanistan are not receiving the help they need to manage with the mental and physical wounds that they acquired while in active service. I know it was "just a tv show" and was a comedy at that, but the people working on the show did try to present the fact that people were killed and maimed in war. We seem to have forgotten that.
The writers did base the show of real life Doctor turned author who wrote Mash and he was like the real Hawkeye Pierce. His name was Richard Hornberger and penned the book Mash under Richard Hooker. He was a recent medical school graduate who was drafted during Korean War and served on real Mash unit to be a surgeon. Hornberger said he did things in surgery that were against army regulations. He used the character of Pierce in his book to be like himself with his humor and wit to help get through the grueling hours in surgery and stress of being on fighting lines in Korea.
I remember one episode that John and Hawkeye were practicing boxing for a boxing match against a SGT from another military base and they were using Frank's duffel bag for a punching bag and Margaret Houlihan walks by saying "Isn't that Frank's bag?" John without missing a step said " I thought you were Frank's bag" I laughed so hard and coffee shot from my nose.
I like the scene where Colonel Flagg was trying to get a prisoner being tended to at the M.A.S.H. released so he could execute him. He needed two doctors to sign off on it and Trapper and Hawkeye weren't about to. Margaret realizes Frank could and exclaims, " Wait a minute! You're a doctor, Frank!" Hawkeye quips "Your secret is safe with me. Certainly your patients will never know". Classic 🤣
Have started watching it again on 'Great TV', am luving it again, more than ever! Feel blessed that I grew up with these guys and still feel blessed watching it all again...💖
I did meet Alan some years later when he was hosting his program, "Great American Frontiers" at my work. It was about a robotic surgery instrument and the setting was supposed to be a Mobile Army Field Hospital. I was working with the equipment and keeping folks from coming looking for autographs. During some director time I spent about an hour with him just chatting about this and that. Very pleasant man easy to be with and funny.
Steven Weiler Sudance channel shows M*A*S*H Marathon every Saturday evening & Monday mornings on AT&T DISH. I love Alan Alda, too! Sometimes they put M*A*S*H on as a filler between movies, also. 😄
I ran EMS for many years. I swear Hawkeye is my twin. The way he would crack jokes after a rough day, and have the occasional emotional reaction, is EXACTLY how I coped with my years on the bus.
That reminds me so much of when a movie ends and you feel moved. So you want to "take it in"...savor the moment as you listen to the music while watching the last scrolls run up the screAND SUDDENLY. The next movie promotion appears on your screen before you're ready. MASH has always been, and will continue one of the best tv shows.
@@halenarouzer4472 , Murder Mystery. No, No... Its a Romantic Comedy. But, in my opinion its a Romantic Drama. He goes on a business trip. He meets a woman. Both are married. But, every year same weekend they meet at the same place. Its a great movie.
Worked with a man that fought in Korea. One night we found him sat down and crying. Asked him what's wrong? All he said was " They would not stop coming, they would not stop coming" Sobbing really hard. He was on a machine gun that had a wall of dead Chinese soldiers in front of it, and this normal man broke. He took council and made a recovery of sorts, but ordinary people were caught in an extra ordinary place.
I like Hawkeye's character. His mother had died but he was close to his father. He was single and a doctor. He was extremely witty and had a sense of morality.
For me, M*A*S*H* was the best show ever. I love, I cry , I laugh..and I miss this serial verry much. God bless you everyone! And..R.I.P who past away....❤
After watching MASH for eleven years, essentially being raised on it, the last episode was airing while I was in a night class in college. I fretted until the class break, when my roommate and I slipped away to our room and watched the entire episode with a half dozen other classmates. I have never regretted it.
I was in college myself, but my family had a VCR (or was it a Betamax, can’t remember); I had set it to record as I was in class for the early part. At the time it was said that would be the only time that episode would be shown. Ten years later I caught an ad that the episode was going to be rerun, so I set my VCR to record it no matter whether I was there or not-I was home and watched the whole episode, then saw it again a few years after…and played my recording a few times as well.
It's been said many times already by many others, but the quality of this show is so much higher than nearly all that is out there today that it's shocking.
The last episode aired on my confirmation. It’s was a night time mass. My Dad & Godfather slipped out back of church home to watch it. No PVR back then. 😂
M*A*S*H* was excellent show. The actors made us laugh and cry. Especially when it was a show about being doctors in Army during Korean War. My father was there he was a young man in his early 20's. Thank You for such a moving show.
I remember the note my mum gave the school as to why I was an hour late once..... " he had to finish watching an episode of MASH" 😂😂 Epic show in every respect. Such quality 😊
funny that he used the voice of the 'greatest clean joke' to imitate the construction guy... "what, that's all you do? Bird imitations?!?"... lol. Mr. Alda is awesome.
Great full interview! That was my favorite show to grow up with! Sorry to learn they were mobbed by while trying to all say good-bye during the last episode that they shot. What great actors! Esp. Loved Hawkeye! ♥️
It was a very emotional type of series with the laughing and crying, and the feeling they gave us that we were there with them in Korea! All I have to say, this was an excellent cast, actors (apart from each other, marvelous). Sorry to see it end but it was time, you can't milk a show to death...
By the way I was never in the military, but truly thank you so much for all those years of showing us comedy during the times of a real live war You guys did a absolute outstanding job
