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This is the popular TV Series that started in 1972 and finished in 1983, 34 discs and lot's and lot's of laughs along the way. One of the most successful TV sitcoms produced, covering the worst of America's Wars (sorry, Police action). The Korean war in the 1950's. The Story..... The ... Read review

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ThisM*A*S*H-tastic 36-disc collection is one for the television time capsule. It contains ... more

all 11 seasons of this multi-Emmy Award-winning
series.Adapted for television by legendary comedy
writer Larry Gelbart, the series has long since
supplanted Robert Altman's film in the public's
consciousness. Life and death at a Mobile Army
Surgical Hospital during theKorean War doesn't
seem like ripe fodder for a comedy series,
butM*A*S*Hmasterfully balanced laughter and tears
(less so in its later, more preachy seasons). It
often does play better without a laugh track (a
viewing option for all episodes). During its
run,M*A*S*Hsurvived several delicate operations,
including the departure of Gelbart after season 4
and the loss of core ensemble members McLean
Stevenson as Col. Henry Blake and Wayne Rogers as
Trapper John (after season 3), Larry Linville as
Frank Burns (after season 5) and Gary Burghoff (a
veteran of the original film) as Radar (after
season 8). The show thrived with the introduction
of some new blood, Henry Morgan as "regular Army"
Col. Potter and Mike Farrell as compassionate BJ
(season 4) and David Ogden Stiers as elitist
Charles Emerson Winchester III (season
6).M*A*S*Hwas honored with the prestigious Peabody
Award "for the depth of its humour and the manner
in which comedy is used to lift the spirit and, as
well, to offer a profound statement on the nature
of war." This was a sitcom that did not always
leave you laughing, as witness the classic season
3 episode "Abyssinia, Henry." And throughout its
run,M*A*S*Hbroke the sitcom mould with several
episodes, including "The Interview" (season 4), in
which Clete Roberts interviews the staff of the
4077th, "Point of View" (season 7), subjectively
seen through the eyes of a wounded soldier and
"Life Time" (season 8), which unfolds in real
time.M*A*S*Hboasted one of television's greatest
ensembles, fully embodied characters who each
became icons, most notably Alan Alda, who served
with distinction as Hawkeye, the series' soul and
conscience. But a special salute to Loretta Switt,
whose Margaret Houlihan went from "Hot Lips" to
nobody's pushover. From the "Pilot" to the
feature-length finale, "Goodbye, Farewell&Amen,"
still the most-watched episode in history, this
essential (but not so much if you bought the
individual season sets) collection honours one of
television's greatest half-hours.--Donald
Liebenson


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M.A.S.H. - Complete Series 1-11 - The Martinis and Medicine Collection [DVD]

M.A.S.H. - Complete Series 1-11 - The Martinis and Medicine Collection [DVD]

ThisM*A*S*H-tastic 36-disc collection is one for the television time capsule. It contains ... more

all 11 seasons of this multi-Emmy Award-winning
series.Adapted for television by legendary comedy
writer Larry Gelbart, the series has long since
supplanted Robert Altman's film in the public's
consciousness. Life and death at a Mobile Army
Surgical Hospital during theKorean War doesn't
seem like ripe fodder for a comedy series,
butM*A*S*Hmasterfully balanced laughter and tears
(less so in its later, more preachy seasons). It
often does play better without a laugh track (a
viewing option for all episodes). During its
run,M*A*S*Hsurvived several delicate operations,
including the departure of Gelbart after season 4
and the loss of core ensemble members McLean
Stevenson as Col. Henry Blake and Wayne Rogers as
Trapper John (after season 3), Larry Linville as
Frank Burns (after season 5) and Gary Burghoff (a
veteran of the original film) as Radar (after
season 8). The show thrived with the introduction
of some new blood, Henry Morgan as "regular Army"
Col. Potter and Mike Farrell as compassionate BJ
(season 4) and David Ogden Stiers as elitist
Charles Emerson Winchester III (season
6).M*A*S*Hwas honored with the prestigious Peabody
Award "for the depth of its humour and the manner
in which comedy is used to lift the spirit and, as
well, to offer a profound statement on the nature
of war." This was a sitcom that did not always
leave you laughing, as witness the classic season
3 episode "Abyssinia, Henry." And throughout its
run,M*A*S*Hbroke the sitcom mould with several
episodes, including "The Interview" (season 4), in
which Clete Roberts interviews the staff of the
4077th, "Point of View" (season 7), subjectively
seen through the eyes of a wounded soldier and
"Life Time" (season 8), which unfolds in real
time.M*A*S*Hboasted one of television's greatest
ensembles, fully embodied characters who each
became icons, most notably Alan Alda, who served
with distinction as Hawkeye, the series' soul and
conscience. But a special salute to Loretta Switt,
whose Margaret Houlihan went from "Hot Lips" to
nobody's pushover. From the "Pilot" to the
feature-length finale, "Goodbye, Farewell&Amen,"
still the most-watched episode in history, this
essential (but not so much if you bought the
individual season sets) collection honours one of
television's greatest half-hours.--Donald
Liebenson


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M*A*S*H - THE COMPLETE SERIES

Advantages: A great series all in one collectors boxset
Disadvantages: The price!!!

This is the popular TV Series that started in 1972 and finished in 1983, 34 discs and lot's and lot's of laughs along the way.
One of the most successful TV sitcoms produced, covering the worst of America's Wars (sorry, Police action). The Korean war in the 1950's.

The Story.....

The war is raging 3 miles from the M*A*S*H (Mobile Army Surgical Hospital), and all sorts of problems and catastrophes are going on ...
...run by Colonel (Dr) Henry Blake (series 1 - 3) and then Colonel Sherman T Potter (series 4 -11), both commanders are vastly different, but the comic events that each of the characters portray, are about equal - both trying to run a unit under extreme conditions, whilst keeping the men and women happy, care free and most of all sane......

The two Doctors of the hour, Dr’s Benjamin Franklyn Pearce ‘Hawkeye’ and Dr John Trapper (series ... more

pc2308 16.04.2007 (25.04.2007)
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