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treky · 03-10-2019, 04:12 AM

Thursday will be a sad day for MASH fans who watch it on ME TV. Next Thursday at 7:00 they will show the last episode of season 3 then at 7:30 start showing season 4.

Heenan Fan · 03-11-2019, 04:47 PM

An even sadder day is when season 6 starts!

treky · 03-11-2019, 06:53 PM

an even sadder day is when season 8 starts

Heenan Fan · 03-11-2019, 07:38 PM

Yep

oldschool59 · 03-18-2019, 07:59 PM

After season 3 MASH was never the same

Heenan Fan · 03-18-2019, 08:18 PM

Yep

treky · 03-19-2019, 01:54 AM

no, it certainly wasn't. And especially after season 7; CBS made a HUUUUGE mistake by letting Alan Alda take over the typewriter and directors chair. Almost every other week it was "oh we're doctors and we're nurses...and we save lives which makes us so good...and death is such a bummer...and war is hell..." and on and on!

Heenan Fan · 05-29-2019, 10:47 PM

The writers in the later seasons had no idea how to write for the characters. Tonight on MeTV, Father Mulcaye told Col. Potter that he can't write to the kids back in the states because he (Mulcaye) has never saved a life. Any MASH fan knows that Mulcaye saved at least two lives outright before this episode (Letters, S9 Ep2).The soldier he and Radar saved with the treciatimy and when he realized a soldier was still alive when he was giving him Last Rights.

But instead of mentioning those heroic efforts, Father Mulcaye told a story about saving an old, drunkin' dog by getting him to stop drinking!! Absolutely embarrassing to be a MASH fan after Larry Gelbart and Gene Reynolds saw the writing on the wall and left the show.

treky · 05-30-2019, 12:25 AM

tonight they started season 9

Heenan Fan · 05-30-2019, 02:57 AM

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Originally Posted by treky

tonight they started season 9

I know, yuck!

treky · 05-31-2019, 01:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Heenan Fan

I know, yuck!

although this is more appropriate:

icecream · 05-31-2019, 01:13 AM

A true M*A*S*H fan would like all the seasons, or at least most of them. There were weak episodes but no weak seasons. And to not even consider anything after season 3 (a small minority of the show's well deserved long run) is just sad. Harry Morgan and Mike Farrell were wonderful cast additions, and later on David Ogden Stiers. The entire regular cast on this show was first rate all 11 seasons.

Heenan Fan · 05-31-2019, 01:17 AM

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Originally Posted by catsrule

A true M*A*S*H fan would like all the seasons, or at least most of them.

Based on what? MASH had different producers, directors, writers, and some actors in the later seasons, so your comment is ridiculous.

treky · 09-17-2019, 12:51 AM

now they're on season 6

TV Guy · 09-17-2019, 08:38 PM

When I was old enough to watch in primetime, they were already in the BJ/Potter era, so those episodes are more familiar to me.

I thought season 4 was still good because Larry Gelbart was still in charge. And season 5 was good because Frank was still there. For me, the cutoff is with season 7 and BJ’s stupid mustache. And Alan Alda gains more control (I tend to skip the heavy-handed episodes that he writes/directs). But the first six seasons are OK with me, and selected episodes thereafter.

03-10-2019, 04:12 AM	#1
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03-18-2019, 07:59 PM	#5
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05-31-2019, 01:13 AM	#12
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03-11-2019, 04:47 PM	#2
Heenan Fan Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Oct 19, 2016 Posts: 6,001	An even sadder day is when season 6 starts!

03-11-2019, 06:53 PM	#3
treky star trek fan Eternal Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Feb 25, 2002 Location: Conshohocken, pennsylvania Posts: 14,490	an even sadder day is when season 8 starts

03-11-2019, 07:38 PM	#4
Heenan Fan Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Oct 19, 2016 Posts: 6,001	Yep

03-18-2019, 08:18 PM	#6
Heenan Fan Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Oct 19, 2016 Posts: 6,001	Yep

03-19-2019, 01:54 AM	#7
treky star trek fan Eternal Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Feb 25, 2002 Location: Conshohocken, pennsylvania Posts: 14,490	no, it certainly wasn't. And especially after season 7; CBS made a HUUUUGE mistake by letting Alan Alda take over the typewriter and directors chair. Almost every other week it was "oh we're doctors and we're nurses...and we save lives which makes us so good...and death is such a bummer...and war is hell..." and on and on!

05-29-2019, 10:47 PM	#8
Heenan Fan Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Oct 19, 2016 Posts: 6,001	The writers in the later seasons had no idea how to write for the characters. Tonight on MeTV, Father Mulcaye told Col. Potter that he can't write to the kids back in the states because he (Mulcaye) has never saved a life. Any MASH fan knows that Mulcaye saved at least two lives outright before this episode (Letters, S9 Ep2).The soldier he and Radar saved with the treciatimy and when he realized a soldier was still alive when he was giving him Last Rights. But instead of mentioning those heroic efforts, Father Mulcaye told a story about saving an old, drunkin' dog by getting him to stop drinking!! Absolutely embarrassing to be a MASH fan after Larry Gelbart and Gene Reynolds saw the writing on the wall and left the show.

05-30-2019, 12:25 AM	#9
treky star trek fan Eternal Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Feb 25, 2002 Location: Conshohocken, pennsylvania Posts: 14,490	tonight they started season 9

09-17-2019, 12:51 AM	#14
treky star trek fan Eternal Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Feb 25, 2002 Location: Conshohocken, pennsylvania Posts: 14,490	now they're on season 6

09-17-2019, 08:38 PM	#15
TV Guy Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 25, 2001 Location: Boston, MA, USA Posts: 3,419	When I was old enough to watch in primetime, they were already in the BJ/Potter era, so those episodes are more familiar to me. I thought season 4 was still good because Larry Gelbart was still in charge. And season 5 was good because Frank was still there. For me, the cutoff is with season 7 and BJ’s stupid mustache. And Alan Alda gains more control (I tend to skip the heavy-handed episodes that he writes/directs). But the first six seasons are OK with me, and selected episodes thereafter.