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Miss Lisa · 02-25-2008, 09:23 PM

I was reading about what the cast is doing now and while reading I read that they quit the show because Alan Alda started taking the show over and they felt as if they were just being used to protest the war.

I was just wondering if anyone else had heard this.

TJL · 02-25-2008, 09:57 PM

I doubt that is true. Alan Alda became a creative force about halfway through the series 11 season run (I know at least one MASHfan on these boards who hates when Alda "took over"

) so if any cast members where unhappy with him and the direction the show was taking, they would not have stuck around for several more seasons.

treky · 02-26-2008, 04:29 AM

yea; I doubt that's true, too.

By the way TJL; am I the one you mentioned who doesn't like when Alda "took over"? Because I've often said how much I don't like it when it became "THE ALAN ALDA SHOW".

Chocoholic · 02-26-2008, 11:57 AM

I didn't like it when Alan took over either. They should have dumped him and kept Trapper

Miss Lisa · 02-26-2008, 03:06 PM

I liked Mash until about the seventh or eigth season, to me that was when he seemed to use it to voice his own opinions on the war after a while. He was probably doing that earlier, it just started to bug me later on. I do like Alan Alda as an actor, but you shouldn't take a show and make it your own to spread your thoughts on certain subjects.

BBCOACHMS · 02-29-2008, 09:03 PM

I can understand that some think that MASH became the "Alan Alda Show" but you must all admit that this is in retrospect. The show was still a very popular show and "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen" is still the most watched TV event in American Television history. Alan Alda was a driving force behind the show and the success. Alda was persistent in making the show "real" to the viewers. We all have likes and dislikes of the series. Personally I felt that Alda carried the series with his acting and creative abilities.

Miss Lisa · 02-29-2008, 09:16 PM

I myself enjoyed the last episode. I liked seeing Hawkeye go crazy. After that I always saw him as a good fit in an Alfred Hitchcock film.

Scoobiedoo30 · 03-01-2008, 04:22 PM

I say it is a rumor

02-25-2008, 09:23 PM	#1
Miss Lisa Member Senior Member Join Date: Jan 08, 2005 Location: My very own Green Acres Posts: 1,113	Just a Rumor I Heard... I was reading about what the cast is doing now and while reading I read that they quit the show because Alan Alda started taking the show over and they felt as if they were just being used to protest the war. I was just wondering if anyone else had heard this.

02-25-2008, 09:57 PM	#2
TJL Suburbanite Extrordinaire Forum Star Join Date: Dec 29, 2001 Location: New Jersey - the cradle of civilization Posts: 16,591	I doubt that is true. Alan Alda became a creative force about halfway through the series 11 season run (I know at least one MASHfan on these boards who hates when Alda "took over" ) so if any cast members where unhappy with him and the direction the show was taking, they would not have stuck around for several more seasons.
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02-26-2008, 04:29 AM	#3
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03-01-2008, 04:22 PM	#8
Scoobiedoo30 Member Forum Superstar Join Date: Jun 27, 2002 Location: KENNER, LOUISIANA Posts: 27,654	I say it is a rumor
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02-26-2008, 11:57 AM	#4
Chocoholic Member Forum Star Join Date: Dec 01, 2000 Location: Between a rock and a hard place. Posts: 11,235	I didn't like it when Alan took over either. They should have dumped him and kept Trapper

02-26-2008, 03:06 PM	#5
Miss Lisa Member Senior Member Join Date: Jan 08, 2005 Location: My very own Green Acres Posts: 1,113	I liked Mash until about the seventh or eigth season, to me that was when he seemed to use it to voice his own opinions on the war after a while. He was probably doing that earlier, it just started to bug me later on. I do like Alan Alda as an actor, but you shouldn't take a show and make it your own to spread your thoughts on certain subjects.

02-29-2008, 09:03 PM	#6
BBCOACHMS Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Feb 03, 2006 Location: Mississippi Posts: 20	I can understand that some think that MASH became the "Alan Alda Show" but you must all admit that this is in retrospect. The show was still a very popular show and "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen" is still the most watched TV event in American Television history. Alan Alda was a driving force behind the show and the success. Alda was persistent in making the show "real" to the viewers. We all have likes and dislikes of the series. Personally I felt that Alda carried the series with his acting and creative abilities.

02-29-2008, 09:16 PM	#7
Miss Lisa Member Senior Member Join Date: Jan 08, 2005 Location: My very own Green Acres Posts: 1,113	I myself enjoyed the last episode. I liked seeing Hawkeye go crazy. After that I always saw him as a good fit in an Alfred Hitchcock film.