Did M*A*S*H Last Too Long??? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 08-17-2010, 12:19 AM

Just curious,I am certainly not ripping the show, just curious what everybody's opinions are considering the show actually lasted years after the actual real Korean War lasted...

treky · 08-17-2010, 01:59 AM

yes, I think it did.

catlover79 · 08-17-2010, 03:00 AM

Yes - it went on at least 2 or 3 seasons too long.

70s show watcher · 08-17-2010, 04:01 AM

yes it should have stopped after season 8

Marvo301 · 08-17-2010, 05:38 PM

I'm going to disagree with all of you. I never got tired of this show. I never noticed that they were recycling any plots. And they very smoothly replaced departing characters with new and different characters. So no it did not last too long.

Rezny@gmail.com · 08-17-2010, 08:32 PM

Yes,it did.It should have ended when Gary Burghoff as Radar left the series.

LuLu Rogers · 09-03-2010, 10:49 PM

No, I think it was just the right amount of time. They stopped when everyone made the mutual decision that it was time to move on.

Sterling Holobyte · 09-03-2010, 11:25 PM

Nope, I think they cut out at the right time. It never really got stale. Now, if they would've kept going for another 5 seasons or so; that would've been too long and people would have been wanting it to be over. As it was, they left with people still wanting more, yet also contently resigned to the fact that it was time to leave.

Marvo301 · 09-04-2010, 03:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Sterling Holobyte

Nope, I think they cut out at the right time. It never really got stale. Now, if they would've kept going for another 5 seasons or so; that would've been too long and people would have been wanting it to be over. As it was, they left with people still wanting more, yet also contently resigned to the fact that it was time to leave.

Well said!

OH Nuts! · 09-07-2010, 02:26 PM

Not to me! It always seemed to twist and turn in novel and captivating ways. Great fade out and intro of new characters esp.

Prince Michael · 07-31-2012, 02:16 AM

It's strange that you should ask this question . At one point, I realized they should do a final episode where the Korean War ended and everybody got to go home . Every time they interviewed an actor or a writer who worked on "M*A*S*H", they asked him ( or her ) "How much longer do you think 'M*A*S*H' will run ?", and that person would say "I think next season will be our last !" . However, they kept trying to squeeze another season out of "M*A*S*H" , I began to think "They're going to do 'M*A*S*H' to death until people lose interest, and then they'll never be able to do that last episode !" . I know they finally bit the bullet and let "M*A*S*H" end, and I've seen "Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen" several times, but at one time, it looked like it was never going to happen .

hawkeye123 · 08-01-2012, 06:39 AM

No Mash could have lasted 20 years and, still been the greatest show on television in my opinion.

TMC · 04-17-2017, 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Rezny@gmail.com

Yes,it did.It should have ended when Gary Burghoff as Radar left the series.

The show perhaps really lost its way once Klinger was no longer funny without a skirt and the replacements for Trapper and Frank were stiffs (B.J. and Winchester)--plus the "character development" mostly made people less interesting (Alan Alda's sanctimoniousness, Margaret's Oedipal relationship with Potter). They took the tension among the characters out of the show took the life out of it at the same time.

Ohio8 · 05-09-2017, 06:36 PM

They should've ended it at the end of the fourth season.

treky · 05-10-2017, 12:19 AM

no, they should have ended it after season 7 when Radar left, Klinger stopped wearing dresses and being funny and Alan Alda got more and more input and it became "Oh we're doctors and we're nurses and we're so good because we save lives, and death is such a bummer and war is hell..." and on and on and on.

08-17-2010, 12:19 AM	#1
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08-17-2010, 01:59 AM	#2
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08-17-2010, 03:00 AM	#3
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08-17-2010, 05:38 PM	#5
Marvo301 I'm NOT a Blockhead! Forum Celebrity Join Date: May 17, 2002 Location: The Great White North Posts: 21,460	I'm going to disagree with all of you. I never got tired of this show. I never noticed that they were recycling any plots. And they very smoothly replaced departing characters with new and different characters. So no it did not last too long.
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09-03-2010, 10:49 PM	#7
LuLu Rogers Colonel Brandon Forum Fanatic Join Date: Mar 23, 2004 Location: The Hogwarts Dungeons Posts: 11,013	No, I think it was just the right amount of time. They stopped when everyone made the mutual decision that it was time to move on.
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08-17-2010, 04:01 AM	#4
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08-17-2010, 08:32 PM	#6
Rezny@gmail.com Member Senior Member Join Date: Jul 20, 2007 Location: Nebraska Posts: 2,675	Yes,it did.It should have ended when Gary Burghoff as Radar left the series.

09-03-2010, 11:25 PM	#8
Sterling Holobyte Harper House Senior Member Join Date: Nov 07, 2002 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 2,896	Nope, I think they cut out at the right time. It never really got stale. Now, if they would've kept going for another 5 seasons or so; that would've been too long and people would have been wanting it to be over. As it was, they left with people still wanting more, yet also contently resigned to the fact that it was time to leave.
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09-07-2010, 02:26 PM	#10
OH Nuts! Member Forum King Join Date: Feb 15, 2005 Posts: 133,383	Not to me! It always seemed to twist and turn in novel and captivating ways. Great fade out and intro of new characters esp.

07-31-2012, 02:16 AM	#11
Prince Michael Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jun 26, 2011 Location: Helena, Montana Posts: 296	It's strange that you should ask this question . At one point, I realized they should do a final episode where the Korean War ended and everybody got to go home . Every time they interviewed an actor or a writer who worked on "MASH", they asked him ( or her ) "How much longer do you think 'MASH' will run ?", and that person would say "I think next season will be our last !" . However, they kept trying to squeeze another season out of "MASH" , I began to think "They're going to do 'MASH' to death until people lose interest, and then they'll never be able to do that last episode !" . I know they finally bit the bullet and let "MAS*H" end, and I've seen "Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen" several times, but at one time, it looked like it was never going to happen .

08-01-2012, 06:39 AM	#12
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05-09-2017, 06:36 PM	#14
Ohio8 Member Forum Star Join Date: Jul 29, 2003 Location: Wherever you aren't. Posts: 18,966	They should've ended it at the end of the fourth season.
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05-10-2017, 12:19 AM	#15
treky star trek fan Eternal Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Feb 25, 2002 Location: Conshohocken, pennsylvania Posts: 14,490	no, they should have ended it after season 7 when Radar left, Klinger stopped wearing dresses and being funny and Alan Alda got more and more input and it became "Oh we're doctors and we're nurses and we're so good because we save lives, and death is such a bummer and war is hell..." and on and on and on.