I’m slightly surprised that Caufield has seen the movie. Sally Kellerman’s shower scene isn’t really material for someone his age. Also, I’m somewhat surprised that he had heard of it. I run into a lot of people in their late teens/early twenties that have not heard of it. Apparently reruns of Friends and Seinfeld have overtaken it, which is a shame since it’s one of the best situation comedies of all time.
In college I went to a Halloween party. One guy who was tall and lanky was wearing a straw cowboy hat, wearing surgical garb underneath a red bathrobe, and holding a martini glass. He was the perfect Hawkeye Pierce.
A book/trilogy is a given story line and fixed in time. A movie carries the name and might remain close to the story; but it’s condensed. A TV series might not even keep the main characters and make up stories for years. A life of its own.
My wife and I got married in 1979. When we got home from work we sat and wound down watching MASH. To this day when I see an old rerun, it brings back good memories.
There is a great book (made into a movie with Bruce Willis) were a retuned Viet Nam vet with PTSD spends all his time watch MASH reruns. I recognized all of the episodes.
Concretionist about 4 years ago
I believe that we just found out it’s not M-A-S-H
Bilan about 4 years ago
I never even knew it was a book.
Waldorf&Statler about 4 years ago
Did Caufield actually read the book? If so, I’m surprised that he hasn’t referenced “school teacher” or the “pros from Dover”.
LobosSolos Premium Member about 4 years ago
I’m slightly surprised that Caufield has seen the movie. Sally Kellerman’s shower scene isn’t really material for someone his age. Also, I’m somewhat surprised that he had heard of it. I run into a lot of people in their late teens/early twenties that have not heard of it. Apparently reruns of Friends and Seinfeld have overtaken it, which is a shame since it’s one of the best situation comedies of all time.
gduncan58 about 4 years ago
The movie was far better than the tv show (not a popular opinion, I stand by my statement).
Pedmar Premium Member about 4 years ago
In college I went to a Halloween party. One guy who was tall and lanky was wearing a straw cowboy hat, wearing surgical garb underneath a red bathrobe, and holding a martini glass. He was the perfect Hawkeye Pierce.
jpayne4040 about 4 years ago
Wait. Is he talking about the show from the 1970s?
gammaguy about 4 years ago
Wear a red cap with the letters “M-A-S-H”, and see how many people notice that it does not say “M-A-G-A”,
Old Girl about 4 years ago
A book/trilogy is a given story line and fixed in time. A movie carries the name and might remain close to the story; but it’s condensed. A TV series might not even keep the main characters and make up stories for years. A life of its own.
jpsomebody about 4 years ago
I was going to suggest Birth of a Nation. But that is the name of the movie, not the book.
Uncle Bob about 4 years ago
M*A*S*H goes to Maine… Hold a lobster in one hand and a loaf of bread in the other…
cervelo about 4 years ago
My wife and I got married in 1979. When we got home from work we sat and wound down watching MASH. To this day when I see an old rerun, it brings back good memories.
Totalloser Premium Member about 4 years ago
I used to watch MASH 4 times a day in college, it ran in syndication twice daily on a Baltimore and on a Washington station
Lou about 4 years ago
He’ll have to sing “Suicide is Painless” to complete the picture. Dang…that was a dark song for a tv sitcom/drama.
cissycox about 4 years ago
There is a great book (made into a movie with Bruce Willis) were a retuned Viet Nam vet with PTSD spends all his time watch MASH reruns. I recognized all of the episodes.
Richard S Russell Premium Member about 4 years ago
“If it sounds good, it IS good.” —Louis Armstrong
ZBicyclist Premium Member about 4 years ago
A pretty scary thing would be to wake up from unconsciousness and the first thing you see is a person with a surgical mask and blood on his scrubs.
mfrasca about 4 years ago
Arrowsmith?
57-Don about 4 years ago
I read my dog-eared 1968 paperback copy of M*A*S*H every couple of years. As Frazz points out, it’s not a classic fur it is fascinating reading.
T Smith about 4 years ago
Frankenstein?
Andylit Premium Member about 4 years ago
The book is absolutely a Big G. Strongly recommended.
gcarlson about 4 years ago
I’ve been known to wear thermal underwear with pirate accoutrements to represent Treasure Island’s antihero.
Jhony-Yermo over 1 year ago
Well darn. I thought he was doing Dr. Frank-N-Furter from the Rocky Horror Picture show.