M*A*S*H - Season Three (Collector's Edition)
by Alan Alda, Don Weis, Gene Reynolds, Hy Averback, Larry Gelbart
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Actor: Alan Alda, Larry Linville, Loretta Swit, McLean Stevenson, Wayne RogersDirector: Alan Alda, Don Weis, Gene Reynolds, Hy Averback, Larry Gelbart
Writer: Arthur Julian
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 1.0; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 1.0; Spanish (Original Language), Dolby Digital 1.0; French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 1.0
Format: Box set, Collector's Edition, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 612 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-02-18
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
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DVD Review: The Final Season for McLean Stevenson & Wayne Rogers
Summary: 5 Stars
The success of the 1970 film "MASH", which was directed by Robert Altman, inspired the production of one of the most successful and longest running TV series of all time: "M*A*S*H". While most of the main characters from the original film were portrayed in the TV series, only one of the film's actors reprised his role for the TV series: Gary Burghoff. Like the film, the show was about the men and women working in a fictitious U.S. Army "Mobile Army Surgical Hospital" (or MASH unit) known as the 4077th during the Korean War in the early 1950's. For the first three seasons, the U.S. Army personnel stationed at the 4077th included Lt. Col. Henry Blake (McLean Stevenson, 1929-1996), Major Frank Burns (Larry Linville, 1939-2000), Maj. Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan (Loretta Swit), Capt. Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce (Alan Alda), Capt. "Trapper John" McIntyre (Wayne Rogers), Father Francis Mulcahy (William Christopher, except for the first season pilot episode), Cpl. Walter "Radar" O'Reilly (Gary Burghoff) and Cpl. Maxwell Klinger (Jamie Farr).
As in the film, the TV show often demonstrated a lack of respect for the U.S. military by portraying many of its officers as being inept and incompetent. This was the formula used for Maj. Burns and Lt. Col. Henry Blake, but whereas Lt. Col. Blake had a very likeable personality, Maj. Burns wanted to see a more disciplined command and was often quite the little stool pigeon. Also, while being married and regarding himself as being a devout Christian, Maj. Burns maintained a romantic affair with Maj. Houlihan. (In the film, it was while Majors Burns & Houlihan were passionately kissing with the entire MASH unit listening to them that Maj. Houlihan earned the nickname "Hot Lips".) Whereas in the film Maj. Burns (played originally by Robert Duvall) was whisked away in a straightjacket, in the show, this never occurs; but the film's two primary characters and pranksters, Captains Hawkeye Pierce (played originally by Donald Sutherland) and Trapper John McIntyre (played originally by Elliott Gould), were portrayed equally well in the TV show. Though typically disrespectful of the Army, Hawkeye and Trapper were completely honest about themselves, which is probably the main reason why they despised the hypocritical Maj. Burns so much. And, as in the film, they both found Maj. Houlihan particularly attractive, but weren't particularly friendly towards her because, like Maj. Burns, she wanted to see greater military discipline. This often set Major Burns & Houlihan at odds with Hawkeye, Trapper and Lt. Col. Blake. So, with the officers preoccupied, it was essentially up to the 4077's lowly company clerk, Radar, to keep things running smoothly; but even with the interesting personalities among the officers, the MASH 4077th had the best rate of survival for any wounded soldiers treated there. Hawkeye was an especially gifted surgeon, as was Trapper; while Maj. Burns had probably barely made it through medical school. Father Mulcahy was polite and helpful, but Cpl. Klinger's main objective was to get a "Section 8" from the U.S. Army so that he'd be discharged. To get his precious "Section 8", Klinger wore women's dresses instead of his uniform. As a side note, the only major character from the film that was not included in the TV series was another doctor named Capt. Augustus Bedford 'Duke' Forrest (played originally by Tom Skerritt).
The third season of "M*A*S*H" that aired between 1974 and 1975 had the following 24 episodes:
1. "The General Flipped at Dawn". When crazy Major General Bartford Hamilton Steele (Harry Morgan, the future Col. Sherman T. Potter) pays a visit to the 4077th, Hawkeye must defend himself in a court martial with a song.
2. "Rainbow Bridge". Instead of traveling to Tokyo for some R&R, Hawkeye & Trapper join Frank, Radar and Klinger on a dangerous mission to a bridge to swap POW's with North Korean soldiers.
3. "Officer of the Day". The bumbling Col. Flagg (Edward Winter, 1937-2001) wants to take a wounded North Korean soldier for questioning, but officer of the day Hawkeye won't allow it in spite of the camp being in the temporary command of Frank & Margaret.
4. "Iron Guts Kelly". When General 'Iron Guts' Kelly (James Gregory, 1911-2002) dies in Margaret's tent, his assistant, Colonel Wortman (Keene Curtis, 1923-2002), insists on taking his body to the front for a more appropriate death in battle.
5. "O.R.". With a huge number of wounded, Hawkeye massages a wounded soldier's heart while Maj. Sidney Freedman (Allan Arbus) pays a visit.
6. "Springtime". When Klinger's girlfriend in Toledo wants to marry him, Father Mulcahy performs a marriage ceremony over the radio.
7. "Check-Up". When Trapper gets an ulcer, he thinks it's his ticket home; but it doesn't work out that way.
8. "Life With Father". Father Mulcahy performs a brist for the Korean-born son of a G.I. over the objections of Frank & Margaret while Henry worries about his wife back at home.
9. "Alcoholics Unanimous". When Henry goes to Tokyo, Frank is put in charge and denies alcohol to all 4077th personnel, but that won't necessarily stop Hawkeye, Trapper or even Margaret.
10. "There is Nothing Like a Nurse". The men go a bit stir-crazy when the nurses are ordered to evacuate, but an interesting home film of Frank's turns up.
11. "Adam's Ribs". Hawkeye is determined to get a take-out order of ribs from a Chicago restaurant named Adam's Ribs.
12. "A Full Rich Day". Hawkeye writes to his dad about various things going on in camp.
13. "Mad Dogs and Servicemen". When Radar gets bitten by a stray dog, he may have to undergo a painful series of rabies shots.
14. "Private Charles Lamb". When a Greek officer decides to reward the 4077th with a feast for taking care of his wounded men, Radar doesn't want the lamb that the officer sends to become dinner.
15. "Bombed". When the 4077th comes under fire and is inundated with wounded, Frank proposes to Margaret.
16. "Bulletin Board". Henry delivers a lecture in which Hawkeye & Trapper heckle him, and everyone enjoys a cookout with orphaned Korean children.
17. "The Consultant". When Dr. Borelli (Robert Alda, 1914-1986) pays a visit to the 4077th to demonstrate a new surgical technique, his drinking problem is revealed again to Hawkeye.
18. "House Arrest". After Hawkeye hits Frank, Frank presses charges; but Frank gets charges against himself when the woman (Mary Wickes, 1910-1995) who comes to investigate his claims accuses Frank of rape.
19. "Aid Station". Hawkeye, Margaret & Klinger come under fire after volunteering to work at an aid station on the front lines.
20. "Love and Marriage". Hawkeye & Trapper step in to prevent a GI from marrying a Korean girl that has TB.
21. "Big Mac". The camp goes nuts in trying to prepare for a visit from General Douglas MacArthur.
22. "Payday". When Frank buys two sets of pearls (a good strand and a cheap imitation), he gives one to Margaret; but she really wants the real strand for herself.
23. "White Gold". Col. Flagg shows up again, this time demanding penicillin to barter with.
24. "Abyssinia, Henry". Perhaps the most emotional "M*A*S*H" episode of all, Henry dies while en route to go back home to the states. This also turns out to be the final episode with Trapper.
Overall, I rate the third season of "M*A*S*H" with a resounding 5 out of 5 stars and highly recommend it. In its eleven years of production, "M*A*S*H" was one of the best TV shows of its day and remains one of the best TV shows of all time.
Description of M*A*S*H - Season Three (Collector's Edition)
By the show?s third year ratings were high enough to give the writers and creators more leverage with the network and thus a bit less trouble with the censors. In addition, the show?s writers were more experienced with the TV format and had more in-depth knowledge of the characters. By this time they could also gauge how much serious material the audience would accept mixed in with their comedy.But most importantly, between the second and third seasons Larry Gelbart and Gene Reynolds visited Korea, a trip that they say affected the stories in the third season.
In honoring M*A*S*H's third season with the prestigious Peabody Award, the judges praised this series "for the depth of its humor 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." Contained on three discs, season three comprises several benchmark episodes illustrative of what the Peabody judges called "television of high purpose." In "Rainbow Bridge," Hawkeye (Alan Alda), Trapper (Wayne Rogers), Radar (Gary Burghoff), Klinger (Jamie Farr), and an opportunistic Frank Burns (Larry Linville) participate in a swap with the North Koreans of wounded POWs. In "The Consultant," Robert Alda (Alan's dad) guest stars as a visiting doctor who cracks under the pressure of operating so close to the front. And the shocking season finale, "Abyssinia, Henry," took a page from Mister Roberts and killed off commanding officer Henry Blake (McLean Stevenson), who was en route home.
M*A*S*H's sense of humor did not go AWOL. The season opener, "The General Flipped at Dawn," earned guest star Harry Morgan an Emmy nomination for his performance as a certifiable general and paved the way for Morgan to join the cast in season four. "Adam's Ribs" is a classic episode in which Hawkeye orders out to Chicago for a very special delivery of spare ribs. In "Iron Guts Kelly," the war's "greatest fighting general" gets a little too gung-ho and perishes in Margaret's (Loretta Swit) tent. Because of its wartime setting and life-and-death struggles, this is that rare sitcom that may actually play better without a laugh track, an option this set offers. To paraphrase the title of one episode, this was a full, rich season that offered each member of one of television's finest ensembles the opportunity to shine. But Alda, who was honored that year with a Golden Globe award, fully emerges as the series' star. --Donald Liebenson
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