MASH FAQ: Everything Left to Know About the Best Care Anywhere
Here's the lowdown on the unforgettable show about the Forgotten War. M*A*S*H began as a novel written by a surgeon who had been in a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital during the Korean War. After being rejected multiple times, the novel would go on to become a bestseller, leading to 14 sequels, an 'scar-winning movie that propelled its director and actors to stardom, and a multiple-Emmy-winning television series that lasted nearly four times the length of the war.

MASH FAQ looks at how the novel came to be, its follow-ups in literary form, the creation of the popular movie, and – most importantly – the television series that transformed comedy and television in the 1970s. Included are chapters on the top-20 pranks of M*A*S*H, the cast members' careers before and after the television show, famous guest appearances, and movies shown in the mess hall.

Beyond the fiction, MASH FAQ also features a brief chapter to put the war into perspective for easy referral – and looks at what led to the Korean War, how such medical units functioned, and how M*A*S*H shaped our perception of the era.
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MASH FAQ: Everything Left to Know About the Best Care Anywhere
Here's the lowdown on the unforgettable show about the Forgotten War. M*A*S*H began as a novel written by a surgeon who had been in a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital during the Korean War. After being rejected multiple times, the novel would go on to become a bestseller, leading to 14 sequels, an 'scar-winning movie that propelled its director and actors to stardom, and a multiple-Emmy-winning television series that lasted nearly four times the length of the war.

MASH FAQ looks at how the novel came to be, its follow-ups in literary form, the creation of the popular movie, and – most importantly – the television series that transformed comedy and television in the 1970s. Included are chapters on the top-20 pranks of M*A*S*H, the cast members' careers before and after the television show, famous guest appearances, and movies shown in the mess hall.

Beyond the fiction, MASH FAQ also features a brief chapter to put the war into perspective for easy referral – and looks at what led to the Korean War, how such medical units functioned, and how M*A*S*H shaped our perception of the era.
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MASH FAQ: Everything Left to Know About the Best Care Anywhere

MASH FAQ: Everything Left to Know About the Best Care Anywhere

by Dale Sherman
MASH FAQ: Everything Left to Know About the Best Care Anywhere

MASH FAQ: Everything Left to Know About the Best Care Anywhere

by Dale Sherman

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Here's the lowdown on the unforgettable show about the Forgotten War. M*A*S*H began as a novel written by a surgeon who had been in a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital during the Korean War. After being rejected multiple times, the novel would go on to become a bestseller, leading to 14 sequels, an 'scar-winning movie that propelled its director and actors to stardom, and a multiple-Emmy-winning television series that lasted nearly four times the length of the war.

MASH FAQ looks at how the novel came to be, its follow-ups in literary form, the creation of the popular movie, and – most importantly – the television series that transformed comedy and television in the 1970s. Included are chapters on the top-20 pranks of M*A*S*H, the cast members' careers before and after the television show, famous guest appearances, and movies shown in the mess hall.

Beyond the fiction, MASH FAQ also features a brief chapter to put the war into perspective for easy referral – and looks at what led to the Korean War, how such medical units functioned, and how M*A*S*H shaped our perception of the era.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781480355897
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 04/01/2016
Series: FAQ
Pages: 408
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Dale Sherman (Louisville, Kentucky) became a fan of M*A*S*H when the TV series first aired in 1972 and has been following it through its various incarnations ever since. Dale has written many books about music, movies, and television, including KISS FAQ and Quentin Tarantino FAQ. MASH FAQ is his tenth book.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction: And Then There Was Korea xi

1 It Was in All the Papers for a While: A Brief History of Korea and the Forgotten War 1

2 He Was Drafted: How the Mobile Army Surgical Hospital Became a Reality 23

3 An Extra Gallbladder a Week: H. Richard Hornberger and the Creation of a Novel…and Fourteen Others 38

4 Not Missing the Last Page: H. Richard Homberger's MASH Trilogy 47

5 Boozing, Cruising, and Cutting Up: The MASH Goes to … Book Series 65

6 Of Course You Know Me: Characters from MASH as Seen in Book Sequels 93

7 This Is Mutiny: From Book to Movie and Television 99

8 Tonight's Movie: The Making of the Robert Altman Film 106

9 We Can Do Stupid: The History of "Suicide Is Painless" 136

10 And Introducing: The Cast of Robert Altman's MASH 140

11 Not a Word I Wrote: Differences Between Scripts to Screen 151

12 Yankee Doodle Doctor: Movies (and Two TV Shows) Connected with MASH 181

13 One of Those Traveling Medicine Shows: MASH Onstage 192

14 Put It Over There by the Television Set: The Five Military Sitcoms That Influenced MASH 198

15 If I Can't Get the Girl: The Creative Team Behind the Series 208

16 We Tried to Get Pat O'Brien; The Main Cast Over the Years 222

17 The Running of the Nurses: The Actresses in the Opening Credits 252

18 Going AWOL: Nine Recurring Characters Who Disappeared 255

19 Reenlisted: Minor Characters That Stuck It Out 266

20 I Don't Know Your Name, But… Thirty Famous Guest Appearances 273

21 Here for the Duration: Fans' Favorite Periods of MASH 286

22 MASH Means Mobile! The Various Time Slots 291

23 You Certainly Came to the Right Place: Filming Locations 304

24 Now That Spring Is Here: MASH Chronology 311

25 Experimental Surgery: Ten Episodes Outside of the Norm 314

26 Just Like the Actual Korean War: The Use of a Laugh Track 324

27 The Collapsible Latrine: Ten Pranks of MASH 327

28 In a Rubber Truck: The Character Arcs of the Major Characters 332

29 Our Movie Tonight: Movies Shown in the Mess Tent 342

30 After W*A*L*T*E*R: The Spin-offs 347

31 A Lunch Pail for Munchkins: The Merchandising of MASH 357

32 Captain Tuttle: Parodies, Rip-offs, and Homages 366

33 Gentlemen, Take My Advice: Could MASH Be Successful Today? 374

34 Earning That Purple Heart: Awards 376

Appendix: For Your Dining and Dancing Pleasure 383

Selected Bibliography 385

Index 387

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