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J**H

Watching from the beginning is SO different!

I grew up watching M.A.S.H. like everyone else, but after decades of reruns, you kind of forget the character developments. Did you know Father John Mulcahy was played by George Morgan in the pilot? I FORGOT THAT! There are a LOT more details that I won't spoil for you.Buy this first season, and enjoy M.A.S.H. as it was meant to be!

C**R

Mash season 1

this was a gift & the person receiving was happy. He now has season 1,2,3, & 4

J**D

Classic TV at its best!!!

MASH was a great show and to have all of the seasons available to stream when I want is great! I've seen every episode several times and the show is still awesome! It never gets old!!!

R**F

M*A*S*H-addicted.

When I was in college, M*A*S*H reruns came on at 10:30PM, right after the local news. Religiously, I would watch the news, then M*A*S*H, then study (like I supposed to)...and definitely in that order! Luckily, my M*A*S*H habit didn't interfere with my school work but truly, this is one of my fondest college-days memory. At that time, when all we had were VCRs, I seriously considered attempting to record each show and create my own library of M*A*S*H episodes. Well, procrastination has paid off...in spades! 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment has finally realized that the incredible syndication calls for this show could easily be capitalized on via DVD sales. This (finally) was a marketing stroke of genius for I know, just from reading the reviews here, there are many M*A*S*H addicts like myself.To get a few credits out of the way, Larry Gelbart deserves the lion's share of the credit for creating an incredibly lasting television series (tough to do these days) from Robert Altman's 1970 big screen offering. However, the missing piece to many of the accolades and praises for M*A*S*H is Robert Hooker (a/k/a Richard Hornberger, M.D.). Hooker penned the M*A*S*H novel in 1968 (his book created the introduction of the beloved characters of Hawkeye, Hot Lips Houlihan, and Trapper John McIntyre. Hooker sold the rights to the book and television show for only a few hundred dollars!). Regardless, we have a cast of characters to thank for this incredible tome of offbeat comedy (although Gelbart still reigns as King).The Early years....Many of my friends as well as many reviewers feel that M*A*S*H was somewhat inhibited by the presence of Frank Burns and Margaret Houlihan. While Margaret endured the entire run of the show and became an integral character, Frank was eventually removed in favor of Charles Winchester (not my favorite move). At a very basic level, Frank Burns was a focal character in the First Season so I must disagree with my friends and the reviewers. Frank was necessary to create the incredibly funny hijinxs pulled by Hawkeye and Trapper...there just needed to be a fall guy and Frank Burns (played stupendiously by Larry Linville) was perfect. For instance, in the first episode, "M*A*S*H - The Pilot," Hawkeye and Trapper are attempting to raise funds for Ho-Jon, a South Korean boy befriended by Hawkeye and Trapper, to attend college in the U.S. Hawkeye comes up with the nefarious idea of raffling off a weekend with Lt. Dish (played by Karen Phillip). However, before the idea can get off the ground, Henry has to leave the camp to attend a meeting in Seoul and rescinds the weekend passes. Radar clandestinely has Henry (unknowingly) sign the passes before Henry's departure (quick aside...I loved Radar as the sneaky rather than the innocent, gullible clerk). With Henry gone, Frank is the temporary commander and immediately bans any and all social functions. Not to be outdone, Hawkeye and Trapper sedate Frank, wrap his face in gauze, and put him in a bed in Post-Op to hide him from Hot Lips. The raffle ensues only to be cut short by Gen. Hammond (played by G. Wood) and Henry (by the way, Father Mulcahy won the raffle!). Concurrent with the arrival of Gen. Hammond and Henry, Hot Lips finds Frank (when she turns him over to administer a shot!) and brings Frank into the Mess Tent where the festivities are being held. All-in-all, this story and its incredibly hilarious plot would not have been possible with someone like Frank Burns.The episodes by disc: DISC ONE - 1) M*A*S*H-The Pilot, 2) To Maret, To Market, 3) Requiem for a Lightweight, 4) Cheif Surgeon Who?, 5) The Moose, 6) Yankee Doodle Doctor, 7) Bananas, Crackers and Nuts, 8) Cowboy. DISC TWO - 1) Henry, Please Come Home, 2) I Hate a Mystery, 3) Germ Warfare, 4) Dear Dad, 5) Edwina (one of my favorites), 6) Love Story, 7) Tuttle (another great episode!), 8) The Ringbanger. DISC THREE - 1) Sometimes You Hear the Bullet, 2) Dear Dad...Again, 3) The Longjohn Flap, 4) The Army-Navy Game, 5) Sticky Wicket, 6) Major Fred C. Dobbs, 7) Cease Fire, 8) Showtime.For those who grew up with this incredible series, this DVD set is a must. I anxiously await the Second Season offering.

L**M

Debut of Classic Sitcom

The ratings weren't great for the first season of MASH and it came close to being canceled after just one season. However, the wife of a CBS executive forbade her husband to cancel this so it was renewed for a second season where it became established as a favorite and hit show for CBS.The first season is fresh and funny, even though it's on 8 times a day in some regions. The advantage to having your own copies is being able to avoid commmercials. No extras here unfortunately, but the show itself still stands the test of time.Favorite episodes are:To Market, To Market - Hawkeye and Trapper trade Henry's antique desk for medicine without him knowing it.Requiem For A Lightweight - When Hot Lips vows to transfer a new and attractive nurse, Henry agrees to cancel the transfer only if Trapper emerges victorious in a mismatched boxing match.The Moose - The surgeons set out to convince a Korean girl that she is free and not required to be anyone's servant or "Moose".Yankee Doodle Doctor - Pierce and McIntire remake a visiting film producer's film with their own Marx Brothers touches.Bananas, Crackers and Nuts - Hawkeye pretends to be nuts after he is refused R&R.Cowboy - A seriously fatigued chopper pilot begins making life uncomfortable for Henry after being denied leave.Dear Dad - The first of many letters home episodes.Edwina - Hawkeye is elected to romance a klutz of a nurse.Love Story - Radar falls for a new nurse and is coached by Hawkeye and Trapper on how to win her affections. "Ahhh Bach"!Tuttle - The staff at the 4077th are honored to have the patriotic and charitable Captain Tuttle in the midst. The trouble is that Tuttle doesn't exist except on paper. "You might say that together we all made up Tuttle."The Longjohn Flap - During an especially cold period, a pair of longjohns is passed from one person to another at the 4077thThe Army Navy Game - The Army-Navy game on the radio is interupted by shelling but the main interuption is the unexploded bomb in the compoound.Sticky Wicket - Hawkeye slugs Frank resulting in Hawkeye being confined to quarters.Major Fred C. Dobbs - Frank requests a transfer to another unit. Hawkeye and Trapper fear that they might get stuck with someone even worse than so they decide to trick Frank into staying.Ceasefire - Everyone except Trapper is convinced that the unconfirmed rumor of a ceasefire means the war will soon be over.Showtime - A visiting USO troop in Korea addition to Henry's wife giving birth in Indiana are the highlights of the final episode. The final episode takes the time at the end to re-introduce us to the cast, so we don't forget until next year.

R**.

Great DVD!

The DVDs came quickly & in great shape! I bought this for a friend who is enjoying them immensely!

R**R

I think this movie is about MASH

It's MASH what can I say, the quality is perfect no issues.

B**D

45 years old and still punching it's weight!

Wow!I am knocked out, I had never seen the beginning of this series, I came to it late and to be truthful I hadn't seen very much of it.I haven't bought it on DVD before because of the cost but now I find it at a ridiculous price I decided to give it a go.Would it be as good as I remembered? No worries, unlike others I found it brilliant from the pilot episode, I only bought series one because I wanted to make sure I didn't have to put up with canned laughter and I don't, the default is for the episodes to play with canned laughter but just selecting the no laughter option in the language menu means you can enjoy this brilliant series without the constant annoyance of the awful canned laughter, and trust me if there was ever a comedy series that didn't need canned laughter this is it, it's laugh-out loud right from the start and I will be purchasing the rest of the series immediately.Oh and I recommend you seek out the theme song by the MASH it's absolutely wonderful, one of the greatest ever theme tunes.

J**E

Poignant, charming and amusing, all in perfect balance.

I ordered just Season One because I wasn't sure if a) MASH was as good as I remembered and b) the series hadn't dated to the point where the humour just isn't anymore. (In the UK MASH has been missing from terrestrial screens for twenty years or longer).Well no, it hasn't dated. People after all haven't changed since 1972 and MASH is primarily a people show. The humour is much as I remember it: only occasionally laugh-out-loud, but MASH bubbles along on constant and consistent stream of smutty schoolboy jokes, eccentricity and perfectly judged slapstick. The realities of war, casualties and estrangement, are sometimes poignant and sometimes the canvass on which the attempts at ordinariness can appear both funny and charming.It is the contradictions of MASH and the manner in which they are judged and balanced that made it the critical and popular success it was. In later series some argue this balance was lost and the gradual shift to overt moralising damaged the character of the show. Perhaps, but the early seasons are near to perfect and Season One the place to start.

J**.

Early M*A*S*H with its faults and virtues.

These DVDS are excellent quality. The only thing I disliked about them was that the default option is to listen to the canned laughter soundtrack. It is quite fiddly to put it off before each episode. I have also bought the last season and the default on that DVD is for it to play without the canned laughter soundtrack. Far less fiddly!

M**E

Forward to the past

In the 1970s MASH was the thing to watch - I remember important meetings being closed early because people wanted to get home to watch the latest episode. I'd forgotten just how funny and, frequently, poignant, these stories were until I came across them again recently. So here's to the complete showings - series one to eleven that I'm now getting hold of and enjoying once more. They don't seem particularly dated [they were always set in the recent past of the Korean war of the 1950s anyway] and it's a delight to get back to them.

M**R

Brilliant series, start to finish

You're either a fan or you're not, and this has always been my favourite show from the moment it first aired. I have every intention of eventually getting every series, though it might take me awhile. The first series, like many shows, is a bit of a learning curve for the actors. But it's great to see them learning who they are, watching them flesh it out. It's a great show, I never get tired of it.

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