Things MASH Producers Hid from Fans
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Published 2024-04-15
"MASH" continues to captivate audiences with its timeless blend of humor and drama, solidifying its place as one of the most beloved television shows in history.
The show's impact on the medium is undeniable, as it still holds the record for the highest viewership of a scripted show on American television. The iconic characters and their talented portrayals have left a lasting impression on fans.
However, behind the scenes, there are intriguing mysteries that have remained hidden from even the most dedicated fans. Join us as we reveal all the secrets that the producer of "MASH" kept concealed from the public eye.
All Comments (21)
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We were still in the Navy in 1972. I was working with MASH docs at the time. They loved the series. Klinger never struck us a gay, he just wanted Section 8 discharge!
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Klinger wasn’t gay, he was just after a section 8. He got married twice in the series.
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He was not gay!!! He was just trying to get out of the army, out of the war,
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I joined the British army in 1971 and agree with the two comments that Klinger was not gay, he just wanted out, anyway he could.
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Klinger actually wore his real dog tags in the show and he really is from Ohio
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What did Hogan's Hero's have to do with Mash?
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The creators originally wanted him to play his character as gay. Jamie Farr played it straight as a guy just trying to get out playing crazy by wearing dresses. They even addressed it in the show when we first meet Sydney Freedman. Klinger could have gotten out by signing an affidavit saying he was gay. He refused. So, Klinger was definitely NOT gay.
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It never demeaned Asians.
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Clinger was not gay nor did he pretend to be.
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Klinger wasn't gay, he was trying to get kicked out of the army.
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Radar was in the original mash-movie With Donald Sutherland!
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My uncle served in the Australian Army Aviation regiment and was in Korea. He often said how true to life the show was.
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The laugh track originally used on M.A.S.H. was the same as the one used for most other TV comedies at the time. A sound engineer named Charley Douglass recorded the audience laughter from the pantomime segments of The Red Skelton Show around 1953. He taped several shows and assembled the recordings into a single tape. There were segments of the tape the consisted of mild laughter and others where the audience was quite raucous. He did this while working for CBS, but when he left, he took the idea of canned laughter with him. His recording became the standard and the same one was used for all TV comedies. What's interesting is that that same recording is still occasionally used, which means that the people you hear laughing to your favorite TV comedy shows are all, probably, dead.
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Col. Flagg was my favorite.
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Actually, the Korean war is still going on now. It's just that since the end of the shooting war, a state of ceasefire has existed between the former combatants. This means that theoretically fighting could restart if Kim Jong Un felt it necessary.
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One of the things I loved about the show is the Journey BJ took while he was in Camp. When he arrived, BJ was very green and fresh faced but over time, he grew more experienced yet at the same time, ground down by war and was world weary
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I love the theme song to uhh M asterisk A asterisk S asterisk H 😄
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Allan Alda said he feels strange when someone asks for his autograph. He always gives it upon request, but he said that the person asking for it, is elevating him.
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One of the funniest jokes is were hawkeye and radar are told to count off ,radar asks hawkeye are you 1 hawkeye answers yes,are U?...
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Jamie Farr based all of his personas, dresses, and reactions on the people he interacted with while in the military as he said he saw close to everything when it came to section 8ers which was common for people drafted in WWII Korean even Vietnam. The episode with the commander was based on a real situation. Where commanders would throwing troops at a useless target that had little to no strategic value. This wasn't uncommon and is well documented by troops but sadly not not of ranking command. When it was documented by commanding troops, it was hidden.
