MASH (Season 6) DVD Review

Based on a Richard Hooker novel of the same name, MASH was released in 1970 as a full-length feature film by 20th Century Fox before experiencing widespread success as a groundbreaking television sitcom in the Fall of 1972. The show's brilliant integration of drama and comedy made it one of the most celebrated shows in TV history, culminating in an eleven year prime time series stint. The 1983 series finale of MASH made history as the program with the single largest audience in television history, beating out several SuperBowls and the fabled Who Shot J.R. episode of Dallas. With the proliferation of new television mediums, it's a record likely to never be broken

The sitcom is set in South Korea during American involvement in the Korea War (with M*A*S*H standing for Mobile Army Surgical Hospital). Buffered from the front lines by a mountain range and a minefield, the men and women of MASH were tasked with patching up wounded American soldiers. Unique to its genre, th e cast of MASH was unusually large. Surgeons Dr. Benjamin Pierce (Alan Alda) and Dr. Trapper John McIntyre (Wayne Rogers) play the roles of excellent doctors who enjoy women and booze, while Dr. Frank Burns (Larry Linville) and Nurse Practitioner Margaret Hot Lips Houlihan (Loretta Swit) play foil to the two men's shenanigans (due to a contract dispute, Rogers' character was later replaced by Dr. B.J. Hunnicutt - played by Mike Farrell). The character of Frank Burns was also later replaced by Dr. Charles Emerson Winchester (David Ogden Stiers)

Corporal Max Klinger (Jamie Farr) provides comic relief with his early attempts to procure a discharge by dressing in women's clothing, and Father Francis Mulcahy (William Christopher) adds flavor to a diverse cast of characters. Also rounding out the cast are Lt. Col. Henry Blake (McLean Stevenson), Corporal Walter Radar O'Reilly (Gary Burghoff), and Col. Sherman Potter (Harry Morgan)

The MASH (Season 6) DVD offers a numbe r of hilarious episodes including the season premiere Fade Out, Fade In in which Frank Burns is arrested while on leave and eventually gets a transfer. His replacement is Major Charles Emerson Winchester III, who quickly makes an impression on Hawkeye and B.J Other notable episodes from Season 6 include In Love and War in which a nurse arrives in the camp who may have once had a romance with Hot Lips' husband, and The Merchant of Korea in which Charles is persuaded to play poker (first winning big, and then, losing it all)

Below is a list of episodes included on the MASH (Season 6) DVD:

Episode 121 (Fade Out, Fade In) Air Date: 09-20-1977
Episode 122 (Fallen Idol) Air Date: 09-27-1977
Episode 123 (Last Laugh) Air Date: 10-04-1977
Episode 124 (War of Nerves) Air Date: 10-11-1977
Episode 125 (The Winchester Tapes) Air Date: 10-18-1977
Episode 126 (The Light That Failed) Air Date: 10-25-1977
Episode 127 (In Love and War) Air Date: 11-01-1977< br> Episode 128 (Change Day) Air Date: 11-08-1977
Episode 129 (Images) Air Date: 11-15-1977
Episode 130 (The M*A*S*H Olympics) Air Date: 11-22-1977
Episode 131 (The Grim Reaper) Air Date: 11-29-1977
Episode 132 (Comrades in Arms: Part 1) Air Date: 12-06-1977
Episode 133 (Comrades in Arms: Part 2) Air Date: 12-13-1977
Episode 134 (The Merchant of Korea) Air Date: 12-20-1977
Episode 135 (The Smell of Music) Air Date: 01-03-1978
Episode 136 (Patient 4077) Air Date: 01-10-1978
Episode 137 (Tea and Empathy) Air Date: 01-17-1978
Episode 138 (Your Hit Parade) Air Date: 01-24-1978
Episode 139 (What's Up, Doc?) Air Date: 01-30-1978
Episode 140 (Mail Call Three) Air Date: 02-06-1978
Episode 141 (Temporary Duty) Air Date: 02-13-1978
Episode 142 (Potter's Retirement) Air Date: 02-20-1978
Episode 143 (Dr. Winchester and Mr. Hyde) Air Date: 02-27-1978
Episode 144 (Major Toppo) Air Date: 03-27-1978

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