M*A*S*H

[excelsior-1]

just relaxing, will have bath and shave soon then get ready to host quiz night tonight.

i'm watching the 2 hour M*A*S*H finale that i recorded last night .. i've seen it before several times but i'll never tire of seeing it. there is humour, drama, pathos, all the elements. and i don't mind admitting to getting a little weepy-eyed.
i believe it had the highest ever viewer rating when it was first aired (was it really 30 years ago?)

anybody else seen it?

[DTCwordfan]

yep I enjoyed most of them for that blend you mentioned - the Frank Burns Kimchi perhaps one of the funniest of the lot

[DTCwordfan]

And the movie was good too

[excelsior-1]

oh yes DT, the kimchi pot. you have just made me smile again

[DTCwordfan]

probably the best thing comedy-wise to come out of the US - but then the brilliant sad moments - like the demise of Col Henry Blake on his way home.

[excelsior-1]

that was a truly memorable moment. i remember the scene when radar went into OR. to announce it. the stunned silence was broken only by the sound of an instrument dropping on the floor. apparently that was not in the script, someone dropped it by accident - but it was decided not to do a re-take as it added to the drama of the moment

[quizzywig]

A great series. I remember Alan Alda in an interview many years ago saying that he wished the series didn't have canned laughter when it was aired in the US, he would have preferred it as it was aired in the UK. I think it used to be on Sky years ago when we had Sky and the canned laughter totalled ruined and cheapened it. It used to be on BBC2 I think when it was first aired. Love Alan Alda and the Colonel and his horse, Sophie - or was that his wife???