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M*A*S*H Seasons on DVD
M*A*S*H Season 1
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The television
comedy M*A*S*H debuted in 1972. In the process of becoming
one of the most successful and beloved programs in TV
history, it completely reinvented situation comedies. Based
on Robert Altman's hit film, the sitcom ran for an
astonishing 11 years. This three-disc set features the first
24 episodes of the historic program and is the complete
collection of the legendary first season. Episodes include
"Chief Surgeon Who?" "The Ringbanger"
with Leslie Nielsen, and, perhaps the most groundbreaking
episode, "The Moose." The line between comedy and
drama has never been so delicately tread upon as in the
series of the 4077th military medical hospital. |
M*A*S*H Season 2
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This complete
second season of the sitcom set during the Korean-U.S.
conflict earned the series four Emmys and features some of the
best loved episodes in the series. Included among the 24
episodes are "Divided We Stand," "Radar's
Report" (featuring Joan Van Ark), "The Sniper,"
and "Carry on Hawkeye," which won Jackie Cooper an
Emmy for his direction. |
M*A*S*H Season 3
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The adventures of
the 4077th continue in this complete collection of the third
season of the beloved sitcom. Highlights of the season include
the first appearance of future cast member Harry Morgan who
plays an odd general, Radar (Gary Burghoff) being bit by a
dog, and the invention of Spam Lamb. Among the classic
episodes: "Bulletin Board;" "House
Arrest;" "Adam's Ribs;" and "Abyssinia,
Henry"--the classic season finale where Henry (McLean
Stevenson) is discharged and leaves for home. The season also
proved to be the last for Trapper (Wayne Rogers). |
M*A*S*H Season 4
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Based on Robert
Altman's movie of the same name, M*A*S*H became one of the
longest running and most beloved series in American television
history. This collection presents every episode from the fourth
season, which introduces B.J. Hunnicut (Mike Farrell) and
Colonel Potter (Harry Morgan). Episodes include "Welcome to
Korea," "The Late Captain Pierce," "The
Kids," "Soldier of the Month,"
"Hawkeye," "The Novocaine Mutiny," and many
more. |
M*A*S*H Season 5
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Based on Robert
Altman's groundbreaking movie of the same name, M*A*S*H became
one of the longest running and most beloved series in American
television history. This collection presents every episode from
the show's fifth season, as Hawkeye, B.J., "Hotlips"
Houlihan, Radar, and the rest of the gang create laughs while
saving lives. |
M*A*S*H Season 6
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Based on Robert
Altman's groundbreaking movie of the same name, M*A*S*H became
one of the longest running and most beloved series in American
television history. This collection presents every episode from
the show's sixth season--including fan favorites "Fade Out,
Fade In" and "Major Topper"--as Hawkeye, B.J.,
"Hotlips" Houlihan, Radar, and the rest of the gang
create laughs while saving lives. |
M*A*S*H Season 7
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One of the most
popular and innovative television series in history, M*A*S*H
aired for a record eleven years, and its finale episode
attracted a larger number of viewers than any other single
episode before or since. Based on Robert Altman's feature film
of the same name, and set during the Korean War, the show was
initially conceived as a critique on the Vietnam War, but
eventually adopted a more character-driven, rather than
situation- or issue-driven, plot. With a large ensemble cast, a
few main players were in evidence, including "Hawkeye"
Pierce (Alan Alda) and his buddy John McIntyre, two top-notch
doctors more interested in booze and women than operating. Dr.
Frank Burns (Larry Linville) and the Senior Nurse, Lieutenant
Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan (Loretta Swit) were the
two staunch military enforcers who were forever trying to get
the two "playboys" court martialed. Ltd. Col. Henry
Blake (McLean Stevenson) was the ostensible camp commander, but
the place was really run by Corporal Walter "Radar"
O'Reilly (Gary Burghoff), who had superhuman hearing and knew
what Blake was thinking before Blake did himself. Max Klinger
(Jamie Farr) was the corporal constantly in pursuit of a section
8 discharge, and Father Francis Mulcahy (William Christopher)
was the kindly local priest. Season 7 includes the episodes:
"Commander Pierce, "Peace On Us," "Our
Finest Hour," "None Like it Hot," "Major
Ego," "Baby, it's Cold Outside," "Dear
Comrade," "The Young And The Restless," "Hot
Lips is Back in Town," "Rally Round the Flagg,
Boys," "Ain't Love Grand," "The Party,"
and many others. |
M*A*S*H Season 8
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Robert Altman's
film was brought to the small screen in 1972, and forever
changed the face of television. Successfully combining both
drama and comedy into a half-hour format, the show took place
in the volatile setting of a military hospital just outside
Seoul during the Korean War. With an extensive ensemble cast
and finely-drawn characters, the show functioned as political
satire and sitcom, while achieving a level of very humane
drama rarely seen on TV, with ever-evolving characters who
learn from their mistakes and are rarely if ever reduced to
"types." In this season, Radar is sent home and the
hospital is in chaos without him. Klinger takes over his job,
assuming more responsibility with often disastrous results as
he tries to adjust to his new position. BJ is tempted to have
an affair with a beautiful war correspondent, and the doctors
must find a home for an orphan of mixed race. Other episodes
include "Too Many Cooks," "Nurse Doctor,"
"Life Time," and "Morale Victory." |
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