The movie M*A*S*H, which was released in 1970 and won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, was followed by a TV show about the everyday life of a mobile hospital during the Korean War.
It ran for 11 seasons, and the final episode, Goodbye, Farewell and Amen, still holds the title of most-watched episode in US television history, attracting twice as many viewers on the small screen as Friends – 105 million versus 52 million.
What Was M*A*S*H About?
The series follows the lives of a group of surgeons working in a mobile military hospital during the Korean War in the early 1950s. The characters of M*A*S*H try to escape the hard work of everyday life. This results in erratic and inappropriate behavior that helps them maintain their sanity in an unhealthy environment.
The doctors are serious people who turn to humor to escape the oppressive atmosphere of the operating...
It ran for 11 seasons, and the final episode, Goodbye, Farewell and Amen, still holds the title of most-watched episode in US television history, attracting twice as many viewers on the small screen as Friends – 105 million versus 52 million.
What Was M*A*S*H About?
The series follows the lives of a group of surgeons working in a mobile military hospital during the Korean War in the early 1950s. The characters of M*A*S*H try to escape the hard work of everyday life. This results in erratic and inappropriate behavior that helps them maintain their sanity in an unhealthy environment.
The doctors are serious people who turn to humor to escape the oppressive atmosphere of the operating...
- 6/1/2024
- by zoe-wallace@startefacts.com (Zoe Wallace)
- STartefacts.com
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