MASH FAQ: Everything Left to Know About the Best Care Anywhere

MASH FAQ: Everything Left to Know About the Best Care Anywhere

Here's the lowdown on the unforgettable show about the Forgotten War. <i>M*A*S*H</i> began as a novel written by a surgeon who had been in a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital during the Korean War. After being rejected multiple times, the novel would go on to become a bestseller, leading to 14 sequels, an Oscar-winning movie that propelled its director and actors to stardom, and a multiple-Emmy-winning television series that lasted nearly four times the length of the war.<br><br><i>MASH FAQ</i> looks at how the novel came to be, its follow-ups in literary form, the creation of the popular movie, and – most importantly – the television series that transformed comedy and television in the 1970s. Included are chapters on the top-20 pranks of <i>M*A*S*H</i>, the cast members' careers before and after the television show, famous guest appearances, and movies shown in the mess hall.<br><br>Beyond the fiction, <i>MASH FAQ</i> also features a brief chapter to put the war into perspective for easy referral – and looks at what led to the Korean War, how such medical units functioned, and how <i>M*A*S*H</i> shaped our perception of the era.