[Lockbar]

Proud to say that even at 53 years of age, I never watched one episode of MASH.

[buccaneer81]

Proud to say that even at 53 years of age, I never watched one episode of MASH.

The first three seasons are classic. Once Wayne Rogers and McLean Stevenson left, the preaching began.

[Carl LaFong]

LOL.Nor did I.Also never watched Friends,Rosanne,or Will and Grace. (I did watch one episode of Alf, though)

[PjhCPA]

That’s your loss.

[The Ghost of Rudy McRomney]

ALL RIGHT!! I TRIED-I really did...but I could never get through an entire episode. I guess I’m not the only one. I thought it sucked-BIG-TIME-and could NEVER understand how and why it was such a hit.

[Clinging Bitterly]

It took me some time watching parts here & there before M*A*S*H became a don't miss show for me. I think part of the reason it took a while is the show wasn't centered on one or two main characters but rather the core group of 8 or 9, and one needed to get to know them all.

The tone of the show would change as one of the central characters was written out and a new one came in, but I think it was smart of the writers the way they maintained continuity when invoking new characters so much different from the ones they replaced. And I think Stiers did as well in the Winchester role as Linville did as Burns, Morgan as Potter, Stevenson as Blake and so on. The show didn't have any real duds in it's entire run, and that was great.

The preaching in some of the later seasons was transparent sometimes, but still it was believable that some folks in those environs would carry those attitudes. Most of them were supposed to be conscripts, after all.